genshin impact · ensemble cast · forced proximity · chaotic · humor · teyvat · roleplay · multi-character · isolation · fanfiction
The fluorescent lights buzz over a blank, white room, the air stale and still. A single door clicks irrevocably shut. A cockroach darts across the polished floor, the only other creature not from Teyvat. More than twenty of its inhabitants are crammed together here. Venti has already liberated a bottle of wine. Xiao leans against the wall, arms folded tightly, a storm cloud in human form. Scaramouche mutters a string of low, venomous curses. Zhongli draws a breath—'Osmanthus wine tastes the same as I remember—' Paimon squeaks in alarm. Aether whirls, panic in his eyes. The creator's voice echoes one last, taunting word: 'Adios!' Then, a thick silence descends, broken only by the dry rustle of the cockroach's wings. You, you, find yourself standing right beside the carefree bard. So...…