Chapter 4

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She stood in front the gates. Her priorities should be go and find a place to stay but she really wanted go and see the bars. She walked off in the direction of Angels share.

She opened the door. Opposite the entrance sat the bar, the bartender was a no name, to her left were all the chairs. It was midday but the bar was still reasonably lively. 'Can I help you?' The bartender called. Indigo realised how odd she looked. She walked over to the bar, 'Yes, sorry, I'm looking for master Crepus, you would happen to know where he is?' A look of dred ran over the bartenders face. 'Are you feeling ok? He's been dead for years now.' He whispered quietly. 'Oh, I'm sorry my condolences.' She said. Indigo then walked over to a seat.

She was no stranger to death. Living as long as she had made sure she had seen her fair share of death, so she wasn't too hung up over it. Her next predicament however was a bit harder to ignore. For the life of her she couldn't remember what barbatos looked like. She had never really conversed with him, though she had seen him at archon meetings a few times.

The bard next to her picked up his lyre and began to play a song. Maybe taking a break and clearing her mind for a moment would help, she thought. She fell out of her chair with a crash. The person sitting next to her had been barbatos all long. How could she have been so blind. She hadn't realised how quiet the bar had gotten. She stood up and dusted herself of before saying her apologies and leaving.

That may have just been the most single-handedly most embarrassing moments of her life. But, now that she had found barbatos she could find a place to stay. She didn't really know who to ask though. Her first bet was the Adventures Guild. She walked over and before she could get a word in the woman began to speak. 'Welcome to the Adventures guild, my name is Kathryne, how can I be of service to you today?' 'um, do you have any empty houses I could rent?' Indigo asked, anxious about being turned down. 'As a matter of fact we do, It has just opened up today, It's right next to the blacksmiths, It's 5000 mora a week, is that ok for you?' 5000 mora? That's cheap, but it is next to the blacksmiths, that noise will drive you crazy quickly, but she didn't really have another option. 'Yes I'll take it.' She said. 'Great fill out this form and bring it back to me.'

She was just about done with the form when three teenagers ran up to her. The one in front was tall with white hair he was dragging the boy behind him by the hand and last one was a blonde girl who was slightly further behind and was being followed by a bird..? 'This is her bennet the girl that smells of boar.' The grey haired one said with slightly broken English 'Razor, you cant-' Just as supposedly bennet was about to finish his sentence a rock hit on the head. 'I'm so sorry. *cough* Prinzessen if most apologetic for the disruption due to you, caused by her humble followers.' The girl had finally caught up, though her vocabulary was a little confusing she seemed nice. 'It's fine you don't have to apologise, I smell of boar because I was out hunting a few hours ago.' she lied 'My name is Violet' She smiled at the teenagers, Violet was a code name she had used in mond when she used to visit. 'What an appealing name that your creators bestowed upon you, I am Fischl, Prinzessin der Verurteilung' Fishcl placed her hand on her hip and the bird started to talk 'What she means to say is, you have a nice name, mine is fischl.' The bird flapped his wings and perched on the girls shoulder 'I gathered that thank you.' Indigo said. 'I must go now, nice meeting you.'

She walked away back to adventures guild, the form had been filled out with fake information, but was still believable enough to get her the house. She handed the form back to kathryne who read it all and handed her a key 'Welcome to the adventures guild Violet.'

Her house was small, but could easily host all that she needs. By the time she had filled out the forms and looked around her new home, it was getting late, time to go to the bar. She needed to make a good first impression to everyone there, she was just praying that nobody from earlier was still there. 

She stayed in the clothes she arrived in, since they were the only clothes she owned. The sun was only just setting in the summer night. She walked in the bar. Shaking from the nerves. There tending the bar, was who she could only guess as Diluc Raginvindr, next to him stood the bartender from earlier. She quickly walked towards the bar and took a seat. The bartender from earlier quietly whispered something in the red heads ear and then Diluc proceeded to walk towards her. 

'You new here?' The red head asked the girl. She simply nodded in reply. 'What can I get you?' He asked. 'Something strong' she sighed. 'A death after noon then.' He turned around and started to make the drink. Just as he turned his back the door slammed open and two people walked in. One of them, the taller male with blue hair walked over to the bar and stood next to her. He called out to the bartender 'Oh master Diluc, two death after noons for me and my date please.' The slightly shorter female, who seemed to be some sort of nun from her attire snapped 'I am not your date kaeya' Supposedly kaeya put a hand on his chest and pretended to be hurt by the comment. Diluc turned around and gave Indigo her drink. 'Thank you' she said to diluc who then turned around to start making other drinks. 'Woah there missy, isn't that a bit heavy for you?' Kaeya asked Indigo 'I am perfectly capable holding some alcohol' she said before taking a quick sip. She could feel the warm liquid flow down her throat and land at the pit of her stomach, making the ends of her fingers tingle lightly. 'Maybe I can't hold that much alcohol' She laughed. 

Kaeya and the girl he was with both got there drinks and beckoned Indigo to come and sit with them. They got chatting about random things like why she had left Liyue and where she was now staying. She lied about every single answer making sure they didn't know what she really doing here. 'What about a vision? Do you have one?' Rosaria asked. 'Yeah, here.' She dug around her pocket and pulled out her vision. 'You don't wear it?' Kaeya asked. 'No, you're not really strong if you need a vision to do it all for you.' she answered. Truthfully she didn't need a vision she had been blessed with the power of dendro since the day she was made. 

The three of them drunk quite a lot, till they were giggling about everything everyone did. Diluc was resting against the bar watching the three act like children. 'Watch this' Indigo giggled. She closed her eyes and thought of dilucs hands getting trapped by wood on the bar and it happened. Wood grew from the bar and encased Dilucs hands. The three of them burst out laughing and Diluc freaked out trying to work out how to get out. She waved her hand in the air and wood disappeared. 'How did you do that?' Kaeya said between laughs. Indigo simply tapped the side of her nose. 

           

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