Zhongli's Ideal World Session 2

[idolpro]

"In his long life, he has met countless people, and shall meet countless more still.

As they say: the waters change course, but the mountains move not."

--The Raiden Shogun

Comments

Introduction - Start

[leaveofabsence]

You wake up floating, feeling lightweight and free. There is nothing but beautiful golden-purple sunset sky above you and stars twinkling in the distance. Nothing below your feet but clouds too thick to see through. But you imagine the ground is somewhere down there, very very far below.

A flash of gold shimmers, and a rolled up parchment unfurls in the air in front of you. A small black inkwell and calligraphy brush appears off to the side. The script is neat and tidy.

"Erosion.

It is a terrible disease of the mind known to affect the long lived individuals of Teyvat; those affiliated with the element of geo being much more susceptible. It is a slow and gradual process - forgetting the name of a friend who has long since passed here or the exact date of an important event there. Steadily do memories and tethers to the realm crumble until nothing is left but a husk of the individual completely separated from reality.

Zhongli has been battling the onset of this malady for years untold. And even careful as he was, he too has succumbed to its grip. Fortunately, he is not yet completely lost to us, but without immediate intervention, I'm afraid that he will be.

Traveler, I do not know how close you are to Zhongli, but I can sense that you are at least acquainted. Enough perhaps to know that he would not want one of his power left alone to ravage the land. I offer you a boon, the power of the elements and a tool to help differentiate fantasy from reality to use as you see fit. In exchange, I request your promise that you will return Zhongli to his senses or render him incapable of further harming others.

Will you accept this contract?"

[[ OOC: For the contract signing, you are alone, but once you have landed in Liyue Harbor, you are free to interact with the other Ideal World runners as you see fit. ]]

Re: Introduction - Start

[586]

[ stares at this wizardry. ]

...

[ he's not sure how much he can help, but ]

I accept.

Pentium

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Electro Vision ] under the constellation [ Perierat Inventus ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the pavilion. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Pentium

[586]

... [ mumbles to himself about the blessing, because he doesn't believe in god/gods, though he's fully aware there are plenty around him in tokyo-f. ]

[ as far away from people as possible. ]

[ sure, let's go to the pavilion. he doesn't know jack from shit about zhongli's home, so he may as well go with his 'gut'. ]

Re: Pentium

[leaveofabsence]

[ Proceed here and move directly to the Doppleganger: Pentium comment ]

Re: Introduction - Start

[outofoffice]

[ Giving the parchment a wry look, not that anyone is around to see.

The nerve of a piece of paper offering him his own powers--!!! ]

But if we would do this even without the contract?

Venti

[leaveofabsence]

[ More writing appears on the paper ]

Such an agreement is not as binding as one tied to a contract.

We ask for one for the benefit of both parties involved.

Re: Venti

[outofoffice]

[ oh my fucking goddddd ]

Morax.

You're the worst.

[ EXASPERATED SIGH ]

I'll sign the dumb paper.

Re: Venti

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Anemo gnosis(???) ] under the constellation [ Carmen Dei ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the mountains. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 +2 (Archon privilege) to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world does not glow because you should already know this. Also it's fucking glass. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Introduction - Start

[scattershot]

[Honestly, Alisaie heard "Zhongli" and "malady" and "lost to us" and everything else was just background detail she would think on more closely later.]

Yes...!! Of course!

Just tell me what to do, and I'll do it.

Alisaie

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Pyro Vision ] under the constellation [ Soror Bellator ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the docks. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Alisaie

[scattershot]

[Well, far be it from her to ignore otherworldly prompting. Maybe this is what the Warrior of Light feels like all the time? It's comforting, even as a part of her wants to laugh and mutter something about learning experiences.

[The docks it is.]

Re: Alisaie

[leaveofabsence]

[ To the docks ]

Re: Introduction - Start

[sagescion]

[Reading the missive carefully or... contract, as it were?]

Yes, I accept.

Alphinaud

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Hydro Vision ] under the constellation [ Scholaris Frater ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the docks. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Alphinaud

[sagescion]

[Docks it is!]

Re: Introduction - Start

[inspiteful]

[ So like. As soon as he sees the word 'contract' he makes a point of rereading the whole thing again, like a reflex.

Looks up at the sky.

Looks down at his feet.

...It's probably a pretty long fall from this height...

In the manner of someone used to writing with one, he takes a brush and signs his name, 'Gracious Skylark'. ]

Skylark

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Pyro Vision ] under the constellation [ Renati Solis ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the pavilion. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Skylark

[inspiteful]

[ Huh. He was interested in the pavilion, anyway. The ceremony looks like a good place to start investigating. ]

Re: Introduction - Start

[firstworldproblem]

And why does it have to be binding? Especially when I don't even know if the task is an achievable one.

Re: Introduction - Start

[leaveofabsence]

[ More words appear on the parchment ]

"Liyue is the land of Wealth and Commerce and Dust and Contracts. It is the most efficient way of ensuring that fairness is achieved."

Re: Introduction - Start

[firstworldproblem]

I'm afraid you'll simply have to take my olive branch of good faith that I will do all I can to help.

Re: Introduction - Start

[pyromagiac]

[ looking around briefly, before looking down at the contract . . .

she's going to sign her name, yes ]

Felicity

[leaveofabsence]

Congratulations, Traveler. You have been bequeathed with a [ Anemo Vision ] under the constellation [ Scientia Ovium ].

Your signature flashes golden as the parchment rolls itself back up, a gold ribbon tightly securing it before it disappears like so much stardust. A contract forged and sealed. Then you hear it - you feel it - the earth calling you pulling you down down down to the ground and welcoming you home. You can just make it out through the thinning clouds during your descent - a harbor city protected on all sides by tall, jagged mountains. The city of Liyue - Zhongli's heart and home.

If you do happen to glance back up toward the sky, you'll see a woman garbed in white and black armor, golden eyes piercing as she holds the contract in her hand.

"May the blessing of Celestia guide your path."

And thus, your journey begins.



Where would you like to land:

• The docks
  
• The marketplace
  
• The mountains overlooking the city
  
• The central pavilion where it looks like preparations for a ceremony are beginning

( For some reason, you feel yourself drawn to the market. )

[[ OOC: If you have accepted the contract and the vision:

• You will get a +1 to Elemental Mastery. If you are already at +2, please put +1 in any other stat of your choice.
  
• Your vision will glow if you are near the source of the idiosyncrasies in Zhongli's ideal world. Roll ELM if you'd like to investigate.
  
• Consider yourself a master of your element and you may use it in any offensive, defensive or utility capability. You want a sword? A shield? Hydro surfing? It's yours!

If you have not accepted the contract, your stats remain unchanged.]]

Re: Felicity

[pyromagiac]

. . . Thank you, miss!

[ she wants to go to the mountains but she's going to go to the marketplace first ]