I Hear Everything!

Indie RP for Tighnari from Genshin Impact. Written by Mysty (she/her)

[divinetwilight]

" milk is the fastest liquid in Teyvat- it's pasteurized before we can even see it! "

[akashaless]

A long pause.

"I hate that I understood that one."

[divinetwilight]

" hey Tighnari! what do you call a fly with no wings?

. . .

a walk. "

[akashaless]

"..." Sigh. "The Archons really want me to suffer, don't they?"

[akashaless]

He senses a disturbance. A disturbance of awful jokes.

[akashaless]

@roleplay-abiogenesis2

He can hear your jokes from here, Cyno.

"You're just asking to be told off, you know."

[devkanya-a-deactivated20240416]

"What, that lil' fella?" Ari can't imagine most of the fungi 'terrorizing' anyone. Then again, she's begun learning lately that perhaps things in Sumeru are a lot stranger than they were before. Certainly, such a thing can't possibly be causing that much of an issue...? Reaching up with both hands, she plucks the ranger, fungus and all, from the tree. She sets them down on the ground, and then promptly bends to stare at the fungus more closely. "S' it mutated or somethin'?"

[akashaless]

He didn't bother protesting her plucking him from the tree. He hadn't intended on staying in there long, anyway.

"Eh, that's just it. This guy is really friendly, and let's just say that most people in Sumeru have no desire to make friends with a Fungus. I was going to see if it has family around and if not, send it off to someone I know who's been taking care of some."

Just as Tighnari said, the Fungus twirled, making a happy sound at the woman as it did so.

[akashaless]

@devkanya

Down from a tree he jumps, sticking the landing amazingly well and almost ignoring the woman standing right there that he narrowly missed. She wasn't doing anything he needed to worry about that he could see, after all, so he should've been able to just go about his business.

And then the Fungus he'd been chasing fell out of the tree after him, heading right for the woman's head. Quick as a flash, he'd grabbed the monster, barely an inch above the woman's head. He'd had to climb back up the tree to get it, and now he's hanging from one of the limbs, the Fungus in his other hand.

"Sorry about that, this specific Fungus has been terrorizing the village for two days now."

[akashaless]

@princepsstellas​

“It’s been a while,” he said, waving Aether over as soon as he spotted him on the steps near his house.  “You need help with something?” Because he’s not really thinking that someone would come all the way out here to see him.

[akashaless]

@dcndrohime

"Ugh." Inazuma City wasn't really busier than Sumeru City, but people in Sumeru were more used to seeing him than they were here, and for that reason, he was getting a bit tired. Way too much attention on him, even if they didn't actually walk up and try to talk to him.

He'd just been about to duck into a restaurant when he found himself running right into someone. He blinked and looked up, his ears twitching and tail swishing behind him. "So sorry, I don't really know my way around here. Should've been paying attention."

[akashaless]

((In the meantime just have a starter call and I'll see about throwing something your way.))

[akashaless]

((Tighnari decided to wake up so now he's everyone's problem.))

[akashaless]

((Please protect him.))

[akashaless]

He's back in Sumeru City, and plans on drinking lots and lots of water. He needs a good meal and a nap after going through that desert ordeal.

[visionsofecho]

He's willing to relent, for now. Tighnari has probably laughed more than his lungs are used to by this point. His sides must be hurting. Letting him catch his breath, Cyno has a small smile on his face, knowing he will relish in this memory for the rest of the day, and much longer than that. At last, he won his most coveted prize.

Of course, this only means he will aim even higher next.

"I know myself enough to say that I cannot promise you that. But should I get hurt, I will at least do my best to do so in a way that will be entertaining to recount while you tend to my injuries. Then maybe I will hear more of your cute laugh in between your lectures."

Painful or not, he would be sad if those days came to an end, too.

[akashaless]

"Geeze," he said with a shake of his head. Having his laugh called 'cute' was somehow more embarrassing than actually laughing that much.

After a moment, though, he reached out, taking Cyno's hand. "Thanks, though, I haven't laughed that much in a while."

[akashaless]

((There's this fandom impression that Tighnari is sensitive about people touching his ears and tail, but there are multiple voice lines that prove he's fine with it (his snow voice line even has him offer to let Traveler put their hands into his tail). So yeah if you're close to him you don't even need to ask, you can just pet his ears or his tail like you'd pat or hold any other non-sexual part of him.))

[akashaless]

Has Nahida escaped the watchful eye of her protectors to nap with the spinocrocodiles near Gandharva Ville again? Yes, yes she has. Who knew she would have other uses for turning into a fungi.

"Hmm?" He'd been out on patrol when he found her, and he paused. Considering he hadn't directly been part of the 'jailbreak' he hadn't seen Lesser Lord Kusanali directly for himself. But it was easy enough to figure out who she was.

"...er." What was he supposed to say or do? Finally, he settled down next to her, moving his tail for her to use as a pillow. He had some time until he needed to be back to the village.

[visionsofecho]

"I could attach a few feathers and turn it into an enrichment toy to entertain those Rishboland Tigers you're nursing back to health." The more he practices, the easier the intrusive thoughts come.

Who knew he had this reservoir of sadistic thoughts sitting at the back of his mind the whole time?

[akashaless]

"Okay, okay," he said between laughs. "You got me, you've figured out what I'll laugh at." And he's also still laughing. "Please don't actually try any of this, I don't want to be responsible for you hurting yourself..."

[visionsofecho]

Oh no. He'd made an important discovery just now. Maybe his days as a scholar were long behind, but Cyno wouldn't do his old benefactor honor if he didn't test his theory now.

"I could get them by the end of my polearm and swing them around to flag down gliding adventurers to land safely in Gandharva Ville. Combined with the screaming, it'd be impossible to miss."

[akashaless]

Great, Cyno had found his weakness and now he was going to exploit it. He was trying so hard to not laugh again, but soon he is, his ears twitching and shoulders shaking.

"Stop it," he said between laughs, not sounding that committed to what he just said.