Y'all, the Tsaritsa's new lore(from what we have seen) is similar to what I have planned for something I have in mind (Yes I'm still alive, have just been getting sidetracked).
In my Elden Ring x Genshin Impact Story, Aether and Lumine grew up in The Lands Between during the unification war and were raised by the reader after they(reader) been abandoned by the goddess Marika due to her seeing them as imperfect(likely to touch up on that later) before Marika found out that they were alive and had the village the three grew up in attacked and destroyed.
The twins were the only survivors, with the reader sacrificing themselves to ensure the twins made it out, with them thinking that the reader died when in reality they were stripped of Grace and killed, becoming the first Tarnished before the rest of their kin were stripped of Grace as well and banished.
I can see how these two can have interesting character interactions, with both being parents who lost their children with the Tsaritsa having the knowledge that their child is dead while the other has fought and died only to reborn to continue to struggle, (in their mind) deluding themselves with the chance that they'll be able to see their kids again (when they believe deep down that their kids passed long ago, and doesn't want to see their last moments).
Once I lock in, you interested in reading this whenever?
Potential Scenario from @seeking-yandere-dreams 's Reverse Roll Au
Name: WHAT THE FUCK!!!
Aether/Lumine: What Happened?!/What's going on?!
Name ,after searching their name online on one of their laptops: There's so much...
*Name doesn't say anything as they turn the computer to show them, revealing dozens of lewd and NSFW fanart of them, and the page their screen in on being 1 out of hundreds*
The War that your humanity is facing, is going bad.
Many of your world's cities had been taken over by this alien force, unimaginable to all but a few of your kind, forcing humanity's freedom fighters into the shadows, fighting to free the rest of mankind while the earth is devastated by the invaders and their war beasts and war machines as they now fight amongst themselves for control of the burning world.
Yet through it all, it seems that you and a select few have become a symbol of hope for humanity,with each of you managing to complete your missions alive and well. (With their help, but they're not telling you that.)
But it seems that a more direct confrontation is happening, for your current location has been discovered, and a massive horde of foes is on its way to your position.
Lest they intervene, it is certain that you will meet your end. And while they are capable of entering your world directly and coming to your aid...
They still are wary about a few of your comrades, mainly the symbols like you, who have a connection to other worlds, like they have with you.
(Feel free to repost with your own take on this if you want to)
(Heavily Inspired the voices that inhabited Technoblade's/ TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES!! and Captiano's soul)
Warning: Possible Mistranslations, Identity Crisis(?), Angst(?), potential inaccuracies for some of the listed information,(Please let me know if incorrect, but cite your source so I can check.),and light refrences to racism. If more, please inform.
Smart, Funny, Deceptive, Ruthless, Caring, and Paradoxical
Those were some of the things that the people of Teyvat said about you, one of the traveler's companions, who had been with them ever since they awoke in Teyvat.
To The Traveler, you were the companion that has stuck to them ever since you both came across each other, and from the highs and lows, to the journey to each nation, you alongside Paimon have been there for them all this time, always sticking to them whenever they can. Though the trio of you are seen as best friends, they can't help but feel like they think of you as something more, though what that feelings may be, is something that they aren't sure themselves.
To the people of Mondstadt, you spoke of tales that didn't exist so vividly and precise that they believed that you constantly made these places in your dreams, with Fischl calling you Der zweite Seher, or The Second Seer, with you also making what could be described as either a one-use or prototype glider, according to Amber. Yet, for the tales of Teyvat and Barbatos, you often knew as much as the tales and books left, though it does seem to have been expanded in conjunction to the traveler's.
To the people of Liyue, you were known on how to be convincing to merchants in lowering their prices while seemingly able to point out higher quality items, as well as giving those who lowered their prices tips on how to improve the material quality. Which seemed like a neat gimmick of you to most, but proved fruitful to those that took your advice.
When asked by some of those that took your advice, all you say to them is "I've picked up a few things on my journey."
Oddly enough, The Traveler didn't seem to have as much of an idea on most of these things that you learned of before you told them about it, despite you being their longest and oldest companion alongside Paimon.
In Inazuma, you went by the pen name, Japan, Tokyo, much to Miko's chargin on the name's simplicity, and often released a few stories that gained traction in the public's eye, leading to you receiving piles of mail when ever you stop by the Yae publishing house. It even got Raiden, both Shogun, and Ei, interested in a series of yours, Lord of the Rings, though were curious on the name Tolkien that was put on the opposite side of a colon.
{Example: First Name,Last Name: J.R.R Tolkien}
When interviewed about it, you gave a... unique, answer to the question.
"Back when I was first beginning to write, I wanted to go ahead and try to make these stories based off the experiences characters of a separate world I made that influenced them to make these stories. For example, J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of the series in his world, had been inspired by the religions of his world, past and present, as well as his time from when he took part in a global war during then."
When suggested that you should write a story about this world for them, you responded with:
On the topic of Sumeru, the akademiya's scholars found you a genius in many fields, yet found themselves talking to a child when going beyond the base elements and their reactions to each other. And even then their not sure if you speak of madness or not.
"I don't think it'll sell well. Plus, some of the reasoning for some conflicts in it would be hard to follow, especially since some of the reasons that certain events occurred would be hard for me to plot out, so I may make a dumb reason as to why it started, that it may drive my readers away for how their people may be portrayed, or any for that matter."
Under an anonymous name, a series of theories were published, ultimately resulting in your prime theory of relativity.
Though first rejected due to the lack of both education and identity of the proposer, it shortly gain traction after being reviewed by Alhaitham and doing a few experiments of his own to verify it, which, despite a few things needing to be fixed, held some ground, staring debate on why the proposer would be keep themselves hidden from public knowledge. Though despite her given thoughts, Nahida knew why when looking into your mind.
Your relation with Fontaine's courts was... complicated. Following the prophecy and what you could describe as the bullshit that was Fontaine's politics and crime scene, you decided to take after some of the comic's of Old Fontaine and became a Vigilantie, working to take down some of the major crime empires of Fontaine by raiding their facilities and attacking all of those that you associated with the perpetrators, often leaving them wounded but still alive while leaving incriminating evidence there as well as pointing the courts in the direction of the families, despite their attempts to cover it.
Across the Fontanian underworld, you became infamous, with a variety of names given to your nightly persona. The Black Oceanid, The Ghost of Folcalors, and so on. You often attacked in the shadows, working to knock out your foes before tying them up in places that made you wonder if they were too drunk from trying spruced up dandelion wine, based on what Wriothesley said.
Though it did come to a head when you were discovered by the Fontaineon Trio, Lyney, Lynette, and Freminet in the aftermath of an ambush set up by the major empires in an attempt to put an end to your ambushes.
After getting clear of the rubble and combat zone, you managed to convince them to keep your secret to themselves and Arlecchino, should she press them for information about what happened today.
In Natlan, you fought with such Ruthlessness that could only be matched by the monsters of the abyss. In The Traveler's and Paimon's eyes, you saw war as a job and worked to get to the top, just like Ninguang and her climb to Tianquin from her start as a seashell merchant, but you were determined to speed run through it.
You attacked your foes with a either awe inspiring dread or deathly silence. What determined how talkative you were in battle? Hard to say, even to your companions.
In the eyes of Mavuika, you're tact and resourcefulness was matched by your skill and bloodlust, with you managing to act as a major distraction to those you fight in the war games, both in practice and actual rounds, as well as hunting the monsters of the nation, though she is a bit concerned about how you tend to test some of your inventions on both Saurians and fighters.
She knows that she has to eventually confront you about this, as well try to find out more about the rumored black angels that you seem to know about. (If she were to ignore the speed boost and anemo energy reserves that you added to her bike, that is).
Though Capitano has since passed on from this world, when your companions that saw him march onto the throne of the primal flame couldn't help but be curious at your reaction. Where the rest held honor and remorse for his death, you seemed be at a form of peace, too quickly for them to come to terms with.
But they're not sure if it was the knowledge that The Captain now rests without being tormented by the souls of over 500 years, but if they could describe you witnessing it, they would also they would set it looked like you were being... envious.
Almost as if you had sous that constantly rang in your head, and they each yearned for it to end.
And to a degree, they would be right.
For you are indeed a vessel for human souls. But what couldn't have been expected, was how many souls you held. For it was not just the souls of the past 500 years that you held, nor was it a civilization's people that you held in them.
Instead, you held the souls of countless humans from a world that they have long since destroyed, Earth, they called it, and according to them, held over 110 billion humans over its existence.
And it was due to them, that you had your skills.
Most of what you had "discovered", for Teyvat couldn't be described as yours, with it often being some of the humans of Earth that made discoveries.
Your skills were forged in blood and sweat. But not yours. Rather, it was the cost of billions over the course of many years that honed your skills, with every death and subsequent rebirth being ingrained into your mind.
And even your personality and morals weren't yours!
For after what became known as the Civilization War, the factions that held their morals near the end of Earth succeeded, and forged your values, with the only thing that you could say you had control over being your looks, but that too often has a price, often in the form of you exploring the nation that you're in and acquiring a variety of items for them, whether that would be ruin guard fragments, the gear of fallen warriors that hold elemental properties, or even monster parts.
And though you have gained a higher amount of control over them, you may often be blindsided when dealing with them, for in order to do so more effectively, you must have your consciousness travel into your mind and confront them, leaving your body vulnerable.
But what worries you, is the rate that they are adapting, and are able to roam Teyvat on their own, for during the War in Natlan, you sent various strike teams from the best nations across Earth to aid the warriors as much as possible, but even as they all are inside of you as of now, you feel like that gate way is permanently open, just not fully as of now.
As the three of you prepare to head to Nod-Krai, you worry what should happen there due to the inevitability that you three would be dragged into the nation's conflict. And whether or not this new land, will serve as the catalyst for a people whose world is long gone, and who seek to forge a new one.
Greetings readers! Sorry that I haven't been posting that much. I haven't been writing that much due to a mixture of a lack of motivation, and a series of events that have been occurring recently, though I hope to start writing again later on in the year. If you have any requests about a prompt you may want me to write for, or any questions about my previous ones, feel free to ask! But just as a head's up, I may not get to it in a while, nor will I write any NSFW content due to me not being comfortable writing it as of now.
It was supposed to be another day with you, doing commissions and quests, and battling in dungeons for both artifacts and talents.
But it seems that even your guidance in Teyvat isn't to last.
That day, the loud, ugly blare screamed in the ears of all that had been under your guide, blinding them for a moment before all they saw was black with white, unintelligible words appearing on it, with it possibly being repeated by that voice.
That same mechanical, soulless voice spoke of an invasion by enemies from the stars, attacking all in sight, and that they're still falling as the announcement spoke, with the potential to still land anywhere.
It advised the you to prepare food for as long as possible, and to secure your home while the governments of your world mobilized and worked to get the people of the affected zones out.
And as sudden as their vision was taken, it was returned, and you were gone, your fate unknown.
That was how it was at first, but it seems that fate had something else in mind.
For current scenes from your world would begin to enter Teyvat itself, from the evacuation, to the battles that you and your comrades faced.
Eventually, these invaders from the stars would be forced off of Earth, and the world's remaining governments, united by the fear that the invaders that your humanity would return, would form a super state and start leaving their footprint in the stars, traveling them to find out where these invaders came from, and to forge our new home across the endless sea of stars.
But when you returned after the fighting ceased, it was evident that you had changed. Despite the wealth that you had earned from the war, you were more quiet, tired, and seemingly distracted.
While wandering Fontaine as the traveler, you came across what appeared to be a friend group. At the site, you stopped, seemingly taking the group in. After a little while, you sounded like you were about to cry before opening the map. Before teleporting out, what you said caused concern for them.
"I'm sorry... I failed to protect you guys."
Were you alone? Did you have no friends or family left? What was left out of the visions that they saw?
As the worry for you begins to grow, many begin to wonder if there's a way to get to you. For if there is,
It's time to pay someone, someone they consider their friend,someone they consider their fan, and someone they consider an older sibling, a visit.
For you, you are not alone.
(May make into a fic later on in time)
(Greetings Readers. Sorry for not posting in a while. A combination of stuff occured, but I should be more available to write if I do have the motivation. I do have more ideas, and the forgotten machine creator story is almost done, and you are free to use this prompt, with all I ask is for you to link this prompt as it's source. Hope you have a good day!)
Last Month, I released a poll asking about what I should write next once I finished the first part of my most recent story.
At the time, I was in a rush when I released the poll. This had the effect, in my mind, of them being biased, with some of their descriptions being direct, while others made little to no sense.
So, I've decided to relaunch this poll!
Don't worry, I'm still writing the Machine Deity Story, it's just that I feel I need to redo the polls.
Below the continue is each story containing glimpses of what'll be in the mentioned story. Some of these stories have excerpts from these stories while others don't. Those that don't are either relatively new or I'm not sure where I want them to go.
Please Note that things may be changed or swapped around if I don't deem the wording or event fit for the story.
There will be another poll regarding whether or not I should only write one story for specified gender readers or two for both biological genders (Not sure how I'd write for others and don't plan to make it plot relevant in these stories)
Your otherworldly admirers.
(Inspired by @writing-genshin-obsession 's posts on the subject)
The world of Gaia is a dark place. From the monsters that are born which hunt mostly without threats, to the gods being the tyrants of their culture 's domain, using their followers to wage wars for them, uncaring of the after effects for all except a chosen few.
When you came across a group of people who seemed fresh out of the academy, somehow being chased by another Minotaur, you knew you had to do something.
You didn't know it at the time, but you found a chance for Gaia to be bright.
That group called themselves the Astral Legion, a small group who sought to bring back a better age in mankind's future from an organization known as the Abyss order, who sought to change the future.
Noticing how they seemed unprepared, even though they were young adults seeking to fight against the gods, you took them under your wing. They've been your family ever since, and your only family due to the loss of your blood one.
Now, you find yourself in an advanced world, similar to what they spoke of. However, this world's inhabitants somehow know and adore you, some on levels that would make Aphrodite be jealous in their devotion or obsession.
Will this foreign world grant you salvation, the key to bring back the world that the legion knew, or will its inhabitants desire for you enchant you with the quality of life and desire that only the gods held, and are you the only one here?
Tags: Reverse Roll, Reverse Isekai(?) Yandere Genshin Players X Reader Character (Romantic/Platonic), Male/Female Reader (Each Story for 2 genders, may change based on future poll), Series.
Excerpt(NOTHING IS PERMANENT, ALL COULD CHANGE):
"As you exit the metallic hallways, entering the outside world, a bright light blinds you. Raising your blood soaked hand to diminish the retreating glare, you kept walking out of the building and into what appeared to be a forest.
In the distance resided a wooden tower, with a room near the top of it, beneath a green roof. Guardrails, wooden ones, compared to those at the base, seemed to surround some sort wooden platform surrounding the room.
Walking out with sword in hilt and shield in hand, you saw various tree types plants. Most of them what you knew while others were foreign, such as an even more purple berry seemingly hooks on it.
Climbing up the wooden stars, you stop halfway, where the trees climb no higher. In the distance resided a city of that seemed to scrape the heavens themselves. Infront of them, great blurs of colors, most often in black, or white, seemed to blur upon rows of gravel, somehow not kicking it up, all a top of bridges that were larger then small aqueducts!
Similar scenes seem to be happening down below, where what appear to be steel chariots without horses were moving below these chariots. Small silhouettes, you assumed to be people, were walking around the side of the main roads.
Needing a better look, you continued climbing the stairs, eventually reaching the top.
Inside were several different items. What you think is a radio with a mic attached to it(based on what Xoco told you), several different piles of paper on a desk, a chair, and...
You widened your eyes in shock and your mouth was left open at the sight.
There was a poster of you in your Safari gear that you received when you went on a Safari in Africa, where Koretomo insisted that you went on a Safari, as a means to relax, with the others supporting him.
You weren't able to read the text on the poster, but one thought became dominant in your mind.
'Just what world am I in?'
The Return.(Genshin Impact x Machine Diety Reader)
Untold time ago, a great disaster occurred as a result of your failures, despite your best attempts to prevent it. The Calamity left around 30% of the world dead.
While you mourned your children's death, Celestia, as well as the people of the Teyvat, rose up, seeking to overthrow, believing you to be responsible for the mass loss of life.
At the time, you did not resist, and let them seize control of the world. For why would you? These were your children, who were all going through the same stages of mourning as you.
You had already lost a lot of those you raised. You wouldn't do the same to cause them more pain and suffering.
By the end of their revolution, you were exiled from Teyvat, forced to wander the multiverse for time with Celestia taking your place of ruling Teyvat.
In your mourning, you encased yourself in a metal shell, believing you didn't deserve to have your form be shown.
Ever since then, you've wandered from world after world before eventually deciding to settle 2300 years ago in something beautiful. A whole universe of worlds. Some with life, some not, and some with flourishing civilizations, with them reaching heights even you had not imagined.
Now, with the galaxy of a young universe united under your rule and thriving in a new age, you've met Rukkhadevata, the first Dendro Archon from Teyvat.
Following your talk with her, you came to a conclusion.
It is time to return to Teyvat, and reclaim what you let be taken from you all that time ago.
You will keep Teyvat safe. The struggles and monsters that plague your creations will come to pass.
Celestia, if they were willing to do this, was unfit to rule. And you will have to take over, whether they like it or not.
You shall not fail again. No matter the cost.
Tags: Forgotten Creator AU, Gender Neutral Reader, Series, Reader x Character(Romantic/Platonic), Cult AU, (Potential OOC? Not well known characters may be used)
Excerpt(NOTHING IS PERMANENT, ANYTHING CAN CHANGE):
Walking through the metal halls, Rukkhadevata looked at each of the automatons that escorted her. Two in the front, two in the back.
The two in the front seemed to bare similarities to geovishaps, baring claws, eyes on the sides of their heads, having both two legs and spikes on their back. However, that's where the similarities end.
On the sides of their shoulder blades resided a small, rotatable cannon greatly smaller to those that're found in Fontaine, seemingly lacking elemental energy.
Instead of three claws on their fingers was 5, and they had no tail on their back.
The same could be said for the ones in the back, but instead of claws, they each held a rifle of sorts, with a box that may've held where the ammo was inserted into the gun.
Of course, this should make sense, as none of this currently does.
When Rukkhadevata sacrificed herself to end the knowledge plagues, she didn't know what to expect.
She wouldn't have minded being reborn as a regular citizen in one of the seven nations, and had dreamt about the world to come, and the wonders that would've come in the future for Teyvat.
What she didn't expect was for her to be revived somewhere unknown with this leader seemingly knowing about Teyvat.
And that's not saying a thing about the aura that seemed even holier than Celestia itself that was here, which only seemed to grow in effect as they kept walking.
Eventually, they stopped at the entrance of some sort of door, guarded by two larger forms of the automatons, seemingly a combination of her escorts, who stood to the side as the gate opened.
Her eyes widened with her mouth open as she processed what she saw.
For in the room were dozens of people, humans, automatons, and more doing various activities, all in front of giant windows that seemed to have more void ships surrounding this one, with them all surrounding a world that's seemingly encased in metal, with lights possibly the size of Teyvat coming from sevarl of the world's areas.
And that's when she looked at the center of the room, in front of the center window.
For there resides a robot, a humanoid with six arms, that was sitting in meditation, facing the void.
It was from this robot, that within her shell, was where the holy energy she felt all across the ship originates from.
The robot, seemingly sensing her realization, began to rise, it's legs readjusting as it turned to face her.
Now fully turned to her, Rukkhadevata saw that the being's face was changing, eventually settling onto that of a human woman, like that of a caring mother.
The robot approached the group, its eyes focusing on her.
"My, it's been so long since I last laid my eyes on one of my children from my first creation." It said, it's synthetic voice seemingly hiding a greater power that sought to reassure her, closing the distance between them.
At those words, seemingly dozens of memories hit her. Memories of a time long before today. Memories from a much more peaceful time in Teyvat's history.
In these memories, she saw an age where Celestia itself bowed to a creator. A creator, whose kind and caring nature forged Teyvat itself, granting humanity a home.
A creator, who loved all of them, and wanted to ensure all of them were safe.
A creator that had left the land in mourning, stopping a great tragedy as much as they could while weakened, and was betrayed by all they sought to protect, being blamed for the tragedy.
A creator, who in their time of mourning, adorned metal flesh, designed to respond how they want to be seen as they traveled the astral planes .
A creator, who now stood in front of her, with that same caring attitude and tone as the ancient memories, who bore the same flesh as their creator, and who yearned to return to Teyvat, but thought it was best not too in order to ensure its prosperity.
Seeking confirmation while holding the benefit of the doubt, Rukkhadevata knelt down onto a knee and lowered her head, trying to hide the shock that was coursing though her veins.
"Your Grace... " She said, looking at you in the eyes. "Is that you?"
A Lord's Wish
Untold time ago, in the age during Marika's conquests, you found two, golden haired babies at your door step, alone and abandoned. one boy, and one girl. Taking them in, you named the boy Aether, and the girl Lumine, and raised them as your own.
But, all good things have to come to an end.
As the two got older, they began to show signs of being able to ascend to godhood. You helped train them in their new powers, and tried to keep them hidden from outside forces, but their curiosity got the better of them.
One day, the village you three lived in was attacked by the forces of Godfrey and Marika. Most of the attacker's forces came after your children. But you gave your life, ensuring that they would be safe from Marika's grasp.
At least, that's what they saw.
When they escaped. Instead of being killed, you were detained by Marika's forces, and taken to the capital. There, you were stripped of grace, and executed.
Untold time later, you would awake in an age where Marika is gone, and an age of eternal war has consumed the lands between. And later on, the land of shadows, where those without grace reside.
But the purpose of your resurrection was made clear to you upon awakening.
Become Elden Lord. Whether you wanted to or not.
And after constant fights and struggle, you did.
Now, years after your crowning, most of both lands have been united under your rule in a new golden age.
The Lucarian academies have opened, accepting of anyone seeking to learn their magics, treaties between you and those that lack grace have been signed, granting them slight autonomy in how they rule, with you listening to their needs, the merchant clans have been rebuilt, growing once more,and restoration of this land, whether it's laying does denied death to rest, or the purging of the scarlet rot in Caelid, has nearly been finished after untold time.
But now, it is time for you to do what you sought to actually do when you sought out the Elden Ring.
Although it is the title of Elden Lord, the ruler of the lands between,that drew so many Tarnished like your before to it, it's one of it's abilities, to be able to see into other worlds, that drew you to seek it out.
For you needed to know if they were alive or dead, but you didn't know what would happen.
As the final preparations are made, and the chain of command is briefed and finalized, you must be ready for anything to come.
For even though you slew gods and ancients before, it was almost never on your first attempt.
The only reason you were able to slay them was because you were brought back from death by the greater will, and it was only effective for you due to your goal of becoming Elden Lord, from what you theorized. And since you've claimed that title, the greater will has no more use for you, meaning you can't be brought back from the dead due to it no longer having use in you.
Right?
Tags:Genshin X Reader (Platonic, maybe romantic.), Crossover, Series,
Excerpt(NOTHING IS PERMANENT, ANYTHING COULD CHANGE, WRITTEN PRE 2025 LANTERN RITE):
Walking through Liyue harbor, Aether watched the interactions between the people of Liyue and the exploration fleet from the new nation.
They seemed to be getting along, with the people from this new nation and Liyue's people going over their culture and history.
Scholars from Sumeru had recently arrived and were exchanging knowledge with those from one the new nation's major academies. The academy of "Raya Lucaria", if he heard correctly.
From what he heard, this new nation held no name, and was called the Union of the Ring, based on what he heard from Mondstadt. And he's heard that this nation is composed of two lands. The Land of Shadows, and... The Lands Between.
Aether shuddered at the latter's name For even though its his homeland, he held bad memories of the land's government. Especially since his adoptive (Mother/Father) gave their life to keep them safe, starting his and Lumine's journey across the stars.
'Lumine, [Name]...' Aether thought, looking at the night sky, reminising about the times that he considers millennia ago, and then the dreamscape re-allignment.
He doesn't know why, but he, Lumine, and someone else, had to re-enact a certain event in each of their lives as a means of "restoring the connection" of the combined worlds, with each of the current Archons and Neuvillette somehow being transported there.
Including the Tsarista, who said that she looks forward to seeing him when he goes to Snezhnya.
He doesn't know what she has in mind, but it's better to be safe than sorry.
These events had them reenact how Lumine became the Abyss princess, his battle with Gosoythoth to end the invasion of Natlan, and the unknown person's duel with his birth mother, Marika, who was in a worse condition, being nailed to a large cross and her body was seemingly crumbling.
At the end of each battle, there was a vision that they all saw. Lumine's vision was their duel with the unknown god and her awakening in a burning Khaenri'ah while his was their duel and awakening on the shore by Star snatch cliff.
But the third vision...
It saw his [Dad/Mom], the one he saw as his family, brought before Marika, who stripped them of grace... and killed.
And it didn't make sense.
For why did it show them? He and Lumine, he understood, since the two of them had been stuck in Teyvat for around 500 years, but now separated by the unknown god, with her siding with the abyss order in it's goal to both overthrow Celestia and bring back Khanri'ah, uncaring of their effects on those affected by the curse.
And that voice at the end. If what it said was true, worried him.
After all, why now reveal it, and how did it happen in the first place? For now, and likely until Sneznhaya, he's been trying to be a neutral party, but it's just a conincidence th-
"Aether!" Paimon yelled, snapping him out of his thoughts.
"Y-Yeah, Paimon?" Aether asks, trying to recall what they may've been talking about.
"Are you doing alright? You've been quiet ever since you woke up from that coma you were in." She asks, concern showing on her face. "You seem to have been like this ever since you woke up from that coma."
And that was the truth. Ever since he was woke up, he wasn't able to take his mind off of the the dream battle. It seemed that only him and the archons knew about it, especially that talk, which they're keeping inbetween themselves.
No matter what he had done, whether it was commissions or hanging out with his friends, he hadn't been able to shake his mind off of it.
He had come to Liyue in the hopes that the lantern rite festival would shake his mind off of these thoughts, and help him gain closure as to that vision.
"I'm alright Paimon. Just in deep thought. Come on, let's turn these commisions in then check out the lantern rite and the people from this new nation, alright?" Aether asked, changing the topic.
"Sure! Let's see Katheryne then go check out the festival and all of the foods here!" Paimon said, her mouth watering at the idea of all the new food she can try here.
Walking there, they saw Katheryne sorting through some paper work, likely the means to help supplying new adventure's guilds in the lands between.
"Hey Katheryne!" Paimon said as they approached, getting her attention. "The commisions are done!"
"Ah, Traveler, Paimon, glad to see you too. Katheryne said, opening a drawer on her side. "All your commissions are done for today?" She said, looking at Aether, with him verifying.
"Thank you for completing yours commissions for today. Here's your reward." She said, pulling out a bag with various materials. And Aether," She said, getting the male's attention. "I'd understand if you want to head to the festivities right now, but there's one more commission that just came up a bit before you arrived." She says, pulling out a slip of paper.
"Really? Can't it wait till later, when Paimon's full of food and energy?" Paimon asks, wanting to eat already. "Usually yes," Katheryne answers. "But it's a matter of who's requesting you." He said, getting their attention."
"And this person is?" Aether asked, wondering if it was Ningguang or Keqing that requested him.
"The leader of the new nation, the Elden Lord, wants to meet you." Katheryne responds, shocking the two.
"The Elden Lord?!" Paimon asks, shocked that such a person wanted to meet them before asking. "Wait... Shouldn't he be called the Elden King, if he rules the nation?" Paimon asked. Meanwhile, Aether was feeling a bit tense, unsure of the reason.
"From what I heard, the title of Elden Lord is given to those that have managed to become the consort of the nation's goddess, Marika." Katheryne says, trying to recount what else was said. "However, there have been only three Elden Lords in the nation's history, but I'm not sure why."
"W-Wait, Three Elden Lords!" Paimon yells, shocked at how few Elden Lords there were. Aether meanwhile is growing tense, worry plaguing his mind. Why does this Third Elden Lord want to meet him? Will he be hunted in this world too? Yet why didn't she mention Marika being here?
"Katheryne." Aether said, getting her attention. "Is the new nation's goddess, Marika here?" He asked, his tone starting to worry.
"If you wanted to seek out Marika in the hopes of finding your sister, I'm afraid that you're out of luck there." Katheryne says, causing him to calm down slightly.
"From what I heard from the people among the Lord's forces, they claim that Marika disappeared after the death of her beloved son, Godwyn, making her shatter the Elden Ring a long time ago, starting a war between her children known as the shattering."
"If you want to know more about the lands between, I'd suggest you talk to them. They're currently at the Jade Chamber last I heard. I heard that they also brought many of their recipes to this feast, where Nigguang and them are right now." Katheryne says, getting back to work.
"Ohh... all the new foods that we can have there!" Paimon says, drooling at the mouth at the idea of what could eat. "Traveller, we have to get going!" The pixie says, flying ahead with the traveller following along.
When the duo finally began to ascend up the jade chamber, Aether finally spoke.
"Paimon." He said, getting her attention. "I haven't told you much about my past besides traveling with my sister, haven't I?"
After a minute of thinking, the pixie responds. "Now that Paimon think of it, no." She says, nodding her head. "You never told Paimon about where you came from."
"I see." Aether says, putting a hand on his sword. "Well know this. I have what could be considered a... bad, history with this nation, since it's why we originally began travelling." He says, looking up at the approaching Jade Chamber, taking a deep breath, recalling that day, before looking at Paimon.
"If things go bad here, and I'm taken away, I want you go stay with Amber until I come back, or someone like Jean tells you what to do, okay?"
"Aether, what are you saying?" Paimon asks, taken aback by the sudden change, worried about what may come from this meeting.
"What I mean is this." He says, looking straight ahead at the bottom of the Jade chamber. "If this third elden lord is anything like the first and Marika..." He cuts off as the lift stabilizes with the rest of the Jade Chamber. "I don't want any more lives to be lost due to me." He finishes, walking onto the chamber.
The Stream
(Inspired by @valeriele3's post on the topic)
Genshin Impact, a popular open world game that follows a Traveller in their journey across Teyvat, seeking out the archons in the hopes of finding their sibling. That is the game that you've known.
Recently, following the release of its newest nation, Natlan, new events that are seemingly random have been occurring, with the characters, both playable and not, now constantly referencing a creator who wasn't mentioned in the lore before, and the nations seemingly making preparations for their arrival.
But it seems that it's a case of Imposter SAGAU, and you are the creator.
But don't worry! The people of earth, their donations, and Teyvat itself are on your side!
Now, you must explore Teyvat while being hunted. And figure out who or what this imposter is, and why they're here.
For it's only up to you to find out why these changes occurred in all versions of Genshin Impact, and how Teyvat is linked to Earth.
Tags:Genshin x Reader, Imposter SAGAU,GN READER, Possible OCC (Workplace), Crossovers, OC'S
Excerpt(Nothing is permanent, everything could change):
Looking around, you find yourself in seemingly a pitch black void, the only light source being a crystal like structure, similar to the sites of grace found in Elden Ring, but white in Mihoyo's style, approximately the size of the crystal in the chasm.
Further examining it, the crystal seems to have dozens of varying sizes of cracks all across it, with energy pulsating around the crystal.
Reaching out your hand to touch it, the cracks on the crystal grow more in both size and number.
You pull your hand back, hoping to limit the damage to it, but it's too late, with the cracks spreading and growing all across the crystal.
Stepping back, you look at the crystal with growing worry. Your eyes wander the collapsing crystal, not knowing what was in there, and you worried about what will happen when it shatters when your eyes focus on a crack,with it glowing with white light.
Rapidly, more of these cracks open up on it, letting more light emerge from the crystals, and before you know it, the crystal shattered, with it releasing energy in all directions, but most of it seemingly went in your direction.
Bracing for the shockwave, you somehow absorbed the energy, your strength and stamina growing as you became more aware of your surroundings.
Looking at where the crystal was, now stood a figure that seemed like a mixture between an angel from the Renaissance and one that Hoyo would make, with it being a male who has 6 wings, 3 on each side, with him having sky blue hair. It wore something.
He seemed to be wearing a tunic, if you recall correctly, like what the Ancient Romans did.
The being opened its eyes at you, a tired, yet gentle smile forming on its face.
"Your Grace." The being says, looking at you in the eyes. "It is good to see you, yet I can't help but feel guilty for the way the world is right now." He says, looking down as a frown emerges on his face, facing the floor before taking a deep breath.
"Right, where are my manners." He says, looking back at you, a professional attitude replacing his somber one.
"My name is Ariuk. One of, if not," He paused, taking a deep breath. "The last active member of Celestia."
Teyvat And The Ascended
For countless Millennia, you and your previous iterations have worked across the galaxy, working to save the inhabitants of that world and uplift them to the galactic stage, forming the Ascended alliance. And all of them sought to repay that debt.
Now, is their chance to repay it.
Being hunted across Teyvat, you've now made contact with them, and both they and more are en route to Teyvat.
How will Teyvat's people react to the growing threat? Will they change? Will they be reaffirmed? And where did this imposter come from?
All but one thing is certain.
You aren't alone in this fight.
For your salvation resides amongst the stars.
Tags: Genshin x Reader, Imposter SAGAU, Series, GN READER, OC's
Then, there was peace. (Genshin Imposter SAGAU x Souls Born F.Reader) 2/2
In a time that seems like untold lifetimes ago, you played Genshin Impact, always hoping to meet your favorite characters one day.
Now, imagining that seems like a dream from another life.
For you have traveled into untold worlds, and fought monsters, ranging from the savage beasts, horrors indescribable.
And then you found yourself in Teyvat, detained for looking like an imposter of the creator.
Now, with the imposter dispatched and the people of Teyvat now seeing your true nature, only now can the path of healing officially begin.
The people can only hope that the kind and gentle mother that guided them before can be brought back from the hell the heretic put her in.
Tags: Genshin x Reader, Imposter SAGAU, Series, Female Reader
Awakening from the apocalyptic dream.
The Elders of the village you grew up in spoke of a different time. A time when mutant monsters didn't roam the land. A time when humanity built mountains at will that could pierce the heavens.
But that all ended in the end times.
From what the elders described it as, it was in an instant. One moment, humanity lived in a prosperous age. Then next, all of it was gone, with most of humanity being taken in the fires that consumed the world.
Now, you travel the wastes of your nation, trying to survive this broken world while avoiding the horrors of the world and navigating the cultures that have formed from the wastes as you try to survive.
Two months ago, you've found a little companion to accompany you on your journey through the wastelands of this world. And though the two of you haven't been together for that long, you've bonded quite a bit by fighting what the wasteland throws against you.
But it seems that there's more to your companion than what you thought. For one day, the two of you fell asleep inside a collapsed building to awake in an unkown place, and where your pet companion once resided, now is a person.
Just where are you, and who are they?
Tags: Genshin x Reader, Drabble, Series, Gender Neutral Reader
Viewing your desires
As the time of your ascension draws ever closer, and your acolytes make preparations for your descension, they can't help but wonder what you have in mind.
Even though you constantly interact with them by your "chosen", you often make references to other worlds as well, and wonder what it would be like to live both in Teyvat some other worlds.
But why would you want to live in those other worlds then in Teyvat? From what you've said, some of these other worlds are very similar to Teyvat, while others are the complete opposite.
So following a long and heated debate between the archons, it was decided to go ahead and have some of your chosen go ahead and join you in some of these worlds that you explore.
So let's see how they interact to both you and the game worlds that you desire to live in besides Teyvat, huh?
|Warning, graphic descriptions, calculated desperation, curse words, refers to untold amounts of trauma caused by deaths to the reader|
|Imposter SAGAU x Soulsborne Female Creator|
Part 1/2
(First time gendering the reader, throw a sky scraper of criticism onto me on where to improve)
You've been sent to hell and back several times, and now she thinks she can admit it and live? Be her judgement for her transgression.
If fate was a person, you would chop them into pencil shaving sized pieces while it's still alive.
You don't remember when this all started, all you do recall is that you fell asleep one day and the next, you ended up in a land called Boletaria, starting your lives in hell. And it has been about the same situation ever since, with you being transported into several other worlds, all of which had you die. A lot.
Whether it was Yharnim, the Lands Between, Sengoku Era Japan, or the three kingdoms that need a flame to be re-lit to keep humanity thriving, all had a common factor of putting you through hell, dying over and over again and losing those you cared about in each world, with the only benefits you had were that your skills had sharpened over time with each death and that your gear was saved and interchangeable per world.
But even that wasn't fully a blessing, with you often needing to do several of what you call endings, a different fate that would take hold in what ever world you were in, making you lose all of the weapons that you gathered in that world.
And as a result, you became akin to a shell of yourself with how you've changed. If you were to suddenly be taken back to Earth and see your family and friends again, you're sure they wouldn't recognize you.
Worse still, you remembered each death and life you lived vividly, and every friend from those worlds that you lost.
Yet for some reason, you always had the courage to go forward. You always had hope for a better tomorrow, with it growing more and more in each hell you entered and left.
Now, you find yourself chained up in the chamber of a massive chapel, standing in front of your doppelganger, the supposed creator of Teyvat, with her babbling on and on about god knows what, being adorned in what you assumed to be the finest clothes and jewelry they have gotten from the people.
Around you, a huge crowd of said people consisting of both NPC'S and most of the characters that you used to admire listened on to her fervently, with the archons besides Furina who may have been among the sea of people in the crowd with Neuvillette taking her place flanking this clone of you.
Oddly enough, you find yourself wearing the same clothes that you wore when you fell asleep on your last night on Earth.
Honestly, if it weren't the tight chains on you, you're pretty sure you would have fallen asleep several times over due to how annoying she was. Compared to those-
"Are you even listening to me??!!" The imposter yells out, bringing you back to reality with that indignant look on her face.
A moment of silence befell the chamber as all the attention was focused on you, awaiting your reaction. You tried to think of a response, trying to recall what they were talking about. Eventually, you came up with nothing and were unable to think of an excuse.
"I'm sorry, sir what were we talking about?" You asked. The crowd yelled in uproar, unconvinced that you didn't know about your focus.
A blade suddenly appeared in front of you, almost slicing your neck, with its owner, Raiden Ei, on your right. "I would suggest you listen more carefully, heretic. Though their grace wants you alive, she has said nothing about harming you." Ei says, her voice full of venom. "Her word is eternal, while you're damned to the pages of history."
"Enough Raiden." The Imposter said, calling the Electro Archon back. Ei shot one final glare at you before returning to the imposter's side.
"You know, for someone who has gone through the abyss and back, you seem to be as defiant, like you're proud of your transgressions when I'm offering you a chance of redemption." The imposter monologues, getting your attention. How did she know about where you've been.
"I wonder," She continues. "If i brought you here before you were sentenced, would you be as high and mighty as you act, usurper?"
Silence is your response. 'Sentence? What does she mean by before?' You wonder, caution and anger rising at what she's implying. "What are you talking about?" You ask. The crowd gasps before more talking comes from them. 'Drama queens.' You think before focusing on "you".
"We both know what I'm talking about, but it seems I may have to remind you, demon." She says, her tone full of venom before taking a deep breath before telling her story.
"Long ago, shortly after I reascended into Celestia, you went ahead and appeared at the tree of Imursul, altering its knowledge so that you would descend in my place instead. Luckily, I found the change and once I descended, I made some, adjustments to yours, giving you some, "detours", before your audience with me." She says, with a smile appearing on her face.
The color starts to leave your face, before it returns, flooded by red rage. All of this, over you claiming to be someone that you didn't know exists, and the result was you put into hell over and over again.
"All of that didn't have to happen had you not sought to rule. That is the only way this could've been avoided."
A million thoughts run through your mind. All centered on making this bitch suffer. But deep in your mind, one thing always comes up.
You only got one shot at this. Take her out, and this eternal nightmare is over. No more hells, no more dying over and over.
And so, steeling your resolve, and a plan in mind, you take a deep breath, before devoiding your face and voice of emotion. Though you had no weapons on you, you were unsure of how else to push through.
"I finally get it." You say, your head facing the floor.
The crowd starts murmuring, eager to see what would happen, how you would confess, and your punishment that they'd see.
"Oh? And what would that be?" She asks, amused.
"You're not the benevolent goddess that gave life to Teyvat, rather your the primordial sin!" You yell at her, shooting your head up and staring directly into her eyes.
Uproar comes from the crowd, with a wave of disapproval and rage coming from them.
The archons and Neuvillette have varying reactions.
Zhongli and Ei look ready to tear you apart while internally hurting on the inside, seemingly trying to reject your words.
Venti has a stone face but you can sense a tone of sadness in him.
Nahida has a smirk appear in hear face before returning it to an emotionless one.
Neuvillette seems to have taken a deep breath while cooling his emotions, making him unreadable and unsure if he feels rage or sadness.
Mavuika meanwhile, showed a determined look, liking the prospect of a fight, but her eyes seem to betray her body's ideals, with tears rising in her eyes.
The Tsaritsa's face showed that of anger while her eyes agreed with you, semmingly longing to stand beside you.
At least, that's what you hoped they were thinking. For in truth, you had no idea on their internal stuggles since this "creator" was thrown into the picture.
"Deny it all you want, you know it's true!" You yell, stoking the flames. "Every tragedy that has occurred, she's been responsible for! The Archon War! The monsters of the world! Khaenr'iah! All of it was preventable!" You yell, eyeing the archons to see who'd react first.
"But nooo. She had to make you all suffer to determine your "devotion", and failed as a cre-!"
Unable to bear it, EI went ahead and tried to strike you down while Zhongli trying to crush you where you stood. In a second, you pulled on your arm chains hard, catching the guards off as you had the chains take your necks place for the chopping block.
As they were cut, you felt electricity course into your veins from the chains electrifying you and those that held your leg chains, in which you saw them let go of your leg chains.
Looking up to see the falling meteor, you jumped ahead, avoiding the meteor, but your chains were caught in its impact zone.
Seeing this, you tilted your feet and wrists for them to come off easier. Though both hurt,and you likely sprained a few of your toe and finger bones, you were now free from being held back, now able to pursue the look-alike.
"Jackpot." You say, sporting a malevolent smile as you look at your doppelganger in the eyes.
The imposter, horrified, started getting up. "K-Kill her!" She yelled. "Everyone, kill her! Don't let her get close to me!" She said, descending the throne.
Following those words, the entire room mobilized. All there began to climb out of their seats and rush to you, with the guards there leading the way. All of the archons and Neuvillette besides the Tsaritsa, Nahida, and Venti were moving to kill you, with them beside Nahida escorting your look-alike who was leaving the room. The youngest archon, seemingly slipping off and going elsewhere.
Wasting no time, you run after the imposter, juking out arrows, evading melee stikes from various weapons, and having others take the fall for elemental attacks, all the while closing the distance.
You felt electricity charging up from behind you, sensing EI likely gonna try to decapitate you again. Ahead of you, Zhongli is rushing you, spear in hand, with various metals charging up the spear.
Rushing to Zhongli, you waited for Ei to be near you as Zhongli closed the distance too. Once both were near, you jumped out of the way, having their blades connect and shock both you and those nearby, slightly burning you but giving you a clear pathway to the imposter.
"Get back here you coward!" You yell, nearing her, only to see Mauvkia appear on your left, with her about to punch into your gut, no way to dodge it.
Seeing no other options, you use your left arm to take the impact of the punch, expecting it to be dislocated or broken, only for something to appear in a flash of light, taking the impact.
Being sent back, you then find something in your right hand as you're flying across the chamber before using it to halt launch by striking it into the ground.
Once you've come to a stop, you look at what's in your hands, only to be struck by an all too familiar feeling of recent nostalgia.
In your right hand resides a sword that seemed to glow of light, likely from Lothric Castle from one of the three kingdoms. In your left was a shield originating from Boletaria.
A smile appeared on your face, taking in your weapons, as something in the back of your mind told you these weren't your only ones.
Looking at your attackers, you didn't know if this was either the end or a new beginning to your hell, but this just got a lot more familiar. And you preferred your comfort zone, especially in times like this.
"Let's get a little crazy." You say, tightening your shield's strap, rushing into the oncoming of attackers, determined to carve your way through them to your look alike.
Rushing at the attackers, you roll under one, parrying a second into the third, and dodging several other attacks.
Feeling a sharp pain move across your right elbow, you see a bullet pass by you, coming from your elbow, looking back, you see the assailant being Navia, who shot at you again.
Dodging it, you then feel your shield changing, with you feeling a trigger going into your hands. Without a second thought, you pull it, hearing something fire at Navia, before seeing that she was hit in the right arm before being surrounded by several other foes.
Glimpsing at what you pulled, you realize that it's a blunderbuss, one that you used in Yharnim.
But it's only for a moment before you're under attack again with you swapping your blunderbuss back to your shield and having it block another strike. Looking back to where the imposter went, you begin running there, only to be unable to move, under attack on all sides.
Parrying Jean's thrust before blocking Diluc's heavy slash behind you, and then dodging out of the way of Candace impaling you, you twirled once, to block Jean's next attack, when she and those close to you suddenly got forced back by something.
Looking down, you noticed a projection of a dragon's tail on you, reminiscent of those used by the crucible knights that you fought in the lands between.
Looking up, you noticed more foes coming for your head on all sides. Twirling again, you see a greatly longer tail smashing into your more of your attackers, throwing them off of their feet.
Looking back to where your imposter ran off to, you ran over those you used to idolize while dodging the incoming projectiles from those still up and rushing you.
Nearing the doorway, something tells you of an incoming attack moving fast. Sensing it, you turn to it with your shield raised, only for a ray of continuous water to hit against your shield.
Looking above the shield, you see the aggressor being Neuvillette, blasting you with water before yelling "Now!", to someone if out your view.
Suddenly, an arrow of electro was shot into the water spout, with it moving up the spout as Neuvillette endured the electro energy affecting him.
In an attempt to lessen the damage, you drop your sword, but you would do something that you didn't know was possible, for you only saw it done by only a handful of foes.
Reaching out to the arrow before it hits your shield, you somehow manage to grab it, stunning Neuvillette and those that were nearby.
Looking back at Neuvillette, you squeeze the arrow, golden electricity now coursing through the arrow which now has taken the form of a lightning bolt 'Just like Radagon' You think, recalling the Second Elden Lord.
Twirling the arrow, you can't help but recall the first time you saw him use that. It was a shocker, seeing him be able to do that. Then again, you also did recall some other foes in the other worlds.
And suddenly, you find yourself as Radagon, and in-front of you stood a single tarnished. Their gender unidentifiable, and face masked.
You know not of whether this is a new reality made by the imposter, another power that is seemingly awakening, or if this is some mental illusion. In your right hand was the lightning bolt that he(or she? He was basically Marika) held. Aiming the lightning bolt at the Tarnished, you aim it at them, seemingly able to set the charge of the lightning bolt to incapacitate, and hurl it.
When it hit, the sound of a thousand screams hit, with the Tarnished collapsing, ending the vision. Looking around, all that were in the chamber had collapsed, with them all in various states of pain, but not dead.
Despite what they've done, you still feel remorse for them. For not only is the pain all to familiar to you, but some of them still are the characters that you adored back on Earth.
A sudden head ache emerges, and you grasp your head, unsure of where it came from as you try to bring it down, taking you down memory lane.
The place could be best described as a void, with the only entrance in here sealed. You wore an armor set with a helmet that didn't have a face covering. In each hand resides a scimitar that you found during your travels.
Each scimitar had its own ash of war, special skills that could be applied to your weapons. Your right one caused blood loss after continuous hits as well as attack enemies in a short range of you while your left dealt frost damage.
You had gotten this modified set idea from a well known Tarnished who was basically nude, with him only having cloth covering his privates and a pot on his head for some reason. Despite this, he was a natural killer, slaughtering great foes and shard barrers with ease.
In front of you stood Radagon, the second Elden Lord. He had grayish cracked skin while still sporting healthy red hair, his chest bare besides the emblem of the Elden ring. All he wore were faded pants from what you saw. In his right hand, he held a golden hammer, the same one in which Queen Marika, or himself (You still questioned why she made a gendered clone of herself) used to shatter the Elden Ring untold time ago.
Running up to him, you waited for him to take the bait and as he swung his hammer down, you dodged out of the way, and began to stab into his side, trying to cut a way into his skin and freeze his blood, assuming there was any.
You managed to get a few hits in before being hit by Radagon, his hammer throwing you back a couple of feet. Wincing from the pain as you got up, you noticed how there seemed to be a hole in his skin connecting to something.
Forming a plan, you stored your left scimitar away and swapped it out for a staff. You sent 3 fireballs before rushing Lord Radagon, intending to use it as cover for you to rush up to him.
As the trio were launched, you ran to him, swapping your staff back for your scimitar.
As the fireballs neared the old Elden Lord, he did something you didn't know was possible. Using his hammer, he hit two of the fireballs back towards you before grabbing the third one and doing something to it.
Focusing on the incoming projectiles, you dodged out of the way of the first fireball before trying and failing to do what Radagon did to the second one with your scimitar, taking the heat to your face and gear, blocking your line of sight.
'Fucking Hell,' You thought, coughing through the smoke, waving your hand to clear it. 'Seems that one of the perks of being a god is that you get to do that sort of shit with your bare hands..'
Your thoughts ran cold as the smoke cleared. Radagon had seemed to convert the third fireball into a thunderbolt, which he now held in his bare hands and was aiming it at you.
As Radagon threw it at you, you dodged out of the way, only for the lightning bolt to explode upon nearing you where it exploded, electrocuting and burning your body, your nerves being fried and Arteries bursting, followed with your body hitting the cool, empty void.
As death's grasp covers you in its all too familiar embrace, memories of your life up to now hit you. From your earliest memories, to your awakening in Boletaria, to lighting the flame in the first kingdom, putting it out in the third, and then your duel with Gerhman to try and let him finally rest in the waking world, were some of the memories that filled your mind.
As you recalled the most recent battles with Radagon, you came to a conclusion upon recalling this duel.
'Attempt 89 failed. gonna need a new strategy... again'.
Removing your hand from your head, you take a moment of thought when recalling that memory. 'Damn, that seriously caught me off guard. Then again, I should've expected that since they were a...'
Your thoughts shift back to the crowd ahead of you. Most of those that are there are on the ground, incapacitated but alive, you're somehow able to tell.
Those that are getting up, mainly those who have lived the longest, seem to have been greatly shaken by something. Almost as if they had a glimpse with death.
Being snapped back from your thoughts, you run into the hallway that the imposter ran into, not giving mind to those that are ahead of you.
'She cannot get away!' You think, running into a hallway. You hear footsteps ahead of you, thoroughly far away.
Needing to close the distance, you check your pockets for something, uncaring if it worked or not, when you pulled out a gold, crescent shaped whistle. 'Jackpot!' You think, blowing into it.
Beneath you, a horse that you've traveled across both the lands between and the land of shadows emerged. Torrent.
A gift from the finger maiden Melina, he's proven to be of great use in both traveling the vast distances of the lands between and fighting foes of great renown.
Hitting the reins, torrent rushed forward, speeding down the hallway. You didn't know where this imposter was going, but you couldn't let her get away.
Nearing them, bitter chilling winds nip at you and torrent before they begin to let up. However, there are several flights of stairs that seem to be turning right and down constantly.
At the bottom of the stairs was the imposter with Venti and the Tsaritsa accompanying her as they ran off the stairs and deeper into the last floor.
Having a bad experience with Torrent and deep falls, you decide to continue on foot, disembarking from Torrent and sending him back.
Jumping down from the top floor, you grabbed the ledge of one of the staircases, before releasing it to grab another. After repeating this process for a while, you managed to get onto the last floor.
In front of you was them, with the imposter smack down in the middle. A bit of a distance away, but still reachable. Taking a deep breath, you continued your pursuit, running after them.
Hearing your footsteps, the imposter looked back, her eyes widening as you drew near, running faster with you right behind.
No matter how far she ran, walls of Dendro kept appearing at every potential exit, all of them too thick that they wouldn't have it opened by the time you're upon them.
Every time the Tsaritsa unleased great glaciers at either the imposter or Venti used the winds the to make great barriers to block you using anemo, you would either melt the ice sent to you, or harness the winds to act in your favor. And that was before the elements betrayed them.
As you're nearing her, you're suddenly lifted into the air and pulled back. For a moment, you think that its Venti getting the wind to pull you out.
However, in the next moment your sword is changing into a familiar lance that belonged to the tail's owner, as well as their golden wings.
As if on instinct, you grab the blade with both hands, and launch yourself at the imposter.
Hearing great wings descend toward her, she takes another look, her eyes widening before grabbing Venti, having him take her place as your blade connected into the archon's skin.
As the blade connected, another vision occurred. This time, you were a crucible knight. In front, three separate warriors, tarnished, you presumed, with one of them impaled by your lance on the ground.
They each seemed to have varying reactions of horror, mainly the one who was Infront of the impaled tarnished.
Before you could register who else was there or what they could be wielding, you were sent back to the present, with Venti impaled, and your imposter look alike baring the same terrified look as the fearful tarnished in the vision.
Needing the blade, you raised it and kick Venti off. You then turn your attention to the other two, with the Tsaritsa being used as a human shield.
"Well don't just gawk there!" The imposter told the Tsaritsa, "Do something!" But when it looked like she was, voices began to invade her mind.
She grabbed her head and lowered it in pain. Her mind, assaulted by many voices. "Damn them all", "Repeat history", "Burn", "Heretic", few of the things she heard.
Visions begin to come and go like grains of sand in a dust storm. Images of Khaenri'ah being destroyed, before being replaced by Snezhnaya. The people being turned into great beasts, where death wasn't possible for their souls to rest.
Looking for ways to distract herself, she turned to the "creator", only to realize that she'd fallen silent, her face full of fear; and growing heat, both holy and unholy, familiar and not, was coming from you.
Turning her head to face you, she saw not a head, but a great void in the center of where your head resided. Surrounding this void was many smaller flames constantly rising from the void before vanishing.
"Give me the imposter," Your voice, supported by many, said. "And that fate, and many others like it, will cease." They said, before more images hit her, though noticeably lighter in effect than before.
Deciding to fold, she grabbed the imposter, and before the false creator could react, the Tsaritsa threw her to you, with you catching her by the neck.
"Good". They told her, before receding, with a wall that combined dendro, cryo, and geo rose, surrounding you two before eventually being fully covered. The imposter looked at her, face full of rage and fear, reaching out to her before she was no longer visible.
Venti approached the Tsaritsa, having gotten up while holding where his wound was, which had stopped bleeding, but the aches still resided.
"Thank you, for doing what was needed." Venti said, as the other archons and Neuvillette arrived.
"It always feels like I have for us all." She says, looking at the arriving group
"While your forms and aftershocks could've been a bit more...adept, the path of justice is walked by those who dare." Neuvillette says, looking at the others.
"While true, this imposter shall know what their judgement is...and so shall we soon." Zhongli says in a somber mood, looking at the elemental wall.
A moment of silence befalls them before a muffled scream is heard from the wall, likely belong to the imposter.
"Seems that her judgement has begun." EI says. "It seems so." Nahida replies. "However, if Teyvat still exists as we know it, our fates may not be what we'll have to worry about the most." She says, all eyes now on her.
"How so?" Mavuika asks, crossing her arms.
"Earlier today, I was viewing the creator's memories by the Imursul. More specifically, what they went through before arriving in Teyvat." Nahida says, ignoring the other's gasps at her action.
"And what I saw..." She stops for a moment, recalling what you went through. "Would drive lesser beings insane."
"Explain." Ei says, glancing back to the dome, where the imposter that took your place was still screaming and begging for mercy, before looking back at Nahida.
"The memories that she had endured are all to vivid in detail. These go from her first descent into Teyvat, to today. However, the most common ones that she has most commonly gone through..." Nahida pauses for a moment, taking a deep breath before continuing. "Are that of her dying, over and over."
"What!!??" They yell, shock and worry evident in their voices. For if this true, how much has changed about the grace they knew from before. and what would she think about them?
"These deaths seem to be much like Teyvat's ending of a life, with her viewing the memories that she experienced over her lifetime as her consciousness leaves her body, signified by a the feeling of being cold."
"However," Nahida says, taking a deep breath before continuing, "Unlike our world where they'd ascend to Celestia, they awake at seemingly designated safe spots, with them awakening where their body ended up when they have yet to reach one of these areas."
The group listened on in silent horror as they process what they're hearing. The screams from before seem to have been reduced to barely audible wimpers, often being interupted by a banging from the other side.
"What's worse," Nahida continues, shocking the divinity there at how it could get worse. "Is that when it looks like her journey in a world is done, it starts all over again, with the mere weapons she held when she started, and needed to complete every single of what she calls endings, different fates for the world she finds herself in, before being allowed to travel into a different one."
The silence was deafening. How much had the primordial mother change due to this false judgement? And what would happen to them? Though they weren't worthy of mercy, they felt the need to help her heal. Even if it's the sake for those who're still in her light.
Hostile and malevolent energy, which could only be described as unholy, suddenly began to emit from the wall, the imposter's scream's greatly rising. "P-Please! I B-beg of y-you! Spa-Spare me, and I'll do wh-what ever you want! N-Not a S-Second t-thought.!" She yells, her voice rising in desperation. "J-J-Ju- Just please, don't do th-AAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!"
The imposter's screams crescendo as unholy energy surges through their veins. Great chains of lightning are shot throughout the dome. highlighting a brutal sight. Shock was visible on their faces, but not from what you were doing, but rather how.
You, once merciful and forgiving, was using a weapon, who's only purpose was to damn those who've committed the worst of sins. It was considered sacrilege in the old age to spread knowledge about this blade's existence.
To everyone there, both by the lightning and sensing, they saw many appendages of various types, hands, claws, tentacles, and many more indescribable, clawing at the imposter from some sort of abyssal like circle underneath them. While her body was being pulled back by the limbs, they felt that the blade was pulling something out from the body.
As the scene unfolds, the archons look at each other, worried about not only their fates, but those that dwell in Teyvat. "Are the people aware, of who the true creator is?" The Tsaritsa asks, looking at the divinity there. "They are." Mauvika answers, with the Ei and Zhongli confirming it. "The winds have told me that the people are aware, and are fervently praying for mercy while repenting. Though, some are still in denial about the truth." Venti says with a somber look.
Before they could continue, the imposter's pleas went silent, followed by a muffled thud that originated from the dome. Before anyone could react, the dome began to melt, with vines and roots retracting and the rocks collapsing.
"Then lets pray it's enough in the end, and the deniers don't damn us all." Neuvillette says, getting on his knees, followed by the archons doing the same.
When the dome receded, those there looked in fear at you and what held.
In your left hand, you held a shield of pure light Infront of you, with it radiating of holy energy. That alone would've signified your identity as someone holy. But what you held in your right signified you position.
You held a sword which is only known as "The One That Damns". Across the blade's steel resides the faces of those that had been damned as well. From the bottom to the but of the blade, the steel was replaced with an unknown metal. In the center resided three small humanoid skulls in which a horn was on the center of each of them.
Starting from the top section of the highest skull going down was two metalic horns. At the connection point of a regular blade and hilt was face a face infamous to all. That of the first sinner, who now bore the horns of betrayal now metallic, and a ring with arrows going in all lateral directions, signifying how their greed consumed the world many centuries ago.
Due to how volatile the blade's energies were and its ability to corrupt, only the true creator, you, could wield it without being either absorbed into it or lost in it's corrupting influence.
Your face bore that of cautioned aggression, similar to that of a cornered monster, ready to do anything to survive. Your head had about returned back to normal, but the Tsaritca noticed in your eyes was the same void of fire in your irises that consumed your head when you went into that dome with the imposter.
From their point of view, a black substance was oozing out of the imposter's mouth, connecting to the floor. The back of their skull was shattered, with bits of flesh and bones all across where the dome was, with the abyssal circle now gone.
Mortal blood oozed from various stab wounds and cuts all across her body, with some bones visible from their perspective. But at the center of her body was unholy energy and the smell of smoke emitting from it, likely the result of The One which damns.
Her lower body is faring around as well as the upper body is, with wounds and broken bones in her.
The silks and fabrics that made up her dress were torn in your relentless strikes, jewelry thrown all across where the dome once was. Some in pieces, others still whole.
Tension was high between you and them as you waited to see if they'd rise and attack while they hoped that you would lower your weapons, and hear them.
After a while, Neuvillette spoke, taking the initiative. "Your grace. On behalf of the people of Teyvat...we're sorry." He says after a moment of consideration.
You don't know what to say. This seems to good to be true. The person you'd trust the most is Patches whenever you look over an edge, mainly because you've gotten used to him always kicking you off of it just because he can.
He did seem to change his intentions by the time you went to fight Mohg as he claims, due to the dangers that resided within Volcano manor.
Yet, these were the people who's story you've come to know, with their behavior fueled by devotion to this, god. One that sought to impersonate you. Which implied a lot, if they were that desperate.
Half an hour would pass, with it feeling like eternity to them, before you came to a conclusion on their judgement and spoke again.
"In time uncountable for me, as a result of the imposter", you say, gesturing to the imposter's body. "I descended into a decayed kingdom known as Boletaria, which saw me cleanse the land of its demonic occupiers, with nothing but the weapons I found and wits."
Zhongli looks like he wants to say something, but doesn't under your wary glare as you take a deep breath.
"I would've hoped that this led to my salvation, but it seems that the heretic had other plans. For after I purged Boletaria of the damned and left it, I was sent back to the beginning of my journey, with every change I made having the same result besides one.
The group held their breath, feeling worry and concern grow on their backs.
You take a deep breath. This part wasn't something you were fond of, regardless of the world. But it was your only way out.
"The only way out of that world, was by giving into sin." You finish, looking your head down.
The archons and Neuvillette's faces widened in shock at your admission. What sin did you commit to escape, what degree of severity did it hold?
"This, was merely the beginning," you continue on, ignoring their silent reactions. "of what I would have to do. For Boletaria was the first of seven other worlds that I would inevitably be forced to decide the fate of, and being forced to see all of them in each world."
"But now that I am free of that fate, it is my time to heal both me," you say, pointing to yourself. "And you." You finish, pointing to them. "Before my departure into Boletaria, from what I've been made know of, you felt my presence via the traveler at first and then in you, yes?" You ask, with them nodding in confirmation.
"To varying degrees do I know about each of your situations and the history of this world. But one thing remains the same. Celestia has been negligent for too long. If they're unable to justify this properly...," You pause, taking a somber tone. "Their reign is over." You finish, looking at them.
The group starts to worry about the future. The Tsaritsa worries about what's to be released in the future. By both Celestia and you, with the memory of world burning still fresh in her mind, with the others in similar states of worry.
"You and the rest of Teyvat, however, will be spared from the ensuing war that would come should they fail to explain." You reassure them, breaking them out of their thoughts.
"From what I've seen through the winds of freedom," you, turning towards Venti, with the said archon looking up at you. "Celestia has held back valuable information relating to your world, going to brutal measures to ensure that this knowledge was hidden."
"Situations like this of varying degrees are occurring all across Teyvat, and they don't react even when nations collapse due to their failures!" You yell, startling the group.
You take a deep breath, regaining your cool. "As such, I have an offer for you and your nations, as a means of reconciliation. for you." You say.
They look surprised as expected. A chance to repent for their sins? This early? There had to be some trick.
"I ask for each of you to rise, and join me in healing this world." You say, gesturing for each of them to rise. "For too long have the people of Teyvat been neglected and abused, with you and it's people working to ensure your continued survival."
"The path of healing for us both will be beneficial and long, but I hope that in the end," you continue, with the archons and Neuvillette rising, standing up right, "that we will prosper to fix a broken dream."
As you walked out of the chapel, surrounded by the divine that walk the world and your mortal acolytes, you looked up to the rising clear night sky, a light smile appearing on your face.
For now, at least, the constant suffering that you've grown used to is over. Though the potential war with Celestia is of concern to you, you push it out of your mind for now.
For how long have they been fighting their struggles, for them to desperatly fight for a look a-like of you, that only made demand after demand, seeking to enrich herself?
So many questions, but you will find them. Though the path will be long, you will keep them safe in the end, no matter the cost.
Hey readers, sorry for not posting in a while. This idea was given to me by @ghrgrsfdesfrfg when they were looking for a separate SAGAU fic. I'm going to be releasing 2 new polls soon. The first being the poll from earlier with better descriptions of these stories, and the second being if I should write stories for the opposite gender if I specify the reader being male or female.
Hey guys, sorry I haven't been posting lately. I've been studying for exams this month, so I haven't had as much time to write these stories. However, I'm currently making another Imposter SAGAU story.
Won't go into details, but it's a two shot with me experimenting with a female reader(With hints of a reader x character in the future)
I'm not sure what I'll want to write after this due to me having several ideas, so here's what I'm working on/want to work on. Please choose which ones you want to see when the story I'm writing on is done, with the poll being at the bottom of the list.
Healing by the Machine deity: Exiled by Celestia following them overthrow you, you return to Teyvat to fix all the wrongs they've caused and allowed to happen. And if Celestia tries to stop you, you won't be as merciful as before.
Tags:Gender-Fluid Machine God/Goddess Reader,SAGAU/Cult Au, Reader x Character(Platonic/Romantic), Series
Amongst your fans:(Inspired by @writing-genshin-obsession's posts) You find yourself in a new world, completely different to the one you knew. Not only that, but those here seem to know all about you, and hold off feelings for you.
(Or where Teyvat is modern day reality and your world is fiction .)
Tags:Yandere Swap-Role, Male Reader,Maybe Genshin x Reader(Platonic/Romantic), Series
Screams of your failures: They treat you like an idol, not caring about how you feel as a human. And the cost for your desire for revenge before your arrival still haunts you, no matter what.
A lord's wish(Genshin x Elden Ring Crossover): The only reason you wanted to become Elden Lord was to find your adopted children, Aether & Lumine, even if it's to get closure on where they've been.
The last thing you thought would happen was the lands between being transported elsewhere. Now, you'll give them a home to come to, and will keep your kids safe, at all costs.
Tags:Crossover, Genshin x Character (Platonic/Romantic), Gender-Fluid Reader,Series
The Stream: You find yourself in Teyvat being hunted, but find yourself being streamed back on Earth, with their donations giving you items and abilities that you can use as you run. However, something seems off with the characters besides their attitudes.
Tags:OC's, Gender Neutral Reader, Series, Genshin x Character(Platonic/Romantic) Imposter SAGAU
Teyvat and The Ascended: After being hunted for a while. Your creations from your other lives have contacted you, and many, friend and foe, are on their way to Teyvat.
My name is Mahmoud, and I'm a 17-year-old from Gaza. The ongoing war has devastated my city, destroyed my school, and made daily life incredibly challenging.
Despite these hardships, I'm determined to continue my education and build a better future. I've been given a chance to study abroad, but I need help to cover the costs of leaving Gaza, as well as living expenses and other essentials abroad once the crossing opens.. 🙏
If you can, please consider donating or sharing, your kindness can truly make a difference, and thanks for your time. ❤🍉
https://gofund.me/bd3ccf0b 🔗
Hey Mahmoud. I'm sorry, but I'm unable to support your cause as of now. However, I will try to spread your requests out, hopefully someone could help.
Warning: OOC, inaccurate character representation, possible inaccurate workplace representation, Imposter SAGAU,
The searing pain in your right elbow seemed to grow weaker as you prepared to run from Amber and try to dodge her arrows, but it wouldn't do you any good in the long run. Her eyes, usually filled with kindness and innocence back when you were back on earth, were filled with distaste and possibly bloodlust, ready to be released if you made a wrong move.
"I know what you're thinking,"
She says, her bow still cocked at you, now with a new arrow.
"There's nowhere left for you to run. We can do this the easy way, or slightly harder way. So do us both a favor and just surrender. It's best for you to face divine judgment imposter."
She says. Which brings up another question for you. What does she mean imposter? As far as you knew, there was no one else in Teyvat that bore your face, nor was there anything said in the game about copying people's faces. But then again, you aren't sure what to ask without the risk of being shot to death.
You decided to go ahead and follow her in an attempt to not get shot.
"Alright, I'll go with you. I don't want any trouble"
You say. Cause you don't know what chances you have against Amber, since she, like just about all of the characters now that you think of it, is a lot more athletic and skilled in combat than you.
"You've already caused a lot of it, false god. Now, turn around and hands in your back or I'll have to kill you here." She threatens, pulling out a piece of rope.
This isn't the Amber that you've known before. In the game, you saw her as a kind soul, always trying to help the people of Mondstadt as an outrider. But now, she's a ruthless soldier, ready to kill given a chance.
'What happened to you Amber?' You ask yourself, feeling your hands be tied up.
Amber comes back into view, bow still drawn. "Good. Follow me, or I'll have to put a few holes into you." She says,using her right hand, pulling out the arrow in your shoulder.
You grunt, trying to muffle the pain when you see an oddity. On the arrow she just pulled out was a blood, surrounding a drop of golden fluid, before she shook it off, with it landing on her arm sleeve, she started walking, with you tailing behind.
'Certainly more professional than those SAGAU imposter fanfics with everyone trying to kill the reader on sight' you think, following close behind as you reminisce of the old days before your arrival, back when this was a game.
As you keep walking, you came across several other NPC'S, mostly adventurers or civilians giving you distasteful, disapproving, or downright hateful glares, with a few knights joining Amber in escorting you.
As you keep walking, you partly hear the sounds of battle farther away from your location, likely forces from the knights battling against the monsters here.'Hopefully they'll allow me to stay with them if needed.' You thought to yourself, hopeful on them accepting you if you escape.
Approaching the bridge heading into Mondstadt, you somehow activate element sight, or something reminiscent of it. Slowing your pace, attempting to make use of this ability to see what it does.
Taking a look around, you notice that the knights seem to be completely covered in this red energy, reminiscent of a storm. The same could be said for the other NPCs you see except for Amber, who seems to be mostly covered in this red storm, but it seems to be slowly pushed back by this golden hue, currently occupying most of her lower arm and with it slowly expanding.
"Get a move on!" One of the knights yells, hitting you on the back with the butt of his sword, disengaging your elemental sight. Grunting from the pain, you return to your original pace, entering the city surrounded by them, with Amber in the lead.
Entering the city, you couldn't help but stare in awe at it. Mondstadt was one of the first places you wanted to travel to if you could, following in the footsteps of the traveller. Had it not been for the escorts surrounding you, you would've wandered into the city, forgetting of your detainment.
As you continue to approach the Knights of Favonious headquarters, people bagan to crowd around your group, calling specifically you names, making threats to you, and harassing you.
Arriving at the entrance of the Headquarters with the mob surrounding, you catch sight of Jean, with Lisa tailing and for a moment, an ember of hope grows, seeing the two. But upon seeing her face with it being the same emotions as the crowd, the ember of hope greatly dimmed.
"So this is the imposter that we were warned about?" Jean asks Amber, with Lisa looking over you critically.
"Yes Jean. Same appearance, no sign of their gifts, and red blood as well." She says, but something in your mind, whether it's you being delusional or not, tells you that she's not fully confident of her response.
"Good. We'll take it from here." Jean says, before walking over to you, stopping Infront of you.
"By the order of the Knight of Favonious and the creator, you're under arrest." She says before looking at two of the knights behind you. "Take them to the holding cells in the Headquarters. Their grace would want them alive for their judgement"
"Anything else that we know about this player?" Robert asked, watching as the imposter, as the NPCS called them, try to call out to them, seeking reason only to fall on deaf ears.
"Only one thing." Cody Rhyil, one of the developers replied "The system is showing that this account is streaming. From where it's streaming to, that's being looked into." He finishes, looking back at Robert.
Robert, still holding the laptop with it showing Chang in his office, with the others bringing it to their own development offices and reporting the same thing.
'How is it that these events are happening across all versions?' Robert wondered, unsure of what to do. Regardless of the game version, whether it was an old or unreleased version,
It was eventually Chang who spoke up. "Continue observation of the world. There's not much that we can likely do on our end, but get me in touch with your social media manager." He says,taking a deep breath.
"Whoever is doing this may be the streamer. Have them make an announcement, asking about any current streams showing off versions of Teyvat."
"But why wouldn't they try to contact us if they had the game at their control?" Amala Rosil, an intern who recently joined asked.
"Why, we don't know." Robert says, answering for Chang. "Whether or not this is so they want to see us burn because they see this as a game, or for revenge, we have to know." He finishes, looking back at the group.
"For now, keep up observations and try to delete the code of this creator. And if you're unable too, find a pattern in where their code goes." He finishes.
Immediately afterwards, the office day resumes, with everyone returning back to their current tasks, with Robert not being any different and making his way back to his office, closing the door behind him, setting down and plugging in the laptop.
"I believe this is a good place to stop this meeting." Chang says, looking back at the rest of the chat room.
"I'm going to be contacting your social media manager as well as Liu about what we've found out. Expect contact with the other development teams, for we're dealing with the unknown, and need to be ready for what may happen next."
"So we're seeing a live SAGAU stream, yeah?" Jason asked.
"That's pretty obvious." Replied Rebecca.
The stream had been a shock to them, with it showing Mondstadt personifying distrust, possibly the distrust that's been shown to the Fatui directed at them.
And there was the topic of the elemental sight they used, which showed the knights around this imposter covered in a red cloud like cover, and the Amber's cover being repelled by a golden one.
"So could we assume that we're likely seeing this from the eyes of the creator, yeah?" Jasmine asked, trying to confirm the details they knew.
"Possibly, but we don't know about their look alike, so we'll have to take that into consideration." Jacob replies.
Ever since they found this channel, it had been awfully a lot like those AI show streams, those that had written by an AI chatbot and had a scene played by another.
The only differences between this and those were those voices sounding more natural compared to an AI voice generator and it not accepting donations despite the icons being there, notepad being opened and the line, "The Gatekeeper has yet to arrive", being the only response in the same text that was shown to modders and the donation being refunded.
All in all, the group came to the conclusion that this was related to the SAGAU themed lore that Mihoyo claims wasn't supposed to be there. As to why they haven't responded to this, who knows? They did say they were conducting an internal investigation into the SAGAU related lore.
As they were going over their findings, a buzz rang from each of their phones. Jacob picked his up, and saw it was from the official Genshin and Mihoyo accounts on Twitter.
"We got something!" Jacob yelled, getting their attention. "We got news about the crash !"
"Then read what it says!" Jasmine yelled, curious to know, opening up Twitter.
Taking a deep breath, Jacob read the message that was sent.
"Greetings Travellers! We'd like to apologize for the lack of contact between us in regards to the sudden shutdown of Genshin Impact's servers.
We believe this to be the result of a cyber attack, but we have no idea who's responsible due to nobody claiming responsibility for it. In addition, all developer versions of Genshin Impact seem to be acting on their own and all changes we make to the game aren't saved.
However, progress has been made recently, and the situation here shows relative similarities to the SAGAU imposter trope, where the reader is brought into Teyvat and hunted down by the game's characters, being accused of being an imposter of their maker. We are still trying to identify who's who.
In addition, the one being hunted, has been identified as a player by the system, and is apparently streaming. We ask you to post any streams in your retweets.
For those that find the stream, you'll be rewarded greatly with high amounts of in-game rewards. One of these will include 500 wishes, for both limited and permanent character runs. If you found it with others, we will give you each half of the original amount. We're also giving away 100 wishes to up to four friends of your choosing, which you could ask for upon us contacting you
We thank you greatly for your patience as we try to resolve the situation, and may fate smile widely upon you!
-The Genshin Impact Development team.
"Five h-hundred, wishes??!"Jasmine yelled, shocked at the amount available.
"And half for each person involved!" Jacob shouted, rereading the other part of the rewards.
"That's so much!" Jason yelled, completely shocked at the amount available.
"Is the situation that bad there?" Olivia pondered, questioning the high reward available to those that had information about the stream.
"Must be, if they're offering that much in wishes." Jason replies.
"Should we call Y/N, hopefully they've seen the announcement." Olivia asks, wondering if they should call their friend."
"Maybe not." Jason said. "They sometimes pull all nighters for more than one day, and they tend to lack a filter" He explained
"True." She replied, remembering how vocal they could be on their opinions due to a lack of sleep.
"We could mention them in as a friend for the One hundred wishes." Jasmine offers. "We don't know when they'll be awake."
"True, that sounds like a good plan. And the rest of you?" Jason asks, checking with the group.
"Yeah, it couldn't hurt." Jacob agree.
"Sure. Sounds good to me." Olivia agrees, confirming the group's next move."
"Alright. I'll send the stream and mention you guys as helpers." Jason says, opening a new tab on his PC and typing in the Twitter URL. Once loaded, he went to the main Genshin Account and retweeted the post, adding the link to the stream, and mentioning the group as helpers, and @'ing the main account before posting it.
"Alright, that's done." Jason says, with the group celebrating at the prospect of the high amount of wishes they'll be gaining.
Once they calmed down, Jacob asked a question. "So what do we do now?" He asked, unsure of what they wanted to do.
"Let's keep watching this stream, I'm curious to see where this goes." Olivia said, wanting to see where it went.
A round of agreement sounded from the group, confirming their goals.
"Then let's see what happens next." Jason says, turning back to the stream, where it showed someone in what they're assuming to be either a holding cell, or the Mondstadt jail.
Can someone help me find a prompt from this year?It was based on the idea of us being a video game character and the Genshin Characters being the players, with them making fanart of us, showing their best builds of us, and maybe there being fanfics of us, but their love for us was one sided due to us not knowing of their existence.
Warning: OOC, inaccurate character representation, possibly inaccurate workplace, Imposter SAGAU, lmk if there's more.
It's been over 30 hours since Genshin went down, and there was still no news from Mihoyo about it getting back online. The players were looking for ways to entertain themselves. The out of game community was growing in terms of activity due to how long this crash was.
With it being over a day, players are still hopeful on it being resolved soon, but our starting to get concerned about the lack of an official response from the devs about it getting back online soon, with the only response being that the game experienced a major error with a new patch, and they were working to get it fixed.
That is what Jason knew. He, his other friends, Olivia and Jack, and his sister, Jasmine, have been browsing Reddit, Twitch, Tumblr, and Twitter for any info on the game going back. And it's not like they could go through the files to try and figure out what's causing this, cause their friend, Y/N, haven't responded to their messages ever since this whole thing begun.
You've made some mods for your friends, ranging from new enemies, to better chances at rolls, and even a new nation you were working on, unlike those of Earth's past, which was oddly similar to the Telaki culture that was seen combined with Inazuma before the crash. When you were asked about it, you weren't sure if they were serious or joking, with you only realizing the truth upon being shown an image of the new Inazuma, which had you baffled.
Right now, the group is currently on a discord call, browsing various social media platforms, ranging from Twitch to Twitter, looking for answers that could possibly explain the shutdown. "Anything yet?" asked Jasmine, "Nothing." He replied, not finding anything of use on Twitch.
Most of the streams there were of the lore that was dropped, as well as some interviews with the voice actors, with a few of the streams being scam streams. As he kept browsing Twitch, he noticed a new stream, called "The Hunt", about to start soon.
"Huh." Jason says, a little intrigued at the title. "What is it?" Asked Jack, curious on Jason's thoughts. "Just an odd title of a stream starting soon." He said, going to the profile, only to see nothing there.
"What the?" He says, confused on the lack of account. "What is it?" Olivia asked. "There's no account!" Jason yelled, reloading the page to still find no account there. "Really?", "No way", "Are you sure?", they say, unconvinced. "Yes I'm sure. I'll send you guys the link." He says, copying the link and posting it to their chat.
A few seconds later, disbelief rang throughout the call. "What the??" "How is this possible?" "This is live soon, wtf?" Were some of the things said by the group.
"Alright then." Jason said once everyone calmed down. "It's evident that this stream is odd, with it having no account broadcasting it. It says that it's going to start soon, so do we watch this, or keep browsing?" Jason asks, taking note of their choices.
"Sure" "Why not." "Okay." The group says, all clicking on the stream, waiting for it to start.
The developer offices were in a more chaotic state. Ever since the sudden shutdown, they haven't been able to save any of the changes they made to their game, with any change made causing the game to crash the game engine, and in some cases where heavier changes were applied, the computer itself.
One notable effect being reported across the board was the inhabitants of Teyvat all being alive, regardless of the game being run or not, with something akin to a temple being built near Liyue, as well as the NPC's all worshiping a new one called "The Creator", who didn't look like any Mihoyo employees when cross referenced with their employee data base, crossing out any conspiracy by them for the mean time despite suspioins remaining.
These problems were what Robert Lin was dealing with. Ever since the game went down, he and other development team leaders have been doing double time in order to find the root of this crash, or as he and some of the others were thinking, cyber attack.
Right now, he was in a call with several other game developer team leaders and a supervisor about any progress as of now, with it happening on a laptop at his supervisor's request, for the ability to see developments should they occur during a meeting.
"It's been 30 hours and we still have nothing?!" A disgruntled voice yells over the speakers of his office. The voice comes from Chang's Lao, his supervisor from China. "Sir, all attempts to change it have been unable to be saved, with even attempts to revert to old versions failing." Came the voice of his colleague, Elise Toutain, who oversaw the developers in France and led the development of Fontaine.
"What do you mean, unable to revert!?" Came Chang's enraged calls. "You developers are the only ones that have access to our projects, or are you gonna tell me an intern at Unity screwed us over??!!" He yells, before taking a deep breath, looking at them.
"What of this, "creator", that the NPC's are worshiping? What do we know about them?" He asks, seemingly trying to change the topic.
"From what we've seen," came the response of Higa Azami, head of the Japanese branch and lead developer of Inazuma, "it seems to be manipulating the game to its will in light ways, in the form of giving visions to NPC's who were previously visionless in the game files and strengthening characters that show loyalty to it. However, the land, animals, and monsters around it seem to freeze up around it, with it attacking the monsters and animals around it with each in game element, purplish abyssal energy beams, and golden pillars." She says, taking a deep breath before continuing.
"The spared go berserk, attacking all in sight before dying. She finishes, looking back at Chang, seeking a further response. Chang goes ahead and takes a sip of tea before looking at the dev leads.
"Has there been any other developments besides the undeveloped lands being added?"He asks, double checking for any new events.
That was another major change. The Snezhnaya, Khaenri'ah, the Abyss, and Celestia were added when the game went down.
Snezhnaya was mostly in development, with developers only recently starting to add buildings into it, with some debates about building placement in the nation wrapping up.
Khaenri'ah was still in the drafts, with many major buildings still being drawn, with the general area of the nation now being just being a wasteland, mainly inhabited by Hilichurls and Abyss mages. Danisleaf had been seen waging war against the Abyss Order, led by the abyss twin, Lumine.
The Abyss follows its namesake, just an empty void, filled with floating islands where enemies that were both already seen and monstrous entities that haven't been planned or scrapped on some of these islands.
Unlike the rest of Teyvat, the developers were unable to get a view of Celestia, with all attempts ending in their computers crashing and needing to be reset.
The best they have been able to do is map out it's approximate area, with it being around the size of Mondstadt, Liyue, Inazuma and the wilderness in between, on the ocean east of the game's mainland.
"There is one sir." Came the voice of Safar Naser, the lead Sumeru developer and head of the Egyptian branch. "We've been browsing the files and found the files carrying the "Creators" attacks, with each attack being heavily layered upon their in-game energy." He says, doing air quotations upon saying creator.
"However, the computers used to identify them were overheating, needing to be reset. When reopened, the files for the attacks were moved elsewhere, currently unknown." He says, taking a deep breath before continuing.
"It's highly likely that these attacks, and this Creator as a result, are playing a critical part in this virus or is the embodiment of this virus. We're double checking our firewalls and attempting to identify the virus's origin." He finishes, looking at Chang.
Cheng takes a deep breath, seemingly in deep. The devs wait for a response. "Have me notified of any future developments." He says, formulating a plan.
"For now, continue observing the game. Work with each other to identify any possible inconsistencies in between versions. I will be contacting Liu Wei about this. It's possible that this virus will spread to other games, so expect contact from the other dev teams. I would recommend hiring observers in the meantime so you can keep a wa-" the door to Roberts office is slammed open with an intern, Wyatt Icnez, his tags read, being the one responsible. "Sir!" He screamed, catching his breath.
Robert responded to the employee, having been startled by him. "Wyatt, this better be a development, if not-"
"That's the thing sir." He says, taking deep breaths. "There's another creator, and the system says that they're a player."
You thought you slept on a weird side of the couch when you were unable to find the usual comfort of the surface when you awoke.
Moving around, you still were unable to find it. 'Why is this so unco-' your thoughts froze as you felt the coolness of water.
Expecting to be dumped somewhere with it, you quickly awoke, and got away from the coolness, determined to stay dry.
It was only then that you realized that you didn't know where you were, yet this place bore a striking resemblance to a few beaches in Teyvat.
'Okay, this is some weird shit.' You think to yourself, going to run your eyes when you notice your hands.
They bore resemblance to the styles that ran in Mihoyo's games.
Being a little freaked out by this, you decide to go ahead and pinch yourself in the slightest bit of hope that this was some new evolution or a dream.
To your horror, you felt it. 'Okay, okay, just take deep breaths' you thought to yourself, realizing you somehow got Isekaied to Genshin.
Deciding to try and focus on something else and delay the breakdown of being in Teyvat, you walk up the path, heading away from the beach, where you came across a cliff, where you had to climb.
That's when you realized that you were in Mondstadt. As you began climbing, you felt the rocks get easier to climb. While thinking about what to do there, your thoughts turned to a small concern, to the SAGAU fanfic, specifically the imposter ones.
You shook those off, thinking they were mere superstitions, wandering into Starfell lake. Unaware of those there.
As you wander through the lake, you take in the landscape of the forest. 'This is beautiful.' You think to yourself, going to pick up a flower. As you pick and smell it, something is heard from behind you. Before you could react, a sharp pain pierces you on the back shoulder.
Looking at your back, you're horrified to find that you've been shot in the back with an arrow, looking at the origin of the shot, you expected a Hillichurl to be attacking you, only to find your attacker to be Amber.
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Hello, I am Bilal from Gaza 🍉🖐After nearly 150 days, we were forced to leave Gaza after the war destroyed everything around us, leaving behind a homeland, a home, and unforgettable memories. Every day we lived under the bombardment was a struggle for survival, and the hardest decision was when we had to look for safety elsewhere. Egypt was our destination, and although the conditions here seemed like a lifeline, the challenges we faced were no less difficult than those we left in Gaza.
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The situation here in Egypt is complicated; we live with some family members, but life is far from stable. The conditions are difficult, whether in terms of the high cost of living or psychological instability. The biggest challenge we face now is the legal status; we live without a residence permit, which further complicates matters. Every day we live surrounded by fear and anxiety, and without official papers, it is difficult for us to find work or continue living normally.
Despite all these challenges, we have not lost hope in achieving our goal, which is to raise 5,500 pounds sterling to achieve financial stability that will help us start over. Thanks to the support of our friends, we are close to achieving this short-term goal, with just under £100 left. This small amount could be the difference between continuing in these difficult circumstances and moving on to a better life.
Every small step towards our goal brings us closer to the security and stability we seek. You can find out more and support us via the link https://gofund.me/ba5b76e9
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