intertwined by fate || xiao x venti

ch1: the price you must pay

The voices are louder now.

Burnt grass hisses with smoke. The eyes stare at the shadow in the distance, standing alone over crumbled remains of hilichurls and mages. The figure turns around and the people gasp as the glowing eyes look around at the dead and wounded. No one makes a sound.

The world is better without you in it.

Xiao collapses onto his knees, palms pressed against the wooden floor.

The subject walks around, like it was looking for someone in particular, until it stops on a body, and kneels next to it. Not one person is aware of what is happening, but continues to watch.

You brought this upon yourself.

The price you must pay.

His heavy breathing grows. Xiao tries to grasp back at reality, but all that is left is the voices.

A small gulp is heard in the distance, and the shadow stands up once more and walks away. The crowd remains silent and left breathless and in confusion.

"W-why are they all dead, why am I still....alive."

The adepti looks around his room frantically, eyes manically searching for a way of escape.

"S-STOP!!"

Why are you yelling? No one will hear you.

You're alone, after all.