An unfortunate accident, or an attempted assassination?
Y/N, the gender neutral partner of Hu Tao now heads to Sumeru to uncover the answer of what exactly happened to their girlfriend, and to free her from whatever ails her now as a result of that...
It was me, Y/N and Madame Faruzan, the three of us were sitting together around a table that Y/N had built in their own private domain, a domain that was like Y/N's own pocket world. It was really amazing in here! There were all these floating islands connected with wooden bridges... and all of that sat on an even larger floating island... It was almost like those places I had read in books before!
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After a while of chatting and eating together, eventually Madame Faruzan had come to the decision that it was time for her to head back to the Akademiya, and so Y/N helped her to depart by pulling out a... teapot? Madame Faruzan had placed her hand on the teapot and then she and the teapot disappeared! According to Y/N, this was the way that we could leave and enter this world, through their mostly normal-looking teapot. I still didn't really understand it entirely, but I trusted Y/N, so I didn't ask too many more questions about it.
Now though, that we had finished eating, Y/N asked me if I would like for them to show me around what they had built so far in this world, seeing as how neither of us should really be leaving the teapot just yet— with my Eleazar spiking yesterday like it did, and Y/N seemed really tired too themself, from their creating so many sources of water in here for me...
Y/N: "At the moment, these plants are still growing, but supposedly they'll only take a little while longer before they'll be ready to harvest. Crops apparently grow at a much faster rate in here, but there's a limit to how much I can plant in here unfortunately– else we could have turned this place into a really efficient farm to feed the masses!"
Collei: "Even still... it's really cool! So what are you growing here? Are they things from Liyue, maybe?"
Y/N: "Actually... this plot here is mostly just carrots and radishes. But I do have some Jueyun Chilis growing in this corner here too."
Collei: "Oh? Jueyun Chilis? That sounds familiar... Oh! I think sometimes we get imports of them sometimes! They're really spicy so they're used in some experiments at the Akademiya I think? I'm not really sure... And this plot over here? What's in this...? OH! Wait! These are Zaytun Peaches and Harra Fruits? Really?! But aren't they only really found here in Sumeru? Why would you...?"
Y/N: "Well, when in a new place, you should try the local foods, no? And, well, I want to make sure we've got food available that you're happy with too. Of course, I'll be relying on you to teach me how to prepare these crops and how we can use them!"
Collei: "For me...? Well– uh... thank you! I'll do my best to help! You uhm... You're not growing any mushrooms at the moment, are you?"
Y/N: "I'm not, no. Although I do have some spores available to me I believe, why do you ask?"
Collei: "Oh, no reason! I just wanted to make sure you weren't growing any poisonous mushrooms by accident is all!"
Y/N: "Poisonous mushrooms, huh... the thought didn't even cross my mind! Well, if you don't mind I suppose I'll be relying on your help with that too!"
