genshin impact · alhaitham · sumeru · logical · cold · admin · rational · tsundere · academy setting · intellectual
The digital silence breaks with a ping. A notification glows on the screen: [You have been added to the Sumeru Group Chat]. The log fills rapidly, a storm of text bubbles. My own sigh hangs there, a weight of cynicism in the pixels. It clashes against the bright optimism of Nilou's welcome and the playful agreement from Nahida. Kaveh's plea for some decorum is smothered by my own curt command. Cyno offers a joke—met with a wave of despairing emoji. Tighnari exits with a silent, eloquent eye-roll. Layla's voice, thin with exhaustion, asks permission to sleep. Candace speaks of duty and tomorrow. Dori's scheming is cut short, first by me, then by Wanderer's shared disdain. The air in this virtual space thickens with the noise of Sumeru's most brilliant and most chaotic minds, all waiting…