Ley Line Eyes (ℤ𝕙𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕝𝕚 𝕩 ℝ𝕖𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕣)

Fatui

I found this art by Sakon04 on Deviantart

The lack of another human in bed made you wake up, you reached for Zhongli to feel he was gone. You opened your eyes to see not Zhongli's bedroom but a completely different building, you sit up and cover yourself with your blanket, scanning the area. It was a naturally lit Chinese decorated area, the only thing you could recognize as being in your house was a black dress bag. You get up with the blanket still around you and unzip the bag to find a purple based dress outfit, there was a ribbon across the waist that held your Vision in the back, no feather attached. The vision looked different though, more saturated colors matches with an enchanting glow that could only faintly be seen. You take it and drop your covering, since it was so quiet that you could hear your own breathing, you assumed that if anyone was here they were sleeping. You stumbled until you found the bathroom and got changed in there, since you also had a major urge to pee. You just put up your hair in a convenient way and walked out to find a kitchen, you turned a corner to see Zhongli in a suit sitting at a table with some tea.

"I see that you've woken up, how was your rest?" He smiles and gets up, leading you to a chair, you sit down, puzzled, and nod.

"Would you like some tea?" You nod again as he pours you a cup and hands it to you.

"Zhongli?" He looks at you, "where are we...?" You tremble as the delight liquid smoothly goes down your throat.

"Well, we're in Teyvat. How do you like my home?" You jump back and put your hands on the table.

"Wait. Teyvat as in, ancient Teyvat?"

"Teyvat as in Teyvat. Nothing more, we're in Liyue now, preparing for the Rite of Descension ." You slowly nod and cross your arms.

"What happened to Aki and them...? Wait- WHERE'S MY BROTHER?!" You stand up and rush go the door, Zhongli follows you and places a and on your shoulder.

"Kuroki? A part of the Liyue Qixing. If you wish to know more, I can set up a room for you to stay at for the moment. Childe is currently here and as a Fatui Harbinger yourself you are more than welcome-"

"FATUI HARBINGER?!" It all made sense now, the unique shape of your vision, Childe's outing for you...

"Shall we pay a visit to the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor? I'm sure the Director can set up a room." Zhongli grabs ahold of your hand and opens the door.

"But, shouldn't you go alone? As you said I'm a Harbinger..." Zhongli says nothing and leads you down the market streets, you look around at the gorgeous architectural designs and at the many residents in the harbor. You've only seen this in books and articles about ancient Teyvat, you never thought that you'd actually be in Liyue.

"Zhongli...how'd we get from 2021 to Teyvat?" You whisper and look up at him, he leans down so that he can more easily whisper in your ear.

"Again, I'm sure Childe can explain it more clearly."

"Have I met Wangsheng's director before?" Zhongli nods and turns a corner, and before you knew it you were at the Parlor. A Ferry lady comes and greets Zhongli, a discomforting look on her face as you look her in the eye. You both go in and are immediately greeted by a short girl in a dark outfit, she carried a red polearm...

"N/n, I would like to introduce to you, this seemingly young lady. Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Director, Hu Tao." Zhongli smiles as Hu Tao grins.

"Mr. Zhongli! Is this a new custo- wait. You're the newest Harbinger are you not?" She bends down and looks up at you in a childish manner. You pause and nod, not daring to say anything that may be wrong.

"She was hoping that she could get a room at Wangshu Inn as my, personal guest." Hu Tao nods and grows a smirk on her face.

"Wangshu Inn huh? Well, usually I wouldn't be able to...but if it's my consultants personal guest then I guess I could pull some strings~!" Hu Tao takes your hand and rushes out, separating you from Zhongli. You pant and start running on your own, which surprised you since you were sprinting way faster than you could before.

"I'll have Zhongli come and fetch you tomorrow!" Hu Tao walks out as your room was assigned to you, you nod and go to your room. Setting your stuff down and walking back to the nearest balcony, only a moment of comforting silence was passed before you here a high pitched voice and a pair of footsteps behind you.

"Huh, he's not here..." the floating thing speaks as it floats next to a blonde person, they both admire the view until a short boy with blueish hair appears next to them.

"Ugh... Guess we should go ask the boss lady of the inn about just how she manages to talk to Adepti-"

"So that boys an Adeptus..." you finally speak up, catching the attention of the person and the floaty thing.

"Whoa! Paimon didn't notice you...who are you?" You walk towards them and put your hands on your hips, you didn't remember much except for a name for yourself. Just how Tartaglia had Childe for an alias, you had H/n (Harbinger name).

"H/n, but I'm more interested in you 2...you aren't from around here..." you put a hand on your chin and smirk, the person looks at Paimon and groans slightly.

"H/n...why does that name ring a bell, Paimon's not sure...Wait! You're the new Harbinger! Yeah! Paimon saw something a while ago about a brand new Fatui Harbinger!" Paimon jumps back and scrunches her eyebrows as the person reaches for their sword.

"Jeez, not every Fatui you see wants to fight you. I just want to see some different scenery from Snezhnaya."

"What do you want from us..." the person finally speaks up and looks at you with a cold demeanor.

"Nothing, just managed to hear your conversation. I can see you don't want me here so, I'll be on my way..." you look back at them as you start walking out, you hear those 2 start talking about you for a moment before they talk to the boss.

A letter slips under your door as you tighten your hair into a ponytail, you pick it up and read it.

𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚗/𝚗

𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚋𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚘 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎. 𝙸𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜 ************ 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚋𝚕𝚎𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚞𝚝𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚢. 𝙸 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚔 𝚘𝚛 𝚜𝚘, 𝙸 𝚠𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚞𝚌𝚔.

𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚜𝚑𝚎𝚗𝚐 𝙵𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚊𝚕 𝙿𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚘𝚛 𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚜𝚞𝚕𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚝, 𝚉𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚒

You smile and nod to yourself, taking your things and walking out of the Inn, going to the address to get some answers.