Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Nothing left but 'some day' dreams by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
29 Mar 2024
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Collei finally gathers up the courage to run away. Years of seclusion, a sheltered life- and she's done with it. This is her chance at freedom; to see what's out there, to meet her first friends and make her own first choices-
But her bus crashes, and the sky shifts, and suddenly- all she can do is stick close to the man with a shotgun as they survive their way through the hellscape their world has become.
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Or: Collei, Cyno and Tighnari build a home out the rubble of a destroyed world, refinding all they've lost within the confines of a single chainlink fence.Or: The Apocalypse AU that I wanted to write as an excuse for fluffy one-shots but that somehow turned into this angsty thing full of made up lore :)
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- Part 1 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Show me something left unbroken by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
29 Apr 2024
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Sequel to 'Nothing left but 'some day' dreams' (Takes place during the same timespan, focussing on the perspectives of a different set of characters!)
Years of collecting badges as a scout have prepared Amber for many things. The end of the world as she knows it is not one of them. She promised to keep her friends safe, no matter the cost, but somehow every single word that leaves her mouth feels like a lie. Still, the one promise she never breaks is to keep trying, because if she lets herself falter now, Razor and Bennett will pay the price. She will get them out even if it's the last thing she does.
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Or: Scouts Amber, Razor and Bennett go on a very unfortunately timed camping trip to the Sumeru forests and find themselves tangled up in a situation that extends far beyond just monsters and strange skies.
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- Part 2 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Failure is the greatest debt, so let me pay my dues by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
22 May 2024
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Part 3 of my Genshin Apocalypse AU series!
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After a month out on the desolate roads, Kaveh and Alhaitham stumble upon a shelter that seems too good to be true. The inhabitants don’t ask anything of them in return for letting them stay, and they get food, warmth and companionship as a bonus. Somehow, it doesn’t feel fair to take it all for granted, so acts of service become their main currency, and protection a close second.
When failure to deliver starts to creep up on them as a third, the price to pay suddenly becomes much graver than either of them could have imagined.
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- Part 3 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Reflected in your eyes is something only human by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
16 Jun 2024
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SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT!!
Part 4 of my Apocalypse AU -- continuation of 'Failure is the greatest debt, so let me pay my dues'
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After having been taken by the Fatui, Tighnari is thrown into a system of manipulation and cruelty at the hands of those out to exploit hybrids. Their boss will pay them a personal visit before long, but his friends are on their way too. The only thing Tighnari can do is hold out for long enough to make his suffering mean something worthwhile. He’s too deep into this to give up, but sometimes he finds that the only thing keeping him going is the memory of those sunset eyes.
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Or: Tighnari truly going through it for 7 chapters straight (the other chapters are mostly fluff hehe).
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- Part 4 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Bonus Chapter to 'Reflected in your eyes is something only human' by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Jun 2024
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Additional 'aftermath' chapter to 'Reflected in your eyes is something only human'. Optional read! You don't have to read this to understand the main story! Just for funsies :) (You do have to have read all other parts of this AU to understand this)
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It's over now. Tighnari is back home. He's surrounded by friends, safety and countless sweet gestures and yet, he doesn't feel quite like himself yet. He just wants the others to treat him like they used to, to get his own thoughts in check, and for everyone to stop staring. That's not too much to ask is it?
But it seems like resuming his life like normal isn't in the cards for him just yet.
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- Part 5 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Part 5 of my Genshin Apocalypse AU, continuation of 'Reflected in your eyes is something only human'
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Freminet has never had to survive well and truly on his own before. He'd been on solo missions by himself, sure, but at the end of the day he'd always been sure that he had somewhere to return to. Perhaps not a home, not one as he would like it in the physical sense, but people.
Now, he's alone, drifting in between the unforgiving currents of the many mistakes he's made, and he has no clue where to even start searching for solid land.
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- Part 6 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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Rewrite the names of yore by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
24 Aug 2024
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Part 6 of my Apocalypse AU! Direct continuation of 'Fool me Twice'.
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Legends come in many forms. Some are passed down through the ages, some written within the names of today. But one thing is for certain, a meaning can never be forced upon a person if they do not wish to bear it.
Xianyun has made herself a living myth with words alone, and all around her, brave souls are taking on names of their own.
The Conqueror
The White Snake
The Lion Dancer
Now those are lives worth living.
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Or: After the escape of many Liyuan prisoners, Xianyun and her group of rebels find themselves faced with a time-limit and a project they might not have the means to stop.
Expect two days at most.
One of your children is involved.
Needless to say, the time for preparation is over.Series
- Part 7 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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In the end, all will be placed upon the scales by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
23 Sep 2024
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The final part of my Apocalypse AU! (SUMMARY CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR PREVIOUS PARTS '^^)
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Collei is gone. A much larger crisis has only narrowly been avoided. The radio transmitter buzzes with nothing but static. The road facing him seems endless, and Cyno doesn’t know what to do.
All he has left is to put one foot in front of the other and believe he’s capable of what his father had been capable of. To save a child ripped away from their family, to claw them out of Dottore’s hands with force if needed. There comes a moment when all sinners must stand condemned, and for the Doctor, that time is now. Cyno will make sure of it.
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- Part 8 of Genshin Apocalypse AU
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The monsters that remain by Heffalumps_and_Snoozles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
31 Aug 2025
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PART 8 OF MY APOCALYPSE AU (This can't be read as a stand-alone, I suggest reading the rest of the series first)
The greatest monster of them all has been slain, but the grooves his claws left behind still run marrow-deep. Fear has been instilled like the venom of his bite, and distrust lingers among those who once belonged to opposite sides. Some things can be talked out. Others can be pushed past with grit teeth. But some things seem unforgivable, especially when all that seems to exist at times is not a group of survivors, but the monsters that remain.
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- Part 9 of Genshin Apocalypse AU