u/CloudyClieryx

Literally so happy, then proceeded to trigger Capturing Radiance on Nicole ahhhh

Got incredibly lucky and got my guaranteed Durin right away, now I have 75~ pity on Nicole's banner atm. I really love both Nicole and Lohen, but I'm scared as Lohen is a cryo male which likely won't sell as well due to his not-so-spectacular kit (cons wise don't hate me), so which would be a better pull value?

I could run Ganyu as a driver (she's still my main even after all these years) and Durin/Nicole/Citlali, or does Durin do okay numbers without Nicole (I mean seeing calcs I know he's much worse without) and Lohen? Honestly the only endgame I really care about is Abyss as I don't have a second team to clear it

TDLR:

- Scared Lohen won't come back

- Nicole w/ tanky shield and good synergy with Durin might revive my Ganyu, at least for onfielding (Can someone calc Ganyu/Nicole/Durin/Citlali?)

- I love both :,)

- Not super meta focused, would get both if I could

Sorry guys (3-liner though rip)

Art is by @/Tiny0v0 on X!!

Not all characters in the "Looking for," section are needed but I'd prefer if there was at least one premium team (+ Ganyu)! For Lohen and Nicole that would mean primogems to guarantee them at least, I'm pretty flexible with my budget but again rerolls if possible

Must be NA (most preferred) or EU with female Traveler! I can pay via Paypal or top-up

[Here's the full run, done by someone with perfect pitch]

The song is Soft Universe by AURORA, I'm hating myself for choosing such a difficult song to sing 😭 I can sing it alone but whenever there's someone nearby my voice somehow comes out bad or with bad placement? I'm comfortable singing near friends but even near them when I do the run it comes out horrible (Bad placement making it come out shriller, I don't know why it happens and it happens with or without warming up).

During auditions I messed up the high note due to me overpracticing beforehand and I think general breath instability, another thing I've noticed is that I tend to have bad placement UNLESS I listen to Aurora's example of her singing it live first. I also just get really anxious about doing well in front of people/an audience and my breath support goes out the window, it's really been stressing me out because I can't make the bridge sound the way I want it to...

TDLR;

- I can sing it alone, but with people even my friends my placement gets worse and it doesn't come out right regardless of warming up or not

- In front of an audience while I'm confident I feel pressured due to the attention and the expectation to do well, as well as only having one attempt at it and that causes breath instability and I think a lot of tension

- I also wanted to add that I occasionally can't do the entire song in full w/ the run? Like if I sing it in full I mess up the bridge sometimes

- I can't get the placement perfect/ the way I want it (I can't hit it properly, it sounds forced and a little shrill) UNLESS I listen to Aurora sing it right before, like after 20 seconds I forget how to place it

I also have the option to not go anymore, I just don't trust myself to do it live :,) I know this sub is a bit dead when it comes to posts but I'd really love at least one person to give me advice!

Will be pulling C0 Durin and hopefully a Nicole (highly unlikely), slapping Fractured Halo on him as well, what do you guys think?

I have Citlali that can run R5 Sac, R5 Spindlelute, and R5 TTDS

I think Sucrose would be helpful but I don't know how to shred Pyro and get the TTDS buff at the same time, maybe Citlali would fill that slot?

Added notes:

- It had a zhew-ee call similar to the Red-winged Blackbird? Or maybe it was a blackbird actually because there were plenty of those in the area 😭 I did listen to the audio and the notes aren't the same though so

- I don't think it was a Rough-Winged or Tree Swallow as both of those birds have dark/black wings, I very clearly saw full white underneath

- Same goes for Eastern Phoebe and Chiminey Swift

- Wasn't a Mourning Dove, see those guys everywhere and they flap like pigeons lol, this one bobbed its wings every once in a while

- Any more questions I can answer