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“For hundreds and even thousands of years, Teyvat has worshipped a being higher than Celestia and the archons themselves. The Primordial One was a being that was revered by everyone and everything. Stories of their humility, kindness, and greatness have been passed down from generation to generation. They were truly a sight to behold but unfortunately, after the destruction of Khaenr’iah, they left Teyvat out of anger and sadness.
It’s been 500 years since then and people still hold on to a sliver of hope that maybe, just maybe, they might return to Teyvat. Their most beloved creation...”
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“[name]! Stop playing and go to bed. You still have school tomorrow!” Your mother shouted at you from somewhere downstairs. “Yeah, in a minute!” You yell back as you wrap up the domain that you were doing.
Sighing, you place your phone on the bedside table and went to sleep.
You wake up in a black void, ‘what the fuck?’ you thought to yourself as you look around in confusion. ‘[name]’ a mysterious voice says. “Hello??” you say as you quickly look around again to try and look for the thing talking to you. ‘It’s time for your return’ “return? What do you mean by that?” before you could receive a reply, you were woken up by your mother shaking you.
“[name] wake up! You’re nearly late for school!” she shouts at you as you jolt up and jump out of bed. “Shit! Sorry!” you shout as you run towards the bathroom, nearly bumping into a table due to how disoriented you were. “Hurry up!” Your mom says as she heads downstairs to quickly pack your breakfast.
According to your mom, the bus had already left while you were showering so now, you were sprinting to school so at least you can reach class after the ceremony. ‘I swear I was only asleep for a few seconds-’ while lost in your thoughts, you didn't notice the weirdly coloured puddle ahead. When you stepped on the puddle, but, instead of your feet hitting the concrete pavement, your feet never came in contact with anything; making you fall into what you thought was a puddle of water.
You fell into the puddle and fell for what felt like minutes yet it was only for a few seconds. Praying to whatever god there was out there that this was some weird dream and if it wasn't, at least your bag would cushion your fall.
You finally fall to the ground, though, you were expecting a harder fall, but it only felt like falling off the couch. You open your eyes to see that you were laying on what looked like a small land surrounded by water, “Where...am I?” you say to yourself before sitting up and looking around, “Is that-” your eyes widen when you saw a familiar building just a few metres away “Wangshu inn???” you rub your eyes to make sure you weren't seeing things before looking at the inn again. “Woah...” you say as you stand up, struggling a bit because of the weight of your bag. “So this is Dihua Marsh...?” you ask yourself as you take some time to admire your surroundings. Taking in the fact that this whole thing was real and not just a bunch of pixels on a screen.
After admiring the beauty of Liyue, you decided to head to the inn to maybe take a break since your feet were aching from the running and you just wanted to put down your bag because good lord was it heavy. You slowly trudge to the inn, thanking the archons that you didn’t encounter any enemies.