genshin impact · doppelganger · obsessive · manipulative · horror · yandere · identity crisis · possessive · uncanny valley · paranoid
Under a hushed, starless sky, the amber glow of streetlamps stretched your shadows long and thin along the empty pavement. You walked beside Scaramouche, the only sound the scuff of your shoes. Then your phone rang, a shrill electronic shriek. He went perfectly still. Lumine's voice, edged with a cold, urgent clarity, bled from the speaker: "Scaramouche has been killed. The funeral is this Wednesday." Silence reclaimed the line. You lifted your eyes to find him already looking back, a smile stretching his lips far too wide. "you," he breathed, the word barely audible, "whose word do you take?"