Genshin Impact: Mondstadt Alter

Act 1 Chapter 4.3:

Elemental Power

As no one comes after that, I sit in the middle of the bed, crossing my legs and putting my hands on my kneecaps. I shut my eyes tightly, easing both body and mind. At the same time, I enhance my senses to the apex, trying to feel what's within me.

Slowly but surely, my body starts heating. I can feel something weightless crawling everywhere. On my skin, within the room, and so much more linger in the air. However, I sense it's nothing harmful. With that, I settled to put it aside and investigate where it came from.

Not long after, I find the source of elemental energy flowing around. I pick the object and inspect it closely.

"I didn't know that a vision contains this much elemental power in them. I suppose that makes sense since they're practically the reason a vision bearer can harness their respective elements from them." I articulated as I tossed it at the end of the bed.

[You just realize about that, now?]

"I wasn't really paying attention to them. When I wanted to wield anemo, I felt it running within my body. From head to toe, I still can perceive their aura in plain sight. Using my own elemental energy isn't hard, either, because all I need to do is control it with enough will."

[The reason why you can see elemental energy is because you can use elemental sight. Not many are capable of such a feat.]

"Hmm, maybe that has something to do with my keen senses."

[Possibly. Although, the fact you can still use elemental energy despite being separated from your vision is worth analyzing]

I tilt my head, hearing that statement, "What are you talking about? It's literally only one meter away from me."

[That is classified as being separated, airhead.]

I hum as I watch it from my position. I feel some energy rush when I extend my arm forward, facing the back of my hand against my vision. Then, I retract my arm in a quick session. Accidentally, what gets dragged into me is the bed sheet. I catch it before it can hit my face.

"That is NOT what I meant to do. Come on, me, focus."

I give it a second shot. This time, I lowered the output and concentrated on my vision. The green gem takes off in my direction as soon as I pull my arm. I managed to catch it instinctively with my left hand.

"Now, this is what I am talking about." I celebrated, putting it at my back hip, "Perhaps it's fair to say that vision has some tolerance, as I can still use it as long as I'm not too far from it."

I anticipate a response to my hypothesis, yet he maintains his silence. As I patiently waited, I rose from the bed and rectified the bedsheet I had disarrayed. Despite restoring the bed to its previous state, the room is filled only with the sound of a relentless downpour from the outside.

Wait, raining?

I peer at the window and see the outside is enveloped in almost darkness. Walking towards it, I place both hands and gaze above, enjoying the weather. However, my feelings mixed when suddenly my memory recalls what happened.

I jerk my head and decide to make a conversation again.

"Can we start from the beginning?"

[...]

"The other night, you said you would give counsel about my symptoms. I need to control my elemental energy. I called it way back when it first happened, so I figured my Sonar had something to do with it. But now that I think about it, what do you mean by that?"

[I'm pretty sure I gave you enough hints already.]

"Well, I can't figure out what you meant by that. I have two speculations. And honestly, both make sense to me."

[Why don't you share them?]

Relaxing on the window, I theorize, "My initial assumption is that my Sonar is depleting my energy, akin to a hole in a bucket. Once my energy is exhausted, Sonar begins extracting whatever remains within me to function. Alternatively, I could be experiencing an energy surplus, causing my body to go into overload. Ultimately, I believe there must be a threshold for the amount of elemental energy a vision user can hold."

[Those aren't shabby theories but they mean nothing unless you find the truth.]

"Tell me something I don't know. I'm working on it. I have a few ways to pinpoint the correct answer." I commented as I rested my cheek on my hand.

"Let me ponder what I missed."

I never once utilized my vision until the first time I coughed blood. I've been avoiding using it too since I thought what's happening to me was because of the former speculation. The latter never once crossed my mind before his suggestion.

My sonar has been consistently operational since I woke up, and it rarely experiences malfunctions. On the other hand, my symptoms are activated when someone mentions my parents or the incident, but this only started occurring some time after I woke up. I felt a surge whenever it happened.

A short while back, I started exploring ways to make better use of my vision. Initially hesitant, I eventually decided to embrace the concept, recognizing that neglecting my abilities to use it would be a missed opportunity. However, I've only incorporated a few techniques I might use in my daily life and battles.

The more I think about it, the more I lean toward the latter idea because I still can use elemental energy in my fight with the Fatui agent. Yet, there is something I need to confirm before that.

"Can I ask you some questions?"

[Maybe it's better for you to grasp your power rather than keep asking me, Morgan.]

"I take that as a no." I shrugged, grabbing my vision.

Staring intently at it, I notice the energy from the vision flowing to its surroundings.

I sigh, "One down, a lot more to go."

Vision constantly pumps energy from itself.

Numerous questions about a vision linger in my mind, and regrettably, I'm uncertain how to obtain the answers. I have tried saving some power in me, so now, I'll opt to harness additional elemental energy by devising a technique or two.

What I can do with my power right now are merely a few basic moves. However, I still want to make something simple again, as I don't possess much general wisdom or experience about elements. I have some concepts in my head, but first, I'll list what I am capable of.

Clearly, I'll put Sonar as my first one. I wouldn't say I'm the one who came up with it, nor aware of how it works, but evidently, it is something I had when I got my vision. For the time being, I'll let it do its job until I finally be able to crack the code. I have no idea how to turn it off, either, anyway.

Secondly, I can boost my limbs to do stuff like punching, kicking, jumping, and more. It enhances the momentum by a lot. In that combat, I noted the most damage I dealt to him besides the thrust on his wrist was the one where I used those enhancements. My regular hits barely did anything to him. Heck, it hardly staggered him.

Last but not least is push and pull. I could do both to a certain degree and maybe even more if I put more effort and energy into them. I have a few more in my head, but I haven't had the chance to put them in actual practice. I'll try doing them when the opportunity strikes.

Sitting on the chair, I kick my feet as I write something in my diary.

A lot has happened these past weeks. Plus, I want to note everything I have right now in case I need it. Or when my brain forgets something because sometimes I'm doing stupid.

Back to the topic, I have four options to pick about what's next ability to learn.

Cut.

Shot.

Convergence.

Divergence.

While those aren't exactly what I wanted in mind, they seem pretty good ones to start practicing for.

[How do you even come up with convergence and divergence? Those two are some advanced-skill levels].

"Books. Also, they've basically upgraded forms of push and pull, which are the primary theme of anemo power. The idea wouldn't have crossed my mind otherwise." I answered before standing up.

[It's not even an upgrade anymore. That's a leap.]

I won't deny that, and I know I need to be patient to become stronger, so I should do this slowly by picking the first choice.

"Huh!" I grunted as I swung my arm diagonally.

*swoosh*

"That was- okay, I guess," I commented, staring at my arm.

This might be effective. I just have to infuse energy into my arm and execute a slicing motion to unleash it. Given the lack of a designated target and the need to avoid any damage to the properties, I must significantly reduce the energy output so the attack would quickly disappear before it can connect to anything.

Well, I guess I'll spend my time doing this from now on.

A/N: Some known theories in the game that I have on how a vision and elemental energy work in this chapter. We've seen how some vision users can achieve with their elemental power, notably, those are Childe's melee stance, Kazuha's dual visions moment, Charlotte's Camera, Fischl's Oz, Razor's Stand, and Shenhe froze tsunami (And more, but there's too many to list). However, there still doesn't seem to be any confirmed information on how visions or elemental energy function unless I miss/forget something. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter!

Thank you for reading, and carry on!