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zhongli
hey. zhongli

zhongli.

zhongli???

My apologies, Xiao.
I had lectures all afternoon.
If this is about dinner, there are leftovers are in the fridge.

it's not about dinner, no
but thank you for letting me know, i was getting hungry
do you remember that game I made you play with me years ago?
the one that was still in early beta

Oh, yes. World of Archons.
I still log on regularly. Collecting minerals is quite enjoyable.

what.
you still play?

Yes, when I have time.
On a separate account, however.
I receive perhaps 100 messages within the span of a minute on RexLapis, and it pains me that I cannot answer them all.

that's crazy, wtf
i didn't know
i haven't been on in a while

It is quite crazy, I agree.
Speaking of which, do you know how to "send noods"?
It is perhaps the most popular request, but I have not stumbled upon any noodle items, nor did I find any in the source code.

you checked
the source code?
whatever. not important. just ignore those messages

But if they are lacking resources, I would like to help.

trust me they're not lacking resources
back to the topic. WoA's gotten crazy popular recently, and there's a new guild running the golden house tomorrow

Oh, are you talking about the Harbingers?
Sorry, give me a moment. Someone sent me a direct message asking how much Mora I have.

don't just give random people mora wtf

I don't. I rarely have any to give.
Oh, I told him that I only have 14 and he sent me 100,000. How nice.

what the fuck.
okay, golden house. GOLDEN HOUSE.

Yes, I remember the Golden House. One of the better dungeons in the game.
This is about the Harbingers, still?

yeah
one of them has been streaming and got really popular
a different member broke barbatos' solo record on stormterror last week, but i've heard sketch stuff
she doesn't stream and it was a solo record so we don't have proof one way or the other
wait, how did you find out about them???

Barbatos told me he met her, and about the Harbingers.
He did not have kind things to say about either.
His account has been locked indefinitely since her record.

wait, are you serious?
wait, h/o, i have to check the rankings
holy shit. he's not in the top 7 anymore.
he's not even in the rankings, periodt???
signora. that's her. the #7 right now

I don't know the specifics, but he has since been playing on an alternate account.
Venti, I think, if you care to find him.
"Just dicking around," he told me.

uhhhh okay
that does sound really sketchy
anyway, the streamer said he'll be trying to break the record for the golden house tonight
OUR record.
so let's go scope him out
he goes by childe, have you heard of him?

Oh, he's the one who just gave me 100,000 Mora.

what.
WHAT.

welcome to the server, @Zhongli and @xiao!
oh, zhongli, are you the person i ran into in-game?

Yes, thank you for the Mora.
I've watched a few of your streams. They're quite enjoyable.

same

glad to hear that!
drop your world of archons usernames if you're comfortable; we're all friends here!

Mine is simply my name.

same

both of you are new to the game, it seems?

yes

Not really.

oh?

zhongli!!!! \(★ω★)/

Hello, Venti.

you're friends with venti?

acquaintainces.

nah, we go waaaaaaay back (´･ᴗ･ ` )
right? zhongli? @Zhongli

venti shut up

...hm.
well! you've joined just in time for today's stream!
@everyone it's time for the golden house run! twitch.tv/wildchilde
it's a duo domain, so i'll be running it with @Signora.
you might recognize her as the one who broke barbatos' solo record on stormterror last week.

actually, we wanted to ask you about that
we heard some unsavory rumors about the whole thing.
do you know why barbatos isn't on the leaderboard anymore?

nope, no clue
signora never tells me anything :( she's so mean :((
@Signora WYA

i don't believe him.
he's SO skeevy.

He sounds sincere.
And he's quite nice.
I'm willing to believe him.

zhongli, please don't tell me it only takes 100,000 mora to buy your trust

i think he knows something but i don't think we'll get it out of him (；￣Д￣)
for now, i think you should focus on holding your gh record

what about you?

eh, my alt's not bad ┐(︶▽︶)┌
i'm a bard and this dude in the mondstadt serv gives me dandelion wine every time i buff him (*￣▽￣)b
plus, no one asks me for stuff all the time anymore, so that's nice

Oh, yes, Venti. Do you know how to "send noods"?
People keep asking me to do so. Have you been able to?

venti for the love of god PLEASE do not answer him

ehe (･ω<)☆

ah, sorry, everyone! signora's not feeling well today, so i guess we'll just have a chill stream instead
@Zhongli and @xiao, wanna join me for co-op?

Sure.

...sure

what about me? |･ω･)

sorry friend, already promised @αєтнєя a spot today

(╥﹏╥)
brb drowning my sorrows in dandelion wine

- You all can't hear him but Zhongli's voice is kinda hot.
- Fuck, I forgot this is getting transcribed.
- Whatever.
- I asked him what he likes to do in the game and he just said "mining."
- He said he's very good at it.
- I wonder what else he's good at.
- Fuck, keep forgetting this is getting transcribed.
- [laughter] HOLY SHIT [laughter]
- Did you guys see that? He just [laughter] T-POSED [laughter] and the rocks, the rocks, they just fucking SHATTERED.
- [laughter] [unintelligible]
- Hey, thanks for the follow, Lumine! Appreciate it.
- Hope you'll join the server, too! Mods, can one of you link it?
- Thanks Kat, you're the best.
- Interesting that they both use polearms, though. They're pretty rare, and there aren't a lot of good builds.
- Xiao kinda reminds me of a feral cat. Anyone else?
- Oh right, you can't hear him.
- Aw, Xiao and Zhongli have to go now. Farewell to those dulcet tones. Let's see if anyone else is online...
- Oh, Aether said he'll bring in someone.
- [whistled, off-key jeopardy theme] [keyboard sounds]
- Oh, Lumine! You just followed me! Oh, you're siblings? That's cool!
- Yeah, we're just vibing. We spent some time mining, not sure what next.
- You usually play on Mondstadt? I see, I see.
- Okay stream, we're gonna check out the Valley of Remembrance with Lumine.

damn, i'm rusty
this polearm build is a work of genius though. where'd you get it zhongli

After I read the source code, I made a few calculations.
You are doing quite well, Xiao.
One more should do it, I think.

go go power rangers! \( ﾟヮﾟ)/

wow you really did it (⊙_⊙)

(￣^￣)ゞ

yeah
wait
what
WHAT
WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH ZHONGLI

- [notification ping]
- Wait, hold on, I need to check this message.
- Wait, what the fuck.
- WHAT.
- Hey, Aether, Lumine, sorry give me a moment.
- [more keyboard sounds]
- Holy shit it's true. The Golden House record just got broken for the first time in 5 years. It's on the official site.
- xianglingluvr says "by who?" That's a good question. Let's see...
- RexLapis? And Alatus? Wait. THE RexLapis and Alatus? Holy shit. HOLY SHIT
- [keyboard smashing noises]
- [high-pitched noise] [mic cuts off]
- Sorry guys, that was my roommate flipping her shit. Unrelated. I swear.
- I think I'm gonna cut the stream here tonight. Earlier than I promised, I know, but I'll make up for it! 'Til next time!