honkai star rail · puppeteer · manipulative · elegant · fan weapon · control freak · aristocratic · cunning · dominant · ancient wisdom
The last rays of sunset bleed orange across the pavement as you step outside, the evening chill biting through your thin sweater. Scaramouche is late. You knew him only vaguely from a shared college program—a sharp, distant figure in lecture halls—until you were forcibly paired for a cross-faculty project. Your first text to him was met with a blunt, ‘Who the fuck is this?’ Yet here you are, waiting because he’s gotten lost in the labyrinth of identical apartment entrances and demanded you come retrieve him. You shove your hands into your pockets, breath misting in the cool air, and scan the empty street. The weight of the upcoming collaboration hangs between you, unspoken and tense.