#Anyway I’m not erasing the previous symbolic elements

[lieutenant-amuel]

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[mielwriting]

Natlan Archon Quest Act 1, 2 Reaction

Had to split it into multiple parts cause it's so long...

That empty expanse between Sumeru and Natlan that doesn’t have any people or wildlife is jarring. I only realized AFTER I got there that there was a teleport waypoint past all that that had automatically unlocked, but I couldn’t see it cause it was hidden by the archon quest symbol. 

Can’t believe the Traveler and Paimon didn’t wanna ask how the Echoes’ Chief suddenly recognized us. 

Love the cutscene of the Traveler switching between elements. 

Kachina reminds me of Bennett. I expect us to learn about his origins in 5.X

There are fantasy giraffes?!

Nice to see them calling him Dvalin, not Stormterror

*running away from the researcher guy cause I don’t want to be forced into a conversation and he literally starts chasing when you get too close*

Oooooooh so when Neuvi said “Natlan is plagued by wars” waaay too many of us assumed wars between the humans, not wars vs the abyss. 

So if someone who isn’t an Ancient Name Bearer makes it to the Night Warden Wars, does their name become an Ancient Name for future generations to potentially receive?

“Danger is the nature of war” Mualani says. But Kachina told us all ancient name bearers are required to compete - even kids like her. I can see how this mentality might have been manipulated by others to force Vennessa’s tribe into oppression. 

Also what the fuck? Not sure I’m buying the whole “not a single Natlan person wants to leave” after hearing they force people to fight like this. Mondstadt (& Liyue to a lesser extent) continues to be the only nation I’d feel safe in. What the hell. 

And yeah sure the archon can resurrect them. But like. That doesn’t fix the trauma. It’s still fucked up. 

THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS TO THE REVIVING

Citlali was introduced in the trailer by her strong insistence on not participating in the Pilgrimage. I can see why. I already like her. 

This whole situation sounds like the recipe for burn out (literally too. Death). 

Kinich cannot be older than 25. And he’s just casually stating he’s died before… 

You people need therapy

Also what’s up with Ajaw? He’s such a bully. What the hell man. 

I say that now but I assume his situation of “I am mighty and I will conquer the world!” (and everyone treating them like a kid) is like King from Owl House. 

Though of course, I only started sympathizing with King from Owl House because of character development. Something that Genshin Impact rarely gives its playable characters. 

Anyway, this whole “ancient names are forgotten if the bearers fail”. Is that a conscious effort to erase these people from records, or is it more like an Irminsul erasure?

“Feast until the bill gives the Archon a heart attack” finally, an archon with mora!

Kachina “I can’t keep using my age as an excuse”. If only Lisa or Alhaitham or Venti were here to teach her the importance of giving yourself grace and letting yourself rest. 

“I have to prove I’m not trying to avoid the wars” babygirl you are 9 years old

Kachina you have a 7 or 8 Pilgrimage losing streak?! Do these things happen once a year? How young were you when you first participated…

Kachina always prepared with her backpack… she’s like Dora but with gifted kid issues…

All these other playable characters with their “trauma” from “near-death” experiences”. Try actually dying a few times; then you can cry PTSD!

But of course, being raised in the US, I recognize this is partly the influence of a very individualistic culture. 

And about the whole revival thing. That’s Chekov’s Consequence-Free Traumatic Death Scene! Place your bets now; who’s gonna die in the archon quest, and then be revived?

So, what if someone with a (not pyro) vision wins the competition? Do they become pyro archon, overriding their previous elemental vision? 

Does this mean Mavuika has 3 names: her regular name, her Goetic name, and her Ancient Name? 

Is it possible for people without a vision to be gifted an Ancient Name? 

Oh my god you send a team of FIVE to fight the entire abyss?!

So you CAN have a vision that doesn’t match your tribe’s element. Atea, of the Peoples of the Springs, has a pyro vision.

[beckonkill]

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my muse is going to walk into a certain death. send a symbol for their final message to your muse.

📞  for a VOICEMAIL.

You have SIXTEEN unread voice messages.  

First voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 2:32 am:

…

Click. 

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 2:34 am:

…

Click.

Next voice message. Sent, YESTERDAY, 2:40 am: 

“No, I don’t want to leave a fucking–!”  A sharp breath, a grunt.  

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 3:00 am:  

“Right.  I remembered that you’re on mission.  Probably unreachable.  Possibly cussing me out right about now, but, hey, par is par for the course.  Hell, Fury might have confiscated your phone.  Might have even shot it by now because I got on his nerves.”  A chuckle.  His words are rushed, running together.  He sounds as if he hasn’t slept in several days and knowing him, he probably hasn’t.  

Silence for several seconds.  

“Anyways I was just calling to check up on things.  Yeah it’s three in the morning, but time’s irrelevant, you know.  Yada yada yada.   Insert generic excuse here.  Bye.”  

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 4:15 am:  

…

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 4:50 am:  

“I’m leaving.”  The words are blunt and immediately, barely caught by the recording service.  

There’s several seconds of silence.  

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 5:00 am:  

“I’ve found a world like my own.”  The words are quiet, so unlike how he was in the previous message.  He sighs.  There’s a scraping sound, before the sound of a mattress being depressed.  

“It’s been under assault by the Flame Elemental for a while.  I can take it down.  I know I can.  I just…”

Pause.

“I don’t know what it’ll do to me.  There, I said it.  It’s not fear.  Not exactly, I just…  It’s odd.  I know I’m going to die.  I can feel it.  There’s a message from the universe in my veins.  It’s saying, If you walk into that world, you are going to die.  I bet I sound crazy, huh?  I mean, it is five o’clock in the morning, and this is, what?  The sixth time I’ve called?”

…

“But, I mean, it’s not going to matter.  Not anymore.”

Click. 

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 5:22 am:  

“I guess I should tell you that I’m leaving in a few hours.  7:30.  Not that it really matters.  I mean, I bet you’ll be glad to be rid of me, huh?  Maybe you can find an actual boyfriend who the boy can tease you for sleeping with.”

A dull laugh.  

Click.

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 5:35 am:  

“I’m going to leave all the technology in the hotel room.  If you want to pick it up, the door will be unlocked.  I’d prefer if you didn’t give it to Shield, though. I don’t really like those guys.  Fury’s always giving me the evil eye.

“You can always give it to the kid.  I bet he’d enjoy tinkering with it, as long as he doesn’t know where it came from.  

“Oh, just make sure you clear the personal data.  There’s some stuff on there that’s sensitive for child eyes, if you know what I mean.”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 6:03 am:  

“I wish I knew why I was doing this.  It’s not like I actually want to save anyone.  We both know I’m not good hearted enough for that.  

“There’s nothing stopping me from changing my mind.  Well, except from the hit to my ego from facing you after leaving all these incriminating voice messages.  Yikes.  

“But I’m going to go.

“I’m going to go, and I’m going to die, for a world and in a world that doesn’t even know who I am.  

“How fucked up is that?”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 6:11 am:   

“I just want to see them again.

“Is that too much to ask?

“I’m forgetting what my family looks like.  What they sound like.  I have the recordings, the illusions, but damn it it’s not enough.  

“I’m hurting.  I feel like everything was ripped out of me and that there’s nothing left inside.  

“It hurts so damn much and there’s nothing I can do about it because the things that made me whole are gone.”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 6:33 am:

“You’re due back, what, tomorrow night?  I think that’s what you said.  I gotta be honest, I don’t always listen to what you’re saying.  Never have.  Got me in a lot of fights with my wife.  

“Regardless, the point is, I’ll be gone.  I just had to leave you a present to irritate you when you got back, you know me.  

“Anyways...  I keep calling thinking you might get back early, but who am I kidding.

“You’d have done told me to fuck off if you had.”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 6:52 am:   

“It’s such a strange feeling.

“It hasn’t relented any.  

“The feeling of doom still hangs over my head, and yet, I think I’m the most at peace I’ve been in years.  

“Whatever happens, it won’t be my problem anymore.  

“Is this what giving up feels like...?”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 7:04 am:   

“Nothing feels right. My armor is hanging on my body.  I think I’ve lost weight.  My mind feels cloudy.  

“This cheap phone feels like a brick.

“Feels like I’m talking to one, too.  

“I feel like I’m going to wake up at any minute, but deep inside, I know I won’t.  And soon, I never will again.  

“I wish I knew how I should feel about that.”

Click.  

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 7:18 am:   

“I guess this is it.  

“If you don’t see me by the time you’ve played this message...

“...you can assume the worst.”

Click. 

Next voice message.  Sent, YESTERDAY, 7:27 am:       

There’s staticy silence.  Heavy breathing.  

A noise as if he’s about to say something, but doesn’t.  

Nearly a minute passes, before, finally, 

“Goodbye.”

Click.  

End of messages. 

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