____ of the tragedy procedures.

in your darkest hour, the blackest night, think of me, and I will be with you. (for where else could I go? who else could I love but you?) - ❤ - aka extremely not serious rp multimuse priv / low activity / eternal wip

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(WIP PINNED | sideblog to @ abyssmalice)

bid the light one last embrace— it feels so good to pretend!

❤︎ indie | private | low activity ❤︎ multi-fandom | multi-muse rules & roster ❤︎ loved and beckoned and ruled — by Flower! (graphics credits for post dividers — @/cafekitsune) (this is a sideblog, follows will come from — @/abyssmalice)

with the ghost of goodbye, do svidaniya — until we meet again ... !

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Only a handful of days until her Eleventh is stationed in Snezhnaya for her new duties.

After so many years of missions overseas, the transition will not be without its difficulties or its oddities - but it is a simple process and an even simpler procedure to follow overall. Everything will proceed as smoothly as can be. This will not be a problem.

Anastasya is not going to have a headache. By principle, and because this is a litmus test of her own plans' fitness - this is not going to be a headache.

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quick list of verses for Anastasya because Organizing(TM):

Genshin Impact | Canon + AU

No tag to indicate; this is the default verse unless specified.

Follows her source material premise i.e. she is the Cryo Archon and Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, leading her people into a divine war to overthrow the current order of the world.

HSR | AU

Has a separate tag for relevant instances.

A hypothetical sequel or what-if scenario following the events of her Genshin verse - which see her as the long-lived leader of a troupe of Mourning Actors, sailing and performing throughout the galaxy. Suffering from a mild case of memory loss, she has been seeking clues as to what became of her home world, while keeping a hand and eye on the intricate pulse of the universe's grander fate in the meantime.

[anna-antoshchenkova]

Снежная королева ❄️

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Gamer Anastasya Hours aka Her Imperial Majesty, the (former) Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya, wearing a pair of ice-blue, snowflake-patterned gamer headphones with rainbow LED cat ears.

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"I hear there are now toys designed and sold in my image. It is... irrelevant, frankly, for me to learn of them. At most, to whomever take interest in them, I suppose it is well and good that such toys serve some purpose."

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Extract

Name: Anastasya Feodorovna Snezhnaya

Titles: - Her Royal Majesty, the Tsaritsa of Snezhnaya - Cryo Archon

Species: Snowland Fae

Gender: Female (She/They)

Age: ~2000 to 3000+ years

Element / Gnosis: Ice / Cryo

Delusion: Hydro & Pyro

Residence: Zapolyarny Palace, Snezhnograd ; Snezhnaya, Teyvat

Affiliation: The Fatui / Snezhnaya

Appearance:

A tall woman in her early to mid twenties, with the immediate notable features being her very pale skin - as white and cold as snow itself - and a pair of rather pointed ears.

Has long, wavy silver hair that reaches to her waist when left down, but otherwise seen done up in an intricate braided bun. Her eyes are a pale but clear blue, the pupils morphed into a white, crystalline shape that resembles a snowflake.

She's usually dressed in winter wear with a subtle noble aesthetic, using thick furs and luxurious silks dyed in a simplistic palette of royal blue, ice blue and white with occasional gold and silver trimmings or accessories. For formal occasions, she is often also seen wearing additional ornaments such as a velvet cape, a royal sash, and a bejeweled kokoshnik crown with a translucent veil.

Overall, her first appearance never fails to give the impression of frostland nobility - cold yet elegant in features, royal yet restrained in fashion, distant yet clear in her gaze.

Personality:

Silent, stoic, strict and solitary - that's the frigid impression that everyone meets at first.

A person who keeps her distance and approaches out of mere necessity alone, speaking quietly but straightforwardly at all times. Beyond that, it is a difficult endeavour to read her expressions most of time, being as blank as a fresh sheet of overnight snow if one isn't familiar enough with the slightest of micro-expressions and changes.

But behind this stern and impassive veneer is a mind that is often drifting towards others - to the people, to those warring under her banner, to her loved ones, however few she still has left to keep under the tightest lock of her heart.

While a hardened ruler and a ruthless warrior on the outside, the inside continues to be a kind and gentle lover that simply hopes for the best of everyone around her. She just knows that hard and harsh tactics are necessary to achieve those hopes—and is not resigned to them, instead accepting with resolute confidence that these ends will be worth the means.

Even if none of her plans look like it nor feel like it; she knows they might not be. Still, she won't argue for the sake of it - instead, she will keep digging this grave, and she won't hesitate to lie in it in the future. This is her decision, and she will not back down on it, no matter what. She cannot and does not want to, because that is what it means to be a ruler of so many little and lovely lives.

In that sense, it can be said that her outward behavior is more of a lid to keep an emotional heart from faltering or spilling in a needless fashion. For otherwise, she can indeed be easily swayed from an emotional standpoint, which she knows well is unfitting of a ruler tasked with the lives of hundreds - thus, the focus on facts and necessity, before she thinks on the human and the personal.

—Ultimately, she remains a woman of two distinct, both contradictory and complementary natures: A woman that embodies the sheer mercilessness of winter frost - and a woman who harbors a subtle tenderness beneath this ice, born from the knowledge that a burning hearth is lovely but will inevitably die out, so this warmth and this love must be treasured with care through the long night.

Background:

The current god-monarch of the frozen nation of Snezhnaya, as well as the chosen successor to the previous Belyi Tsar who ruled as god and leader of the same.

Once a quiet but gentle and loving ruler, the calamitous events that erupted five hundred years ago in Khaenri'ah has since changed her into the very opposite of such - a cold and hardened ruler, distant with the people and harsh in her edicts. Among the populace, though offered their worship and respect as a god and a leader, her true reputation is whispered with hesitance in empty rooms and disdain within quiet shadows; she is seen as a loveless, merciless, even tyrannical force of nature.

Sadly, this couldn't have been helped. That ancient calamity had resulted in the invasion of Abyssal forces into her kingdom, devastating the land and massacring thousands in the process. Furthermore, as divine punishment for Khaenri'ah's forbidden activities that led to this incident, any person of Khaenri'ahn or non-Teyvatian descent was cursed with immortality, insanity, or a monstrous transformation - including her beloved son.

In the face of all this, Anastasya simply had to step up with immaculate resolve. She had to become an infallible pillar in a land of ruins, as a capable figure among the lost and the grieving and the aimless - even as her one and only child was suffering too, in a way she had no power to fix, only able to place a stop-gap measure by putting him into an eternal hibernation of cryostasis.

And so, an impeccable leader she was. Colder than the deadliest of blizzards that ravaged her own land, harsher than the monsters that killed her people and her loved ones. She became like the ice under her command - sharper, clearer, and purer than anyone would think in these hectic and difficult times. For she still understood, in the end. She knew that the full blame for all of this laid not entirely with Khaenri'ah, but on the heavens above that decided the very rules of this world. Who looked upon what happened and punished everyone and everything without true discrimination, mixing the guilty and the innocent alike.

Yes, as a leader with hundreds of lives as her life's responsibility, she does know: A measure of order is needed to maintain a peaceful existence. But when order oversteps and overreaches, all in the name of this peace - is that not simply deluded tyranny now?

In which case, the order must be dismantled and overthrown. No matter what this endeavour must take from her - a new world will rise from the frost and the ashes of her resolve. No amount of time and tragedy will halt this war now that the first flame has been lit in her heart; she will take this spark to the heavens above, and set their divine hands and temples alight herself.

It does not matter if she herself becomes a tyrant as well. Because, once her life's work is complete - no one, not even her, will be able to dominate this world. Gods and kings and tyrants will only ever be stories of the past—left in the smouldering remains of an old world and a soon-to-be bygone era.

Misc. Notes / Headcanons:

While having the Cryo Gnosis enables her to manipulate the associated element with a massive and terrifying efficiency - she doesn't actually need it to fight. The Gnosis merely amplifies her already natural ability to use the Cryo element—to the point that the environment itself can sometimes reflect her mood at a given moment, becoming colder or clearer depending—and she still remains perfectly capable and deadly without it.

Said natural ability comes from her heritage as a Snowland Fae - granting her primary control over ice and a long lifespan, as well as a latent affinity for basic elemental energy and manipulation of the same for much smaller, simpler tasks, such as small-scale telekinesis and levitation.

In addition to the above, she also possesses two Delusions - a Hydro and a Pyro one, which she utilizes to complement her skillset in a fight.

More symbolically, her possession and usage of Delusions is to show the Fatui—and thereby the populace at large (whether the message is received as intended is a different story)—that she can and is willing to stand on the same level as them, using the same tools and wearing the same insignia to fight on a shared battleground. Furthermore, it signals the sheer extent of her intentions - that she can and will do anything for this ambition, even using the remains of her fellow gods.

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more hsr tsaritsa thonks because that first post is already long enough + tonitoni-specific thonks

no one, not even the tsaritsa, knows just how old she is - not helped by how she was frozen for an unknown length of time prior to being discovered. what's certain is that she has seen hundreds of amber eras come and go by now; some speculate she might be as old as the start of the eras themselves, or maybe even predate the dusk wars if factoring her time being frozen.

ultimately, she's been around for just so long that in the collective memory of mourning actors, she's just been there from the start of the Elation itself - with some even considering her the quintessential actor, or otherwise a well-known pillar within the faction

that said, she hasn't aged at all since she was found - leading some to wonder if she was a long-lived species. to Anastasya's own understanding, she's certainly not what many would consider "human", and she was a part of a species on her home planet with similar longevity, but not truly immortality.

curiosity got the better of her eventually, leading to one of her many transactions with the genius society - to analyse her biology, in return for informing her if they find others like her.

the society's results found that she isn't a long-lived species - but more mysteriously and interestingly, she has strong traces of the Permanence instead. (as the fae were molded from the draconic remains of the Cryo Sovereign)

with the IPC, she—and their partnership with her—is one of the older accounts that the corporation has had the pleasure of working on - being long-standing enough to naturally pass through numerous managers and figures by the present day. however, due to this long history, she has come to be known for having a very "particular and peculiar" stipulation to all her dealings with them: that every transaction is utterly balanced, in the sense that it's an equal and mutual give-and-take. whatever each side gets should weigh equal on the scale. the oddity comes from how, so the story goes, that whoever tries to force an imbalance or create a loophole in their word will meet some sort of grisly end - as they have essentially forfeited the right to equal treatment under the very law of the transaction, become a rogue player rather than a fellow participant. whether this story is actually true or just some stupidly exaggerated tale following a bad meeting with her or something, to this day, remains an unconfirmed mystery.

at one point in the distant past, Anastasya approached the Garden to see if they had archived any memories of her past and could thereby assist with the missing holes in her own recollection of herself and her home planet. unfortunately, they did not assist. or rather, could not—as there weren't any, surprisingly. ultimately, the Garden's people could only offer condolences and encourage her to focus on the present rather than dwell too deeply on the past - to which she simply responded that to settle her past and live in the present, she needed to have proper closure. nonetheless, this didn't mean the meeting ended on a sour note, as Anastasya maintains cordial relations to this day and occasionally works with the Garden for any significant requests.

in addition to Elation powers (which she doesn't really use unless necessary), she still has a natural affinity for ice - independent of any path-based forces - due to her fae heritage.

compared to her time as an Archon, Anastasya's personality in the present appears to be more relaxed and softer - though, not by much. just enough that she treats her fellow actors and others that she associates with normally enough, but everyone else will see a faint reflection of what Teyvat once did: a distant, cold, sharp sort of woman. even without a queenly title, she still commands absolute presence and a bizarre sense of rank when engaging with her for the first few times.

Anastasya's work as an actor has two main goals - to help others live their best lives, and to help herself live a life as well. the former is easy with her current position as a troupe director. the latter is far harder, as previously mentioned, she hopes to collect all the pieces of her past to properly grieve and settle it. but even then, there is both a sense of something and nothing to grieve in the meanwhile, as her past and all it entailed is behind her no matter what. the war is likely over, the heavens maybe dead, her kingdom and her people and her loves all dead too, especially with the long passing of time. indeed, the present is all she has............ and maybe that's what creates that sense of grief even without all the pieces collected. the grief of having nothing to grieve.

re: tonitoni -

Tonia did not know the Tsaritsa survived for the longest time, and even then, only found out in the last few centuries, when Anastasya's troupe and their performing works very coincidentally crossed her path and awareness.

even then, Tonia has yet to truly meet or confront the former Archon on anything - choosing to remain utterly hidden away, as to not disturb the long dead past (and her own muddled feelings about the former god).

nonetheless, Tonia's presence, however scattered around and minuscule, did eventually get picked up by Anastasya - though these traces are indeed traces, being too frustratingly small and vague to leave her with anything more than fanciful whim than a concrete realization of her Eleventh's continued existence. even so, on the rarest chance it isn't... well, she's still looking for clues, including that of a wayward Harbinger.

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(rough thonks that i will properly outline later but anyway, regarding a hsr verse for the Tsaritsa ft. being a mourning actor:

currently considered and aligned with the Mourning Actors faction, travelling and putting on plays and performances with a group of other actors

she was found a long long long LONG time ago by current history standards, frozen in ice by a passing ship of actors at the time, and upon being thawed out, was a bit disoriented and appears to have her memories scrambled

unlike a certain person named after the month of march - she still has her memories and remembers her identity and past, they're just rather messed up with a couple of holes

she remembers that she was the monarch of a tundra kingdom, that she had lost people close to her due to the workings of higher powers, and that she thus aimed to rebel against them - but the exact details on any of this are where her memories get painfully foggy. she also doesn't remember the outcome of this potential rebellion either.

however, considering she was discovered frozen in the nothingness of space for an unknown length of time.......... whatever happened in the past, it's not looking very good. or rather, as per the actors with her - it might be dangerous to place any hopes on such an unclear uncertainty. best to expect the worst, and live accordingly.

as such, Anastasya came to believe that her plans failed and led to the worst case scenario for Teyvat: that her world was destroyed for it, and she's just a lucky (or unlucky) survivor. it is with this principle in mind that she joined the Mourning Actors - to mourn, to reflect, and to find purpose and strength in what's happened to her. and maybe, via these tragic performances of her fellow actors, to help others through their own grief and become better people for it.

that said, she hasn't let go of her own past, not really. she still quietly seeks out any evidence or remnants of Teyvat, collecting them for herself, trying to maybe piece an idea of what happened to her and her home. even if she can't do anything about it, she still wants to have a complete picture of the consequences of her actions - if any.

(this verse is indulgently tailored to be able to accommodate both canon-based muses and also tonitoni(tm). because i can. so yeah, if your muse already knows tonitoni, you can get special menu access to tonitoni-only-context interactions too)

misc notes still debating on:

due to how long she's been with the faction, she's considered a veteran face who knows the ins and outs of Mourning Actors. on the specific ship she's a part of, she's since taken on a leadership position - managing the group and also directing the performances they put on behind the scenes. but very often, she joins these performances as a performer than a director as well.

her troupe - called the Snezhnaya Memorial Troupe - specializes in theatre plays, ballet dancing, and choral performances. "love" and "family" is a very common theme in their works.

while Anastasya finds great meaning in her current place and work as a Mourning Actor - a part of her has nonetheless been a bit unsatisfied and restless, has been so since she was since unthawed from the ice. after all, she was the kind of ruler who did not simply mourn complacently when tragedy met her—she stood up and got her hands dirty, committing herself to a great challenge full of perils and unknowns. in that sense, her heart has always longed to do even more, for herself and for others alike.

for that reason, she likely has a partnership established with the Trailblazers - specifically, the Astral Express - where she mainly acts as a consultant and maybe contracted helper of sorts, depending on the situation.

Aha has undoubtedly visited her at some point and their conversation likely did not go down well, at least to Anastasya. this might have even been the catalyst for her to seek out the Astral Express in the past - as the Aeon's flippant regard for the universe likely hit a wrong note in the Tsaritsa's mind and reminded her about a similar, cruel nonchalance that the divine order of Teyvat held to her. and like most Mourning Actors, made her quite against the Elation, which of course only amused Aha and resulted in "yet another cursed blessing of a deluded god" upon her, further pushing her to seek a "different path that rebels and transcends the cosmic order".

in light of the above, while her "main" partnership is with the Astral Express, she's likely gone and established connections with numerous other factions and organizations across the cosmos through her troupe's travels (e.g. IPC, the Garden, Genius Society, Doctors of Chaos, etc etc etc). these connections always have a transactional basis of some sort - they get something from her, she gets something from them, nothing more. but any "betrayal" of this balance means the end of their association—and sometimes, very rarely but sometimes, in a brutal fashion depending.

she's aware that "overthrowing" the natural order of Aeons is lowkey impossible, considering paths and stuff are based in ideologies and convictions made tangibly manifest - and as such, as long as people think and believe whatever they wish, the concept of Aeons will never truly die either. "transcending" them might be possible on the other hand, but would anyone still be considered "people" at that point? Anastasya doesn't believe so personally, but she's also not very opposed to others attempting to do so. in fact, she's quite curious and interested in seeing if and how it would work out for someone - hence, she's decently willing to establish connections with controversial groups with questionable ambitions as well, so long as the basic principles of transaction are maintained.

as for what she does with all of these transactions and partnerships herself - besides using them to look for info and clues about Teyvat, with her current position and the current state of the galaxy, the most she can realistically do is empower others on the path that best fits them: pooling all her resources so that those who come to her, who choose her, are best equipped to shine and blaze like a real star, whether it's on stage or in the grand scope of the cosmos.

MIGHT be occasionally addressed as "Director Anastasya" for formal occasions. beyond that, it's just her first name with everyone - and only those close to her, such as fellow actors on her ship, can call her by a nickname like Natsya. anyone who tries to address her by a far more formal title - like Lady or such - will not be ignored, but she is more dismissive to any noble or royal connotations nowadays.

in some parts of the cosmos, her activities may have garnered her an alternate reputation - that she's not exactly a Mourning Actor, but rather a "a trailblazing actor dressed in mourning veil", as she has admittedly more defiant sensibilities compared to the average actor.

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Anastasya with an Ajax: Though you were conscripted to the cause at a rather youthful age before experience can truly temper your sensibilities, you have since grown with the years and are now a competent, determined man. I trust you to be able to come to your own conclusions on our plans and their future consequences, and thereby voice any concerns or objections with confidence - which I shall faithfully meet with the same.

Anastasya with her Tonia: Daughter-shaped. You can have two (2) ice creams for dessert, but if you want a third one, you have to say please. And yes, you can keep the exploding slime, but it has to be outside the palace, okay?

(I have brought you into the fold at too tender an age, in too fragile a state. Though the seed of a wonderful, great person exists in you, too much has muddled and disrupted your path - my own hand included. In the end, you were not supposed to be here. Yet, I have decided otherwise, and will aim to stay true to my resolve. No matter what outcome this decision leads to—whether it is success or failure, right or wrong—I shall shoulder it. And can only hope to lift some of the blame from yours.)

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"............................"

A terrible thought had passed her by. She will not give voice to it, for it does not deserve to harbor such attention or heartbreak from her - but nonetheless.

If the palace gains a colder tinge to it, well. Even gods are not immune to having foul moods.

[yumenosakiacademy]

"And then... the Heavenly Principles spoiled our love. I almost doubt whether it was ever true at all."

[sleepyqinfei]

the tsaritsa, anastasya feodorovna snezhnaya ✧ transcendence: "sudden snow"

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[ayaraki]

And then... the Heavenly Principles spoiled our love. I almost doubt whether it was ever true at all. One should not throw fragile driftwood to a drowning person. Nor give the illusion of warmth to those freezing to death. Death is not the enemy of love. The real enemy is the blessings given by deluded gods.

[maplewi]

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Rare it is indeed for the Tsaritsa to make a public appearance. And for that, the impact is tenfold - wondrous, joyous, delighted, curious.

Very little to be done but to walk, wave, offer a smile at the most photogenic moment to appease the world. And then turn and return indoors, shrugging her furs and cloaks away to settle deeply into an armchair, the fireplace still unlit.

A small flame wouldn't help much regardless. And her mind, as always, is a breath of frost - lingering airily, but cold as frostbite with a brush. Lingering on matters of importance, matters without importance, and viewing them all in still, icy silence throughout.

"...In the end, much remains to be done." A sigh. That too, leaves as a still, icy thing, lingering.