Songs and Stars

! Indefinite Hiatus ! Honkai Star Rail OC roleplay and ask blog Mod has no relation to Hoyoverse

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Click here for the rules and in-depth info on my blog

For faster updates on my writing, come see my main blog @drowning-in-cabbages (mod is 18+ but don't let that deter you. I'm open for interactions with everyone)

Click the links below to find the master lists for each character:

Ovis (Stage of Wonders)

Kai (Like a Pendulum Swings) [Includes AUs]

Everest (Memory of a Mountain)

Warnings:

This blog will contain some triggering topics that differ from character to character. Most notably are

Trauma

Parental issues

Injury

Nightmares

Hallucinations

Allusions to substance abuse (cigarette, alcohol, medication)

(more to be added)

I will ask beforehand if you are uncomfortable with any topics before they arise.

Open prompts, always accepting

Tags below the cut

🎵 Singin’ sweet! (asks and interactions with Ovis)

🪶 Different from the rest (Interactions with Kai)

⛰️View from the top (Interactions with Everest)

✒️ Penning for a friend (Anon asks)

🛰️ To see the stars (roleplay)

💀 Please don’t be someone I know (interactions with the IPC)

🕷️ Creepy crawlies (asks about bugs)

☁️ The thundering (Interactions with Cloud Knights)

⚔️ Old times gone by (Interactions with the High Cloud Quintet)

🐉 Daddy Issues (Interactions with Dan Feng/Dan Heng)

🌹 Spear and Shield (Argenti)

⛈️ Stormy Night (Phobos)

💎Unearthed Stone (Jien)

♠️ Ace of Spades (Spade)

🪲Like fireflies into the night (Firefly)

🦢Life doesn't treat us kindly (Black Swan)

🐦‍🔥Burning the nest (Kai musings)

🐏 Drop another album (Ovis musings)

🌼Petals in the wind (Everest Musings)

🦊A thousand spirits (Tingyun)

🤠Yeehaw Muddle Fudger (Boothill)

🎭Sound of Jingling (Jester)

💍Make me forget it all (ambrose)

📖 A glimpse beyond the stage (character stories)

🥬 Cabbage creations (asks and interactions out of character)

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Snack anon here!! Just wanted to swing by and say hi and drop off some snacks for mod and muse. I hope youre doing well. Its spring time so mayhaps a parfait? Sending big hugs and well wishes.

-Snack Anon

(still on that hiatus with no plan to return anytime soon, but i wanted to answer this ask. thank you for stopping by and i hope you enjoyed the interactions Snack Anon.)

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One Companion, Many Ways to Connect

What I appreciate about SweetDream is the range. The same companion I built can text me, send a voice message, hop on a call, or appear on video. I choose how close I want to be in the moment.

Having all of that under one roof, and all of it high quality, is the real value. Chat, photos, video, voice, calls, and live cam aren't scattered gimmicks here, they're one coherent companion. sweetdream.ai ties it together.

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! Indefinite Hiatus Announcement !

[drowning-in-cabbages]

Officially quitting HSR

it's just not fun for me anymore and the story isn't captivating. the characters, while pretty, just feel like fanservice with no substance anymore

there's too much talking and not enough animation. too much standing around

wuwa, while fun, just hasn't grabbed me recently. i do think it's the only gacha game i'm going to keep up with though because i like that the developers actually care about their player base

not abandoning my hsr ocs or any fics i've written of them, but they will be my last priority writing wise

I like my ocs too much to drop them entirely. Kai, Shiwen, Shufen/Tsuriko, Everest, Zeta, and Ovis will still be present and talked about.

fun as the game initially was, i've just been finding more fun in games that take longer to come out and feel like they had more effort put into them

i'll keep up with the lore though, because i like what it's trying to tell, but i just don't think it's getting across as well as I want it to.

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official update from my main blog

i don't know if this blog, or any of my other gacha character blogs (@tales-of-eternity, @thewanderingpuppet, @rattling-reverberations) will really continue

maybe every so often

I know i said something similar in my previous post, but i really do think this is kind of goodbye

of course, i'll still be available for ooc chatting in IMs, or if you want to meet me on my main blog, i'm welcoming to anyone and everyone

and Snack Anon, I'm sorry to be leaving you, but I promise Kai isn't going anywhere

like i said, i'll still post art here and there when i make it, but apart from that this blog is going on an indefinite hiatus

[uniiicornmemes]

On anon or not, ask my muse about their family.

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Btw, I’m still lacking motivation to continue this blog, but it is slowly rebuilding the more I talk about my ocs one on one with people

It won’t reach the level of activity I once got primarily because I’ve lost interest in gacha games as a whole (except for WuWa for some reason)

However, this does not mean I won’t stop making art or writing for these characters

I will reblog any of my art on this blog and respond to a thread every so often

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🍸, for Kai >:3

— @mors-pulchritudo

based on this prompt

Kai didn't get drunk often. At least not in public. Now, he suffered the consequences of dealing with her.

"Go away..." he slurred, barely lifting his head off the table.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope only hummed and clicked her tongue. She placed her hands on her hips, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the man before her.

“I can’t leave ya like this, y’know. My heart couldn’t bear it,” she said, a bit of sarcasm in her voice. But her tone was soft.

“How’d ya get this hammered, anyway?” she asked, walking closer to him.

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"I had a fucked up work day and decided I didn't want to go home with a single thought in my head," he mumbled.

He lifted his head just a bit to look at her, his eyes barely focusing.

"Guess it didn't work."

[mors-pulchritudo]

“Yeah, guess so,” Calliope said with a soft laugh and a shake of her head.

She stayed quiet for a moment, looking over Kai’s face. Well, what she could see of it. He looked more tired than he usually did. To her, at least.

“Do you…need someone to help ya get home?”

[feathers-and-song]

He shook his head. Obviously, he knew he did, but he was way too stubborn. Kai tried to stand up, only ever managing to stumble. What a sorry state to see a Cloud Knight Captain.

"I'll be fine," he said, trying to wave her off. Fishing out his wallet, he paid his tab and headed for the exit.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope waited for a moment, before quietly following after him. She couldn’t just leave him like that, not when he was being so stubborn about it.

She crossed her arms behind her back, walking beside him but not speaking. She looked over at him, almost expecting him to fall flat on his face.

“You do this often?” Calliope asked, keeping her voice gentle.

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He hummed a soft 'no', shaking his head lightly. That was a bad idea, it only made his world start spinning. He stumbled a bit, holding onto the wall to steady himself.

"No, I usually drink at home," he groaned. "By myself. This just happened to be closer. Didn't want to go to Scalegoarge. Plus I was out."

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope instinctively moved closer, reaching her arms out to steady him if he fell, but stopped at the last moment.

“Gonna be havin’ one hell of a hangover, then…” she muttered, sighing softly with a shake of her head.

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"I've dealt with worse," he grumbled while walking forward again. He headed for the docks and paid the ferryman. He didn't bother to check if Calli came with him, just simply hopped in and told the man to drive.

[uniiicornmemes]

On anon or not, ask about my muse's romantic life.

[drowning-in-cabbages]

this is me btw if you even care

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mod's self portrait

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🍸, for Kai >:3

— @mors-pulchritudo

based on this prompt

Kai didn't get drunk often. At least not in public. Now, he suffered the consequences of dealing with her.

"Go away..." he slurred, barely lifting his head off the table.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope only hummed and clicked her tongue. She placed her hands on her hips, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the man before her.

“I can’t leave ya like this, y’know. My heart couldn’t bear it,” she said, a bit of sarcasm in her voice. But her tone was soft.

“How’d ya get this hammered, anyway?” she asked, walking closer to him.

[feathers-and-song]

"I had a fucked up work day and decided I didn't want to go home with a single thought in my head," he mumbled.

He lifted his head just a bit to look at her, his eyes barely focusing.

"Guess it didn't work."

[mors-pulchritudo]

“Yeah, guess so,” Calliope said with a soft laugh and a shake of her head.

She stayed quiet for a moment, looking over Kai’s face. Well, what she could see of it. He looked more tired than he usually did. To her, at least.

“Do you…need someone to help ya get home?”

[feathers-and-song]

He shook his head. Obviously, he knew he did, but he was way too stubborn. Kai tried to stand up, only ever managing to stumble. What a sorry state to see a Cloud Knight Captain.

"I'll be fine," he said, trying to wave her off. Fishing out his wallet, he paid his tab and headed for the exit.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope waited for a moment, before quietly following after him. She couldn’t just leave him like that, not when he was being so stubborn about it.

She crossed her arms behind her back, walking beside him but not speaking. She looked over at him, almost expecting him to fall flat on his face.

“You do this often?” Calliope asked, keeping her voice gentle.

[feathers-and-song]

He hummed a soft 'no', shaking his head lightly. That was a bad idea, it only made his world start spinning. He stumbled a bit, holding onto the wall to steady himself.

"No, I usually drink at home," he groaned. "By myself. This just happened to be closer. Didn't want to go to Scalegoarge. Plus I was out."

[apporacheroftheinvite-deactivat]

[stellarfarer]

Just look up we are under the same starry sky.

Baiheng from Honkai Star Rail

Independent Private and Selective

Written by Mandy

Personals do not reblog.

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🍸, for Kai >:3

— @mors-pulchritudo

based on this prompt

Kai didn't get drunk often. At least not in public. Now, he suffered the consequences of dealing with her.

"Go away..." he slurred, barely lifting his head off the table.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope only hummed and clicked her tongue. She placed her hands on her hips, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the man before her.

“I can’t leave ya like this, y’know. My heart couldn’t bear it,” she said, a bit of sarcasm in her voice. But her tone was soft.

“How’d ya get this hammered, anyway?” she asked, walking closer to him.

[feathers-and-song]

"I had a fucked up work day and decided I didn't want to go home with a single thought in my head," he mumbled.

He lifted his head just a bit to look at her, his eyes barely focusing.

"Guess it didn't work."

[mors-pulchritudo]

“Yeah, guess so,” Calliope said with a soft laugh and a shake of her head.

She stayed quiet for a moment, looking over Kai’s face. Well, what she could see of it. He looked more tired than he usually did. To her, at least.

“Do you…need someone to help ya get home?”

[feathers-and-song]

He shook his head. Obviously, he knew he did, but he was way too stubborn. Kai tried to stand up, only ever managing to stumble. What a sorry state to see a Cloud Knight Captain.

"I'll be fine," he said, trying to wave her off. Fishing out his wallet, he paid his tab and headed for the exit.

[mors-pulchritudo]

"I know you're right behind me."

-Kai

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“Aww. And here I thought I was bein’ all stealthy,” Calliope said, putting a bit of a mock hurt tone in her voice.

She walked up until she was directly beside the man, and had a large smile on her face.

“You missed me, right? Tell me ya did,” she asked, batting her eyelashes dramatically.

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Kai sighed and ran a hand through his feathered hair, noticeably missing its armored covering. He was currently leaning against a railing for a smoke break. He looked exhausted.

"I, unfortunately, have very good hearing," he explained to her. "I could hear you coming from a mile away."

He turned his head away for a moment to blow his smoke before turning back. "I'd miss you more if you weren't trying to sneak up on me."

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“Forgive a gal for tryin’ to surprise her friend,” Calliope said with a dramatic sigh.

She then propped herself up on the railing beside him, swinging her legs back and forth.

“…But you did miss me a little, right?” she asked with a smile.

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Kai did not answer her right away, instead thinking over what he's been doing since they last met. Truth be told, he didn't even think of her in that time.

"Hard to miss someone when you're busy trying to clean up the mara," he said instead. "Been too busy to really think at all."

Cleaning out the abundance, taking care of the last of the Borisin, disciplining misbehaving cadets. He'd had his hands full.

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“My heart aches,” Calliope sighed, placing one hand over her heart and the other arm over her eyes.

She leaned back with a dramatic, long sigh, catching herself with the underside of her knees on the railing just before she fell.

“I thought we were friends, dear Cloud Knight.”

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Kai rolled his eyes and put out his cigarette. He stood back up to full height and grabbed his weapon, adjusting it to rest comfortably on his back.

"Rarely would I consider anyone to be a friend," he replied coldly. "Last time that happened, someone died."

He checked the time. He still had a good five minutes before he was needed.

[mors-pulchritudo]

“…Hm. Guess that’s somethin’ we have in common,” Calliope said, her voice softening a bit.

She was silent for a moment, as if thinking over the next words she wanted to say. She slowly straightened herself back up so she was sitting upright on the railing.

“I used to have a husband. It’s not exactly the same thing as a friend, but…he was someone close to me. He died. It was…unexpected. Made me lose it. Did stuff I shouldn’t have.”

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Kai hummed as his lips pressed close together in an awkward motion. "Well, emotional issues not within the Cloud Knights is above my pay," he replied, only half-lying. "I suggest you seek a licensed therapist instead."

Finishing up the adjustments to his armor, he grabbed his make-shift ash tray and dumped it out.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope clicked her tongue.

“If I tell you something would you arrest me for it? Even though it happened…like a long time ago?” she asked, idly swinging her legs back and forth as she stayed perched on the railing.

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"Unless it affects the Luofu, I don't care," he answered bluntly. "But you'll have to walk and talk because I have places to be and I don't like being late."

He didn't even wait for a response before turning on his heel and marching his way down the street to Aurum Alley.

[mors-pulchritudo]

“That’s fair,” Calliope said, hopping off the railing and quickly falling into step beside him. She absentmindedly played with one of the various rings on her hand as she began to talk.

“Back on my planet, I’m pretty important. Can’t say much outside, since there’s always eyes on me,” she said, as if the prospect of being watched wasn’t totally unsettling.

“I may have wrecked a few civilizations a few…hundred years ago out of a fit of rage. Not proud of it, but at least the people who wronged me got what they wanted. My reaction.”

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"Damn," Kai said unamused. "That's rough buddy."

Nothing surprised him anymore. She wrecked a few civilizations? That's nice. So did Jingliu.

"Could've been worse. Could've been your own civilization."

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🍸, for Kai >:3

— @mors-pulchritudo

based on this prompt

Kai didn't get drunk often. At least not in public. Now, he suffered the consequences of dealing with her.

"Go away..." he slurred, barely lifting his head off the table.

[mors-pulchritudo]

Calliope only hummed and clicked her tongue. She placed her hands on her hips, tilting her head slightly as she looked at the man before her.

“I can’t leave ya like this, y’know. My heart couldn’t bear it,” she said, a bit of sarcasm in her voice. But her tone was soft.

“How’d ya get this hammered, anyway?” she asked, walking closer to him.

[feathers-and-song]

"I had a fucked up work day and decided I didn't want to go home with a single thought in my head," he mumbled.

He lifted his head just a bit to look at her, his eyes barely focusing.

"Guess it didn't work."

[feathers-and-song]

🍸, for Kai >:3

— @mors-pulchritudo

based on this prompt

Kai didn't get drunk often. At least not in public. Now, he suffered the consequences of dealing with her.

"Go away..." he slurred, barely lifting his head off the table.

[uniiicornmemes]

On anon or not, ask about my muse's romantic life.