Setting: Teapot and Liyue(?)
Plot: In which Aether writes about seeing Lumine with the Abyss Herald and due to writing everything he saw in his notebook and Paimon offers to comfort her older companion.
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"the start of the journey where archons rose from their nations and fought, having to let some see the destruction of that place... for example my sweet sister Lumine, we were forced into different roles - she took over as the princess of the abyss and I, a single traveler with a flying child as my companion, Paimon on my journey to find the Seven Archons of Tevyat just to find you...
I'm still utterly confused, does that make me one too? A fallen prince of the abyss? Or has this became a similar case of Azhdaha? Where one is a malevolent force while the benevolence of this dragon collided? I don't know but my stomach feels churns with an uneasy feeling...
That my sister - my sibling - is a dictator of the Abyss.
Now having to write this makes me my heart throb in agony and I wish we hadn't escape this because now we separated apart.
I will comply to our promise.
I will find you, Lumine. I won't be at rest till I see you again, and once we do, it's time to go home...once more.
With everlasting love to you,
Aether.
I know I shouldn't have wrote in this notebook, my heart is shattered and my eyes can't afford to produce any more water, just feel the dryness of the Sahara desert, I still ate and I did everything to keep Paimon and the others in my place at bay letting me to swallow all of the air before it was re-sized into a smaller form by bodies.
Xiangling was the same as ever with Gouba, a strange but adorable creature with unique abilities, they were together still while I don't have her to share these memories. Everyone looked so happy while I looked like those widows or a boyfriend who got their heart torn, I looked like shit. My hair was still peak but my eyes were lifeless and black like a doll.
"How about a game of rock, paper, scissors?"
"Okay!"
"Aether it's your turn to cook!"
"No I love my bedddd..."
"no I shouldn't..." I chewed the lower portion of my lip with my limbs trembling with such emotion that I even couldn't resolve. I just want to do everything a sibling does with the other. It didn't matter if we had our differences but we got along just well and now it's gone, my sibling slipped from my hands from that unknown god who she says to descend from the heavily principles.
"Travelerrr!" Talking about luck, I had the worst ones.
Bennett you don't have to worry about your luck, going solo sometimes goes well, Paimon doesn't help as much.
"Can we eat? Paimon's hungry!" Why don't you just make one yourself, you may look like a child but you're probably old like myself. I guess I have no choice after all, she'll cause a ruckus with Tubby and I don't want her to suffer more then she already has to. "Fine, I'll make you something alright?" I never felt so pissed that I left my bed, it's always my comfort space and I got up, dammit why can't I just rest for once? Tired of fighting creatures, fucking abyss mages and fatui scums, and hilichurls.
"Traveler, are you okay? Paimon can feel the sadness coming out of you. And im not eating good with your bad energy. Do you need chongyun to calm your bad spirit?" Aha very funny but the blue haired exorcist is still resting in the teapot along with Mona, Bennett and Fischl. Tubby is probably napping in her teapot along with the salesman Chubby. "Let's not wake the exorcist, he's still very tired from fighting." Paimon frowned but nodded not saying anything for the rest of the time I was getting the food out of the pan letting the scent even attract Oz who was awake for his master.
"Here you go Oz, don't tell Fischl" I mumbled as the Oz flew away eating the Sweet Madame.
"...ugh, don't you think it's time to stop being so depressed and deflated?"
"Maybe...maybe."
I stared at her - here I am getting scolded by a space baby, what a intertwined fate..
"Sometimes its not even worth to fake a smile, it'll hurt more. I'm still suffering about.."
She stopped me by shoving some fowl she had leftover in her plate to get me to stop talking.
"Traveler, remember what I said before. We have more ahead of us, we will see her soon, we don't know where and what time, but we will. And once this journey ends, you will be reunited with her again. We still have a long ahead, please keep your head. We are going to go somewhere, I may not have been very resourceful to you but I deeply care for you. After you saved me by a fishing rod, I always been there for you. You have done something to get to where you are. You changed the ambition of the Raiden Shogun, you helped Dvalin, you helped the adepti with Osial, and the list goes on. There is nothing you can't do because you've already proved the common folk that you can do it. The stories can't keep silence because it spreads nation to nation. Even Inazuma couldn't keep its borders shut because some heard about you. Trust me in this, we will find your sister, Aether."
After what it seemed to be an eternity, I heard her gasp for some air after she had finished her motivational words, I blinked back into reality humming as a response because I have never heard her like this before. I can't be negative with Paimon because she'll have me brainwashed with positivity, so there is no option other then agree with what she has to say.
"I needed those words...thanks paimon." I held the kid into my embrace while the visuals of Lumine staring at us disappeared into dust particles from the light.
I'll find you, just wait for me.
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Extra:
I walked back to my notebook where I wrote all of my emotions and I grabbed my old style pen to continue off.
Anemo winds blow,
Dandelions seeds flow,
My journey is far from over,
I have more archons to find before you,
You mustn't worry, I'll find you....
The next day, I walked out of my teapot to the world of teyvat sitting with Paimon. I held the dandelion flower in my hand and I softly blew it away to where small particles flew into the air finally enjoying the sense of freedom.
I followed through with Paimon feeling the process of being happy again, though, domains were more advanced but I still managed with some luck.
I still see her illusion in my head but I knew that I was going to find her, I walked into the blazing sunset of Liyue humming a soft tone with Paimon who was pulling me into trying foods they had there.
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Some weird fanfic I wrote but then again I don't know what I did but it's there I guess.
I apologize in advance if you see any mistakes I don't check my work and it's been a habit ever since— sorryyy :,)