#tbh i cant see it happeninf
I was in my mind palace picturing Genshin late-game scenarios and a strange idea came to me, for a fitting end to the Harbingers.
Aside from the now-redeemed Childe and the deceased Signora, they’re all dragged in the middle of the square in front of the Zapolyarny palace, surrounded by a crowd of now angry Peasants and a captive, Gnosis-less Tsaritsa. The crowd draws upon them and, powerless to stop it, they have to take it in. They’re beaten, yelled at, spat at – years of cold cruelty coming to their end.
And as the Traveller and their friends surround them to calm down the crowd and have them taken to safety something happens…
They start crying, at once.
Everyone, from the calculating Pierrot to the boastful Capitano, from the haughty Pantalone to the sadistic Dottore, from the scheming Colombina to the cruel, wrathful Scaramouche – they burst into tears in the middle of the square.
And it’s not restrained crying either: they bawl like children, as if all their worlds had crumbled – which they have.
Befuddled, the Tsaritsa yells at them to keep their composure and not let their emotion get the best of them. But the Traveller reprimands the once-Goddess of Love and reminds her of her old purpose. They’re human after all, and love is what keeps us alive for so long. What grants freedom, makes contracts fair, cherishes eternity – refines wisdom, defines justice and wins wars.
So is being loveless for so long truly the way to go?
Tartaglia shifts to his helpless ex-partners, removes his scarf and lends it to Pantalone, who received a bad eye wound after his monocle shattered in the scuffle*, Everybody looks at him as if he was mad, but after all, Childe is definitely not the one bawling in the middle of the street, is he?
So they recollect themselves and off they go, pondering upon what they’ve heard and how to live from that moment on.
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*I picture Pantalone with the design @hyaenes did because it’s just *chef’s kiss* and I know the game will disappoint me if he’s not like this.
Also I know there’s no confirmed Colombina in the game but since A. She’s the most famous female mask and B. There’s literally a dove in the constellations picture I KNOW she will appear.
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