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If one were to be traveling at this hour they would see a peculiar sight. Two gods in disguise, a Khaenri’an, and Aether were traveling around Mondstadt. “Dear Traveler, remind me why we are trying to find slimes again?” Kaeya asked. “Because these two” he gestures to Venti and Zhongli, “need fucking slime cores to ascend! You know how hard it is to remember where to find slimes?! And on top of that, the domains for all your books aren’t even open today! They all open tomorrow which means my farming plans are fucked. Don’t even get me started on artifacts and weapons.” Aether proceeded to go on a tangent about “building characters” and how his “rolls” on artifacts sucked.
“Y’know it's fun seeing you being passionate about this but, Traveler, might I ask why I am here? After all, I'm quite sure you wanted to talk business with them.” Kaeya voiced the question that he had been holding in since the beginning of this trip. “Oh I’m just replacing Xiangling. The fourth slot is supposed to be hers but I needed to stretch my own muscles and figure out anemo again. Besides, I want to know more about Khaenri’an lore.” As Aether said this, all three companions suddenly froze. After not hearing any footsteps, Aether turned around with a quizzical look on his face. “What? If we’re going to be traveling around for another three hours might as well get all the angsty stuff out of the way. Oh and before you ask he’s not the only one left. Albedo, Dainsleif, Arlecchino (I’m pretty sure. If not headcanon it shall be!), and Piero are from Khaenri’ah as well.
Now then, I hear battle music which means the slimes are near so stew over this lore drop in a second. So, with that in mind, F3 E! F1 E! Last but not least F2 Q!” As Aether said those strange combinations, his companions moved in this order: Zhongli switched with Aether and his shield was activated, then Kaeya switched with Zhongli and shot out a few of his ice shards, last but not least Venti switched with Kaeya and shot one of his anemo infused arrows creating a black hole. Once Venti’s ult disappeared Aether went to check how many slime cores were dropped. “Haha, success! There’s four cores and two giant cores. There’s enough for the both of you now.” Aether turned to his companions who looked stunned.
“Traveler. Before moving forward I suggest we talk about this as you call it “lore drop” before moving forward, yes?” Zhongli’s tone sounded like a disappointed parent. “Can we talk about those strange combinations you shouted as well? Oh and how you could control our powers
.” Venti added with a calculating smile. “Let's not forget about switching places either.” Kaeya added on, needing to know how Aether had that specific trait. Aether rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. “Ah, yeah I suppose we should talk about it.”