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Welcome to the Adventurer's Guild

Summary:

Childe: anything ur good at?
Zhongli: No. My damage output is low. My specials do not work most of the time. My attacks are inconsistent and scale terribly.
Zhongli: As my friend Venti always informs me, I am a Useless Good-For-Nothing Blockhead who built my kit completely wrong and put all my assets into my appearance instead.
Childe: o

In which the characters play Genshin Impact, if Genshin Impact had teams, competitive rankings, and friendly fire.

Notes:

Don't turn off custom skins!
It should work on mobile, but landscape mode looks a lot better than portrait.
At the top of each chapter is a name card belonging to the person whose pov the chapter is in. For example, in this chapter you will see Childe's DMs. Inspiration (x)
THERE ARE SCROLLBARS. PLEASE SCROLL. I use scrollbars for all my social media fics and in every single one there's at least one person who doesn't realize until chapter 20. Don't let that be you.
This is Genshin but I took some liberties with certain features. I'll explain some of them in the ending notes.

Childe

Affiliation: Team BP

(See the end of the work for other works inspired by this one.)

Chapter 1: Childe

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Team BP

Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora

Scaramouche

you bitch ass motherfucker

Scaramouche

you touch me one more time with your ugly hands and i'll fucking end you

Scaramouche

bitch

Childe

aw c'mon, the abyss mages aren't that bad


Signora

He was talking about you.

Childe

also wait


Childe

ur the one who almost just killed me


Childe

team atk is the worst thing this game has ever implemented


Childe

stop trying to boost ur total dmg dealt by attacking ur own team members


Scaramouche

git gud scrub

Scaramouche

pull your own weight or i'm dumping your body into jueyun karst

Childe

y'know if i didn't know u cared bc u bought me that whale plushie for my bday last month


Childe

i would actually report u to authorities


Scaramouche

Aww thank you <3

Scaramouche

People call it gap moe <3

Scaramouche

It gets me whatever I want <3

Diluc

Disgusting.

Childe

ikr


Diluc

I was talking about you.

Signora

Well well. If it isn't our pyro user strolling in ten minutes late once again.

Diluc

I don't want to spend more time here than necessary.

Signora

Believe me, the feeling is mutual.

Childe

alright y'all let's break it up


Childe

diluc i can see u lighting the grass under us on fire


Diluc

Tch.

Childe

anyway today we r gonna explore the 8th floor of the spiral abyss


Scaramouche

they dropped the area hours ago

Scaramouche

other teams could’ve cleared it

Signora

Well, you certainly have higher expectations of other teams than I do.

Signora

There is a reason our team is still top 10 despite having nonexistent teamwork.

Childe

no signora u cant be calm


Childe

u gotta feed scaramouche's conspiracy theories


Scaramouche

oh you think they're conspiracies, do you?

Scaramouche

wait till you hear about the resin fraud

Childe

sure thing buddy u can tell us on the way down


Team BP

Diluc

Diluc

Diluc

Can we PLEASE get a new team.

Childe

no <3


Diluc

:|

Team BP

Diluc

Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora

Childe

wait wait wait


Childe

before we go in we gotta pep talk


Diluc

Do you have to do this every time.

Childe

yea!


Childe

ok team let's go team


Childe

what's our strategy?


Childe

kill the enemy before it kills u


Childe

alright we're good


Diluc

They already started.

Childe

f


Childe

HEY SCARAMOUCHE U CHEATER


Childe

WE HAVE BOSS LOOT RIDING ON THIS


Scaramouche


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Paimon's Announcements

Paimon

Hello Travelers!

Paimon

Today, the newest floor to the Spiral Abyss was added.

Paimon

Dozens of teams have already attempted this daunting challenge, but none have been able to clear it yet.

Paimon

Which team will prevail? What lays beyond the abyss?!

Paimon

We’ll have all the breaking news for you right here, so don’t miss out.

Paimon

What’s this? It appears that Team BP has arrived on the scene!

Paimon

For those who are new to the game, Team BP is currently ranked number 8 in the world.

Paimon

They have been responsible for clearing approximately 30% of the abyss chambers.

Paimon

Their members are all on the top 20 most powerful players list.

Paimon

They sure suck at working together, but at the very least there’s no shortage of explosions and property damage when they’re there!

Paimon

For more information, Outrider Amber is on the scene!

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora

Signora

Scaramouche, if you hit me one more time I will break your fingers in real life.

Signora

Sometimes I wonder why I’m on the same team as you buffoons.

Childe

o signora hey


Childe

didn’t see u all the way back here


Childe

taking a break?


Signora

No, I am simply waiting for the right moment to swoop in and steal your kill.

Signora

Please carry on.

Childe

huh


Childe

u sure?


Childe

you’ll feel much better if u hack some stuff


Childe

u know what they say


Signora

If you say that line about the candy bar and acting different when I’m hungry one more time, I will freeze your mouth shut.

Childe

u know for someone the same age as all of us


Childe

u sure are a boomer


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Amber’s Announcements

Amber

Hey guys! Amber on the scene here.

Amber

Team BP is once again tearing the floor up.

Amber

I can’t see much because Diluc just unleashed his fire birdy attack uselessly at a hoard of pyro slimes but hey, you do you, friend!

Amber

Oh! I hear the sound of the finishing alarm.

Amber

Congrats, folks! That’s another floor cleared.

Amber

Will it be another staircase beyond the door? Or will there actually be—

Amber

Wait, huh?

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora

Signora

That’s not our team next to “First Cleared”.

Signora

Team Liyue? Who is that?

Signora

They do not appear to be ranked.

Childe

o wait


Scaramouche

this wouldn’t have happened if strawberry shortcake pulled his weight

Diluc

I did double the amount of damage you did.

Scaramouche

and you had to be revived SEVEN times

Diluc

You need to do better with the support then.

Childe

what support


Childe

we are literally all dps lol


Diluc

Shut it.

Scaramouche

speaking of fucking pitiful numbers

Scaramouche

childe

Childe

yea sry about that


Childe

someone kept trying to join my world during the fight


Signora

A likely excuse.

Childe

no i’m serious!!


Childe

anyway i’ll be right back


Childe

the dude’s trying again


Childe

keep the loot scaramouche, you deserve it for finally breaking the triple digits in dmg


Childe

my children grow up so fast...


Scaramouche

you better watch your kneecaps asshole

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Zhongli

Zhongli has entered the world

Zhongli

Oh. It went through.

Zhongli

Hello. Thank you for letting me join your world.

Childe

np


Childe

hey listen buddy


Childe

ik i’m a famous face and all but u really can’t just keep requesting to join someone’s world


Childe

esp during an abyss challenge


Zhongli

My apologies, but abyss challenge?

Childe

uh yeah? spiral abyss? floor 8?


Zhongli

Oh yes, I did see something about that in the announcements.

Zhongli

Were you participating?

Childe

huh?


Childe

do u not know who i am


Zhongli

No. Should I?

Childe

huh


Childe

then why did u keep requesting


Zhongli

Your name was at the top of the requestable cooperative gameplay list.

Zhongli

Should I not have?

Childe

...


Childe

nah it’s fine


Childe

what did u need help with


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Diluc, Keqing

Childe

KEQING


Childe



Keqing

Childe. Hi.

Childe

U STOLE OUR FLOOR CLEAR


Childe

poor diluc is beside himself. HEARTBROKEN.


Diluc

:|

Childe

yea that’s the face of a man who has lost everything


Keqing

Oh, you found out faster than I thought

Childe

how did u even do it


Childe

i thought u didn’t have a team


Keqing

Rude

Keqing

Just because I turned you down doesn’t mean I don’t have one

Childe

are u still on the same one as that girl with horns


Keqing

Ganyu? Yeah

Keqing

She’s improved so much. I’m really proud of her

Diluc

Do you have an opening on your team?

Childe

HEY


Childe

i was gonna ask that first


Keqing

Sorry, no

Keqing

We added Xiao a couple weeks ago so we’re all filled up

Keqing

That reminds me. You guys never told me why you’re on that team anyway

Keqing

Doesn’t seem like you’re having much fun

Childe

well, funny story


Childe

one sec lemme bring up the dms


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

Scaramouche has entered the world

Scaramouche

Hey stranger! Thanks for letting me into your world <3

Scaramouche

I’m struggling soooo hard on the recent co-op event. Can you help me?

Childe

yea sure


Scaramouche

Yay! You’re the best <3

Scaramouche

It’s so difficult playing by myself sometimes, you know? Little old me, against the whole world...

Scaramouche

But now that you’re here, I have nothing to fear anymore <3

Scaramouche

Can I add you to my friends list?

Childe

o uh


Childe

well i usually don’t add randos but i can make an exception for u


Childe

go ahead


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Diluc, Keqing

Diluc

...

Keqing

Please tell me you didn’t fall for that

Childe



Diluc

Unbelievable. You’re even bigger of an idiot than I thought.

Diluc

Also don’t use my face.

Childe

hey i have a good excuse this time!


Childe

he complimented my bow skills!!


Keqing

Anyone who compliments your archery skills is immediately sus

Keqing

You suck at it

Childe



Keqing

Anyway, I’ve told you again and again that there have been reports of hacking

Keqing

Do you listen to me at all?

Childe

not really, no


Childe

anyway it’s not like he hacked me or anything


Childe

he just uh


Childe

stole all my ascension resources!


Childe

nbd


Diluc

:|

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

Hey friend, welcome back! <3

Scaramouche

While you were afk, I stole all your sea conches that you need for character ascension and killed you twice, just because I can <3

Scaramouche

Later, sucker! <3

Childe

wtf


Childe

why would you do that


Scaramouche

you’re one spot higher than me on this month’s rankings

Scaramouche

i’m making sure that it won’t happen again, asshole

Scaramouche

Seeya! <3

Childe

wait ok bad sportsmanship and horrible personality aside


Childe

how did u get past the profanity filter


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Diluc, Keqing

Keqing

You really decided to be friends with someone like that?

Diluc

He just likes fighting him.

Diluc

The two of them waste all our healing resources fighting each other.

Childe

this wouldn’t have happened if diluc agreed to spar with me


Diluc

No.

Childe



Childe

anyway so he kept coming over to fight me


Childe

and then one day one of the regisvines spawned next to us and scaramouche kinda oneshotted it by accident


Childe

trying to murder me


Childe

and then the media came and ignored the bit about how scaramouche grabbed me and tried to use himself as a lightning rod


Keqing

He what

Childe

and then they started praising our teamwork


Childe

at that point we kinda just had to make a team, y’know?


Childe

the media already hyped us up that much


Diluc

You told me you two were friends.

Childe

well u wouldn’t have joined otherwise!


Childe

also we are friends! i think


Childe

friends with murder, as a treat


Childe

anyway i don’t remember how we added signora


Diluc

She said she wanted to be on a famous team and bandwagon off of our successes.

Diluc

And you let her on because you said you admired her honesty.

Childe

o


Childe

was that what happened? that doesn’t sound like something i’d say


Diluc

Yes it does.

Keqing

Yeah it does

Childe



Keqing

Anyway, forget Genshin

Keqing

You guys want to come over? I got a new game right here that I can’t wait to play

Keqing

You should see the boys in this one. One of them is just there to look pretty and I’m pretty sure he’s going to be your favorite, Childe

Childe

hey!


Diluc

I can be over in five.

Diluc

Should I bring some tissues?

Keqing

Two boxes please. I have a feeling this one’s going to emotionally destroy me

Keqing

Childe, you coming?

Childe

maybe in a bit


Childe

i still haven’t finished this coop event yet haha...


Keqing

You had more than two weeks

Childe

i’ve been busy!


Childe

scaramouche is coming dangerously close to stealing my rank 4


Diluc

Do you need help?

Childe

no thank u


Childe

i will never forgive u for killing me while i was trying to deposit energy last event


Diluc

Your loss.

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Zhongli

Zhongli has entered the world

Childe

hey i’m gonna run the coop event 20 times rly quickly


Childe

ur free to stay if u wanna help


Childe

hey wait


Childe

aren’t u the same guy as earlier


Zhongli

Oh, hello.

Zhongli

I was not expecting to run into you again.

Childe

did u request me specifically


Zhongli

No. I did as you instructed and clicked the random matchmaking button.

Childe

huh


Childe

weird coincidence


Childe

anyway, u down for running the event?


Zhongli

Of course.

Zhongli

You are very good at fighting, from what I remember.

Childe

thx


Childe

it’s my specialty


Zhongli

I can see that.

Childe

what about u


Childe

anything ur good at?


Zhongli

I am good at creating shields.

Childe

o yea! ur shields were great


Zhongli

Other than that, no.

Childe

huh?


Zhongli

My damage output is low. My specials do not work most of the time. My attacks are inconsistent and scale terribly.

Childe

o


Zhongli

I have no invincibility frames during my attacks. I can barely generate my own energy particles.

Zhongli

In addition, my petrify ability is unreliable and does not work against some mobs. Dominus Lapidis does pitiful damage and scales wildly based on external terrain.

Zhongli

As my friend Venti always informs me, I am a Useless Good-For-Nothing Blockhead who built my kit completely wrong and put all my assets into my appearance instead.

Childe

uh


Childe

sry ig


Childe

sounds rough


Zhongli

Thank you, but it is alright. I have already accepted it.

Childe

uhh do u wanna just do this coop now


Zhongli

Of course.

Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Diluc, Keqing

Keqing

Hey loser, where you at?

Diluc

She’s crying and wants you to bring your narwhale onesie.

Diluc

Ow.

Keqing

Hmph

Childe

o sry


Childe

i’m playing genshin


Keqing

Still? It’s been hours

Keqing

Is that coop really that hard for you

Childe

no i finished that a long time ago


Childe

i think i’m getting robbed


Diluc

What.

Childe

ikr!


Childe

i just feel kinda bad for the guy


Childe

i just watched a hilichurl do more dmg than him


Childe

so it’s consensual robbing! dw about it


Keqing

“Consensual” “Robbing”

Diluc

Childe, do you remember that teams share the same resources?

Childe

o yea lol


Childe

how upset do u think signora’s gonna be when she realizes i spent half of our mora buying this dude atk items


Diluc

Half?

Childe

o oops shouldn’t have said that


Diluc

Signora isn’t the one you should be worrying about.

Childe

noted


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora

Childe

can i pls stop fighting these treasure hunters


Childe

they’re so boring and die too quickly


Signora

You can stop once you make back the amount you gave away.

Childe

yes mom


Scaramouche

I’ve already made back double what you lost <3

Childe

yea u def just robbed someone back


Scaramouche

an eye for an eye bitch

Childe

ur 100% the reason our team is called team bad personalities


Scaramouche

...is that what it stands for?

Scaramouche

please tell me you’re joking

Childe

no?


Childe

i came up with it about a yr ago


Childe

isn’t it clever?


Childe

it plays on the ingame bp system and—


Childe

guys?


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Keqing

Keqing

Childe

KEQING


Childe

my friend, my compadre


Childe

the most beautiful person i know


Childe

the fairest maiden of them all


Keqing

What

Childe

can u pls come coop with me


Childe

my team disowned me


Keqing

???

Keqing

What did you do?

Childe

nothing!


Childe

they’re just big meanies


Childe

whatever. they’ll come begging for me back as soon as they need to do the pyro domains


Keqing

Hm

Keqing

Well, I feel bad for you. I really do

Childe

liar


Keqing

But I’m currently outside experiencing the real world. Breathing in fresh air. Touching the grass

Keqing

There’s life outside Genshin, you know

Childe

HEY


Childe

u don’t get to say that when ur the one who got addicted and then dragged me and diluc into this in the first place


Keqing

Anyway

Keqing

Go find some rando to coop with you. I’m busy

Childe

nooooo


Childe

they’re always so bad


Childe

keqing? KEQING?


Childe

ARE U REALLY GONNA LEAVE ME TO THE MERCY OF SOME RANDO


Team BP

Diluc

Paimon

Amber

Zhongli

Childe Bully Squad

Scaramouche

Keqing

Zhongli

Zhongli has entered the world

Zhongli

Oh.

Childe

u have got to be kidding me


Notes:

here's my twitter where i post wip snippets and also prompt requests sometimes so feel free to come say hi!
faq speedrun:
Q: why are there so many weird ships
A: yes
Q: what's the update schedule of this?
A: shrug shrug
Q: can you include xxx feature from genshin?
A: feel free to suggest anything that comes to mind and i'll see if it fits in the story and how much back pain it will cause me to code it
Q: i don't remember genshin having xyz feature
A: i took some creative liberties. off the top of my head, added features include (1) team attack is on (2) there are teams and rankings, but it's still pve (working on a pvp fic too!) (3) bosses and stuff are collaborative efforts among all the players, but you still have your own world you can gather resources in (4) paimon and amber being newscasters so i can plot dump tyvm (5) teams share resources now. why? Chaos. (6) whatever voodoo magic zhongli was doing with coop matching