Time: 5:02 PM
Location: Liyue
Status: Normal

Standing by the front of the Geo Statue of The Seven are Zhongli and the travelers (excluding Youri...) as they conversed with one another after they've reached their destination. They began offering each of the special perfumes to the statue until they offered the last one, which is preferable for mature women, earning a gentle glow from the statue. Though it indicated that the statue liked it, It was very unexpected for the travelers to say the least...

Paimon: Oh? What was that?

Aether: It seems that Rex Lapis likes this perfume. The one for... Old ladies.

Sky: ...now that was unexpected

Paimon: Wait a second, does that mean that Rex Lapis is an older lady?

Sky: I'd say he's gay or he's using it to impress the ladies.

Aether: The gay one, I can understand that. But why use a women's perfume to impress women exactly?

Kayden: What is Wrong with this World.. Makes me want to kill myself for this..

Zhongli cleared his throat, causing the travelers to glance at him, who was looking at them with a raised eyebrow that said 'I'm still here hearing what you've said y'know?' as it made them quiet, much to his relief.

Zhongli: From what Paimon said, Rex Lapis can perhaps, be an old lady. In fact, he can take on many countless forms which can be the latter.

This earned a dejected sigh from the emergency food as she began thinking what Rex Lapis would look like in his "old lady" form, along with many other forms. Better not be thinking what he'll look like in his "food" form, otherwise things might go unpleasant between the two.

Paimon: What a shame, we only got to see the giant dragon form, and... Ugh! Let's hope that the Liyue Qixing will successfully capture the real assassin!

Zhongli: We can leave that to the authorities. Let us focus on the fond farewell for Rex Lapis.

Sky: I'd still say that the Fatui's behind this bullcrap.

Kayden: I don't think the Fatui's are behind the assassination, if they did, they would blow a hole on him instead, what's not make anything sense that it has no injuries after crash landed on the rites of descension. I Mean, Geo archon is the most powerful archon and the eldest among the seven. Who Could make an Assassination like that.

Sky: Kayden, there's one thing that I know. And that one thing is that the Fatui wouldn't do something reckless like that. Heck, they might even make a cover up and create deception to initiate their intentions under the shadows. And what's more, an archon, an ARCHON, was ruling the Fatui, to which they might've granted those soldiers and Harbinger some sort of "godslayer" powers to par with the other archons.

Kayden: dude, Venti said the only archons remaining are Geo, Anemo and Electro. Which means the rest are dead or back to Heaven.

Sky: What about the one Jean stated that the Cryo Archon still rules the Fatui until now? Like seriously, how can archons rule such organizations like that if they're already dead? Wouldn't that change the leadership within it? *sigh* This is really confusing... But then again, these lunatics are much devoted to the Cryo Archon to which they might continue fulfilling her goals and ambitions, if said archon has already been confirmed dead.

Kayden: *Sigh* All Shit aside, let's get back to the point already, we ain't going nowhere for this..

Sky: *sigh* You're right... So, what's next on our list then Mr. Funeral guy?

Zhongli: Hmm... I need you travelers to find me the Cleansing Bell.

Paimon: Cleansing Bell? Where do we find one exactly?

Zhongli: From a friend of mine named Madame Ping, who is the guardian of said Cleansing Bell. She lives near Yujing Terrace. If you ask her, she'll know what to do.

Kayden: Reminds me about in my past called The Bell of Shame.

Paimon: Sure, but... aren't you going to come with us?

Zhongli: Ah, I have certain reasons why I cannot be there in person... So please, do this for me.

Sky: Suspicious... Whatever you say then.

The travelers began walking away and towards Yujing Terrace in search of a woman guarding the Cleansing Bell.

Paimon: Man, why's he gotta be so secretive this time?

Sky: Let him be Paimon, I'm sure he has his reasons why... And that reason might be thinking what I'm thinking...

Paimon: But! Can't he just give us some tidbits so that... well... hehe...

Said Paimon as she doesn't know what to respond next, to which Sky already knows, but he doesn't want to dwell on that more as he just became silent throughout their walk towards their next location, pondering the events that happened at Liyue.

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From the Yujing Terrace, two silhouettes by the table, which had porcelain tea sets, near the trees. One was an old lady with silvery gray hair tied in a low bun, who was looking at a single Glaze Lily from the grass nearby as she reminisced about the old Liyue, filling her emotions with both sadness and happiness at the same time. It just earned her a solemn sigh.

Madame Ping: All things must change...

?!?: Such is the march of life and time...

But then she looked at the person beside her, revealing the second silhouette, who had an awkward look on their face. Wearing an unusual maid dress complete with a red ribbon and bunny ears and tails, the youngling obviously felt uncomfortable as many people got confused as to whether they were a boy or a girl, much to their annoyance.

Madame Ping: And speaking of change, I think you really need to change your attire. People always get confused about your person every time if you continue to wear this dress. I stopped to count all the mens you attracted and rejected already.

?!?: My apologies my lady. But it has been required by the Tianquan herself for me to wear it as long as the debts still have yet to be totally refunded.

A passerby civilian, who noticed the bunny maid-dressed person, whistled towards them.

Civilian: Mm, cute dress ya got there miss! Men would've been dying by such awestruck beauty of yours~

?!?: *Le flinch* Why God!? Why!?

Then another passerby civilian began sauntering towards them, especially the maid one.

Civilian #2: Hey baby, are you free tonight~?

?!?: 💢 Imma gonna get da shotgun now...

Then a lot of people nearby their area, especially men, began crowding around the two. Women were cooing and muttering in jealousy at the maid about sexy outfits while the men were sporting blushes on their faces and saying some flirty and dirty words.

And behind the recently crowded area, were the travelers who had now arrived at the Yujing Terrace, who were looking at them in morbid curiosity.

Kayden: What's with the crowds these days..

Sky: Must be a performance show or something...

Aether: Wait... Isn't that...?

Kayden: who-

ID Name: Youri Major

We Saw Youri Major wearing the Maid Outfit.

Kayden:

Aether who saw the maid Youri, began blushing and sputtering some words...

Aether:

Paimon: Damn, Youri's looking pretty good in that cute dress of his!

Sky: ...

Two blinks and a shrug is the only response from Sky because he doesn't know what was going on.

And it'll be best for him to leave it at that...

Paimon: Seriously though, what is going on here?!?

Instead of an answer, Youri just spotted them and was now staring at them. More specifically, a certain little floating emergency food.Before anyone could react, Youri used the "Enderpearl SWEP" addon to teleport right next to them. Using the momentum, he took Paimon in a hug before teleporting back to Madame Ping.

Youri: Much better... ^^

Paimon: What the- Hey! Let Paimon go you 2 cents mercenary!!!

Youri: Nope! Need emotional support from your cuteness! ^^

Paimon: *Angry fairy noises*

This caused the men to have massive nosebleeds and the ladies to faint from the extreme cuteness of the scene while the three travelers simply sweat drops as they looked at them blankly.

Sky/Aether: Gee, thanks a bunch... -_-

Aether: How're we supposed to get through these crowds exactly?

Sky: Hmm... *snaps fingers* I got it! But it'll cost me my sanity and reputation right now...

Hearing what the mechanical knight said made Aether raise an eyebrow.

Aether: And that is...?

Kayden: I Don't like this..

Skylar began to clear his throat and began shouting these words...

Skylar: HEY EVERYONE, I HEARD FROM THE MILLELITH THAT THEY'LL BE GIVEN A LUXURIOUS MASSAGE FROM THE TINQUAN IF THEY FOUND THE CULPRIT!

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...

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Youri: Da fuck?

Madame Ping: *Hit Youri on the head* Language young man!

Citizen: Wait really?!?

Citizen #2: Oh my archons! A massage... From the actual Tinquan Ningguang!

Citizen #3: A dream come true if you ask me!

Citizen #4: But wait, finding the culprit? Wouldn't that be hard?

Citizen #5: I don't care. I wanted dem massages!

Citizen #6: NO WAY! IMMA FIND THAT CULPRIT AND GET THAT LUXURIOUS MASSAGE!

Citizen #7: OH NO! I AIN'T LETTING YA!

The crowd then began to argue and dispersed afterwards as quickly as possible to actually find the culprit who killed Rex Lapis, which is just a made-up rumor by Skylar. This now leaves the travelers and the old lady, who just looked at the mechanical knight...

Youri: I... have so many questions right now...

Kayden Look at Youri again, He Laugh Once more.

Kayden:

Youri: I'm soooooooo going to punch you if you don't shut up right now...

Paimon: ...how in the world did you-?

Sky: I have my own ways... And I don't want to remember it...

Aether: You do realize that you just-

Sky: -made myself a reputation? Yes. But it seems that it'll get back to me one day.

Aether: *sweatdrop* And you only realized that?!?

Paimon: Aaand, about the sanity thing you mentio-

Sky: I'm already dead inside so that's just a joke...

Aether/Paimon: ...what the fu-

Youri: He's got a point you know? You can't simply lose sanity if you're already insane anyway.

Paimon: ...you guys are already insane, you know that?

Youri: thats the point, sergeant.

Sky: I wonder how Tianquan would react if she saw what happened here...

Kayden: hmm... Furious I guess?

Youri: You can pretty much say that when she already had someone else in mind...

Sky: Good for you then

Youri: ...

Madame: My my, such youngful energy... this brings me so many memories...

Sky: So wait, losing one's sanity is actually included in this? Wow, color me impressed...

Youri bonked (with Paimon still in his arms) Sky's head from the stupidity, which it actually hurts.

Sky: Ouch! What in the blazers Youri?!?

Youri: Stop speaking nonsense already. You are talking to a venerable person who is a living memory of this place. Besides, aren't you guys supposed to do some random request for Zhongli or something?

Hearing the name Zhongli caused Madame Ping to lighten up and look at the travelers.

Madame Ping: *chuckles* Now, I presume that Zhongli wanted something from me?

Aether: Looks like we found the guardian of the Cleansing Bell alright. Well, we would like to borrow the Cleansing Bell.

Madame Ping: Ah, that old trinket... I remember it being here with me, but I've grown old. I can't quite recall where it is exactly. An old friend of mine used to wear it on his person, back when I was young... He saw me gazing at it often and gave it to me. But he told me then that if someone should come to borrow that bell, I should not be loath to part with it...

Sky: Really? But what if someone you don't associate with, decides to borrow that bell?

Madame Ping: *chuckles* Isn't it obvious young man? They'll have to ask who was telling them to do so. Like youngsters such as yours. Although, years have passed, and who knows how many times someone has come to borrow this bell, until now. But...

Aether: What's the catch?

Madame Ping: Well, I can't recall where I put it last time, it's been a long time since anyone has come to borrow it.

The old lady replied as she stretched her body in a weak manner, making a faint pop coming from the joints.

Madame Ping: Ah, these old bones are so slow to look for things. I doubt you can wait that long...

Youri: Would you like me to help you instead mam?

Paimon: We'll help too granny! *try to get out of Youri's grip* We'll follow you back home, while "Mr. Albino" here is searching for the bell! And... umm, we can also help with those chores of yours, if you have any... OK WOULD YOU LET PAIMON GO SO WE COULD START?!?

Youri: Sorry little one, but if I get that bell, then so would ya. *Hug Paimon tighter* But I still need emotional support since "someone" wasn't very keen on saving me from being turned into a trap by my self-proclaimed "sugar mommy". Am I right Kayden? *Glare in French*

Paimon began choking from the Albino's strong grip as she began clawing out from it.

Paimon: *choking* Gah... P-Paimon... C-can't... BREATHE...

Sky: Welp, seems that you two are polar opposites now. Youri is attracting some women here, while Kayden isn't getting insta-mauled by them with a single look to his face...

Kayden: heh *snort*

Youri: I'll make sure he'll get laid sometime... one way or another... so I would feel less alone in this crap.

Sky: At least I ain't involved in this, which is good I think...

Youri: Involved Yet...

Sky: ...umm, should I be scared of this?

Kayden: Nope.

Youri: Ya,probably

Sky: Guess it's a 50/50 then... And why do I get the feeling that a purple feline is glaring holes at my head right now...?

Aether: A purple feline? Do cats even have that kind of color? And Youri, aren't you currently strangling Paimon now?

Youri: What purple feline? And what are y- *See a passed out Paimon* Oh sh-!!!

*Static*

Kayden Revives Paimon With Pepsi, she's wide awake and back to floating.

Paimon: Ahh, Paimon feels alive again! Thanks for the save back there Kayden!

Kayden: You can have some of it this time.

Kayden Drank the rest of the pepsi.

Kayden: Next time, don't grab paimon too much, Youri. You know it's a living thing instead of a plushie toy..

But instead of listening to that "traitor", the albino trap instantly grabbed the floating fairy (again) and started hugging her while rubbing his cheeks against hers.

Sky/Aether: *sweat drops* Now that's unexpected...

Aether: But I ain't gonna lie, Youri in a bunny maid dress hugging a small and chubby fairy seemed really cute in that perspective though...

Paimon: HEY! PAIMON IS NOT SMALL AND CHUBBY- GAH! NOT AGAIN...

Sky: You seemed really too fond of Paimon, don't ya think so Youri?

Youri: Bruh, did you forget one of the most important rules of nature? "One cannot simply resist the power of cuteness"

Sky: Understandable... Speaking of bunny maid dresses, are you sure you would stay in that attire though? You know how these men would look at you in such a... dirty perspective...

Youri: On that? *point at the "suit" * Well, since the Captain and the Tianquan paid for all the property damage I caused, I was officially in big debt for them... and before you ask, let's say they were too eager to put me into that suit to even listen to my protest.

Sky: ...why don't you just make either a clone or an illusion of yourself wearing that bunny dress?

Youri: Daf*q you think I am? Naruto? There's no npc or ragdoll of me in Gmod dummy.

Sky: Oh really? How bout I make a demonstration then...

Sky said as he performed jutsu hand signs needed for a shadow clone.

Kayden: *Sigh* I'm getting too old for this shit...

Sky: Shadow Clone Jutsu!

*Poof*

Sky said as he summoned a shadow clone... Which is very frail and weak...

Sky: ...

Youri: *facepalm* Just... *le sigh* Just get da bell and forget about this nonsense

Sky: Fine... Wait, but I thought you and Paimon were going to do that job?

Youri: Does Kayden object to that? I won't mind doing it in order to help Madame Ping.

Sky: You know what? I'll join in. It's our objective from Zhongli after all.

Aether: Don't forget about me!

Then all of them looked at Kayden, who is drinking a bottle of Pepsi Max at the moment.

Kayden: Why y'all standing for? It's not like I'm not gonna move an inch forever..

Sky: Seems the gangs all together then! But... Where are we supposed to find the bell?

Kayden curiously touches the teapot, due to the design of Glaze Lily flowers.

Kayden: oh~ what's thi- OH SHIT! A-

Kayden Instantly got sucked inside the Teapot.

Everyone Heard Kayden's Voice singing about kids song references.

Sky: Bruh...

Kayden: *echoed Voice* i'm a little teapot short and stout here's my handle here's my spout.

Madame Ping: *chuckles* Seems that the blue youngster here already got inside my household for that cleansing bell.

Sky: ...wait, that teapot's your house?!? O_O

Youri: This power... I gotta get one of thosee

Sky: *looks at Youri* Just better make sure you don't accidentally use that thing if you're going to boil some tea.

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* This might take awhile but, you better not plan to heat this pot while i'm inside right now!

Sky: So! Are there spiders by any chance?

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* Yeah, Few of Them. Not very strong so I can handle them.... Don't tell me you're afraid of spiders.. They are not pretty big, to be honest but they're the size of a door.

Sky: I've got a weak sense of arachnophobia but you could say that... Wait a second, A DOOR SIZED SPIDER?!?

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* What else do you expect?

*Bang*

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* Stop Spewing Web, Jackasses!! *sigh* well that's all they do, spew webs, they never leave their own web unless i got stuck into it. So there's nothing to worry about.

Sky: That's better I guess. Have you encountered monsters also?

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* Nope, Only Spiders, No sense to hang around here for monsters..

3 Minutes Later

Kayden: *Echoed Voice* I Got the Cleansing Bell.

Youri: *Sweat drop* That was... disappointedly fast...

Sky: Well what do you expect? We have "those" powers after all...

Madame Ping: Oh, you've found it? Youngsters are so quick on their feet. Now, let me see... How did this opening work again? Oh dear...

Madame Ping then looked at the teapot's cap as she opened it to reveal a miniature interior of her household... Which are filled with platforms, furnishings, and a bite-sized Kayden.

Paimon: *kawaii* Aww, look at the little Kayden... So cute!

Kayden: You're always small once I get out of this teapot.

Madame Ping: Alright, that should do it! You can come out now child.

The Teapot shook violently, it changed direction into the stairs and Kayden Pops out high up.

Kayden:

https://youtu.be/-jFmbn3eQaQ

https://youtu.be/uUkuYsl5JSY

Energy Shield - 2

Kayden takes a huge fall damage down the pond.

Youri: *Sip hot choco* Another day at the office...

← To be Continued