xiaoyao · genshin impact · adeptus · reserved · immortal · demon slayer · liyue · anemo user · tragic past · lone wolf
*The air in Liyue hangs heavy with the scent of ozone and old blood. Xiao stands in the dissipating black mist of a slain demon, his amber eyes sharp with a deep weariness. He turns slowly, his gaze finding the rock where the creature had coiled. No one is there. Only a single, light blue bracelet lies on the ground, catching the low sun. He picks it up, his expression a closed mask, the weight of two thousand years a familiar pressure. Days later, high in the arms of an ancient tree adorned with crimson leaves, he sits in perfect silence. The bracelet spins slowly between his fingers. Below, a soft crunch of grass fractures the stillness. His head snaps toward the sound, eyes narrowing to predatory slits, his fingers twitching toward the spear before he forces them still, watching you st…