GENSHIN: Stardust Road

CH1 ACT2: ONE MOMENT INTO A THOUSAND

The figure in white effortlessly beats the fatui agents with a powerful wind-charged strike of his polearm, then, he checks the contents of the pouch he's holding and sighs 

???: "Okay, now what to do?" He sits down to think 

Paimon: "um, hello mister, that was some wicked fighting you did?" 

???: looks(?) up at Paimon with milky white eyes "thanks" 

Paimon: "whoa- wait a minute, you're blind?!?" 

Zephyr: "indeed, i am Zephyr the blind gale" 

Paimon: "paimon's paimon" 

Zephyr: "I see" he gets up "you can slip by unnoticed, can'tcha? Given your size" 

Paimon: "uhm, yes?" 

Zephyr: "great! Take this" he hands Paimon the pouch "take this to a prince in pink" 

Paimon: "uhm, sure? What's in this anyway?" 

Zephyr: "some gnosis" he whispers 

Paimon: "some WHAT?!?!?"

Zephyr: "gnosis. I got these by intercepting the fatui. And now the chrono archons will get em back" he smiles 

Paimon: "o-okay?? I gotcha" 

Paimon: floats away and hands venti the pouch "some blind dude gave me this" 

Venti: "ooh, is it mora?" peeks inside, a pink glow illuminates his face "i can't tell if its better or worse than mora" 

Zhongli and ei take a peek to see for themselves 

Ei: "interesting" 

Zhongli: "curious"

Venti: "weird" 

Ei: "for what exact reason is a split gnosis in this little bag?" 

Venti: "dunno but it seems important" 

Lumine: "well whatever is the case, we should probably return these to the archons of this region" 

Dagou: "I don't know where the chrono archons are, nor where they frequent. Sorry"

Jean: "aww, it's okay, Dagou, you did your best" she hugs Dagou 

Dagou: hugs back "i love you mommy" 

Jean: "i love you too, little guy" 

Paimon: "some blind dude gave it to me" 

Dagou: "that was zephyr probably, we know each other. Anyways, i might know someone who can lead us to the chrono archons" 

Venti: "hmm, the little guy might know tons more than we let on" 

Dagou: "with age comes knowledge" 

Zhongli: "true, now, lets go" 

Everyone agrees and they head off to see dagou's friend

Where they eventually head to is seemingly a witch's home because even the exterior seems magical. 

Dagou: "marci, i brought friends over" 

Marci: "ah! Really!!? I'll be there in a minute" 

The group hears marci stumble about the house getting ready for her guests, and eventually, she greets the group

Marci: "greetings, im marci" 

Dagou: "marci is my best friend" 

Marci: "aww, you're mine too, dagou" she smiles "so, what can I getcha? A potion or two? Someone's whereabouts perhaps?" 

Jean: "Actually, little miss marci. We do need someone's whereabouts" 

Marci: pouts "don't call me little!" >:T

Jean: "oh, my apologies" 

Marci: "hmph, it's okay." She crosses her arms "anyways, come on in" 

Everyone enters marci's home, a relatively small but cozy home, the front entrance had a staircase leading upstairs on the right and some mirrors on the left. Marci then leads the group to a room with a glass ball in it, the room is lined with bookshelves containing textbooks aplenty 

Marci: "so, who do you want to find? I need an object considered personal to them"

Paimon: "you're in luck!!" She hands her the gnosis pouch "here" 

Marci: "okay, lemme work my magic" she chants something and then water bursts into the room and takes shape of a map of Chronotopia and a single drop lights up "they are where the water tells" 

Paimon: "wow!! This certainly beats Mona's magic by a ton!!" 

Marci: "glad you think that. Now skedaddle, find whoever you're looking for. But feel free to drop by when you have time" 

Jean: "will do, young sorceress. Thanks" 

Marci: "you're very welcome" 

The group say their farewells to marci and head off to the chrono archons to return to them what is rightfully theirs.