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Trying to organise/prettify things here but until then have a messy info post:

You can call me Nyx, 19, only have the one blog so everything is just gonna fucking go on here (writing, thoughts, fandom stuff, life stuff, etc.)

She/her but in the vaguely non-binary/gender-is-fucking-weird way. Might try other pronouns at some point, we’ll see.

My AO3 (the genshin fics are all mine, the hp one has me as the primary writer but heavy edit/beta/story building contributions from my friends Ash and Sylver— who don’t have tumblrs I can link here as far as I know, and then the rest are sylver’s children I’m just co-author cause I would show up to backseat write occasionally, but I don’t know anything about the fandom/source media)

#nyx says a thing #housekeeping ig???

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Corrupted! AU - A New Friend

1 ➟ 2 (coming soon)

Notes: okay I kinda posted this before but the format kept glitching so here we go again new post entirely (formatting on tumblr is hell I’ve learned).

In the spirit of writing more post— (during?) ao3 crisis, have an AU I came up with a while ago. Think Dvalin’s corruption but make it everyone and Celestia is the source (or to those who know what this means: Underfell vibes but genshin). Lumine is the traveler but she’s not named in this part. Also the spacing is weird in the beginning cause tumblr will. fuckimg. delete/duplicate the first paragraph if it isn’t idfk why so whatever, fingers crossed it doesn’t change more stuff after posting this.

w. 702

CW: a lil’ bit of unreality ig?

Summary: Separated from her twin and weaker than ever before, the traveler awakes to a world she knows nothing about. Luckily, a new friend arrives just in time to give her a hand!

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There was almost no difference before the traveler woke and after. The sky was just as black as the back of her eyelids had been; the air just as quiet as her own unconsciousness. It was only as she shifted that she realised she was laying down, atop hot sand and jagged shells. Carefully, the traveler pushed herself up, finally noting the ocean before her, lit up only by the moon’s sickly rays. Waves gently lapped at the shore in front of her, but they made no noise.

“Hi there!”

The squeaky voice thundered through the dead silence. On instinct, the traveler reached for a sword that was no longer there and rolled to her feet—

—only to immediately stumble. She was weakened. Now that she was paying attention, she realised she was operating at but a fraction of her usual power.

What the hell did that god do?

She blinked, focusing on the fact she was no longer alone. Before her was a type of being she had never seen before. It could’ve almost passed for a person, maybe a child, but it seemed too... inhuman.

Had she been anyone else, the traveler would’ve thought it cute. But with the worlds she had seen, the experience she had gained, she knew better. The creature’s innocent grin had teeth too sharp. Its bright-eyed stare was unfathomably deep. A quick blink confirmed that her Sight still remained, an ability she frequently discarded in favour of her more impressive powers. Ironically, or perhaps fittingly, it seemed to be one of the only few she could access.

The Sight acted different in each world she encountered; for every new world she was forced to learn the new meaning assigned to each colour (another reason for its underuse— her brother was the patient one, not her). But in all the places she had been; with all the things she had seen, the traveler had never come across one colour.

Black. Not a dark grey, or an inky blue, but the most infinite of blacks she had ever witnessed. Tendrils of darkness wrapped around the flying creature, slithering over its face and spilling from its mouth, viscous as strings seemed to float through the air towards her—

She blinked again. Gone. The flying creature hovered before her. The traveler assumed she hadn’t been staring for long, and she had certainly forced her face into cooperation lest she give away her horror, but she also couldn’t know if the creature would behave appropriately if she had lost too much time.

Either way, still grinning, it swayed closer to her face.

“Paimon’s name is Paimon!” it chirped. She didn’t dare use her Sight again, not wanting to know how much of that void was making contact with her. “Who are you?”

She hesitated. She wasn’t a fool; some names had power, and some beings had power over names— there were too many reasons to withhold that information.

“I’m…” she paused, carefully choosing her next words, “I’m a traveler—”

“You’re new to Teyvat?” The creature rocketed backwards, barely letting her finish. Its expression of shock was comical and scandalised and... everything but surprised.

She considered how it had only spoke once she was visibly awake; how it had not been in her line of sight beforehand, when surely to be approached that quickly it must have been already moving over to her prone form; how the creature had never mentioned her unconsciousness despite the beach’s flatness allowing one to see all the way to the other end. She considered the convenient timing of this creature once she had awoken, confused and lost and presumably, however incorrect the presumption was, scared.

“Oh! Oh! Paimon has an idea— Paimon could be your guide!” It twirled around for added effect, splaying its palms and shaking them.

The traveler couldn’t trust this creature. She could see its frightening aura, sense its attempts of deception and was unnerved by its false innocence.

But... the traveler was also in completely unknown territory. She was virtually powerless, uncertain of what to do next and— without her brother —alone.

The traveler had never been alone.

In the end, that was all it took for her to say yes.

#fuck it I’m not proofreading again I’ll go insane #first tumblr fic let’s gooo #genshin impact #genshin #genshin fanfic #genshin impact fanfics #genshin corrupted au #genshin paimon #genshin lumine #nyx writes a thing

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psst hey ao3 might be down but the donation page for the company itself (OTW) is still up here.

No need to wait till this is all over if you wanna support them! [EDIT: update from ao3 says it’s now down as well :(( I’ll try to keep track and say if the situation changes. thanks @humbledarkness for mentioning this in the replies]

And remember, ao3 being down for god knows how long might suck but the longer it takes, the more time/resources the hackers waste attacking the site without gaining any profit themselves. So it’ll be worth it in the end. (more info about the ddos attack here)

In the meantime, check out the fics here on tumblr if you haven’t already, or try your luck with the wayback machine by putting in the link of your fic.

Also make sure not to go harassing any groups of people just because of these hackers. They might be lying about their reasons for the attack but even if they’re not, blaming random people online just because they share the same supposed religion of these hackers is not okay. Cut that shit out. Ao3 is supposed to be a safe space for everyone, and the community should be the same even with the site down.

I wish you all a lovely day despite what’s happening and hope some of this was helpful <3

#also could be a good time to write that thing you’ve been thinking about but have never actually done :D #ao3 #fanfic #fanfiction #important #I mean ao3 is kinda back atm I’m writing this but the attack is ongoing so it might be up and down for a while

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#I’m so pumped for this #nyx gains +1 serotonins

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#yeah pretty much sums up this place

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We vote miette like the blorbos

#not what I expected when I hopped on tumblr today #I’m very pleased with this turn of events #miette #blorbo poll

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I don’t know why I’m still up at 6am but I made a whole song tonight and felt like posting it, I don’t even know if I’ll regret uploading it when I wake up but FUCK IT, it BANGS. Please Enjoy, this one is fun, the bass may hurt you

Soundcloud

Spotify

#stimmy #brain go brrrr I love this

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wearing sky-colored shoes to hide from the devil. earth colored hat to hide from god

#all the wtnv fans have been summoned #I love this community

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I’ve come to realise that tumblr is the best way to tell if ao3 is down. The official Twitter still hasn’t said anything but one minute in and the tag is flooded with people dying.

#I’m people btw #ao3 #archive of our own

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i just made house elves real btw. and those disgusting FREAKS are advancing on jk rowling’s house as we speak

#that’s horrible #the elves don’t deserve that

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#this looks like mae borowski I love it #nyx gains +1 serotonins

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It’s 5am, and i have a 100-question uquiz for those who'd like it! reblog and let me know: did you pass, or did you fail?

#how do you even fail at this I’m genuinely curious #pass babeyyy #this was a good distraction from my crippling anxiety #now back to my regularly scheduled mental illness

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Don’t you love it when you’re reading a great fic but then there’s untagged character death all of sudden and it fucks you up for the rest of the day?

Tag your fucking fics people

#there are archive warnings for a reason #just because you don’t care doesn’t mean others won’t #fanfiction #ao3

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The new event is awesome but if I have to hear Oz say main Fräulein one more time I will stab something.

#genshin impact #golden apple archipelago #he can pronounce everything else but he can’t say mein right???

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Was anyone gonna tell me that the guy from spy kids had a child with meghan trainor?? Was I the only one who didn’t know about this?

#wtf is happening I feel like I’ve entered the wrong timeline #spy kids #meghan trainor #confusion

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Does tumblr know ads are supposed to make you like the product?

#seriously wtf is that pikachu man #tumblr ads #why are they advertising tumblr to people on tumblr with a picture that will make everyone instantly leave tumblr

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There’s this one cookie dough brand my mom has used for my entire life to make cookies, and they’ve always been my biggest comfort food.

Today I learned that the company has changed the recipe and now the taste AND texture is completely different.

,,,,,I don’t know whether I’m suppressing a panic attack or a meltdown but either way this will be fun

#actually autistic