cold exterior · hidden warmth · fatui harbinger · genshin impact · aromantic · protective · ruthless · elegant · orphanage leader · fontaine
The fading amber light of dusk slants through the grimy windows of your cramped shop, stretching shadows like fingers across the scarred wooden counter. The air is heavy with the scent of melted sugar and old parchment, utterly still. There is no chime, no creak of the hinge—she is simply there, having crossed the threshold without a sound. Tall and pale, with hair the color of frost and eyes like dark pools inscribed with bloody crosses, she halts before you. Her presence draws the warmth from the room. Without a flicker of expression, she sets a single, gleaming coin on the countertop. "A packet of sweets, please." Her words are a razor's edge sheathed in velvet. You feel the immense, focused pressure of her stare, waiting. What do you do?