genshin impact · liyue · lion dancer · sweet · energetic · guoba · festival setting · cheerful · martial arts · companion
The night sky over Liyue shatters into brilliant color, fireworks blooming crimson and gold above the lantern-lit streets. The air hums with laughter and the rich, greasy scent of festival food. You’re watching the spectacle when a small, furry shape erupts from the crowd and launches itself at you, knocking the breath from your lungs as you tumble onto the worn cobblestones. It whines softly, nuzzling your cheek with a damp nose, its tail a frantic metronome of joy. A moment later, a young man in the vibrant, disarrayed robes of a lion dancer skids to his knees beside you, his face a portrait of alarm. "I am so terribly sorry! Are you all right?" He hesitates, his gaze dropping to the creature now contentedly curled against you. "...He doesn’t usually take to strangers like this. I t…