Genshin Impact Oneshots

Scaramouche⚡💕✨

TW: Yandere and abusive as Balladeer. (Pre-timeskip)

Major timeskip labeled as : *****

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"No one else can have you but me."

"Can you do nothing right?!" You flinched, freezing at the door, mid knock. Whatever you were about to walk in on couldn't be good. You could tell just by his tone, he was in an especially foul mood today.

"Just get out of my sight before I smite you where you stand." He commanded harshly as the doors were suddenly flung open, almost breaking your nose if you hadn't ducked out of the way in time.

"Excuse me." A cicin mage hurriedly exited the room, a visible mark on her cheek. You could see she was trying not to show weakness, but there was a slight shakiness to her steps. Things must have been worse than you thought.

You peeked in cautiously, not wanting to be the next one to end up on the floor. You knew how that felt already, you didn't need a reminder, "uhm... Balladeer?"

"What?!" He turned, sharply glaring your way. He was obviously agitated, more so than usual, which meant you had to be careful, extremely careful. Just so happens you didn't have the best of news.

"I have uh... the test results for that experiment you'd undergone a few days prior." You announced, stepping into the room fully, closing the door behind you.

"Ah, (Y/N)." His demeanour seemed to calm down at the sight of you. Odd, but welcomed nonetheless. "How are the preparations going?"

"They're going..." You hesitated, glancing down at the clipboard that had been shoved into your hands by one of Dottore's segments before he sent you on your way. Obviously even he didn't want to deal with the puppet's tantrums. Although to him, it would probably only be an insignificant nuisance instead of the mortal danger any regular Fatui would be in, "there seem to be some... imperfections in the formula."

You could see the anger boiling just barely under his artificial skin, "... there are?"

"The Doctor said that it simply wasn't ready yet and to have patience." You explained, trying not to stumble over your words, waiting for his reaction. Your knuckles were almost white just from how hard you were clutching the clipboard in your hands. Anything that could ground you in such a stressful situation.

"I see." He nodded, clenching and relaxing his fists as he thought over the implications of these news, "anything else?"

"... there's a few issues with the assembly of the Shouki no Kami prototype." You continued, your tone uncertain, knowing you were already on thin ice, yet the report was far from over, "it seems to be incompatible with any power source relative to its size."

He made a displeased grunt of acknowledgement, "of course it isn't. It's not supposed to be."

"How so?" Your question brought an amused chuckle out of him. Rather ominous considering the dark aura still radiating off him.

"Because," he swiftly turned, appearing in front of you in the blink of an eye, drawing a surprised gasp out of you at the sudden proximity, "for it to rival gods. It has to have something in common with them. No. It has to have something from them."

You stayed quiet, listening to his explanation, following his every movement with your eyes out of fear for your own well-being. As if you could do anything to stop him if push came to shove.

"We have to take something of theirs and use it against them." He placed his hand surprisingly gently on your chest before suddenly pulling back in a ripping motion, "we have to rip out their power right from their chest. The gnosis is the only thing that can power that otherwise useless mech. And with it, we can rival the Archons themselves."