"I am here to keep an eye on my co-conspirator..." She tilted her head up to face him. "This planet has brought up many surprises..."

#baiheng #jingliu #danfeng #jingyuan #yingxing

@starsieged.bsky.social Appears behind him all spooky, don't mind her. "You are on Planarcadia now, Jing Yuan?"

It's not mine. (Jingliu, that's not comforting at all.)

Arrives, covered in blood.

Kills some monsters to hone her skills.

Jingliu sighed softly, pulling Baiheng closer into her embrace. She had missed the foxian so much, so much that it had drove her mad. But yet... She didn't want her to remember her own death, didn't want to reveal the aftermath. "Don't try to remember yet... Rushing into it is not going to help."

Poor Luocha. An ally we may lose if people do not look past their own prejudices. (Sips her wine 😔)

"So much happened... and you were gone. The Mara strikes even the strongest of us..." She murmured softly. "And I am... very old now. The Mara always comes for my species eventually." Eventually she would tell her dearest friend what happened.

A soft exhale left her, hand raised to gently cup her face, tracing over the features with her thumb. "It's been so long... it almost feels like my Mara is playing tricks..." But she's here! Baiheng is right before her, warm and soft. A heartbeat thrumming under the skin.

She's frozen, hands resting on Baiheng's shoulders. How? What trickery was this? Was it her mind playing tricks...? "You... are alive...?"

She's startled, looking like she's seen a ghost. "Ah..." Is this real? Is this truly Baiheng. Her hands tremble as he lifts them to touch the foxian lady's shoulders.

The former Champion is getting drunk. Her blindfold remains on because a lot of things are bringing her Mara into the forefront currently.

Man, they believed it? Pfft. Dumbasses.

Watching all of this go down. Knows the truth. Will not help.

What are you all wearing...? (She's judging so hard.)

Is she hallucinating...? The Mara must be getting to her.

#jingliu #hsr #hsrfanart #honkaistarrail Jingliu I’ll never replace u

Jingliu hates the gays /j #renheng

Frostbitten eternity Jingliu splash art because it's what she deserves ❄️ #jingliu #hsr #honkaistarrail #hsrfanart #digitalart #art

What are those two doing...? 💭Oh by Lan's asscheek, they're just as gay as their past lives.💭

Okay, she's calm. Casually leaning against the railing, watching the moon as she drinks her wine.

She nodded, turning on her heel and leaving. The temperature returns to normal.

She is meditating. Seeing her former comrades, those she had thought of as her dearest friends... the memories being brought up are stirring at the roots of her Mara. So she is going to retire for a moment to calm herself.

She may eventually get over it if she sees that they are remorseful and that they do not plan to ruin things currently. But right now? Her heart is torn wide open, memories she wanted to shut away being brought to the forefront. Not a good idea. "I am going to take my leave..."

Jingliu snorted softly. "We shall see." She's fixing her blindfold more securely over her eyes.

"Seeing you two has definitely been... an annoyance." She's sighing so hard. Seeing former friends makes her heart ache, a gaping void that used to be full of love and care.

"I cannot grant Yingxing's immortal self what he seeks."

After a while, she lets the ice blade melt away. "I will not kill you here. You both have been punished enough and I don't want a Mara flare up..."

"I will be keeping my eye on you both. Especially the High Elder. He showed no remorse."

the innocent can never last

"It's fine. He'll be busy with my dearest student."

"Then at least you've not destroyed yet another life..."

"Dan Heng... Is still around?" Sorry, not sorry. She's suspicious.

"It'd at least put everything back as it should be... You were meant to be gone too..."

Her hand was shaking as she kept the blade up. "It will not. Nothing will..."

"An old acquaintance is here. I was keeping an eye on him." She hadn't known these two were here until she saw them with her own eyes.

Jingliu was silent for a few moments, before moving in a flash. Her icy blade was pointed at his throat, the blindfold slipping to reveal furious gaze, eyes burning with hate and pain.

Behind her blindfold, her eyes narrow. The Mara is whispering, that familiar rage that drives her insane if she lets it. "Do you regret it?"

She's silent for a moment, fangs bared in a grimace. Her rage is just barely contained by her icy exterior. "And what of you, High Elder?"

"Is he aware of his own sins?"

That much depends on what I can find out. You are not quite the one I have tempered, yet you exist simultaneously.

"And what of Yingxing? How has this version of himself split from the one I tempered?"

"I am aware of that... but..." She steps forwards to face him, the icy air around her blisteringly cold. "Why did fate choose you to return?"

Peaceful? You think you deserve that, Forgemaster?

Do not refer to me so familiarly, High Elder... (Internally SEETHING)

💭 How...? How do those bastards get to come back? Why them, and not her...? 💭

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