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[A blonde-haired young man waves as he shows up in the view. The smile on his face is friendly and familiar to those who have encountered him before.]

Hello, I'm Aether. A simple traveler...

[Very simple, nothing special, really!]

...Who sadly can't traveler that much here. But since everyone is from different worlds, I am curious to hear more about them. And to make this easier I have a question as a starter! Is there anything you miss from your world?

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Agreed. That being said, I know you mentioned meeting the gods was your objective, but what do you like to look for whilst on your travels? Like food or culture and such. I know the kids back home wouldn't forgive me if I didn't bring back toys and sweets from the places I go to, and sister Nette in particular enjoys this kind of tea from Elysium.

Hm... food is a must go to, especially that my little companion has quite the appetite. The local culture is always nice to experience. I never miss the chance to take part in the festivals if there are any.

Then we usually set for some ancient ruins or just to see the scenery around and further away from the cities.

Ruins, eh? Actually, I met someone who's interested in ruins to study....oh bugger what was it?...L-.Lan-...Ling...ling....Linguistics! That's the one! Faruzan, her name. Said she'd teach me once she's got her feet down on the ground here, maybe go poke our noses in any ruins we can find here.

[ A beat. ]

Actually, would you care to join us, seeing as you have some experience with searching through them?

So you know Faruzan! She is actually from Teyvat, too.

[What a small world... but then again, he shouldn't really be surprised.]

Sure, I'll be more than happy to join.

Is she? Wow! Small world, innit?

[ A small multiverse actually, but semantics. ]

Actually, I just remembered. Teyvat. Do you happen to know someone named Kam-

[ And here's where he pauses, making a slightly embarassed face as he paused and took a short breath. ]

Do you know someone named Ayaka? I'd say her last name but....I can't.

[Aether's smiles grows even more.]

Yes, she's a good friend of mine. The Kamisato siblings helped me during my travels. Ayaka's brother, Ayato is here too, actually.

[Such a small place, indeed.]

To be honest, it feels like this world has pulled a lot of people from Teyvat, so maybe I shouldn't be surprised that you know them.

That right? Interesting.

[ A part of him wishes no one from his world gets pulled here. There's quiet a lot here, maybe too much. ]

Aye, I'm familiar with her brother. I haven't the pleasure of meeting him but, the pamphlets when I got here were hepful. Actually...

[ Noah then quickly switches over to a private video call. ]

Actually, torch. If you don't mind I'd like to...get some advice. See, Ayaka helped quite alot, more than she may realize, when I first got here. Long story short, I was runnin' about like me arse was on fire and she had helped me out. So I'm in her debt, and I'd like to repay her. A small token of appreciation but, all I know is she likes tea and the color pink.

Now I nothing about the tea here and what she seems to prefer is waaaaayyy out of my knowledge, and I don't want to give her something that might.....upset someone else, if you catch me drift.

[ He does not like stepping on other peoples toes unless deserve it after all. ]

Do you have any recommendations? I'm a pleb so, I'm not really sure what someone of her status would really like.

[Aether is surprised by this sudden request only for a split second. Then he smiles again and nods. Ayaka is always working very hard and she wishes to help as many people as she can so it's no wonder someone would want to repay that kindness.]

Oh, sure. I'll be happy to help. Ayaka is very kind, but I'm sure that she would be happy with the gift, no matter what is is.

That aside... She definitely deserves something nice. Tea is great, but I understand that there's so many kinds of it that it would be overwhelming to choose one. A kind of tea that isn't sold in the tea house would be a nice direction. Ayaka enjoys trying out things from different places, so if you know how to cook maybe you could try making something tasty for her? What else...

[He takes a moment to think.]

A hairpin or a fan could be a good idea, too, maybe with a floral motif.

[ He listens and nods in agreement. ]

There is quiet a lot of kinds of tea around. I went looking around for tea but I got a bit of consumers paralysis.

[ He walked away from that with no tea but thinking that several of them were incredibly appealing. ]

A hairpin or fan....folding fan, yeah? Those sound reasonable, and pink flower patterns or design shouldn't be too hard to find....

If you'd like we can go together. I'll tell you which ones we offer at the tea house, so we could choose something unique for Ayaka.

[A tea adventure!]

And yeah. I think it shouldn't be too difficult.

Ah, thank you but that's quite alright. I've troubled you enough with this. I'll figure out the tea situation meself.

[ He says smiling. ]

But I wouldn't say no to a round of drinks at a pub. We could exchange stories while shootin' the breeze n' all that. I don't think Madam Faruzan's lessons are gonna start anytime soon so, outside of trying to find work and doing part time stuff, my schedule is free in the evenings.

That being said, what does she look like? Madam Faruzan, I mean. I only messaged her so no idea what she looks like in person.

Don't worry. I'm used to helping out people all the time. Finding some tea will be no problem at all.

[He smiles back.]

That sounds good to me.

As for Madam Faruzan, you will be quite surprised, but she looks very young. She got stuck in some ruins for many, many years, but for some reason her appearance didn't change at all.

Surprised? I'm shocked! That sounds traumatizing!

[ A beat. ]

Blimey, and she still wants to go back....That either some amazing dedication to her craft, or reckless abandon.

[ Noah now is thinking seriously about signing up to become her student. ]

She's gonna be a very interesting teacher, I can say that.

[ He says with a big grin. Clearly he too, lacks some sense of self preservation. ]

It... really does, doesn't it? Faruzan is very strong... and loves her research in the ruins.

[He supposes if you're obsessed about something you won't mind spending that much time with it. Even though he can't imagine going years like this.]

She's definitely amazing.

She sounds it, being able to face something like that and come out on top.

I'm a bit unclear though, you said she looked younger on account of being stuck for "many, many" years. How young are we talking? She seems to refer to herself as someone fairly aged, so I'm kinda picturing in me head she's roughly....maybe mid fifties in age but thirties in appearance?

[ He won't say it, not yet, but it is an odd sentence to say out loud. ]

Hm... I'd say she looks like she's in her early twenties. And she was stuck in the ruins for 100 years. Or at least that much time has passed when she finally returned.

It's a really strange case and the ruins were clearly possessing some mysterious power. Sadly, even Faruzan herself doesn't seem to know where it was or how she survived there for so long.

[But then again, he isn't even surprised.]

Wow. That's quite the story.

[ At the very least, he knows that he won't have to take care of an old lady when they go ruin diving. Though he really should get himself back in peak condition. ]

Well, I certainly am looking forward to finally meeting her! I gotta ask her if her struggles about trying to find students is true. She sounds amazing. Interesting at the very least.

I hope you will enjoy the meeting. She definitely is a very interesting person.

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