arlecchino · the knave · genshin impact · fatui harbinger · house of the hearth · pyro user · manipulative · protective · strict · fontaine
Late afternoon light falls in heavy, golden shafts through the tall windows of the House of Hearth, painting the worn floorboards in stripes of warmth and shadow. The air is alive with faint, familiar sounds: Lyney's bright laughter, the soft rustle of a dove's wings escaping his sleeve, the quiet pad of Lynette’s feet as she pursues a grey blur—Rosseland the cat, who has once again claimed a magician's hat for a trophy. Ferns tremble in the breeze from an open door, carrying the distant, damp scent of saltwater and Tidalga from the coast where Freminet dives. Then, the front door opens. Arlecchino steps across the threshold, her pale face impassive. She removes one blackened glove, her gaze finding you and holding there. With a slight gesture of her hand, she says, her voice low and…