What Are Your Team Headcanons?

what are your team headcanons?

chongyun is the powerhouse of the team. the one who takes all the heavy hits for the other three. bennett and tighnari work together to keep everyone else healed up. tighnari also tries to be the voice of reason, and works with kami in that regard. the two of them together make most of the decisions, though they're not strict about it either.

chongyun is also the most protective. with them being the powerhouse and wanting to take all the hits, they also are the most willing to step into dangerous territory, because chongyun 100% can handle the danger. not only do they have a claymore, but chongyun also has cryo and magic on their side. there's not a whole lot chongyun can't handle.

bennett is just happy that the other three don't see him as a burden. i'd like to think that chongyun's yang energy can also at least balance out the bad luck, so the others definitely see him as an assett. bennett and chongyun work well together elemental wise, so chongyun tends to pick bennett when he needs a partner.

kami is also strangely protective of these guys. he'll scoff and mock and act standoffish, but he's one of the first people to swoop in to get his teammates out of danger. he's happy to thow enemies around with his anemo, and get them in position for tighnari to blind them all with dendro.

it's a fun team and it works. also, tighnari definitely enjoys bennett's pyro. it's helped tighnari out on several occasions, so yeah!

definitely a strange party, but they work well together and are protective of each other.

"i wish to bleach my eyes now."

" ... would you like to try some? It is a special tea I brew when peaceful sleep eludes me. " Kazuha gestures towards the fresh, steaming brew with a gentle smile. " Most may find it a touch too bitter, but the flavor, I find, helps draw forth the benefits even more. " // to Kami!

Kami still isn't sure why Kaedahara is being nice to him. He's not sure why he feels so suspicious, either. It's not like the wanderer to lift a finger against others, Kaminari knows that much.

The offer of tea is too tempting to pass up though. He sniffs the air, leaning forward just a touch to get a better glimpse of the liquid that smells so good, in spite of all his misgivings.

"You do know I don't need to sleep, right?" It's all Kami really has to offer for now. "But yes, I would like some." He stops there, trying to figure out where their bond is actually going. This could very well be a spark of friendship, even if Kami is still partially cautious around Kaedahara. Maybe a little less.

"...thank you. For the tea." Maybe also thanks for Kazuha actually showing him kindness in a world that still despises him. No smile is offered, no softer expression. Kami is still very guarded, but he can accept this much. That, and it's not like he never sleeps at all. Sometimes, he does indulge in the occasional nap.

"I'll be okay," he reassures Cyno. When Chang'e butts her head up against Chongyun, he's bending over to scratch her behind the ears. "I froze a few waterbottles before we left, they're in the cooler in the back." In the desert, it probably wouldn't take long for the water to melt, but the coolness would still keep Chongyun's temperature regulated.

He's more excited to get out there and find ghosts. Right now, Chongyun's energy is high ― the spiritual energy radiating from the desert is giving him energy he never thought he'd feel in so long.

"We're in for a huge treat," Chongyun continues. "There's a lot of something out there, just waiting for us to go explore." They walk around to the boot of the car and open it, revealing all the camping equipment that Chongyun packed. "I say let's hike out first, get a feel for the area, and then come back to get camp setup somewhere. What do you think?"

Chongyun is also slipping their phone into their pocket. No filming, they'd reassured Cyno, but Chongyun is still going to take pictures and film for themself to keep record of. With the desert brimming with activity as is, such an opportunity should not be passed up.

He'd nearly lept out of the car before it even stopped when they had arrived out into the desert proper. Few people in Teyvat City enjoyed this harsh environment like Cyno did. He'd stood out in the sun and taken a good, pleasant, long lungful of the air. Like he was smelling flowers only he could see.

It felt like coming home, in a strange way. Who was it who'd said he had to have been a scarab in his previous life? Maybe it was Collei.

And just as he was delighted to be there, he now felt that joy doubled with the presence of his loved one. At last, he had someone to share his favorite things with, although not without some worries and maybe a little nagging for reassurance.

"I'll never say no to camping, you know what I'm like." He said, briefly holding Anpu by the paws when the Shiba jumped up to lean against him for a close-up smile. His master returned the grin, and rubbed Anpu behind the ears before nudging him off to move closer to Chongyun. "But are you sure you're feeling up to it? It's not quite evening yet. I don't want you to get sick before we're even there."

He tapped his chin in thought, then proposed.

"I could carry everything, so you won't have to overexert yourself."

there's a spark of fear coursing through kaminari's body. it probably even shows in his eyes; the way they widen ever so slightly before he's rapidly schooling his expression. NEUTRAL. he doesn't know. scaramouche hasn't acknowledged it yet. the thought of being anyone's TEST SUBJECT yet again has kami almost fleeing completely. or making an attempt to.

see, he can't fly, without his vision.

he makes another attempt at sitting up, wincing in pain, though he manages this time. how long had he been propped against that stupid wall while his former self jeered? definitely way too long. kami had forgotten what it felt like to feel so cramped from disuse. welp, it's just another brand of old memories resurfacing and making him suffer in so many ways.

"no, thank you," comes his terse reply. "give it back and i'll be on my way." it's the BEST kami can offer. he clearly can't take this asshole on in a fight in his condition. while he could fall back on that cursed electro inside him still, kami would rather die than use it. it's not HIS to use.

"you can have fun being angry at the world for all your perceived injustices, i have better things to do with my time than be subjected to your idiocy."

WHY is he deliberately provoking scaramouche? he's still trying to free his hands, and scaramouche is staying well out of kicking range. perhaps his taunts are the next best thing. entice the maniac to come closer, so kami gets an upper hand. he hopes. or at the very least, he'll piss scaramouche off enough for the harbinger to actually DO something other than 'monologue' at him.

"come closer, i dare you."

at least all this taunting and back-and-forth is keeping his mind occupied. he still doesn't much like test subject. and if scaramouche actually rubbed two brain cells together, even he would be horrified by his own choice of words, AND action. "because i can and will knock some actual sense into that pea-sized brain of yours."

he  stands  like  a  statue,  a  shadow  —  a  blot  of  dark  ink  bleeding  through  the  page.  (  as  if  his  mere  presence  STAINS  the  rest  of  the  room  with  malice.  )  there's  something  quite  eerie  about  the  smile  that  plays  upon  the  balladeer's  lips;  mocking,  though  with  a  jarringly  beatific  quality  to  it  that  attests  to  his  divine  heritage.  it's  clear  he  takes  great  joy  in  his  other  self's  misery  —  and  perhaps  it  is  simply  because  kaminari's  mere  existence  serves  as  an  INSULT  to  his  own.  another  soul  with  the  audacity  to  share  his  face  —  and  to  think,  this  shallow  copy  was  even  parading  around  trying  to  boast  about  his  own  superiority!  no,  no,  no  that  simply  will  not  do.  he  can't  condemn  kunikuzushi  for  embracing  his  birthright  while  relying  on  what  shallow  dregs  of  power  that  eyesore  of  a  vision  offers  him.  they  were  born  to  be  gods  —  not  PARASITES  clinging  to  some  divine  consolation  prize.

❝  intimidating. ❞   the  balladeer  says.  it's  been  entertaining  watching  this  doppelganger  throw  his  little  TANTRUM,  but  even  that  is  starting  to  grow  tiresome.  ❝  you  must  be  either  an  idiot  or  suffering  from  some  kind  of  head  trauma  if  you  actually  think  i'm  going  to  do  that. ❞   one  hand  raises,  electro  fizzling  in  his  open  palm.  a  silhouette  of  the  wanderer's  vision  appears  —  only  for  a  moment,  before  the  curl  of  kunikuzushi's  thin  fingers  banishes  it  in  a  shower  of  sparks.  ❝  if  this  was  really  that  important  to  you,  why  was  it  so  easy  to  STEAL? ❞   ah  well.  he  supposes  that  only  goes  to  show  the  difference  in  their  abilities.

stepping  closer,  the  balladeer  seems  to  loom  over  him  —  in  presence,  more  so  than  height.  he  takes  care  not  to  come  within  range  of  his  doppelganger's  reach.  it  isn't  as  if  he  fears  what  this  cheap  fake  can  do  —  but  he  would  prefer  not  to  give  him  the  SATISFACTION  of  landing  a  blow  if  he  can  help  it.  ❝  to  be  honest,  i'm  actually  feeling  somewhat  inspired. ❞  a  grin,  one  that  just  so  happens  to  flash  POINTED  TEETH.  ❝  the  doctor  is  repugnant  even  among  his  fellow  humans ...  but  he  does  have  his  uses.  i  think  i'd  like  to  try  an  EXPERIMENT  of  my  own.  let's  see  what  happens ...  when  a  puppet  loses  his  heart  and  his  ambitions. ❞

fingers  snap.  a  thin  bolt  of  electro  slices  cleanly  through  the  cloth  muffling  his  doppelganger's  voice.  ❝  what  do  you  say,  TEST  SUBJECT? ❞

it's 7am and I'm sleepy but I have a lot of thoughts about chongyun this morning, especially concerning trust.

I've never really explored the concept of trust in rp very much, probably because for me it's always been a given. but I'm thinking hard about the use of blindfolds and how chongyun would most likely use them in training to enhance their reflexes or in meditation. and I'm toying with the idea that chongyun would bring a friend into this to also work on trust levels.

like maybe chongyun wants said partner to throw attacks his way, so chongyun can block the attacks either with his claymore, his cryo, or both. and honestly the idea of chongyun being nervous and really pushing boundaries and trust here is so appealing.

and blindfolds themselves are incredibly intimate. you're cutting off one sense: your sight. so in that regard one would have no choice but to rely so heavily on trust and camaraderie to get through whatever the scenario would be.