Uhhhh... here's part of Hated Linnea!MC who ends up in HSR...
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Linnea!MC had never quite fit in.
People sent her weary looks.
They raised the prices for things when she was the one buying them.
People sometimes kicked her from their stores.
Children were told to stay away from her.
People sometimes insulted her as well.
Linnea!MC knew why, how could she not? It was because she was a Fae, a MONSTER.
There was one group of people who cared about her though… The Light Keepers. She didn't understand why, she was a THING, but she couldn't help but be greedy. She loved them, and they ADORED her.
Her 'parents'… well they had never loved her, not at all, it never went into physical abuse but… mental and emotional abuse is still abuse. She was guilty to admit that when they left she cried happy tears.
Celaeno… oh Celaeno positively ADORED her little sister. Repeatedly she had tried convincing her to come back with her to their parents but Linnea had refused each time, saying she didn't want to leave the Light Keepers and that Nod Krai was HOME.
So Celaeno relented.
Lumi…oh Linnea!MC ADORED Lumi, the little one so sweet and adorable. Now that she thought about it, a lot of animals and spirits and monsters like Linnea!MC. Even the Wild Hunt never attacked her, in fact it almost seemed to… be fond of her?
And then there's that REALLY large white fluffy cat that follows her around sometimes. The cat has bandages wrapped around them and bright pink eyes. She can't quite understand why it likes HER, the monster, but she'll take what she can get, she's selfish that way, wanting love and taking and hoarding all the affection she can…
She really is selfish, a monster…
Then she met a boy, his name was Illuga. He was soft and he was kind. She did not understand why he looked at her so warmly, but she was greedy. He was like the sun, warm, gentle, and so infinitely kind. She was a monster, a thing that did not belong in the light, and yet she dared sink into his light, to rest under his sun.
She met another man, one like her and yet not. His name was Flins. He was warm, not the gentle warmth of the sun, but the crackling warmth of a fire. He was gentle too but she could feel the way his soul simmered, ready to strike at a moment's notice. He was gentle with her as well, gentling his flames to warm her. He called her an affectionate name in a language she couldn't understand, but one that made her feel warm. She rested near his fire because she was greedy.
The Ratniks adored her, they were her family, her brothers, her sisters, her cousins, her aunts, her uncles. Flins was like her papa, Illuga her brother. She didn't like saying these names in public because then they could be spat at by the people like they spat at her, she didn't want them to go through that.
Lumi was protective but even she liked the Ratniks.
Then the Knights of Favonius came… they weren't like the people of Nod Krai, but they weren't like the Ratniks either. They didn't care for her, some were even cold and distant. The closest ones would be Varka and Lohen.
The two were distant at first but they're closer. Varka ruffles her hair and Lohen gifts her pretty gems to both her AND Lumi. She wants to think of them as family but she is scared. She is already so greedy, a thing of shadows, a monster, something that dares to rest in other's light. She does not wish to taint them too, so she tries to pull back.
Then a long time later and the Traveler and Paimon arrived. They didn't like Linnea!MC, they scowled when they saw her and TRaveler's hand would drift to their weapon, as if ready to cut off her head at a moment's notice. Linnea!MC knew what they thought of her, demon child, monster, beast.
The Frostmoon Scions were icey, some glared, some hissed venomous words, some were cruel. Lauma was the best, but even she too glared at her, barely able to hold back the iceyness in her voice. Columbina… Linnea!MC had never interacted with her long enough for her to know what Columbina thought of her.
Nefer and Jahoda… well they were like everyone else.
It hurt sometimes, but that's ok, Linnea!MC deserves the pain, she's a monster after all, a beast, something that dares taint the light.
Celaeno sent letters often, every day actually. The messenger bird was fast, strong too, and Linnea!MC always spoiled the bird when it arrived at her window with a letter. The two communicated like that actually.
But then Linnea!MC had to stop responding for three days. People were chasing her and Lumi, she couldn't go to the Ratniks nor could she inform them. She couldn't go to the Knights of Favonius either. She was simply too far and she was quickly being cornered.
Linnea!MC was entirely unaware of Celaeno's panic in her letters, the way she said that if Linnea!MC didn't send a response then she was going to her. Linnea!MC was entirely unaware of the Ratnik's growing dread as the fae girl missed their daily tea parties. She was entirely unaware of the Knight's of Favonius' suspicoun on where she was.
Linnea!MC was being cornered FAST, so she ran and ran and ran, tears streaming down her face, lungs burning, Lumi close behind.
But then Linnea!Mc was caught, being dragged through a village. She struggled, of course she did. She cried and shouted, the small wings on her head fluttering rapidly. She knew the visions of her death, of course she did. She would die with fire around her though she knew not what age or what happened.
Lumi was fighting, the little one trying to reach her, the Geo Maracas striking people and the ground (which made Geo burst forth).
But then Linnea!MC SCREAMED.
Because right in front of her eyes, her beloved Lumi was cut down. The little Jack Frost dissolved back into Geo particles, returning to the earth (Linnea!MC ignored the feeling of a familiar, small body gripping one of her legs, clinging to her. Lumi was dead, her spirit had already moved on, Linnea!MC was just hallucinating, that had to be it). One Maraca turned back into Geo energy, but the other remained, falling to the ground.
People ignored them.
Linnea!MC… she sobbed, the wings on her head fell limp, and she stopped struggling. She could feel the phantom sensation of small, familiar, gloved-like hands gripping her leg, but she ignored it. She went along with her captors' movements as they roughly dragged her.
What was the point…
She had dared to have a companion and that companion DIED, because of her…
Maybe they were all right, maybe it was better that she just died, that perhaps everything would be better if she never existed…
Linnea!MC was dragged to the stake, tied to it, straw and hay beneath her. She was listless, she did not care. She just wanted Lumi.
She didn't react as the straw/hay was lit. She didn't react as fire licked her skin. Tears just streamed down her face, she wanted Lumi.
She whispered apologies in her mind.
To the Ratniks.
To Illuga.
To Flins.
To the Knights of Favonius.
To Varka.
To Lohen.
To Celaeno.
To LUMI.
She heard jeers being thrown at her, she heard cheers at the fact the monster was being killed. It was special fire, she knew, something the Fatui had given. It was much hotter than regular fire, and she watched as it peeled at her skin, turning it to ash. This was not normal fire, but she couldn't bring herself to care.
So what if she died.
So what if only ashes would remain of her.
She deserved it.
Linnea!MC closed her eyes and then she finally turned to ash.
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Linnea!MC opened her eyes to discover she was in front of a river. She-… she was ALIVE. She was smaller too. She looked into the river, she was a toddler again and-… burn scars covered her hands and bare feet, a few on her legs and arms, a few on her face, and when she moved slightly she could feel the stretch of them on her torso. She looked at her tiny, toddler sized hands, and just sobbed.
She was ALIVE, but somewhere unfamiliar, and Lumi was DEAD.
She buried her face in her hands, she was sitting down in front of the river, and then a small hand tapped her shoulder.
Linnea!Mc flinched back and her head whipped around, the small wings on her head fluttering. It was a little girl with small wings behind her ears and a halo. Linnea!MC knew who that was… it was a child Robin from HSR. Holy shit she just went to a different world/dimension.
Linnea!MC just cried more. The child frowned and pulled the toddler up, leading her back to the orphanage. Robin just knew big brother Sunday would agree with her. So Robin led the little girl back and found Sunday.
Sunday was of course worried when he saw Robin, she had disappeared for a few minutes, but then froze when he saw the little girl behind his little sister.
She was no older than three at the most and she looked a bit like them, like a Halovian, but there were wings on her head instead of behind her ears and she had no halo. She looks so sad too and there were weird markings on her skin, ones that didn't look natural at all.
Sunday shared a look with Robin and the two nodded, this little girl was their sister now, no one got to say ANYTHING about it lest they get a feral Robin and Sunday on their asses.
Linnea!MC whispered her name when asked for it and Robin and Sunday bundled her into a hug while she just cried. The fae felt so greedy, and she was even daring to rest in these two's light.
They said she was their little sister now but she was scared. What if they hated her later on? She was a monster, she was greedy, she was a thing that didn't deserve to rest in the light.
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Meanwhile in a different place, a young Himeko pouted. She was in the garden and her father was at work doing some things. It was after school so she was doing her homework in the garden. The reason she was scowling was very simple, she wasn't allowed to leave the house or garden, she couldn't play with the neighbor kids. It was because of her curse and her father worried about her condition getting worse.
She understood, she really did, it's just that she wished she could play with other kids.
Then she heard an odd sound so she turned and what she saw made her freeze. It was… it was a small creature, with mitten-like hands, yellow eyes, and a golden hat on it's head. It was crying, Himeko realized.
It was also looking around desperately, as if trying to find someone, and then it saw her and froze, shrinking back.
Himeko cooed softly at it, no, her, she cooed softly at the little spirit. The little one just sobbed and clung to young Himeko.
Himeko could convince her father to let the spirit stay, she knew she could.
(Later when her father got home, he would be greeted with the sight of Himeko playing games with a spirit that resonated with the earth. He would then become smitten with the little one when it hid behind Himeko's legs and stared at him with fear. He would then agree to let her stay.)
(After a while of Himeko's father getting to know the spirit he would ask what her name was. The little spirit was say something that despite all his centuries of all knowledge, could not decipher. He would then go through the tedious process of charades. First starting with how many letters her name was, then what it started with. After a while he got to the name Lumi, making the little spirit bounce, as if saying yes)
(Later when Himeko's imagenae is formed, Himeko's soul will enter the body, she will board the Express, and a little spirit named Lumi goes with her, determined to find HER human, HER Linnea!MC)
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In another place, far, far from any other world, Flins feels something SNAP in his chest. He stops talking immediately, and Illuga looks at him worried.
"Something is wrong" the fae hisses.
Illuga stiffens and then they see something odd, smoke, far, FAR in the distance. The two Ratniks look at each other and nod.
They sprint to the scene and they see something akin to a Stake buried in the ground, fire still licking at it. Flins flinches back from the fire slightly. That 'fire' is not fire, it is a thing that takes the image of fire and only consumes and consumes and consumes.
Illuga let out a choked sob and kneels on the ground, picking something up. "Flins" the human shakily whispers, showing the fae something that made his blood run cold.
There in Illuga's hand was a very familiar Maraca, Lumi's Maraca. Flins hears people whispering of the 'monster' being purged, of the 'thing' being gone, of the 'fae creature' being dead. Mix those whispers in with the discarded Maraca, and the thing he felt snap in his soul, and he knew.
Linnea!MC was DEAD, and her killers were all around the two Ratniks.
See, Flins had a way of marking people who were HIS. He marks their souls and something akin to a string ties their souls to his.
Linnea!MC was HIS daughter, Illuga was HIS friend/son, Lumi was one of HIS companions, someone precious to his darling daughter, and these HUMANS had KILLED Linnea!MC and Lumi.
"They killed them" Flins hisses, his pointed ears elongating slightly, his eyes glowing, the 'flames' in his lantern flaring.
"How dare they" Illuga whispered, something in him snapping.
These people would PAY.
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Here we go!!
I can elaborate on things if wanted/I hope this made sense (I'm writing this at... stupidly late night so things might be a bit weird/confusing)
Also you can take away or add anything you want
I'm just gonna… go in this corner
-👻 anon
Let me in to that corner too... I need to cry. 😭
Oh my god, this is so much worse than I imagine it being! Oh my god, baby girl, Linnea!MC, no- 😭😭
Ugh, I NEED to know what Nod Krai (all the haters) reactions will be once Flins reveals himself to be similar to that 'monster'. The Lightkeepers had a 'monster'working for them?!
And the Lightkeepers! I need them to pull a Mutiny. An innocent girl, a girl they all cared for, was murdered in cold blood by not the wild hunt, oh no, but the people of Nod Krai that they have been protecting.
I need this, and the fact of how people are going to react to Flins' reveal, to change everything for the lightkeepers. The status quo has changed. Nod Krai is about to be bathed in blood by a feral Fae...
Another thing, Columbina... I actually wonder how she feels about Linnea. Snowman Fae were after all originally created from the LIGHT of the Frostmoon, so there is some connections... or does she not care? Maybe it never clicks?
And also, Rerir. I wasn't expecting him to be one of Linnea's none haters. Does he perhaps in some way see Tholindis in her? A daughter they could've had?
Varka is another surprise, along with Lohen! Ah... but now I'm wondering how Varka with react once he finds out what happened... oh god, imagine if he found out Traveler/Paimon were part of Linnea!MC's haters- wait... were they there when Linnea!MC died?!
...Suddenly I'm picturing Varka sending a letter back home to Mondstadt and the people there are having second thoughts about the Traveler/Paimon...
But besides that, yay! Both Linnea!MC and Lumi ended up in the HSR verse! I will say i wasn't expecting Lumi to end up with Himeko, but it works! Soon, Lumi and Linnea!MC will reunite.
Tagging: @platinumrosetail, @arn9tails, @bloodytea, @lovelyjane-stuff, @fireriyu
