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rice-enjoyer · 2 years

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Shed your kindness and composure ; like overworn snake's skin.

a/n: i post super inconsistently, apologies! harbinger time! smashing pots and pans harbinger time! of the sagau first impressions after realizing you are a morally grey god and not that sweet and kind one they tell tales and sing songs about. Mond version! Inazuma version! dottore and childe get like 2x more content than everyone else because they have blorbo rights cw: gn reader, sagau, so every juicy tag that usually comes with it! cult-ish, obsessive behavior, power dynamics, mention of blood. tartaglia is very battlesexual and 100% wouldn't mind dying by your hand. other than that, fluff! SIGNORA IS ALIVE ; I AM IN DENIAL! alrecchino gets shy, not clickbait, not proofread, as usual! sumeru archon quest(chapter III act II), spoilers in Sandrone's part!

There is always that special someone who knows just a bit more about you, excluding the gods. Between the harbingers? Il Dottore. You entrusted him with fixing you after your accidental arrival in Teyvat. Your godly powers couldn't heal, so after realizing you can teleport to places at will, he was the first person you went to, right after the gods. You deemed that your gruesome death would interest him the most, and as always, you stand corrected. Whatever sense of loyalty he had for the Tsaritsa (or anyone)has now been given over to you. All of it. So now, you have a very powerful, albeit sometimes a little possessive, devoted follower - him. A few vials he filled with your radiant golden blood while you were a bit light-headed, is a secret he will take to the grave, however, he does not plan on dying any time soon.

Since you can easily manage (manipulate) and keep some rowdier types calm, Pierro thanks you profusely for babysitting his immature colleagues. Which can happen very often. You reminisce about the past, usually accompanied by a hot tea. If either of you needs to get work done, and you happen to be within Snezhnaya, you always settle in his office and chat while having your dominant hand get cramps from all the signatures you both have to sign.

Another faithful little follower of yours is Sandrone, in a similar way to Dottore. She is just fascinated by all aspects of you. Asked you many, MANY times if you could inhabit the body of one of her Katheryne's. Or any other creation she has made. Or even herself? You protest, but accidentally say that possession is possible, it would be a somewhat painful and violating process for the receiver. Oh no, she is even more interested now! You have gotten yourself into quite a situation, how will you resolve it? In the name of science, will you do as she begs you to?

He tries to get access to all of those documents regarding archons, even Celestia, Pulcinella is just so very bothered that there is information he simply can't get his hands on. So he tries a tactic as old as time, a potential exchange of valuable knowledge of Teyvat that he has accumulated, hoping that maybe, someday you will share what the other nation's archons are planning.

When Scaramouche is not his usual bratty and bickering self, that means he must be accompanying you somewhere. Trying to be on his best behavior to not piss you off, you find it rather adorable. He, on the other hand, is a little cautious of you. You do remind him of someone rather unpleasant in his life. A proper and mostly ruthless ruler. You are not above acting on revenge. He has seen what that looks like. Once, an ordinary person was trying to impersonate you for some quick and easy mora. He saw sparks of fire dancing in your eyes. They still have burn marks.

You do find yourself in the presence of Pantalone rather often. Maybe because you picked up on some similarities between the two of you. He has those sky-high walls of protection, fake performances, compliments, and smiles. But it all crumbles into dust when he's alone with you. Freely speaking his mind, you realize how desperately alone all of the poor harbingers are. They sacrifice everything willingly for the Tsaritsa, but you still pity them a little. Plus, you find comfort in talking with most of them, it's a win-win type of situation.

La Signora, she is a force to be reckoned with, but so are you. She takes great satisfaction when you two walk somewhere and see the fear in the people's eyes. You do remind her that you have an image, a rather fake one to upkeep. And so, you banter with the Crimson Witch as if you were old friends, kind of feels like you already are. She has shown to be a reliable friend, and she's very easy to talk to, what's not to like? She had to do what she had to do, you reassure her that you would've burned the land of freedom into the ground if you heard your lover die on the battlefield.

If you happen to be in Natlan, Il Capitano will gladly take the time to teach you some self-defense or basic fighting skills. You do prefer to walk around the world, rather than use teleportation waypoints. There is always an agent accompanying you throughout Teyvat, Capitano was the first one to think of that. There is no ulterior motive behind practicing the art of battle, he just wants to make sure that even though you are a god, you would be harmed as little as possible. Unlike a certain ginger-haired harbinger.

Speaking of, Tartaglia takes pride in standing next to you, being your human shield, if the situation were to call for a fight. He loves the attention around you. And specifically your attention. You sparred with him exactly once, for good reason. You beat him, he was too... focused on his red blood on you, you pointing your spear at his throat while he's on the ground, the both of you being sweaty and very muddy. "Here I naively thought fighting you would be a challenge. Get up." - you let your weapon down gently onto the ground, giving him a hand. Your honest kindness in that situation has him smitten with you. He thought you would be merciful enough to kill him, right then and there - he really is like a puppy, trying to impress you with his latest tricks.

Oh, once you meet with Columbina, she is not letting you go until it is absolutely necessary, like having to travel into another nation for more debates and giving out directives to the archons to not cause another war. But sometimes even that doesn't stop her, sitting on your lap during one of those said meetings, the archons horrified, some intrigued, but all jealous. What they would do in that position. But you do pick favorites, you made that very clear. A very human trait of yours. To be fair, you are human, mostly.

You feel awkward around Arlecchino's orphanage at first, you never were good with children, remembering your own childhood. She would never worship any measly deity. But that soon changed when you spent an afternoon with her, chatting well into the evening. Whenever she has the time, she loves to show you around Snezhnaya. Walking next to each other, your hands collide. She starts stuttering and apologizing, while you laugh, she's really quite a character. She goes on about how anyone would get embarrassed if they made eye contact with you, let alone their hands would accidentally touch yours. You try your best to not tease her about it, but it has proven to be too difficult of a task.

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mercuriart · 9 months

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evil mfs here to be gay and ruin your life

#genshin redesign #genshin headcanons #fatui #genshin impact il dottore #genshin impact pantalone #genshin impact arlecchino #genshin impact columbina #character design #character redesign #i am genuinely happy with how these turned out. not as much with columbina (too much unnecesary unplanned detail methinks)#(and not a clear enough concept)#(but good enough.)#dottore is probably the one whose original design i like the most #and i still had to turn him into an old man for his true self. love wins.#i do want to actually redesign him. just to try some stuff.#art tag

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l1ckxxxm3 · 2 years

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fatui harbinger pfps

bro columbina's took me forever to do and i still hate it cuz it doesnt rly go with the rest and now im mad but oh well

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sapphireicecream · 6 months

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I really hope they give her cool-looking eyes whenever/if they officially reveal them lol

#art #artwork #fanart #digital art #fan art #genshin impact fanart #genshin art #Genshin #Genshin impact #fanart genshin impact #gi #gi fanart #columbina #gi columbina #genshin columbina #genshin impact columbina #damselette #columbina fanart

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silverstar0215 · 1 month

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I have never had an interest in Genshin Impact

and then I found out Columbina existed

Look at her she is so majestic I love the idea and design behind her hdhsjs

#genshin impact #genshin fanart #genshin impact fanart #columbina #genshin columbina #lineless art #genshin impact columbina #firealpaca #she is majestic look at her #flawless #fatui harbingers #HER SINGING GAH

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mothoka · 1 year

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The Tsaraitsa

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umbrabyte · 1 year

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i forgot the e in my signature don't look

#damselette #genshin impact fanart #genshin impact #columbina #genshin impact columbina

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amenalyme · 1 year

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I havent drawn anything on mobile in ages and I’m really happy with this honestly

#Columbina #damslette #the damselette #genshin impact #genshin impact fanart #art #digital art #fatui #fatui harbingers #fatui columbina #genshin impact columbina

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solarockk · 2 years

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I'm Leaving this in the Genshin impact fandom and running away

Idk Their shipname so for now I'm calling them Arlebina

#genshin impact #genshin impact fatui #arlecchino #columbina #genshin impact arlecchino #genshin impact columbina #arlecchino x columbina #whats their ship name #arlebina??#im voting for arlebina #wlw #solart #gays really won with the new video #fanart

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yaatrickyassification · 2 years

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The maiden - [ Columbina x Fem! Reader ]

Synopsis: With the death of Signora, it was now time for another Harbinger to fill in that position of being the Tsaritsa's favorite.

A sigh left Pierro's chapped lips, may it be the lack of water intake or the everlasting winter that nips and bites every skin with a beautiful and icy frost, he doesn't know. But what he does know is that he can't fathom the Harbingers with their little contest.

A husky laugh that was muffled by the masked man who is the second harbinger brought a little helpless smile on Pierro's aged face, Pulcinella who was quietly listening to the two's woes about their other comrades brought a quiet laugh to his chest that will soon erupt if the conversation is continued a little further, it is time for a topic change, Pulcinella thought.

"What is Her Majesty, The Tsaritsa's reaction to it?" Pierro raised a brow at Pulcinella's questioning, the It Pulcinella was asking about is surely about the favored harbinger's death, Pierro and Capitano exchanged knowing glances with each other, the two were already well acquainted with the old elf's quirks and the different social cues that comes with being in a high position.

"That I don't know of," Pierro mumbled, Capitano looks on over to the first harbinger with an indiscernible expression hidden in his eyes, "for being called the god of love she showed no reaction and remained stoic upon hearing the news of Lohalfer's death."

"Capitano." A warning was issued, seeing the serious expression on Pierro's face, Capitano instantly silenced himself.

With the tense atmosphere now surrounding the table made of ice, courtesy of the archon of their beloved nation, Pulcinella sighs and mumbled a small "I see." The conversation that started warm now turned cold in the end. A befitting end for the harbingers who fight in the frost-bitten weather.

The silence was interrupted by the guard who stood outside of the tall and wide door, an announcement of someone higher than them was being made, "Her Majesty, The Tsaritsa together with the third fatui harbinger, ms. Columbina the maiden!" With the announcement the three who were seated on the lavish chairs of the Zapolyarny Palace now all stood up out of respect for their leader.

All of them bowed as your figure that was dressed with intricate and lavish designs of different shades of blue stepped inside the room, your posture was poise and elegance, deserving of being the queen of ice.

"May the day of our rebellion against the divine come at last," all three of them echoed fervently, while the fair maiden stayed quiet behind you.

"No need for greetings," you said, "tell me everything."

You sat down on the seat that was intended for someone of high position, the archon, the one who rules over them all. The fair maiden Columbina walks over to you with quiet steps before sitting herself down on the cold marble floor.

Her head now rested on your lap, the intricate and impeccably designed pieces of jewelry that lightly prick her skin with irritation made her face scrunch up but eased down as she felt a hand combing through her black-purple locks, the jewelry was long forgotten and she paid it no mind as long as she can be in contact with you, her time with you was already shortened by a margin due to this untimely meeting.

She was sure that this was one of the harbinger's plots of her getting the shortest amount of time together with her goddess, how utterly vile of them is what she thought.

Pierro looks on over to the maiden who was uncomfortable due to the jewels that your blue dress adorned but paid no attention to it and stayed still, a sigh left his lips and he continued on the report that he had organized a day before the meeting, a meeting orchestrated by the doctor himself.

Pierro was aware of the little competition the harbingers are all facing, due to Columbina's high ranking all of the harbingers below her faced unfair division of the time for your attention with Columbina hogging all of it leaving no room for them to intervene and threatening the other harbingers with her high ranking if they ever dare to come close.

"What is it that you need Dottore?" A wishful hum left the doctor's lips as he faced the first harbinger with a respectful smile, but hidden underneath it was anything but that.

"The meeting that you're planning to have with Her Majesty the Tsaritsa, I'm sure all of it was already relayed to Her Majesty, no? I have newly acquired information that you can bring onto the table, it's concerning the movement of the divine."

"Where did you get the information?"

"I can't tell you but I assure you all of it is true," in the corner of his eye, black blood that stained the doctor's coat was seen, the abyss is what he immediately thought of as soon as he saw the color of the blood, for Dottore to make a move like this, how amusing.

"Then what do you need from me?" At his question, Pierro can see a small smile breaking out on Dottore's face.

A tapping noise was heard causing Pierro to snap out of his reverie, "what is making you so out of it Pierro?" Pierro smiles before shaking his head politely, "nothing, your majesty, just a little remnant of the past." A contemplative hum left your lips, you nodded your head signaling Pierro to continue with his report.

"Concerning the divine, your majesty, I have acquired new information about their movements," the hand that was gently stroking Columbina's head stopped, and you raised a brow out of interest.

Columbina has felt the comfortable sensation of your head pats stopping, pouting as she peeks over to your hand that stopped in mid-air, nudging her head closer to your palms, you snap out of your thoughts at the contact.

"What a greedy little maiden you are, third." Pouting at the name third, Columbina sighs before opening up her lips, she has been quiet for too long. Her throat is aching for a release, for a melody that may echo throughout the cold caste walls.

"Your majesty if I may?" Noticing her quietness from before you nodded your head at her question, Columbina smiles as a small and delightful melody comes out of her thin lips and echoes throughout the meeting room.

"Where did you get the information?" You ask curiously, any information about the divine is covered by thin-veiled lies that may or may not deceive anyone who tries to seek the truth, the sustainer of the heavenly principles made sure of it.

"If Her Majesty ever asks on who attained the precious information, please credit me properly, leader."

"I have attained this information from Dottore, your majesty." At the mention of Dotorre's cursed name, Columbina stops for a second as a low irritated moan escaped her lips, she finally figured out who orchestrated this meeting from behind the scenes, and she supposed she can pay a little visit to the doctor's lab if this charade ever continues.

An interesting hum was heard and the hand that was gently stroking Columbina's locks now laid atop the table, your fingers were slightly coated with frost, and as you tapped the table a small icicle formed under.

Capitano looks on over to the ice that made its way through the floor and to his shoes.

"Dottore?"

"The fourth harbinger, your majesty." You nod your head, "your majesty, this must seem preposterous but please know of the names of the harbingers that reside under your guidance."

You rolled your eyes as you lock your arms on your chest before leaning back to your seat, "names have an irreversible impact on a person's life, I'm content with just knowing your name and Rosalyne's, Pierro." A tired hum left Pierro and he nodded his head at your stoic countenance.

Pulcinella, who had been quiet for too long, opened his mouth to finally ask the question he has been meaning to ask ever since you walk upon those doors. He now has the chance to sate his curiosity.

"Your majesty, about the vacant position of the eight harbinger's seat, will you leave it open?" Columbina who was on the floor now stood up and went towards the back of your chair as she stood protectively behind you.

"I plan to keep the seat empty, Rosalyne deserves a memory that everyone can remember her by," Pulcinella nodded his head at your answer, seeing his confirmation of your statement, you stood up from your seat and made your way to the door.

"We are dismissed." Echoes of confirmation were heard throughout the room as you make your way outside of the meeting room, Columbina who was far behind peeks on over to the other three who remained standing and hurried on over to your side once again.

Your pace of walking neither slowing down for her nor accommodating, Columbina let out a tired breath as she finally catch up to your long steps, peeking over to your still emotionless face she opened her mouth, "Your majesty, will you ever utter a name out again if the situation ever so wishes for?"

You never stop walking and answered Columbina's question, "Is this about the harbinger's name issue? Third."

Clutching onto her coat tightly, Columbina voiced out her confirmation, "as I said before, names are irreversible and can impact your life be it good or bad, and I don't need any kind of that. I'm perfectly content with calling the others by the numbers assigned by your position, truly Pierro and Rosalyne will be the exception."

Rosalyne again, Columbina grits her teeth, "what is it about Rosalyne that you utter out her name like this, your majesty?" At that question, you finally stop. You turned your head over to the girl.

"Rosalyne? It may have been because of experiencing the same things together, but for now, it is because she has brought me two of the gnosis and died in a foreign land, her sacrifice will not be in vain."

"Your majesty, if there ever comes a time that you utter a name, I will make sure that it is my name that you will say like I have said and spread my devotion to you throughout the land." A laugh escapes you but your face remains stoic and expressionless as ever.

"Is that so?" A nod was given as the answer to your question, "Yes, your majesty, please wait for that day."

"How amusing, then entertained me to the fullest, Maiden."

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cheries-brainerotvent · 2 years

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Random Harbinger brain rot vent, hide & seek with child reader:

With such a small child found alone and wandering the main vicinity of the Tsarista - and her Harbingers no less - one would think they would take you to wherever you came from, or perhaps the orphanage? But alas, the Tsarista herself has decided to keep you, commenting that you have some potential yet to be seen.

Thus the Harbingers find themselves becoming well, your babysitters in a sense and have to go along with whatever you do and today is such a day with hide & seek being the main event - at least it has been for a while...

Pierro: He knows well enough how children behave, that and you are so small and cute - how could he refuse not playing hide and seek with you? At the beginning he semi saw it as a way to make sure to keep you out of trouble, but quickly realized that you could be anywhere with your hiding! So he does in fact go and search for you, giving you somewhat ample time to hide - but not enough to where you can get far away from his office area and into places you aren’t supposed to be. You’ve had to duck into others offices, behind large vases, or behind pillars whenever you hear Pierro’s door open. You might even decide to hide in the coats of any fatui nearby, or a fellow Harbinger. Whether they tattle on you right away depends on who you’re hiding with - or under of(?) Most tend to tell him that no they didn’t see you or you fled around the corner. Giving you time to hide again - while Pierro hears your little footsteps and indulges you for some more time in playing. More often than not you find yourself back into his office and wait for him to arrive. Somewhat smug on his chair if you are in a particular mood.

He makes it a bit theatrical when he “finds” you, asking out loud as to wherever you could be as you suppress your giggles before his large hands reach out and get you! He holds you so easily in the air, telling you how good you are at hiding and saying he will have to practice for next time. You prattle on for a while, telling him where you hid, how you hid, who saw you and didn’t tell him - just the whole adventure as he listens with a smile and a few words of faux surprise, you’re so adorable when happy. But now that you have played, it may be time for nap. Don’t worry, Pierro will let you use his coat as a blanket as you take one (Ah my heart! So cute!! Either you are a little ball of comfort on a sofa or his arms ugh!!!)

Il Dottore: He wanted nothing to do with you to begin with, much less play hide and seek. But you find the masked man interesting! (I mean who wouldn’t let’s be honest fufu~) So, being small, nimble and surrounded by adults who tower over you - it was easy to sneak into his lab. Sure, you can’t reach anything, but seeing so many interesting things is more than enough! Of course, you scramble to hide when you hear people coming, and are much later found by none other than one of Dottore’s clones - just being held there awkwardly - to which the original version is more than a little ticked off that you got in! Is about to dump you outside as you prattle on about all his cool things! “It’s amazing!! You made all that!? You’re the smartest person ever!!” He’ll deny being even a smidge happy for the praise, meanwhile you’re pleading to be allowed to stay - you promise you’ll be quiet and won’t tell anyone that you were let in! Dottore doubts it but decides to shut you down in his own little scheming ways. If you can hide from him and his clones for 5 minutes, then you are allowed to not only stay but come in whenever you want! How can you not agree? The game begins easy enough, hell, Dottore actually doesn’t peak to see where you go - you’re just a kid how the hell can you hide from him, in his own lab no less? One clone stays still as the “timer”- and well, you’re not under the tables, the stretchers, in the cabinets - he swears he heard you open some metal compartment - behind curtains, in a corner, the other doors are locked! With an irritated sigh, the timer is up, and he demands to know where you are and gapes as he sees you come out of a vent!! You grin as you hold up a small screwdriver he never noticed go missing.

He was a sore loser - claiming you cheated but you rebutted that he never said you couldn’t use the vent!! You quickly state that if he doesn’t keep his end of the bargain then you’re gonna tell on him to Pierro, Pantalone who gives him money for experiments and the Tsarista! That shuts him up, grumbling that he’ll keep the deal, but only if you also keep yours of being quiet and telling no one that you were allowed in - he figures you’re gonna get bored anyway - you don’t. (Now I have to write about this! Dottore’s little helper anyone?) Future hide and seek matches do happen, only with Dottore and his clones, so far you have an unbreakable winning streak.

Columbina: One of the few who enjoys playing with you - however you find it unfair that Columbina has the best hearing out of everyone. You insist she covers her ears too when she counts when you hide. You grow frustrated when it’s your turn to seek as Columbina has the softest/non-existent footsteps as well, you urge her to teach you how to do it - it's a work in progress that she enjoys you improving on as it is indeed fun for her to search for you when she hasn’t heard where you went. She figures this is good practice to find other nations spies should the need arise. Everyone can hear the pair of you giggling as you play and see you two flitting about inside. You admit that she is very good at hiding, she always seems to be right behind you.

You’ll hear Columbina coming for you as she either sings or hums a small tune as she goes about her search. It can sound a bit terrifying honestly to everyone nearby, your heart does thump a bit louder when you are hiding somewhere dark. Her hands snaking around or tip-tapping around your hiding spot. “Oh where, oh where has the little one gone~? Oh where, oh where can they be~? With soft steps and rosy cheeks~ Oh where, oh where ~ Can.They.Be?” That’s usually where she snatches you up from hiding, your squeal of surprise echoing around you! You immediately ask her to play again, all the way up until she finds you napping somewhere. Don’t worry, she’ll watch over you as you sleep, she won’t leave you alone until then.

Pulcinella: Dear Pulcinella is more than happy to play with you! Any work can wait for later, and if he really can’t play, he’ll make sure to play with you right afterwards whatever it is that is keeping him. He isn’t as spry as he used to be, but he makes the most effort to find you, and since he’s short - or at least a fair bit taller than you at least - he can easily hide from you as well. You always giggle when you find him in one of your previous hiding spots - his knees be damned if he can see your smile! Highly enjoys you retelling your previous games with the other Harbingers - minus Dottore as you did promise you wouldn’t tell anyone - Pulcinella doesn’t pry in that manner, he assumes Dottore doesn’t want anything to do with you, and he’d rather keep it that way.

Much like Pierro, he’ll inquire out loud as to your whereabouts. “My, my, it seems I have truly lost them this time.” He’ll actually ask others if they have seen you, but motion to them to keep quiet about it to make you happy. He’ll easily lose track of time as you two continue your game, to which one of his subordinates will have to remind him that he has work to do. Pulcinella will sigh sadly, you’d do as well, but understand that he does have to go back to work. “I promise that next time we’ll play for even longer, so be patient alright?” You would never dream of breaking a promise to him.

Scaramouche: “No. A million times no.” Or so he said at the beginning, he wouldn’t be caught dead playing hide and seek in front of his subordinates and the other Harbingers - despite seeing them indulging you from time to time. Use those child charms to get him to play, puppy dog eyes, acting sad - he’ll cave in. Claiming only one game to play as he is very busy. Too bad he underestimated you, as Scaramouche forgot to mention just how far inside - or outside - you can go and hide. He’ll be scouring all over the place, literally. You aren’t in any vases, office/meeting rooms, under chairs and tables, he even popped his head into some of the other Harbingers to see if you were hiding there - ignored Dottore’s, though you would play dirty and hide there for the moment before you go and hide in the opposite direction of where he is searching - Scaramouche has no choice but to head outside eventually to go looking for you. His annoyance is slowly turning to panicking - he’s in other words screwed if he lost you as the Tsarista has a fondness for you - but people couldn’t tell what’s going on under his calm demeanor. You of course notice this, always a few steps behind him and keeping your laughter in, Scaramouche is always so serious, but eventually you do decide to end his suffering.

This can happen one of two ways, you either pat him from behind and declare your presence - or you hide in an obvious spot where he can see you. With the former he’ll deny jumping in surprise at your sudden touch, asking where the hell were you and that you shouldn’t had hid so far away - to which you tell him that he never said you couldn’t, but quickly thank him for the fun. He’ll be annoyed but, well, he really can’t stay mad at you now, can he? As for the latter, he’ll smugly grab you without ceremony, “Finally have you! You’re a lot better at this than I thought, heh, no wonder the others take a long time too.” You just smile and nod, though if you’re being cheeky, just tell him he’s terrible at this game haha! He’d be annoyed, may call you a brat, but swears that next time he’ll catch you easily! Or so he says...Heh.

La Signora: Always makes time to play with you, anyone who denies you is a fool! Her subordinates sadly have to go off and tell who she just canceled or moved a meeting on - Archon’s help them. Signora will actually take you to the palace garden, the one thriving place of vegetation in Sneznhaya for your little games. There is a lot more cover, and you can hide wherever you want to boot - no restrictions - ok, maybe except the poisonous plants in the corner. Signora begins to see you more and more as the child she never got the chance to have with her lover all those years back the more you play with her. She’d play all day with you, and she does when time permits. Signora has her butterflies search for you as well, along with you hiding with then for more playmates. You actually enjoying playing hide and seek with her more at night as the butterflies really glow more beautifully.

Signora will deliberately walk past your hiding spot, giving you time to re-hide as she can clearly hear you. You two have a bit of a chase when she does find you, not wanting to get caught. Anyone witnessing this is flabbergasted to see Signora smile so warningly - like a mother almost. She easily picks you up from the ground, swinging you around with your laughter echoing throughout. After playing for a few hours, she’ll take you back to her quarters for a meal and rest. - you may or may not spend the night there being spoiled by her.

Pantalone: Everyone doubts he’d want to play with you, after all he is rather busy what with paperwork, counting and keeping track of mora, who owes debts, who needs to get a visit for said debts etc. Yet, Pantalone is more than happy and even eager to play with you. You remind him much of his own childhood - both left alone at a tender age and just trying to live despite your struggles - Pantalone was one who agreed for you to stay. Seeing your happy face without a care in the world - from having warm clothes, a soft bed, good food and being able to laugh makes him happy and wants to give you everything he didn’t have as a child. So, of course he’ll play with you! You do know he is busy however, so you shyly will pop your head into his office, and he happily calls you over. “Oh, do you want me to find you? Well, I did need a break from this paperwork, now’s a good time as any.” He takes his time to countdown, and he makes sure to tell you where you can and cannot hide - he has heard Scaramouche’s annoyance.

Pantalone is similar to Columbina in that he is silent when he is searching for you, trying to sneak up on you and surprise you, though he can’t help but tease. “Now where could our little one be? Surely their little legs didn’t get them that far?” You have to silently pout when he does so, he has already caught you several times with your outbursts. He’s the type to begin poking you when he finds you, chuckling all the while. He can’t help it; your pouty face is adorable! Pantalone will indulge you for a while, but much shorter than the others as he is busy. He offers that you can stay in his office and help him, that way you can play again. Now is a good time as any to teach you about money after all.

Tartaglia/Childe: Hands down, no questions asked he will play hide and seek with you without hesitation! Games are either inside or outside - if you two are being too loud. If you do play inside Childe gives you ample time to go and hide, his keen ears making sure you aren’t too far away in places you shouldn’t be going to. To keep the fun up and keeping you happy he also makes time to find you - letting you move locations even. If the pair of you do go and play outside, he makes it loud and clear that you are only to go out far enough to hide. Usually, it’s easier to spot you if you wear dark colors against the snow, however that was shot down soon enough when you realized it and demanded a white coat to hide. Childe lent you his Harbinger one and the games began, well enough, however one time you were almost attacked by a monster and Childe had to come to your rescue. Instead of finding you shaking in fear and crying, you were shouting him praises and excitement! You wanted to be just like Childe, you declared! He, laughs it off, saying he isn’t strong enough and that cute kids like you shouldn’t be fighting monsters - he honestly doesn’t want you anywhere near the battlefield and worries about what the Tsarista has in store for you. (Oh~ Maybe he tries to take you somewhere else! I’ll have to write about it!!)

After that incident you play outside less, at least not unless Childe makes sure there aren’t any monsters nearby. He’s happy you’re happy and have stopped talking about being like him, in reality you want to practice your hiding skills - you had happened to overhear someone that spies are always needed. Aside from that though - Childe, like Pierro makes a big deal of when he finds you, tossing you up and down in excitement and saying you need to try harder. He’ll be more than happy to play hide and seek with you and his siblings, you’re all a handful and he always seems to find you last.

Il Capitano: Why? Why would you want to play with him? Isn’t he scary? Or so Capitano would think, instead you’re his little shadow - or at least he notices you when his soldiers are obviously looking at you rather than him. Somehow you found your way to their training ground. You shouldn’t be here it’s dangerous, though you promise you’ll leave after one game! Capitano knows that your “one game” can be several hours - again, he has overheard and seen Scaramouche’s “pain”. Capitano comes up with the genius idea to have his soldiers participate as well, after all, with so many people you are bound to be found soon. Said soldiers are more than a little surprised, but well, they’ll go along with it. The playing field is a large outdoor area for mock warfare, usually the company is split into groups, this time it’s all of them to find little old you - you initially thought it as unfair, but then realized that you can all show them how smart you are! You make sure that Capitano is turned around while he counts - you can’t tell if his eyes are closed or not otherwise - same goes for the soldiers. Everyone’s eyes are keen to hear you, but somehow it seems that your footsteps are light, well you are a child - they figure (if only they knew). There’re only so many areas that you can hide, behind rocks, trees, the makeshift forts, hell some follow your footprints but they’re so light. The time goes on for a while, and worry is starting to settle in for everyone. Capitano is the tallest out of everyone and even he can’t find you! They have no choice but to admit defeat, your hiding spot?? You had used some of the old wood from the makeshift forts, hit a tree and had snow fall on you to hide in plain sight.... Capitano worries for any future enemies you might have; however, he is so proud of you - as well as the other soldiers! They all underestimated you, thank you for reminding them not to.

Are there future games? Of course, though under the guise of “training”. The soldiers grow fond of you, some have families at home and miss their own kids. Everyone actually does take it seriously as to where you can be hiding, Capitano especially as he can’t have you getting hurt - so no more hiding in the snow directly! All the cheers from the soldiers when they find you can be heard from all over the place - Pierro, and a few other of the Harbingers have more than a few questions as to what you are doing over there later…

Arlecchino: You’d think she would be the one to please your wanting to play, what with running the orphanage. “I’m raising soldiers, not children with so called ‘potential’.” She tells you, much to your own annoyance. That’s not to say that the children who are too young to begin their training won’t play with you. However, they quickly grow mad at you at being better at hiding - it’s not your fault that you have people who have taught you how to hide well and silence your footsteps. Arlecchino will find you pouting in a corner as the other children play amongst themselves, she imagined this would happen. She knows the other children will speak more badly of you, and she honestly doesn’t want to hear a lecture from Pierro or even the Tsarista for that matter. So, with a light tap at your head she says she will play with you, and the other children to prove that you aren’t that good at hiding.

The following game is long, with you losing left and right. Your regular tricks won’t work on Arlecchino - she’s dealt with children for a long time, of course she’d know every trick in the book. You find yourself being kicked out of a tree - well more like Arlecchino kicking said tree and you tumbling down into a snow pile. Sure some of the children are laughing at your misery, but you are far from miserable. This losing streak just makes you more determined to get better at hiding, you could swear you see Arlecchino smile slightly at your declaration. (Of war? Let’s put a pin on that shall we~)

Sandrone: On the same boat as Dottore - just never say it to her face - she wanted nothing to do with you. What can a child like you do? Surely the Tsarista merely just felt pity for you - clearly some of the Harbingers did. *COUGH*Childe&Pantalone*COUGH* She does find it amusing as to how you rope the others into playing with you - don’t worry she doesn’t know about your little deal with Dottore - you might find her observing your games from afar. Which leads you to just one conclusion - She must be too shy to play with you! Cue your attempt to sneak into her own lab - a large attempt, Sandrone has Ruin Guards at the entrance to know who exactly goes in and out. She’ll find you hanging by the scruff of you jacket as she sees what the alarm was about. “You do realize that there are dangerous machines here that can neutralize you right?” You figure that means they can kill you, but you still want to play. With a shake of her head, she is more than ready to place you back on the ground and push you down the hall to go play with someone else. But surely, she can play one game? No dice, she already knows what “one game means”.

“Then - Then, how about training? I bet your robots need to be able to find people!” You declare. That causes her to laugh, of course her robots can find people! Quite easily in fact - you can just blow up or tear up the terrain if need be. Still, you don’t back down - she figures she might as well put you in your place.

Cue several worried recruits, and soldiers witnessing you being sought out and eventually chased by Sandrone’s Ruin Guards. Snow is flying everywhere - and it isn’t even the usual month-long blizzard they tend to have. Some can hear you screaming - in excitement of all things - though it doesn’t sound that way, causing more than a few Harbingers to come running outside to the commotion. You find yourself explaining to them that you are perfectly safe, you aren’t hurt, and you’re oh so happy - Sandrone was so kind enough to play with you after all. With a heavy sigh however, you are told that no more playing with the ones that can crush you! As it turns out, Sandrone has a new line that she has been meaning to test that are meant to look like animals, it’s a good excuse as any to use them.

How were you found? Well, you were usually pulled up from the scruff of your coat, much like a kitten by the larger-than-life ones. They are surprisingly gentle when they need to be. As for the animal ones...Well, you are dragged across the snow, laughing all the while.

Bonus (This is already so long, are you still here??)

Tsarista: No one actually knows that you play your little game with her Radiance as well. Somewhere deep, deep within the palace where only she resides and you - and the Harbingers - are allowed in. When everyone is much, much too busy, she’ll hear your soft, yet ever-growing faint footsteps come towards her. Shyly peeking your head in, seeing her smile softly as you happily make your way towards her. She already knows why you’re there and in a blink of an eye, figures, statues, and even small structures of your size are made for your game. The Tsarista makes sure the ice is thick enough for you to hide in - none of that crystal clear ice.

Her voice echoes, as if she is right next to you as you do your best to choose where to go. You make sure to cover your mouth to hide your breath as best as you can. The rustle of her clothes and jewelry are the only indication of her getting closer, you don’t dare to move - unlike with your other playmates. How she finds you is one of two ways. One, you’ll somehow bump into her if you are brave enough to move towards another hiding spot. Or two, you’ll suddenly but softly be picked up. “Found you little one.” She say’s while holding you gently, you can only smile and give a warm hug. After your little game a few times, you’ll walk around with her and see all the things she made for you to hide. Sometimes you’ll ask if she can make statues of the Harbingers - you like telling her about all your friends - well, a few of them anyway, you do have to keep some promises after wll.

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