modernity - xiaoven

32.

"explain. now."

"i'm from another universe. i'd fallen asleep, and woke up here on a cliff of flowers? there was someone there and told me all of this, and all i know is that there are versions of you in my universe, i'm disguised or something and-"

"disguised? what has our version of you been hiding?"

"can i finish-?"

"yes."

"and that i'm something called the anemo archon-"

"you're barbatos...?"

"so that's where that name comes in, in this universe-"

"i assume that means it's true... i'm going to need your help with stopping the stormterror crisis."

"wait, how!?"

"i happen to have an anemo vision, it allows me to control anemo, or wind, and i'll help you learn to manipulate it. we may need to get help from other anemo users, though. i can only think of one other one, though, and that is sucrose... she wont be willing, since she's working with albedo on something important."

"so, it's only you?"

"only me, and maybe i can get a letter to liyue, which i believe has an anemo user as well. i don't know though."

"how am i going to help if i'm still lear-"

"let anemo guide you into what to do, okay? i can probably get you whatever you may need... maybe the holy lyre der himmel could be helpful, since you used it in the past."

"alright."

jean nodded, and sighed. "i'll have to get barbara to help me learn more about your past, because it may be helpful. but, since we're the city of freedom, we don't know much about you."

"before i go, should i continue to act like my voice has gone out?"

"yes. just be careful, because i will be informing one other person. he'll be extremely helpful because of his skill with a claymore and pyro."

"who?"

"diluc. he is also in your universe, right?"

"yeah. so, you and diluc will know?"

"and i might tell someone else. it depends on where we will be going."

"and who is that?''

"lisa. she'll be taking over for me here, until we get this cleared up, which means that she might need to know."

venti nodded, and sighed. "so three people, total? i don't know how the me in this universe will feel-"

"if anything, yo-he'll hold it over diluc's head to get free wine."

"i have just as bad of a drinking problem in this universe, i guess?"

"you could say so."