#abyssalnova

⧼ 🌱 ⧽ ┊        ❛ A SCRIBBLE FOR OUR MUSE'S RELATIONSHIP!

MUN SKETCH.

MUSE SKETCH.

❝ You always seem to be awake before I've even gone to bed. I look forward to greeting you in the mornings. ❞

it was a dream eons old.

since that day their home world was left, their greatest desire was finding somewhere to belong and set roots. if their original home was beyond saving, they would find somewhere new. how many planets had their spaceship passed? how many stars light the way? just how long had it been? questions she'd never truly know the answer to, nor did they matter, so long as it all led to something. somewhere.

in their time there, even whilst imprisoned by the sealing of their powers, the twins had individually come to see Teyvat as home — it was not a world in which they belonged, exceptions to its rules, outlanders wrestling with fate and its grand design. would it be where their roots set? she didn't know. Aether had his motivations for staying, even when she'd urged him to leave with her. no matter where had a grip on them, be it the beauty of Teyvat as she gazed from all they'd known resting on the moon's surface or here where they could share a roof as nothing more than siblings, one thing never changed:

Welcome back to blooming Isola Radiale, Aether!

You’ll be staying in APARTMENT 304.

You’ll retain everything from your previous stay.

PLEASE NOTE: As you were removed in an activity check you have one week to make two eligible IC posts or else you will be considered inactive once more.

Enjoy your return!

nor is he certain if the other is fully aware of his presence here, too, laying out the plausible risks that go hand in hand with such a chance encounter. so, rather than expose himself immediately, he waits just a little longer, keeping a closer eye on the other as to not lose track of him so readily. only once he's further into the cavern does kaeya step into the sole entrance, as if it were all but a coincidence to find someone.

well, in some ways, that wasn't entirely wrong, but whether the other would see it in such a way was another story...

❝ Oh? Why, I hadn't quite expected company all the way down here in the Underground, of all places, ❞ he chimes in, that much being the truth. one hand lifts in a gestured greeting, though a subtle way to express he had no ill intention, not without proper cause. ❝ There's the mechanical beings, of course. But they're usually scattered to the winds before one can properly greet them. ❞

memories transferring from Teyvat had seldom been gentle as of late. like clockwork, it were Lumine be violently jolted awake with images filtering through her thoughts at rapid pace. all of it reaching this side — her capture, Sandrone, Columbina, The Doctor— Heretic. ordinarily it would be a process of soaking the information, balancing the emotions each bout brought in accompaniment.

but this wasn't ordinary.

just as suddenly, she leapt to her feet, the ferocity catapulting Paimon, whose instinct saved her from crashing onto the floor. knowing her, she had a comment to make about the rude awakening, but they were words lost on the Traveler who darted out of their room and across the residence as if fleeing a charging beast in the Teyvatian wilderness.

through the door did her body slam, perhaps only by slamming into the wall did it remain hanging on its hinges. but her attention was pulled to another, darting two down and pounding the door without thought to hold back for the sake of those of Condo 413 sandwiched between the chaos.

her thoughts were racing, too frantic to concentrate, unable to hold back. time over her fist hammered the door at but a fraction of her heart's thumping.

"Aether!"

he was dead and gone from Teyvat, but he was here and dangerous.

Welcome back to scenic Isola Radiale, Aether!

You’ll be staying in CONDO 414!

You’ll retain everything you were given in your previous stay.

Enjoy your return!

IT WAS A HUMUROUS DISPLAY TO SEE FOR SOME, though ratio can't help but feel there was some lacking sense in it all. to risk one's teeth in the chance of taking a bite of chocolate was something only the majority of people would tend to choose to entertain themselves. ❝ I wouldn't bite into that one, if you were thinking of taking that risk, ❞ he chimes, fingers holding his chin in thought as he assesses the item.

❝ It is undoubtedly real. You can tell by the sheen and precise angles of the plastic. Even hard-shelled chocolate could not replicate it with all the camouflage in the world. ❞ a pause as he glances back over. ❝ Of course, if you're not convinced, be my guest. ❞

it had taken longer to initially send the message. her heart trembled with apprehension it might be answered with the suggestion they take more time, wait a little longer.

she had wanted to feel the lights surfing the river's gentle current might be soothing, as watching the lanterns sail Liyue's nights sky had proven to be each year. yet undeniable was the dull ache. knowing each was a loved one lost, someone in mourning. and their numbers a mere sliver of the fallen in Natlan, or the victims of the calamity.

clutching the raft to her chest, she turned swiftly upon hearing his approach, breath caught in her throat. it wasn't the elation and disbelief of seeing him for that first time since waking, but a cautious relief. knowing so well how he could easily slip through her fingers again.