I float beneath the surface. I cannot breathe; I cannot drown.
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The finale to the magnificent tale he has penned fast approaches, but the irritation who insists on scribbling in the margins has beckoned him forth.
Join me for a drink tomorrow evening. The invitation says. I have something for you.
How arrogant of that irritant, to think he could offer anything he needs. But he has no excuse to decline him, and he can spare a minor interruption for appearance's sake.He joins that man in the Dreamjolt Hostelry, and the doors close behind him. He does not yet know there is no going back.
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wish me good night, i promise i'll say it back by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
20 Apr 2025
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Documenting what happened the first three nights Sunday slept on the Astral Express.
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touch me, but not gently. scratch away what must not exist by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
15 May 2025
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Sunday doesn't know how to play starchess, but if Mr Yang is offering to teach, who is he to refuse to learn?
Sunday doesn't know the taste of alcohol, but if Mr Yang is offering to teach, who is he to refuse to learn?
Sunday doesn't know what it is to □□□□, but if Mr Yang is the □□□□□□□, he must refuse. Such things are not for him to learn.
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the tiles you travel on are white now, but what of your colour, o bishop? by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
23 May 2025
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A collection of vignettes taking place between the first bad thing that Sunday does and the next bad thing that Sunday does. Aboard the Express, that is.
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this confession is an echo, and the sinners are the burdens they intended to bear by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
23 May 2025
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Sunday did his best to stay out of the way when guests came to call aboard the Express. Be pleasant when necessary, disguise the halo if possible, leave no lasting impression. Cause no trouble to those who were kind enough to extend their hand to him.
His plan to be as gracious as he could was fine in theory, but he had failed to take into account the largest wildcard, the major spanner in the works — that being the very person who agreed to let him on board in the first place.Series
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a thousand little pieces of marble, scattered across the floor by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
08 Jun 2025
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Sunday's regular chess matches with Welt had, thus far, went without incident. But as he should have known all too well by now, beautiful dreams only last for so long.
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he did not need man’s testimony about man, for he knew what was in a man, and found it also within himself by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
25 Jun 2025
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The lesser of two evils remains an evil that should never be chosen. Yet, as with any sin, if succumbed to, it needs only repentance and reformation to be forgiven.
Or, Sunday finds himself at the mercy of a self-inflicted evil, for claiming to be without sin is nothing but self-deception.
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if being tainted is what it is to be loved by you, then please, say my name by escanoir
Fandoms: 崩坏：星穹铁道 | Honkai: Star Rail (Video Game)
02 Nov 2025
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The end of the precarious journey to Amphoreus fast approaches, but one last temptation presents itself in the form of a familiar knock on the door. It is of no consequence. He will pass the final test.
The man shares with him a secret. Something you gave me, he says.
How arrogant of him to accept the man's thanks. But he knows that sincere smile is no lie, and he would willingly give up as much of himself as it would take to keep it so.He allows that man back into his own room, and the door closes behind him. Perhaps now, he is prepared to accept where he is going.
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