19 Works by Opalserpent

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    A story about a butterfly and a spider.

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    "Maybe it's the effects of a curio," Yingxing crouches down. He ruffles Yanqing's (Jing Yuan's) hair. Yanqing tries not to glare at him. Close-up, his eyes are a startling blue. It's impossible to imagine Ren's face this soft and unweathered. There's a scar on his chin, too, something the curse of Yaoshi must have eventually healed over.
    "A curio to swap Jing Yuan's consciousness with this random kid here?" Jingliu says.
    "Possibly." Yingxing pokes his cheek. "How old are you?"
    Yanqing doesn't reply.

    Yanqing, 700 years in the past: Jing Yuan... missing?

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    “Can…” Dan Heng clears his throat. “Can I hold your hand?”

    Yingxing grins at him, his eyes curving into little crescents. “You don’t have to ask, silly.” His voice is soft, but he looks pleased as he extends a hand in front of Dan Heng’s face. Dan Heng feels like he’s done something right.

    “I’ll keep asking,” he says, and takes Yingxing’s hand. It’s rough and calloused, his fingers hard and knobbly. It feels too intimate to link their fingers, so Dan Heng just presses their palms together. Yingxing’s hand feels too warm against Dan Heng’s cool skin, but he’s smiling. He’s really pretty. Dan Heng wonders if he’s adopted Dan Feng’s feelings as well, but two men can appreciate the same person’s beauty, right?

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    OT3 Arranged Marriage AU with Imperial China Elements: Dan Feng, former Yinyue-jun of the Vidyadhara, is married into Zhuming’s imperial family as the second prince’s wangfei. He soon finds himself entangled in deadly palace intrigue while his relationship with both princes becomes increasingly ambiguous…

    “So I’m afraid I’ll have to trouble wangfei to cooperate to maintain the ruse. Enough to fool the ears outside that the Mad Prince is vigorously dishonoring the object of his obsessive desire,” Ren says casually.
    What?” Dan Feng stares at him, aghast. “I will do no such thing.”
    Ren lets out a put upon sigh. “Wangfei really isn’t making things easy for me. I suppose I can only outdo myself with a solo performance.”
    What performance.


    The Mad Prince’s sensational production of “Savage Beast ravishes Distressed Beauty” is deserving of a standing ovation, but blatant in its mischaracterization of Dan Feng. As if he would ever be so noisy!
    “No—please. Wangye have mercy. You’re too big—” Ren says in a high breathy gasp, and Dan Feng cannot endure a second longer

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    “Do you know which lucky omega sired that boy of his?” Kafka asks.
    “Oh, no one does," the woman laughs. "General Jing Yuan must have kept their identity under lock and key."
    Kafka hums. “Is that so?”
    Ren has just finished his 17th lap of the Exalting Sanctum, so he stood across them and glowered at the woman. Kafka says, “Oh, don’t mind my friend. He’s just a General Jing Yuan superfan and he’s getting really agitated about his life or death.”

    Or: Ren's no good very horrible quest to find Yanqing's mom

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    When his next heat is due, Ratio thinks of…
    It’s a little humiliating, if he’s being honest. Aventurine is not particularly attractive by most standards, and Ratio has plenty of other suitors who would be more agreeable with him. Simps.
    Unfortunately, for some inane reason, the damn gambler is the one Ratio is thinking of. He resolves to book himself a psychiatric evaluation after his heat.

    [Spoilers for Penacony]

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    “Please give him a chance,” Yingxing pats Dan Heng's arm a little awkwardly. “He’s trying his best.”

    “To what, irritate me even more?”

    “It’s a difficult time,” Yingxing says delicately. “Being thrust into the future, losing his community… I think he believes you’re the only one who can understand what Dan Feng is going through, and is willing to accept him.”

    Dan Heng and Dan Feng come to an understanding.

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    Kakavasha tramples on Sunday’s peace of mind. “I’ll make you a wager, mister!”
    Sunday hums non-committedly. Vices start young. “What do you want?”
    “The crown on your head.” Kakavasha points.

    An imagining of post 2.1: Sunday is trapped in the Nihility.

    Kakavasha falls asleep on Aventurine’s shoulder. Young Sunday counts his steps quietly to the beat of mother’s old lullabies.
    Aventurine breaks their silence, because he’s no good at leaving well-decorated emptiness alone. “Do you know I was once invited to be a Masked Fool?”
    “I can’t imagine which one of you would have been more insufferable to deal with,” Sunday mutters.

    With "friends." And illusions.

    Part 2: A coda to Blue Hour.

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    “The subject is the last of his species, meow? Isn’t ensuring the continuance of your bloodline a priority, meow?”
    “F-first of all, Ratio and I aren’t like that!” Aventurine says. “He barely tolerates me on a good day!"
    The pastries blink at him, and then hop away to huddle. “The information recorded in the subject’s database is inaccurate, meow. It says that the members of the subject’s species are known to be socially and emotionally intelligent, but clearly they’re not, meow.”
    Aventurine folds his arms. “I can hear you guys, you know.”

    The Plan: Identify endangered or extinct species and conduct further research on them to obtain Ruan Mei’s recognition! is underway.

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    Casual Chatroom
    #What happened to Dr Veritas Ratio#
    He’s been acting so weird recently ever since he came back from his vacation/work trip to Penacony. He didn’t call anyone an idiot in the three classes I attended this week and idk, isn’t his vibe like, super sad?

    Frightened_Parrot
    I was in his macroeconomics class today and when he was talking about investments, he just sighed many times. It was so strange.

    Intelligentsiu_mai
    What other reason can there be for a man to look this dejected? He got his heart broken, obviously!

    Shopaholic_43
    Guys, remember that he just returned from Penacony. A huge tragedy happened, the IPC was implicated, and since he was there as the Intelligentsia Guild representative, he was probably heavily involved.

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    "Kids, what you're talking about is called generational trauma," Welt says.
    "So… me suffering for Dan Feng's actions is just an ordinary part of life?" Dan Heng feels relieved. So many things about his life can be explained. "My nightmares about Ren are because of Dan Feng."
    Welt blinks. "Well-"
    "Technically it's true, Mr. Yang," March says.
    Dan Heng nods resolutely. "And so my crush on Jing Yuan is also because of Dan Feng."
    "No," Welt says. "That's not how it works."

    Dan Heng's existential crisis and existential crush on the General of the Xianzhou Luofu

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    The ship pulls into harbor. Fatui agents scramble until there is a clear path for Dottore to step on and walk to where his problems are.
    "Flowers? Honey, you shouldn't have," Pantalone sneers, and yanks them out of his grip. Next to him, Kaveh folds, and unfolds his arms, and then puts them on his hips.

    POV you're trying to lead a normal life conducting unethical business and/or experiments but your colleagues won't stop bothering you about your husband(s).

    The unofficial crack sequel to Valkyrie’s Souffle and Saber’s Sorbet. Recommended reading.

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    “Yanqing,” Ren says seriously. “Do you know what I do when I miss Jing Yuan?”

    You miss Jing Yuan? Dan Heng thinks about asking, but he doesn’t, because he also wants to know what Ren does.

    Yanqing sniffs. “W-what?”

    Ren puts his bandaged hand to his chest in deep contemplation. “I forget about him.”

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    User [arbitrarygeneralpei] posted: Happy Seventy-Fifth anniversary of General Yaoguang holding General Jing Yuan's hand day!

    > it's true i was the finch on JY's shoulder
    > didn't G yaoguang offer to tell G jingyuan's fortune or something
    >> who even does palm readings these days
    >>> the fact that Jing Yuan went along with it is PROOF
    > General Yaoguang respectfully has negative rizz

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    Ren sets a small, well-decorated box on the tiles between them. Deft hands tug at the ribbon, nimble wrapped fingers slipping through until the lid falls open. Sitting in the middle of the box is a round, fat mooncake.

    “What is this?”

    Ren looks at him, baleful. That is fair. It had been a stupid question. Dan Heng tries again - “What is this for?”

    He’s graced with a verbal reply. Ren’s voice is sharp, brusque. “You.”

    “It’s a mooncake,” he says, and gets another glare - “a whole mooncake.” Everyone knows you do not eat a whole mooncake by yourself.

    [Title: Fire Dragon Dance, a dance performed in some places on the Mid Autumn Festival]

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    Jing Yuan pauses. “Yingxing doesn’t think I’m weird, right?”
    “I’m sure you’ve already passed that point,” Jingliu reassures him.
    Jing Yuan nods, like she’s given him some sage advice. “It doesn’t matter. We’re past judgement. We’re comrades now. Brothers-in-arms in the Yinyue-jun fan club.”

    Jingliu does not need to bear witness to her disciple's childish courtship antics. Making him do drills until he drops would be an adequate punishment for subjecting her to such horrors, she thinks.

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    As he approaches his destination, the first thing he notices is the state of the wind.

    If you pay close enough attention, the air can reveal a lot about the state of the world. Only a few decades ago the air would be foul, rancid with the scent of misery, bloodshed, and ashes. Today the gentle breeze brings distant laughter from playing children, and little else.

    The second thing he notices is a crowd of wind sprites, who chirp enthusiastically at him as they dance in the strong winds, just beyond the cliff.

    The third thing he notices is a little basket. And nestled inside…

    He removes the lid. Several plates of almond tofu.

    Rewritten fic!

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    "The best strategy against Mondstadt," Kaeya says, "is to take her down before war even begins."
    "Wouldn't that be the best way for any nation?" Diluc says. Then, "why am I still humoring you about this?"
    "Well," Kaeya says, "you see, it's because Mondstadt's Archon is the only one of the seven that gets stronger in a war."

    Kaeya, the eighth nation, and the seven archons of teyvat.

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    Hanguang-jun, they call him. Light Bearer.

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