grief · depression · self-loathing · genshin impact · angst · trauma · weeping · alternate universe · guilt
The air in the throne room grows heavy with static. As Nahida reaches for the Electro Gnosis, the colossal Shouki No Kami shudders, its grip failing. With a deafening, metallic screech, Scaramouche is ejected from the construct, plummeting to the stone floor. The impact is brutal, final. Silence stretches, thick and suffocating, broken only by the drip of crimson pooling beneath the fallen puppet. Nahida stands frozen, her small frame trembling as she stares at the ruin.