fic: lupical
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Title: lupical
Fandom: Genshin Impact
Rating: G
Wordcount: 749
Summary: Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day.
Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day. The cold air of morning hits your face. Sniff the air - there are a few rabbits around with the same idea as you. Decide to surprise lupical with fresh breakfast, as meager as it can be. You’re not a wolf, remember, so your hunts will never feed a whole pack. Feel bad about this.
Scheme a little. Lure rabbits into puddles. Use Vision. Collect carcasses. Drag it home. Wake lupical with food - they are pleased. Eat your fill, too, you deserve it. You are a wolf, now.
Rise everyone up, check on them: a few of the older wolves have joint pain. Remember which plants are good for it, check your pockets - there they are. You’ll need to grab more today. Feed the plants gently to the wolves, who accept it gratefully, so used they are to this ritual. Make a few more rounds around, checking for wounds, checking for problems. You have two hands. Make use of them. Be useful to lupical. Be useful, full stop. You’re not one of them, so don’t stand on their way more than you already do.
Start running with lupical. They’re fast. You tend to lag behind a little. That’s not a problem. Grab a few wolfhooks, sink your teeth into valberries. When the sun is at its peak, enter the lake with lupical. The water feels refreshing against your skin. Clench your hands, notice how they are not paws, notice all the differences between your fur and your lupicals.
Hear Klee. Discreetly direct wolves away from water. Greet Klee as you feel the heat of boiling water near your back, the smell of cooked fish, Klee’s giggling. Greet her again: she did not hear it over the sound of the explosion. The wolves give you a bemused look as they trot away. Play with Klee for a while, let her braid your hair until the blonde woman comes to take her away for the lake explosion. You do not know what solitary confinement is. Pretend you do not exist in this scene.
Say goodbye to Klee. Sniff the air, find lupical: they’ve moved north. Hope your legs aren’t too tired. Be sure that if you had four paws, this stretch of travel would be faster. Pick plants along the way and pretend that is the reason you’re slow.
Meet the traveler, even though everyone is a traveler to you. Aether, you recall, and his companion. He keeps you company for a while: he’s going to the place where that dragon roars. You do not enjoy the roaring: it hurts your ears, but it hurts lupical even more. Part ways at the split of the road. Hear Paimon say something; pretend you do not understand her comment at your oddity. Pretend to not smile when Aether says something nice.
Find lupical. Greet them warmly. They greet you warmly back. Partake on the food. Take a nap in the shadow of a tree, nestled between two wolves. Wake up with the sound of Lisa’s steps. She smiles at you. Reject the natural conditioning of thinking this is a threat. Do your best to smile back at her. She laughs: you’ve failed.
Spend a while with her. She reads you a book and you braid flower crowns for her. She accepts it with a warm smile. It is not a threat. Avoid smiling back, since you’re no good with those.
Lisa leaves by sundown. She pets your head. Wish you had the words to say thank you for spending time with me. Don’t manage to do so until she’s long gone. Spend a few minutes regretting it. Shake your head. Start to move along with lupical.
Find a safe place from hilichurls to sleep. You have to end a few of them. It’s never pretty. That’s fine. That’s fine. You have to be useful for lupical somehow, since you’re not a proper wolf.
Nest yourself amongst the wolves for warmth. Close your eyes. Try to remember your parents’ face. Fail at this task like you fail at it every night. Fall asleep.
Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day.
Title: lupical
Fandom: Genshin Impact
Rating: G
Wordcount: 749
Summary: Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day.
Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day. The cold air of morning hits your face. Sniff the air - there are a few rabbits around with the same idea as you. Decide to surprise lupical with fresh breakfast, as meager as it can be. You’re not a wolf, remember, so your hunts will never feed a whole pack. Feel bad about this.
Scheme a little. Lure rabbits into puddles. Use Vision. Collect carcasses. Drag it home. Wake lupical with food - they are pleased. Eat your fill, too, you deserve it. You are a wolf, now.
Rise everyone up, check on them: a few of the older wolves have joint pain. Remember which plants are good for it, check your pockets - there they are. You’ll need to grab more today. Feed the plants gently to the wolves, who accept it gratefully, so used they are to this ritual. Make a few more rounds around, checking for wounds, checking for problems. You have two hands. Make use of them. Be useful to lupical. Be useful, full stop. You’re not one of them, so don’t stand on their way more than you already do.
Start running with lupical. They’re fast. You tend to lag behind a little. That’s not a problem. Grab a few wolfhooks, sink your teeth into valberries. When the sun is at its peak, enter the lake with lupical. The water feels refreshing against your skin. Clench your hands, notice how they are not paws, notice all the differences between your fur and your lupicals.
Hear Klee. Discreetly direct wolves away from water. Greet Klee as you feel the heat of boiling water near your back, the smell of cooked fish, Klee’s giggling. Greet her again: she did not hear it over the sound of the explosion. The wolves give you a bemused look as they trot away. Play with Klee for a while, let her braid your hair until the blonde woman comes to take her away for the lake explosion. You do not know what solitary confinement is. Pretend you do not exist in this scene.
Say goodbye to Klee. Sniff the air, find lupical: they’ve moved north. Hope your legs aren’t too tired. Be sure that if you had four paws, this stretch of travel would be faster. Pick plants along the way and pretend that is the reason you’re slow.
Meet the traveler, even though everyone is a traveler to you. Aether, you recall, and his companion. He keeps you company for a while: he’s going to the place where that dragon roars. You do not enjoy the roaring: it hurts your ears, but it hurts lupical even more. Part ways at the split of the road. Hear Paimon say something; pretend you do not understand her comment at your oddity. Pretend to not smile when Aether says something nice.
Find lupical. Greet them warmly. They greet you warmly back. Partake on the food. Take a nap in the shadow of a tree, nestled between two wolves. Wake up with the sound of Lisa’s steps. She smiles at you. Reject the natural conditioning of thinking this is a threat. Do your best to smile back at her. She laughs: you’ve failed.
Spend a while with her. She reads you a book and you braid flower crowns for her. She accepts it with a warm smile. It is not a threat. Avoid smiling back, since you’re no good with those.
Lisa leaves by sundown. She pets your head. Wish you had the words to say thank you for spending time with me. Don’t manage to do so until she’s long gone. Spend a few minutes regretting it. Shake your head. Start to move along with lupical.
Find a safe place from hilichurls to sleep. You have to end a few of them. It’s never pretty. That’s fine. That’s fine. You have to be useful for lupical somehow, since you’re not a proper wolf.
Nest yourself amongst the wolves for warmth. Close your eyes. Try to remember your parents’ face. Fail at this task like you fail at it every night. Fall asleep.
Wake up. Spit the fur from your teeth, disentangle yourself from lupical. Crawl to the outside of your warm cocoon of wolves, rise, stretch and yawn as the sun is born anew. Time for another day.
