It's been a day since the incident in Hoenn, and by Beidou's request, all the Vision Holders are meeting up privately, away from anyone's else ears. They sit in a room, with cheap folded plastic chairs.

Their wounds are already healed, but that still doesn't mean a thing. The Joys advised that Beidou be quick, politely stated.

And some of them still feel the pain. Lisa feels her whole body ache, Jean's legs feel weak, Hu Tao's hands are a bit sore, and Bennett's head has a terrible sore. At least, it isn't too terrible like yesterday.

Today is a new day. It's morning, and everyone is still waking up. And by the looks of it, they're almost (save for Jean and Lisa) bored. Hu Tao is swinging her polearm like it's a toy, Qiqi is looking to Bennett, who is trying and failing to draw Qiqi.

At his tenth attempt, Bennett looks over to Lisa, "Miss Lisa!" He cries, "How do you draw a hat again? One that looks like Qiqi's…?"

Lisa smiles, it's small albeit, "Are you attempting to draw Qiqi? May I see your drawings?" She asks.

Bennett nervously scratches his head, leaning back on his chair, "Ah…You see about that…"

Qiqi says it for him, "He does not draw good."

"QIQI!"

"I'm a fish," she points to one of his drawings.

"This is my first time drawing! Ever! I may not be a expert but-" Bennett pulls it back, but because he leans back, his chair gives out and he falls face first onto the ground.

Giving everyone around him a shock, even causing Hu Tao to drop her polearm. Then she picks it back up, "You really aren't joking when you said you're 'Unlucky Benny.'" She mumbles, then she grins, gripping her polearm tighter. "Mind if I…get rid of that bad luck for ya when you get to the afterlife…?"

"No," Qiqi stands up and slaps the polearm away. "Don't hurt Bennet."

"Thank you…" Bennet mumbles, still on the floor, but he does throw a thumbs up.

Hu Tao scoffs, finding it in great offense, "I wasn't actually gonna hurt him! Archie already did a number on us, I'm not willing to hurt anyone here anytime soon!" She yells.

"No hurting," Qiqi repeats her words.

Little does Qiqi know, Hu Tao's words applies to the dead girl as well.

Meanwhile, Lisa and Jean, sitting close to each other, are silent. They don't say anything but they don't do anything. They're waiting on Beidou to come, but for the moment, she's not present. So they wait for now. They watch Hu Tao, Bennett, and Qiqi talk amongst themselves.

Then Lisa turns to Jean, "I'm sorry things didn't go to plan." She whispers.

Jean turns to her, "What?"

"I said I'm sorry for how things didn't go to plan."

"Lisa…Why are you apologizing? We couldn't have known about Archie or-"

Lisa shakes her head, "I'm not talking about what happened yesterday. I'm talking about the Windblume Festival. What was supposed to be a day of celebration turned into…" Her words fade, but Jean catches what she's trying to say.

Jean was going to handle all the preparations, Lisa objected and offered to do it herself. Then a unknown intruder came, attacked Mondstadt, and now…She's here. And so is Lisa. "It's not your fault." She says. "It never is and will be…Lisa, I want to make a promise with you."

Lisa's face doesn't show any sign of reaction, but she does nod her head, "And that is?"

"I want you to promise that if we get out of here, when we get back to Mondstadt, we'll prepare next year's Windblume Festival, together." Jean says, not breaking a ounce of eye contact with Lisa.

"…Yes…Yes, I promise. And next year, I-No we'll make sure you'll be able to enjoy it," Lisa smiles, holding Jean's hand.

Elsewhere, outside, a deal has been made.

Beidou shakes Steven's hand, smiling, "Thanks for doing business with me. I knew you'd come around." She grins.

Steven returns her grin back, "I had no reason to say no to your request, truthfully. And my father owns dozens upon dozens of ships, it'll be fine." He says.

It feels incredible to hear that, but one part sticks out to her. "You had no reason? How so?" She asks, tilting her head.

"Liza and Tate told me everything that happened," Steven briefly says. "That's why I had no distrust between you, you fought against Archie, you saved Hoenn. Who am I to deny you a simple ship when you need it?"

There's a pause in Beidou's head. But that pause turns into relief, placing a hand on Steven's shoulder. "I'll tell them the good news, you go get the press off our backs, okay? I saw the news about the S.S Anne, tensions are high."

"Even higher now than ever. This incident here and another at Kalos, not to mention Bill's missing, something's going on." Steven starts to explain more. "Be on high alert. And stay safe." After that, he walks away, waving goodbye to the pirate captain.

Beidou returns his gesture, waving to him. Once he's taken off with his Skyarmory, she takes a breathe and prepares herself to head in and tell the news.

Back in the private room, Qiqi and Hu Tao are trying to heal Bennett's wound on his face with the best of their abilities. Currently, they are failing.

And then, there's a sudden swing of action. The doors open, and Beidou steps in, placing her hands on her hips, with a confident smile and look on her face.

"Beidou, you're finally here. What is it you need to say to us?" Jean asks, giving the captain her full undivided attention.

"Oh, I got ourselves a deal," Beidou shrugs her shoulders, trying to act all cool.

"A deal?" Lisa raises her eyebrows at that. "What kind of deal?"

Beidou knew someone would ask that. Then, she grins, "We have a ship entrusted by Devon. We'll use it until it is no longer needed in our quest. And this quest of ours, we'll go and find Archie ourselves, get Qiqi's vision back, and deal with him. Who's with me?"

author's note: hi guys! it's been a while, huh? yeah i've been gone for some time because i just kinda

did.

i think time really went fast for me. sorry about that.

anyways sorry for short chapter after such a long time ago, have a wonderful day/night and i hoped you enjoyed!