Hello. I'm Sorry If This Is Sudden But I Was Wondering If You Took Story Requests And If You Do, Could

Hello. I'm sorry if this is sudden but I was wondering if you took story requests and if you do, could you make a platonic Dan heng IL story with the reader being the child of his previous incarnation and with the reader still being quite young and Jing Yuan is the one to tell Dan Heng about them even though he's only met them a couple and doesn't know them personally, but Jing Yuan felt like Dan Heng had the right to know about the reader especially after the reader had an encounter with Blade. (If this is too much or if you don't do requests that's completely understandable and I wish you a good day/afternoon and or night😊)

Author's Notes:

Hi, I haven't done the latest Trailblazer mission yet. But my stupid ass, low-key, accidentally spoiled myself with the whole thing about Blade :') . So, I guess I can give this a go.

Tbh, I am not a lore person when it comes to Hoyoverse. For me, it's too confusing and convoluted. I just pay attention to the details in the story and reread character lines over and over again to get their speech patterns.😅😅😅

I hope for the best.

Also…is this Dad!Dan Heng, or Creator!Dan Heng?

-Punishing Eden

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His Legacy…

Dan Heng x Child!Reader (Ft. Jing Yuan & Bailu)

Summary:

Before Dan Heng leaves, he learns of your existence; his next of kin from his previous incarnate. Despite not harbouring much memories or parental familiarity, Dan Heng wants to see you one last time.

Tags: Lore (that I only know 10% about), platonic, parental relationship, request, one-shot, potential spoilers, possible ooc, canon divergent, request

It was a risk.

With every decision made, there’s always a risk. And, Jing Yuan knows that, by releasing the Stellaron Hunter; by the name of, “Blade”, was definitely a risk.

“General… are you sure we should do this?” Yanqing had expressed his concern, yet, for the General, Jing Yuan continued to execute his plan. Knowing, if everything is under control, the fruition will worth the risk.

Jing Yuan had given precaution to each step along the way. However, he never anticipated that the Stellaron Hunter would have other plans of his own.

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“Who are you?”, you asked, looking at a man with a nonchalant, yet, troubled look.

Blade looked at you. The colours of his irises swirled. He didn't answer, as his dark presense towers over you.

Troubled, as if he was baring all the burden on his shoulders. Troubled, as if he held onto the anguish and hatred of the past. Troubled, as if he holding on to a thin line between ‘monster’ and ‘man’; of what is left of his sanity.

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The guilt weighed on Jing Yuan when he had heard of your encounter with Blade. Were the precautions not enough? We're his predictions not good enough?

The General recalled, how the Master Diviner had given him a warning, prior, to the operation.

“Was it worth, to put so much risk to simply catch the Stellaron Hunter, Kafka?” Fu Xuan asked, she made her disapproval as clear as day.

"Nothing can escape destiny and fate..." Fu Xuan's voice rang in Jing Yuan's ears.

Maybe, despite all the precaution that were made, your encounter with Blade was inevitable. And, maybe it was also fate that brought Dan Heng back to Luofu.

“Dan Feng…” Jing Yuan began, “I see that you have finally returned to Luofu.”

“Dan Feng?” Dan Heng questioned, amused by how Jing Yuan called him by his previous name, “I don’t go by that name anymore… everything is in the past, I see no need to look back.”

Hearing what Dan Heng had said, brought a frown on Jing Yuan’s face. However, the General nodded. He accepted the fact; what had happen centuries ago was of a tragic demise. Done, out of the succumb of “immortality”.

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“You’re hurt…” you said, trying to grab the man’s bandaged hand, “Lady Bailu can help you.” You offered.

Before you could wrap your tiny fingers around Blade’s hand, he immediately pushed you away. His eyes stared with intensity, seemingly glowing at the sight of his target. His chest heaved, as he felt his throat tensed up at the bubbling emotions of anger emerging.

Looking at the small child getting up from the ground, Blade fixated his gaze on you, as if he was planning to strike his next move. His grip held onto his sword tightly.

___

“Indeed, the past is the past, but…” Jing Yuan said, “ the legacy of your former self, will continue over the centuries to come, Dan Heng.”

He hinted something to Dan Heng.

“Whether you, like it or not…” Jing Yuan added.

Dan Heng’s foot step paused. There was a small weight in his heart. Was it something he did, when he was still Dan Feng? He turned around to look at Jing Yuan, the memories swirled in Dan Heng’s mind, trying to comprehend the muddled and missing pieces of the image of you. An sleeping child, hibernating until it was time for you to be awaken from your birth.

“… [Y/N]…?” He spoke of your name.

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He lifted his arm up, the cracks on his sword glowed, as he looked down at you with an intense gaze. At that moment, Blade had felt he had snapped. He wasn’t a “man”, but a “monster” blinded my his emotions.

The animalistic growl grumbled from his throat, the anticipation of spilling crimson right before his eyes when he brings his arm down. Yet, his arm remain frozen. Your cries began to alert the guards of Bailu’s estate.

Blade struggled against his mind. Your childish cries was giving him a headache. “…Just…a…small…child…” He mumbled to himself.

“Who’s there?” The guards came running to your direction, “It’s him! The Stellaron Hunter! Quick, alert Lady Bailu!”

“Tsk..”Blade clicked his tongue. Without a word, he fled.

___

“[Y/N].” Dan Heng said.

You looked up at him. Your creator, that you never knew.

Without saying anything, you handed him a cup of tea, before returning to Bailu’s side. Warm light illuminated the living room of Bailu’s house.

“Do you know how tiring it is to look after this child, General?” she complained, “how long will you be keeping this child with me?”

Jing Yuan chuckled, “I understand, Lady Bailu. You have ‘just’ been through a rebirth, and I am certain that having a child under your care while still being…quite young…is tiresome.” The general took a sip of the tea, avoiding certain words, “But, please bare with this arrangement for a little longer. Until the time is right, you will be free of such services.”

Bailu was a little surprised, “W-wait!? What does that mean?!”

“Why do you sound like I want to get rid of this child?” Bailu accused.

”Oh?” Jing Yuan held a surprised look, “Was that not what you ask for?”

“I mean…yes, it will be less of a burden to have this child under my care... But, I have taught a few things about medicine to this child…” the dragon girl said, thinking of a excuse, “…so it will be a loss of my effort if the child leaves so soon. How are you going to compensate that?! ” She crossed her arms.

Dan Heng continued to look at you. You were at a corner playing by yourself. The way you look, the expression and features, were a reflection of him. Dan Feng, your creator, your father.

He let out a heavy sigh. There was a part of him, that wants to engage with you. There were so many things he wanted to say, to do, and to ask of you. Yet, the lack of familiarity and parental feelings for you, made him hesitate.

“…well, it will be quite some time before further arrangements can be made on the child’s welfare…” Jing Yuan grabbed his chin, a mock gesture to convince Bailu to fall through his plan.

“As I thought, General,” Bailu scoffed, “Now, if you are not asking for prescriptions or diagnosis, leave.”

“Yes, of course. Are you alright with that?” Jing Yuan looked at Dan Heng, who’s eyes were fixed on you.

He snapped out of it and replied, “…Yes, I am ready to go. The Astral Express will be leaving soon.”

“We’ll see you both out… [Y/N], the guest are leaving.” Bailu hopped off her chair. She gently took your hand and walked Jing Yuan and Dan Heng to the door.

Both men looked back as they walked out. Dan Heng gave you one last look. You were waving goodbye at him. With Bailu, the Elder High of the Vidyadhara, as your guardian. He knew you are in good hands.

The front gates closed. The image of you disappeared behind the structure with along with Bailu.

That was the last time, Dan Heng saw of you.

(C) Punishing Eden

Okay... I take that back.

All the fanart of him... 😵😵😵

Confession✋😞

I am not into Lee Hyperreal.

The Way of the Cloud Knife

Not beta read

Honkai: Star Rail x Reader

Jing Yuan x Reader

Summary:

You aren't part of the Cloud Knights, nor are you a martial artist.

Yet, The great General of the Cloud Knights, along with other greatly titles, Jing Yuan, took interest in your practice of the *Cloud Knife.

*Cloud Knife is a common tool used in Ear Cleaning (採耳) services.

Tags: Reader is not Trailblazer, fluff, cultural references, one shot, short fic

His hand moved slowly towards the chess board. The holographic chess piece tapped on the surface of the intersecting lines, the relaxed smile never left Jing Yuan's face. Even, when he watched your expression turned, from a slight irritation, to a shock of surprise.

"General," he said.

The moment his chess piece landed inside the "citadel", you could only look up at him, still shocked, and said, "... You lied..."

You were right, he lied.

Jing Yuan, took a sip from his tea and chuckled.

"You said you will go easy on me." you spoke angrily.

"Perhaps, I did get carried away..." Jing Yuan simply replied. His gentle smile did not waver.

The general's carefree and nonchalant attitude triggered your initial gut feeling once more. You knew he was up to no good when he invited you for a game of Weiqi.

"You planned this all along," you accused," you said, you would go easy on me just to have me agree."

A chuckled left Jing Yuan's lips, "How else would you agree to come here?"

You scoffed at his words. Feeling a little embarassed how well the General fooled you.

You had been avoiding his invites for a while now. Whenever you recieve a message from him, it would usually end up in an utter embarrassment in a match of chess. And, whenever Jing Yuan wins, the general would leverage his victory in order to coax you for a 'favour'.

However, you convinced yourself that this time around it would be different. You had hope the General would actually let you easy on the game, as he promised.

"Needless to say, I won. Once, again," Jing Yuan smile. He lifted his hand and pointed his finger at his ear. Signalling you what he really wanted to ask you for.

You sighed. You knew where this was going.

Prompted, you reached for your bag to grab a rectangular box. Opening it, you took out a blunt tool. The Cloud Knife shone with the light, reflecting its long history within the Xianzhou's local culture; in terms of ear cleaning.

"Yanqing told me you developed new techniques of the Cloud Knife," Jing Yuan said, "I didn't know you are working on a new repertoire." he jokingly teased.

You could only rolled your eyes, internally, at Jing Yuan's teasing.

"I hope this won't take too much of my time, I still have work to do," You said.

"Of course," Jing Yuan replied. He smile never left, and it felt brighter when he looked at you.

Moving closer, Jing Yuan slowly laid down. Gently placing his head on your lap, his hair spread over your thighs, and it tickled your skin. Very gently, your fingers brush his locks away revealing his ear.

Taking the blunt knife, in a delicatly gentle fashion, you ran the blunt edge of the blade from the corner of Jing Yuan's forehead down to his mandible. His facade expression slipped at the sensation, althought it was only for a split second.

Next, you used the blunt tip of the knife to lightly pressed against the acupuncture points along the shell of his ear. Repeating the technique a few more times before switching up your stance, and you began to run the tip along the nooks and crannies of his ear.

Jing Yuan took a deep breath. You felt his body began to relax. It never ocurred to you how tense Jing Yuan was.

'There must be a lot on his mind,' you thought to yourself.

Running the blade through the channels of his ears, you brought the blade over to the outer shell. Gently running circles before pausing at the top. Your other hand gently held under it as you began scraping the shell.

Jung Yuan laid still with his eye closed. Enjoying the sensation of the cool piece of metal running along his ear. He paid attention to each of your movements, noticing how fluid you were wielding the knife. He knew you got better with the techniques because Yanqing would not stop talking about it.

You began to twirl the knife, rotating the blade as you ran it all over the surface. In that instance, Jing Yuan lifted his brows. With his eyes still closed, he let out a questioning hum, “this is new…” he commented with a smile.

The technique gave a new feeling to sensation, sending waves of pleasure and relaxation. The nerves and acupuncture points were lighting up like fireworks.

“Just experimenting…” you whispered back. After a few more runs with the Cloud Knife. Your hand pulled away gently placing the knife back into the box.

Using your thumb and index finger, your began to massage the side of Jing Yuan’s head. Occasional messaging the ear, leading them to flush more in colour. (As Bailu suggested, simulated blood rushes to the ear helps with hearing. Maybe the General needed it, after all doesn't he seem to listens to you very well.)

As your hand press and kneaded, you soon realised how fully relaxed Jing Yuan was. Laying limp on your lap, you watched as he had dozed off into a pleasant dream.

A chuckled left your lips. Indeed, the Jing Yuan lives up to his title, the Dozing General. The routine was over. Fingers brushing through Jing Yuan's fluffy locks, you fixed his hair before tapping on his shoulder, “We’re done, General.”

You expected him to open this eyes and get off. However, Jing Yuan did not budge. Instead, he remain asleep. You thought he was just teasing you and went to tap his shoulder again. This time a little harder.

“General,” you spoke in a calm manner, “It’s time to get up.”

“Hmmm,” Jing Yuan hummed, “Not bad…I can see why Yanqing likes to stop by your office.”

“It’s not good for your ears if you do this too often,” You lectured, “Now get up, I have to get back to work.”

“Do you really want to?” Jing Yuan questioned you with an innocent look. However, you couldn’t help but to feel he saw through you somehow.

“Of course, I still have a lot of work to do. If I haven’t come here to play chess with you, I would have been able to finish work a long time ago.” You said.

“And yet, you still accepted to come over,” Jing Yuan chuckled when he saw you let out a surprised expression. For a moment, your face flushed in colour while trying to think of an excuse, “I only agreed to come here because I thought I can win against you for once. It’s as simple as that, General.”

Jing Yuan let out a laugh at how flustered you become. It was certainly not easy to coax you to join him for a game. Even if the game last only for a minute or two, he enjoy having your company nevertheless.

“Shall we continue?” He pointed to his other ear, "Or do you want that to be determined by another game?"

Swallowing your embarrassment, you nodded taking the Cloud Knife once more.

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Author's notes:

Tbh, IDK why I wrote this but. All I know is I want to write something unconventionally intimate.

In all honesty, this is the most cultural fic I've ever written, I wrote this while I got covid so... I just hope for the best.

(C) Punishing Eden

Brain fog is real

Oh, finally got the chance to ask for stories. If you allow me, I want a one-shot story about how the Gray Raven members helped Commander, who was blown away by a strong wind on a mission with them and blown away like Mary Poppins with her umbrella, with elements of comedy in it? Thank you very much.

Author's note:

Ngl, this is a bit of a challenge, and it did took me a while. Writing comedy is something new to me. Plus, my humor is *Chefs kiss*/sarcas.

Haha.. Ha.. Ha... Please say I am funny ;w;

BTW, the incident with the automatic umbrella was a true story of mine. It legit happened like that, I am not making this up.

Edit: Spotted some mistakes, fixed it

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Cursed Relic...

Grey Ravens and Commandant/reader (ft. Kamui)

Summary:

You found an piece of relic in the ruins. An automatic umbrella of the Golden Age. Yet, Lucia and Kamui insisted it is cursed.

Tags: Comedy (*finger guns*), mild action, Lee and Kamui the comedic duo, Panini-style

"Commandant!" Lucia yelled from five feet below. You watched as she fanatically ran around trying to find a way to get to you.

Liv was just as frantic, scanning for all possible means. Meanwhile, Lee was almost at the verge to kill Kamui.

Currently dangling, dangerously five feet above ground level, carefully, you readjusted your grip on the piece of metal. You felt your new battle suit accommodated to your grip.

You reckon you should just find your way out of this mess; before Lee has a chance to commit murder.

Your hands began to move along the pipeline with each grip as your body slowly, but surely, following along it's direction. You looked up to makes sure your hands are doing fine, and noticed your right hand was still gripping onto the relic...

*****

"Wait a minute..." you said.

Among the sand, you managed to spot something buried beneath. Out of curiousity you decided to pick it up, inspecting its shape and mechanics. You shook it to remove decades of sand and dust that was accumulated.

"Commandant?" Lee walked over to you. He saw you standing there in fascination, and he got a little curious.

His voice alerted Lucia as well. She, too, followed behind Lee, wanting to know what had caught your attention.

"Guys look," you said and held up relic, "I never thought I would see something like this!"

"What is it, Commandant?" Lucia asked.

"It's an umbrella," Lee answered, "Golden age relic, an automated model too..."

You nodded your head and added, "I wonder how does this work?"

"Let me take a look, Commandant," Lee said and conducted a scan on the item.

Meanwhile, Liv was scanning the surroundings nearby. Usually ruins are places where the corrupted like to gather the most, hence, it was usual practice for her to scan the area whenever the team are traversing through ruins.

Kamui was joining in with the mission, and was on standby behind the group. He asked, "Liv, anything nearby?"

The support construct shook her head, "No enemies detected. Punishing Virus Concentration is low. It is safe to continue." she reported.

Kamui nodded before noticing a lively conversation was happening between you and your other two constructs.

Without much thought, Bastion made his way towards you.

"Ah! Kamui, your post!" Liv exclaimed.

"It's fine, Liv. I'll be back in a sec!" Kamui promised.

Approaching the group, he peer over Lee's shoulder. "Oh wow! What's that?!" Kamui asked.

Lee jumped from the volume of Kamui's voice, "What the-!!"

Lee spun around, face flush with embrassment and anger. Placing your arm in between the constructs, you stopped Lee from grabbing Kamui. Paleflame could only bite his tougne, swallowing his annoyance all for your sake.

"It's an automatic umbrella," you answered Kamui's question.

You lifted up the item to give the construct a better look at it, "I bet Asmoiv would like to study this." you joked.

"... Commandant..."Lucia suddenly spoke, her voice sounded a little worried," are you sure you want to take the relic with you? "

"What is it, Lucia?" you asked. You were confused by what Lucia had said.

"It's just..." her cheeks went a little red. Embrassed by what she was about to say, "I heard that relics are usually cursed. Should you take it with you, Commandant, I am worried that something might happen to you."

Everyone went quiet after Lucia spoke. You didn't know what to think of it until Kamui spoke, "Hey, Lucia... Are you sure? I know we watched a lot of Golden Age movies but..."

"Cursed relics are simply myths," Lee butted in, "there are no scientific prove that curses exist other than being a human cultural belief. In other words, this is all superstition. So, don't worry about it too much."

Flushed with colour, Lucia lowered her head a little out of embrassment. "It's okay, Lucia. I know you meant well," you reassured, "Thank you."

"... I guess we have stayed here long enough, shall we move on, Commandant?" Lee asked.

Giving him a nod, you then turned to Liv and requested, "Liv, how did the scan go? Any way out?"

"There are in total five exits in this ruin, this includes the entrance. The nearest exit is in the west wing of the building." Liv reported.

"Get into formation," you ordered, "Kamui, back to position."

Bastion gave a little pout but nodded regardless and went back to his position at the back. Under your command, you and your group continued going through the ruin. Looking for the exit, before all of you over stayed your welcome.

Arriving at the location, Lee commented when he saw the exit, "Liv, when you say exit, do you mean this?" he pointed at the huge hole on the wall. Liv turned a little red from embrassment and nodded.

"Commandant, it's raining," Lucia said, "There should be a waterproof function in your new uniform."

You nodded and activated the control system. The wrist band on your suit glowed projecting a control panel in front of you. There was a newly installed functions list in your system. You took your time to scroll through the list, searching for the word 'Wateeproof' but not before catching your eyes on another word, 'Parachute'.

Once you found what you wanted, you press the button waiting for the system to respond. However, after a few seconds pass, the system was not responding. Pressing the button again, you helded a troubled look.

“Commandant?” Lee asked. He approached the control panel and tried to press the button as well.

“I think the suit’s lagging,” you said, "It was working fine before."

“Did you break the the mother board by chance? Or the communicator?” Lee asked, “let me run a scan.”

You thought about it, but you never recall every breaking the technology inside your suit. You never took a big fall, nor did you hear anything break.

"Nevermind," You said. There's no time to lose. Taking the umbrella, you lift it up and showed it to your constructs, "I can always use this." you spoke proudly.

"... Are you sure? That thing looks kinda rusty." Kamui commented.

Lucia had a look of worried on her face.

"Just watch how this works," exicted, you pushed the button to open up the canopy. However, the runner slide with a small pop, the whole top flew off the tip leaving you holding onto the handle and the shaft. The canopy landed on the ground with a wet thud. The rain fell harder, hitting home the fact you are definitely going to get wet.

"... Is that how it suppose to work?" Kamui asked.

"Shut up,"Lee scoffed.

"Hey Lucia," Kamui turned to Grey Raven's captain, "you know, this is kinda like a sign."

Lucia pulled back, "What do you mean?" She asked in a serious tone.

"maybe...the relic is actually cursed?" Kamui suggested, "Commandant already has encounter two problems. Maybe there would be a third one!"

Immediately, Lucia's heighted her senses. In fear she looked at you, who was still making a joke about the umbrella. Liv and Lee were trying to help you put the umbrella back together.

"C-Commandant..." Lucia said, she reached out trying to stop you, however, as optimistic as you could be you said, "Well, I guess we just to find the nearest shelter and run. Liv, anything?"

Running a scan, Liv nodded and report, "There's infrastructure up a head."

"Good, let's move out, team!" you ordered. You pulled your cape over your head and ran out of the ruins.

Standing there, Lucia could only watch as the rest of her team followed you. All running towards the shelter under the beating rain. Lost at what she should do, Lotus could only bite her tougne and followed from behind.

*****

"Whew! We made it!" you spoke as you tried to catch your breath.

Standing by the entrance of the infrastructure, it seems to be a warehouse of some sorts. You were soaked from head to toe.

"Commandant, are you alright?" Lucia asked in worry.

Looking at your contruct, you gave her a slight confused look. 'What has got her so on edge? ' you thought.

"What is it, Lucia?" you asked.

"..." struggling say it out loud, Kamui butted in, "What Lucia is trying to say is... Do you feel anything off? Like a broken ribs or something?"

"Commandant, are you hurt?" Liv asked in surprise.

"Oh no, no, I am fine," you laughed," But I am getting a bit cold, let's head inside." you pointed at the warehouse.

Quickly, everyone went in. Lee and Kamui closed the entrance door, just in case the corrupted were to walk in.

"From the look of this place...there should be an office here somewhere," You mumbled, desperate to find something to dry you off. You began shivering from the cold. Walking along the warehouse, you looked around to see there were also machineries laying around. Then it clicked to you that this isn't a warehouse, but a workshop.

"I wonder what things did the people make in this place?" you asked.

"Something with paint. " Lee answered. He pointed at the large empty pot with paint residue all dried up at the bottom.

"Guys look!" Kamui exclaim and ran ahead.

"Kamui, wait!" Liv cried.

"Let him be, Liv." Lee sighed.

Everyone followed Kamui. He had ran towards a control panel up front, and next to it was an industrial fan.

"Guys, I got an idea!" Kamui said, "We can dry Commandant with this!"

Lee apparoch Kamui as he played with the controls. "I wouldn't touch anything here if I were you." Lee warned.

"Don't worry, bro. I got this!" Kamui gave Lee and thumbs up, Paleflame flashed a look of skepticism.

Meanwhile, you continued to inspect the umbrella. Back at the ruins, Lee fixed it for you so it should work fine.

Holding the umbrella out, you pressed the button to release the top again. This time, instead of the top flying out from the shaft, it stayed and the ribs opened up.

FOOM, it let out a sound and a sudden burst of force startling you a little. You've never experience something like this before.

'Do people back in the Golden Age always experience this everytime it rains?' you thought to yourself.

Maybe the history museum back in Babylonia would be happy to collect this. Excited, you turned around eager to show your constructs the umbrella actually works.

At the same time, Kamui was troubleshooting the machine. Suddenly, the fan blades began to move. It started a little slow, but soon picked up it's momentum.

You, with an open umbrella at hand, approached Lucia and Liv. "Hey, look the umbrella works!" you said happily. However you began to feel resistance from behind. As the wind blew stronger and stronger, the umbrella suddenly picked up the wind.

The next thing you knew, your feet flew off from the ground. The fan blew as you held on to the umbrella, taking you a few feet above.

"Commandant!" Lucia cried.

"Oi!" Lee snapped at Kamui.

Quickly you grabbed on to a nearby pipe to prevent yourself from hitting the wall. Grabbing onto the piece of metal tightly, you looked down and saw the Grey Ravens panicking.

Lucia and Liv were running around, while Lee was on the verge to kill Kamui.

The umbrella was still in your hands.

"I knew it! It's cursed!" Lucia exclaimed.

"What do you mean, Lucia?" Liv asked.

"The unbrella..." Lucia replied, "It's a cursed relic."

Liv was taken back.

"As long as it's by Commandant's side, Commandant will always be in danger." Lucia continued.

"Wait, Lucia how can you be sure. These are just myths." Lee said.

"but..." Lucia replied, "Didn't a number of misfortunes happened after Commandant kept the umbrella?"

The team went silent.

"... Then what should we do?" Liv asked.

Everyone looked at Lucia, waiting for her response. Thinking hard, she figured it would be wise to tackle the thing she was cautious the whole time.

The umbrella.

"We need to destroy that relic. As long as its there, Commandant is not entirely save." she said.

"I agree," Lee said, "and we need to act fast. I doubt the pipe could hold on."

On cue, the pipe began to break from your weight. You held on tightly as the piece of metal dropped down. Metal scratching against metal sounded like thunder roaring through the workshop. This alerted the team. The situtation was dire and they need to act.

"Let's split up," Lee suggested, "Liv and Kamui, stay here and watch out for Commandant. Lucia and I will head to the office to see if there's anything to help Commandant!"

Not a second to waste, Lee and Lucia dashed towards the office. While Kamui and Liv kept watch. "Don't worry Commandant!" Kamui yelled, "If you fall I can catch you!"

"Erm... Kamui, I don't think it's possible for Commandant." Liv said.

Suddenly, the piece of metal dropped lower. You felt your heart dropped, thinking you were seriously done for. As you dangled from above, you look up and saw how the metal pipe was held desperatly by the nuts and bolts. It had bend it's shape from your weight and you don't think it could hold on much longer.

"Commandant!" A small voice echoed at a distance.

"Commandant!" Liv yelled in her soft voice.

"Liv?" you answered back.

"Commandant, there should be a magnetic mode on your combat suit!" she yelled.

Quickly and carefully, you activated your wrist band; projecting the control panel once more. Going to system control, you scroll through the different modes your suit has.

However you didn't pick the mode Liv suggested, you opted for a better choice.

Carefully, you moved your hands to make your way towards a large metal tub, connected with the pipe. Making it through your fingers griped on the thin protruding seal edge, while stepping on the edge near your feet. You slowly made your way around the structure. Getting close to another set of pipes. Inching your way closer towards Liv and Kamui.

Meanwhile, Lucia and Lee had found the office. They rummage through the desks, cabinets and lockers trying to find anything they could use for help.

"There's nothing here," Lucia said,"How about you, Lee?"

Lee shook his head and said, "I couldn't find anything but these towels." he opened one of the lockers and showed Lucia a bunch of towels made with a textured fabric.

Standing by the locker, Lee gave it a good thought and spoke, "Actually, maybe this could work."

"How?" Lucia asked.

"Back in the day, humans use a fabric net to catch people when they jump down from high places. We can make a net with these." Lee took one of the towels and pulled at it showing Lucia how flexible and durable the material is.

"They are a little too small..." Lucia commented,"Are you sure this can catch Commandant?"

Lee held a stoic look before grabbing his gun. He tinkered with his guns for a bit. Not long, the weapon began to shift its parts.

"What?" Lucia spoke. She was surprised at what she saw.

"Don't go telling anyone about this, especially Kamui," Lee said, "I knew this will come in handy someday. I have installed different types of mechanics into these guns. They should help sew these towels together."

He handed Lucia one while Lee took the other. He demonstrate to Lucia how to sew and both constructs hurriedly work on the makeshift catch net.

As soon as they were finished, they gave the stitches a little test before rushing back to where Kamui and Liv were.

"We're back!" Lucia exclaimed.

"Lucia! Lee!" Liv said.

"Where's Commandant?" Lucia asked.

"Guy!" they heard your voice. They all followed the sound of your voice and saw you walking along the pipelines, arms out to maintain balance. You were getting closer to where your constructs were standing.

"Good timing," Lee said. He gave Lucia a corner of the makeshift catch net, and handed the other corners to Liv and Kamui.

"We've made a catch net, everyone needs to be careful not to pull the fabric too tight," Lee warned.

As you got closer, the rusty pipes began to give out. You almost slipped and ran as the pipes bend and broke off from it's screws. Your footsteps rang as your shoes hit the metal, you can see your constructs with the net. Running towards the end of the pipeline, you jumped just in time.

On that moment your hand releases the umbrella, throwing it away to the side.

Lucia saw it as an opportunity, she ran towards the umbrella, unsheathing her sword. The relic was cut into several pieces in mid air before dropping to the ground.

As you fell, you went to pull a string on your left shoulder, a small parachute launched.

Kamui's jaws dropped, Lee was stoic but his eyes showed surprised, while Liv had a sigh of relief.

With the parachute, you gently landed next to your constructs and did a forward roll, before standing up.

"Commandant! You did it!" Kamui exclaimed.

"So you have a parachute all along?" Lee asked. He was a little annoyed, if only he knew. He wouldn't have showed Lucia his gadgets

"I am surprised myself, I didn't even know the suit has packed a small parachute. I got to see all the functions and controls the suit has to offer." You explained.

"... Fair enough..." Lee said, although he still felt a little bitter.

"As long as the relic is gone, everything should be alright," Lucia said.

"Ah, the umbrella!" you exclaimed, you just remembered.

Lucia jumped when she heard you exclaimed.

"Commandant, do you still want to bring that cursed relic home?" Kamui asked, scratching his head in confusion, "Didn't you have enough of bad luck already?"

"It's more like, you activated the machine which landed us here in the first place..." Lee mumbled.

"Nah, I think I have enough of it today." you said, "I am a little sad, but I don't miss it."

A small smile was draw on Lucia's lips, there was a moment of relief in her expression.

Everyone had a sigh of relief as the danger had past.

"But, I really need to find a place to dry off. I am getting cold." you spoke. Immediately, your contructs began to panic once more.

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Hi! Can I request a headcanon for Changyu with f!reader being taller than him? I feel like he's not getting more love and attention than he deserves🥺

Please have a good day!

Author's note:

Hi! Thank you, have a good day/night too!!

Yes, I would love to write for Changyu one day (stupid writer's block😢). He is one of my favourite. He's my spirit animal. UwU

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What do you mean I can't grow...

Changyu headcanons

There is a saying, where ever you go, a shadow always follows you.

When ever you were walking around Babylonia, others could see a 'shadow' was indeed following you. But unlike your own shadow, this particular 'shadow' is pretty short...

Changyu (Qilin)

Changyu was used life in the Akdilek and Earth. He had seen people from all walks of life, from the lower class, middle class and the aristocrats.

When you, the Commandant of Grey Raven of Eden, came to the train, Changyu can see something was different about you, although he couldn't pin point what it is.

To him, you are very tall.

When he first step foot into Eden. He made a realisation that he, was in fact...

Short.

Compared to the people born in Eden, the built and height of the people seems to be a little bigger and taller than the people born on Earth.

He liked your company better, so he decides to stick close to you with the time being.

He's not used to the height difference between you and him.

Sophia used to be the shortest, while Changyu was taller. However it seems the role has switch in Babylonia.

When it comes to missions, Changyu will be your bodyguard, a fitting job for him.

Enemies would underestimate Changyu due to his size, but what they never anticipate was the sheer strength of his punches.

As long as he does a good job keeping you safe, Changyu can easily overlooks his physical short comings. Taking pride in his abilities and skills.

Although, since he's so short, he feels that sometimes you treat him like a child.

Would often try to make himself look cool and tough to prove a point. So you could see him in a different light.

You would always laugh, it's hard to take him seriously in these situtation. You could only wave or pet his head.

Which he gets more upset. Saying things like, "Stop petting me! I won't grow tall of you keep on doing that!"

He knows that there is no way he will ever grow taller. Despite that, he's not 100% sad about it.

Because, he knows he got many advantages by being short. Such as, winning arguments (this is due to him being childish), getting coddled, he sometimes noticed that you would treat him a little better for being short.

Because either you see him as little brother, or, you felt sorry for him.

You actually couldn't deny Changyu when he acts a cute in front of you. Which in most cases, you would give in to his cheeky requests.

"Commandant, can't we take a break?" Changyu whined. Placing your pen down, you turned to look at the short construct and said, "We still have two more rounds left. We can take a break after that's finished."

Groaning, Changyu widen his eyes, as his glass fibre irises glistened. With a look of innocence he spoke in a rather childish voice, "But... You said after this one, we can go and get that crazy pink drink~"

Lee, standing by the side with his guns, watched with a skeptical bewilderment.

"... Oh alright, one more round and we will get drinks," you sigh in defeat.

"Hell yeah!" Changyu exclaimed in victory, his voice returned back to normal. Lee could only shake his head.

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