vapour | LL PT. 2

Right? And it's usually colder so far out on the ocean, although I guess it's debatable if we're actually really out to sea... but still.

How much effort do you think a task for a fireplace would take? I want it.

...Hm, well I don't think it would be anything we can't accomplish in a day if working together ends up necessary.

Worth it, honestly. I hate being cold.

Couldn't agree more. I'll happily keep you warm whenever you want in the meantime, though. You'll just have to be on your own when you're in your room.

Funnily enough, my vision self grew up in such a terribly cold place where it was always some level of winter. Knew nothing else until he was sent by his queen as an ambassador to a country with seasons.

Endless snow sounds pretty depressing. Beautiful, sure, but who can live in nonstop cold? How old was he?

It's not much of a paceful snow there, either. She's an ice queen that used to love but her heart froz over art after an incident involving the gods she was a part of. Something happened that made her cold, and has created what seems to be an eternal blizzard. I'm not sure if that's just the main city, but I don't the people living in the country were spared such a thing.

Around 19 or 20.

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It sounds a little like a fairytale.

Haha, right. And he loves fairytale, myths, and legends when he was little, so it decibel gives off that vibe from his point of view. His parents— dad especially— would tell them to him. He wants to be one of the heroes of knights in shining armor when he was little.

It’s hard to picture that guy being that cute.

Would you believe me if I said he was the sweetest little kid, really loved being around others, and was kinda scared of everything? Basically he was that sweetest adorable little kid everyone fawns over that never stops smiling as well as really innocently naive and oblivious to negative things.

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That sweet, huh? What happened?

He got so fascinated by the stories his father told him of heroes, including his father's own tales as he was what they call an 'Adventurer,' which from what I can tell is a kind of traveling good samaritian + helping hand for hire that's got skills most normal people lack. He was determined to go have his own adventures and come back to his family a hero, even though he was too young and never had any training because his parents were pretty protective of him. but he couldn't wait until he was older, so he decided to run away from home to find someone who could help learn what he needed to become a hero.

But, he lived in a tiny fishing village on the coast and never had been away from home or out in the forest without one of his parents. He never thought the forest could be dangerous. Since he slipped out at night, that complicated things even more. While trying to navigate his way out of the forest, which was a lot bigger than he thought and with far more wilderness to it than just trees and rivers, he was found by a pack of wolves searching for a hunt. He had a small knife, but the wolves there are larger than normal and he was not strong or tall on top of never having used the knife except to play around or gut fish he and his dad caught. So he ran was chased throb unfamiliar terrain, got cornered at a cliff and tried to fight but ended up getting knocked off the edge.

For whatever reason, 'fate' decided that wasn't enough. There's the normal world that humanity lives, but there's another place far deeper known as the Abyss. There was a tear somehow, like one of your portals, but either was an ansmoly or it lingered open even after whoever created it used it, and he fell into it.

I haven't seen what happened to him after falling through, yet. But he basically tells the important short part was that found a master who trained him and spent four months in the Abyss until he was strong enough to drag himself out of the Abyss on his own. When he crawled out, his family was frantically searching for him, and he found out that he had only been gone for two days.

Things just... went downhill from there. Humans aren't meant to survive falling into the Abyss. The Abyss powers make them go insane and either die or transform into a monster and lose their humanity. So, it's a death sentence either way.

[Turns his head, pillowing his head on folded arms and just sort of watching Sam's face while he talks, keeping an eye out for any sort of worry or distress]

And...have you gotten any sort of power like that back yet? People have been getting back abilities from their visions, myself included.

I do. Like Childe, I have whatever made him unique enough to withstand its negative effects.

...I wonder what it takes for someone to be able to withstand something like that...

[ he shifts to lean over and pull something out of his nightstand drawer, a softly glowing blue orb that's set in an elegantly carved metal accessory like jewels usually are usually set for a ring. he'll go to give it to Jewel. ]

[Glances between the orb and Sam before taking it with both hands, treating it with care since it seems to be important. He'll roll onto his back, holding the item up for closer inspection]

It's a pretty color....but what is it? Or rather...what does it do?

It's called a Vision. In his world there are seven gods called archons that sit on the celestial thrones. They're able to grant these to certain mortals. It allows those people to use the archons element. It's how I've been creating the water magic I've been entertaining you with.

Since it's divine energy that directly clashes with the abyssal, the best assumption Childe has gotten as to why he's managed so long is because the Vision connects to your soul in a way. So the abyssal energy is unable to work as quickly.

...Unfortunately, Childe's the only known person to have this situation, and it's gotten him dragged into being a bit of a research specimen by one of his colleagues, since if it can be replicated it would create the most powerful mass produced weapon yet. And that country of his... really doesn't need any more powerful weaponry.

A vision...

[Turns it over a couple of times in his hand, feeling the weight and running his fingers along the edges]

Are they common? How do the gods decide which mortals receive them? Something so small would be easy to lose or have stolen... Can anyone use them or does it have to be the chosen user?

Not common at all, but very coveted. I don't think anyone really knows for sure what's required to get one, but the most common rumor is that you need to be in a life or death situation for the chance. No idea as to how you get which element, either, or how the gods choose you. Childe is one of the Cryo Archon's followers, but he has a Hydro Vision.

[ Sam hums as he thinks back. ] It's hard to lose for the wielder, I think probably because of the soul connection. I know since I've gotten it there are times I wanted to take it with me and I realize I forgot, but it's actually already on my person even though I have no recollection of thinking about it or going to grab it before leaving. ]

As for them getting stolen... that's something I don't actually understand, and I'm not sure if Childe does, either. They can't be used by anyone except the one it was granted to, so my guess is that they aren't worth stealing. If the person dies, the orb goes gray and no longer does anything. There's something with the users being separated from their Visions that can cause the orb to fade, as well, and this causes the owner to become a husk of their former self; but I'm not sure if only Archons are able to do something like that if they physically get their hands on them again—? Apparently the Archons can't simply retrieve them the same way they're given. Intentionally leaving or giving a Vision to someone, though, has no effect on the Vision's powers or the person themselves.

So many people want the power of a Vision, though, and one of Childe's colleagues managed to make a manmade version of them that's called a Delusion. Anyone can use them, but they're not good news for people at all. Normal people using them get power, but it's power made by stealing their own lifesource, so they age rapidly. The users can burn through their entire life if they use it too much in as little as one battle depending, and that's if it doesn't backfire and kill them first.

A Delusion probably doesn't sound like too bad of a deal to someone with an agenda and nothing to lose.

[Holds up the Vision so he can look between it and Sam's eyes, comparing the color]

It's not the same...but my vision guy has a handy little gem too.

That's usually how they think exactly.

All of the Queen's generals have a delusion, too, but it doesn't affect them the same way. They don't suffer the same side-effects as everyone else.

[ cocks head a bit to sort of better peek around the Vision. ]

Yeah? I wanna hear about it.

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