egodist | diluc ragnglkhsfhsf from genshin impagihhgskldhh

[okay well wherever? scien would do this wherever. the man is sitting there with his medical kit in front of him, one empty vial, and his multi-tool

the issue is that he only has one arm

but when he sees diluc he'll immediately glance down to check if he has two hands!]

You. Are you squeamish?

[this is NOT the best way to thread start but it's what i'm giving you]

[ survey results get sent privately to scien! ]

from: POMODORO

1. As stated on my profile.
2. See above.
3. As agreed upon.

How go your efforts?

[me grabbing omo in the latest fashion ever anyway this one is going to start with the vague hangover feeling because party games was last night but!!

then it hits! with your next breath, there is a sudden, debilitating pain that rattles throughout your system. it starts in your chest and then spreads throughout your body, setting every nerve aflame as though every inch of you is being stabbed. the pain is constant, no alleviation, just a new burst of it with every breath you take.

and then the flicker disappears. that was diluc's surprise

and scien is about three feet away, playing tetris on his I.R.I.S. one-handed. he is horizontal on either the floor or couch, exhausted.]

[ very late... friday... wherever scien is (bar? lounge? observation deck?), diluc just hands him a coffee.

they don't have to talk it's fine. ]

[ head empty he is just standing on the other side of the glass. his emotions are restrained, but it's easy to tell from his body language he is Feeling Conflicted. ]

...Will you explain what happened? As much as you care to.

[you get one embed the whole thread because i'm not strong enough i'm just not. it's pixel shu unless i say it's not pixel shu

anyway it's so funny to have two otome love interests that are both voiced by hosoyan! whoa! because here's pixel shu, even though the tone and cadence of his words definitely sound like a different asshole]

You've been through a lot lately, haven't you? Ragnvindr.

[the way scien never came up with a mocking nickname for diluc]

[ this can be post-execution, just getting starters set up in advance so i'm not spending forever on these later

anyway i rng'd bootanical gardens. they can be having a nice walk, or having tea where diluc can be staring at the fancy set in the center of the table, with a mild frown... ]

[hopefully it comes as no surprise to anyone that scien is absolutely covered in rust and grease. from the neck down it's a disaster. simply the worst.

but he'll still see diluc and make a gesture to get his attention]

You. Come here. I have something for you.

[ wherever he is once he's recovered ]

How're you feeling?

[ he's just quietly nursing a cup of tea in the canteen. intermittently looking up to the tv monitor and then away again. he'll nod at scien when he spots him. ]

Good evening, Scien.

[ wherever they are, diluc will cough up a petal of a padisarah in scien's vicinity. it goes into the botanical waste collection bag. (the virches are french but they both get assigned sumeru flowers this week.) ]

...I wonder if there are cough suppressants here.

[ they can be in the rat hospital or something...!! scien go develop a medicine for this please and thank you. ]

[yeets out me starters with reckless abandon.

but scien will be actually found in the gardens instead of any lab! he's found something comfy to wear, and his hair is down and damp again—but at least it's not because he drowned. a blanket is already settled on his shoulders (thanks dahut) and in his sweater pawed hand he has a mug of hot cocoa.....

his gaze fixates on a particular patch of flowers, as if searching for something among them. when he hears footsteps, this time he actually turns his head.]

... Ragnvindr. Are you whole?

[going to arpechele is. a lot.]

[deposits pc on you

but auction items are unlocked :) which means that in the stasis bay, where scien had been spending a solid amount of his time, he's looking at the now glowing, active, awake reliver machine. it thrums with a foreboding energy and scien is at one of the monitors, running a diagnostics check. hilariously, because of (checks notes) everything, diluc might even recognize this wretched thing in a distant awareness kind of way

actually since they haven't gotten to check in since that day, scien will glance over when diluc enters]

Have your memories settled?

[ this may not actually be on monday BUT AT SOME POINT THIS WEEK... the capsule exile... diluc will be setting up camp somewhere in the lounge probably for the evening!! scien can walk into a memshare (he can have more than one):

you were born to the highest station of status and wealth in mondstadt—the ragnvindr name, an uncrowned bloodline in a country without a king. you have lived your life in service of your city, and endeavored from your earliest memory to fulfill your father's dream, passed onto you.

and you succeed where your father had failed. you are blessed by the seven, granted a pyro vision at the age of 10—a mark of divine potential, even ascension to godhood. you then earn the title of cavalry captain of the favonius at the age of 14, a mere four years later—the youngest ever in the ranks of the ordo.

even as a child, you work tirelessly to the bone for the merest scrap of your father's praise, for the glory of the knights. it's all you've ever known, and you foolishly believe, heart and soul, that it is your righteous calling. you burn ever brightly, and you burn true.

and then you turn 18.

and your father dies, on the night of your birthday.

your father dies because he dared to defy the gods, and wielded a heretic power at a severe cost. you do not know how he obtained it, and you did not know he had it to begin with. he dies in unbearable agony, and you take his life with your own two hands to free him from it. you can feel as he stills in your arms, as he draws his final breath.

blood continues to bloom across his waistcoat. rain falls.

]

...This again.

[ he sounds so over it, and continues arranging pillows. hello scien. ]

[sometime after all of that!!! scien is still bandaged up unless we got an allheal comment i didn't see but whatever

he will go to find diluc]

Is there anything you wish for, upon returning home?

weekend zero, saturday

W0 MON

week zero, thursday

W0 FRI (LATE)

W0 SATURDAY

week 4, post-mini event

W4 SUNDAY