Recently, Lovia's days had been very fulfilling; she demanded of herself to go out every day, calling it "training to not be socially anxious."
She even took the initiative to go find Yaoyao! (Actually, she just happened to run into her halfway down the road.)
This was a massive improvement!
So, after a period of busyness, Lovia, who thought she had solved her social anxiety problem (though she actually hadn't), once again holed up in her little home and contentedly began writing unofficial history.
The moonlight outside the window quietly peeked in, illuminating a series of newly written titles on the manuscript paper, the ink still wet.
"When the Advocate of 'Human Rule' Falls in Love with a 'Half-Adepti'", also known as "Only the Two of Us are on the Sea Gazers PavilionOvertime List", Pen Name: Hanabi. [Keqingx Ganyu] "Outside the contract, Inside the Heart", also known as "The Whale of the Winter CapitalStrikes the Bell of Liyue", "The Harbingerand the consultant", Pen Name: Hanabi. [Tartaglia x Zhongli]
..."Whether I write it or not is another matter, let's jot down the inspiration first, hee hee!"
"Next, time to keep stirring up trouble!"
Lovia contentedly pushed the manuscript paper filled with new plot inspirations to the side, lightly tapped her finger on the pen name "Hanabi," and a smile curled at the corners of her mouth.
Jotting down inspiration was like planting seeds; as for when to water them or when they would bloom, it all depended on her mood. For now, she didn't want to write romance CP stories yet; she'd rather transform into a "Fictional Historian" and have some fun!
No sooner said than done, Lovia spread out a sheet of paper and lifted her pen to write down two large characters: "Dragon's Fall."
Then, the tip of her pen glided smoothly across the paper without the slightest pause.
Writing was like that; once you started, it was hard to stop. Once stopped, those smooth inspirations and thoughts would be directly interrupted, bringing a sense of fragmentation to the plot.
Lovia wrote very seriously, sometimes knitting her brows, sometimes showing a mischievous grin, completely immersed in the world she had constructed.
"Gathering those capable of battle, Azhdaha kidnapped Xiao..." she murmured while writing.
"...Thinking he was a step ahead, yet unaware that while the mantis stalks the cicada, the oriole follows behind. This sense of satisfaction from a reversal must be written even more vividly."
As the characters assembled one by one at the Jade Chamber, a smile unconsciously played on her lips.
When she wrote about Hu Tao skipping along beside Zhongli, giggling as she teased the consultant, Lovia chuckled softly: "There definitely needs to be some lighthearted moments, otherwise it's too depressing."
The great battle in the cave was the focus of her brushwork.
Beidou's bravery, Ningguang's formations, the coordination between Xingqiu and Chongyun, Shenhe's... she outlined these scenes in her mind, her pen flowing like water, occasionally stopping to imagine the specific effect of a certain move and adding a few details.
"Geo element crystal clusters... yes, that's dangerous enough."
And Zhongli's quiet observation was the foreshadowing she planted.
"...consultant! What are you doing? Come help!" Lovia mimicked Hu Tao's confusion and urgency, making the exclamation marks under her pen particularly striking.
The climax lay in the reversal.
As Zhongli walked out slowly, revealing the truth with a strange smile, Lovia wrote even faster, her pen tip almost flying. She couldn't help but let out a 'hehehe' cackle, her face filled with uncontrollable joy.
She meticulously described his monologue, that resentment accumulated over a thousand years and the desire for revenge against Morax.
Then came the most critical moment: the Jueyun Chili Spear piercing toward Ningguang!
"Clang!"
Lovia wrote down this onomatopoeia with heavy strokes.
With Xiao's sudden appearance, wiping away blood as the nuó mask slowly emerged, she wrote down Xiao's cold line: "Did you think I would fall for it so easily, Wicked Dragon?"
As she wrote to this point, Lovia even unconsciously straightened her back and slightly lifted her chin, trying to mimic the Conqueror of Demons' disdainful and murderous aura at that moment.
I'm so cool! (She thought to herself.)
Then, her thoughts returned, and she repeatedly weighed her adjectives, feeling that "sharp gaze" wasn't enough, so she added a few more descriptions.
"The Wicked Dragon's shock and rage need layers," Lovia murmured to herself. "First, the disbelief of the plan being exposed, then the embarrassment of the conspiracy coming to light, and finally the fury of realizing he was outsmarted and trapped in a desperate situation..."
The Wicked Dragon under her pen went from a "sudden change" in expression to "ashen," and then to "distorted."
"Zhongli... no, The Wicked Dragon Andrius's power is great, but facing the elites of all Liyue, plus a Conqueror of Demons who was prepared and came with fury..."
Geo spears and wind wheels interlaced, talismans and sword light flew together.
"The climax... needs a sufficiently shocking ending." Lovia stopped her pen, rubbed her somewhat aching wrist, and looked out at the moonlight again, as if drawing inspiration.
A moment later, she leaned down again, her pen moving like a dancing dragon.
"The ending is set with The Wicked Dragon being resealed, Azhdaha's grievances being cleared, and everyone looking with complex gazes at Xiao, who remains silent but has a different look in his eyes... leaving some suspense and lingering charm is just right."
Finally, she wrote "The End" with lingering interest, and then her gaze fell on the moonlight outside the window.
The story she had just created was too interesting; Lovia couldn't help but exclaim: "Perfect!"
She carefully organized these pages filled with writing and placed them to the side, next to the paper with the "Hanabi" brainstorm. She planned to find a suitable time to use her upgraded "submission process" again.
At the corner of the table, the intense and exciting drama-oriented fanfiction lay next to the lighthearted and ambiguous CP brainstorm.
After finishing all this, she gave a big stretch.
"Alright, 'Dragon's Fall' is temporarily concluded. Next..."
Her fingertip tapped on the title "When the Advocate of 'Human Rule' Falls in Love with a 'Half-Adepti'", and her smile became somewhat ambiguous: "Should I let the Yuheng Star and the secretary of Sea Gazers Pavilion spark some different flames amidst endless overtime?"
"Of course I can, but well, not now. Now is relaxation time!"
Lovia cheered and suddenly pounced onto her soft little bed, rolling around happily.
Then, she took two final rolls on the bed, buried her face in the soft pillow, and let out a satisfied sigh.
The excitement brought by storytelling was still pulsing in her veins, and the plot was still circling in her mind, making it impossible for her to fall asleep just yet.
She rolled over and looked up at the swaying light and shadows on the ceiling, but her thoughts involuntarily drifted toward that inspiration.
"Keqing and Ganyu..." she murmured to herself, her mouth unconsciously curving up.
These two were just too interesting.
One was enterprising, firmly believing that the brilliance of human effort was enough to illuminate Liyue's future, acting vigorously like a bolt of purple lightning cutting through the fog (that cracked me up).
One was gentle as water, with the power of Liyue's Illuminated Beasts flowing in her blood, silently maintaining the daily operations of this port at Sea Gazers Pavilion (and with excellent ability).
There seemed to be a subtle opposition in their philosophies—one moving forward, one preserving the status quo?
No, it wasn't that simple.
Keqing's "Human Rule" was not a denial of the past, but an absolute confidence in the potential of "humans." Ganyu's "Half-Adepti" body connected the Adepti and humans; wasn't she herself the most perfect combination and proof of "Human Rule" and "Adepti Fate"?
They both loved Liyue deeply in their own ways, just through different paths.
So, if such two people, in the countless late nights of overtime, in an office with only each other, amidst mountains of documents and meetings that seemed to never end... what would happen?
That would be so interesting!!
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