[They can come back and mess around in the lake after they die via lava (no) (unless?)
Also I'm just going to assume Genshin will someday have volcanoes and not think too hard about this]
That seems dangerous to do in the middle of a city... [they literally had cloud city last week] Maybe there's something nice this way, though. I was actually hoping for more crystals on the way down here.
Kaveh remembers what Vash said about black hair meaning being out of energy, so he gives Vash's new hair a worried look... but ultimately he decides not to ask, at least for now. He just makes his way ahead, checking to make sure Vash is wandering along with him.]
They usually aren't in Teyvat, either--at least in modern times. King Deshret's civilization did a lot of multi-level work, though. Madame Faruzan got trapped in one of those ruins for a hundred years.
It should be okay, right...? The clouds held up well enough. [LAVA VEINS... WAOW... he takes a second to pause and investigate them, since he's never seen proper lava before.]
Mm, it is. Something in the ruins stopped her from aging and from dying, from what I understand. She's brilliant, so she managed to escape on her own... but it must've been a shock to her, coming back to a completely different world.
Mm, I can make us barriers too, if we need it. [So they'll be okay. He doesn't spend much time underground, but he's done plenty of on-site research in the desert and whatnot, so he's not super on guard.]
Do you think so? [He sounds a little surprised--not because he doesn't think so, but because he assumed that Vash wasn't particularly easy to faze.] I guess you're right... it can be very dangerous, in some ways. Most people live fairly normal lives, though. Especially those without Visions.
[ Vash has experienced other freaky things... It is because it's in the middle of a survival fest between humans and their mediocrity that accentuates and separates the freaks. Humanity is just a colony of ants... Small in the scheme of things aside from the number, but there are bigger and scarier ants among them. ]
I think as a whole, yeah... But it must be weird for me to say since I came from a spaceship where humanity was looking to expand their reach to the stars.
[ tosses a rock into the lava. watches it just get swallowed up. ]
You know we were talking about frequencies before? Think of it the same, except it isn't about separating the dead and the living.
Instead, it separates dimensions off of decisions and choices. Every time there is a choice, there would be a dimension where you did x and then another one where you did y instead.
If you've seen the monument in the cemetery, I wrote it on the sign. Shenhe wrote it, I mean. [Since she made the sign for him.] It's the world tree--it stores records of everything that's happened in the history of Teyvat. Memories of people, events... things like that.
[Literally me though. But oh--he nods, and will move over so that he's in the frame so they can pose for a picture.]
Well, yes, though it's not a normal tree. From the way Nahida explained it, it's a little bit like... a database? A collection of records. [He lifts a shoulder in a shrug.] To be honest, I don't know much about it. It's not exactly in my wheelhouse. But many things around Teyvat are said to be products of Irminsul. Off-shoots, in a way.
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I imagine it's because the Underground is replicating a planet with a molten core? I read earth had an active one.
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Also I'm just going to assume Genshin will someday have volcanoes and not think too hard about this]
That seems dangerous to do in the middle of a city... [they literally had cloud city last week] Maybe there's something nice this way, though. I was actually hoping for more crystals on the way down here.
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He laughs a bit. ]
Usually... I don't think cities and villages are build underground, at least from what I read. Of course only about earth.
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Kaveh remembers what Vash said about black hair meaning being out of energy, so he gives Vash's new hair a worried look... but ultimately he decides not to ask, at least for now. He just makes his way ahead, checking to make sure Vash is wandering along with him.]
They usually aren't in Teyvat, either--at least in modern times. King Deshret's civilization did a lot of multi-level work, though. Madame Faruzan got trapped in one of those ruins for a hundred years.
[Just says this like it's normal]
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[ Don't worry about the hair. ]
Uh... That's a long time to get trapped?
[ Vash is an old being so he imagines this Faruzan is, too. When they walk past the underground lake, they'll be finding lava veins. Woah. ]
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It should be okay, right...? The clouds held up well enough. [LAVA VEINS... WAOW... he takes a second to pause and investigate them, since he's never seen proper lava before.]
Mm, it is. Something in the ruins stopped her from aging and from dying, from what I understand. She's brilliant, so she managed to escape on her own... but it must've been a shock to her, coming back to a completely different world.
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[ nooooo problem. Vash also investigates because he has never seen them, then hovers his hands over cause
wow
toasty. ]
Your world has some rather terrifying things in it, Kaveh.
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Do you think so? [He sounds a little surprised--not because he doesn't think so, but because he assumed that Vash wasn't particularly easy to faze.] I guess you're right... it can be very dangerous, in some ways. Most people live fairly normal lives, though. Especially those without Visions.
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I think as a whole, yeah... But it must be weird for me to say since I came from a spaceship where humanity was looking to expand their reach to the stars.
[ tosses a rock into the lava. watches it just get swallowed up. ]
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[He watches the rock as well, contemplative.]
I'd heard of the possibility of other worlds, but I had no idea they were real until I met the Traveler.
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[ Vash, a semi-science tech nerd, is a little shocked. ]
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What do you mean?
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Instead, it separates dimensions off of decisions and choices. Every time there is a choice, there would be a dimension where you did x and then another one where you did y instead.
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Interesting. I wonder if Irminsul is influenced by things like that.
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[ me here like i can't remember if he did or it's just me being canon familiar so i'm going to go with this route ]
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If you've seen the monument in the cemetery, I wrote it on the sign. Shenhe wrote it, I mean. [Since she made the sign for him.] It's the world tree--it stores records of everything that's happened in the history of Teyvat. Memories of people, events... things like that.
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The mention of Shenhe makes him sad, but... ]
All in one tree?!
[ He shows his phone as a gesture of maybe they should take a selfie with the lava in the background. ]
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Well, yes, though it's not a normal tree. From the way Nahida explained it, it's a little bit like... a database? A collection of records. [He lifts a shoulder in a shrug.] To be honest, I don't know much about it. It's not exactly in my wheelhouse. But many things around Teyvat are said to be products of Irminsul. Off-shoots, in a way.
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Well, long live Irminsul and Sumeru!
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It does make me wonder how connected all our worlds are, though. I have no idea if anyone from Teyvat has ever traveled beyond it.