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1. this is a very old story (there is no other version of this story) by emblebeee

   Fandoms: 原神 | Genshin Impact (Video Game)  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   09 Apr 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Tartaglia | Childe/Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Guizhong & Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Guizhong & Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Guizhong (Genshin Impact)
   • Yakshas (Genshin Impact)
   • Adepti
   • Xiao | Alatus (Genshin Impact)
   • Strangers to Lovers
   • Time Travel
   • Archon War (Genshin Impact)
   • Pre-Archon War (Genshin Impact)
   • Guili Assembly (Genshin Impact)
   • Dragon Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Archon Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Archon Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Multiple Timelines
   • Timey-Wimey stuff honestly
   • Fox Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Minor Guizhong/Madame Ping | Streetward Rambler
   • Emperor Zhongli (Genshin Impact)
   • Baby Morax
   • Minor Character Death
   • Dark!Zhongli
   • Language Barrier
   • Smart Tartaglia | Childe (Genshin Impact)
   • Different Versions of Zhongli
   • Slow Burn
   • Embedded Images
   • Happy Ending
   • Worldbuilding
   • Not abandoned despite all evidence to the contrary

   Summary

   “Twigs and blackbirds, snow and red horses, the ghosts floating up, the snow falling down — the detective is weeping — and the black coat. Someone has to leave first. This is a very old story. There is no other version of this story.”
   ― Richard Siken, The Worm King’s Lullaby

   Childe has a complicated relationship with time.

   About to depart Liyue Harbour for good after the whole 'releasing an ancient god' thing, a stress-relieving fight leaves Childe opening his eyes in a land that certainly does not look like the Liyue he left, with gods he’s pretty sure are meant to be long dead, and his crush (and recently revealed Archon) with a spear to his throat.

   Now Childe must fight to get back home. If only he could find the right timeline…

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   tl;dr: Childe time travels back to the Guili Assembly and struggles to find the right timeline to get back home. Featuring some different versions of Zhongli throughout history, and Childe accidentally writing himself into the fabric of Teyvat's history

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