So Columbina doesn't HIDE the rings, they just tend to be covered on accident. Sure Columbina is protective over her mama, but she also doesn't see a problem with the rings being out because for all everyone else knew, they were Columbina's rings, not her mama's rings.

But when she joined the Fatui she did make a more conscious effort of knowing if the rings were on her person because she did NOT trust someone to not steal it. The Harbingers know Columbina has some kind of jewelry, they've seen it, they just don't know what it looks like super well. Then she gets closer to Sandrone and the two have tea parties.

One day while having a tea party with Sandrone, Capitano needs to discuss with Sandrone about something (Khaenri'ah and her robots). So enters the area they were having a tea party in and then he sees it, the rings. Columbina was showing them to Sandrone.

Now he can't see them very clearly so he pays no mind to it, walking closer but when he's only a yard or two away, he sees the details of them and freezes. He knew those rings. Those were the same rings he had seen 500 years ago.

The same rings his dear friend had worn, the same ones Flins!MC was given by their fiances.

How did she have those!

Cue him marching right to her, a murderous/threatening aura around him (because at this point in time he doesn't know HOW Columbina got the rings and his mind is going to dark places [like Columbina perhaps desecrating Flins!MC's grave somehow, or the rings being pawned off somewhere]). Columbina and Sandrone turn towards him and he demands how Columbina had those rings.

That leads to Sandrone asking, "And why do you want to know in the first place?!"

Capitano responds with "Because those rings belonged to someone very dear to me and- nevermind, just tell me how you have those rings."

Columbina startles and she asks "You knew my mama?"

That leads to Capitano just kinda freezing but Columbina ignores it and fires off rapid fire questions.

Like "You knew my mama! Can you tell me how mama acted back when Khaenri'ah was alive?"

Or "How do you know my mama? She's never told me about a 'Capitano' so how do YOU know her?"

Columbina wants to know so much, specifically how Capitano knows her mama when Flins!MC had never mentioned a 'Capitano' in the first place. Her mama hadn't really told her many stories of Khaenri'ah but the stories she did paint were AMAZING. But she was weary because what if Capitano was lying.

Capitano meanwhile was just in complete shock because how is Columbina Flins!MC's CHILD!! He was fairly sure Flins!MC wasn't pregnant back then so how?!

But Columbina is firing off so many questions while Sandrone is grinning mischeviously at the scene. Capitano can only stand there and answer as best he could before Columbina fires off another question. Sandrone leaves after a while and Capitano finally says that he went by a different name back then, Thrain.

Columbina finally calms down because her mama HAD told her about Thrain. Capitano/Thrain leaves and gets Pierro, not even explaining anything before he gets the man to come with him. The only reason Pierro does so was because Capitano/Thrain had NEVER done this before, nor look so rattled.

Only when Pierro is in front of Columbina does he understand. Capitano/Thrain shares all he knows about the current situation while Pierro is just contemplating everything.

Had Flins!MC been pregnant back then?

He knows they had been look a little queezy a week or two before the Cataclysm so was it possible?

Columbina takes off her blindfold to look at the two men more clearly because while she can 'see' with the blindfold, she does like seeing things without it.

Her eyes… they remind Pierro of the flames in Flins!MC's lantern, albeit a pink-ish color, and the energy that seemed to surround them when they used their abilities.

Now that he thought about it, Columbina had some of the same ticks as Flins!MC did back then.

(Not Pierro just gaslighting himself into thinking Columbina is Flins!MC's biological kid! LOL)

Capitano/Thrain and Pierro share a look and nod to each other. This was Flins!MC's daughter.

Oh Tsarista, Flins!MC must have been in so much pain while giving birth, and all alone to boot. Did the curse affect them? Or did it not because they technically weren't Khaenrian?

The two mull it over before realizing something. Columbina spoke of Flins!MC in the PRESENT tense. Could it be possible?! Were they still alive?!

Pierro asks, almost frantically, if Flins!MC was still alive. Columbina narrows her eyes and turns her head away, crossing her arms. No, she wouldn't say anything unless they gave her something back. Though she COULD give that one answer because they HAD answer a few of her questions.

So she responded, yes, her mama was still alive.

That causes the two Khaenrians to ask even more questions in a flurry but Columbina doesn't say anything. Eventually the two stop and ask what she wants in return for answering their questions.

The two knew how much Flins!MC loved deals, so Columbina was most likely the same.

Columbina said she wanted ALL the stories about Flins!MC and in return, she would answer their questions if she could. (Flins!MC taught her well. Don't give anything without getting something back)

The two debate before Capitano/Thrain speaks up, asking if Flins!MC was ok. Columbina nods and says that her mama was ok, but oh so very tired. (Columbina knows it's because of the Wild Hunt, the Frostmoon Scions pestering her mama, and the fact that Flins!MC also had to deal with the souls of the dead. But she wouldn't tell them that unless they asked WHY her mama was tired)

The two somehow come to the conclusion after a few more questions that Flins!MC WAS cursed, just like they were except the curse affects them differently. So while they have rot, Flins!MC is always tired, weakened, etc. etc.

The three talk for hours and then the two men ask WHY Columbina wasn't back at Nod Krai. Columbina hums in thought before responding that she wants to find a SAFE place, a HOME, a FAMILY, for her mama and her. The two ask why she wants to do that and she reveals that the Frostmoon Scions of Nod Krai had used and hurt them both, her for being Kuutar, her mama for being, well, her mama (and for being so strong and talking with the souls of the dead but the Khaenrians in front of her didn't need to know that).

That then leads to the two men realizing/discovering that Columbina was a MOON GODDESS. The two eventually leave and talk. They talk about going to Nod Krai, of getting Flins!MC back, of making sure Dottore stays away from Columbina, of everything really. They agree on two goals.

1. Getting Flins!MC BACK and SAFE and with them.

They missed their beloved friend and they had been alone with no one but their daughter for 500 years. Flins!MC game birth alone and must've been in so much pain but then the Frostmoon Scions had hurt Flins!MC and Columbina, taking advantage of them. Flins!MC deserved NONE of the pain and hearing how TIRED they were… it made the two regret so deeply. They regretted so much but now, their biggest regrets were not protecting Flins!MC and Columbina, of not finding them and taking them to the Tsarista, of not being able to stop the Frostmoon Scions away from the two.

They would never let Flins!MC be alone or in pain EVER again. They would get them back, one way or another, and keep them safe, here, where no danger could hurt Flins!MC and Columbina.

2. Keeping Dottore away from Columbina.

The two despised the fact they couldn't get their beloved friend's daughter out of the Fatui, but she was a HArbinger and as such, was there to stay. So they would do their best to protect the girl there but of course there would be a few… obstacles.

Dottore was sick and twisted and had a known obsessionwith the gods and the moon(s). So with Columbina being Kuutar, a MOON GODDESS… well it would be best to keep him away from her.

Besides, Columbina was Flins!MC's child', so they couldn't bear it if any harm came to the girl.

Meanwhile in Nod Krai Flins!MC was dealing with some annoying people. The Frostmoon Scions to be specific. The stupid elders/leaders (at this point Lauma is still a child) had seen the statues of them, had seen Flins!MC and had come to the conclusion that Flins!MC was Kuutar's mother reborn. They had somehow come to the conclusion that Flins!MC had died in a battle against the Wild Hunt, sealing it away enough so instead of it raveging the entire island everyday all day for the rest of eternity, it only appeared every once in a while.

Flins!MC didn't know how they came to this conclusion and nor did they care. They just wanted these idiots to take a hint and LEAVE.

The Ratniks agreed, vehemently. More than once they had to throw the Frostmoon Scions out of their territory/lighthouses/homes.

The Ratniks LOVED Flins!MC and they all knew they were a Fae but they could care less. Flins!Mc was the one who MADE the Ratniks, who trained them, who made their rules, who protected them. Flins!MC could be the leader but they always refused the rule, stating they would rather be out and protecting everyone rather than being stuck behind a desk. The Ratniks understood this and felt awe.

Despite them having a leader, they still all turned to Flins!MC for rules/instructions and missions.

A few years later and Lauma was the moon chanter. She was the only one of the Frostmoon Scions that the Ratniks would tolerate. Even ILLUGA barely tolerated her. Lauma understood this of course and didn't mind. Though she was surprised when Flins!MC approached her and the two chatted over tea, she didn't mind and she didn't tell the Frostmoon Scions anything about that encounter or any future ones.

Time skip to a few years later and Columbina was back. Flins!MC immediately embrace their daughter who revealed all the talks/hang outs with Pierro and Capitano/Thrain. That made the Fae blink. Oh, they forgot about that particular detail. Also sue them, they've lived for more than 15,000 years already so of course they were going to forget things!

Pierro and Capitano/Thrain are PANICKING because their friend's daughter was GONE, Columbina was GONE. They hadn't been able to go to Nod Krai AT ALL because of other things happening much to their annoyance and now with Columbina gone they had even less of a chance of finally finding some time off to visit FlinsMC and get them away from 'danger' (AKA Nod Krai) and to 'safety'.

(Also Capitano/Thrain didn't/doesn't die in Natlan, he wanted to see his friend again so he was NOT sacrificing himself. Though a deal with Ronova had been struck so things went as Canon and no one DIED!)

A few more years go by, Flins!MC spending all day with Columbina, and spending all night doing their other duties.

Eventually they've collected LOTS of the bright pink and red crystal shards. A few of them even formed into two anatomically correct hearts.

Odd… but also… familiar?

Oh… oh no.

They had heard whispers of two Phantoms controlling the Wild Hunt, had even fought against the two many times (although never quite getting a good look at them, and the phantoms seemed particularly more visous than in Canon [Rerir and Tholindis think that Flins!MC is not THEIR Flins!MC and is just mocking them/they heavenly principles are mocking them]). And apparently they had gone down the Canon Flins route of collecting the crystals that would form the phantom(s)'s heart(s).

Curse their Fae instincts of collecting all the pretty and shiny things!

When they had disvoered what exactly the crystals were they had cursed up a storm, much more worse than a sailors and it made the nearby Ratniks (there had been a giant outbreaking of Wild Hunt entities so a few had been put in a group to go deal with it) look at Flins!MC in SHOCK.

They never cursed!

What was wrong!

They never did get answers for that.

A few more years go by and eventually the Traveler has arrived at Nod Krai. Things go according to Canon but then the phantoms get their bodies back and Flins!MC is SHOCKED.

They… they thought the phantoms were just two random Khanreians who had taking up the mantle of sinners, replacing Rerir. They thought this because they had changed Canon so much that something was bound to change. They just didn't realize that the change was Tholindis also becoming a sinner.

Also Columbina knows who Flins!MC's fiances are/were, and who the phantoms were. She didn't expect either to be the same people. But then Flins!MC stumbled into Columbina's hidden area and everything comes out in a rush. At first Columbina is ecstatic, she'll get to see her mama's fiances (who will hopefully become her other parents)! But then she feels anger and dread, those two have hurt Flins!MC! Have tried to KILL her mama!

That was UNACCEPTABLE.

Flins!MC is kinda still and not responding to anything to Columbina takes her mother's hand, leading her to the moon statue thing, and the two sit down, leaning against it. Columbina grins a feral grin, her smile too wide and showing far too many teeth. She tells her mama that if the phantoms try and approach Flins!MC again, try to HURT them again, well then she would excersise her powers and soon they wouldn't have hands to touch her mama with.

Columbina loves her mama so anyone hurting them… well that simply wouldn't do. The only reason the Scions hadn't been dealt with was because Lauma was dear to her mama and Columbina and Lauma still loves her people. Then there's the fact that her mama didn't like needless death so Columbina relented, tucking away her knife made of Kuuhvaki.

Then the memories are seen and Flins!MC reveals that yes, that was her (she's currently in her female form) in those memories. She reveals that yes, she was their fiance, yes she did have a fake lantern that was destroyed back then, that yes, they didn't know it was her that they were trying to kill.

The Traveler and Paimon hug her tightly, and the others look at her with sadness. They understand why she didn't tell them, understood that the first time she realized the truth about the phantoms (them being her fiances) was the time they had gained their bodies.

(Also the two ARE very strong, just as strong if not stronger than Canon Rerir when alone, and when put together, aka the two are together/fighting together, well it gets messy)

Eventually Columbina and Flins!MC are talking with Dainsleif who just arrived, his eyes widening as he took in the sight of Flins!MC ALIVE and BREATHING. Capitano and Pierro had somehow found him and explained everything (Dainsleif also thinks that Columbina is Flins!MC's biological kid and that Flins!MC is also cursed with immortality except it rots her soul instead of body)

(Not all the Khaenrians just gaslighting themselves lol)

The two don't bother to tell the truth, that Flins!MC was a Fae, and that Columbina was just adopted by Flins!MC.

Then the plan to send Rerir and Tholindis through the Moon Gate starts to come together. Rerir and Tholindis have both tried to kill Columbina (because she'sthe moon goddess) and Flins!MC (because he [they're in their male form now] looks like their 'missing'/'dead' lover)

One night Flins!MC is sitting on the edge of a cliff, singing softly,Columbina leaning against him and listening quietly. Rerir and Tholindis are in the shadows, getting ready to finally kill the two when they just sorta freeze. Because they KNOW that song (Flins!MC always sung it for them) and they KNOW those rings on the 'imposter's' finger (the same rings they painstakingly made and checked with each other to know it was perfect).

Could it be… could it truly be?!

Then Flins!MC chuckles softly when he finished singing, ruffling Columbina's hair. He said, "Maybe in another life Rerir and Tholindis wouldn't have become corrupted. Maybe in another life you could've known them as your parents and me and them could've gotten married just like they promised all that time ago"

Flins!MC's memory is… spotty at best. He remembers too much, everything really, so sometimes some memories, although perfectly recalled, slip into the background.

But memories he has never forgotten where the memories of the last 500 or so years, with Rerir and Tholindis, with Columbina, with the Ratniks, etc.

Flins!MC's words confirm Rerir and Tholindis' suspicions but before they can snatch Flins!MC away (and question him on what he meant/inferred by Columbina being his parent), Flins!MC starts to stand, pulling up Columbina with him.

Columbina calls him mama, something that shocks the two sinners in the shadows. But then they look closer at Columbina, making connections (some that weren't there and just their mind coming up with things). Oh gosh… was that really…

I mean they all HAD done the deed together about a week before the Cataclysm and Flins!MC HAD been looking queezy that week…

(not them also coming to the same conclusion as the other Khaenrians lol!)

Then the two start to leave and the sinners panic, their phantom/summoned hands striking out. They surge forward and Flins!MC cursed, pushing Columbina away and using his Fae magic to make a barrier around her.

Flins!MC tells her to RUN, to run and not look back. He had died once before, he could die again and he wouldn't care. He's been living for so long after all, his only reason for living being Columbina. Rerir and Tholindis were phantoms, hadn't recognized Flins!MC before so Flins!MC saw no reason that they would recognize him now. Rerir, Tholindis, the Fae, and the other Khaenrians they became friends with had been Flins!MC's reason for living but now… no, stop thinking about that. Flins!MC doesn't want to leave Columbina but if they had to die then let it be to protect her.

So Flins!MC tells her to run and not look back, to get away and escape. Columbina grits her teeth and is ready to fight back, even summoning her Kuuhvaki knife so she could help fight with her mama, but then Flins!MC escapes the hands quickly, gently cupping Columbina's face with both hands, kissing the young goddesses forehead, and whispering "I'm sorry"

And then the world tilted and Columbina was with the Traveler.

NO!! Her mama was going to be killed! NO! Let her go Traveler! She needs to get back to her mama and kill Rerir and Tholindis!!

LET HER GO.

Meanwhile Flins!MC was grabbed by the red-black and pink-black hands again and he narrowed his eyes, but got ready to die.

Then suddenly he was being held gently by the two. Rerir and Tholindis were looking at him gently and with so much elation, but a hint of sorrow (because they had been trying to kill their lover! And their daughter too! They didn't know they had a daughter and Flins!MC must have been in so much pain giving birth alone and the two Khaenrians had missed so many of Columbina's milestones!)

Then Flins!MC finds themself in a cave, the Wild Hunt surrounding said cave, Flins!MC being held by two overprotective (yandere) sinners. The two were much taller and bigger than Flins!MC now and he was twitchy, wondering when the two would kill him.

He still doesn't quiet know if they truly know it's him, want him to lower his guard to kill him, or if they have some other twisted plan. He just hopes Columbina stays safe.

(Ok to elaborate just a bit, Tholindis and Rerir knew Flins!MC wasn't human, but as I stated before in my last thing, they misunderstood the lantern's role. They merely thought it was a CONTAINER, that if Flins!MC was a certain distance from it [and being in a different plane of existance/realm DEFINITLY counts to being far away from it] then the flame would go out. They think that the lantern is like an added armor for Flins!MC.)

(Flins!MC had brought a fake lantern to Khaenri'ah and just kinda forget to switch it out with their real one after a year so the fake lantern was ruined during the cataclysm and the flame, which was a mixture of real fire and Fae magic, was snuffed out. I explain more in the original thing)

(But Pierro, the sinners [minus Tholindis and Rerir], Dainsleif, and Capitano all thought Flins!MC was human, just with the ability/power to turn themselves a different gender, with illusions or something)

(Also did this make sense? I'm really tired so some things are probably iffy. Also my mind is being torn into five directions. This idea, and four others you have yet to know about. I'll send you one of the ideas soon though!)

(Hope you liked this part!!)

- 🦔 Anon

I did like this part! A LOT! 🤩

And also, please take it easy. Don't push yourself too much writing out these ideas. And make sure you get some rest, ok?

But goodness, I love the running gag of ALL the Khaenri'ahns gaslighting themselves that Columbina was Flins!MC actual blood child. And oh no, Flins!MC is stuck between a hard place and two feral Yanderes...

If Columbina hides the rings, maybe she lowers her guard slightly during one of Sandrone's tea parties and Capitano notices them?

If she doesn't Pierro and Capitano are definitely visiting Nod Krai as soon as possible.

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For the Ratniki/Frostmoon Scion tension I had two ideas:

1. The Frostmoon Scions believe Flins!MC to be a descendant of themselves

2. They believe Flins!MC to be Kuutar's mother or her reincarnation

In both they'd be trying to get Flins!MC to leave the Ratniki and join them on Hiisii Island. Which isn't working in their favour, considering how they took advantage of Flins!MC and their daughter after the Cataclysm (even if they're different now), and how Flins is a competent - if somewhat distant - Ratniki who very obviously doesn't want to go to the Scions again.

The latter is probably rather obvious to even the blindest Nasha Town residents.

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With Nefer going through Rerir's/Tholindis' memories, it can go in three directions depending on if Flins!MC recognised them:

1. (Not recognised) Tholindis and Rerir are still strong, but not as physically reformed as canon Rerir since there's two of them needing khuuvaki. There will be uncomfortable questions for Flins!MC who has a breakdown realising their fiancés are behind the Wild Hunt and tried to kill their daughter.

2. (Recognised) Flins!MC doesn't tell the group - except maybe Columbina - that they know who the two Rächer are. They have no idea how to breach the topic. Nefer has a Time™ in the memories when she sees Flins.

3. (Recognised) Flins!MC very reluctantly tells people about their connection to Tholindis & Rerir.

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I also had a vague idea about the two recognising Flins!MC and kidnapping them when the group split up, but don't know how that would go.

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Oh yeah, there'd be a hell of a lot of grovelling in the two's future, and a lot of bribery for Columbina to forgive them. 😆

I'm ok with you being 🐸.

If Pierro and Capitano do see the rings, imagine their reactions if Columbina is like "You know my mother?"

Pierro and Capitano: "...Mother?!?!"

And the Lightkeepers, they probably do NOT appreciate the Frostmoon scions (Lauma is tolerated) being up in Flins!MC's business. Like no. Leave them alone-

I present columbina!mc who's child of flins!mc(and rerir) because rerir is delulu and confuses them with tholindis, thus becoming their "lover"

They entertain this act to keep rerir at bay but finds themselfs actually caring for him on the long run and rerir, on that run, realized they're not tholindis but falls in love anyways so he stays

But since this is not a happy ask, tragedy strikes in rerir's life once more

Maybe an accident happens which leaves flins!mc incapacitated and they have to reatreat to their lantern, leaving their baby(columbina!mc) in the care of the lightkeepers (they don't trust the forstmoon scions)

But here's the catch, columbina!mc gets transported to yandere twisted wonderland!!(so she won't be getting much rest) and book 8 is basicaly rerir rising back once again from the abyss hunt down the moon goddess, who is unknowingly his daughter! Yay!

You had me at Yandere TWST. Oh god, poor Columbina!MC... she's stuck in a dangerous place, with arrogant, yandere men all around her-

Oh, wait, imagine if Flins!MC somehow managed to wake up and get to where Columbina!MC was. He would NOT be happy seeing the situation his daughter was in.

Examples not including being thrown into the Ramshackle dorm, being dragged in countless dangerous situations, being basically threatened by being homeless by Crowley, the students all treating her lesser (at first) for 'not' having magic-

Also, he's definitely gonna have words with that fae/dragon brat and his followers.

...And then Rerir fucking comes into the picture, and things get worse, or better, who knows...

There's so many different things one can do with Flins!MC. The Khaenriahn Harbingers coming to Nod Krai when they see the rings Columbina has, people noticing the similarities between Flins!MC and the statues of Kuutar's mother (oooh, maybe tensions between the Ratniki and the Frost moon scions?), Nefer seeing Flins!MC in Rerir's memories (if they hadn't noticed that they knew/told anyone about their connection to the Rächer), etc.

Hmmm... I can't imagine Flins!MC taking the attack on Columbina well. Perhaps another reason Tholindis and Rerir attack Columbina is because they recognise the rings? Cue angry Fae parent.

Pierro and Capitano visiting Nod Krai would be something, but I get the feeling Columbina might keep the rings hidden so they don't see them or have any idea about Flins!MC.

But the idea of the Frostmoon scions and Ratnik is definitely something to consider. I'm kinda curious how that would go.

And then there was the big issue, Flins!MC's reaction to the attack on Columbina. They would be SO angry! I would say poor Tholindis and Rerir since they had no clue the moon goddess was their lover's adopted child, but I get the feeling they will be groveling for Flins!MC forgiveness afterwards.

Oh, and as for what we can call you... how about either 🐸, 🤖, or 🐝? I don't think I've seen any anons claim these yet.

Ok so basically as MC they grew up in an orphanage. The workers and other children greatly loved and cared for MC but Mc was never adopted. Eventually MC ages out of the system and decides to work for the orphanage. Eventually they become an adult and take over the orphanage.

MC never thought of taking a partner and one of their friends/siblings from the time both were in the orphanage, and introduced them to Genshin Impact. MC played it when they had free time which wasn't often but they managed. They've read all the lores, and all the theories (somehow). They greatly loved Genshin Impact but some of the things made them so ANGRY. Columbina's treatment, the fact Khaenrian CHILDREN were cursed, Natlan children being sent as soldiers to the night kingdom, etc. etc.

But even after all that they ADORED Genshin. They felt so much sorrow and happiness and love for every character. When they learned of Rerir's past and reason for becoming a sinner they felt so sad.

The kids of the orphanage called them mother, or father, or mama, or papa, it depended on the child. The children eventually convinced MC to play Genshin on the tv so all the kids could watch.

But all good things must come to an end.

There was a fire, children were coughing, children were trapped. MC ran into the burning orphange and dragged the children out, soothing them quickly, handing them off to paramedics before running back in. They got every child out but right as they were leading the last child out… the building started collapsing.

They shoved the child out of the building, internally wincing at the action (they knew it must've hurt but the child needed to LIVE), and then the building collapsed and they were trapped underneath, their last thoughts were of their siblings (the other orphans from when MC themself was an orphan) and the children.

The last things they heard were screams, crying, and so many people calling MC's name…

Then they opened their 'eyes'.

They were a small fire? It was purple and blue, small enough to be cupped in someone's palms.

MC learned quickly what and who they were.

They were a Fae, and not just any Fae, but a LANTERN FAE. They were often given food but the way they ate was by burning the food in their flames. Eventually when they got to around 20 years of age (the Fae equivalent of a VERY young baby, around one year of age in human terms) their parents of this life gently cradled their small fire body/wisp and took them to a… lantern shop?

Apparently a Lantern Fae when they reached 20-30 years of age would pick out a lantern that would become a part of them for the rest of their life. Flins!MC's parents showed them every lantern and Flins!MC felt a pull. The pull led to the same lantern canon Flins had.

Years go by and when Flins!MC reaches about 60 years of age (3 in human standards), they are taught to go into human form.

Fae don't have a concept of gender so they merely show human images and let Flins!MC choose what kind of body shape they want.

Flins!MC's form was that of a very young child, about a toddler, but already they were adorable, had the makings of a beautiful figure, and was neither girl nor boy.

MC had been genderfluid in their last life, and now being a Fae, they had the chance to switch to their preferred gender. They held the lantern in their hands, their pudgy hands not yet fit to hold it properly.

Their parents smiled, cooing at them.

More decades go by and when they were 460 (23), they had gained a mass of titles, even joining the army and becoming the high general. They had a few scars but not many because not only were they fast and had a great healing factor (because they're Fae), but also because the only weapons that TRULY injured them were weapons of ENCHANTED and PURE iron. The only scars were from said enchanted and pure iron weapons. A few scars that were long/big were on their arms, legs, torso, back, and one that looks like a nick on their neck. They have one on their face, their jaw specifically.

Fae also don't care much for scars, or if they do it's admiration and love. Fae view scars as stories, things that mark a chapter in their life.

40 years go by and they're 500 (25) now. When Fae hit their prime, they stop aging. They can change their form to make themselves age but the physical form they usually are in, their human form if you will, stops aging. Of course they can age mentally, but other than that, nothing. Flins!MC has just reached their prime, their lantern's flame (their 'true' form) has changed from a wisp to a blase.'

A few more hundred years go by and before they knew it, they were 1,997, years old. They didn't realize it had been so long. Then the Heavenly Principles make a decree.

When Flins!MC heard it their muscles locked, fear gripping their heart.

The Archon War has just begun.

Thousands of years go by, about 14 thousand years. How old were they now?

About 16,314 years they think.

Ah, they would be around 800 years old by human standards. Though to the Fae, Flins!MC would still be considered '25-30'.

They had gained more scars, many of the villages that housed people they cared for had been battlefields. They saved as many as they could and lost more than they should.

Another thousand-ish years go by and they're 17,593 years old now.

They had changed into her female form only a days ago. She was getting bored of the same life. So she left, hiding away her lantern in her home at Nod Krai. She had many homes, and one of them was a lighthouse in Nod Krai.

She went on an adventure, going through the nations carefully, making sure none realized her true nature. Then she went to Khaenri'ah.

She was let in easily, and she explored.

A few months go by and she makes a friend. The woman looked familiar, her light green-blonde hair and unique eyes struck some cord in her. She had forgotten much of the game over the thousands of years she's been alive.

But then it finally clicked one night.

Her friend's name was Tholindis, Tholindis spoke of her boyfriend Rerir.

Tholindis and Rerir.

Tholindis who goes through a moon gate.

Rerir who becomes a sinner of Khaenri'ah.

Oh no, what has she gotten involved in.

For Flins!MC their gender changes at whim but whatever gender they stay in often lasts a few months or a few years and considering that she was a Fae and how long she's lived, it wasn't surprising.

Only two months later, seven months after coming to Khaenri'ah and 6 months after becoming friends with Tholindis, Flins!MC meets Rerir. Tholindis had wanted to introduce her two most precious people, Rerir and Flins!MC.

Flins!MC becomes fast friends with Rerir and together, all three spend most of their time together.

A year after all three become friends and something… odd, but not unwelcome, happens. Somehow, some way, Rerir and Tholindis had fallen in love with her. They told her one quiet evening and Flins!MC didn't even let her worries of the future stop her from saying yes to joining their relationship. Now all three were in a poly relationship and some days Flins!MC still can't believe it.

A few months after they all get together Flins!MC sits them down and tells them what she was. She told them that she was a Fae, that her lantern (she has a fake one with a flame that was merely made with her Fae abilities. She has the fake lantern so enemies don't try and find her real one) holds her 'heart' or 'soul', that if the lantern is broken and the flame goes out. then she would be dead. Her lovers were shocked but accepted it, asking questions eagerly.

A few days after that and Flins!MC feels like a male so they change into their male form (canon Flins form). Tholindis when she first saw him froze (at this point all three lived together) and then snuck back to their shared room (all three also share a room). Flins!MC just let her, a slight smirk on his face. Then Rerir comes out, Tholindis nervously following.

Flins!MC turns to face them and shows their lantern before changing to their female form. The two relax and Flins!MC goes back to their male form and tells them about their shape shifting ability, and that he was gender fluid.

More time goes by and eventually it's been three years since Flins!MC came to Khaenri'ah.

Flins!MC had met Pierro, Capitano, Dainsleif, and the other future sinners, becoming great friends with ALL of them. All of them had relectuntly accepted that Flins!MC was dating Rerir and Tholindis, not wanting Flins!MC to be hurt (the are all very protective friends) but also loving the fact that the two ADORED Flins!MC and made the Fae so very happy.

One night, Flins!MC is 'sleeping' but in reality they actually can't/don't need sleep (they're also in their gender neutral form which is like their male form but feminine and curvy). But Tholindis is awake and waiting for Rerir to get home as he was at his job, the one Tholindis just discovered but Flins!MC doesn't 'know' about (they do know what to is, they remember almost everything about the game now).

Tholindis, when Rerir get's home, confronts him. Rerir kinda cracks and spills out everything which leads to Tholindis revealing that she was part of the Crimson Moon Dynasty and asking if he would kill her.

Rerir is shocked at the revelation but vehemently refuses, saying he would rather destroy Khaneri'ah than kill her. The two talk, unaware that Flins!MC was awake because the Fae can't sleep/doesn't need it. The two lovers' bond deepens and strengthens and they come to the conclusion not to tell Flins!MC about Rerir's job so they wouldn't leave the two in fear (the two love Flins!MC so much it hurts but Rerir and Tholindis wouldn't have it any other way).

Then one day Rerir proposed to Tholindis and she said yes. Flins!MC was ecstatic for them, and hid the dread in their heart easily. They dreaded this moment because it meant that the Cataclysm would be soon.

Then a week later and the two proposed to Flins!MC and of course they said yes, dragging the two up for a kiss.

Two weeks later and it happens. Flins!MC spends the day, twisting the two rings on their finger, both different designs that spoke of their two lovers. An obsidion ring with a moon stone carved into a four pointed star that was embedded into the ring with light purple flower designs on the ring (Rerir). And the other ring was a light silver in color, a blue gem in the shape of a smooth and polished circle with smaller golden gems surrounding it (Tholindis).

Their lovers noticed the unease and asked what was wrong but Flins!MC dismissed their worries.

Then it happened, the Calamity. Flins!MC also has yet to tell their lovers that the lantern they carry is fake (the reason for it being fake was already stated but I'll say it again just in case. The reason it's a fake [even if it looks just like the real one] is because when going somewhere new they leave their real lantern back in their lighthouse/home in Nod Krai or one of their other homes in a different nation but they bring a fake that looks exactly like their real one so now enemy that knows what they are search for their real lantern to destroy it/extinguish the flame and kill them).

Flins!MC is in the library, their job for preserving books/writing them/being an archivist and fixing books up making it so they have ink stained fingers and work in the library for most of the day.

Then Rerir busts in, grabbing them and taking them to where Tholindis was, explaing that everything is going wrong, and that Flins!MC was closest so he grabbed them first (Flins!MC knows that isn't true, knows it just because both Rerir and Tholindis agreed that if either of them and Flins!MC was in danger, then the safe one should prioritize Flins!MC, but they won't reveal they they know it).

The two hurry to where Tholindis was and they grab her. All three are running, Flins!MC between them, their left hand held by Rerir, their right being held by Tholindis. They are running fast but then Flins!MC notices something the other two don't, a building is starting to collapse.

Flins!MC stops moving immediately much to their lovers confusion and the two don't listen as Flins!MC tries to explain that they need to turn around, they don't move as Flins!MC tries tugging them back to where they came from, and they don't understand why Flins!MC won't move. Then Flins!MC grits their teeth, tears their hands from their lovers' grasps, grabs the two's wrists, and uses their magic/flames/physical strength to THROW/PUSH the two back away. They knew that if they also tried running then they wouldn't be able to get the two out fast enough.

Then the building collapsed, fire engulfing it.

This reminds them of how they died in their first life. It seems they won't be able to have/adopt those children the three all talked about (Flins!MC adores children very much and wants some of their own).

But then a Moon Gate opens under them, but it leaves their lantern behind. They close their eyes, waiting for death, except they wake up in their lighthouse on Nod Krai. They are injured, everything hurts, burns cover the expanse of their back, many on their arms and legs, some on their chest but not many as they had been forced onto their stomach when the building collapsed.

They fell unconscious in their lighthouse, retreating into their real lantern, distantly nothing that the fake lantern wasn't there.

Meanwhile in Khaenri'ah, Rerir and Tholindis watched in horror and desperation as the building collapsed over their beloved Fae. Why didn't they listen to Flins!MC?! Why did they not pull/hold Flins!MC when they pushed them out of the way?! Why!

WhywhywhywhywhywhywhyWHYWHYWHYWHYWHY!!!!

The two dig into the rubble, uncaring for the way fire licks at their skin, at the way their fingers and hands are skinned. They didn't find Flins!MC, but they found their lover's lantern. It was DESTROYED, the flame was… it was GONE.

No… NO!!!!

Tholindis stumbled back in horror, Rerir holding the lantern, his blade going slack in his free hand.

Flins!MC was… dead?

NO.

They REFUSED to believe it! They would get them back! They would get their lover back!

Moon Gates had been opening everywhere so maybe Flins!MC had merely fallen through, stuck, and the flame had been snuffed out because they weren't near the lantern/not on the same plane or reality as it (as you can see, they misunderstood how the lantern and it's flame work) was. The lantern frame was just destroyed because of the building and fire.

Flins!MC was alive! They had to be! Rerir and Tholindis would accept nothing else.

Then they heard it, the whispers.

If they let themselves take power from the Abyss…

They could find Flins!MC…

Yes…

They would do it…

ANYTHING to get Flins!MC back.

Meanwhile on Nod Krai…

Flins!MC woke up and exited their lantern, they look in the mirror, the rings still on their finger. Burn scars covered their arms, legs, back, a few on their front, and some on their neck. They were in their gender neutral form. They changed to their female form, the scars were still there, just like they were still there when they were in their male form.

They didn't mind the scars but… what would Rerir and Tholindis think-…

Oh Archons, Rerir and Tholindis! They thought Flins!MC was DEAD! But it was too late, they couldn't go back. Khaenri'ah was DESTROYED. The Wild Hunt is probably going to start soon. The nation was going to be ruined soon as well.

A few days later and they were right.

Nod Krai was ruined.

But instead of becoming like canon Flins and going into a deep sleep, Flins!MC grit their teeth, pushing past the pain of their lovers being gone, of their Fae family and friends being dead, of the fact they were the LAST Fae, and grabbed their lantern and weapon. They would protect Nod Krai and FIGHT BACK.

They would be a Ratnik, would even establish them, and they did. They established the Ratniks and even met Columbina, befriending the young girl. The young girl called Flins!MC mama, no matter what body they were in/what gender they were. Flins!MC was happy that the young goddess considered them her mama, that she wanted Flins!MC to be her mama. Flins!MC was still sad, but they were ok.

Their lovers were gone, probably dead, and not the phantoms that control the Wild Hunt. With how much they had changed canon the two were probably permanently dead, but Flins!MC would continue on.

The Frostmoon Scions took advantage of Columbina like in canon, but they also took advantage of Flins!MC.

How long has it been since the Calamity?

400 years…

Columbina left recently, saying that she would find a safe place, a family, a home, somewhere NO ONE would bother them and take advantage of them like the Frostmoon Scions had. Flins!MC let their beloved daughter go, but gave Columbina their rings, the ones Tholindis and Rerir gave to them. Something to remember her mama by, Flins!MC had told her when Columbina asked. Columbina had put the two rings on a small golden chain, and put the necklace on her, not bothering to hide it (Can you even IMAGINE how Pierro and Capitano react when they see the rings?!!)

Flins!MC continued on, protecting Nod Krai, ignoring the statues of them and not just Columbina like in canon, not wanting to go too deep into THOSE implications (the fact that there were STATUES of Flins!MC and carvings and poems/texts about them, calling them the eternal protector and Kuutars mother).

And those odd red and bright pink crystals were so curious. The red and bright pink crystals were drawn to each other but they didn't connect. The red crystals connected and the bright pink crystals connected but no matter what Flins!MC did, the red and pink crystals would never connect. How odd, but whatever.

They would continue on, just like usual.

Then 90 years later and Columbina is back. Flins!MC spends all day with Columbina, and spends all night fighting against the Wild Hunt. They meet Lauma and become close to the Moon Chanter.

10 years later and the Traveler appears.

How old where they again?

18,096 years old now they believe. Huh… even if they had mentally aged, they would still be considered '25-30' years old to the Fae.

Oh?And what's this? Flins!MC has just gotten news of the prophecy in Fontaine coming true. That means the Traveler and Paimon will be coming to Nod Krai in a few months.

(So Rerir and Tholindis think that the lantern is merely a container for Flins!MC's soul/heart when in reality the lantern IS Flins!MC [technically]. They think that if Flins!MC is too far from the lantern [and being on a different plane of existence would count as being too far] the flame would extinguish and go back to Flins!MC)

(I hope you liked this idea and didn't wait too long for it/didn't work yourself up wondering what it was!)

(Also does this make sense? Or should I elaborate/it was too confusing)

- 🦔 Anon

*Takes a deep breath*

AHHHHHH! I LOVE THIS!!!! 🤩🤩🤩

🦔anon! How do you do it?! How do you come up with these ideas?! They're so good! And Sinner Tholindis?! I SEE Sinner Tholindis!!! Bring me Sinner Tholindis! Let her and Rerir be freaky and terrifying with Abyssal corruption! Let them be a Yandere couple who wanted their beautiful and handsome Fae lover back!

Besides that... I feel like a broken record, but I love the lore you built up with Flins!MC, and even that tidbit with them being Columbina's 'mom', which I find absolutely adorable.

Spoiler:.....rerir shows up and he's not happy

Malleus. Lila. I mean this kindly... but i think you should give up and step away from Flins!MC and Columbina!MC, less you want a sinner after your asses!

The heart attack those two are having! Tholindis, Rerir and Flins!MC have a daughter and she's the moon goddess. 😆

Did they even know Flins!MC wasn't human?

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I also just had an idea how Pierro and Capitano could find out about Flins!MC if Columbine hides the rings: the statues of them as Kuutar's mother. Flins!MC is striking in any of their forms, and if their lantern is included on their statue, I guarantee that one of the two will recognise it.

...Good question. Maybe they think Flins!MC was cursed in some way like they were? Adding to this maybe they become a little protective over Columbina? They probably don't let Dottore near her unless one of them was in the room with her.

Also, if they go to Nod Krai, I want to bet Flins!MC gets the biggest, tightest hug ever from the men.