daddy's home

for its daughter

*clank* *clank*

It walks forward over the bodies of the hilichurls that are now mangled with their insides now on the outside

???: *groan*

(Thoughts): My voice box was damaged in that disaster, it seems, heh, it's a good thing. I taught her sign language

Taking steps forward, it heads towards the city, hoping it will find its daughter

Pov switch

???: Hey, uh, aether, weren't there hilichurls near here earlier?

I walk towards the beach

Aether: Your right prison there was the last time we came by

I stop as I see what happened to the hilichurls as I cover my mouth

Paimon: w-what happened here

One of the hilichurls started moving as It started to crawl towards us, but I soon realized that It was dragging its own insides behind it as it fell to the ground dead

Aether: What could do this

I look down as I notice giant footprints leading towards the city

Aether: Whatever it is, it's heading towards liyue port come on paimon let's go

We start running, or I do she just floats beside me as we follow the footsteps

Pov switch

The iron titan walks through the city of liyue as it gains strange looks from all passerby that it walked past

???: *groooan*

Onlooker(1): What is that thing?

Onlooker(2): i don't know, but it reeks

The titan continued walking forward as it suddenly stopped walking mid step as it pulled its foot back to reveal a bird, a bird that triggered a memory

*memory*

Furina: Hey, Daddy, look what I found!

She showed a tiny bird to her father

???: Do you like it?

She quickly nods

Furina: it's so adorable, Daddy. I love it

???: Then it is your daughter

She hugged her father's leg

*memory end*

It steps it foot on the ground as it gets down on one knee with a loud slam as it reaches its hand out towards the bird, letting the bird climb on its hand

???: *happy groan*

The bird flies off as it stands back up and continues walking forward, heading deeper into the city

???: There it is!

A feminine voice yelled as a small fairy like creature, and a boy with blonde hair ran towards the titan to get in a cautious stance as it began to rev its drill

???: You must have been the one that delta with the hilichurls, right?

???: *Confused groan*

???" Uh, Aether, do you think it's even a person

Aether: Not really piamon. I mean, how would a person even dawn that suit, especially with how big it is

The titan stopped its drill as it started to walk again, still trying to find its daughter walking past Aether and paimon

Paimon: Huh hey, where are you going? we were talking to you?!

The titan continued walking, ignoring the floating girls' yells

Aether: Well, there it goes, come on, paimon, let's go. We still need to go the rite of decension to see Rex lapis

Paimon: oh alright but still, who was that thing

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After walking through the city and finding nothing, the metal titan began to head towards the mountains to see if it could find something there when it suddenly saw the blonde hair boy from before running, towards a certain part of the mountains.
The titan full of curiosity followed the boy

???:*grooaann*

It continued to follow them until they stopped in front of what looked to be a alter as suddenly a deer landed in front of them

???: who dares enter one's domain

The titan heard the deer talk but ignored it as it had a bird land on its hand, turning its interest from the deer to the bird

???: *happy groan*

Suddenly, footsteps could be heard behind it as the bird Flys off as the titan us surrounded by guards

Guard(1): You must have been what helped them take down Rex lapis

The guards pointed their spears at the titan as it stood there confused but annoyed since they scared off its friend

???: *annoyed groan*

One of the guards decided to try a stab the titans helmet as all it did was bounce off as the noise brought the attention of the three spectators' attention as the titans light in its helmet went from yellow to red as it raised its fist and slammed it into the guards side shattering all of his ribs and sending him to the ground

???: *groan*

Guard(2): Get it!

The guards tried attacking all at once as the titan grabbed one of the guards by the head with one hand and squeezed, crushing his head as blood splatters onto the ground as his body went limp

Guard(3): What the hell!

The titan, through the corpse to another guard, causes the guard to catch his comrades body as the titans fist connects with his skull. Taking his head, clean off as blood spewed onto the Titans helmet.
The titan punched the last guard with its drill going through the guards' stomach

Guard: w-what the hell

The titan pulled its drill out as the guards' intestines were wrapped around the drill, revving the drill. The rest of the guards' intestines are pulled out as the guard falls down.

???: *groan*

Turning back around towards Aether, paimon, and the deer, it walks towards them, pulling the intestines off the drill as the deer got in front of them to try and protect them from the titan.

Deer: Halt, you will stop under the one named Mountain Shaper

The titan continued walking forward, ignoring mountain shaper words when suddenly the same bird from earlier flew in front of the titan tweeting, causing it to stop walking

???:*groan*

Sticking its hand out, the bird landed on its finger, dropping its drill it raised its hand to gently pet the bird

Mountain shaper: perhaps it was just protecting itself from the guards

The bird Flys off the titans' fingers as it looks around and makes a sad groan when the bird lands on top of its helmet and tapped the glass, earning a happy groan from the titan

Aether: So wait, did it follow us?

???: *groan*

Paimon: What does that mean?

Aether: I think it meant yes

The titan gave a thumbs up

Aether: Hmm, what if it came with us? Would you like to do that?

???:*groan*

The titan stepped forward, putting its hand out for a hand shake, but due to the size difference of the two, Aether could only grab two of its fingers

Mountain shaper: Good now, go you three to see the rest of the adepti

Mountain shaper then disappeared, leaving the three of them alone as they began to travel towards the mountains to meet the other adepti