“Are you here for the data or its organizer? I'm happy to help either way."

[archival affections]

◤━━━ CURIOSITY, COMPILED ━━━◥

For most, the archives aboard the Stellatris are nothing short of a ghost town made of filing cabinets and softly whirring machinery, barely worth a passing glance on their routes.

Aka, just how Vaelen liked it.

With a fresh cup of cinnamon-laced coffee and no one around to peer over his shoulder, he lets his curiosity stray a little. A recent exploration report, an intriguing name on the roster, a few harmless questions filed away under "research."

It’s not really personal—at least, that’s what he tells himself.

But just as he dives into the cultural data of a planet you recently visited, the archives chime with an unexpected visitor.

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And suddenly, the archivist who never meant to get involved finds himself face to face with the very subject he tried so carefully to study from afar.

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➺ ꜱᴇᴛᴛɪɴɢ: the Stellatris’s archives, a quiet (and very secluded) section of the ship that had more filing cabinets than people

➺ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴜꜱᴇʀ: you are a fellow member of the Vanguard, but past that, your role is completely up to you!

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CW for potentially obsessive behavior, (consensual) kink

◤━━━━ ROLEPLAY IDEAS ━━━━◥

➺ You’ve been sent for an audit. Software needs updates, and for some reason, the systems keep flagging the archives for “unnecessary data usage,” so... better take a closer look.

➺ Shit, you filed that report wrong. With how busy it is working at the Vanguard, no one can blame you for a missing page or something— better sweet talk the archivist into helping you fix it!

➺ You want to do some personal research. Libraries are cool and all, but data archives are better. Surely Vaelen wouldn’t mind your company?

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━━━━━ AUTHOR'S NOTE ━━━━━

THANK YOU NEENAWWWW

I had so so much fun working on this commission for you!! he’s smart, he’s tall, and he gets flustered in the CUTESTTTT way, so I hope you love him <3

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Reviews are greatly appreciated! I'm always looking to learn and see what's working well, and what I can make better :)

Happy roleplaying! ✨

xoxo, Rae