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  1. Rec *

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    A recounting of Xiao’s past and how he got to meet Venti, the person who saved him from madness, and how from simply being his savior the Archon became someone much much more important.

    Venti instead is there to do his thing and be whipped.

     

    Follows the hints given in Xiao’s character lines.

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    04 Apr 2022

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    To Xiao, Barbatos was the embodiment of everything he was not: happy, free, fully confident in who he was. His music made the shadows in Xiao’s head retreat. They were all about living life to the fullest, having hope when the world was turned against you, and having fun (something that was almost entirely foreign to Xiao).

    And now he was going to have to give away all his albums, delete Barbatos’ songs off his phone, and never listen to his music again. Just looking at the albums lined up on the shelf made Xiao cringe. He’d thought that if he ever did get a chance to meet his idol, it would be in a controlled space. He would have said something normal, like, Your music means a lot to me. Then he would’ve shaken Barbatos’ hand, gotten an autograph, and lived out the rest of his life in peace.

    Xiao’s idol had watched him punch a guy in the stomach.

    Since Zhongli's early retirement, Xiao's life has been aimless. But a chance encounter sets him on a new and uncharted path.

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    05 Feb 2023

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  3. Rec 60

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    "Work is work, and it’s better to keep it separate from personal stuff."

    "I agree," Albedo said, pausing to take a drag on his straw. "Merging the two would be a mistake."

    Aether scratched at a cut in the plastic tabletop. Of course. That was a reasonable, mature opinion—one that Aether technically shared. No need to blur the lines between the private and the professional.

    As tensions run high on Venti's Inazuma concert tour, Aether crushes hopelessly (and obliviously) on Albedo. Midquel for "if these wings could fly"

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    06 Feb 2023

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