dec 28 2022

genshin ocs tdlr:2 start adomi sol and oton r all “human” gods, agwe is a “siren” god adomi doesnt interact w mortals, sol does only when needed, oton and agwe do often. oton likes to hang out w mortals allll the time while sol is just very comvinced that his existence is to aid mortals so they get along well bc of sol, oton creates “shadows” that r reflect peoples wants, helping mortals w stuff he cant when hes not there; but the idea becomes conflicted when some shadows take the place of lost loved ones, or used by evil people.becomes even worse when more people start 2 dislike the shadows😦bc oton is connected to them, things relating to the shadows r brought back onto him and it makes him evil overtime. adomi is friends w sol and oton but becomes iffy and annoyed at situations and circumstances lead to a shadow killing adomi, then sinking into the pool; creates the mirror that creates cotton sol goes 2 kill oton but when he does oton still moves a little despite being dead and sol is stupid and leaves the gnosis w him before oton gets eaten by a big shark god oton re-emerges years later as a corpse in the ocean and sol who went into hiding is stripped from immortality  bc other gods found out abt the gnosis. He loses his memories n stuff and says his name is alu (like alluvien) oton is looking 2 kill sol prob and alu(sol) who is in iries lil pirate crew is looking for oton so he will leave the ocean cause the sirens do Not want him there

at the start of gods existing, adomi sol and oton are considered gods for the humans, and agwe is considered a god for the sirens. adomi, born from a tree, spent a long portion of his life(still a kid) on a mountain(mon lakay)(which is called that now cause it used to be “mountain home of the spring god”) kinda away from morals and becomes too shy to ever go down; instead watching from afar and hiding whenever someone comes by, only appearing to animals. adomi is then rumored to be a god for animals rather than people.oton(regarded very casually without a god title) is born from a shadow(in joyamada), and only starts out in a crow(then later a dog) form. he is not shy at all and befriends adomi quickly (due to being a bird), and brings morals items all the time; he even steals the tossed meat of an ox tail a few times, and since then people will cook and offer it to him.he befriends sol and agwe too later, when he has a human form; he had ran off all annoyed because adomi unintentionally gave him a negative reaction to being humanoid+having a dead fish marking.(theyre still children it is a kid misunderstanding) sol(deemed god of the summer solstice) is born from a ray of sun😦 in rayon sol😦 appearing right in front of the people living there cause he isnt shy😦 so he is very much regarded the god there. he is raised by many people and loves them, but after maturing he is seen speaking to oton, who introduces him to visit agwe and adomi too; being seen everywhere befriending every god, sol is then regarded the god of gods.sol ends up being the one to clean up after oton and agwe, who tended to cause huge messes either on their own or together. and he solves any conflicts between the four(or any gods in general), appears in aid when theres natural disasters, etc etc, and is praised for selflessness; but tries not to show up unless needed on the contrary oton still brings people random stuff regardless if its as a crow or dog or human. he does not limit himself at all, and will even mess with stuff for fun like letting chickens loose or spreading funny stories about other gods. hes regarded the most human of the gods. anddd adomi still never interacts with mortals unless its to lead lost people out of the mountains in various animal forms, even after maturing. but adomi starts to dislike them when he learns that theyve given him a name, assumed appearance, personality, gender, etc etc, and that dislike intensifies when they start to praise him for good weather, but unknowingly curse him for poor weather(as they dont know better), And Then even come up to the mountain to willingly be lost in hopes of being saved by adomi. adomi and oton are bff evers at this point but also yhey arent.Because oton likes being around mortals and his ideals fit more with sol even though he thinks sol is a little annoying(egotistical). and whenever adomi is unknownly sulking, which is easy to tell because its a bit too rainy or windy, sol goes over and is like a little jester to make adomi feel better and adomi is like This didnt work i hate you   but it does work because sol is like the sun and everyone likes him. he(and oton sometimes) will even pass on stuff to him from agwe, who never finds the time to meet adomi bc adomi is too unwilling to go down the mountain and agwe is too busy w ocean dilemmas but from what they know of eachother it is positive. (they both experience that thing where you over glorify someone you dont know well)

Anyways the later conflicts start because of sol and oton. sol spends allll his time becoming buddy buddy w gods, cleaning up, aiding others, or thinking up ways to use his abilities to help even more. oton loving mortals and also being kinda whipped as hell 4 sol  creates “shadows”(I DONT HAVE A NAME FOR THEM), that work individually but are still connected to him; left in towns/cities to help when sol or oton arent there, by reflecting the wants/needs of people. sol is like This is soooooooo genius of you i didnt even know u could do this and oton is like :marismug: im just that much better than u tbh. tbhhhhh but both know that oton created them using sols ideas and initiative. anyways this obviously backfires. but before this backfires The mortals love it. the shadows are cute looking and playful, love to help, and remind them of their beloved oton. the idea becomes a little iffy when the shadows start to replace (already)lost loved ones but they like and trust oton so its whatever.this is the start of the “era of darkness”/etc; obviously the shadows arent going to be perfect; they will also reflect the negative feelings of people, Especially those who dislike/dont trust them, which causes problems(like attacks) that make sol or oton come and fix.the shadows are also taken by people w malicious intent who wanna take advantage of it, but allows oton to vaguely track those people down and😦 kill them 😦😦😦😦 but its ok cause these people r evil.(even later oton doesnt try to take everything back bc 1. likes hanging out w sol 2. thinks its kinda funny 3. doesnt want adomi to be like Told u ur stupid when he finds out) there is also a shadow that manages its way adomi. this shadow Looks like oton because of adomi wanting to see him, because while sol often visits still, oton has not at all since creating shadows. adomi does not know what the shadow is because sol didnt mention it; knowing oton+mortals topic is usually what makes adomi more annoyed. so adomi seeing the shadow of oton puts him on defensive; and it doesnt come closer due to adomi not wanting it too(adomis intentions r strong bc he is a god unlike the humans ..!!!) and when sol comes hes like Woah …… my bad and explains the situation. Adomi is like Holy shit you guys are so stupid No fucking way. and sol and like haha … my bad …….. u still like me?JK anyways ill make sure this shadow goes away sorry Try not to be angry though….so for a few years the shadow of oton just stares at adomi from a far or out of sight😦 and adomi is like I fucking hate this guy.

anyways by the middle of the darkness era, people are more afraid of the shadows than favor them. and sol finds out abt the shadows being connected to oton still because otons personality slowly began to change for the worse. after confronting him abt it sol realizes that whnever they expell one of the shadows due to them being affected by aggression or evil intent, it still affects oton just as negatively as it does being active still. So now sol, adomi, and most mortals dislike these things, which Again makes things worse due to reflection of intent, and oton goes missing bc although he is a god and therefore though hed able to handle the consequences, hes fucking evil now and doesnt care. he allows the shadows to “harmlessly” scare and torment the mortals, mess with adomi(and now sol), and do whatever bidding they wanna do.anddddd by now, alot of the mortals reach to sol to fix things, so they r always calling to him. this Also reflects on the shadows who will often appear from the darkness and grab at him. Everything is a super duper mess ……..! even agwe saw all this and was like I Cannot help you this is a land people situation not even the sirens wanna come up to ur rivers anymore cause theyre so off put. leave us outta this please.(spoiler they r not left out of it)but near the end of the era, there are shadows everywhereeeeeee. and the shadow of oton attacks adomi and w reflected hatred and killing intent from adomi, it kills him in a pool of water. sol finds out later cause the mountain is then stuck in an eternal spring due to adomis death, and finds the shadow just standing over adomis corpse unable to move pass cause of lingering resentment and is like Holy fuck and cant even get it away from adomi/get rid of it cause it is so linked. Um sol ends up being likeOk the only way to get rid of all of these is at the source (my now evil friend oton) and even though ill be sad i have to put the people above my own desires sooo…. and goes to find and kill oton.  dramatic fight here  um he does end up killing oton but also a large amount of the shadows nearly kill him; but the instant oton is dead they all become incredibly weaker and less aggressive.he thinks it is over but Woah😦 otons dead body moves a little. sol is terrified of shit happening again but is hopeful oton might not be dead and either gives him the gnosis(I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE HE GOT IT) or whatsver equivalent in a last act of selfishness to bring him back to life. an ocean god(an old, large shark that rarely appears)(here only bc agwe was like damn this shit getting outta hand) proceeds to swallow otons corpse whole😦 so he doesnt ever re-emerge Considering everyone and their dogs despises oton rn. from a human standpoint this situation looked like their god oton had been messing and tricking them as well as sol the entire time, lowering their guard before causing irreversible damage, then they call for sol who saved them from oton via his own abilities and his good connections with other gods.But the other gods r like Dude sol ur so fucking stupid and sol is like Haha…. (hides away)(ironically in a place called seul)also the shadows stay but they r no longer connected to a living god so they r at the level of mortals and therefore can typically be managed by civilians yeaaaars later while sol is away oton re-emerges from the ocean gods jaws😦(idk if he kills the god but probably) yet its hard to even be sure that its oton cause it is a long scaly-tailed, souless corpse slowly moving around the bottom of the ocean and looks nothing like oton. even sirens who argue that it Is oton agree that otons soul is barely there so it might not count. and then they find out the corpse is only moving because sol gave it the gnosis😦 sol is found and stripped from like alll his immortality Besides the ability to age by another god(maybe agwe if i am lazy). feels it is his fault that two of his friends are dead cause of a stupid idea so he doesnt even stop them. he is left on seul, and when he wakes up again he is soooo weak and barely remembers Anything; he vaguely believes he is the god of the summer solstice but people obviously think hes joking when he suggests that so hes like🤐 ok my name is ummmm ummmmmm allu. Um i mean alu. Yes one L unlike the name of our region which is with two Ls. And im not crazy i think. and starts to pick up jobs w hard labor cause his mixed up mind allows him to carry more weight/work more than most humans think they can lol completely forgetting abt the god stuff.And then things get a little bad and then Boom😦opium AND then he comes to a month later with his bosses pirate ship to his name and etc and hes like Wow ok. he has no idea whats going on so when irie finds him hes like OK ok whatevee yeah we can team(unknowingly good move on iries part bc oton wants to kill alu/sol) so u can take advantage of the fact that alot of people think im insanely evil or something rn dude whatever    and then they get a sibling relationship. but irie is searching for oton(corpse) beeeecaaaaussseee shes always had an affinity for sirens+the ocean n stuff(this is due to her unrealized bond w an ocean god) and the sirens have been in distress ever since oton appeared (years ago) as his shadows(new ones in the shape of sea creaturas) are more ghoul-like and gross when theyre underwater, being found everywhere. but they cant seem to keep track of him either. and iries like dont even worry i got thisiries other crew members(all just as new as alu) are like This alu guy is sooo weird lol but turns out hes harmless…

anyways all of this is just set up for my sona 😊 el oh el!!!!!!!!!!!!! after adomi dies in that pool of water, and the shadow of oton absorbs the lingering      whatever adomi(think of all the salt left over by that liyue salt god who died), even more so when it goes into the pool with the corpse. it spends a million fucking years trying to form itself into adomi because it has adomis memories and remains, but it cant for more than a few seconds cause its not   like. a person. in the end its only real stable from is a mirror. etc etc it creates cotton in attempt to recreate adomi; it obv doesnt have enough power to recreate a god. its conflicted in its own existence too. all the other ocs except fabienne(who creates them like a shadow) just naturally dislike cotton even without knowing the full situation; esp agwe who Does remember everything snd is just seeing the thing that killed adomi(who she never got to meet) pretend to Be adomi and is like 😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐😐 mf freakazoid. also agwe knows alu is sol but doesnt interact w him cause shed rather die than be the one to deal w that too when shes already dealing w the walking corpse in her oceans. shes also attempting to find oton for the gnosis cause no one else can be trusted apparently thats all 😊

dia genshin sona story quest notes:remind them that i am prepared for them to not take the obvious route, and that being in character is the most important thing!remind, dont be afraid to stop and rp !the (very few) puzzles have a planned solution but can be solved in any way!your oc can appear whenever they want! no need to start out there already

(ask if they want to do rolls for real or no v)going against enemies, you have the slight advantage. both you and the enemy youre against will roll a d20, if whoever gets the higher number wins, except if your character is doing an attack/skill theyre particularly good at. you get +5(..?maybe 7) for those. (claymore character would usually be strength, catalyst=elemental stuff, sword=dexterity?, bow=..ranged shots, polearm=speed+mobility. stuff like that! you should almost always win in stuff ur oc is good at)(but in return you have a -5 for things ur oc is bad at: claymores w speed, catalyst with physical attack, etc.)^ this, or “would you like to fight, or simply roll for your overall success?”“well the domain.. its like this, i think, because a weapon can be just as alive as a plant is. environment can affect it, agitate it.., ah well, thats all just rumors ive heard anyways.”

START !!!!

adventure guild (probably) commissions you about it. apparently she got intel of treasure hoarders planning on raiding an area in liyue... you just have to figure out where that is.the guild seems both urgent and desperate: they have no records of what the ths are thieving, yet it seems like very important and possibly ancient history of some sort, a grave from a city maybe, and they dont want to allow the ths to disrespect it. theyll ask anyone to help. again, they dont know exactly where it is, but they have a rough idea.you can go about this many ways, but if the party is out of ideas, she’ll suggest that area with a bunch of treasure hoarders in it. you can sneak around or even snatch and threaten a th to tell you if you can. if all else fails, you (on the way,) see that there are traces of either dendro or demonic presence?(if everyone can agree on who would be best at it, theyd get a bonus)but both ways will lead you near Qingxu Pool you arrive to find out: theyre around because only a few hours ago a domain has been revealed on its own somehow, some of the treasure hoarders have gone in, and the ones outside are there because of what looks like a kid outside theyre keeping an eye on. theres alot of them because the kid apparently has a vision!but is also cartoonishly tied up. (laelia doesnt get them out of it because 1. “you cant rely on me constantly.” 2. “its funny.” and 3. “i dont have a weapon, what if i reveal my presence only to be overtaken again?”)most of the ths as well as the kid are covered in demonic traces, making them kind agitatedfight the treasure hoarders probably, or try to sneak past them into the domain? (fight ths, lose)they dont kill you, just tie you up after ur beat up and toss you by the kid, planning to keep your weapons. you have to figure out a way to get them back.... after resting a bit maybe?if you rest, you can instead either chat up the ths (who will ignore you to the best of their ability) or the kid (who will suggest that maybe they have a way of untying, if you distract the ths.)(depending on how you acted towards them, theyll either run into the domain and leave you with the knife or help you untie too)if you rest a bit, youll see some of the previous treasure hoarders come out, supporting other ths that seem beat up. this is a good distraction. the kid near you seems to be moving, because they are, and theyre untying themselves with a knife. (depending on how you acted towards them, theyll either run into the domain and leave you with the knife or help you untie too.) (fight ths, win)if u win, you can go in without untying the kid yourself, who will then instead follow secretly, (ill roll a dice periodically to see how sneaky theyre able to be)but if you go in with them, theyll talk to you a bit!

(sneak in, fail)the ths hear you and you can either run or fight..... v (sneak in, succeed)right before you get in, you hear the kid say “hey, are those colorful guys with you or what? they look so cool!” and youll have to run or fight. if you run, and everyones fast, you can hide and ambush them in the fog or wait for them to pass you, where theyll get lost in the fog ahead.if you fight... then well, yeah. if youve managed to sneak past the kid, even, you can get in sneakily and scope out the area. youll need to stay quiet somewhere at one point as some ths slowly get past you with other injured ths. ambush them or let them simply get by.

nonetheless, youre in the domain at one point. you have to find your way through (if dia is with you, itll be easier because their weird butterfly will help most of the time, but if not, youll need to find your way yourself.)theres traps and etc, and dia might either jump in to save you Or run down a different path at some point. (if you see and chase dia down, theyll notice and be like AHH WTF WHY R U CHASING ME THATS SCARYYY !!)

at the end, laelia gets the weapon and theres a surge of power that pushes (probably everyone) back. they have a humanoid form now, though, although glitchy. they grin before realizing this, and scowl.they turn fully with the spear in hand to face the group, dia behind them. “Alright.” they spin the spear in hand, taking a step forward, “I’m gonna have to kill one of you. Preferably all of you, but you’ve all been sooo nice helping us get here, so. I’ll be merciful if one of you offer yourself.”^ (maybe they dont have clear features, just a dark figure of demonic energy?)

(ever since youve entered the domain (or maybe before and you just didnt notice,) dia has had small horns sticking out of their head.)(they also are moving strangely yet also more calculated?) the domain:its night, the moon is out but not visible. you enter into a very, very foggy area. like if you move only four feet away from another, theyd be completely lost in the fog. not only that, but its very lightly raining, gentle tears from a place you cant see. whether or not you realize it, youre in a forest. there is no wind, only soft rain and thick fog. noises of the rain cover anything else. you have constant wet affect.theres ths somewhere around here,(resting by the water) that you can hear talking. you should be careful....(only if they werent alerted earlier) (also, some will try to go past to leave the domain)as you continue forward, (there are stone/marble(?) lanterns lighting the way through the fog) (dia was caught right before “the door and seal”) eventually stumbling upon a dip into water and etc, it slightly becomes more and more easy to catch the faint rushing of water, to a tiny stream, which leads you in the right direction. (dia seems to following marked trees they pass with an arrow)aka a very large dip in the earth, a hole surrounded by stone and roots.(if you inspect it, theres writing in the stone that says “the former god of spring, may we find you free from demonic possession.”) theres a path going down and down that you have to be careful not to slip on (or else you’ll slide right into a stone wall.) the path turns slightly, and its still hard to see especially with the running waterfall expelling mist everywhere. but as you get closer, you can see the almost-glowing water with not a single life in it other than (fireflies maybe?) lilypads and tiny flowers and roots sticking out and crawling across the ground (another caution) and into the water. also importantly, in the slight distance can see two slowly blinking yellow lights.one leads to a pressure plate, the circle ones in liyue you find all over the place. the second...this leads to what looks like a door. a heavy, metal or stone looking one, filled with simple designs that make it almost entirely see through. right behind that you can see another pressure plate—the other yellow light. someone has to step on the first one to open the door, then have another person step on the inside one so the others can get in too. (dia would explain that they couldnt go in alone, which is why they got caught.) (“i think its like, theres one to go in, and one to come back out!”)one way or another you getbthrough it. (....dia says theyre hungry.) past it, youre immediately into a hallway with walls of stone bricks covered in moss and roots on either side. in this maze, you have to activate a pressure plate on one side, then have someone get through the exit and activate the pressure plate on the other side. dia suggests to split into groups (if you tell dia to go by themself, theyll say “ehh..? but you saw the ths earlier, if i get stopped by them then i have no way to defend myself..!”(see map!) to your left, you can hear hushed muttering and groans of ths on the other side of the wall. behind the wall directly in front of you, theres a slightly glowing yellow light in the slight cracks. ( -maybe there are steps you cant take that will set off a wall thorned vines? like directly left from the exit.)(chest can be used on pressure plate)(there are crates infront of the chest)

the next room is around the corner, and there are ths in it. they seem to be bullying a group of dendro slime that may run away when caught depending on how the group enters.other than that, its a large room with half of it covered in grass and moss. theres a large statue of a god in the back-middle, what looks like an extremely old, worn out table in front of it, and a door to the back-left. if you (later) inspect the table, youll see that it says “offerings to the former spring god.”after fighting the ths (probably) the dendro slimes are still running around. (had been hidden in the ground if needed.) fight them or ignore them, their dumb lil brains make them think that the statue is a person, so they mindlessly attempt to hit it occasionally anyways.the puzzle for the door is simple; offer something to the statue and itll open, depending on how heavy it is. this can be solved in any way you can think of really, but my own solution is to place a hopping dendro slime in it and darting past the door.other things to note: the ceiling is pretty tall and has stained-glass windows with pictures of flowers and plants, and past the windows you can slightly see and hear the pattering of gentle rain.

after [that] is a laaarge area blocked off by spikey vines. . past them is grass floors and little flowers, water streams between it the cracks, hooded forest and big trees that filter out light and make rays of it appear randomly. its all painted in gold from the rising sun. its still a dip into the earth that you cant climb out of. its raining, and it immediately spawns more dendro slimes in it, to which dia refuses to fight whether theyre given a weapon or not.large flowering tree in ghe middle, like its spring. sitting right beside it is a marble statue thats almost as large as the last one, but not exactly, and its holding a spear that is not at all made of marble. Its also much smaller, like its meant for an actual human rather than the large statue.in front of both of those, is a large chest that reveals the exit to the side when opened. u can leave now :)from where the statue is sitting peacefully with the weapon are two seals on each of the statues hands (depending on if the fighting aspect went well or not, the statue may come alive to fight if the weapon is removed. if not, it wont.)once the weapon is removed, the flowering tree oddly...straight up dies. its from the surge of demonic power thats been released, though.

replace first pressure plate puzzle w something else?IN THE MAZE, STATUE OF SPRING GOD (heavy, six feet tall) that can be places instead of having someone wait !!!!! OR the statue is in the flower room as a final puzzle (no one can take the weapon because its “already with its rightful owner”) or statue in the second puzzle room!add instrument you must play?players walk into room, statue tells them that one of them has just been possessed by a demon .key in an offering table, must give up an item for it to open^ or empty offering table, someone has been picked to have to offer something to open the door? (or theres something in the room they have to offer by finding it?)dendro slime with the key(or item meant to offer, clearing used to be in a spot it cane from,) looking at it makes it run away but if you look away itll jump at you with it. (dia refuses to let anyone kill it, shielding it with their body only to get hit on the head and stumble foward as a result.)maybe the room with the offering and the atatue as ths in it that u watch push down the statue angrily. could have mind game type thing but it could just be laelia being bored