ROLEPLAY HQ - icy-hearts

"Alexio had been travelling alone for a while now, his most recent adventure started a couple weeks ago and it wasn’t really a fun one but it paid pretty well. His job was to take a package from Monstadt and then head home to confirm that he had done it. It was a lot of walking mostly, boring but aside from the odd bandit or slime that he had to fight it was a safe adventure. Which he hated. He was on his way back and he didn’t even get to have one proper fight. He shouldn’t have been looking he knew that but it was just who he was, he craved adrenaline, he craved adventure and he wanted to get into a fight. Maybe he was jinxing himself because as he wished for a fight more and more, he happened to come across a woman fighting against strangers in purple robes making him thrown as he saw the sword in the woman's hands. Moving quickly as he saw that the fight was just starting, he scrambled over to join her side his body tense ready to fight. “Hey what’s happening?” He called out yelling as his heart raced. (edited)

@tragic

she had been travelling alone for quite some time now, her travels had brought her from shneznaya, sumeru, liyue, and now she had set foot in mondstadt. the place always had a home-y sort of vibe, that's more than she could say about shneznaya. the people there were as cold as the climate. she was glad to be away from the place. she found herself taking a moment at a nearby tree to sit for a rest, her mora was dwindling and the odd jobs she had been taking wasn't exactly covering her expenses. she would need to set up a temporary place to stay for now. "Well, who do we have here? The fatui deserter." A voice spoke. Word seemed to travel fast in the group, of course they would know that she less than peacefully announced her resignation from the group. Violette lifted herself up off the ground, her hand manifesting her sword. she had no words for the few that were in front of her, one cincin mage and two vanguards. she could take them, she knew she could. whether or not she chose to rely on her vision would be another thing... violette didn't hesitate to make the first strike, she lunged toward the mage in a swift motion, though before she could make contact the electro vanguard stepped in front of the mage, her sword not doing much to pierce his armour. the group would continue to trade strikes before an unfamiliar man joined them. while she hoped his question was rhetorical considering the scene before them she was thankful for his assistance. "the fatui are up to no good again." she replied simply. steadying herself for the rest of the battle. violette wiped a bit of sweat off her brow, she was more tired than she had expected.

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@All time Jack

He noticed that there weren’t quite that many people in the fight, he had thought that if the Fatui were ambushing people then they would have brought more than three but he could just ask the woman once they were done fighting. “Do you want some help?” He asked her in reply to her watching as she wiped her sweat but before she could even answer his question, he lashed out pivoting on his feet to use the strength of his entire body into his attack. He aimed the palm of his right hand as he struck out aiming for one of the vanguards midsections. If it connected then whether he was wearing armour or not he would have definitely felt it. Her armour may be good for deflecting blows from a blade but it did little to protect from blunt impacts. And whether or it hit or not he didn’t bank on it being enough to take them down as he bent his back and jumped at the same time launching off into a back flip while he tried to use the movement to slam his heel into the man's nose. “How about you handle the mage I can handle the other two?” He suggested to her his hands clenching into fists once he was on the ground again waiting for an attack to come. @tragic

normally she would decline any help but since she had been on her feet all day and wasn't the least bit prepared she nodded her head. she was thankful for this bystander for jumping in. being tasked with taking care of the mage would be no problem, the only annoyance she could think of were those bugs that flew overhead, the zippy little bugs were a pain to hit out of the air. violette tried her best to ignore them. she readied herself for an attack and lunged forward with a swift strike, slashing at the cincin mage she made contact before with mage teleported behind her and prepared an attack of her own. on alexio's end, the man he had kicked in the nose staggered backward, a bit dazed from the blow to his nose he took a moment to reset himself before putting two hands on his hammer and swinging downward, his attack aiming straight at the curly haired man. the attack was slow but would definitely have a fair bit of impact if it made contact with anything. the other vanguard would circle around and aim their pyro attack to the back of alexio, it was a well coordinated attack but with ample room to manoeuvre around. violette twirled around the cincin mage's attack, a close call but she was relatively unscathed, she sighed despite that fact that her attacks were efficient the mage was shrugging off most of her attacks. fatui delusions were powerful, she knew that, she had one of her own alongside her vision. she decided to fret about that later, her cryo vision began to glow as she brought forth a cryo construct, a blade of some sort. as much as she didn't want to admit, the people of this world relied too heavily on the blessings of a god.

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@All time Jack

When he felt his foot smash into his opponent's nose Alexio grinned satisfied that his hit connected but he didn’t savour his own success for long. Celebrating would be done when the fight was over not before, celebrating before tended to really just lead to your death, and he wasn’t ready to throw in the towel yet. When he saw the hammer, he felt his muscles tense side stepping backwards to avoid getting hit by the hammer before he sprinted forward and stepped on top of the hammer avoiding the pyro attack by going on top of the burly man. “Hey don’t you know that you shouldn’t play with fire.” He called out before he used the hammer as a spring board towards the man his knees trying to slam into his face. “If you get them into water, you should be able to freeze them all.” He called over to Violette when he noticed that she had powers over ice. Before he focused on his own enemies planning to try and take out the big one then the pyro one. He slammed forward attempting to slam his knees into the man's temple before he flipped forward attempting to wrap his legs around the man's neck to try and flip the man onto his back using his throat as leverage. A lot of people asked him why he never used any weapons, not even daggers they just didn’t feel right in his hands. Fighting with his hands just felt right. @tragic

TW'S Violence, sexual content, possible kink content more may be added

the electro vanguard failed to pull his hammer out of the ground in time before alexio's attack, the extra added weight of a man on top didn't help him try and retrieve the already large hammer. he would try to swing at him with his hand but to no avail and before he could reset himself a blast of pyro shot toward him. the large brute staggered backwards needing a second to recover, his armour cracking a bit due to the overload caused by pyro and electro interacting. The man knelt down and took some time to recover. the pyro slinger pulled up his rifle to block alexio's oncoming kick. the impact caused him to slide back a bit, leaving an imprint in the dirt path. around this time the bigger fatui member had recovered and pulled his hammer from the ground, this time steadying himself to try and catch alexio after his assault on his team member. violette didn't need him to tell her what to do, she could have figured that out on her own. in fact, she was aware there was water nearby anyhow. she tried her best to not let it bother her as he was ally in this fight rather than another enemy. she took in a deep breath and took a few steps back to bait the cincin and their mage toward the pond they were near - she just hoped the mage wouldn't take this opportunity to fry once they were in the water. violette would parry on coming attacks and wait for an opening to strike. she stopped herself once she had reached the edge of the dirt, she didn't want to get her boots wet. she would just have to wait for the mage to teleport behind her and that's when she would take the moment to strike. once she lost sight of the mage she knew it was time to attack, she spun around and stabbed the ice sword into the ground which caused it to shatter but a wave of ice spikes emerged from the ground and across the water, effectively freezing the mage and her minions around her. violette turned her attention to alexio to see how he was faring - the idle thought of leaving him to take care

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of the rest did cross her mind but it would be unfair since he did jump in the help her.

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@All time Jack

The punch was easily avoided as he caught sight of the blast of pyro hitting the man seeing his armour crack as he was already on the other man knocking him back with the kick noticing that the bigger man was already recovering seeing the hammer on the ground as the man seemed to be getting ready to attack. Deciding to focus on one person he raced forward attempting to use the hammer as a stepping stone as his ally fought the mage, he kicked off with his legs using his wind element to speed himself up and sent an attack to the pyro slinger as he used his knees trying to slam both of them into the bigger man's face. It might not be enough to knock him out, it’d be enough to knock out a lot of people but even if it failed to take them out of the fight, he was sure that it would be enough to daze them enough that he’d be able to finish the guy off. @tragic

the electro vanguard's nose began to bleed from the impact of alexio's kick, it winded him again for sure. he staggered a bit, completely dazed. his eyes struggled to stay open. he took a step forward and the hammer slipped out of his hands and landed with a thud on the ground before the large man soon followed behind, landing face first onto the ground. he would be feeling the effects of alexio's attacks for days. the pyro gunslinger backed up from alexio stunned at his ability to take out his partner so easily. his hands tremble a bit as he readies another shot his gun aimed at alexio's head. in the meantime, violette approached from behind quickly and quietly as she prepared to deal with the gunslinger from behind. she took her chance and swept the man's feet from out underneath him he fell down to his side and she pointed her sword at his face. "what is your business with me?" she spoke rather pointedly, the gunslinger looked around noticing he was alone with no backup. "why would i tell you?" he replied still trying to defend himself. she sighed, they were trained to be as tight lipped as possible, unless she tortured the man she was getting no information out of him and she did not have the energy for that. she turned to look at alexio and sighed, "deal with him how you like" she said and sheathed her sword. she truly wanted nothing to do with the fatui.

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@All time Jack

When the vanguard didn’t full down straight away from the blow, he at first didn’t think that the man was knocked out making him frown getting ready to strike again before he watched the man fall down onto the ground making him sigh in relief as he turned his focus onto the gunslinger. He was about to flip forward to get closer and avoid taking a shot to the face but before he could he watched the woman spring forward knocking him to the ground making him smile. Maybe she didn’t need him to intervenes but it wasn’t like he didn’t enjoy the fight. He listened to her talk watching the man look around and reply slowly he walked over to them hearing her sigh his eyes going to her hips as she sheathed her sword before he looked into her eyes and nodded. “I’m guessing you know that they weren’t after you to try and rob you.” He murmured before he cocked his arm back and slammed his fist into the man's face hitting him hard enough to knock him out. Before he crouched down picking up the man's rifle. It would fetch a decent price he was sure and it was pretty easy to carry. He rested the gun on his shoulder before he held his hand out for her to take. “I’m Alexio, Alexio Mateus and you are?” He asked keeping his hand out as his eyes scanned the features on her face making sure that she wasn’t someone he had already met. @tragic

she debated on whether or not to answer the man, she had no idea who he was and for all she could know he could be apart of the fatui himself- she pushed the thought away. his accent gave away where he was from immediately. violette decided she could keep things short with him. give him enough to be satisfied but not enough to give away anything about her. "i have no idea what they were after." she replied simply. her body was still tense from the prior battle, her main focus now was to leave here as fast as possible. it was getting harder and harder to hide her exhaustion. she raised an eyebrow when he extended his hand out to her, opting to not shake it she bent down to look at the knocked out gunslinger and inspecting him for any useful information. violette would come up empty. she hoped that with her relative coldness he would take the hint and leave but it seemed that he was one for conversation. she looked up toward alexio, "violette dmitriev." she paused for a moment before speaking again, "thank you for your assistance, alexio." she had no real plan at the moment, for now she figured she would make her way into the city and get a proper rest. though, mondstadt still seemed pretty far away. "how far away are we from the city?" she asked, "i'm sure you can tell that i am not from here." violette added on. that was about all she would say about herself without being prompted to do so. if alexio wanted to attack her, violette was positive he would have done it already. enemies don't usually wait this long to attack.

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@All time Jack

When she answered him, he smiled back at her, he wasn’t that bad with people it was clear to him that she wasn’t good with people. Or maybe she just didn’t really want to speak, she seemed tired not that he could blame her. When she didn’t shake his hand, he didn’t speak out on it simply smiling at her his smile getting a little larger when she told him her name and thanked him. “Pretty name, and that is no problem, what man could watch another person being assaulted and do nothing. Even if it looked like you had it handled. When he heard her question, he hummed his hand rubbing against his chin, “yeah, it’s pretty obvious, besides not many people from Mondstadt have hair like yours. The walks around a three-day walk on foot. But if you let me lead you, I’m sure I could shave a day off it depends on how much rest you need.” He told her dropping the rifle as he seemed to change his mind about the idea of selling it. “Do you have your own camping supplies? We'd need to sleep rough. I’ll be able to catch a boar or something to cook there’s rations we can have with it in my bag too.” He may have been a thrill seeker that tended to get in fights but no one could really say that he was the selfish type and besides he was already heading back, or well he was meaning to. He saw no problem with letting someone travel back with him, especially if they were pretty. @tragic

she fought back the urge to roll her eyes when he complimented her name. she could tell alexio was going to be a tricky one. though, his demeanour was certainly welcomed. it had been a while since she had come across any friendly travellers. her luck wasn't the greatest when it came to strangers on the road, it wasn't the fatui then it was a group of treasure hoarders or hilichurls. teyvat wasn't the safest when it came to exploring outside the cities. there was always a threat nearby and it was certainly exhausting. despite that, violette would still remain weary around him. there was only a matter of time before he could betray her even if her judgement was unfair. "three days... alright." she spoke in a pondering tone. something she wouldn't admit to him but she thought she was still pretty far out from the main city. it was a nice confirmation to know that the two of them were somewhat close. besides if alexio proved to be a useful guide then perhaps they would get there faster. "are you away from the city often?" violette asked wanting to pull some information out of him. "i have my own supplies, yes. i restocked in liyue a few days ago." she said and motioned toward a bag near the tree that she had initially stopped to rest at. "i have enough to get me to mondstadt. not enough for two." she took a few steps in that direction and paused, turning herself to look at alexio once more, "a boar would be nice though." she added on. violette hated cooking over a campfire, she much preferred to be in the kitchen so she made sure to buy as much as she could so she wouldn't have to hunt but she was tired of eating the same few things each day. perhaps having a travel partner wasn't so bad

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@All time Jack

She was about as sociable as he thought she would be. He had noticed that most of those that travelled alone that could fight were very interesting people and a lot of people while good in a brawl sucked at dealing with people. Whether that be because they were aloof or they were too eager to talk. “Sticking together would be safer, we can keep an eye on each other that way.” He told her softly as he let go off her hand before he smiled back at her when he heard her words. “Don’t worry with me we won’t get lost.” He promised her before he heard her question shrugging softly. “When I can be, the city is lovely but I don’t like being trapped in the castle walls. I like being outside with the wind on my face and the grass under my feet.” he explained to her walking over to her when she pointed his shoulder gently touching hers while he let her lead him to her bag. “We will be eating boars then; don’t worry they are much easier to hunt then you would expect. How about we find somewhere to set up shelter and then I can hunt us a boar and cook it over a roast.” He offered looking up at the sun that was slowly starting to lower as things got darker. Besides since they had just got into a fight, he was sure that getting rest would be the best thing to do. @tragic

violette couldn't gauge if he meant 'we can keep an eye on each other' in an i've got your back way or an i don't quite trust you yet way. she wasn't going to ask, she was prepared for either outcome. while the latter seemed less and less plausible as time went on, she still kept her guard up. she had met some masters of deception during her time in the fatui, there was no telling what this man was capable of. all that she could tell so far was that he was well adept in martial arts as well as the fact that he had an anemo vision. "spoken like a true mondstadtter" she commented. she had heard all about how the anemo archon valued freedom above all else or as the citizens of mondstadt would say, 'let the wind lead' - she hoped that the cyro archon would adapt some of those values. violette had seen photos of the city but had never had the pleasure of seeing them in person, she would be lying if she wasn't at least a little bit excited. "boar sounds fine and yes, let's do that. it is getting late." she nodded in agreement and looked around. not too far ahead there seemed to be a good camping area, she pointed ahead of the two of them, "how does over there look?"

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@All time Jack

Alexio wasn’t the type to speak with double meanings, he usually said what he wanted to say, and he meant it. What he had meant by keeping an eye on each other he meant that they should help each other. That and he didn’t really want to be alone, he liked to travel yes but he didn’t like being alone. He was weird like that he hated being in one place, but he also didn’t like being alone. Which was why usually when he travelled lone if he came across another person he would see if they’d want to travel with him. Usually they’d let him, travelling with someone with a vision that could fight helped to deter threats. Her comment simply made him smile at her his head tilting as he looked at the stranger. “You know a fair bit about me, but I was wondering about you. Where are you from Violette?” He asked her curiously looking over at where she pointed ahead before he nodded. “Looks good to me.” He told her before he smirked. “Come on I’ll race you last one there has to take their shirt off.” He called out to her but by the time he was done talking he was already sprinting ahead, and he was quick. His long powerful legs brought him forward and instead of losing time going around a large fallen tree he leapt, he used the trunk of the tree as a springboard leaping over it and using his arms to push off flipping before his feet hit the ground again and in no time, he was there at the campsite. But was she quicker? @tragic

she had thought about lying to him in response to his question but once again, he had given her no reason to do so. the man had been more than kind, though shneznaya didn't have the best of reputations, the fatui was to thank for that. they had definitely caused their fair share of headaches to every region, it was part of the reason why she deserted the group. violette couldn't get behind the work they were doing, it was too inhumane for her liking. clearing her throat she looked at alexio but before she could reply to him, he had declared for the two of them to race. violette couldn't help but roll her eyes, "a race, really?" though she did think it was a childish idea, she had no problem participating in this race. by the time violette was able to pick up her things, alexio was already well ahead of her, that was no problem. she was pretty quick herself. she closed the distance between them rather quickly, unfortunately for her, fatigue had caught up fairly quickly and alexio had successfully beaten her to the campsite. perhaps when she was well rested the events of this race would have turned out differently but for now, she would concede defeat. violette wasn't the most eager about having to take her shirt off due to losing but she was no sore loser. she would honour her loss but not all that willingly. she looked around to make sure no one else could see, turning her back to alexio she lifted up her shirt, "how long do i have to keep it off...?" she asked, her face becoming red as she turned around. there wasn't much to see as she had her breasts bound by bandages to keep them from getting in her way, scars did cover her body and a noticeable burn mark covered her hip and wrapped around to a part of her back, it was proof of her past.

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@All time Jack

He wasn’t going to press her for an answer if she decided against answering. Through his travels he had found that a lot of people had their own reasons to travel, and not all of them were about things they wanted to talk about. Not many people from Inazuma that had struggled to escape from the vision hunt decree would be happy to talk about what they had been through with every stranger they came across after all but maybe he should have given her more time to answer before he jumped off on his next tangent a smirk coming onto his lips with him unable to stop it but he made no attempt to. It wasn’t like she’d be able to see it for long after all since he had started to run so quickly. When he noticed how she seemed to catch up quickly he grinned for a moment thinking that he might need to actually take the race seriously. While some like Barbara could use their visions to heal and others like Diluc used theirs for augmenting their attacks with fire he used his augment his physical abilities, and wind was probably the best suited for that. Of course he didn’t actually use anemo to speed himself up for what was just a playful race and it seemed he didn’t need it as he reached the campsite first quickly pivoting on his feet the moment he did to face her again.

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When he noticed her looking around he was about to say that he was joking, that she didn’t have to if she didn’t want to but before he could she turned around and peeled off her shirt in front of him exposing her back to him his head tilting as he noticed the scars that were covering her body and the burn mark that curled from her back and when she turned around he noticed that the scar seemed to originate with her hip the scars unmissable. Of course, he did think that she was hot still her scars did nothing to hide her beauty a smirk on his lips as he saw her red face. His eyes taking the time to quickly check out her chest before he met her eyes. “To be honest I wasn’t really expecting you to actually take your top off you can put it back on whenever.” He told her pulling out a tub of a sweet-smelling cream from his pack before he walked over to stopping when his body was only inches away from hers. “Your burn does it still ache or pain you? I’ve got something for that if you’d like I can apply it onto you?” He offered her his hand reaching out to try and take hers. @tragic

a noticeable frown formed on her face, of course he was joking. that revelation only made her face even more red. embarrassment was not an emotion she liked to display often. as she had guessed earlier, this man was going to be trouble. violette let out a displeased sigh, putting her arms through her sleeves. she hadn't got the chance to button it up when alexio asked his question. her head shifted to see the part of the burn that was visible on her front. it was a clear reminder of her failures, her fatui upbringing wasn't an easy one that was for sure. It was an old burn, the ache had gone away years ago. violette shook her head softly, her eyes shifting to the side to look at him. he was so close, it was comforting almost. violette shifted her eyes away from him in favour of looking toward the ground, she was out of her element. social situations such as these weren't her strong suit. she was taught to be weary of other parties, especially in a one-on-one environment, yet there was no sense of hostility or betrayal coming from alexio. a part of her felt guilty for not being more friendly to the man, especially since he had offered his help. she had found herself lost in thought about the whole ordeal. the warmth of a hand near hers snapped her out of her momentary disassociation from reality. perhaps it was time to answer his question. "no it doesn't but thank you for the offer. it's an old wound." she spoke, beginning to button up the rest of her shirt, quickly covering the reminder of her past. although, the scar mainly served to remind her of her failures it was also a good motivator for her. a reminder as to why she left the fatui and to, of course, never let something like that happen again. violette cleared her throat before speaking once more, "it's getting late, we should look for that boar." she said attempting to move things along.

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@All time Jack

He didn’t miss the frown on her face as he looked back at her before he grinned as he saw the way that her face reddened. She was cute, with how guarded she was It only made him want to fluster her more. He wanted to bring her out of her shell more and more. He wanted to tease her. He stepped closer to her as he heard her sigh watching as she started to put her shirt back on, his eyes watching her fix the buttons of her shirt covering the burn scar. Covering all her scars as she looked back at him before looking away again. “You know you really are beautiful. You have such pretty eyes.” His hands then reached for hers gently stopping her from fixing her shirt before he let his hands go to the front of her top starting to button up her shirt for her if she would let him. “If you ever change your mind, it doesn’t really matter that it’s an old wound. Besides I'd wouldn’t be lying if I say that I would be happy to rub cream all over your pretty skin.” He whispered to her with a wink a soft grin on his face. Once her shirt was buttoned up, he took a step away from her and gently took her hand into his gently squeezing her hand. “Your right let's start walking to find somewhere to settle down for the night and while we walk, I’ll keep an eye out for any animal tracks.” It was up to her if she wanted to keep holding his hand sill his grip was gentle. Easy to break out of if she wanted to. “So, getting to Monstadt how urgent is it? We can get there in three days if we hurry but if you rush everywhere you’ll never get to enjoy life. We only life once so why rush everything? If we take our time, we can get there in four five days and be much more rested when we get into town @tragic

the barrage of compliments was unexpected, his intentions becoming more and more unclear. though she would be lying if she couldn't say it was a nice change compared to the insults and belittling nature of the other people she had previously accompanied herself with. "flattery will get you nowhere." violette spoke, finally turning to look at him. amusement clear on her face, of course the facade would be easily broken. she had never been around someone like him before, his advances caught her off guard. alexio was so... forward with his actions and she found it hard to react. a look of confusion was instantly on her face, surely he didn't think she wasn't capable of being able to button her own shirt? "what are you-" her words cut off the moment he began to whisper, his voice was soothing. her mind paused for a moment unable to process what was happening. it was clear that he was flirting with her, she knew that much but was he looking for her to reciprocate? he'd be luckier wishing for money to fall out of the sky rather than expect her to return what he was throwing at her. violette shook her hand free from his and shook her head at him. she had been camping out for the past few weeks, she found herself wanting to sleep in real bed as each day went by but alexio did make a good point, rushing there would only tire them out. "not that urgent, i suppose." she spoke, shrugging slightly. her whole plan so far was to just find a place to set up in mondstadt, she had heard great things about the city of freedom and hoped to be able to get back on her feet while she was hiding from the fatui. "i guess we can take the leisurely route." (edited)

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@All time Jack

When she turned back to him and spoke, and he noticed the amusement on her face he let himself smile back at her. It wasn’t a fake smile or a flirty one but a lazy crooked one. A real one. “Maybe it won’t, but it’s also free for me to compliment a woman that I really think is beautiful.” He told her softly before he quickly fixed her shirt for her and whispered to her. He knew that she would be able to fix her shirt all by herself, that really, she didn’t need any of his help, but he wanted too anyway. It meant that he would get more time to admire he fair skin, even the soft curves of her chest. Part of him wanted to cup her breasts with his hands he couldn’t deny that. He could behave though. Once he was done he continued to talk and lead her forward smiling again as she told him that things weren’t too urgent and when she agreed he grinned stepping closer t her an arm raising to try and sneakily wrap around her hips planning to pull her in close his hand rubbing soft circles into her clothed stomach should she let him hold onto her. Whether she would let him or not he spoke the same. “I’m glad, Monstadt is too beautiful so spend your entire journey rushing, besides I want to send more time admiring you before we get into the city, and you forget about me.” He whispered to her continuing to lead her until he spotted a boar and once, he saw them he stepped away from her and pulled a knife out from his pants tossing it in a blur of movement. It sliced through the air and struck true before the boar could even realise what had happened. The death was quick, the boar didn’t feel much pain as it hit the ground unmoving. “And boar caught; it didn’t feel much pain I always make sure of it when I’m hunting.” He told her softly before he rested his hands behind his back and tilted his cheek to face away from her. “Now could our fair maiden give me a small kiss for securing our dinner?” He asked her softly tapping at his cheek quickly. He couldn’t deny he was curious, w

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ould she, do it? They had only just met but he felt like she liked him. @tragic

she still couldn’t decide how she felt about alexio, whether or not she enjoyed his advances or not. It wasn’t something she was used to, in schnezaya people were rather cold to one another. It was a miracle people were even able to find prospects for marriage. Alexio being so comfortable with someone he just met was a concept foreign to her. Violette found it hard to be true to her feelings, the years in the fatui were testament to that. He really was intriguing to her. Though, like she said. Flattery would get him nowhere. “Do you really? Or are you just being nice.” She asked teasing him a little. She hummed in thought for a moment, “you act like we have known each other for ages.” She spoke, commenting on the fact that his arm was now around her waist. “Either that or you must think I am some damsel that needs to be held close.” She said, raising her eyebrow slightly. She wanted to see his response to her claims. While she did truly believe the second part of her claim, Violette was curious as to what his answer would be. She frowned, in all honesty she had assumed he would stay for a bit in Mondstadt when the two of them had arrived. “You wouldn’t stay a couple days?” She asked. While she wouldn’t say it outright, she was disappointed to hear it. Considering the way he had been acting around her, perhaps this was all just for fun for him and his words of flattery meant nothing. “I don’t think I could forget you.” She spoke. “You helped me, I won’t forget about that.” Once the boar was killed the reality of her hunger had finally set in. It had been awhile since she had eaten anything proper. Violette rolled her eyes at his request. She supposed it wouldn’t hurt to humour him just this once. She walked over toward Alexio and placed her hand on his chest as she leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

1:30 AM

@All time Jack

He could decide how he felt about her she was cute, beautfiful and spunky. He liked her, he liked how she was accepting of his advances. How she let him touch him, she ws clearly guarded with him but she was trusting him enough to let him touch her. She let herself be vulnerable with him. Maybe it was because she knew that he had her back. That he fought with her. “Your truly beautiful Violette I’ve never seen anyone prettier, your stunning green eyes, your cute nose. I promise what I say is what I mean.” He told her softly befoe he smiled as he heard her comment about how he was acting before he raised a brow of his own. “Violette honey when I met you, you were fighting three fatui agents and I don’t think you really needed my help. I think you are many things but a damsel isn’t one of them. He was surprised when he saw her frown at his words, he paused for a moment before he smiled at her softly. “I was more assuming you would be too busy for me. I was planning to stay for a couple days to relax, eat some food that I didn’t forage or hunt for myself. Maybe show a beautiful newcomer around the city but I assure you I won’t go too far when I do leave the city. Usually I can be found in the wilderness.” It wasn’t that he disliked being in the city it was just that he liked being immersed in nature. He had even visited liyue twice albeit for commisions but Monstadt was his home. With that he focused on hunting feeling a little bad on hunting the boar as he spoke to her but it was just a part of the circle of life. Besides with the amount of boars that decided to attack him on sight he didn’t feel too bad as he spoke to her his eyes looking back at her curious whether or not she would kiss his cheek. When she placed her hand on his chest he smiled before he felt her lips kiss her cheek making his smile grow even wider.

5:17 PM

“I would try my luck and ask for a kiss on the lips but I don’t want to move our relationship along too quickly.” He told her with a smile before he picked up the boar and led her until they found a campsite that would work carefully setting the boar down. “Would you mind fetching me some fire wood while I get everything ready?” He asked her softly pulling out equipment from his bag to prepare the roast while he called out to her. “Also unless you have your own tent and sleeping bag I’m thinking we’ll need to share if that’s okay with you.” @tragic

this attention was something she was not used to especially not from a man. in shneznaya, everyone was so skeptical of each other. romance was typically hard to come by - well at least in her line of work. there were a rare few fatui members who lived long enough to experience marriage, even then that did not make them immune from suffering under the tsaritsa's will. alexio was different, he was such a free man... perhaps that's what made her so comfortable around him. he wasn't a pawn on his archon's chess board, he was just him. she wondered what that freedom tasted like, yes she had broken herself away from the fatui but violette could never take a moment to herself, there was always someone - rather something nagging at her. she had no companion to watch out for her, for once her life, that nagging feeling had gone away. her loneliness was quelled for the time being. she tried her best to bite back a smile but the slight tinge of red on her cheeks and the corners of her lips curving upward were a testament of her failure. now she wasn't about to go and give him a compliment but she too could enjoy some of his features. she could always appreciate a man with a beard, not that she would let him know that. these thoughts were for her internal discussion only. "busy? not at all." violette had one goal in mind and that was to survive while the fatui were after her. it's why she had been running from nation to nation but with informants everywhere it was hard to not be in the eyes of the organization. she was just one woman and if they truly wanted to get rid of her they would have done so by now. it was almost like they were toying with her. oh well, a thought for a later date. as more and more waves of tiredness washed over her, she began to let her guard down even more. "i envy your freedom." she commented before walking off to fetch the firewood, paying no attention to his request for a kiss on the lips. violette didn't stray too far from the campsite as i

6:37 PM

t was beginning to get dark, the warm tones of the sunset made things visible but she knew she didn't have long before the stars would emerge from their slumber. she spent the next few moments collecting wood, whatever she could get from the foliage nearby - at times like these she cursed herself for not having a pyro vision. alexio was resourceful, she had faith in him to be able to get the fire going. about ten minutes later she came pack with what she was able to carry, making a few trips so they had a decent pile of wood. The thought of sharing a sleeping bag with him was a tad bit embarrassing, truth be told she didn't leave with much. vastly underestimating the difficulty of acquiring permanent lodging. her eyes moved from his face to his shoes, "i... do not have one." it was struggle for her to admit and the thought of them being so close together in the night was making her somewhat anxious. "i am fine to sleep on the ground." she forced out, her voice sounding uncertain.

6:37 PM

@All time Jack

Alexio was known for being a flirt if he felt a connection then he would flirt that was just who he was. He wasn't the type to cheat not that he had ever really been in a relationship before. With zero filter and the perchance of just doing as he wanted he got a reputation of not being dating material in mondstatd based off assumptions and misconceptions. He was just flirty and sometimes could get touchy. If she allowed him to stick with her then he had no intentions of leaving. Especially as he saw the blush and small smile on her face. She really was stunning. "You know you're really beautiful when you smile and that blush it just makes me want to make the entirety of your pretty face go bright red Vi." He told her with a soft grin. "Not too busy Vi? I'm glad I would love to spend as much time in your company as you'd allow me." He whispered to her softly glad that she wasn't busy before he quickly got to work once she had left and without her around he quickly became more productive without her distractions even if it was entirely his fault and not hers. With her gone he had prepared the boar getting it ready to be cooked and burying the bits he knew that they wouldn't want to eat into the dirt not too far from the campsite making sure that nothing came to waste. By the time she came back the meat was carefully hung over the fire with metal prods and when he saw her he made no attempt to hide his smile as his gaze looked her up and down. "Welcome back." He told her softly taking some of the sticks she had even him and using them to keep the fire going before he focused on her not missing the way she looked away from him and down at her feet. Was it her being shy? Nervous in a fun way or anxiety?

2:31 PM

He didn't know until he heard the words she forced out his eyes looking into hers before he pulled himself to his feet and walked over to her his arm wrapping around her hips before he pulled her body flush against his chest gently. "I'll sleep on the floor without one or we can share and cuddle it's up to you." He whispered to her a soft smile on his face one of his hands staying on her hips the other sliding up her back before he gently cupped her face. "I promise I would never force you to do anything that you don't want to do." He whispered to her seriously before he leaned in resting his forehead against hers. "But if your worried about drooling all over me in your sleep know that it really wouldn't bother me." He continued teasingly with a playful wink while his thumb gently brushed against her lips before he pushed the digit into her mouth. @tragic

vi a nickname she hadn't heard in years, something only her father called her. it brought back painful memories. she bit her cheek, violette knew he meant nothing bad by it; the two hardly knew each other. she wanted to yell at him, tell him to not call her that. yet, the way it rolled off his tongue... vi the compliment only made it all the more intriguing to her. it brought a sense of familiarity to their newfound relationship. alexio was breaking down her ice fortified walls with each word that came out of his mouth. she had guessed it earlier, he was a tricky, tricky man. whether he knew it or not and she assumed he did. alexio had a way with words not even she was immune to no matter how much she wanted to resist. this feeling was unfamiliar to her, it wasn't quite love, in fact it was far from it. a raw urge that she was hesitant to act upon. what was this feeling...? her arms dropped down to her side, there was no intent for her to return his embrace, not that she needed to. with the way she was pressed against him and how her face had turned a completely different shade... violette was at a loss for words, that fiery attitude she had before was blown out by the gusts that were his more forward demeanour. they were so close together, this was the closest she had even been near a man. it was so, so arousing. that was what she was feeling. violette was almost in disbelief with herself, men had tried their luck with her before, what was it with him that caused her to fold so easily? almost collapse into his arms, she hated this uncertainty. it was so easy for him and his words... alexio was going to drive her insane. there was no way she was going to answer his question, not only would feed into her current feelings, she didn't want him having that satisfaction, she was going to try her best to defy him. she might have been at his mercy but there was still that part of her that didn't want to let him win. unfortunately for her, she was fighting a losing

5:21 PM

battle. his head pressed against hers was the final blow. "don't flatter yourself," she spoke, her eyes avoiding his. he had won the war but she was still going to fight. the urge to press her hand against his hand was immeasurable. the way she wanted to poke his thumb with her tongue, tsaritsa help her. violette's eyes darted back toward him, a shocked look on her face when his thumb breached her mouth. her immediate reaction was to bite down on his thumb, it wasn't hard... it was almost as if she was asking him to not go. answering his statement from before. she wanted him next to her.

5:21 PM

@All time Jack

If he had known of the weight behind the nickname he called her he would have never called her it so lightly. To upset her was far from being his wish. No, he wanted to rile her up, to make her blush and glare at him, to make her desire him but to make her upset that desire never even crossed his mind for a second. He noted the way that her arms dropped to her sides as she did not attempt to hold onto him in return for his actions. If he was less observant he may have taken it as a sign that she wanted him to let go of her but if she wished that he knew that she wouldn’t have leaned her body into his so eagerly as her pretty face flushed a vibrant shade of red. She was too precious. Part of him wanted to do nothing more than to pull her close and never let go. He could see her place belonged by his side, on his lap it was so tempting especially as he pressed his temple against her a soft smile on his face as he loved their closeness.

3:43 PM

“your right why would I want to flatter myself when I can keep praising the pretty woman who’s so close to mine.” he smiled as he felt the softness of her pretty lips and when he saw her eyes dart back at him, looking into his eyes with a shocked look on her pretty lips he was quick to grin his mouth about to say something teasing before he felt her bite down on his thumb gently making his grin just grow wider as he looked back at her. “Oh the things that you make me want to do to you.” He whispered into her ear with a hint of huskiness in his voice before his free hand rested against her stomach and he started to rub soft circles into her belly. “You know if you want something in your mouth so badly, I think you’d much prefer my cock then my thumb.” He teased, his lips kissing the side of her head before he took her earlobe between his teeth and lightly nibbled wanting to make her an aroused needy mess. But he couldn’t make things too easy for her so he leaned forward and gently kissed her cheek before he pulled his thumb out of her mouth and wrapped both of his hands off her hips gently lifting her off of him while he pulled himself to his feet. “I’m gonna quickly set up the tent now, because once it gets dark I want to cuddle you and fail to be subtle while I touch you more then I need to tonight. What I don’t want to do is set up a tent in the pitch black darkness. So be a good girl and try not to be too distracting.” he told her teasingly before he got to work on setting up the tent. @tragic

she sensed she had dug a deeper whole for herself. a fact she found herself not minding the more he touched her, her breathing had slowed as she focused on his words. oh god, his words. to have been so effortlessly defeated by this man was something she did want to admit. her pride wouldn’t allow it. yet she needed him. needed him to show her just what it was he wanted to do. the warmth of his breath against her ear and his hand pressed against his stomach, it was beginning to be too much. violette had no response for him, she had never been with a man. her experience in that subject was minute. still, if that’s what he wished for her to do, who was she to say no. she hated that she was going to submit to him so easily do as he said with no pushback. in this moment, he has full control of her. violette’s eyes shifted down following his lips which were now pressed against her cheek, she released his thumb from between her teeth, her eyes followed his hand anticipating his next move. wanting him to touch her elsewhere while asking for it was out of the question, she was sure her face gave it away. alexio had broken her down and experience a feeling she had never thought was possible. not for her anyway. violette held a dangerous desire for him now. so when he pulled away, moved her away from him. it only made her want him more. yet a little bit of clarity sunk in, she glared at him for teasing her in such a way. a facade that wouldn’t last long, the moment he got close she knew she would be putty in his arms once again.

12:49 AM

she watched as he set up the tent, the prospect of being a ‘good girl’ was fresh on her mind. the way his words sent a shiver down her spine. was she really about to give herself to the first man who was nice to her? it seemed that way. a thought she wasn’t going to entertain, she’d never admit it but she was starved for human contact. alexio was in the right place at the right time, she had nothing to say. all she could do was admire the man, in her current state of mind everything he did intoxicated her more and more. his movements, the way his hair trailed down his face, everything. many men had tried with her so why was alexio the only one who could get close enough. perhaps it was because she wanted to experience the freedom that she envied.

12:49 AM

@All time Jack

He worked to set up the tent quicker than he ever did before, the urgency clear in his movements as he pitched up the tent and hammered it in making sure that it wouldn’t fall down while they slept or while he utterly broke her. There was a certain fun to it though as he grinned his head looking back while he worked to steal glances at his Violette. Glances that he didn’t even try to make subtle as every time he would look back at her he would give her either a playful smile or a wink whenever he would make eye contact with her. When he was done, he took a step back and walked over to her before he let one of his calloused hands gently grip her jaw before he tilted her face up to make her look up at him if she wasn’t already. “You really are so beautiful. I don’t think I've ever seen anyone prettier.” He whispered softly before he leaned in and claimed her lips in a kiss. It was only a short chaste kiss, his lips moving against hers softly as he enjoyed the softness of her lips, softness he had felt earlier when he had rubbed his thumb against her lips before he slowly broke their kiss. “Good girl.” He praised her having finished giving her, her reward for her good behaviour. “I did mention offering to put something in your mouth, we should have time before it’s time to eat.” He whispered to her before he stood up straight in front of her before his free hand gently cupped the back of her hand and with the other he gripped his trousers and undid them letting them fall down onto his knees leaving just a pair of underwear hiding his cock from view with that he didn’t wait a second and gripped the back of her head more tightly before he pulled her head down and pushed her face into his crotch making her nose and cock rub against his clothed cock.

3:57 PM

With his cock in front of her face even with it still clothed his scent would have filled her senses as he let his fingers run through her hair the other hand know free moving down her body before he gripped her shirt and yanked it off of her exposing the parts of her chest and stomach that the cloth she was wearing didn’t cover and it was a lovely view to him. A mix of the view and the feeling of her face brushing against his cock left him hardening and growing which only made his cock strain against his pants as it rubbed and twitched against her face. “Be a good girl and move your hands behind your back for me. I want you to get my cock free without using them. If you can do that after we eat, I’ll lie you down in the tent and finger you until you cum all over my fingers. @tragic