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@amemoire - [ TXT ]: Did you make it home safely? // phai to mydei \ unprompted ask.

( 🦁 ) GLANCING DOWN UPON his teleslate as the tell - tale ringtone alerts him to phainon's message he snorts upon looking at it. the kremnoan slowly smirks as he formulates a response in his head , tilting it to begin replying back.

[ TXT : DELIVERER ] i made it home dangerously. [ TXT : DELIVERER ] i barely survived.

NOW HE'S JUST being ridiculous .. but he finds amusement in it himself. it isn't often that he gets to be CHILDISH.

How did one find a man who didn't want to be found?

Amphoreus had changed since his ascension. Years had passed: decades, centuries. The tree he'd watched over for a century had since become a ship sailed upon for another. It was a feeling that came once a day, of how the brief interlude when he'd left Amphoreus at Screwllum's urging had unfolded into millions of years of separation, even if it was the deluge of memories inherited from another and no more. Looking back, seeing Dan Feng's shadow watch him bond with these people so akin to their old friends and the desire to see their happy ending that burned like bile in his chest had become a bare flicker in the sea of light.

When he closed his eyes, the millions of people he was responsible for flickered in tongues of flame, scintillating in an ocean of stars. Their love, joy, hatred, and fear became his own. There was no longer lines of code or mechanisms beneath the endlessly executing the program of Amphoreus. Since the beginning, they were people sacrificing everything in the hope of a brighter dawn.

The gentle thunk of his ship's hull tapping the posts that lined one of Aedes Elysiae's quays sounded in the gentle morning, Georios' Heir hopping from the vessel as he moved to tether the ropes to their moorings. It looked so ordinary, and this place hadn't been easy to find... He was the earth, now. And the earth was honest until nothing was hidden.

The Beifong name is synonymous with ivory-tower prestige && unmatched prosperity. Many people that admired them considered them as the pinnacle of virtue— a family whose favor is the ultimate social currency. Yet behind the closed doors the family is shrouded with webs of calculated plots && moral ambiguity , The beifongs operates in the shadow of the very market they dominate --- even providing a full support towards the Harbingers ; specifically towards a fellow merchant named pantalone. So it's not unlikely for them to recieve request of assistance from the Fatui && to their one & only daughter's disdain, her parents would gladly give them what they need. && once again it happpened , The estate is a mess , there's rhythmic scurrying of their servants to accomodate their ' esteemed guest ' , a member of hearth she heard from the whispers . Her maids told her not to go into the east hall to stumble upon them. . Toph the only daughter of the Beifongs already knew the drill && the role she has to play while her parent's 'glorifies their esteemed guest ' . She has to stay hidden && Pretend not to exist cause apparently , her disabilities is a means of disgrace upon their family , not that she cared much about it considering that her living in secrecy actually provides her a layer of freedom. So when the afternoon came, && her guards had forgotten their jobs to guard her . ' After all where can a blind girl go ? except stay in her room all day ' is what they thought, Toph had strolled in the garden of the east wing where a small afternoon banquet was held for their guest in hopes that she could get more information about them , though she ought to be careful not to be recognized or spotted. Dressed into a servant clothing, a geo vision attached on her waist , her feet && senses guided her through the garden maze that leads to the east wing garden, turning left with a quick haste && precision a blind person can't do , Toph was moving sneakily only for her to stop all of sudden when she had collided against the back of someone--- no, there's no direct contact from the said person, but she could recognized that what hit her was a shield made of geo. The blind girl landed on her back with a small ' thud ' she whinced curses towards the stranger.

❛                     are you alright, phainon-sama?   you've .. been quiet for a long time now.   ❜ 

   "" . . . "" a quick look at the documents in his hands , and a flip of a page : "" . . . hmm . "" is all that can be heard from the captain , letting the documents fall on the wooden desk without much of a care , as he begins to walk towards the blonde .

   "" i specifically requested your sister's assistance for this specific expedition . so please , enlighten me on your father's decision to send you instead . ""

“Still,” she went on, tapping a finger against her chin in faux contemplation, “it’s rather peculiar to find someone wandering out here. All alone, no less.” Her smile didn’t waver, but her eyes sharpened ever so slightly. "May I inquire as to what you're doing out here?"

Of course.

Of course, they escaped off towards Sumeru. Why wouldn’t they?

Heaving a long, burdensome sigh, Kaeya leaned back in his desk as he pinched the bridge of his nose and furrowed his brows. Vile had handed him a map earlier in the day while he was making his rounds, notifying him of where his current quarry has up and run off to, and this particular band of treasure hoarders decided to book it towards the Nation of Wisdom. He had to hand it to them, they were just a little smarter for deciding to leave Mondstadt, compared to the other groups that thought they’d be safe if they stayed before Kaeya had taken them down.

Normally, the Cavalry Captain would leave this and let the other nation handle them whenever a target escapes the boundaries of Mondstadt. Yet, this was a precarious situation, as that particular group had stolen some supplies and property from the Ordo themselves. Incredibly stupid, really, but they somehow managed it due to an planned ambush on a pair of Knights delivering a cart towards the city. Their Knights’ numbers were thin, so there couldn’t have been more of them protecting the cart, thus leaving them open. Normally, this isn’t an issue—but those damn treasure hoarders made it one. The Ordo doesn’t have the funds to replace what they had lost.

And so, Kaeya decided to make a trip out towards Sumeru in search of those pesky thieves, after receiving clearance from the Acting Grand Master. She offered to send more people with him, but he assured her that he would be just fine on his own.

This isn’t his first time hunting treasure hoarders, after all, nor will it be his last.

There is one thing that does give Kaeya pause, however, and it’s the fact that he has absolutely no jurisdiction in Sumeru. So, of course, prior to his departure, he attempted to make last-minute arrangements to speak with someone that may give him proper clearance before he starts his hunt. He hates official business like this, but the last thing he wants to do is risk any public relations between the Nations.

Arriving in Sumeru, the Cavalry Captain wasted no time in making his way towards the Akademiya. He was hoping and praying to whichever Archon would hear him that his rather sudden request to seek an audience with anyone that could give him permission was accepted.

ㅤㅤ❛❛ aw , come on . don't you find me charming ? ❜❜ he's snickering , bouncing back out of arm length of the other . it's probably not the best idea to tease him , things could get violent fast but childe has never been one to think that far ahead .

and besides , scaramouche is so fun to mess with .

ㅤㅤ❛❛ what ? not happy to see me ? ❜❜