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Chapter 3: Part 2: An Ice Peacock’s Tears

Synopsis: The Cryo vision holder has a chat with you. The events that unfold are not as expected

Authors note: Ayo, I just had to finish the last part today. The rest were ready along with the part 1. Enjoy my lovelies.

Warning: Not proofread.

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Masterlist

The Knights were pretty well funded inspite of it being an organisation that doesn’t tax people for its services. The hall’s were grand and the rooms were luxurious. The cavalry captain’s office was no exception. The light streamed in through the huge windows. The curtains were partially closed and the walls were decked with maps scribbles and documents. All in a chaotic manner. Kaeya motioned you to take a seat, smiling in a way that you recognised to be his mask. A few moments ago you he was smiling with amusement, but now it was the same smile, the aura was different. A buzzing sound plagued your ears as you sat down. Was it your emotions or was it the fact that your heart was beating in your throat? Whatever it was, the sound wasn’t helping with the situation at all.

You shuffled towards a familiar chair, the one that you repeatedly created in your serenitea pot, all because you wanted to recreate his office.

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-As Childe stumbled across your body covered in fake blood, he immediately noticed your horrible acting skills.

-The slow rise and fall of you chest gave it all away. Childe smirks at your poor excuse of a prank.

-So naturally, he decided to prank you back.

-He walks by your head pretending that he didn't notice anything and heads somewhere else.

-He walks back by you and ignores you again.

-This happened about 4 or 5 times and you were getting really impatient.

-Was he really that ignorant? you wonder.

-So, you decided to jump scare him instead.

-You sneak around the room eventually getting to the perfect position.

-As you get ready to pounce on top of him...

-"BOO!"

-"Waaaah!"

-Childe turns around scaring the heck out of you.

-He gives you a goofy smile.

Chapter 3: Part 1: An Ice Peacock’s Tears

Synopsis: You decide to search for vision bearers, you play out your strategy.

Authors note: Sorry for the delay in posting, was too busy. Had to split it into two parts cuz it might be too long to read.

Warnings: Idk.

< Prologue/1/2/3>

Masterlist

It’s been three days and you fit into Mondstadt’s lifestyle pretty well. Using the skills acquired from your clothing, you blended with the locals, got an apartment for cheap, got discounts for all the items you purchased and became pretty good friends with the NPC’s.

You moved out from the Adventurers quarters and was actually surprised to see Katheryne feel sad when you left. Comforting her, you made sure that the apartment was closer to the guild quarters and to your surprise, you actually got one. Katheryne became bubbly once again and every morning you made it a point to visit her and also pay a visit to Sara.

Though mondstadt is the most comfiest place you have ever been to, you had no intention of settling down for a long term. The games all fun, but you had to return to reality. You had no right living in a world other than your own. The plan was simple, you had to set up a base for you to return to, visit the vision bearers throughout teyvat, try to interact with an archon, if everything fails..just surrender to the abyss. But first you had to get the teleport waypoints to work.

You had gathered as much as resources as possible. You had struck a deal with Wagner where you delivered ore in exchange for a good sword. You exchanged hillichurl drops for clothes and armour at ‘with wind comes glory’. And with all the possible resources gathered, it was high time you visited a vision bearer which was actually less in this real world sized Mondstadt. Freedom to achieve all your goals has reduced the ambition of people living in it, hence not many visions.

It was eight in the morning. You had a hearty breakfast with Sara, who had now literally adopted you inspite of both of you being the same age. You asked Katheryne for a day off, saying you had important things to attend to. And now you set off on the mission. Vision bearer hunting.

You walked up the stairs leading to the Knights headquarters. Most of the vision bearers you knew off were knights. The sun was shining down on you, beads of sweat adorning your nape, your hands shook as you opened the heavy door to the headquarters. You stepped into the headquarters.

It was cool in here, the floor was made of marble and unlike the in game model had a high ceiling. Their were plenty of rows of doors on both the sides with plaques made of gold adorning each of them. There was a huge board showing the directions for each of the departments. The four winds were honoured with marble statues at each corner of the corridor and to add on to the grandeur, a grand stair case leading to the second floor. Unlike any other place in teyvat, the KoF headquarters wasn’t well protected, there wasn’t much to hide. The only protection you saw was a guard standing near the board which had the directions on it. You walked up to him with a big smile. Had to put up an act to convince them that you were actually an important person to actually make an appointment with a knight.

“Hello sir, I am L/N, pleased to make your acquaintance. So, the thing is that I have to make an appointment to meet the cavalry captain…you see, my horse has been a fan of the captain and wishes to be a part of the cavalry and if I could visit the captain, maybe my poor horse’s dream could be fulfilled.” You said with the most convincing performance you could give. Even though the act was nowhere convincing, you somehow hoped the knight would buy it. Seems like thankfully, you were wrong.

“ Ma’am, I understand your aspirations of fulfilling your horse’s wishes but, the cavalry captain is busy at the moment and he doesn’t talk to horses.” The knight replied with, bless his soul, the most confused look a person could ever muster.

At this point you could tell that he felt like he was being trolled and inspite of the wonderful act of horse feelings you put up. He wasn’t actually buying it.

“ Well, I thought the knights were actually accommodative of the citizens dreams and everyone can pursue their goals, apparently they were wrong.” You sighed and took out a hanky and sniffled, “ and I thought that Mondstadt was the city of freedom, apparently now, I am wrong.” You turned to leave, “ It’s okay good sir, My horse will be heartbroken but reality is a harsh truth, I will let him know that the knights have shattered his dreams. Good day to you sir, Good day!” You walked to the door with a dramatic sniff. Your plan had failed and you were aggressively formulating a new one.

Your grumbling and dramatic sniffs echoed in the marble halls of the headquarters. Half hoping that atleast you could attract Jean or Klee. With enough drama you walked back towards the oak doors as loudly as you could.

“ Mam, Please wait a moment…Mam,” The poor knight huffed behind you. Guess your dramatics were beginning to work. With a very confused expression the knight spoke, “ If you are willing to wait for a day or two, I might put a word to the captain. Your horse’s dreams too matter to us”.

This wasn’t good. You had to speak to the Captain.

You had no other choice.

Quivering your lips, you fell to the floor and sobbed dramatically. Not a single tear fell from your eye. High pitched wails filled the room. You gasped and sobbed taking deep breaths and that was enough commotion for an entire year. The poor knight was kneeling beside you and panicking with his hands in his hair. You sobbed even louder. If anyone had passed the corridor they would have thought you had broken up with the knight, when you just wanted your horse to join the cavalry. If you had a horse that is. You heard a creak and a slam from the corner. The knight had left your side and was saluting. You thought he had had enough of your bullshit and was finally going to kick you out. You inhaled to wail louder.

“ My, My, Harry. You have been assigned to look after the headquarters for a day and this is the peace we get. Whatever is the problem?” A voice spoke. Wine, leather and flowers. That was the scent that filled the air. The voice that sarcastically urged you to move every time you were idle, the voice you played every time when you were feeling low and the voice you have etched in every cell of your body. That very voice was now standing in front of you, looking with amusement.

Tall. He was too tall. His hair was naturally blue and his eyepatch was the same. The cavalry captain indeed was very pretty and you could feel heat rise to your face.

“ This lady here has a horse who wishes to join the cavalry and I told her she had to wait but things escalated and uhh…. She started….huh” The knight hesitated and stuttered not wanting to provoke you anymore, scared that you would cry. You covered your face not wanting to show your face which was now turning red with mixed embarrassment and the fact that this would be Kaeya’s first impression of you.

“ Horse?… oh My ~” Kaeya knelt with amusement in his voice. Of course he would have sensed you were lying but the fact that the lie would be so horrendous was what that piqued his interest.

“ My lovely, horse wish fulfilling Maiden would you be, oh so kind to show me your face, I am the Captain who is going to cavalry your horse after all.” He said. His eyes shining with excitement. Not everyone in Mondstadt makes up such creative excuses to see him. You might be a lovestruck maiden most probably and one tiny autograph would be enough to send you spiralling with happiness. If you do have a horse..well that would prove to be useful for him.

You lowered your head and slowly moved your hands away from your face. Your hair covered your face. You weren’t ready to see his face. You didn’t want to look into his eyes. He was the first character you levelled up to 90. He was the one who helped defeat the Raiden shogun. He was the one who got you through tough time and he barely existed. Now that he does exist all you could feel was hesitance and your brain telling you that it’s a lie. A voice screamed in the back of your head pleading you to back away, telling this was a lie. Your eyes which were dry inspite of the aggressive sobbing act you had put up was actually watery now. You would actually break if you met his eyes.

Telling yourself that it’s all a dream and This was yet another your imaginary scenarios you braced yourself.

A warm hand brushed your hair way from your face. Kaeya thought that doing that might be enough to get you going and not bother him. Of course which maiden would not fall for the Cavalry Captain’s charms.

Your eyes were still on the floor.

“Well, then Mam would you please tell me more about the horse. I don’t mind another horse in my stable. Can’t leave a horse’s wish left unfulfilled cant we?” He bent to take a clearer look at your face.

Your eyes met his. He froze. The air grew heavier. Snowflakes started to crop up. His start shaped pupil shank as his eyes widened. His hand which was planning to lift your face for a better look shook. Your eyes were watery and you started to question whether you looked so bad that even Kaeya who had words for everything was speechless.

It can’t be. That was the only thought that ran through Kaeya’s mind. He stood up and said “ Mam, if you may please come to my office, we ill discuss about your horse in private.” His eyes had gone dark. “ Harry, please make sure no one. Interrupts our discussion and make sure no one enters the headquarters, even the grandmaster.” He said in a monotone voice.

A confused Harry nodded “ Sir, what if it’s urgent and the grandmaster really needs to get through ?”

Tw: death, angst w/ no comfort

Venti

-Rushes towards you

-Ignores enemies and escapes with you in his arms.

-Would blame himself for not coming earlier.

-Ofc, it's raining.

-Would stay with you until your last moments.

-After your death he would bury you and visit your grave everyday, always bringing a fresh batch of flowers.

Childe

-When he hears you scream, he comes straight over killing off any of the enemies that were bringing you pain

-He rushes over to you and you were barely awake

-Childe caresses your head in his lap

-He whispers comforting words into your ear as you spend your last moments with him

-After you pass away Childe swears that he will get revenge on your behalf

Razor

-He was looking for you around the forest since you were supposed to meet earlier

-Picks up scent trail

-Gets worried because he smells blood

-He goes around and finally finds your body

-Razor frowns as he lets out a sad whine

-He tries to wake you up but it was no use, you were already gone

-Razor spent the rest of the night howling to the moon hoping your soul could hear him

-His wolf friends gather around him sensing his distress, howling with him

Bennett

-You push Bennett out of the way and the explosion

-You get hit instead

-Bennett yells your name out in terror

-You were the only person he felt that he could truly trust and now you were gone

-The archons weren't even nice enough to spare our body, as it was now ash