#dottor

As Dottore walked into what looked like a sanctuary, it was dark and dimly lit, the only thing providing light was two candlesticks that held purple flames. The candlesticks were on the sides of a 10ft statue of an elven woman. The statue looked so real as if an elven woman had turned to stone amidst her dance. In one hand she held an empty lantern while in the other hand held a blade. The elven woman was beautiful, with long hair that touched the ground, and tattoos that covered her body.

Said tattoos looked like markings or more like a foreign language to Dottore. Or maybe he was reading too far into this.

Dottore, as he moved to approach the statue, something on the floor of the sanctuary caught his eye. A purple chalk circle, that is behind the statue.

Dottore moved the candlestick on the left side to the chalk circle so it would form an 'L' with the statue and other candle. As soon as it happened the two candles blazed a hundred times brighter and every other candle that was in the temple became lit. The temple looked stunning, due to the proper lighting, and Dottore could not help but feel like a kid in the candy aisle as he moved away from the statue to inspect the lit-up temple.

Viva had suddenly gasped, "Lord, Dottore, the statue!" She said with awe.

Dottore swiftly turned around to see the statue of the elven woman, the tattoos that covered her body had glowed a bright vibrant color. Suddenly the stone lantern became lit, holding a firey purple blaze that rivals any of the flames that came from any other candlestick.

Suddenly the ground began to shake, as the flooring underneath the shadow of the lantern began to crack. Something began to emerge out of the ground. A Gateway that was similar to that of the Spiral Abyss, but instead of holding that familiar Khaenri'ah symbol atop, it was an image of a tiara that was ablaze.

"Lite the fire now this day, or turn thy gaze down in shame.

After all thy burden is heavy, but thy reward shall be great."

A voice cried out before the temple stopped shaking. The portal now sat just a few mere inches underneath the statue's lantern, as the bright flame went out in the lantern.

Dottore soon stood up as he dusted off his clothes,  "Viva get up won't you, we have work to do, don't you see!?" Dottore snapped at the frightened Fatui captain as she bounced to her feet.

"Right! Apologies Lord Dottore!"

After hours of inspecting every nook and cranny of this temple, Dottore came to a sure conclusion. The candlesticks on the walls move, there are exactly 12 in the temple, every time one of the candlesticks is rotated, Dottore can hear a mechanism move. It's just a matter of getting the right order.

"Alright Viva, I've figured out your errors.

Move 7 two clicks to the right,

Then rotate 2 a complete 170 degrees,

11 and 12 four clicks to the left,

and 4 and 9 one click right."

Viva sighed as she stood to her feet, tired and exhausted from a long day, but that's what you get for choosing to work under Il Dottore number 2 of the fatui harbingers, but a good portion of the time she wishes she took her chance with Pantalone or Arlecchino. And she would be damned if she were to point out that she had been following Dottore's instructions this entire time and these were actually his errors, but only a fool would do such a thing.

With a heavy heart and sore feet, Viva swiftly got to work rotating the candles. After rotating the candles to Dottore's instructions, the stone statue's lantern relit and the portal opened.

"Thank you for your deeds, our Mistress will greatly reward you." a man's voice called out from the other side of the portal.

A butterfly first flew out of the portal and flew right over to Dottore and gently landed on Dottore's gloved hands. The butterfly was beautiful with a blue and white color pattern, reminding Dottore of the Icy snow back in Snezhnaya. The creature was oddly just as cold as the snow, or maybe it was Dottore's mind playing tricks on him. The butterfly was oddly alluring, calling to him, pleading with him to come... to what he couldn't figure out. Or for much less why.

Dottore's thoughts were cut short as the butterfly was murdered right before his eyes. A man wearing a long robe took the butterfly from Dottore and burned it.

"Why did you-"

"You will thank me later if you allow me to explain." The priest said cutting off Dottore.

The elven priest has long blond hair with bright red eyes to go with it. The man held a blooming gold staff. It was embedded with rubies and had budding and blooming roses all over it, With the top of the staff holding a large rose with a flame coming from it, yet it was perfectly fine. He wore a long black robe, the ends, and the sleeves were laced with a golden lining to match a few gold laces and jewels.

"My name is Feno, I am the head priest who runs the temple on the other side of the portal. What you were holding was one of his parasites. We had an invasion of them swarming the temple, we didn't know why until now."

"I see, was the parasite trying to take blood from me?"

"Lord Dottore should we even trust this man, I mean for all we know-"

"Quiet Viva, and know your place. I'm having an important conversation right now, make yourself useful and go pack up our stuff." Dottore snapped angrily at the Fatui agent for interrupting him.

"Yes, Lord Dottore," Viva said with a bow as she walked off.

"Should you be so harsh to your subordinates?" Feno questioned as his heart couldn't help but weep at the harsh treatment he had just witnessed.

"Please get to the point of this conversation, or step aside so I can explore your world."

"Ah- yes! Dottore was it? I hope you didn't interact with it for long the parasite could have done a number of things to you: infect you, poison you, kill you. Did you feel like the parasite was pulling you in? Giving a sort of familiarity with a certain place? Well, it could have been going through your memories stealing information from you. I have no idea why he would be interested in this planet." Feno rambled on.

"Yes, sorry to interrupt, but who is 'he'?"

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「彼」✽

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200 years without seeing the sun, moon, and stars. 200 years without being able to enjoy a decent fight. 200 years without any contact with the outside world, other than through my Controlled Hendra. And where are my good-for-nothing followers? GONE. It was infuriating! Me, an esteemed powerful wizard, reduced to nothing but a children's bedtime story or to be blamed whenever famine came upon these pathetic creatures. While Ruka... Ruka was deemed a god?

"If it weren't for me Ruka wouldn't even know what power is! Why.. why that blasted Elven woman would be still busy doing her foolish latern dances!" I ranted on as I trudged over to my bed. Weighed down by the heavy enchanted chain that bound me to this tower.

"It's alright. Today the tides have changed in my favor, Dottore... from the brief viewing of his memories, he seems like my kind of guy... Maybe, just maybe, I can use this fool to not only conquer Lumar but Teyvat too!"

"Ah, yes, welcome to Lumar travelers from Teyvat!"

"Lumar is so beautiful..." Viva said in awe as she walked around the garden.

Dottore moved to walk around the garden too. "Feno, where are we in Lumar exactly?"

"This is the garden of the temple, located in the Rosokha Empire it's kept in pristine shape as Lady Ruka adores floral."

"Who is this 'Lady Ruka?' Is she that woman in the statue of the underground temple? And is she the same woman in the state of the fountain? She seems like she's an important part of your history." Dottore said as he sat down on a beautiful fountain. It was the same statue of the Elven women, but this time her pose was simply holding a candle, but the difference is she was wearing a long robe and was decorated from head to toe with jewels.

"She must be a hero, or maybe the wife of a King!" Viva piped in only to receive a glare from Dottore.

"Ah, but Lady Ruka is far more than just that! She is our beautiful Goddess! As I recall telling you about (Y/N) (L/N) earlier... 200 years ago, she fought against him, and many hours later she came out triumphant. Imprisoning the fiend so he could no longer continue his reign of terror! Not only that, she's so modest that she requests we don't refer to her as Goddess but just 'Lady'." Feno had told the tale with such passion that it reminded Dottore of how Pierro speaks of the Tsaritsa at times.

"She sounds like Archons back in Teyvat! Right, Feno?" Viva smiled as she said this.

"Yes, a lot like your archons."

"Hey Feno, how do you know so much about Teyvat yet the portal was closed for so long?"

"Yes, how do you know? I'm curious myself, and thank you for finally making a comment that's worth listening to Viva." Dottore said causing Viva to look towards the ground to avoid his annoyed gaze.

"Now, now, all comments are worth listening to! But, we have archives dating back 400 years to when the portal was open. It was sealed a little over 150 years ago as we used it as a way to banish His... underlings. I would be happy to give you copies of it all to take back to Teyvat after showing you around Lumar. I at least want to show you around the Rosokha Empire, the Kingdom our fair Lady Ruka rebuilt."

"I see. Why not," Dottore said. "I planned on taking notes along the way, so this will be good. Although, are there other Empires or Kingdoms? Are they ruled similarly to how Archons rule Teyvat?" Dottore questioned eagerly.

"I see you are excited my dear, Dottore. You'll learn everything you wish to know about Lumar in due time. But, yes, Lumar is ruled similarly like that with Gods having their own nation. But we don't have Visions, Gnosis, or Celestia, and Gods are nowhere near abundant enough for there to be wars among gods. At least we believe so."

"I see." Dottore said as he took a moment to jot this all down.

"Can we meet Lady Ruka?"

【︎ᴜᴘ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪɪɪ...】︎

ルカと帝国 ❀

Dottore quickly cut off the Fatui captain, "I do not wish to go back Sumeru. Such foolish people are there, even if I discover an entryway to another planet. They would entirely reject it just because it's my project. Besides, I do not wish to be rejected once more."

"M-my Lord... Lord Dottore if I must insist, will you please, please hear me out and give me another chance to finish this research!"

"Fine continue you have 2 minutes to change my mind," Dottore said as he quickly set a timer and grabbed the project notes to view.

"One moment my, Lord."

The Fatui captain stood up straight and stopped leaning against the counter. She braced herself. Then proceeded to pull Dottore's claymore out of her chest in a swift motion. The movement caused her to vomit up blood and for blood to pour out of her chest too, but after a few moments she stopped bleeding out. Only for the wound to start regenerating and heal. Within a moment's notice, the wound was gone. The only evidence of the wound through her chest was her, bloodied uniform, the bloodied Claymore she was holding, and the man who inflicted the wound.

"As incompetent of a Fatui agent you are, you are one of my many perfect test subjects. This is the only reason that I'm allowing you the chance to reason with me, the reason why you are still alive and not a corpse like the rest of your team. This is the most valuable thing about you. Which goes a long way seeing as you disrespected and blatantly ignored the orders of the brilliant man that gave you such wonderful abilities."

"Yes, and I am forever grateful and indebted to you, Lord Dottore. My sincerest apologies. Permission to begin my reasoning?" The Fatui Captain asked with a bow.

All Dottore did was nod and start the timer.

"Lord Dottore, deep in Sumeru, In the desert, there are ruins of a temple, and within the temple, there are ancient artifacts from another world! And- And a portal to it too! we've almost reopened it, but the last part of the message we haven't finished decoding yet, we do know after we reopen this temple someone will reward us for it on the other side. We believe it's some form of a priest or something! Lord Dottore I beg of you for another chance. I won't fail-"

The timer went off and the room quickly fell silent. The Fatui captain quickly began trembling, but she didn't dare to move or make a sound. If looks could kill it would, Dottore's burning gaze felt sharper than any two-edged sword would feel piercing her skin. The poor, poor Fauti captain was shaken to her core! She could feel her mouth dying up and her heart racing! Her ears were ringing as she could hear the clock on the wall ticking... It was madness! The Fatui captain felt weak in her knees and could feel herself pass out at any moment! But after what felt like an eternity of intense burning silence, Dottore finally cleared the silence for a moment as he cleared his throat, picked up the notes, and started to look through them.

"I'll allow it." Dottore said breaking the silence.

"In fact, I have grown interested in this project, I will be looking into this project. I will be assigning you a team that is far better suited for this project. Grab whatever supplies you require just make note that you have taken in. I'll request permission from the Tsaritsa and we shall leave for Sumeru immediately once my leave has been approved."

"Madame Tsaritsa, thank you so much for approving my leave. I didn't think you'd accept it immediately."

"Yes, I'm oddly interested in this new planet." The Tsaritsa paused to take a sip of her tea. "Could it be maybe this planet is where the traveler came from?"

"Indeed. My faithful previous test subject has even said that someone was waiting on the other side with a reward if we restore the other side of the portal."

"I see, then do not tally here any longer, Go to Sumeru quickly. I presume you'll need funds so I'll arrange it with Pantalone that Tartaglia will bring it to you."

"Hm, I do believe Pantalone has cut down the amount I'm allowed to spend after my previous trip to Sumeru, as he claims that I squandered the funds."

"I shall handle it Zandik, just make sure to arrive swiftly to Sumeru."

"Yes- but Madame Tsaritsa, in all due respect, you know how I feel about that name.."

"Ah, my sincerest apologies, Dottore."

"No, harm done Madame Tsaritsa, I shall be taking my leave now."

"Goodbye, Dottore, I wish you safe travels and fruitful work."

"Thank you, Madame Tsaritsa.." Dottore said before standing up and taking his leave.

"What this is magnificent..."

【︎ᴜᴘ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪ...】︎

プリースト❃

"We should Viva, as much as I like to throw shade in this 'God's' face, we should leave before we get hurt. I don't know the full extent of their abilities."

"Right Lord Dottore." Viva said as the two began to leave with the crowd of fleeing people.

With Hendra overhead, they were swooping down and picking up elven people before dropping them from several miles within the air, which is a seemingly nicer death compared to the elven citizens who were being eaten alive by the Hendra.

Amidst their attempt to flee the city with the elven people, something was dropped down on Dottore.. A MAP..?

"Viva wait.. is this a map..?" Dottore said as he inspected the scroll further.

"I believe so Lord Dottore."

"It leads back to that mirror embedded into a tree..." Dottore paused as he turned around to face the Everbloom tree. "Let's go, Viva, watch over your head so you're not grabbed by Hendra," Dottore added before He began walking back to the Elder Thusarch Tree, leaving no chance for Viva to object.

The two trudged along back to the tree while pushing against the fleeing crowd of elven people and occasionally ducking to avoid the flying Hendra. Alas, they arrived at the three and its shattered mirror with Lady Ruka nowhere to be seen... How rich... Dottore quickly moved to look around the tree.

"Viva, don't stand there like a fish out of water, Help me Look." Dottore hissed bitterly as he continued looking.

"Look for WHAT exactly, Lord Dottore?"

" passageway, or a tunnel, or a portal of some sort. The map indicates there is a path."

"On it, Lord Dottore," Viva said as she began looking too.

As the two continued their search for some sort of entrance or way to this "path", they noticed something heading directly for them in the sky. Hendra.

"Viva! Move back to the other side of the tree, where the broken mirror is. Hopefully, these creatures will lose sight of us!" Dottore quickly ordered as the two began to move.

The two quickly huddled around the broken mirror, as much as Dottore enjoyed being correct about Lady Ruka being nothing more than a cowardly elven woman and not a God, he WISHED that she was and could protect them from these blasted Insects... wait no, according to Feno Hendra were parasites... big ones at that.. seeing as one appears to be at least 7ft in height.

Dottore was now truly worried about these creatures' abilities considering he left his claymore behind and Viva left her sword. One thing for sure Dottore knows is these creatures have some sort of shapeshifting ability. Considering as they first appeared unto him as a tiny butterfly.

Amidst the panic and the Horror of the impending doom, the Everbloom mirror began to glow a violent bright pink. As the two turned to face the broken, glowing mirror; The mirror sucked them in.

The two were tossed into the desert and dropped straight onto the dusty stone path with no civilization in sight... except for the broken-down stone tower in the distance.

"Viva get down!" Dottore yelled as he covered her.

Just moments later a Hendra flew over them missing them by a single hair.

"Lord Dottore... You-"

"Quit making a fuss out of nothing. If you die it will be by my hands." Dottore hardly stated as he brushed off the sand off of him. "And if you keep being so pathetic death will be coming much sooner."

"Yes, Lord Dottore..." Viva said as she stood up.

"Let's go Viva, and try not to die," Dottore said as he began walking to the tower with Viva not far behind

Haa... Haa... The two panted as they arrived at the tower's broken down steps. Dottore took a brief moment to compose himself before opening the tower door and quickly entering.

"Viva! Hurry up you fool unless you wish to be grabbed by these Hendra.."

"Haa... just... Ha... give me- give me a moment... to catch my breath." Viva wheezed out. Running to the tower while dodging Hendra was exhausting, plus Dottore's fast pace was impossible to keep up with at times. That is what you get for working under No.2 of the Fatui Harbingers.

Before Dottore could open his mouth to mock Viva once more the doors shut then locked itself.

"What the!?-" Dottore yelled as he quickly moved to try and force open the doors. He could barely hear Viva pounding on the other side of the wooden door.

The tower lit up... with Hendra... Hendra that were in a small butterfly form. With the only thing in this tower being the flight of stairs that goes up 4 stories high.

Dottore with gritted teeth moved to climb up these stairs.

After reaching the top of the stairs Dottore was met with a heavy stone door that was covered in chains, they seemed to be enchanted as this foreign language was embedded into the chains.

With a heavy heart, Dottore placed his hand on the stone door which caused it to crumble allowing him inside the room.

"Hello, Dottore. Do you already know who I am?" I said with a smile as I stood up and approached him.

I began to laugh as the masked man quickly got defensive.

"Ah, so you do know who I am, You're quite intelligent Doctor, someone I look forward to working with," I said with a smile as the heavy chains soon began to disintegrate and turn to dust.

"I'm guessing your... (Y/N) (L/N)... the tyrant of Lumar." Dottore said through gritted teeth.

"Now, Now Dottore, let's not be so hostile. How about we go outside and get more... acquainted..." I said as I ushered the masked man outside,

"What the HELL did you do!?"

【︎ᴜᴘ ɴᴇxᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ᴠ...】︎

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