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Mondstadt

Occult House: Home to an outcast group of weirdos that no one talks to. They’ve claimed a small abandoned space on the first floor within the skyscraper that sits on the northeastern part of the city. It’s rumored that the space itself is haunted and the people within it possessed by some strange force, and no one seems to want to force them out and take that space for themselves for a business. Most of the building is used for offices, but this location’s entrance is at the back of the building and happens to have a graveyard right in front of it. (This is where the Church of Favonius would have been.)

Dragonspine (LOCKED): The cold expanse of a once mighty mountaintop that is now almost completely inaccessible. Rotted tree roots have sprung up around the base of the mountain, twisted together to form an almost impenetrable wall. The darkened night sky has now turned to a glowing, ashen red, eerily quiet despite the danger that lurks within. Many attempts have been made to get through to inspect the area for commercialism, but even the most powerful machines have not been able to cut through the roots that cut it off from society. Those who land inside of it via helicopter or other means have never returned.

Dadupa Gorge: Ancient tribal lands that are protected by the Mondstadt government. It's easily accessible by car, and there's also some tourist attractions to be had there, but visitors are only allowed in up to a certain point. No one knows what lies inside of their sacred grounds, though it's rumored that they protect the entrance to a cave that houses wonders from ancient times.

Decarabia (Stormterror's Lair): A city known for their worship of an unknown god, they live their lives much different than the secular city of Mondstadt. Relations between the two cities seem to be precarious at best and almost malicious at worst. Religious leaders seem to of grasped all of the power in this place, and the people's dedication and prayers seem to be directed at the ominous aura that Dragonspine gives off, seeing that place as a holy ground, and that the gods has rejected humanity for their sins.

Wolvendom: Now a national forest, the land of Wolvendom is a welcome place for campers and all assortments of outdoorsy people who love nature (as much as one can under an eternal night.) Most of the monsters that used to lurk there have been cleaned up, but that hasn't stopped the ghost stories or conspiracies about the place to run amok among the people of Mondstadt. Once, a little girl was taken in the "middle of the night" right from under her parent's noses while camping years back; another is a horror story of the remains of a man found deep within the forest. No one knows if these stories are true, but if you want to venture forward and find out, no one's stopping you.

Thousand Winds Temple (LOCKED): The ancient ruins of what was once a colosseum is now part of a guided tour for anyone to go see! It's one of the few places in Mondstadt that looks like it survived all out wars in the past with no corruption in sight and is nearly as popular as visiting Windrise. It's just a little expensive to go, but the money is well worth it. Scientists still work around the clock in certain closed off parts of the colosseum, uncovering secrets from thousands of years ago. Unfortunately these areas aren't open to the public! We can't have unauthorized people just wandering into classified areas, now can we?

The Countryside: The windswept lands of Mondstadt, where there isn't a bustling city center or a suburb thereof, is a beautiful serene place filled with ruins from centuries ago. Some of which still give off the reek of corruption, sealed off from the world and unable to be explored. Despite the world having the technology to do wondrous things, these places have been inaccessible since time immemorial and will only open to those chosen to explore their depths. This is meant to be just places around the country that aren't named places but could house something interesting, mostly likely magical, or historical to the world. Who knows what you might find? Only one way to find out.

Liyue

TBA.

Inazuma

TBA.

Sumeru

TBA.

Fontaine

TBA.

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So the house isn't so much a "house" as it is an entrance to the back of the high rise that's gone unused save for this group of people who've got the space to themselves. The windows are covered by a thin, black shade, though you can see light shining from behind them, indicating there might be people inside. The only interesting thing really is the graveyard, which isn't small but it's not large, either. Headstones have generations of families from Mondstadt buried here, but it looks like it's gotten full and there are no more plots available without altering the landscape and knocking down the wall behind it.

Would you like to explore the graveyard or continue to inspect the Occult House?

-By the way, does Hu Tao/Ren have any kind of innate special abilities to interact with the dead like she does in canon?

They are definitely looking at the graveyard!

As for Hu Tao/Ren, she does!

Perfect!

As the two of them wander into the graveyard, they'll notice what was mentioned before- there's a lot of generations of families buried here, and one particular old and worn one that looks as if it's going to disintegrate at any moment says "Lawrence" on it. People have come and left flowers at some graves, and other personal items. One headstone has a small trophy on it of a bratwurst, and the headstone reads: "Died doing what he loved."

However, Ren will definitely have a sense that they are not alone. That feeling will get stronger or weaker as they wander through the graveyard. Some headstones give that feeling more than others. In the "Lawrence" area, there's a lot of animosity around some headstones, but once you get away from those, there's more of a calm sense, and in some cases there's a welcoming sense that she'll get.

What would you like to investigate from here?

They would like to look at the "Lawerence" area and see what will happen next!

The area for those with the last name "Lawrence" is a lot bigger than the rest. A feeling of hostility, anger, and resentment washes over those sensitive to spirits, like the whole area doesn't want either Hu Tao or Yoimiya there. It's as if the entire part of this graveyard is giving them both the stink eye, and just to show how much they're not wanted, a root suddenly comes up out of the ground and tries to trip one of the ladies.

Ren would be able to sense the presence of spirits in the graveyard here as well.

And so! Yomiya will be using her phone to make a flash to scare the ghost.

Meanwhile Ren will be looking at said spirits to see what they want.

Unfortunately Yoimiya's phone flash doesn't really do much. Since Ren can see the spirits, eventually one will appear after their attempt at trying to be jerks to the both of them don't work. (If you guys thread this out, feel free to add in any other stupid things that the ghosts would do to be jerks to them that aren't life-threatening or something that would greatly injure them.)

The ghost will look at Ren and ask in the most haughty and ARISTOCRATIC way they can muster why they're treading on LAWRENCE property and to LEAVE IMMEDIATELY. It will then huff and hold their head up like they both need to get down on one knee and apologize to it!

Meanwhile Ren will ask why is there a need to be kneel when they could apologize. She will say that they can apologize and leave but there is no need to be that way.

The ghost will look at her and Yoimiya as if this was an absolutely crazy question to ask them. Clearly, this is what is expected from those who are not noble, and that the proper way to apologize is to kneel and ask for forgiveness. These are the rules- they didn't make them!

However, the ghost doesn't send them away right away...because they realize that this is a strange situation with a human who can actually see them. So, after some humming and hawing, they will ask the girls one thing: were they the reason why the presence is gone?

Okay so, I deleted the comment since I thought Hana wrote it under this tag so...!

The both of them said that they didn't but ask what the presence is.

The aristocrat ghost will ignore Yoimiya saying that it's a public graveyard. They know that, and they're kinda mad about it. It wasn't SUPPOSED to be public, but throughout the years people who don't belong here got buried and now they have to share the land with COMMONERS. It's stupid. They hate it.

And now they're even more annoyed that the girls don't know why this "presence" has disappeared from the area. The ghost huffs again at both of them and asks if they seriously know anything at all about Mondstadt or anywhere else for that matter. But the ghost will go on to explain to the two of them that there was a spirit that haunted this area for several centuries. No other ghost was willing to cross it- even the Lawrences, who believe that the whole of Mondstadt belongs to them. The ghost also says this spirit would cry out for someone, but none of the nobles at least, recognized the name. Saying the name is bad luck, so the ghost will absolutely refuse to tell them what it is.

But what the ghost does tell the two is that wherever this spirit is, it seems to invite misfortune to the humans that are around it- and now it's gone, and it doesn't know where it went.

As Hu Tao listened, she raised an eyebrow or two. She explained how she just arrived to Mondstadt and that this was a new place for her. However, she expressed how she will keep her eyes open in case she sees a spirit like that.

At the same time, Yomiya will ask thank the ghost for their time and ask if there is anything else they should know about the areas in the graveyard.

The Lawrence ghost will tell them both to be wary of any spirits they come across the way, since this one particular spirit seems like it's out on the loose, or so they think. Or maybe they should suffer some bad luck for all the disrespect they've shown today!!!! Something like that!!!!

This ghost doesn't care at ALL about the other areas of this graveyard. It informs the girls that over time, there became less and less room for bodies so they started using this to bury just anyone back here. It tells them that those people are the ones they should of went to go visit in the first place, since they're all commoners and that all of you of the same ilk should stick together.

The commoner ghosts won't have any more information than what the Lawrence ghost has, as they're just as glad this other spirit's presence is gone. It was overwhelming and no one understood what its deal was.

While Hu Tao asks them if there have been any other people who ventured into the graveyard, she couldn't help but wonder if they have found anything else. Otherwise, she and Yomiya would do a quick search around the graveyard before letting them know they would be moving forward.

There's been plenty of other people who've come into the graveyard before, the ghost will confirm. But those people haven't been able to commune with the dead in the way that Ren can (and by extension Yoimiya.) There's nothing else in the graveyard for now!

Spooky....

After getting over her initial shock over the ghost's sudden appearance, Yoimiya considered getting on her knees to apologize but after seeing Ren's conviction, she agrees with her friend's sentiment, she'll be happy to apologize for disturbing the peace but doesn't see a why they have to get on their knees. She will also point out to the ghost that many other families are buried here and that the graveyard is open to the public.

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tmw i didn't get a notif again i think???

WOW, HOW RUDE TO IGNORE ME

I SWEAR I'M NOT DOING THIS ON PURPOSE

DO YOU SEE ME CRYING OVER THIS? WAAAHHH

OMGGGG DON'T CRY

WAAAHHHHHHH

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AND THEN I GOT SICK sob

ARE YOU OKAY?

OH YES I'M MUCH BETTER NOW

I THOUGHT I REPLIED

DW UR GOOD

FORGIVE MEEEEEE

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