16 Works by rysarium
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"STOP DYING!" Kaveh yells at Al-Haitham. "STOP GOING NEAR THEIR JINGLIU! DON'T LET HER ONE-SHOT YOU!"
"What is a one-shot?"
"EXACTLY WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE!" Kaveh yells, a second before Al-Haitham gets one-shot. Again.
Or: the triumphs and defeats, the epic highs and lows, of collegiate esports.
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“That plushie looks like me,” Al-Haitham points out.
“What?” Kaveh says. “Don’t be ridiculous. He's so cute and happy, and you’re… not.”
Kaveh moves into Al-Haitham's house. So does Kaveh's burgeoning collection of plushies.
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“The Cat’s Tail,” Venti repeats dumbly. “Isn’t that the place with the bartender who makes the delicious drinks? Diona? How do they also have a bartender who wants to destroy the wine industry?”
And why has he never been to the Cat’s Tail? He’s heard so much about it. What an oversight that he has yet to grace it with his presence. Where the good drinks go, Venti has to follow!
“They are apparently one and the same,” Diluc says. “One time, I saw Diona—hey, where are you going?”
Venti learns that a young bartender plans to destroy the wine industry. Naturally, as Mondstadt's Archon (and biggest alcoholic), it's his duty to stage an intervention.
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When Clorinde leans in, reaching around Navia’s neck to unclasp her heavy bejeweled necklace, what she says is, “Would friends do this for each other?”
What she means: You matter more to me than anyone else in the entire world.
Clorinde, Navia, and the passage of time.
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Kaveh scoffs. “Oh, please! Us as best friends? Nobody would believe it. You might as well have us pretend to be lovers!”
He waits for Tighnari and Cyno to roll their eyes or shake their heads or say, Haha, good one, Kaveh, we should get you a stand-up comedy show in addition to all your amazing gigs. He doesn’t expect them to exchange a serious look.
To convince the public that they don’t hate each other, famous actors Kaveh and Alhaitham pretend to be in a relationship. Too bad they actually hate each other.
At least, Kaveh thinks they do.
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what we see in the world by rysarium for Malon_235
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
15 Feb 2023
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The next day, Alhaitham comes home and is greeted by the flash of a bright light going off right in his face. “Smile!” is all the warning he gets before it happens again, and then Kaveh pokes his head out from behind a bulky Kamera. “Hey! You didn’t smile.”
Five times Kaveh tries to teach Alhaitham how to appreciate art, and one time Alhaitham sees the beauty in something.
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“You don’t need to be here,” Xiao mumbles.
Venti tilts his head. “Would you ask me to leave?”
It’s a challenge that he knows Xiao will not accept. Xiao never asks him to leave.
But Xiao never asks him to stay, either.
The aftermath of a moonlit rendezvous.
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Kaveh rushes into Alhaitham’s office, his shirt askew and his rumpled hair falling into his face. “Have you seen my feather?” he asks breathlessly.
Alhaitham thinks of the obnoxious teal hair accessory Kaveh is always sporting. “Do you expect me to be responsible for the careless misplacement of your belongings?”
“Fuck you,” Kaveh snaps. “It was on my bedside table last night. Where did you put it?”
Kaveh has an annoying habit of stealing Alhaitham’s things.
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“Honestly, Chongyun isn’t the most perceptive when it comes to feelings,” Xiangling says, “especially when it concerns you. Are you sure he’ll notice?”
“Xiangling, you don’t understand. It had no subtlety.” Xingqiu hides his face in his hands again. “I literally wrote lines like, ‘He’s the greatest friend I could ever have, but I wish we could be so much more.’ And, ‘If he’s the one with excess yang energy, why do I feel warm inside when he smiles?’ Then there was that entire page where I described his hands…"
When he lifts his head, Xiangling is looking at him with an expression of obvious pity.
“Yeeesh. That is bad.”
About to become a published author in Inazuma, Xingqiu still can't form the sentences needed to tell Chongyun how he feels.
Or: Xingqiu accidentally confesses to Chongyun via self-insert fanfiction.
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my heart poured out for you to see by rysarium
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
29 Jul 2022
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Two days later, Yanfei stopped by the board only to see that the questionable Wangsheng advertisement was back, as well as a new poem in the same handwriting as before. This time, however, the poem was accompanied by a neat note stamped with the Millelith symbol. Please do not write love letters on the Feiyun Slope Bulletin Board.
Beneath it was a smaller scrap of paper that read, This isn’t a love letter!, complete with a round smiley face.
Hu Tao writes poems and posts them to the bulletin board. Yanfei falls in love.
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“It’s a bad pirate!” Little Meng cried, pointing with his free hand. In his other, he waved a wooden stick like a flag. “Crewmates, protect our treasures!”
At his command, Little Fei and Little Lulu ran forward, nearly headbutting Ningguang in their enthusiasm. “Stop!” Lulu shouted. “You cannot rob us!”
Ningguang silently sent a prayer to Rex Lapis, or whatever remained of his holy presence. “Oh no, I have been bested by ferocious pirates,” she tried not to deadpan. “I see the error of my ways. From now on, I will become a law-abiding citizen and never steal anything, ever again.”
She watched Fei skid to a halt. “What,” he said.
Little Lulu, Little Fei, and Little Meng attempt to set up Ningguang and Beidou. It takes a while for Ningguang to notice.
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The entire nation felt it when their Archon passed.
The wind picked up suddenly, unnaturally, in the way it only could after a large disturbance in nature’s balance. Bursts of Anemo energy streaked across the sky, tinting the late afternoon clouds with soft teal, spreading a beautiful color across the horizon. Despite all the small storms that Amos’s powers had caused over the past years, of course her legacy would remain true to her—above all else, loving.
In Mondstadt, the city’s inhabitants had gathered underneath the tall statue of Amos. The church’s members stood at the front, windwheel asters clutched in their hands.
“Come on, Dvalin,” the new Anemo Archon murmured, his legs dangling off the side of Dvalin’s back. “It is time.”
2500 years after the fall of Decarabian, the first Anemo Archon’s life comes to an end. Venti, a wind spirit with a love of music, takes her place.
Or: an AU in which Venti isn’t one of the original Seven.
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you like inazuma city in the daytime by rysarium
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
26 Jul 2021
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“Fireworks, Kazuha. Fireworks! And fun festival games. And imagine the delicious treats. Of course, your cooking is great, but you could pick up some new recipes! As much as I love grilled fish, some variety every now and then would be nice.”
The two of them have decided to settle in a kind villager’s spare room for the night. Kazuha is sitting on the edge of his bed and polishing his blade. From the blade’s reflection, he can see Tomo lying on his back, waving his hands animatedly in a valiant attempt to persuade him.
“I think Tama likes the grilled fish,” he offers as a reply, not looking up from his weapon. “I can’t disappoint her, can I?”
He hears an indignant huff. “Tama, help me convince Kazuha to let us go to Inazuma City.”
Kazuha hasn’t returned to Inazuma City in years, but he agrees to visit the summer festival with Tomo.
Or: poetry, pyrotechnics, and lots of pining.
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no life to be found in barren stone by rysarium
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Jun 2021
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Childe turned to Zhongli, about to call out his name, when he stopped and realized the consultant was refusing to meet his gaze. And as he stared at those downcast golden eyes, he finally registered why that color had always seemed so warm and familiar.
The same color as Cor Lapis, that precious rock made of condensed pure Geo. The same color as the glowing scales on the Exuvia’s back. The same color as Childe’s own Geo Vision.
Oh.
All the signs—Liyue’s very own Archon—had been right in front of him all along. Like a fool, he hadn’t recognized a single one.
Childe has a Geo Vision. He will not let that distract him from stealing the Geo Archon’s Gnosis.
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“Xiao,” Venti said, his voice softer than the tunes of his lyre. “You’re hurting.”
Xiao couldn’t exactly refute him, not when the blood on his arms—though not all of it was his—and the slumped posture of his body were saying otherwise. His throat twisted when he tried to lie, so he settled for a truth, avoiding Venti’s gaze. “It’s nothing I can’t handle.”
Venti sighed, his usually playful demeanor replaced by something far more concerned. “Come on.” When Xiao looked over again, Venti had climbed the tree and was now sitting on one of its branches. He patted the space beside him. “Let’s take a break.”
Xiao takes care of the dangers lurking around Wangshu Inn at night. Venti takes care of him.
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Xiangling still refuses to let Hu Tao into her kitchen, but she relents and lends her some of her simpler recipes. Hu Tao collects more from Su’er Niang’s stall, from Dongsheng at Second Life—after a lengthy, but ultimately unsatisfactory conversation about his opinions on reincarnation—and even from the stuffy workers at Liuli Pavilion and Xinyue Kiosk.
All those recipes, and not a single one works out. But Hu Tao isn’t deterred easily.
Over the years, the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor teaches herself how to cook.