#ritterwind

Getting to travel as an adventurer was a dream come true for Gwyn. Even if sometimes he missed Mondstadt, he certainly didn't miss being cooped up in the de Petir estate. Didn't miss the lack of, well, freedom! Traveling was much easier. Helping people was easier, more rewarding, too.

And it was on one such commission, one of these adventurers, that he managed to catch sight of something he so rarely saw outside of home. Another person from Mondstadt! At least, someone he assumed to be by the state of her dress. And how excited he was, too. Forgetting all sense of manner and decorum to go and approach her.

"Excuse me! Ah, I'm so sorry this is definitely awkward- but I saw the way you were dressed and I just had to ask- you're not from Mondstadt by chance are you?"

“Hmm.. There’s an unusual trace of anemo energy embued within these hydrangea bushes.” Muttering to themselves, Sucrose flitted here and there between ornamental arrangements recently replanted outside the Knight’s of Favonius headquarters. Crouching low to gather a q-tip sample of each blossom’s pollen, they thumped their clipboard rhythmically against their bent knees with their free hand, hardly even noticing the milling knights just behind them on the walkways. “What could it mean..?”

Suddenly, a shadow from a larger presence loomed just behind them. Caught off guard by the unanticipated approach, the researcher startled to their feet, only to lose balance halfway up and go stumbling headfirst into the brush. “EEP!”

The early hours of Liyue were always the most pleasant for the consultant. They were a specific time of the day where he could take a moment to relax and unwind without the constant hustle and bustle of the harbour-- Even if all that energy and noise was also something that he enjoyed, as well.

Yet, it was during these times that he'd take a quiet stroll through the golden streets of the main city. Taking in how the rays of sun sparkled and softly covered each area of Liyue as it rose, like hands touching the most delicate of silk.

But what Zhongli didn't expect was to see a new face so early in the day and it started to make him ponder for a brief second. Walking up to the figure, wondering if, perhaps, they were lost or searching for something or someone in particular.