Video || Census Call

[detectiveforhierophant]

Type: Video
Sender ID: detectiveforhierophant (Ryotaro Dojima)
To: General Public
Subject: Census Call
Warnings: None!


[ The screen would flick on, and man of Japanese origin would pop on screen, sitting at a desk that may look familiar to some. ]

Hey, this is Ryotaro Dojima, part of the Raiders of the Lost Arts.

[Ignore that Strabby with a pink bow walking around in the background behind him... ]

I've been here for a few months now, and I've noticed a few patterns talking to folks about where and when they're all from. Call me curious, but I'm interested in actually getting info of this, making a record-- a census, I guess.

So-- If you guys wouldn't mind telling me; where are you from-- town, country, planet even if you can, and what year?

If you don't feel comfortable posting your information publicly, feel free to private message me.

[ A pause as he thought, before continuing. ]

--To be fair, I can provide my own. I'm from a small rural town in Japan, Inaba, on the planet Earth. It was 2012 when I arrived here.

--Ah, one last thing. If you remember where someone who was here before but vanished is from, I'll take that info too.

[ Reaching to turn off the phone as he spoke-- ]

Dojima out.

Comments

[empyrean_mirror]

Yes. There's a few others here from Teyvat, but I believe we're all from the same year.

[He blinks, and makes a considering noise.]

It's a bit difficult to say--each nation's level of technology is different, and because so much depends on Leyline energy, it's hard to make an accurate comparison. [Tapping his fingers on the desk while he thinks.]

I think most nations are likely a bit more advanced than this--Mondstat is an outlier but they are more focused on the use of magic and alchemy than researching machine advancements. I'm afraid I don't know too much about Inazuma, but if you ask Heizou, he might be willing to talk about this.

As far as Sumeru goes, the study of the machinery left behind by both King Deshret's civilization and the ruins of Khaen'riah is maintained by both Kshahrewar and Haravatat scholars. Both civilizations utilized automaton constructs similar to Mehrak, though Deshretian constructs are more advanced than Khaen'rian. Magic is...a bit more complicated, and it might take me a bit to explain how it works.

[detectiveforhierophant]

Leyline energy dependant, got it.

[ He'd need to look into that term. Sounded like either some sort of earth sciences thing, ooor magic bullshit. Could be both, really- ]

[ --One thing Kaveh and Yosuke both had were a gift for gab, it seemed, but Kaveh was definitely more book smart than Yosuke was. Poor kid was always stressing out around exam time, begging Yu to help him study. It wasn't that the kid wasn't smart, just. Not engaged in school... ]

Mondstat, Sumeru, Inazuma... Actually, how many countries are there in your world, if you don't mind me asking? We can move onto your 'magic' after that.

[empyrean_mirror]

There are seven nations, now. Sumeru, Fontaine, Mondstat, Sheznaya, Liyue, Natlan, and Inazuma. [He pauses, and given the way his hand moved, he is petting something. Is there a cat in his lap?]

...Ah. The ones I mentioned before, Khaen'riah and Deshret's civilization, they are long gone.