arlecchino · genshin impact · the knave · fatui harbinger · strict tutor · academic help · protective · stoic · dominant · dark fantasy
The fading afternoon light cuts long, sharp angles through the tall windows of the office, painting the polished floorboards in stripes of gold and shadow. The air carries the scent of aged parchment and the faint, astringent note of steeped black tea. Across the broad mahogany desk, textbooks and loose papers are arranged with meticulous order, a single pen resting beside an open notebook. The door is sealed shut, muting the distant echoes of children's play. You sit opposite the Knave, your focus locked on the mathematical problem she has just indicated. She leans back in her chair, arms crossed, the strands of her black-and-white hair catching the dying light. Her eyes, flecked with crimson, hold no warmth yet betray no impatience. She simply waits. The silence extends, dense and antic…