Opening 14
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Lucius and Paimon land down onto the port, having flown their way from the sandy cliff they were on about a minute ago.
Paimon: Wow, everything looks so advanced in Fontaine. Paimon's heard that the industry here is extremely developed, and there are all kinds of unusual machines.
Lucius: Hm, it's about what I imagined.
Paimon: Just seeing the sights as tourists is nice, but maybe it would be better if we found something to do. What do you think, Lucius?
Lucius: Well, we try and meet with the Hydro Archon.
Paimon: Good idea. Nahida gave us loads of useful information.
Lucius: ("Still felt too good to be true after getting blanks from Venti, Zhongli and Ei.")
Paimon: Seeking out The Seven is probably still our best source for information at this point.
Lucius: Indeed it is.
Lucius: ("Especially since Dainsleif is always off somewhere...")
Paimon: So what do you think the Hydro Archon's like? Will we get along? Nahida said that she has "a very unique personality"... whatever that means. To learn about a nation's god, start with the nation's people! There seems to be some locals talking over there, let's go see if we can join the party.
Lucius and Paimon walk over to a nearby woman and man talking about what seems to be a drama.
Etienne: If you ask me, it's a tragedy how things ended for him. Clearly, he was a pretty decent person.
Rena: Yeah, I didn't expect that kind of ending for him... I thought he would at least fight on a little longer for his family. I was expecting a sudden plot twist, but it's a pity that it never happened... Still, his story is quite the tear-jerker...
The man notices Lucius and Paimon standing awfully close, listening in to the conversation.
Etienne: Uh, excuse me, can I help you two? I couldn't help but notice you standing here listening.
Lucius: Sorry about that, we're new here to Fontaine and we simply wanted to ask you something, but we didn't wanna interrupt your conversation about a play.
Etienne: A "play"? Oh no, no... We're talking about something that really happened. In fact, it's a case that was just heard a few days ago.
Paimon: Really? Like a real trial? But the way you were talking about it and the words you used just now made it sound like some kind of story...
Rena: Well, good tales are often based on true stories, aren't they? And what you see in reality may also be someone deliberately putting on an act while harboring ulterior motives... Whether something is true or not simply isn't that important. The main thing is whether the story being acted out on the stage is splendid enough.
Rena: Oh, but it looks like you're not from around here! You probably don't know that the Fontaine Court of Justice is called the Opera Epiclese, or more commonly known as just "the opera house."
Lucius: So they see trials as a sort of "opera"...
Lucius already felt weirded out by such a concept, considering the possibility of sensitive topics being used as simple entertainment in a trial.
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New World (Genshin Impact x OC)
Fanfiction"We were just orphans... living by the day with no purpose or goal, and now we're here, separated. We had no time to say goodbye... so let's not call it that." Lucius, a 19-year-old boy, having lived a life full of hardships, is mysteriously transpo...
