It was in the middle of the night,
The time when everyone was deeply asleep,
Yet, instead of sleeping while cuddling with Barbara...
...
He decided to come here,
To this "Nameless Island"...
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"...I am going to inform the Traveler of this...
... I am going to inform them of Lisa's..."
And a second later, unable to finish the sentence, he teleported away,
Soon appearing at the Nameless Island, the place he somehow felt the most comfortable at, at the moment...
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...
...
To think that the Hexenzirkel chose this island as this year's meeting place...
*It felt as if they were planning something big, that shouldn't be easily noticed...
...
Yet, he couldn't help but have a bad premonition...
...
...
"Don't worry, Venti. Everything is going to be okay.", Vennessa reassuringly told him, as she was now standing before him, her expression shifting from reassuring to determined, "...I will do my utmost to make sure of it. I wouldn't let anyone hurt you or those you care about, I promise."
She vowed, moments later showing him a warm smile,
Which he couldn't help but soon return, seeing how sincere she was...
*Right, he wasn't alone...Not anymore,
So whatever happens, surely...
...
I̶̡̩̳̖̙͂̒̊̓́̒̂̚ţ̵͚̹̟͓̳͓͔̭͑͋̆́͌͊͌͛̈́̄̓̊͒̐̎̓͂̓͂̔̅̚͠͝ ̵̡̛̟̤͂͗͗̈̃̇̐̓͂̽͐̎̄̊̚͘̕̕͝͝w̶̨̰̹̭͖̬̟͇͖̙͈̣̣͙̻̫͖̮̳̃̑̌̽͑̆̾̉̽̿̔͒̏̈́͊̕͝ͅi̶̯̮̭̬̞̩͙͕͔͖̱͍̓͊̉̀̆̽̆͑̎̊̓͑̃̋̊̉̍̾͗̐͘̚͘͝l̶̪̺̀̍̔̆͑̀͝ĺ̵̨͎̗͙͙͍̙͍̬͖̝̠̑͗́ͅ ̴̛̫̣̯̳̏͛̑̉̀͛̇̽͒͊͗̒̔̆̓͑́͋̑͘̕͘͜͠͝ţ̸̡̖̰̟̝̗̀u̸̡͖͖͍̱̯͙̟̦̻̣̞̩̬͖̽̎̾̐̊̾̉̇ŕ̴̡͇̺̖̯̭̓̓͂̍͑̔̈́̈̿̈́̉́̏̐̆̿͐͛̈́͗̑̕͜͠͠͝n̷̢̡̛̼̖̫̪̜͎̥̞̬̰̤͎̪͖͈̪̗̩̭̟̮̠͚̱͂͒̂͂̈́͂͆͂̓̅͑̂̌̓͂̋̿̒̍̔̕̚͘ ̶̛̛̛͖̠̠̹̖͓̠̰̬͇̎͛̓͒̔͌̑̔̈́̍̄̒̄͐̃͒̀̑̄͝͝͝o̵̧̨̞̝̭̮͕̪̬͍̘͔̹͔̰̭̮̞̼̱͉̱̅͛̎̓̍̓͜ư̸̡̝̦͙͆͗̇̆̋̓̆̄̋͒̀̂́̓̈͌̋̄͗͝ṭ̸̡̛̫̹̩̻̣̣̱͉̬̪̤͚͗͊͗̈́͊̀̓͊̆́͗̍̀͐̽͛̈́̈̋͂̿͗̆̂̒͛̔͘͠ ̸̛̯͔̥͈̬͔̳̘̭͕̦̠̙̭̜̽̽̀͂̉̄̀͊͌̒́͘͘͠͠͝͠͠ͅơ̴̡̨̳̮̤̼͉̘̻̞͉̤̺̭̱͖̳̗̼͇̗͇̥̒̌̃̐̏͗͂̾͊̀̑̈́͂͘͝k̸͈̉̌̓̉͑̄̓̂͘͘ä̴̤̺̖̿̽y̶̡̡͕̘̹̤̺̗̟͉̦̣̺͐̆̆̏̄̑̒̈̊͊̂́͘̕͝ ̸̨̛̯͈̗͇͔͉̠̙̯̳̰͇͔̼̰̭̤̲̽̇͋̏̾̈́͒͛̈́̀͛̒̔͂͐͋̒̌͑̐̚̚͜͝͝͝i̶͙̮̣̖̫̒́́̉͘ṉ̵̨̢̨͇͕͉̺͚̣̩͓̙̙̩̜̓̍̏̈́̈̄̏̋͑͊̋ ̸̨̲͔̗̻̙̰̲̞̣̟̙̲͉̘̥̹̹̹̣͖̜̰̭̖̯̙̗͈̄̄̿̿̉̐͜t̵̢̧̛͕̞̦͎̟͉͚̼̪̺̣͖̮̦͈́̌͑̔͊͑̿h̴̡̢̢̲̻̫̞͉̟̱͂̓͗̇̀̈́̏̽͒͌̊͋̒̂͋͘͝e̶̡̡̢̧͕̬̣̟̪̳̞̰̠͎͇̝̫̪͛͐̂̍̌̔̅́̉̾͒̍̅̅͊͗̐͒̄̌͘͠ͅ ̴̧̪͕̜͕̝͔̖̭̥̜̥̪͚̪̥͕͐̃͊̉̃̓̂̌̒̆͗̄̓̿̽̉̽̎̈́͊̒͂͊̎̿͋͐͒̕̕ͅȩ̸̨̛̛̣̞̠̈́̊͊̊͂̏̈́̈́͑̒̋͊̓̈́͛͘n̸̡͕̝̬̥̟̜̻̎̾̅̽̇̆͊̂͑̉͜d̵͓̰̓̈͆̒̎̾̌͌͑̃͋̔̋̐̓́̿͐̌̔͑̄̽̚̕͝
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At least, he hoped it would...
*The future was still uncertain, after all...
...
But he was still glad to have them accompany him here:
Mona, who decided to come, even though she was still afraid of her master,
As well as Vennessa, Albedo and Emilia, who joined him recently.
...
...
Though it seems that the Alchemists joined mainly to met up with Rhinedottir,
Or "Gold", as that woman so pompously calls herself...
*And yes, he had to admit that he wasn't a "big fan" of her or her..."Work",
Seeing how she was responsible for Durin's corruption and attack on Mondstadt 500 years ago,
So when he heard of Emilia's plan to get revenge on her and the fact Albedo wouldn't stop his Twin...
...
He just had to take a Kamera with him to immortalize this extraordinary event!
...
...
Apparently, Emilia initially planned to turn Rhino into a cow,
But since Dottore 2(?) knows way more about Alchemy than she does,
Emilia is surely going to get creative with her act of revenge~
*So much so that...~
"Barbatos, prepare the Kamera!", the Winds suddenly yelled out, just as Rhinedottir teleported in and Emilia's expression started to rapidly become more and more mad, "...It's going to happen any moment now, we can feel it!~"
They added in clear enthusiasm, just as Venti quickly summoned the Kamera out of his "Hammerspace",
And moments later, the now-enraged Alchemist made her move on the gold-eyed woman...
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-THIS IS FOR HAVING DURIN SEE ME AS A F*CKING COW OF ALL THINGS! -Emilia yelled out upon dashing towards the other and punching her in the face, the impact becoming greater due to the Hydro Element suddenly gathering around her fist. -NOT ONLY DID YOU F*CKING HAD DURIN F*CKING EAT ME FOR BEING A F*CKING "FAILURE", YOU EVEN DARED CALL ME A F*CKING COW! I AM GOING TO F*CKING SHOW YOU...!
The extremely enraged Alchemist soon went on a furious rant,
As she continued punching the other's face with her Hydro infused fists,
With Rhinedottir barely able to block them in time from surprise...
...
And for once in his life, Venti could understand her,
As he too, didn't expect Emilia to suddenly get a Vision.
*But he did take his "duty" of getting a few photos of the occasion seriously!
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This is surely going to be an interesting memory to recall later~
-...Kunikuzushi, what do you need a whole crate of Pepper for...? -Yae couldn't help but ask in some confusion, the open Mora bag in her hands.
-I just need it, okay? That's all you need to know. -The former Harbringer answered in annoyance, as he glanced before the crate in question and back at the Kitsune.
-...You just need it...? That's all I need to know...? -Was the Kitsune's bewildered reply, as moments later, she too became annoyed. -This is my Mora you are paying with, so I have every right to know why you need a whole crate of Pepper. -She made sure to add in all seriousness while closing her Mora bag, moments later deciding to "punish" the Puppet for his earlier disrespect. This was going to be fun~ -...If you don't want to tell me, then don't. Try taking the bag from me, you midget.
She ended with this, soon proceeding to raise her right hand high,
The Mora Bag now out of reach of the annoyed and risingly mad Puppet...
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Ei couldn't help but watch what unfolded in great amusement,
As she soon realized that those two meeting was not such a bad idea, after all...
*Surprisingly, they were getting along quite well together and...~
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What is this weird feeling she suddenly had...?
*As if something was wrong, but what...?
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Coming from the direction of the North East...
*Is this where the Hexenzirkel meeting was supposed to take place...?
...
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She should check out if anything is wrong.
-...There probably isn't, but just to make sure. -Ei couldn't help but mumble, before teleporting away, as moments later she appeared at the place in question. -...A barrier and...The sky is…!
The Hexenzirkel was an organization of strong witches,
Of very powerful human women that joined in a coven,
But still, to create this kind of barrier around most of the area…
*Even by just looking at it, she knew she wouldn't be able to easily break it...
...
Just what were they trying to do...?
...
...
And the sky just above the area was rapidly darkening,
As THEY have surely noticed it too...
*And THEY were ready to enact puni...
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-...No, the sky is not simply darkening...This is...! -She couldn't help but yell in shock, as she looked at the "darkening" more thoroughly. A familiar fog...-...Corruption...? Why would there be corruption...?! And so much as that…!
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Just what was going on here...?!
*What were the Hexenzirkel planning...?
Did they invite Barbatos specifically for this plan...?
...
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And what was wrong with THEM...?!
Why was there so much corruption pouring down from the sky?!
This place,
So vast and...
...
So empty...
...
...
...
No,
It wasn't really empty,
This space consisted of the Anemo Element...
...
As well as...
...
Another mysterious element,
One that felt so familiar…
*It was…HER element…
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"...Yes, I am actually glad that I am not the only one under "House arrest".
...Though I do know why it's necessary. There is no telling what the Abyss Order plans to do next. Then there's the Fatui…
... And then there's the guys in Celestia itself with their huge chess board called "Teyvat"..."
...
This world...
*Their plaything...
Plaything...
...
Is it even real...?
Is it real...?
Is it just a prototype...?
A prototype...?
*A prototype of what...?
What is their end objective...?
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"Every mighty and ancient city, and every austere place of sacrifice must one day return to profundity in the earth.
All prosperity must someday end.
But this does not mean that nothing is eternal.
At the end of a cycle, the earth shall be renewed. Thus eternity is cyclical."
...
It's nature cyclical...
Cyclical...
...
Humanity thriving and prospering under Celestia's gaze,
Before it all comes to an end...
To an end...
...
The earth renewed,
And the circle begins anew...
Begins anew...
...
...
Again...
...
And again...
...
And again it goes...
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Round and round the circle goes...
Round and round it goes...
...
No matter what they all do,
No matter how hard they work to better things...
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*Even with tears and blood,
With tears and blood
Even while making a thousand sacrifices…
A thousand sacrifices
...
In the end,
It doesn't matter...
Doesn't matter
...
In the end,
Everything will be ERASED...
EVERYTHING will be ERASED
...
And the circle will begin anew...
Will begin anew...
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To those "guys" in Celestia
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Everything and Everyone in "Teyvat"
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This sudden and weird memory,
Where was it from...?
...
...
And why did he remember about it only now...?
...
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"In this big world,
Your meaning of birth, the existence of all,
When you finally find it you'll know,
Your life's directive thus forth...
...
Mortal or Immortal, does it matter at all?
In the grander scope of things, are we not the same?
...
The land of Teyvat, under Celestia's watchful gaze,
Living our lives, we strive to make things better,
Creating changes, for future generations' sakes.
…
...
But how much of an impact our actions have...?
When compared to the vastness of space, our world is but a speck of dust...?
...
That in the grand scheme of things, making sure the world tree survives,
Is that much more important, that all of our individual lives combined?
...
...
Celestia's gaze on us down from the sky,
The world of Teyvat made by their design,
It's purpose still shrouded even to us Archons,
This big chessboard and all its pieces present.
...
But who are the players that are moving them...?
And if you know who they are, would it change anything at all...?
...
...
Would it be better to accept things as they are...?
Or would you fight against it with your all...?
...
It's your own free choice to make,
One you will have to follow to the end,
No matter what it brings, without any regret.
...
...
Would you take the first step...?"
...
...
This unusual song,
He sang it back then,
During last year's Ludi Harpastum...
...
To the Traveler,
As if under hypnosis...
…
…
Just what,
Was going on with him...?
...
...
"...Aria, siyumi flaimi~
Driha lei vita, pyu~
Meladi suvinavi...~"
...
He did sing that song, after all...
*But, when was it...?
...
During this Timeline...?
An earlier one...?
...
Or perhaps...
...
Both...?
...
...
Speaking of Edith, didn't she plan to give her an Anemo Vision before...?
*If she remembered correctly, she("he" then) decided on it after the Fatui Invasion, right...?
...
But then, for all this time after that day and until now,
She just went and...Completely forgot about it...?
"...It's not just you, Barbatos. We mean Wendy. We forgot, too.", the winds slowly admitted, sounding very confused, "...We are not entirely sure how, but we did. Weird..."
...
...
Them too...? But how...?!
The winds weren't affected by erosion or anything like that!
*How could they, so suddenly, just forget like that...?
...
...
...
Something was terribly wrong here,
The guys at Celestia's manipulations...
...
...
He was now back in his usual bard form,
Sitting in the agreed cathedral room, waiting for the others to arrive...
...
After the researcher was being overly joyful at the idea of having an item of hers imbued with Anemo energy,
"Wendy" imbued Edith's notebook with a "blessing", to which the woman was very..."Thankful" for...
*Though he wasn't thinking much of the other's extreme reaction at the time,
But instead wondered why it felt like she was supposed to do something else,
With the winds also admitting in confusion that it felt like they forgot something, again...
...
He even forgot about wanting to give Dr. Edith an Anemo Vision,
Forgetting, Remembering and then Forgetting once again...
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𝔊𝔬𝔡 𝔬𝔣 𝔚𝔦𝔫𝔡, 𝔉𝔯𝔢𝔢𝔡𝔬𝔪, 𝔖𝔬𝔫𝔤 𝔞𝔫𝔡 ℌ𝔬𝔭𝔢
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This was...His full God Title...
*One that he just remembered, too...
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Ÿ̶̡̖̟̙͚͔̩͈̯͙̭̜̲́̕ơ̸̧̢̧̛̦̜͖̳͖̪̼̠͓̯̣̳̫͈̬̙͔͇̪̬̗͈̻͈̞̔͆̈̀̀̿̆̎͂̓̌̍̐́̈́̀̋͛͘̕̕̚͝͠ͅu̶̢̨̨͈͕̰̣̳͕̤̼͈͚͙̪̥̜̰̤̟̝̹̺͍̜͇̥͓̮͆̌̑̀̓̋̾̿̉́̈́̍̄͗̿̎̿͐̐̅͗̕̚̚͜͝͝ ̵̡̯͖̙̖̱̠͍͕̮̻̗̜̝̖̬̖̯͖̟̹̞̞̩̩͌͋͒̿́̎̿̕ͅä̴̧̛̪̓́͆̅̓͛̇̂͑̔̅̔̑̇̎̀͐͗̊̌̃͒͘͝r̷̡̲͈̲͎͓͈͍̀͛̃̑̇͂͊̓̔̄̂̚͜͝ê̶̯̩̼̗͎̻̻͕̭͉̠̪̖͕̹͔͍͌͋ ̷͇̰̟̑̄̔̈̀̎̉̐̽̈̏̈̓́͌̈́̌̒͘ą̵̼̻̝̺͔̠͇̱͕̱͕̖̻̯͔̤͇̲̬̙͇̙͓̤̖̦̬͓̌̃̓̓͗̎͜l̸̢̨̡̡͇̳͍̬͍̘̤̟͕̹̫͔͍͉̮͎̩̝̲̹͓͖̤̯̮̮̂͊̓̐̽̅̃̊͛̆͐͂̒͒͑̽̈́̈́̐͂̓̎̏̀̀̍̇̂̚s̷̺̯̮̯͓̉o̴̡̨̧̢̧̢͕̥̥̭͓͕͚͙̫̜̪͇̜͍̘̥͈̰̯̩̗͎̊̈̐̄̇̚̚ͅ ̵̫̯̤͍͙̞͖̽̋͗́̈́͗͛̾t̶̢̡̢̤̤̤͙̼̣͙͉̘͓̖̺̬̠̗͕̺̳̙̑̈́̃̾̏̍͌̐̑̏̏̏̏͒́̂̕͜͜͝ͅh̴̛̳̩͙̳̤̫̝͙̓̈́̽̈̚ͅȇ̸͈̯͓̦̘̘̯̘̫͇͉̣͈̹̟̰̘̠̠̬̇̔̆͜͝ͅ ̷̢̧̛͚̠̻͎̠͇̖̦̘̞͖̺̫̲͙̤̳͇̭̈́̏̑̉͌̓̒́͒͌̒̇͋̓̿̊͛̾͋͊̄̏̈͊̒̃̕͝͠ͅǴ̷̳̖̦̔̈̎̀̏̀̃̃͊́͘͘͠ǫ̸̡̤̠̻̹̱̦̱̮̰͍̝̩̥̼͇̲̹̼̞̒̊͐͝͝d̶̙͖̦͈̮͕̱̜͐͂͌́ ̵̢̡̢̧̨̣̻̮̖̻̟̖̗̖̗͈̫͖̯̳̞̗͙̹̯̜̣̭͌̀̌̈́͐͆̏̈̓̑͆͒̌̒̓͊̉̓̈́͗̅̕͘̕͝ͅó̸̙̭̪̥̠̹̪̮̜̩̰̟͍̔̀̽̊̀͜ͅf̶͎̱̞̲̽͊͑̓̆̀̆͐̓̐̿́̉́̚̕͘ ̸̛͎͚̘̞͎́͊̇̈́͛͂͂̐͗͛̅̀̓̋́̉͂̐̏̑̌͑̂͒̎͠͝͠ͅT̶̡̛͖͕̘̞̗͔̹̏̊͂̋͐͌͂̀̈͛̊̀͒̆͑̿̂͐̔̚͝í̷̛̯͙̲͉̗͇͔͈̼̘̯̙͚̘͈̺̌̈̿̓̑̈́̎̅̈̿̌̑́̊̾̈́͒̀̕͜͝m̶̨̧̛̛̛͉̘͓̳͕̭̮̠̤̳̫̯̣̘̰̙̃̽͒̒̔̄̈́̃͊̈́̓̋͗̓̎̒̐̐̍̅̎̂͘͜͜͠͠ę̵̛̗̜͍̫̩̹̝͍̜̜͈̥̗͕͉̲͍̪̞̱̾͒̍̅̍̾͂̇͌̉͊̅̂͗̌͗͐͘̕
̴̗̼̻̬̪̹͊̋̌̈̈́͒͑͗̀̿͜͜ͅ
̶̨̨̰͕̹̗̘͉͇̠͇̩̯͚̼͉̩̦̯̏͌̔͒͌̽̌̅̊͒̈̔̒̈́̽͛̅̉̀͗̆̌͋̕͜͝.̴̢̘̝͓̩̩̜̦̱̤͙̭̦̣̾̂͗̌͒̊̊͋̈́̀́͒̔̐͂̈́͗́̽̀̄͒͒̔̚͘͘͜.̸̪̜̬̝̘̰͍͕̪͕̯̙̆̀͘ͅ.̸̨̠̙͔̤͎̹͙͇̫̥̺̆̀̃̓̑̃̈̈̇̏̔̅̒̐͆̂͐̌͜ͅB̸̨̢̨̡̖̟̲̺̲̯̯̭͉̠͓͂̍̌̏̈́̂̎̂̈́̿̅̕̕̚͜u̸̧̯̪̳͕̻̦̦̭̜̼͇̞̦̼͕̫̠̤̞̮̭̳̟͕͇̓͝ͅţ̸̙͕͖͔̙̙̪͙͈͉͔͕̰̥͐́̐̈̊͆͜͜͝ ̴̢̛̛̙͆̀̋̑̿̈͋̈́̀͐̏͛̇͂̐̓́̽̌̆̿̒̂̚̕ņ̷̨̡̗͙̙̯̲̫͎̮̩͇͈̙̺͗̈́̈̇́̔͒̉̂̎̚̕͜͜͠o̵̡̨̧̢̤͚͇̫̜̞̫̼͖̱͇̞̩̘̖̖͓̙̙͑͒̅̈́̒̀̈͋̄͐̍͊̏̀̇̆̎̈̕̕͠͝͝͠t̷̡̧̰͍͌̊̊͌̉̑̒͘͝ ̸̨͕͔̤͙͓͙͔̻̣̦͕͙̺͖͈̗̯̂͊̓̈́̿͊̇̓͋̾̎͗̇͑͠ͅy̵̢̨̨̻̜̭̠͈̠͇̱̖̪̪̳̮̩̩̞͇͔̣̻͓̫̟͒̊͗͝ͅͅe̴̛̠͊͊̉̀̅̈́̅̕̚t̷̡̝̮͎͍͈͈̗͍̥̤̤̳̬͚̱̩̤̬̰̄̓̃́͝ͅ
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...The God of Time...?
*"...Not yet"...?
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Did SHE want him to...
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Replace HER...?