Exploration B
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Mad About You by Clarice Chiara Sorcha (claricechiarasorcha)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
19 Aug 2026
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It’s almost too loud when he says, sudden, “It’s a pity we didn’t see any bears on the way up here.”
Valeriy stirs from where he is seated, stoic before the heat of the Kresnik. “You wanted to see a bear?”
“I wanted to see how they look compared to you. You’re about the size of a bear.” He folds his arms, tilts his head in a curiosity that’s not quite academic. “Have you ever fought a bear, Sarge?”
He blinks, just once. It does nothing to lighten the heaviness of that purple gaze. “Why would I fight a bear, Mr. Mitya?”
“I don’t know. Practice? Do they make you fight bears in the Fatui for practice?”
“No. They do not.”
He fidgets. The scarf echoes the movement, just to make it all the more awkward. “Oh. Well. I didn’t know that, you see. Because I’m a scientist. Not a soldier.”
Valeriy doesn’t have anything to say to that. He’s just staring at him again. Mitya is really beginning to wish he hadn’t even tried to start a conversation with the man.
After the events of the Korolevskiy Theatre, Mitya decides to retreat to his dacha for some time off.
Of course, Valeriy is assigned to accompany him.
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- Part 1 of Exploration B
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This Strange Effect by Clarice Chiara Sorcha (claricechiarasorcha)
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
22 Aug 2026
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A moment later, and Valeriy sets the empty cup down on the table. “But we do have to make something clear, before we begin,” he says, his usual gravity restored. Mitya waves a hand in the air, echoed by the scarf.
“Oh, does the Armory Palace have regulations you have to adhere to when it comes to buggery?” he asks, and grins at the cough Valeriy cannot quite smother.
“Not that I am aware of.” He adjusts his already perfect seated posture, says with easy dignity, “But I do.”
After their two days away from the city in Mitya's dacha, they're back in Snezhnograd. Mitya thinks he knows what he wants next. But then, Valeriy has always been a bit of a dark horse.
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- Part 2 of Exploration B