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[frostfist]

I've found myself with somewhat of a slow day today so I thought I'd take the opportunity to get a few of my questions answered.

Is there anything you particularly miss from your home? Or something that make it unique and different from any other place you've been? I doubt we'll get the chance to visit our homes for an extended period any time soon or else I'd just visit and see for myself. As it stands, I'll have to settle for the next best thing.

No need to reply if you're feeling shy but I really would appreciate any answers you're willing to give.

Oh, and before I forget. I received an image awhile back that I was unable to decipher on my own. If someone would be so kind as to explain the meaning behind it, I would be ever so grateful.

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[ thanks ren, he still doesn't know wtf it means. ]

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[wheft]

Not exactly. It just so happened that becoming a sailor came with a Fixer license. As to why I chose that career path...

Well, I was bored of it all, you know? I think I remember telling you bits and pieces of this. I was ready to leave my dreary existence behind and hopefully start anew.

[frostfist]

Mine? Much like most other worlds I imagine. I've never stepped foot outside of Fontaine though so I wouldn't be able to tell you what the rest of Teyvat is like.

[frostfist]

That bad, huh? Maybe you and Lucy can commiserate. She didn't have anything good to say either.

[ignoreher]

That's fine! I couldn't tell you what the world outside of the City is like, either. Or much of the City itself. There's way too many Districts with their culture and traditions and such...

So just Fontaine is fine, if you don't mind.

[rikugan]

LOL is your idea of babysittin handcuffin kids?

[frostfist]

That makes two of us.

You think if we work hard enough now, the next time something like this happens we'll be whisked to a place where we can spend our days sightseeing instead of fighting monsters?

[immortalpoet]

who is lucy

[frostfist]

[ As long as they get the dog. The dog is the most important. ]

A few. Better to make friends here instead of enemies since we'll all have to work together at some point, right?

[seaurchin]

Well, if it were for self-defense, it would typically be a weapon ...

[frostfist]

By that logic, you could argue that my hands are also weapons I bring with me to work every day.

[seaurchin]

Well, if you're a boxer, that makes sense too.

But it doesn't explain the handcuffs ...

[frostfist]

I used to work in a prison. Call it force of habit.

[seaurchin]

[ okay it's starting to make sense. ]

I didn't know you used to be a prison guard or warden.

[frostfist]

Let's see then...

Well, to summarize an article I once read in The Steambird, Fontaine sits in the center of all Teyvat and is the source of all water on the continent. If you like the ocean you'd probably like Fontaine, though we certainly have a wide variety of cuisine and shopping as well.

[frostfist]

Most people don't.

[ because he's a cagey mofo ]

It's not particularly relevant to fighting large monsters.

[frostfist]

It would be a lot less work. Unfortunately, I think if I tried that I'd be the one in handcuffs at the end of the day.

[tyrannise]

There's earthquakes, I guess.

[ normal ones... ]

Kaiju are just a thing in movies and manga though.

[seaurchin]

[ this is why you are crosscanon dad ]

This puts this meme into better context then. You should have said so from the start.

[ignoreher]

Well... I can't say I've really experienced the ocean. Seeing the one here was my first time seeing one at all, and we can't exactly enjoy it. But the pictures I've looked at are really pretty! It's really the source of water for everything? That's pretty amazing! Is it a natural spring then? What sort of cuisine? What's the architecture like?

[frostfist]

[ wriothesley 🤝 megumi
being cagey-ass mofos ]

Oh? In that case, what does it clarify?

[frostfist]

She goes by mitochondrialeve on the network. A little prickly on the outside, but not so bad once you get to know here.

Unrelated, but have you died before?

[ what ]

[frostfist]

How did they defeat the kaiju in those movies of yours?

[frostfist]

[ Malkuth really has so many questions, huh..... ]

I can't say I'm too much of an expert on geography [ also if i, val, have to think too deeply on genshin lore i'll k-word myself ] so I don't have an answer to your first question. Cuisine tends to feature a lot of seafood, due to the proximity to the ocean, though many of the locals have something of a sweet tooth as well. Hence, there are a lot of shops that sell pastries of all kinds.

The architecture....hmm. I suppose there are a lot of columns? There's an emphasis on symmetry. Sorry, I don't really pay much attention to that sort of thing normally. The buildings in Fontaine are quite different from the buildings here though.

[ignoreher]

[ she's an inquisitive young lady... ]

Symmetry and columns... I'd guess they're a pretty orderly people, then? If there's water all around, I'm sure it's a very beautiful place that makes use of it in a way that either focuses on efficiency or on aesthetics. Can you tell me which?

[ at least THAT MUCH, WRIOTHESLEY?????? useless... what is an architect supposed to do with that. ]

[rikugan]

then what are the handcuffs for?