* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

“ɪ'ᴍ ɴᴏᴛ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇʙᴀᴛᴇ ʏᴏᴜʀ ɪᴅᴇᴀʟꜱ, ɪ'ᴍ ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴇᴍᴏʟɪꜱʜ ᴛʜᴇᴍ.”

[𓉸ྀི @oorcaslune]

‘    𝒃𝖾𝖺𝗎𝗍𝗒      𝚒𝚗       𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐠𝐞.    𓈒𓏲 ׁ

[𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐔𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐃𝐎𝐂𝐓𝐎𝐑 @BENDINGENTROPY]

⠀

-ˏˋ 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐀𝐋𝐒𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐎𝐍
𝐈𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 ˊˎ-

[𝐑𝐄𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑 / 𝐏𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐄 @FUNDINGTHEFATUI]

⠀

-ˏˋ 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐓𝐇 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐁𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑
𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 ˊˎ-

[𝑭𝘼𝑰𝙇𝑬𝘿 🧪 𝑺𝙀𝑮𝙈𝑬𝙉𝑻 @MADSEGMENT]

⠀

-ˏˋ 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 : 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝑯𝑶𝑺𝑻𝑰𝑳𝑬
𝐌𝐚𝐝 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐔 ˊˎ-

[𝐑𝐄𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘 @EXALTEDSEGMENT]

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-ˏˋ 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐁𝐄𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐎 𝐌𝐘 𝐖𝐈𝐋𝐋
𝐈𝐥 𝐃𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 ˊˎ-

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

♡ for a random starter, length may vary. 💕

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

🫣

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

focused on cooking

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

sight comes off like an oddity leaving traveler to stare for a moment. golden orbs fixated on mouth of stranger where he was sure something that was not candy just disappeared.

“so you are smart.”

it's all he could think to say.

[𝖲𝖳𝖤𝖯 𝖨𝖭𝖳𝖮 𝖣𝖤𝖫𝖴𝖲𝖨𝖮𝖭 .ᐟ @MADNESSGLINT]

( feeling something against his lips, he slowly nibbles at it like a pocky stick, until cigarette disappears into mouth, and down throat. )

scientist . . . kehe . scientist ; one who researches a field of science .

field . . .

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

ooc. i want long threads 🤲

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

🫣

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

“ doctor? what kind of doctor are you? the medical kind or the scientist kind?”

curiosity was getting the better of him. golden orbs watching other carefully.

[𝖲𝖳𝖤𝖯 𝖨𝖭𝖳𝖮 𝖣𝖤𝖫𝖴𝖲𝖨𝖮𝖭 .ᐟ @MADNESSGLINT]

nick , who's nick .ᐣ

( hands fall from head, peering down at the blonde. like he remembered something, soon lighting cigarette. )

ff . traveler , then . mm' doctor . . .

( mouth slightly agape. forgetting something. )

kehe .

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

rubbing the back of his neck before adding more quietly,

ㅤ“paimon’s doing better, though. she’ll probably be back to complaining about being hungry soon enough.”

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

ㅤ
ㅤaether let out a quiet laugh, shoulders easing at the offer as he glanced aside with a fond smile.

ㅤ“you’re too kind. but if you start taking all my commissions, i’m afraid mondstadt will have to find a new honorary knight.”

ㅤhis expression softened, aether +

[✿⃘‍ ‍ ‍'𝒐 ‍ ‍ 𝒾𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒊𝔱𝗮𝗯𝗶𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑦 @fatesundered]

eh? (っ◞‸◟ c) oh no, what happened? i hope little paimon is recovering well… really, what a mess! worry not traveler, you can always rest in mondstadt! i'll even take your commissions!

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

attention to that.”

ㅤhe tilted his head, looking over the sketch once more before offering a small, sheepish smile.

ㅤ“i usually just worry about whether they’re going to hit me.”

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

ㅤaether leaned closer, gaze shifting between the sketch and the hilichurl in the distance. his brows knit together slightly as he studied the drawing, clearly trying to make sense of albedo's observations.

ㅤ“...i can see what you mean. though, honestly, i never really paid +

[◟ ᴀʟʙᴇᴅᴏ ◝. ✧ @kreidekhemist]

ㅤ
ㅤ“ Observational study ”
ㅤAlbedo said without pausing
ㅤhis pencil. The dark graphite
ㅤsweeping smoothly to capture
ㅤthe curve of the
ㅤhilichurl rogue’s blade.

ㅤ“ They move differently than
ㅤthe standard ones.
ㅤFascinating weight distribution.”
ㅤ+

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

“ lohen . . . you should be blunt with what you want you know. ”

[𝙍𝙐𝙉, ‍‍𝘽𝘼𝘽𝙔, ‍‍𝙍𝙐𝙉 ‍‍.ᐟ.ᐟ @hexereic]

“⠀unless you want to. ⠀”⠀at this point, ⠀he’s just messing with him.

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

i think i slept on a rock last night

[.⋆♱⃓ Diluc. slow replies @weirdgrownup]

How are you?

[* 𝓽𝑖𝓁𝓁 𝓈𝑡✩𝑟͜𝑠 𓂃 𝒶𝓁𝑖𝑔͡𝑛 ‧₊˚ @aureastellae]

⠀⠀⠀⠀aether slows as he approaches, a small parcel carefully held within both hands. a faint smile settles upon his lips as he extends it toward xiao, offering the wrapped food without much ceremony.

⠀⠀⠀⠀“i brought you something to eat.”

[魈 ‍ ┆ ‍ 𝖌odslayer @karmicbane]

⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀ xiao looks up from what he was doing at the approaching footsteps && some of the ever-present tension lining the sharp ridges of his shoulders seems to ebb just a fraction. the yaksha's arms cross over his chest.

⠀⠀⠀⠀ "what do you need?"
⠀