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Genshin Impact “Forbidden Knowledge” Scenario

This is a scenario I thought about that felt a little bit more realistic in the world of Teyvat if we were to ever be ‘isekai'd’ into the game. (Sumeru Archon Quest Spoiler) You speak in Pink + Italics, rest of the characters are in Orange + Italics. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ (Gender of the reader is unspecified)

Realistically in a situation where we find ourselves in Teyvat, I don't see ourselves becoming a figure worthy of great praises, I wouldn't put it in a way where we're above all other Gods, rather, we are the unknown, for us to come from another world, or another universe at that, we would be classified as forbidden knowledge in flesh and bone, and because forbidden knowledge is something that's very dangerous in the world of Teyvat, we'd be subjected to probably death at the hands of The Heavenly Principles, we are an entity that doesn't exist in the memories that's recorded in Irminsul, we are an entity that's not meant to exist in their world.

Why you ask? Remember what happened to the civilization of King Deshret? What happened to Irminsul? What happens upon contact with forbidden knowledge? In my understanding at least, the people in Teyvat who come in contact with forbidden knowledge becomes overwhelmed with everything that enters their mi1nd, forbidden knowledge might be something that mortals and creatures alike in Teyvat can't grasp or seem to come to an understanding with, their brains can't handle the information that's being given which leads to the brain being overstimulated, call it insanity or whatever you see it as.

Haha, I don't even know if it's canon that forbidden knowledge can lead to a casualty but I like to believe it can, just for this scenario, think of it as us in the real world trying to gain knowledge on extraterrestrial life forms, secrets of Area 51 and such, things that we regular civilians are never meant to know anything about.

I know there'll also be a question about how we'd be classified as forbidden knowledge, the only answer I can give is that we might have somehow bypassed the Eye of The Gods, that we somehow weren't caught by The Heavenly Principles but now that our existence is known by that above we're targeted for elimination.

An extra I'll add in that the Traveler might also be classified as forbidden knowledge if they weren't caught and stripped of their memories and powers by The Heavenly Principles, since they both come from many different worlds they're both bound to know many things that's not meant to be shared with just anybody, so when the traveler finds themselves under Starnatch Cliff in the beginning of the game with the only memory is that of the Unknown God and their sibling whose journey had been ended, I see it making a bit of sense that the traveler could've possibly been forbidden knowledge too. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

Now onto the actual scenarios, you one day wake up to find yourself.... Let's say you find yourself in The depths of The Chasm, an unusual place to land or spawn into, no actual reasoning to it, you're panicked and afraid, not understanding the current predicament you currently find yourself in, but after some time you recollect yourself and figure a way out of the place, miraculously evading the monsters that litter the place and once you've finally made contact with the bright sun of the outside world above, you make it your journey to try and find a way to get out of there, you know you don't belong there.

After traversing through the terrains of Liyue you finally arrive at Liyue Harbor where you begin to ask for guidance, any knowledge you recieve though is useless, because you know everything about Liyue already, so you continue on with your journey but let's have it that you happen to fall into the timeline where the Liyue Archon Quest occurs, being a witness to the staged death of an Archon who wants to retire, you fall victim to being a suspect with having a hand at this along with a familiar golden haired outlander and their little floating companion, after all, you currently wear a foreign attire as well in the eyes of these mortals don't you? Merely another outlander is what you are in their eyes.

The Traveler and their companion flee and you follow along hastily, trying your best not to be caught by the Qixing, you know where this is going, you know another familiar face will come to the rescue for the traveler, but what about you? All three faces now turn towards you, huffing air as you try to breathe from running off and jumping down a flight of stairs to evade the Qixing, the flying fellow who you recognize as Paimon approaches you asking where you came from and why you followed them but judging by your attire they know you must've also been seen as a suspect to this day's events, though the Traveler seems wary at first, but they're quick to warm up to you, understanding very much that you both come from a similar situation but you know that it's not quite the case, you don't comment on it though and leave it as it is.

Right now though, there's no time to discuss any trivial matters, what should come first is taking the chance to escape the grasps of the Qixing so you, the Traveler and Paimon come into a silent agreement to trust in the words of the man who claims to be “Childe” and follow along with him as he leads all you away from the eyes of the Qixing.

Once you've all collected yourselves you began to discuss what course of action was best to do in the situation and thus, Childe suggests the three of you: Traveler, Paimon and You, to head to Jueyun Karst in order to meet with the adepti to prove to them of your innocence, once again though, you already know where this is going, you'll be meeting Cloud Retainer, Xiao, Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper though after some time and having gone through the Sumeru Archon Quest already, you seem to have forgotten that Moon Carver and Mountain Shaper had existed as well yet you were well aware of their existence somehow, and during your time heading off towards Jueyun Karst, it was the perfect time for questions before to finally rise again, Paimon being the first to ask as the tiny being bombarded you with questions after questions: “Where are you from?!” “Do you also come from another world like the Traveler??!” “Do you have a floating companion like Paimon too??!!!” You don't answer any of the questions, in fact, all you had to say was. “I think I might be the personification of some thing that's not meant to exist in this world, but yes, in other words I am an outlander too” You're quick to cover it up though, choosing to silence yourself lest you further attract unwanted attention from above, you know to yourself you're human, so even you can't be subjected to being given a vision.

Should I continue this?