come with me, take the journey

"SO WE RISE TO THE CHALLENGE, KNOWING VICTORY IS ALREADY OURS."

-Rebecca Ross

independent and selective multimuse blog with various fandoms. penned by spencer, she/they. 25+. minors dni. non rp blogs dni.

featuring chongyun of genshin impact, and pure vanilla cookie from cookie run: kingdom.

oc, crossover, duplicate friendly. please read rules and muse list before interacting. all canon muses, but are heavily headcanon and au-based. all muses are well into adulthood.

pure vanilla icons made by avalon @pinchofdeceit

what was supposed to be a short nap (usually around 2 hours because that's how long i usually nap for) turned into a 6 hour nap, because tell me how i ended up sleeping from mid-afternoon to past 9pm??

i had plans for the day, body. i was going to do a couple drafts, i was going to pester my friends in game, i was --

i mean. the pro from this is my body desperately needed the sleep, so that's a win.

that would take forever, and its bound to come out sooner or later by other rairepair enjoyers.

one of my all time favorite blog-canon headcanons (outside of kami and ren being twins) is chongyun being the goofy younger brother to kaeya.

there was a point once upon a time, when like, 4-5 different kaeya blogs all came out of the woodwork to be like "yes we have adopted chongyun he is brother coded." and i've kept it ever since.

moving blogs doesn't change that -- chongyun and kaeya are brothers on account of being the og ice boys, and living so close together.

THIS MAY ALSO extend to dilucs, though chongyun never had as strong of a bond with any diluc, though chongyun does care for and respect the man! outside of my own canon, diluc is probably too busy to form super close bonds with people outside of his direct vicinity. he has a wine business to run, and he's a vigilante at night, so it's safe to say his schedule is fairly busy.

but kaeya. kaeya. chongyun's brother, one of his favorite people, and a cryo that he can depend on!

haven't played ff.xiv in forever, as i can't afford game time right now.

but maybe i'll revisit my verse for kami.

back in game, and pouring through albedo's story and voice lines, and honestly thinking on it some more, i think my og headcanon about his feelings toward rhinedottir might not be too far off the mark!

cause one of his stories has this tidbit:

so maybe growing up/all those years traveling with her didn't feel great, but it was valuable in the sense that he learned everything he could from her.

and given that alice wants him to call her mother, and she happily took him in, i get the impression that albedo got a far stronger sense of warmth and familial relationships with alice and klee over his many years with rhinedottir.

i don't doubt she was a skilled instructor, she spent many years taking him through domains and teaching him alchemy. she shaped who he is now, and albedo definitely feels some sense of loyalty for her.

but does he love her in the way someone should love their creator? probably not. she created him with khemia, she taught him everything he knows, but she didn't show him love.

@truthandeceit asked: [you need a break?]

(Sunflower Nilly to Sunlight Nilly; attached is a picture of some finely aged Hollyberry Juice)

[I have a few spares if you want to split this with your Shadow Milk; I’ve heard it’s been rough recently] says the next message.

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it's... been rather long enough at this point. pure vanilla doesn't feel a burning rage to destroy when he receives this message from sunflower. granted, there's still that tinge of annoyance, though that's probably to be expected when dealing with both sunflower and luna.

neither of them will ever be sunlight's favorite, but he can at least be civil enough to accept a gift here and there.

[TXT : sunflower] certainly, thank you for the generous offer! [TXT : sunflower] as for how rough it's been, that's quite the tale.

he doesn't want to elaborate. sunny really doesn't want to talk about anything that went down with anyone BUT maestro. but it's nice to know that people can understand the trial, mental and physical damage he and maestro had taken in the meantime.

@fxmiliarity asked: "come here, let me see the wound." //@ yun

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chongyun is far too used to treating his own injuries. he'd spent many years cleaning and bandaging his own wounds, and even buying himself medication from baizhu when the situation called for it. he's in the middle of doing that right now when yve calls to him.

glancing up, chongyun startles ― he hasn't realized anyone was there. certainly he wouldn't have expected yve to be stealty. still, there's an almost tangible sense of relief when they offer to inspect the wound for him. chongyun's not used to other people caring for him in such a way.

with a hopeful grin on his face, he slides closer to yve, holding his leg out for them to inspect. it's not a serious injury by any means, but the gash on his leg is from tripping over a jagged rock somewhere in the wild. it doesn't even hurt, but it's definitely not healed yet.

"thank you, mother," chongyun says quietly. he feels a surge of affection for them. “i uh. have medications and bandages if you want to take over from here.” he waves toward the pile of supplies resting on the ground.

"no one's ever offered before."

@opalscales asked: can you show me how? " / @ yun

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"of course!" chongyun carefully places his claymore in her hands, before hovering close enough to adjust her grip. "keep your knees bent," chongyun instructs. "it's heavy, so you don't want to lock any part of your body; it's easy to injure yourself."

when he's certain she's holding it correctly, he takes a step back, giving her stance a once-over. just holding the weapon is one thing, but he'd also like to see her try to swing it. though, perhaps he should have brought a practice claymore for chia. oh, well.

"try to swing it now," he continues. he practices the swinging motion for her to view, even though chongyun's hands are empty. “slowly, though. it's okay if you can't get it the first few tries, you're doing amazing.” chongyun smiles. “you look really good with it though.” something about seeing her with a weapon at all touches something inside him.

celestia above, he really IS a sucker for fighting.

is it break time? it's always break time ― no one's currently mara-struck, so chongyun can take his long break.

and what is he doing, other than sitting with a large cheese pizza, ready to dig in and eat? absolutely nothing for the next hour.

for as long as i've written albedo, i always headcanoned him to hold some sort of resentment for rhinedottir. and while canon would contrast this, i still like exploring that small 'what-if' that's lingering in the back of his mind.

so, i'll amend it. albedo DOESN'T hold a whole lot of resentment for her or the way he was raised/created/being dropped off in mondstadt, but he does think she's reckless as a member of the hexenzirkel, thinks she is more dangerous than even he knows.

he hasn't seen her for years, whatever she's up to now is beyond him, but albedo does hold some level of caution for whatever the hexenzirkel is up to, as well as the shift in the air to signify things across teyvat changing overall.

THAT SAID, she is his mother and master, and he owes a lot to her. whenever se sends a message, albedo takes it in with unwavering attention, because he wants any crumb of knowledge of what's going on and what her plans for him are. he refuses to slack off in his thirst for knowledge/quest to perpetually better himself, especially where khemia is concerned, because he does not want to let her down.

so in short, i still headcanon that he has very complex feelings for rhinedottir, and it shifts with each day. he either resents her, or he greatly misses her, and he'll take whatever family he can get from her creations (durin, sebas, even subject two verse depending).

he might be non-human, but albedo is still human, if you catch my drift.