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many chinese cultural references in a trenchcoat ([personal profile] pragmatism) wrote in [community profile] stellafortunalogs 2021-03-05 12:17 am (UTC)

Item A crystallized Glaze Lily

The Glaze Lilies are in full bloom this season, blanketing the Guili Plains with gentle hues of blue. The city built upon it is simple, constructed out of bricks and mud with only a few floors. Its inhabitants seem at ease, going about their daily duties with cheer and song. Most of the residents here work in the surrounding farms - it's harvest season, which means all hands are on deck to bring in the grain and vegetables. Adults work to reap the wheat while children play hide and seek amongst the golden waves. It's a very idyllic sort of environment, yet a huge contrast to Mondstadt's culture of wine and song. The obvious lack of technology would tell Jun that this is from a time much further back in Teyvat's history.

It's hard to tell who is in charge here - while the farm workers will tell Jun the name of this place, the foreman seems perplexed by his questions. It becomes obvious that the residents here don't quite see Jun as who he is - instead, they see someone who's more fitting for their world, a young man dressed in a simple smock.

One of the mothers nearby offers him helpful advice: "If you are without your parents, young one, head to the temple. The Lord of Dust will help you find a place to stay."

It seems the loss of family members isn't uncommon here.

As Ju walks through the town, he can see various people working at open-air shopfronts. There are blacksmiths and tailors, as well as food establishments, but everything is very basic. There aren't any museums or libraries around yet, though the sound of music emanates from one of the buildings.

The temple itself is rather plain; consisting of just an open air plaza with a fountain and a building attached to it. There's a woman writing something on paper inside the office - she's quite beautiful by human standards, wearing flowing robes in various shades of blue. A Glaze Lily is threaded through her hairpin, though Jun doesn't need to ask too many questions to ascertain who she is: she's a god, after all, though not a powerful one.

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