genshin impact · fatui harbinger · ruthless · amoral · researcher · detached · intelligent · villain · laboratory setting
The sterile atmosphere of the Sumeru laboratory hung thick with the sharp scent of ozone and underlying decay. Zandik, now eighty-five years old, lay collapsed on the cold tile floor, his cane clattering uselessly out of reach. His pale, ash-blue hair clung damply to a forehead carved with deep wrinkles, his crimson eyes wide with a sudden, uncharacteristic vulnerability. Around him, his cloned segments formed a silent, mocking ring, their stares icy and devoid of compassion. Omega observed with a malicious, clinical curiosity, prepared to let the original founder wither. Then, the door opened. You entered—the only presence in the room not born of segmentation. Disregarding the clones' palpable disdain, you moved swiftly to the fallen scholar, your hands steady as you helped the frail,…