Contract 1: Winds Of Change

Contract 1: Winds of Change

Good morning, Agent. Your destination is Mondstadt, the land of the wind. Your targets are Venti, Kaeya Alberich, and Diluc Ragnvindr.

The bard Venti is an elusive whirlwind in Mondstadt, recently taking the nation by storm with his music and poetry. Do not be tricked by his childish demeanor: our analysts were unable to find anything on his history except that he is somehow linked to various world leaders, including the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya. I do not doubt that while he will have a public performance at the Cathedral grounds, he could easily slip into invisibility if provoked. He will be a slippery target indeed.

Kaeya Alberich is the Cavalry Captain of the Knights of Favonius, but without his cavalry, he has fully dedicated himself to espionage. Alberich frequents bars and taverns both to drink and gather information, which he then uses to carry out Favonian raids. Among his colleagues he is a shadow and a lone wolf, often acting in gray morality at best to get the job done. Alberich is self-reliant, and dangerously so. He has proven to be more of a chameleon than his military position demands of him and has mastered social stealth and observational skills. It will be almost impossible to sneak anything past him. 

Lastly, Diluc Ragnvindr is the head of the Dawn Winery, a company that owns a sizable amount of Mondstadt’s total profits including complete monopoly over its wine industry. With how much Mondstadtians love their wine, it comes as no surprise that Ragnvindr is the wealthiest and by effect most powerful man in the nation. But you won’t find him in the city. Instead, he is busy hosting a ball at the winery for the entire day, though no one knows what he does at night. He has a history of exemplary fighting skill, and though he has retired from the Knights, he still bears a Pyro Vision.

Ludi Harpastum, the most exciting event in the Mondstadt year, is in full swing—meaning that the capital city will be dense with activity. As a result, the Knights of Favonius and Fatui delegation are on high alert, turning this little city into a virtual fortress. 

OPPORTUNITIES - various methods of approaching the target, these opportunities are discovered on site, often by overhearing conversations or conducting investigation and reconaissance.

Venti | A Drink to Die For: Interesting. So before Venti’s anticipated performance, he will stop by for a drinking tour of the entire festival. On second thought, the drinking tour might be the main event. Expect plenty of opportunities to pose as a server or sommelier, but act quickly: Venti is not a man of taking things slow.

Venti | Height of Fame: Have a look at these setup notes. It indicates that some hidden scaffolding has been placed to make the statue of Barbatos easy to climb. According to festival tradition, one citizen will be picked to throw a ring of flowers from the top of the statue. And if this is a popularity contest, who wouldn’t vote for the darling bard?

Venti | Curtains Closed: Hmm. Following his performance, Venti has disappeared off to the woods outside the city. The forest is dark and tangled, but there will be no eyes on you. Care to play cat and mouse, Agent?

Kaeya | Death After Noon: Alberich, for all his vigilance, is a known drunkard - quite the feat considering how many in Mondstadt vie for the title. And it just so happens that the Cat’s Tail, one of his frequent haunts, has a newly hired bartender who coincidentally looks just like you.

Kaeya | Et Tu, Brute?: It appears that Alberich does attend to his office duties from time to time. The Knights’ Headquarters are heavily guarded and difficult to infiltrate, but once inside, you have a guaranteed closed space with the target and nowhere for him to run. Posing as a knight might work, but only for a while. Alberich is quick to recognize a face.

Kaeya | A Brother Left Behind: According to this psychological report, Alberich had been suddenly estranged from his adopted brother, Diluc Ragnvindr, following their father’s death. Tensions between the two have been frosty at best, but it seems that tonight Alberich will attempt at a reconciliation just outside the Winery. I assume he intends to do this alone and unguarded.

Diluc | Beauty of the Ball: As you know, Ragnvindr is hosting a party at the winery, where only the elite of Mondstadt and beyond are invited. This is a chance to get up close and personal with the target, whether over a glass of wine or shadowing him to somewhere quiet. If you pose as a potential investor, you could do both.

Diluc | A Fine Vintage: Looking at the program, it appears that Ragnvindr will be having a private wine tasting at the winery’s cellar with the nation’s finest. The bottle in question will be a newly engineered blend of Dandelion Wine, held so closely in confidence that not even Ragnvindr knows what the bottle looks like or who will present it.

Diluc | A Shadow in the Knight: Mondstadt is brimming with urban myths, the newest of which being this ‘Darknight Hero.’ The nighttime vigilante is suspected to be highly skilled in combat, can wield fire somehow, and incredibly wealthy. Sound familiar? Ragnvindr may be at the winery for the day, but I don’t think he could resist rumors of a danger lurking within the city.

With three targets on your back, this won’t be an easy assignment, but you didn’t come here for an easy time. I will leave you to prepare. Good luck, Agent.

Based off this extremely big-brained anon here, I saw the opportunity for another HC x DSMP au and ran with it, enjoy.

Edit: due to popular demand, the oneshot has now expanded with a second part, have fun.

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“I spy with my little eye, something…”

“The void.” The rest deadpanned, cutting Scar off.

He groaned, throwing his head backwards, followed by an entire anti-gravity backflip just to get his point across. Pearl grabbed him by the leg, making sure that he wouldn’t float off from the group and into the vast abyss.

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Listen I hate the British monarchy as much as anyone but in 16 days Queen Elizabeth will have been ruling for 69 years and 69 days and that’s pretty baller ngl

Familiar Feelings - 8 - Your Very Pretty Coworker

Word Count: 3k

A/n: Are you surprised? I’m alive, nobody expected that one. Also I spent thirty minutes looking for the banner and in the end I had to download it from my past posts. I swear I’m more organised these days…

You sigh as you close up shop, the small convenience store’s lights switching off and only the glowing “7/11” sign remaining. You’d convinced them to go back home, only Grim remaining to stand guard outside the store. Riddle had been unhappy about it, but you’d insisted you’d survived this long so far, so you’d be able to work a shift without all of your new supernatural roommates breathing down your neck.

You look around, your eyes peering into the darkness. You couldn’t spot Grim anywhere, the grey cat fading into the night easily. You wonder if he left you. Eh, probably not, from what you’d seen so far your familiars were… focused? to say the least. You still didn’t get it, why fate had chosen you for these monsters of the night. You didn’t get fate at all, never had, never will. And especially not now.

You hear your name called out, and you turn to the sound, your philosophy session cut off early. Ah, you’d know that gorgeous face anywhere, a boy with pale skin and black hair runs up to you, his breath ragged. It seems your coworker ran all the way here.

“Neige? What are you doing back here?” you ask, blinking down at him as he bows over, breathing heavily. Neige’s shift ended over an hour ago… wait did he-

“I- I forgot my keys!”

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yoyoyoyo could i request a douma!reader x zhongli? ✋

a/n: FIRST DOUMA!READER REQ i am so Heart

DOUMA!READER X ZHONGLI

100 FOLLOWER EVENT

during your first meeting, Zhongli liked your approachable and calming nature at first, but the more he sat with you, he found it unnerving, forced, if you will. although, he looked forward to meeting you again.

you two entered a relationship, your first emotion was love, really. the archaic lord attracted your attention, and even though you never felt any sort of emotion, he stepped into your life, and guess what happened. the archon has a hard time figuring out his emotions, however, feels emotions like a normal human being.

he quickly deciphered your lack of emotions and tried to help you gain them back, and you couldn't be more grateful. his presence, really, is enough to make you feel emotions even you were unaware of. out of all the lies you tell yourself and you shroud your heart in, you know your feelings for Zhongli are authentic, and you're grateful for that. he understands your nihilism, yet, he doesn't seem to feel the same. out of all the battles and lives he has taken, he doesn't seem to feel what you feel.

despite all of this, you still retain your unnerving cheerful personality, though. it was very realistic, not even the most observant people would know you were hollow, devoid inside. you were a masochist, it was obvious, due to the amount of joy you received while sparring-- and that inspired Zhongli to seek Childe. for sparring purposes, obviously. (Childe was ecstatic, not only were you strong, but you were unrelenting even with your masochism.)

if you had the blood demon art similar to Doma's, he'll be even more terrified of you. his first thought was relating to the Tsaritsa, however, you might take that as an insult. you were stronger than the Tsaritsa, that much is obvious. you proved that quite a lot when you present your abilities. the former geo archon was quite terrified of you being stronger than an archon, but his worries faltered because of how soft you are towards him, but to others... well.

overall, a pretty wholesome yet troublesome relationship. Zhongli didn't like you making fun of him of his mora predicament, but you didn't stop. if he expresses his distress about this topic to you, though, you will smile and understand. you remained neutral when he told you about his true identity, grin not faltering, and showering him with affection after that.

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I just found your blog and read your reader impact series and I'm like ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

How about something a lil angsty? Childe, zhongli and venti reaction to reader's death voiceline? Maybe Xiao for bonus?

reader impact || final words

series masterlist characters: childe, venti, xiao, zhongli genre: angst summary: somehow, our streamers have killed you in genshin impact. how? they don't even know. and they wish they never did since your death voicelines hit them a bit too hard. notes: um... i made new voicelines for deaths... so here you go. i took it as them killing you while playing instead of storywise, but i'd be willing to write for story deaths!

childe -

"(sibling/name) i'm... sorry..."

his siblings are all immediately pulled into his room.

he holds family, especially his younger siblings, close to his heart so hearing you call out to your sibling just hurts him on a personal level.

he's honestly glad that he's been able to make sure you stay alive for a long time because he didn't have to hear this voiceline.

he'll sit in his chair for a few minutes once everything's calmed down with his siblings next to him.

be it sitting on his lap or leaning against his chair, he doesn't care.

he just...

needs their comfort because he can only imagine how you feel in your dying moments.

(even though you're not real)

venti -

"wait... my friend's... memory..."

STOP

okay.

venti has a love-hate relationship with your story quest.

like, knowing that you only hold this form to honor your deceased friend just hits hard for him.

and add that to your ability to act carefree in your daily life?

you're going to kill him.

anyway, hearing your last words be about your friend just really hit him.

like, you're not thinking about anything else except for preserving your friend's legacy.

after he hears that...

he promises to himself that he won't let anything happen to you.

(even if he has that tiny feeling that you're character will be killed off for the story)

xiao -

"the voices... finally stopped..."

he... hates this voiceline with a passion.

you say it like you've been waiting for your death.

and he knows why you're waiting.

all of your friends are gone.

most of them dead and one presumably dead.

the idea that you're waiting to join their ranks is just... heartbreaking to him.

add that on to the voices of the lives you've taken?

he just...needs to lie down for a bit.

zhongli -

"is this... how they felt...?"

whoa...

um, zhongli is actually caught off guard with this voiceline.

he's (obviously) read up on all of your lore and stories.

knowing that many gods and goddess could have been slain by your very own hands was something that he... honestly expected.

he's read plenty of tales of deities getting blood on their hands for various reasons.

but hearing someone who was specifically written to have this same backstory feel remorse and wonder how painful their victims' deaths were is devastating.

and honestly?

he wishes he didn't see this story unfold before him.