#stormterror

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the 'evil imposter' just wants to be a baker!

Prologue: The Foodie turned Imposter?!

Part 3: Mint Tea

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After that bone chilling scream, what happened next was a blur. Vaguely you remembering forcing yourself to run to the windows, crashing through it as you landed outside and behind the headquarters of the knights of Favonious, you stared in fear when a purple hue shone above you, Lisa was ready to hurt you again with her electro powers but-

Thawk!

A flying chair was hurled towards her and hit her straight in the face! you would have laughed but the pain from being electrocuted made you cry, your body was shaking from the immense pain, Lisa was powerful despite what you saw in-game.

The next thing you knew, you heard footsteps and yells from approaching knights, you had nowhere else to go but. .

As Jean ran to the window, the last thing she saw was you, meeting your gaze for a moment and then. . you hurled yourself off the wall and into the lake that had surrounded mondstadt.

The winds that Stormterror brew was stronger than before, as if he was irked more than usual. Perhaps that was the cause of the presence of the imposter, someone so villainous to even try and imitate the divine. .

Still. .

terrified [color] eyes and cold gray blue eyes met only for a moment, the acting grandmaster faltered, hesitated for a moment to yell out orders when she felt something pierce her heart.

she clenched the fabric just above her chest, the pain lessened but it still lingered. . .

𓂃 ོ𓂃𓅩𓂃 ོ𓂃

Burning,

then drowning,

and last, darkness.

Those were the last things your body experienced before finally giving in.

Afraid, Sadness, Confusion. . betrayal.

Those were the feelings that haunted you in your final waking moments.

As you were unconscious, you were susceptible to the nightmares that formed from your experience, like you were trapped in that same scenario in that damned office.

Labelled as an imposter, your life almost being taken, and being struck by powerful lightning, or rather electro. The feeling of being struck by such. . otherworldly power, it felt like being burned and drowning all together at the same time. It left your muscles sore and stiff, you were sure the librarian's attacks would leave scars on your skin.

Stirring awake you sat up, you hadn't been unconscious for long as your clothes were still very much wet. In the struggle of fighting the waters to not drown, your cinnamoroll slippers were lost, perhaps now at the bottom of the lake. The only thing you had left was the same sword Jean pointed at you, the same sword she had almost used to take your life.

A part of you wanted to throw it, discard it some place she'd never be able to find. But you couldn't, not out of guilty but out of exhaustion and the need for a weapon to defend yourself with.

The winds caressed you gently, letting the tears that left your eyes be carried away by the wind.

What hope and respect you had for those characters seemed to slowly die, your comfort game now felt like a prison, it felt like you were in a survival game with all these odds stacked against you.

What crime did you commit to warrant your life to be targeted and taken away from your grasps?

You stomach growled, ah. . "I'm hungry. ." you hugged yourself as you sobbed, the overwhelming feelings you tried to hold back and bottle up were now surging from the broken damn that was your hope. That same hope that was shattered by the knights of favonious, by Jean and Lisa. You wondered if the other characters will treat you in a similar fashion, or maybe even worse.

You ended up falling asleep once again, from the hunger and exhaustion you felt from your very first day in the world you once felt comfort from. . what a pity.

In your tired and frantic state you had never noticed you were in the ruins of Stormterror's lair. The said dragon returning from who knows where, landing near your sleeping form, his neck craned as his head neared your body.

Eyes blinking every so often as he sniffed, although it was faint he could smell it. The smell of warmth and compassion the diving creator had for its land, weak, but it was there. And for Dvalin that was enough, he opened his mouth, and from it dozens of fish fell from it, forming a pile right beside you.

Your nose scrunched up at the smell of fish but you did not wake.

Satisfied Dvalin rested near you, head facing in your direction.

However numerous days and nights had past and you did not stir or wake from your slumber, Dvalin who had already been in a bad state as it is, lost control of his emotions and flew in a fury towards Mondstadt.

For they were the ones that caused you to fallen into such a depressive state. It was well with-in his rights as the dragon of the east to protect your honor as the [redacted]. So please, wake up, if you do not, you may end up dying once more. . .

𓂃 ོ𓂃𓅩𓂃 ོ𓂃

When you awoke Dvalin was gone, in the distance you could see the storms brewing from a far, in the direction you assumed that lead to mondstadt.

"Why. . why is there a pile of rotting fish beside me?" you wondered, fingers pinching your nose at the disgusting scent. The fish seemed to have been out for a few days already hence it was in a very undesirable state.

"There's not even a body of water in this ruins. ." you realized when the fish were salt water fish of all things. "God. ." your hand reached to brush through your greasy looks "how did I get here?" you wondered aloud, and of course nobody answered. You'd be more scared if there was.

Your stomach painfully twisted, your body was reaching it's breaking point due to the hunger. Eying the fish, you decided it was best to not risk it and so you began your descent from the ruins of the Dragon's lair. It was harder said than done due to the wind barriers and the lack of a wind glider meant that you had to climb down the infrastracture.

Which was a pain considering you woke up at the very top.

You were only halfway there when you stared at your bruised hand, [color] eyes squint at the shimmering liquid in your hands, barely noticeably, was it glitter? it was hard to tell with all the sweat that accumulated from your rock climbing.

You wiped your hands on your pajamas, as something caught your eyes from your peripheral vision. A statue of the seven. .

Cautiously you walked towards it, hands outstretched, hovering but never quite touching. What if touching it alerts Venti of your presence. . was he an ally or a foe. .

your arm fell limp on your side, you couldn't risk your life.

So in the end you turned your back to the statue as you began walking to a pillar you could easily climb done from. Your hands were aching, part of you screamed to touch the Statue so it could heal you if possible but you ignored it, choosing to endure it.

"Ah!-" you screamed as your grip loosened and you began to fall. You were headed towards the wind barriers, you shut your eyes tight as you brought your arms up to protect you face, fearing the worse!

Instead of getting cut by the fierce winds or being pushed back like what you had seen in game, all you felt was a gentle embrace. You opened your eyes slightly to find yourself floating down to the ground.

". . ."

without even questioning it, you dusted off your clothes and smile in relief. "Thank you to whoever is looking out for me. ." And, not wanting to waste anymore time, you looked around to scavenge for some ingredients, there you found an abandoned cooking station which you made sure to remember its location as you tried to find ingredients otherwise, what was the point of a cooking station if you didn't have any things to cook with?

you found some old utensils, mint, a pot, and calla lilies. Finding nothing else and being unable to kill birds for fowl and the fishes had been scared away you went back to the abandoned cooking station. You filled the pot with water from a nearby pond and boiled some mint in the water (the fire being provided by a nearby fire slime that had been nothing but accommodating for her strangely enough- and stuck beside you).

Sitting pretty on a crate you patiently waited for the tea to brew.

meanwhile. . .

"So there is an imposter that has defiled the lands. I see, this is very serious." Amber nodded in understanding as she, Kaeya and the traveller, Aether and their companion Paimon, had returned to the city after dealing with the temples that had been powering Dvalin.

Jean continued "Yes, although her status is unknown we must make sure to see to it with our very own eyes that the imposter has been dealt with." The blond haired traveller knew that 'dealth with' meant 'killed.' He felt a shiver, was Jean always this. . cruel? merciless?

"This will take precedence above all else. So Stormterror will have to wait." The acting grandmaster decided with shocked him.

Aether looked confused at the situation, an imposter? a creator? as far as he knew, this was a case of identity theft, did that constitute being killed on sight in this land? also, how was that more important than the crazy dragon that had been terrorizing the city for months?

Someone make it make sense for him.

Seeing his confused looks, Kaeya, who had been silent up until now, quietly explained to him the situation.

"In Teyvat, there is a being higher than the seven Archons. They are the divine creator. The origin of everything in this world, it is through them we exist, and it is to them we return in death." he explained in simpler terms.

Ah so the ultimate God, wait. . was that the unknown God that trapped him here?! and took his sister?!

"What do they look like?" Aether asked, trying to remain calm. It seemed that disrespecting this creator would end with him getting killed so he tried to act as neutral as possible. However if the divine creator was the one responsible for him being separated from his sister. .

not even the knights of Favonious will stop him.

"Let me show you," the captain offered "there is a statue made in the exact likeness of her excellency, or so I heard." he chuckled and guided him and Paimon out of the office. As he exited last, he glanced at the three that remained at the office, scheming and planning of ways to catch the so called imposter.

The Statue was located in an intimate area, it was smaller than the Anemo Archon's statue which towered over all in the city, just in front of the cathedral but the statue of the Great Creator made up for what it lacked in size with quality.

Aether stared at the statue that was erected behind the cathedral, he studied the well defined features of the statue and breath a sigh of relief upon realizing that the Great Creator and the Unknown God were not the same person.

And yet, "she seems. . familiar. I know this person." he frowned, facing morphing into a look of hopelessness and confusion until his eyes lit up with recognition. "Care to share traveler?" Kaeya patiently waited for his response.

"I saw her. When I was falling to Teyvat, I saw and heard her voice. ." Aether placed a hand on his chest, closing his eyes as he reminisced that distant memory. "She talked to me with so much sweetness and warmth. When I was in the beach, first waking up alone, I felt a presence, I'm sure it's her."

*He winced, clutching his head as unfamiliar yet familiar at the same time, memories flooded his mind. Memories of soaring through the skies, of falling to the ravenous oceans and being caught by a green haired warrior. . the feeling of being struck by lightning, holding someone in his arms as they drew his final breath-

"Aether!" Paimon floated beside her partner, small hands trying their best to comfort the traveller by rubbing his back or patting it. "are you okay?"

He did not answer, brows scrunching up as he panted, 'what was that?'

"I see." Kaeya's eyes shifted to the statue made in the Creator's image, he paid no heed to the fact that the traveler fell to the floor in a state of disarray.

"Why. . " Aether stood up, not entirely offended at the man's lack of care "why did they label them quickly as an imposter though? Wouldn't they first think it is the creator?" It was a reasonable point to brought up.

The blue haired knight hummed "it is because of an old prophecy that foretold the end of Teyvat, when an evil being that wears the face of the creator descends to bring chaos and trick the loyal followers of the Great Mother."

"How are you sure the prophecy is real or it is fulfilling though. . I mean, not all prohpecies are fulfilled. ." Paimon cautiously asked with a frown.

"True" the cavalier captain chuckled, yet it was humorless "but the fact that they showed up in Mondstadt, during the Stormterror's crisis. . when the city and its people is in a state of unrest. You can see why it led to this conclusion, right?"

Aether frowned at that, "it could have just been a coincidence." he defended.

"It could be, but it doesn't change how uneasy the people feel, they'll seek answers to why this whole situation is happening, for them it is easier to blame an 'imposter' of the divine Creator, which is an omen of destruction and misfortune."

Meanwhile you were sipping the improvised mint tea straight from the pot. It tasted spicy and bitter, a weird description but it worked well enough as you felt the burden on your stomach ease up. **

"This is going to be hard."

The Pyro slime that stayed by your side seemed to agree as it sorta nodded.

*Although when you were playing genshin impact, you progressed pass mondstadt and other nations, but upon returning to teyvat or getting 'isekai'd' time seemed to turn back to the starting point of the game. The memories of the residents of Teyvat were changed, yet the vision holders could remember your presence, your gifts (artifacts, weapons) and the strength you gave them. There will be characters who remember though, or partly so. **Funfact: there is a type of mint that specifically helps with staving off / delaying hunger (peppermint oil iirc), [name] applied that knowledge in this chapter because she couldn't find anything to fully help with her hunger.

also Teyvat is trying to keep you alive, hence when you were about to hit the wind barriers in stormterror's ruins you were able to pass through it without it hurting you and it (the wind barriers) helped break your fall.

Please pet Dvalin, and tell him he's a good boy (and don't mention how the fish had rot and you ended up disposing it. .)

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No special illustration this time, just dvalin and venti/barbatos.

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practice kinda

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It's been a while, so... guess what? A headcanon! (Genshin Impact ver.)

Mondstadt stuff first!

Albedo was adopted by Alice about two years before Klee was born. Hence why Klee calls him 'big brother'.

Dvalin is genderfluid, literally. It can switch gender at will.

Diluc fake-dated Jean and Kaeya fake-dated Lisa for a while so none of them would have to come out.

Windwheel Aster actually spin like pinwheels.

Diluc has a pet hairless cat whose name is Rhine.

Next is Liyue!

Qingxin flowers have a few medicinal uses: When dried and used in poultices or serums, they are potent painkillers, but if they are fresh, mashing them and using them the same way turns them into an aphrodisiac.

Xiao may no longer have wings in his human form, nor can he shift into his full adeptus form, but he can shift into a small, rather chubby turquoise finch.

Hu Tao plays the hammered dulcimer, Chongyun plays the gu zheng, Zhongli is proficient with the upright bass but rarely plays, Xingqiu plays the koto and the organ, Xiao knows how to play the panflute, and Keqing plays the erhu.

Inazuma, bitch!

As a general rule, the archons' familiars have a beast form and a human form. As it applies to Yae Miko, her beast form is a 9-foot-tall nine-tailed kitsune. Dvalin's human form is a 5'8" woman with pale skin, turquoise hair, and dark purple-pink eyes.

Ayaka has a pet owl named Minji, but Minji likes Ayato more than Ayaka.

Itto sometimes paints his horns with Shinobu's nail polish.

That is all for now, lovelies! Sumeru, Fontaine, and Natlan will come soonish, don't worry.

[yuriisclumsy]

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Authors note: Sup...I don't know what to put here lol

The girl turned to us and quickly observed us.

How did she not take any damage when coming down from up there..? I questioned internally, assessing the height of the hill and her perfectly-fine body.

"May the Anemo God protect you, strangers!" The girl saluted, "I am Amber, Outrider for the knights of Favonius."

"I apologize for suddenly stopping you, but given the situation it can't be helped," she apologized sincerely. "You don't look like citizens of Mondstadt. Explain yourselves!" She demanded an answer.

Paimon and I backed away a little, scared we were going to be arrested.

"We're not looking for trouble," I say from behind Sirius, trying to deescalate the situation.

"That's what all troublemakers say," Amber gave me a look, not taking what I said seriously.

She's got a point...

"Hello, I'm Sirius," he managed to crack a smile.

"...Doesn't sound like a local name to me," she looked at me and Paimon, "what is your name? And this... mascot, what's the deal with it?"

"Hi. I'm [Name], and this is..." I tried to introduce Paimon but was cut off by Sirius.

"Emergency food," he smirked while looking at Paimon.

"Pff–"

"Hey! That's even worse than being a mascot!" She yelled.

"So, you three are traveling patterns, right?" Amber questioned.

"Yes," I answered. She nodded in recognition.

"Well look, there's been a large dragon sighted around Mondstadt recently. The best thing you three could do is head inside the city as soon as possible. Lest the dragon comes back."

"It's not far from here, I can escort you there," she gestured for us to follow her.

"Aren't you here for another reason?" Paimon asked.

"We can go on our own. We were already going there to begin with, know?" I was not trusting some lady that jumped from a hill.

"I am," she answered one question, "and not to worry, I can multitask. Beside... I don't trust you three just yet!" She declared.

"Rude."

"Rude much," me and Paimon let out.

"Why so suspicious?" Sirius asked.

“Oh, ah… I shouldn't be saying that as a knight. I give you my apologies, uh… strange yet… respectable travelers.”

That was lame.

“That sounded so fake!” Paimon accused her.

“Do you have something against the type of language usage prescribed by the Knights of Favonius Handbook!?”

Yes. It offended me in every-way imaginable.

After Amber calmed down, she guided us through the path we were following before making a detour. I was able to see the city from here. It was as pretty as when I saw it in the valley. It was also close to where we were. It would have been easier for us to just go without the lady-in-red.

Amber made small conversation with us. She asked what our purpose for visiting Mondstadt was. Paimon and I explained the situation, how Sirius got separated from his sister during a long journey, and how I was looking to recover my ‘lost’ memories.

Hearing our story made her take pity, right before putting on a big smile. She declared that after she finished with all her assignments she would help us find what we were missing; putting up posters for Sirius; introducing me to a person she says could help me.

Taking a step back from all the things she’s said, she is a really kind-hearted person. I misjudged her character. At the end of the day, Amber’s job is to be a knight. It is within her right to stop us for looking like aliens.

“Hey, Amber?” I went beside her.

“yes?”

“What exactly is it you need to finish doing?”

“It’s simple. You’ll see in a bit.”

It was simple. Just not for me.

Paimon yelled in my ear, spotting a hilichurl not far from us. Safe to say, Amber and Sirius took care of it really fast. But, that is not the end of it. They had been getting too close to the city, and Amber's mission was to exterminate the camp these creatures had formed. So, she and Sirius invaded the camp and cleared it out within a few minutes.

I dared not go, they looked way too similar to humans, making it uncanny for me to watch them get killed. And here I thought Amber wasn’t capable of hurting a soul. Seems living in a world full of magical creatures makes you immune to certain reasonings.

Besides the inability of being able to fight, of course. I really need to learn how to wield a weapon soon. What would happen if I got in trouble?

“Whoow, that was easy. Thanks for the backup,” I heard Amber say.

“Welcome back, guys. Everything was taken care of given how you two are intact.”

“Oh, [Name], you should have seen them!” she flew to me at lighting speed, “Amber shot an arrow that made a hilichurl immobile, then Sirius came whopping in with his sword, and then hilichurl…!”

“Okay, I'll stop you right there Paimon… I don’t need to hear how some poor creature got killed,” I covered her mouth before I started getting nauseous.

I still don’t understand why you went Paimon. Moral support I guess…

“I’ve gotta say, Sirius, you impressed me a little with those moves there… How’d it feel?”

“Barely broke a sweat,” he flexed his arm to show he still had energy.

I stared at him. This guy…

“Amber, Paimon is curious. How is it that the hilichurls ended up here? They don’t seem like the type of creature to like civilization.”

“Exactly. It’s more normal to see them further out in the wilderness. Like the area of Galesong Hill, where you can find three hilichurl tribes.”

“Then what are they doing here?” I asked. If these hilichurls had a place to live, why would they move? Better yet, what made them come here?

“It’s because of the dragon – Stormterror – has been causing havoc recently. Local markets and our orchards have all been affected, not mentioning when the storm hits. We usually end up with a few injuries, so the Knights of Favonius have their hands tied up doing our best to defend the area.”

“So these creatures have been getting closer to the city,” I said.

“Yes. At the least, clearing this camp helped make the area a little safer,” she gave a big smile and saluted, “Let’s leave now. As a responsible knight, I must make sure to see you to the city safely!”

We left in tow. She was fast and started to ramble about things in the city. I couldn’t make out what she was talking about. Paimon and Sirius presented to hear her by nodding their heads, so I did the same.

We made a quick stop on the side of the road seeing a lady in a somewhat green-alpine-German-dress. She was super sweet, telling us how she was an adventurer and a survival expert, taught us how to use and make a campfire, and gave us a recipe we could try out when camping. Amber waited on the side, happily adding on to what the adventurer was teaching us here-and-there.

We said our goodbyes and continued.

“We’re almost there!” Amber exclaimed.

We walked atop a bridge that connected to the city. From the outside, the city seemed huge; the city walls' height was the same as a giants the closer we got; a flag swung with the flow of the strong wind that passed by it; the knights in guard watched the road, composed and ready to defend the city from any threats – whatever that might be.

Passing by the knights who saluted at Amber in recognition, we entered the city. The sound that I already grew accustomed to ringed in my ears, only this time it was clear of the madness of the symphony; it had finally decided to harmonize.

I saw the city from an eagle view, passing through the streets and the small cracks in between the houses. I saw a large statue of what I assume to be the god of this land. Behind it was a cathedral, its style screamed gothic German architecture. This whole city screamed North European.

My vision returned to me as I heard Amber’s voice.

“Let me officially introduce the city of wind, dandelions, and freedom — travelers under the protection of the knights of Favonius — welcome to Mondstadt!”

“ᵂᵒʷ…”

Do you wish to obtain a Wind Glider?

[Accept] [Decline]

!!

The heck?

The moment was totally ruined by some…screen that popped in front of me. I tried to make it go away like a mosquito, but found my hand slipping right through it. So it was projected. Huh.

I noticed that the world looked like it had a brownish tone to it; like if I was in an old film.

“...Hey, Sirius? Something weird is going on…” I said, but no response was given.

I tried to call on him a few more times to check if he heard me or not, and yet again, no response. Was he ignoring me? Looking around, my eyes landed on a few birds stuck in mid air. The world was frozen.

Welp, that answered my question.

The next best thing I did was walk back to the entrance. Yeah, that would do it.

Wrong.

The moment my feet touched the ground outside the city I was teleported in front of the screen where I was a few seconds prior.

Now, my only two options were to either accept, or decline.

Guess I have to choose…

You may be wondering, ‘[Name] what did you choose?’, ‘did you accept?’, ‘are we going to get a Wind Glider!?’. And to answer those questions… I obviously selected decline.

What? I’m not stupid.

After I clicked my option, the world went back as if nothing ever happened. Surprisingly enough, Amber led us to a high area up in the city square in front of the statue I had seen in the vision. She then presented us with a gift. Paimon didn’t get any because she would find it useless, and me? She looked at me, and I only shook my head. She was disappointed, but bounced right back up after seeing the sparkles of Sirius’s eyes.

So there goes me flying around; I'm scared of heights anyway.

I left the group to their own devices, not before telling them the area I'll be in. I took a bag of gold coins we gathered when I was with Sirius. Paimon said they’re called mora – the currency of this world.

In total, I had 148 mora. Given my stomach was growling, I went in search of a restaurant to dine in.

“Hello, welcome to Good Hunter! Would you like to be seated?”

“Yes. Is there any chance I can sit on the balcony?”

“Yes! Please follow me.”

The lady brought me to the second floor, seating me on a table facing the fountain. I made my order. Waiting for the food I observed the surrounding area. It was pretty, but desolated.

That dragon sure has the citizens scared to not go out. Don’t blame them though. If I saw a dragon terrorizing my home, I would move continents.

The food soon came. It looked glorious. The chicken with the crisp of the skin, with the vegetables on the side, and that sweet, sweet sauce like nectar. My mouth was watering. I raised the utensils ready to dig in, but the sky suddenly became dark, and the wind started to pick up.

Dammit! Out of all times to show up, why now!?!

Tornadoes formed, destroying a few rooftops and walls, lifting objects up into the sky and dropping them off somewhere else. I think I even saw Sirius and Paimon fly by.

Then the most important thing wanted to fly away too: my food.

NO.

Amber could be screaming for all I care. I was having this food even if the world was ending.

I supported the plate, as the wind calmed down enough for it to be windy. I grabbed my fork, stripped a piece of the chicken, and put it in my mouth.

Oh, wow… This is…this is delicious!

I drank the juice, which was also heavenly. The taste made me forget that there was a disaster occurring behind me.

([Name] casually ignoring the chaos)

“Ahhh… This is life!”

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