A Phone Call with an Adeptus

by Blue Strreekk

After a long day of commissions, the male traveler receives a call from the secretary of the Liyue Qixing. This started as a oneshot I wrote in response to a Tweet that said "your last saved anime character is calling. Do you pick up?" Aether in this story is referred to as "Blue Strreekk" as that's my name in Genshin. However, the story is still from Aether/reader's perspective.

24. A Letter from the Heir

The traveler struggles to read a letter from Xingqiu.

Let's see…
Oh geez, I don't think I can read this handwriting…

Is that a "g" or is that the number "8" with devil horns?
And is this an "s" or an "f"?

Hoo boy… uh… uh…
I need a microscope to even read the first line. How in the world…
Magnifying glass… magnifying glass… magnifying-there!

Okay, let's see what this says.

Ahem.

"Gear Fraveler."

What the carp is a "gear fraveler?"
Maybe he needs me to pick up some item? Do I need to fight a Ruin Grader for it, or what?
I'll ask the lady at the antiques shop next time I'm in Liyue harbor.
Anyways…

"I am uery moft 8lad that you inuited me to… to…"

I can't read that word. What's that letter… it's "something-o-i-n"…
"Join?" Is it "join?"
No way it says "join." There is no way that letter is a "j."
There are too many swirls in it. That's probably a "q" is it a "q?"

"Qoin." I dunno what that means.
Oh wait, is it "coin?" Does he want money?
Let's see what the rest of the sentence says…

"I am uery moft 8lad that you inuited me to coin you on your qourney to Tna2ma. I vvill 8ladly ta8 alon8 vvith you and your aduenture team."

Oh, so he's wanting to pay for the trip? Hmm… I mean, Beidou already has it all covered, but if he insists….

"Min88uan8 propofed I tabe the time to vvitneff the fiqhtf of Tna2ma for infpiration for my new novel."

Is this how fancy people write?
Like… why is everything so loopy? It's like he's practicing drawing circles while he's writing a letter.
I mean, I took several years of cursing-sorry, I mean, cursive-and my handwriting was at least legible!
This looks like he was either writing at 3 in the morning when he was half asleep… or he was lucky enough to skip the several years of cursive and took modern art instead.

"Let'f meet up in Liyue LLardor in tvvo day'f time."

Mkay, he's officially lost his mind.

"8incerely, &in8qiu."

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"P.8. hxakhrfvn akfuhv xjhsdBshjfvnskjhd asdfghjkl"

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I think I need to lie down….