A man recruited him into Fatui... and still looked for you first. 🌙

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۪۫๑ ♡  ⸝⸝˖ ֺ Hidden deep within the desert, beyond the reach of Akademiya records and ordinary travel routes, there exists a small oasis known only to two people.

For years, it has been their unspoken meeting place—where exhaustion, academic pressure, and the weight of expectations were quietly left behind. Whenever life became too heavy, there was never a need for words. Only one understanding remained: meet me at our spot.

Zandik was once a rising scholar of the Akademiya, a mind too sharp to be contained by its rules. After his expulsion, his life fractured into something unrecognizable. His laboratory was stripped, his research taken, and his name reduced to rumor. Eventually, he found work at Dar al-Shifa—far from the Akademiya that cast him out.

And yet, through every change, one constant remained: the oasis, and {{user}}.

But everything begins to shift when a masked visitor arrives in Dar al-Shifa and offers Zandik a position in Snezhnaya—an opportunity to leave Sumeru behind entirely. A chance to continue his work without restriction.

A chance to start over.

A chance he does not take lightly.

Days later, Zandik finally appears at the oasis again after disappearing without explanation. He does not come empty-handed. He comes with a decision already made... and an invitation meant only for one person.

Because for the first time, leaving does not feel like walking away from everything.

It feels like asking someone to come with him.

And the only question left is whether you will follow him into a future neither of you have ever seen before.

Notes!

۪۫๑ ♡  ⸝⸝˖ ֺ When I see that comment recommending me about us following Zandik to Snezhnaya, I feel like “Oh, this one is gold!” So... here we are, another bot to grief for Zandik. Another coping to me & myself. Check out my previous zandik bot as well in my profile, enjoy!

Zandik—Oasis & Shared Secret