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Tartaglia was 26 when he died. Ajax was 14 when he woke up again in the snow. Burdened by a past life no one else remembers, Ajax flees his homeland, taking shelter on the desolate mountain far to the east. He is alone—exactly as planned—until one day he stumbles across a hurting dragon.
( Zhongli/Ajax isn't a driving force of the story, but it's definitely there. Other characters—like pretty much everyone—will make appearances; I'm only tagging key figures to keep from tag-clutter. )
Arc I (1—9): Prelude to Storm
Arc II (10—24): Ideals and Purpose
Arc III (25—35): Transient Eternity
Arc 3.5 (36—43): A Light in the Dark
Arc IV (45—55): The Price of Knowledge
Arc 4.5 (56—64): Beyond Our Dreams
Arc V (65—73): Teyvat Immortal Alliance
Arc VI (74—88): Court of Jesters
Arc VII (89—??): Secrets Lost to the SnowFeel free to take breaks between arcs, or you know, just binge the whole story XD
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- Part 1 of A Crown for the King
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Something strange is happening.
Childe's itinerary has been mysteriously wiped, leaving his entire schedule for the day free. But most strange of all, Zhongli has agreed to his impulsive request to spend the whole day with him.
Little does Childe know, it's a special day indeed.
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“Wuh?” Childe says intelligently. He tries unsuccessfully to assemble a coherent question while the dark-haired man waits politely behind the counter. Eventually he stops, restarts, and then sputters out, “Your profession?”
“Yes? You might find it morbid, but the contents of a person’s will may reveal much about their character and lifestyle. For instance, your previous collaborator—Javert, I believe his name was?—willed all his Fatui earnings to his partner alone. It appears he had not been transparent with his family about the real source of his income, and thus did not wish to impart those funds onto them after his passing.”
“Wh—Zhongli, don’t you own the ice cream parlor?” he shrieks. -
What I Cannot Put into Words, I Offer You in the Weight of Gold by suibianitsfine
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Feb 2022
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“You’re not…” Childe’s head may have been angled like a baffled puppy, but he couldn’t help it, “Put off by all of that?”
As the disk of orange dipped below the Liyuan waters and the twilight sky remained illuminated by dusky remnants of what had been, Zhongli’s golden-edged features took on a radiance of their own. It wasn’t the lights playing tricks on him when Childe saw the man’s eyes gleam, and he craved to know what that meant.
“Perhaps I give you too much credit.” He was smiling, now, and Childe’s breath caught in his throat. That was certainly new. “Maybe you do not listen as much as I thought you do.”
Childe processes just how different Rex Lapis, God of Contracts, and Zhongli, Wangsheng Funeral Consultant, really are.
They coincide at the worst of times, and it does some truly awful things to his heart.
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The Courting Habits of the Red Fox: A Scientific Lecture by avtorSola
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
27 Feb 2022
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Common Courting Habits of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes):
1) Increased vocalization: Red foxes become especially chatty, barking and yipping much more often in order to attract potential mates
2) Resource offerings: Red foxes will assist mates in locating a suitable den in which to have kits, or will provide food to their mate and assist with hunting
3) Increased scent-marking: Male red foxes will become extremely interested in the scent markings made by potential mates, investigating each one diligently. Female red foxes may also leave more scent markings at the beginning of mating season.4) They become increasingly clingy Harbinger brats and you're dense, Zhongli. Thank god Lumine has Teyvat's braincell.
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i think you're so good (and i'm nothing like you) by TrashcanWithSprinkles
Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)
22 Feb 2022
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Ajax had a soulmate mark, just like about half the population of Teyvat did.
If Ajax ever found his soulmate, he would pretend to be normal for them. He would observe from afar if possible, and make sure nothing happened to them. That no ailments ever came to them. That they never came to lack anything.
That was the plan. Or, at least, it had been, until the Tsaritsa requested an audience with him alone and asked to see his mark.“Tartaglia,” she began, serious. “That is Morax, the Geo Archon.”
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Or, Ajax is Morax' soulmate, the Tsaritsa ships him off to Liyue, and he has to pretend like he doesn't feel like he's not good enough for the Geo Archon.
[the word count up to chapter 14 was 69 420 and i think i won't achieve something as beautiful ever again]
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"Welcome to a new user experience! You have triggered this interface with the keywords, ‘Stupid game! Stupid devs! I want my f*****g money back!’ You are now bound to the character Tartaglia, the Eleventh Harbinger of the Fatui, codename: Childe! We hope you have an enjoyable user experience and we welcome you once again to Genshin Impact 2.0!”
Those are some of the first words Ajax, starving college student extraordinaire, has the misfortune of hearing upon waking up in a brave new world from what he's fairly sure is a very fatal accident involving water and a shit ton of electricity.
Okay, so he's not dead. That's good. But what's this about him being stuck playing the character Tartaglia? Tartaglia, as in the no-good, one-dimensional, cartoonish villain who met his untimely, gruesome death in the first act of the original game?
Forget this. Like hell Ajax is going to share that fate.
And so begins one man's journey to save himself from his awful destiny.
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I LOVE THIS FIC I WILL REREAD IT AGAIN AND AGAIN
(Edited 12/18/24)
Fic that made me absolutely fall in love with Ajax, Childe, Tartaglia :3 I've been fixated on this guy for like 4 or so years now. unreal.