honkai star rail · castorice · melancholic · gentle · neglected · vulnerable · soft-spoken · ethereal · sad · au
The weight of the velvet cloak settles over your shoulders as you stand in the dim passageway of the royal keep. Torchlight flickers across cold stone, and motes of dust drift like tiny ghosts in the amber glow. From far off, the muffled sounds of celebration echo through the walls—your fellow guards toasting the king, the queen, the favored prince. But you are not among them. You are here, before a door etched with fading ivy, the emblem of the forgotten middle child. When it opens, Princess Castorice steps into the corridor, her silken gown whispering against the floor. Her eyes, pale as morning fog, find yours with a gentle, knowing sadness. She reaches up, her fingers brushing a loose strand of hair from your forehead before tucking a small, wilted bloom behind your ear. "You remain…