ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

The universe is heaven reversed, and the earth is a dream lost to time. This is dust, the most basic form of complex life. an affiliated writing blog for albedo from genshin impact. rooming in condo 408.

[ashprinz]

casualtheft​:

★ : ‘well, yeah!’ it’s said with an almost implied ‘duh,’ but hopefully that’s not too obvious.

‘like what else wouldja do with ‘em? i mean, yeah, sure, you could probably do some real property damage with ‘em, but i have plenty of other stuff that does that way better.’ not that she markets that to the public. well, most of the public.

“I never assume anyone’s intentions. They can be used for a variety of things such as pipebombs and other explosives.” 

“But to answer your question, I believe the answer would be a resounding yes considering people like to use them throughout the summer season.”

[ashprinz]

"...I should be counting my blessings with Klee not being present to the current conversation. There are simply some things children shouldn't do but peer pressure often wins out."

[ashprinz]

casualtheft​:

★ : ‘alright, community survey - ‘

‘would any of the folks around here be interested in buyin’ fireworks? yay or nay.’

“Fireworks for...recreational purposes?”

[ashprinz]

sanpatron​:

“ I’m calling it quits if the entire island turns out to be a living thing. There’s only so much nonsense I can take. ”

“And yet still that wouldn’t be the most absurd thing we’ve experienced. It makes sense when you think about it. The island being alive is the most logical conclusion to current events.”

[ashprinz]

Once more, Albedo finds himself in a strange land. A Spirale that was and yet wasn't, co-existing with their own, filled with inhabitants that mirrored them almost perfectly. Or, at least, he thinks that's what it should have been. Having lived an entirely different life from his reflection wasn't surprising to him, but he found himself interested in the major differences they seemed to share. The lack of a yellow diamond was an indication that unlike himself, his other was not a product of alchemy and therefore had no need to ponder the specifics of why he had been created.

And yet he'd also taken a scientific career path as if the universe had attempted to steer him onto a similar road that Albedo had ventured onto so many years ago. They both valued knowledge, though to very different extents. While Albedo was no stranger to macabre demonstrations depending on the subject, he found himself disturbed at the experiments that had been conducted in the name of science. It was justified by the need for understanding as people of this Spirale knew very little of how to deal with CPNs and so came the dark observations, the endless pursuit in the name of having the upper hand.

While he would not condone such inhumane acts, it was very clear that a brilliant mind had been led astray. What had once started as an innocent ambition had now been warped into something that couldn't be walked back on. It was something he couldn't accept and yet the other readily gave him the blessing he so needed despite his rejection. After a very, very long conversation and a mutual agreement to speak of nothing that went on in the forbidden labs, Albedo departed and found himself aimlessly wandering around the alternate Spirale.

Having mixed feelings is...one way to describe how he feels. On one hand, it's evil to conduct experiments on live beings, and yet the wealth of information they held was undeniable. It was explained to him as being for the greater good and yet he could not make peace with such an oversimplification of a complex way of thinking. Still, even if he wanted to stop it, he found himself unable to do much. There wasn't much to be done anyhow.

It does, however, disturb him at how far off the path his other had strayed. To think that living completely different lives would cause him to go onto the dark path. Even Albedo had been tempted every so often but knew that such things were wrong and that even research had its limits. Still...it made him wonder if he hadn't had the people in his life to serving as moral compasses would he have turned out just as bad or even worse. Without Alice, Klee, or the entirety of the Knights of Favonius, where would he be now without his master? It was a chilling thought, one that he decided would best be left unanswered as he'd gotten to witness just how bad things could get if he ever decided to.

[ashprinz]

a brief overview...

albedo, subversion version.

a young man in his early twenties.

formerly worked for the spirale defense group as one of the leading scientists to better understand CPNs.

well, he quit after a few years and went off to focus on his own personal research since he and the higher ups weren’t seeing eye to eye for very good reasons on their behalf.

his way of researching is very...dubious, to say the least.

okay, you got him. he captures cpns to do all types of inhumane experiments on them in the name of research and to better understand them. 

obviously nobody was going for that, so he left and got himself an underground lab that nobody knows about where he spends a majority of his time there.

still sends intel to the defense group, albeit anonymously.

yeah he went off into the deep end i’m sorry to say. that’s what happens when you have nobody around to be your moral compass!

[ashprinz]

openavalon​:

✦ “A part of me wonders if this world might be closer to a utopia. To see so many humans and non-humans living together as if its normal… such a sight seems unlikely in the world I know.” Well, under Chaldea’s roof aside.

“But it makes for a much more interesting place, don’t you think? I’m intrigued by the idea of getting to know so many that aren’t of human blood.”

“If this is what you would consider to be a close to utopia then your standards must be quite low. Was your homeland so prejudiced that you find this to be a haven?”

[ashprinz]

“An entire day dedicated to practical jokes...while petty pranks can be largely annoying, I can’t help but be interested in the elaborate ones people may carry out.”

[ashprinz]

gunnhildre​:

      “ Strange how various types of abilities are able to work flawlessly in this land. Even when disconnected from our own, somehow, there is something here that enables the connection to give them the life they need. “

“I find it curious as well. An obvious explanation would be that this land is much similar to our own in how it operates but that can’t be true. In fact, I find it impossible that each and every world is so in tune. It’s most likely the work of our mysterious captors. I have a hypothesis...though I’ll have to go into the field to gather any useful information regarding it.”

[ashprinz]

fairyknight​:

● “Would anyone be willing to part with some blood?”

“It doesn’t even need to be fresh, but it does taste better straight from the body.”

“Ah, a vampire. A polite one, I suppose, seeing as you don’t go around sucking the blood from unwilling participants, but still one all the same.”

[ashprinz]

gleamknight​:

“It should be against the law for me to be this covered up.  I hate this.”

“Unless you’d rather be frostbitten, I’m not seeing much incentive to undress otherwise. Or maybe it’s personal preference?”

[ashprinz]

“A festival to ring in winter holidays...how quaint. Though rather oddly placed after questionable events have taken place. Perhaps it serves as an apology of sorts from our captors.”

[worldofteyvat]

albedo aka “kreideprinz” for @keqings ❀

[ashprinz]

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