Sanity: 42%

Venti sat at Rosaria's grave. Her tombstone read:

Here lies Sister Rosaria. She didn't talk much or participate in the choir, but she was a caring friend "nun"-theless.

Venti cringed slightly at the pun. Pushing that aside, he tapped his chin in thought. Did Rosaria deserve to die?

She didn't do anything to piss him off. She just...happened to be there. It made Venti feel...guilty. Which was quite odd, because he never felt bad for the people he killed.

It made Venti question if there was a way he could revive Rosaria. Maybe he could kill someone else whose name also starts with an R to fill Rosaria's place.

And just like that, he had his next victim.

But first, he needed to bring Rosaria back from the dead. And for that to work, he needed to pay Celestia a little visit.

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Venti quietly opened the door and crept in.

He was looking for Kusanali. He wanted something that she knew. And getting a little info out of her sounded like a great plan.

The muffled sound of humming reached his ears and he was soon filled with delight. Following the sound, he found Kusanali, who was humming to herself while writing on a piece of paper. He walked on lighter feet, creeping up behind her, getting closer and closer...

(TW: choking)

He lashed out his hand and grabbed Kusanali by the neck. A choked scream escaped her mouth while Venti slammed her head against the wall of her room.

"Hehe...well, well, well~ haven't seen you in a long time, Ms. Dendro Archon." Venti grasped her throat harder, digging his fingernails into her skin.

"O...w...." Kusanali choked out.

"Now, I want just one little thing. And I know that you know where it is. SO...you're going to tell me where this item is, yes?"

Kusanali knew what he was talking about. She gritted her teeth and shook her head.

"Ne....ver..!" She wheezed out. Venti was growing impatient and angry as he gripped tighter. At this point, drops of blood were rolling down Kusanali's neck and blood was getting on Venti's fingers. A normal person would be dead at this point.

"Let's try this again. You're going to tell me where the catalyst is, right?" He asked with a more threatening tone, his right eye flickering from normal to pitch black.

Kusanali nodded hard, tears falling from her face as she clawed at Venti's wrist. He scoffed and dropped her onto the ground and allowed her some time to breathe.

"Ok, where is this catalyst you hid? I need it for something."

Kusanali looked at him, bewildered and bleeding from her neck. "Why do you need the book? It's very powerful..." Her voice was hoarse and quiet.

"I don't think you deserve an explanation. Just tell me where it is or someone's getting choked again!" He held his hand up and Kusanali cowered in fear. Her words came out at a face pace.

"I-It's behind the wall next to my room. You just need to press it and it'll open. Just please don't hurt me!"

Venti's eyes widened at how easy that was. He then smirked and walked out of her room. He went over to the wall and gently pressed his finger on it. Just like Kusanali said, a door opened and he slipped in.

The catalyst sat on a pedestal in the center of the room. Venti hesitantly walked towards it, took the book and looked at its cover. The design was a beautiful royale blue with a purple flower in the corner. The blue was shiny and glimmered in the light.

With his heart beating hard, Venti opened the book and saw everything he had hoped to see...

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He returned to Rosaria's grave and nervously played with his bowtie. What if it didn't work? What if Rosaria turned into an actual zombie?

With his heart in his throat, he knelt down, took a deep breath, and hovered his hand over the dirt. The soil shook harder with each passing second, small beams of light starting to pass through the cracks in the dirt.

A body shot out at high speed, levitating above the grave.

Rosaria slowly opened her eyes.

"Hm?"

Her sight was awful from being interrupted from her nap, but from the blurriness she saw someone standing there.

"Venti...? Didn't you..." Rosaria dropped lightly to the ground and rubbed her swollen eyes.

"Ah yes, I did kill you, but I realized that you didn't really do anything to tick me off. So I decided to bring you back to life so you can continue living. I highly recommend you don't just show yourself to people yet. They might think you're a zombie. Hehe, don't worry. I won't come for you again. You're free to live peacefully."

He smiled sweetly and he was wrapped in a hug. Her body was still cold from being dead but it was a hug.

"You know, you remind me of the Anemo Archon. What's-his-face...uh...Barsibato."

"It's Barbatos." Venti corrected.

"Oh! So that's his name. Heh, thanks!"

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After he waves goodbye to Rosaria, he flipped through the catalyst and decided to modify his body a little bit.

(No he didn't give himself a bigger dick. I'm talking to the dirt minded and also one person in particular. Yes you, "bestie". There's no smut in this book >;) not sorry if ur disappointed <333 u nasty)

He changed his ears and now they were pointy like Kusanali, but smaller. He didn't do it because of her, but because they looked cute. And perhaps Lumine might like them too...

Besides that, he now had to hunt down his next victim. Who was it, you may ask?

That little bitch, Royce.

Royce was the worst. He constantly bullied and belittled a certain unlucky adventurer after he had left his team. While in this team, Royce kept experiencing constant patterns of awful luck. It went from minor injuries to near death experiences and almost starving.

Venti thought he was perfect to replace Rosaria.

Royce was a jerk.

Royce was a dick.

Royce made Albert and Dennis the Menace look like angels.

Royce should just die.

Venti skipped home and plopped down at his desk. He felt like he was forgetting something, but he wasn't too su-

"LUMINE!!" He shouted and jumped out of his seat. He raced down the stairs of the basement to find her gone.

Oh yeah, he put her to sleep in a room. He sighed of relief and dashed back upstairs to where she was.

He smiled warmly seeing her laying down so peaceful. He went over and kissed her forehead. Slowly, Lumine came to and smiled back.

"Hey...how long was I asleep for?" She sat up and wrapped Venti in a hug.

"A few days. But you're awake now, yes?" Lumine nodded and her brow furrowed.

"Uh...why do you have a smug look on your face..."

(Ok just pretend his face is the full frame- this is the only smug face I could find in my camera roll)

"Hehe~ it's nothing. I'm going to leave for some business to take care of, but I really wanna give you something to remember me when I'm gone because I'll be gone for a while."

"It's fine. Your cute little face is all I need to remember you. I mean, we don't need to have a quick make out session before you go."

Venti plastered a shit eating grin on his face. "That gave me an idea~~"

Venti crawled on top of Lumine and stuck his thumb in her mouth. Before she could react, he went down to her neck and began make a trail of kisses, from her collar to her shoulder. With each kiss, Lumine shivered as she forgot all about Venti's finger in her mouth.

The pleasure extended as Venti licked her neck, biting gently on the spot he licked.

He took his thumb out of Lumine's mouth and kissed her lips, gently caressing her body.

(Believe me there's no smut but there's sweet make out sessions <333)

The two separated, a string of saliva connecting their tongues. Venti rested on Lumine's chest as they both caught their breath.

"Did you enjoy that?" He asked in a fit of giggles. Lumine nodded, still feeling everything Venti did to her.

Venti hopped off the bed and kissed her goodbye. Luckily, with the song he had played before, he wiped her memory of the killings and the torture she witnessed.

He took out the catalyst once he was out of the house. "Is there, perhaps, a way you could take me to where Royce is?" He asked the book.

The catalyst flipped its pages as its contents contained a spell for direct teleportation. Venti gasped and clapped his hands in delight. Reciting the spell in his head, a light surrounded him and he was gone in a blink.

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(Hi sorry for being here again but I really wanna kill off this motherfucker so let's skip to the part where Venti kidnapped Royce and took him to an abandoned place to torture and kill him ok babies? Good)

(ALSO BIG TRIGGER WARNINGS: lots of blood, organs, various methods of torture that might make yall concerned of my mental health, denailing, a few broken bones, and eye gouging)
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"HEY! WHERE THE HELL DID YOU TAKE ME?!" Royce screamed as he struggled from the bindings. Venti stared him down, ready for the fun to begin.

"Ughhhh. It's that BENNETT'S FAULT! His bad luck must've lingered to me and now I'm going to get murdered. If I'm alive by the end of this, I'm gonna go kill that damn child."

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!!" Venti yelled, his voice echoing and bouncing off the walls of the abandoned warehouse. "Bennett doesn't have anything to do with this. Leave him alone for fuck's sake."

"Me? He's the reason why I'm here! If you're gonna kill me, kill HIM!"

Venti socked Royce hard. Blood dribbled from his nose and mouth, making Venti smile slightly.

"It's you, shitass. Not Bennett. He's not the issue! YOU'RE THE FUCKING ISSUE! Which is why I'm going to kill you. Finally, Bennett will be at peace."

Royce tried kicking Venti but his legs were tied up. He watched Venti walk over to a table and grab some pliers. He came back, grinning madly. He placed the pincers on one of Royce's fingernails and pulled as hard as he could.

Royce hollered as Venti ripped his entire nail off, blood coating his finger. "See, that wasn't so bad! We just need to do this, like, 9 more times!! Hehehe."

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After the final nail was plucked, Royce's fingers were bloody and stinging with excruciating pain.

"Now then, it's time for some bone breaking. I haven't broken a bone in a while..."

Venti summoned the catalyst and flipped its pages. "Ah! An anvil!" He recited the spell in his head and a large, heavy anvil appeared above Royce. Venti moved it to be above Royce's feet and snapped his fingers together.

The anvil fell and landed right onto Royce's feet with a loud *CRACK*. Royce doubled over in pain and wailed while Venti doubled over in laughter, wheezing and holding his stomach. Venti picked up the anvil and placed it aside, eyeing his victim's broken feet.

"I think broken bones suit you much better! Don't you suffer those while adventuring with Bennett?"

"Yes, but this is much worse!" Royce cried out. "It makes me sick seeing my body getting broken and beaten."

A lightbulb went off in Venti's head. "Oooh, if you don't wanna see the pain, let me help you with that!"

Venti's hands moved to Royce's eyes and he dug deep into his sockets. Royce jolted and jumped here and there, but he was no match for Venti. Blood splurted out of his eyes and Venti grabbed them, pulling hard with all his might. With a sickening pop, Venti found Royce's eyeballs in his hands. Blood ran down Royce's sockets as he whimpered.

"Well, I told you I would help. Now you can't see at all!" Venti threw the eyes over his shoulder and summoned a knife to his bloody hand.

He retracted the chair Royce was sat in. Royce was now in a laying position facing up. Venti snickered and lift Royce's shirt up.

With no hesitation, Venti stabbed his chest, avoiding Royce's heart, and created a deep line from his chest to his navel. Royce groaned loudly, filling Venti with sadistic pleasure. Pain from others made him tingle all over.

He opened up Royce; lo and behold, parts inside his body were displayed in front of him.

He ripped out Royce's smaller intestine and held it. He just...stared at it. "Heh...I could probably use this as my jumprope!"

Venti looked at Royce's heart... should he kill him now or wait later.

Yeah, kill him now.

Venti grabbed the knife. "Goodnight Royce~" He hummed and plunged the knife into his exposed heart.

Finally, that little hoe was gone...

holy. Crap. This was the longest chapter ever. 2.1k words-

Pls don't worry about me. I am perfectly fine :D I'm not like this irl lmao I hate violence but I like to write abt it hehe

Anways bye darlings <333