sometimes, when you open up a window into a new world, you really need to look before you leap. this is a lesson that sheba and yuri will (maybe) learn today, as they are now both just wandering around dragonspine, shivering. fools. idiots.
why don't they just open up a window to their own worlds and then try again? i'm just arbitrarily deciding that any window they open up into teyvat will spit them out into dragonspine today.]
I thought I'd left this type of cold behind when we left Prox...
[mutter, mutter. sheba is looking at a pile of firewood that is scorched from striking it with lightning, but alas, did not catch fire. stupid wood. aren't you supposed to be flammable?]
I’m pretty sure I said I didn’t want to see anything cold again after Nerak.
[ they’d always just woken up in a new world when they’d been stuck in that loop of travelling, exploring, searching, and solving while under the angel’s thumbs. the thought that they could just… end up somewhere dangerous, literally or elementally, hadn’t even crossed yuri’s mind.
he’s kicking himself a little now, watching sheba try to light a fire and failing. ]
Is it damp? I mean the whole place is just snow, snow and more snow. Snow’s wet.
[ frown. ] Maybe there’s something else we can use to keep ourselves warm for a bit…?
[ wouldn't that have been a smart idea. my brain is telling me he's wearing Kings style sweater and jeans, and military style boots so at least his tiddies aren't all the way out but.
hm.
cold. ]
... You'd hope. Might be better than standing here and trying to make a fire start where it doesn't want to.
[decision made! onward, hiking up the mountain! i can't remember the exact layout of dragonspine but i'm just remembering us going up a path and turning to find a gigantic ruin guard thing so that's what their going to find.
sheba's eyes go wide as it starts to move.]
...um! [BAD. she casts spark plasma. it now has an electro status effect.] What is this?!
Well. That looks.... well armoured. Also staticky.
[ him. ]
I think the only weak spots in the middle of its face? Everywhere else looks pretty ... covered?
[ the ruin guard sure is stomping towards them. at least until it drops down and parts of it just start moving like they're focusing in on them. ] Ahhh, shit. Quick, dodge or get behind something, this looks like it could be nasty.
[ sometimes you're just minding your own business, catching up on paperwork for the winery and your soul just BOLTS OUT THE HECKIN MANOR. clearly something is wrong? because canopus has not acted this way since coming home.
he did not expect her to lead him to dragonspine of all places...is that a seelie?? upon closer inspection he finds that it is in fact not a seelie. it is aura. ]
I see...
[ he is running faster now, canopus chasing after aura and as they climb the path he's looking everywhere. coming up the hill and there it is. there's the ruin guard and there's his daughter and boyfriend. fighting it. he's a mix of panic, happy to see them, and also sheer "HOW DID YOU EVEN GET IN THIS SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE???" ]
You two!!
[ diluc reaches behind him and pulls the claymore forward, focusing all his fire so it engulfs the blade. he stops and drops down, swinging back and when he swings forward a giant flaming eagle flies out and at the ruin guard. diluc follows it up by running and cutting at its legs, the machine dropping down. ]
I would love to know how you two ended up here of all places!?
pretend we conned albedo into making kaeya a new eye
[ what's that overhead? it's a bird? it's a plane? no! it's kaeya coming in on a white-winged glider and and collapsing it in an instant, bringing his sword down as diluc's fire heats the armor of the ruin guard. melt is already happening, steam rising off of the ruin guard's body as he lands in beside diluc and gives his sword a quick flip, his burst erupting with a sharp light and surrounding diluc's still flaming claymore in cryo. the ruin guard, already applied with? is that electro? starts to super conduct and he laughs as he looks over at sheba and yuri. ]
How nice of you to drop in! Not the best spot, mind you, but exciting none the less.
[ how did he get here so quickly, you may ask? well that's easy, because polaris is already darting in from the snow drifts, pincering their location and with a quick boop of his paws, starts up one of the heating mechanisms off to the side, releasing a blast of warmth so you guys don't freeze your asses off. he's the first one who booked it and kaeya simply said "BRB JEAN" and followed. ditches work for boyfriend and daughter. ]
[this thing is huge. sheba doesn't look too bothered by its approach, though - rather, once the shock of seeing it there fades, she just bends her knees slightly and adjusts her hold on her mace, ready as ever for a fight. come on, ruin guard. try her. she's ready.
a jupiter djinni that is not aura emerges from her chest in a whorl of glowing purple light, circles around her, and -
she vanishes, just as the ruin guard's fist slams down onto where she was.
huh!
it's probably fine. diluc and kaeya both appear on the scene at that exact moment anyway, engulfing the mechanical monster in flames and following it up with ice just seconds later. i like to imagine they're both like level 90 and just totally wrecking this ruin guard's shit. it staggers back, its metal plating charred and iced over, and sheba flickers back into existence in the exact same spot she was standing before, completely untouched.]
Don't ask me! This is just where we ended up!
[blame the coins.
aura, meanwhile, flits about to nuzzle both canopus and polaris before going to hover near one of the heating mechanisms polaris has activated.
brrr!]
...but it's really good to see you! I guess Pravda and Aura found you?
[ well. that was over before it even really started, wasn't it? as both diluc and kaeya seem to know what they're doing, yuri will keep himself to one side for the moment. as much as he'd love to dive in there and wreck that thing's shit, there's a lot of elements flying around and he's still pretty sure the best he'll manage is clanking his sword off the side of the ruin guard's armour anyway.
not dein nomos, interestingly. it's more of a katana style sword this time. hm! ]
Window opened up here. We didn't think it'd be an entire mountain of snow when we stepped out, but y'know. Life loves to surprise us.
[ oh, heat. that's nice.
pravda is already wandering over to the warmth of the mechanism, bumping her muzzle against polaris and canopus as she goes. ]
[ he just sighs, while putting the claymore away, it no longer flaming thanks to kaeya's cryo. don't want to burn ya clothes off with a flaming sword. ]
I suppose there's worse places you could have ended up. Please look, before you step through next time.
[ he's going to motion for them to come over to the mechanism, please get warm, their daemons are already starting a cuddle pile for warmth. ]
[ polaris moves to bump pravda warmly against her muzzle, licking fondly at her ears and giving aura a thorough nuzzling as well, his tail wagging happily. meanwhile, kaeya is picking up the goods left behind because why not, a few spare parts inside of the ruin guard's decimated robotic corpse to give over to the traveler or to some shop keeps. he also joins the rest of them by the warming mechanism, sheathing his sword and grinning at them both fondly. ]
Ruin Guards... they're awfully inconvenient, and they're everywhere here. Next time we'll make sure you're properly kitted up if for some reason we have to come back. Hopefully we won't.
[ he looks like he couldn't be happier, though. ]
I'm glad your both here regardless... we'll take you back to... the Winery? [ he looks at diluc. ] Mm, would you mind sending someone to tell Jean I won't be back? Urgent business?
[ go send the traveler to give jean his excuse okay?????
daily commission: expeditious excuses (timed mission, 180 seconds to deliver a letter from dawn winery to jean's office. reward: 20 primogems, 500 adventure exp, 13,175 mora, 100 companionship exp.) ]
[so, the heat source is nice, but also? so is hugging her dads. which is to say, sheba does gravitate over to the source of heat when she gets herded over there, but she's going to grab yuri's sleeve, tug him over to diluc and kaeya, and pull them all into a group hug.
(she may wriggle out of it in a bit to let the three of them hug each other but she wants dad time first.)]
It's good to see you two again!
[...she says, as if they didn't just have to fight off a ruin guard. she's pretty used to random encounters, though, so... now that the fight is over and she's here alongside with people she's missed, she's relaxed.]
...ooh, the Winery... I've been wanting to see it!
[ seriously, genuinely, he cannot think of anywhere worse than a snow covered mountain with giant armoured robot things stomping around and attacking on sight. truly hateful.
he’ll allow himself to be dragged over by the heat source and, essentially, into a group hug as well. if the heat lamp wasn’t enough, there’s now body heat too! hurray. ]
Huh, Who’d have thought we’d be staging a surprise visit and a kidnapping on the same day. That’s something of an achievement.
[ pravda huffs and lets her ears be fussed and affectionately licked, dipping her head slightly to mumble something to polaris as he just has the time of his life, apparently. good for him.
yuri will just let sheba get the bulk of the hugging in for the moment. she is, after all, the baby and deserves the most snuggles. ]
Teyvat is vast and the dangers that roam the land vary from place to place.
[ he looks at kaeya and sighs. ] I'll write something up once we're back home, then call the traveler to deliver it to Jean.
[ the edge dissolves when they all get pulled into a group hug, diluc wrapping his arms around whoever he can and pressing close. even being somewhat used to the sheer cold of the mountain, he finds comfort in the body heat. ]
Let's get you both back, I'm sure you must be hungry after enduring all of that. I'll ask Adelinde to prepare something hot to eat.
[they're also both getting swaddled in blankets and set in front of the fireplace, with cocoa.
canopus boops aura with her nose, gently, before going to pravda and bonking their heads together. she is very happy to see them both and will voice that along with lil kitty licks. ]
[ this group hug is never-ending, but only because kaeya is a clingy bitch for a moment. they are all getting hugged, bumped, wrapped around, etc. sheer cold be damned, he will very carefully extricate his jacket and his ostentatious, warm fur from around his body and deposit said jacket over yuri's shoulders while cozying the fur nicely around sheba. he holds her tightly for a moment as he does so, head on top of hers as he rubs warmth into her arms for a moment. ]
That should help for now.
[ he is not that cold, to be fair, and will not take no so just refuse and refuse and then get over the fact that u shan't be listened to. get wrecked. especially because he will then turn to gently adjust the jacket over yuri and fuss a moment before kissing his cheek. ]
Come on then, the manor's been far too empty. It's about time we filled it for a while.
[it's freezing up here, but sheba can't help but smile; even though it's been some time since she's seen them, it feels natural, to be with them like this again. she could get used to this - although she'd prefer not to have to suddenly appear on a snowbound hellscape to hang around all three of them.
she does protest, a little, when kaeya wraps his fur around her, but it becomes fairly obvious that he's going to out-stubborn her on this one, so she accept it and the hug before snuggling into the fur.
oh. wow. it really is warm.
(that's probably the point.)]
...hee hee. Maybe I should start wearing fur in case I end up here again.
[onward! down the mountain they go. this would probably be easier if they all had gliders, but alas, she and yuri don't have any yet, so they're just going to have to hoof it.]
It's really good to see you all again, though. Um... what have you been up to?
[ plot twist, they all freeze on dragonspine because they were too busy hugging to get out of the cold. yuri looks for all the world like he wants to protest kaeya handing over his entire coat, but he knows the other man well enough to know arguing won't get him too far. not over this.
pravda, in the meanwhile, focuses entirely on headbutting canopus gently and receiving all that affection. it is good, and she will lap it up.
yuri leans into the kiss on his cheek briefly, before shifting his weight a little to lean against diluc, just for a moment. ]
Other than running around after people lost on freezing cold mountains, that is.
[ hello yuri. he nudges him back, hand reaching to hold his briefly, giving it a light squeeze. ]
There's rooms prepared for both of you and you are, of course, free to roam around the winery as you please.
[ he is starting to usher them to the path, let's get off this cold ass mountain and back home. as they walk he'll focus on radiating heat outwards, his vision glowing at his hip. canopus sticks close to the other daemons. ]
I was busy preparing for tomorrow's celebration, which reminds me...you both appeared at the perfect time, even if where you appeared was anything but perfect.
[ he looks over at kaeya, thinking for a moment, then focuses back at their company. ]
But there is plenty of time to rest until then, so I will fill you both in once we're home.
[there's still a lot about mondstadt that sheba isn't entirely familiar with, and even more about teyvat - but, luckily, diluc and kaeya are there to teach her. yuri's around, too, which means when she asks "what is windtrace, anyway?" after overhearing gygax soliciting people for a few rounds of the game, they have enough people for a hands-on lesson!
...which is what's led her to perching in the branches of a tree, mostly hidden by the leaves. aura is half-hidden by a rigged wine barrel among some others that have been loaded onto a cart, a short distance away; sheba is watching carefully to see if the trap works and trying not to giggle.
kaeya and yuri are hiding somewhere else; diluc is the hunter, this round.
perhaps foolishly, she thinks she's chosen a pretty good hiding spot and that diluc definitely won't catch her. she catches some motion out of the corner of her eye and leans forward a bit on her perch on the branch to get a better look. one of the other rebels, or perhaps diluc on the prowl...?]
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lost in dragonspine. . .
it's cold.
sometimes, when you open up a window into a new world, you really need to look before you leap. this is a lesson that sheba and yuri will (maybe) learn today, as they are now both just wandering around dragonspine, shivering. fools. idiots.
why don't they just open up a window to their own worlds and then try again? i'm just arbitrarily deciding that any window they open up into teyvat will spit them out into dragonspine today.]
I thought I'd left this type of cold behind when we left Prox...
[mutter, mutter. sheba is looking at a pile of firewood that is scorched from striking it with lightning, but alas, did not catch fire. stupid wood. aren't you supposed to be flammable?]
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[ they’d always just woken up in a new world when they’d been stuck in that loop of travelling, exploring, searching, and solving while under the angel’s thumbs. the thought that they could just… end up somewhere dangerous, literally or elementally, hadn’t even crossed yuri’s mind.
he’s kicking himself a little now, watching sheba try to light a fire and failing. ]
Is it damp? I mean the whole place is just snow, snow and more snow. Snow’s wet.
[ frown. ] Maybe there’s something else we can use to keep ourselves warm for a bit…?
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sheba draws her cloak a little more tightly around herself and points at... a path. kind of. it's hard to tell in the snow.]
...it looks like that's a path, right...? If people take it, normally, there should be something to keep them warm along the way...?
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hm.
cold. ]
... You'd hope. Might be better than standing here and trying to make a fire start where it doesn't want to.
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[decision made! onward, hiking up the mountain! i can't remember the exact layout of dragonspine but i'm just remembering us going up a path and turning to find a gigantic ruin guard thing so that's what their going to find.
sheba's eyes go wide as it starts to move.]
...um! [BAD. she casts spark plasma. it now has an electro status effect.] What is this?!
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Well. That looks.... well armoured. Also staticky.
[ him. ]
I think the only weak spots in the middle of its face? Everywhere else looks pretty ... covered?
[ the ruin guard sure is stomping towards them. at least until it drops down and parts of it just start moving like they're focusing in on them. ] Ahhh, shit. Quick, dodge or get behind something, this looks like it could be nasty.
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he did not expect her to lead him to dragonspine of all places...is that a seelie?? upon closer inspection he finds that it is in fact not a seelie. it is aura. ]
I see...
[ he is running faster now, canopus chasing after aura and as they climb the path he's looking everywhere. coming up the hill and there it is. there's the ruin guard and there's his daughter and boyfriend. fighting it. he's a mix of panic, happy to see them, and also sheer "HOW DID YOU EVEN GET IN THIS SITUATION IN THE FIRST PLACE???" ]
You two!!
[ diluc reaches behind him and pulls the claymore forward, focusing all his fire so it engulfs the blade. he stops and drops down, swinging back and when he swings forward a giant flaming eagle flies out and at the ruin guard. diluc follows it up by running and cutting at its legs, the machine dropping down. ]
I would love to know how you two ended up here of all places!?
pretend we conned albedo into making kaeya a new eye
How nice of you to drop in! Not the best spot, mind you, but exciting none the less.
[ how did he get here so quickly, you may ask? well that's easy, because polaris is already darting in from the snow drifts, pincering their location and with a quick boop of his paws, starts up one of the heating mechanisms off to the side, releasing a blast of warmth so you guys don't freeze your asses off. he's the first one who booked it and kaeya simply said "BRB JEAN" and followed. ditches work for boyfriend and daughter. ]
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a jupiter djinni that is not aura emerges from her chest in a whorl of glowing purple light, circles around her, and -
she vanishes, just as the ruin guard's fist slams down onto where she was.
huh!
it's probably fine. diluc and kaeya both appear on the scene at that exact moment anyway, engulfing the mechanical monster in flames and following it up with ice just seconds later. i like to imagine they're both like level 90 and just totally wrecking this ruin guard's shit. it staggers back, its metal plating charred and iced over, and sheba flickers back into existence in the exact same spot she was standing before, completely untouched.]
Don't ask me! This is just where we ended up!
[blame the coins.
aura, meanwhile, flits about to nuzzle both canopus and polaris before going to hover near one of the heating mechanisms polaris has activated.
brrr!]
...but it's really good to see you! I guess Pravda and Aura found you?
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not dein nomos, interestingly. it's more of a katana style sword this time. hm! ]
Window opened up here. We didn't think it'd be an entire mountain of snow when we stepped out, but y'know. Life loves to surprise us.
[ oh, heat. that's nice.
pravda is already wandering over to the warmth of the mechanism, bumping her muzzle against polaris and canopus as she goes. ]
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[ he just sighs, while putting the claymore away, it no longer flaming thanks to kaeya's cryo. don't want to burn ya clothes off with a flaming sword. ]
I suppose there's worse places you could have ended up. Please look, before you step through next time.
[ he's going to motion for them to come over to the mechanism, please get warm, their daemons are already starting a cuddle pile for warmth. ]
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Ruin Guards... they're awfully inconvenient, and they're everywhere here. Next time we'll make sure you're properly kitted up if for some reason we have to come back. Hopefully we won't.
[ he looks like he couldn't be happier, though. ]
I'm glad your both here regardless... we'll take you back to... the Winery? [ he looks at diluc. ] Mm, would you mind sending someone to tell Jean I won't be back? Urgent business?
[ go send the traveler to give jean his excuse okay?????
daily commission: expeditious excuses (timed mission, 180 seconds to deliver a letter from dawn winery to jean's office. reward: 20 primogems, 500 adventure exp, 13,175 mora, 100 companionship exp.) ]
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(she may wriggle out of it in a bit to let the three of them hug each other but she wants dad time first.)]
It's good to see you two again!
[...she says, as if they didn't just have to fight off a ruin guard. she's pretty used to random encounters, though, so... now that the fight is over and she's here alongside with people she's missed, she's relaxed.]
...ooh, the Winery... I've been wanting to see it!
[please, no more snow. she is freezing.]
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[ seriously, genuinely, he cannot think of anywhere worse than a snow covered mountain with giant armoured robot things stomping around and attacking on sight. truly hateful.
he’ll allow himself to be dragged over by the heat source and, essentially, into a group hug as well. if the heat lamp wasn’t enough, there’s now body heat too! hurray. ]
Huh, Who’d have thought we’d be staging a surprise visit and a kidnapping on the same day. That’s something of an achievement.
[ pravda huffs and lets her ears be fussed and affectionately licked, dipping her head slightly to mumble something to polaris as he just has the time of his life, apparently. good for him.
yuri will just let sheba get the bulk of the hugging in for the moment. she is, after all, the baby and deserves the most snuggles. ]
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[ he looks at kaeya and sighs. ] I'll write something up once we're back home, then call the traveler to deliver it to Jean.
[ the edge dissolves when they all get pulled into a group hug, diluc wrapping his arms around whoever he can and pressing close. even being somewhat used to the sheer cold of the mountain, he finds comfort in the body heat. ]
Let's get you both back, I'm sure you must be hungry after enduring all of that. I'll ask Adelinde to prepare something hot to eat.
[they're also both getting swaddled in blankets and set in front of the fireplace, with cocoa.
canopus boops aura with her nose, gently, before going to pravda and bonking their heads together. she is very happy to see them both and will voice that along with lil kitty licks. ]
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That should help for now.
[ he is not that cold, to be fair, and will not take no so just refuse and refuse and then get over the fact that u shan't be listened to. get wrecked. especially because he will then turn to gently adjust the jacket over yuri and fuss a moment before kissing his cheek. ]
Come on then, the manor's been far too empty. It's about time we filled it for a while.
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she does protest, a little, when kaeya wraps his fur around her, but it becomes fairly obvious that he's going to out-stubborn her on this one, so she accept it and the hug before snuggling into the fur.
oh. wow. it really is warm.
(that's probably the point.)]
...hee hee. Maybe I should start wearing fur in case I end up here again.
[onward! down the mountain they go. this would probably be easier if they all had gliders, but alas, she and yuri don't have any yet, so they're just going to have to hoof it.]
It's really good to see you all again, though. Um... what have you been up to?
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pravda, in the meanwhile, focuses entirely on headbutting canopus gently and receiving all that affection. it is good, and she will lap it up.
yuri leans into the kiss on his cheek briefly, before shifting his weight a little to lean against diluc, just for a moment. ]
Other than running around after people lost on freezing cold mountains, that is.
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There's rooms prepared for both of you and you are, of course, free to roam around the winery as you please.
[ he is starting to usher them to the path, let's get off this cold ass mountain and back home. as they walk he'll focus on radiating heat outwards, his vision glowing at his hip. canopus sticks close to the other daemons. ]
I was busy preparing for tomorrow's celebration, which reminds me...you both appeared at the perfect time, even if where you appeared was anything but perfect.
[ he looks over at kaeya, thinking for a moment, then focuses back at their company. ]
But there is plenty of time to rest until then, so I will fill you both in once we're home.
windtrace!
...which is what's led her to perching in the branches of a tree, mostly hidden by the leaves. aura is half-hidden by a rigged wine barrel among some others that have been loaded onto a cart, a short distance away; sheba is watching carefully to see if the trap works and trying not to giggle.
kaeya and yuri are hiding somewhere else; diluc is the hunter, this round.
perhaps foolishly, she thinks she's chosen a pretty good hiding spot and that diluc definitely won't catch her. she catches some motion out of the corner of her eye and leans forward a bit on her perch on the branch to get a better look. one of the other rebels, or perhaps diluc on the prowl...?]