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Entry 1

01/12/2022

At the moment I'm not entirely sure how the people of Teyvat measure time or indicate their timelines, so I've resorted to what I know. Anyway, I decided to keep a journal of my time on Teyvat, ( I probably should've started this when I got here, oh well). I'll have to back track later.

On the plains of the nation called “Monstadt”, I was investigating a disturbance in the area, tremors or something like it. My investigation led me to a Ley Realm, or what the residence call “Domains”, it was monster infested, they seemed agitated by some kind of energy in there. I had to deal with them to investigate further. The “Domain's” path was riddled with puzzle-like mechanisms, they weren't a challenge. I reached the innermost sanctum of the “Domain” to find a sort of corrupt Excavator Field Tiller, it was slightly smaller than what I'm used to, the people of Teyvat have it easy, "easy" being a relative term. Though this corruption didn't take away its ferocity.

The battle was long but not very exhausting, I figured I might as well learn as much as I could about this condition, but as I was about to end the fight, a giant pheonix took that pleasure, or more accurately, the one who launched the pheonix did, seems like I wasn't the only one interested in the disturbance. I thanked him for his assistance, and seeing as the problem was solved, we went our separate ways.

I recalled some adventurers talking about a city to the north of Monstadt, I hadn't been there so I decided to head there next to expand my map and to rest up. Along the way, I saw a giant tower of a tree, as I went for a closer look, I saw statue next to it. It surged with a rejuvenating energy as I stood next to it and I felt healthy again, as I was intrigued by the statute, I heard a melody coming from behind the tree. I went to check it out, and I saw a... a "bard"? I think that's what they were called. He greeted me... in song. He told me of the tree and the history it carried... in song. I attempted to leave, but he stopped me and asked where I was going, I told him. He told me he was happy to give me a tour of the city, I... agreed, reluctantly.

It was late though, so I suggested we do it tomorrow in the morning. He seemed to have an idea for where I could spend the night, but he insisted we go somewhere to "unwind" first. He showed me to what looked like a café or bar, I entered to find the same man from the Ley Real— Domain behind the counter. He introduced himself as Diluc, and the bard as Venti. Diluc is apparently the owner of a winery, thankfully he serves non-alcoholic drinks, I hate alcohol, Venti doesn't seem to mind it at all, he even ordered one for me before I could say anything.

I realised something about Venti that felted familiar, could it be he's like.... No, I'm probably just homesick, I'm almost starting to actually miss my sister's nagging, almost. I hope she isn't in too much trouble because of me.

I better sign off, I have to get answers.

- Kinsey