#cypressus custos act 1

[aetheve]

𝟏 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 ─ ꒷₊˚ ›

▸ there's this 1 thing you did. welcome to eugene's 800 milestone event! i am still surprised and incredibly grateful for all of your support, but i won't bore you with a thank you. let's get to the actual event.

request format (minimum): 'woodwind + percussion + brass + strings'

DEADLINE: open! june14 - unspecified.

GUIDELINES: click 'keep reading' for event guidelines and prompts.

one character per ask. you can submit more than one request but please only request one character at a time.

no nsfw or dc. i don't feel comfortable writing this kind of content and i want this event to be more feel good/slice of life vibes. i do write angst, though.

feel free to give me a plot if you want. in this event you're pretty much giving me an au and a trope and creativity is left to me so if you want something specific pls lmk.

only for genshin and twst.

if a certain request doesn't interest me, i won't do it. sorry, but like i said, this event is pretty much just character + au + trope + genre and i come up with a concept based on that (unless you specify) so i cant promise i'll do every request.

all works will be tagged under: '_1thing'

─ ꒷₊˚ › 𝓦. 𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐖𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒 :

viator / aether

princeps cretaceus / albedo

vultur volans / al haitham

taurus iracundus / arataki itto

lagenaria / baizhu

lupus aureus / cyno

notua / diluc ragnvindr

acer palmatum / kaedehara kazuha

pavo ocellus / kaeya alberich

cypressus custos / kamisato ayato

paradisaea / kaveh

cervus minor / shikanoin heizou

monoceros caeli / tartaglia

rubeum scutum / thoma

vulpes zerda / tighnari

carmen dei / venti

peregrinus / wanderer (be specific if you want scara or kuni)

lapis dei / zhongli

constellation / name (if you want to add someone not listed, i do write for dain and the harbingers but they don't have constellations :( )

if you are here for twst, pls just put the characters name. i write for all of them (platonic grim and ortho.)

─ ꒷₊˚ › 𝓟. 𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 :

highschool au

college au

office au

acting au

fantasy au

royalty au

apocalypse au

medieval au

idol au

band au

teacher au (11a. parent x teacher - 11b. teacher x teacher - 11c. admin x teacher)

small shop owners au

street racer au

coffee shop au

roommates au

─ ꒷₊˚ › 𝓑. 𝐑𝐀𝐒𝐒 :

rival x rival

childhood best friends

arranged marriage

forbidden love

long distance relationship

language barrier

specify

─ ꒷₊˚ › 𝓢. 𝐓𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 :

fluff

angst

comfort

©️ aetheve, june14. do not copy, translate, or claim as your own.

[canonical-transformation]

As far as consistent quality of writing goes, Cypressus Custos Act 1 surpasses even Imperatrix Umbrosa Act 2, in terms of how good it is at its worst moments.

If this is remotely an indicator of how the Sumeru Archon Quest is going to be, I'm optimistic indeed.

[terengineer]

https://youtu.be/tVc2pXWm61Y

4/28 14:00(UTC+08:00) Chick the link video!

[genshin-impact-updates]

"Zephyr of the Violet Garden" Version 2.6 Update Notice

Dear Travelers,

To ensure all Travelers have the best-possible Genshin Impact experience, our developers will soon begin performing update maintenance. After this is complete, the game will update to a new version.

After Travelers install the new game client, they will be able to continue playing. It is recommended to install the update over a Wi-Fi connection owing to the large file size.

While the update maintenance is in progress, Travelers will be unable to log in to the game. Please take note of the update time and schedule your game time accordingly to avoid losing your progress. We hope Travelers will bear with us during the disruption. > <

〓Update Schedule〓

Update maintenance begins 2022/03/30 06:00 (UTC+8) and is estimated to take 5 hours.

〓How to Update Game Client〓

PC: Close the game, open the Genshin Impact Launcher, and click Update.

iOS: Open the App Store and tap Update.

Android: Open the game and follow the directions on-screen.

PS5™ and PS4™: Highlight Genshin Impact from the PS4 Home Screen, press the OPTIONS button and select "Check for Update."

Please do not hesitate to contact Customer Service if you encounter any issues installing the new version. We will do our very best to resolve the issue.

〓Compensation Details〓

Maintenance Compensation: Primogems ×300

(60 Primogems for every hour the servers are down. No change to compensation amount if the update is completed early.)

〓Scope of Compensation〓

Maintenance Compensation: Travelers who reach Adventure Rank 5 or above before 2022/03/30 06:00 (UTC+8)

Please claim before the end of Version 2.6.

Our developers will distribute compensation to Travelers via in-game mail within 5 hours after the update maintenance is finished. The mail will expire after 30 days, so don't forget to claim the attached compensation in time.

〓Update Details〓

I. New Area - "The Chasm"

◇ After the Version 2.6 update, a new area, The Chasm, will be available in Liyue.

Reach Adventure Rank 28 and complete the Archon Quest "A New Star Approaches" and the World Quest "Surreptitious Seven-Star Seal Sundering" to unlock the underground mines.

II. New Character

5-Star Character "Pillar of Fortitude" Kamisato Ayato

◇ Vision: Hydro

◇ Weapon: Sword

◇ The young but highly accomplished head of the Yashiro Commission's Kamisato Clan. Cultured and polite, he is a man of many ways and means.

III. New Domain

The Lost Valley

The ancient ritual grounds were buried beneath the earth amidst a cataclysm that tore heaven and earth asunder before being uplifted by the descent of an alien object, and finally unveiled by a destructive battle that resulted from a betrayal. Nonetheless, those who once frequented this place are no more.

IV. New Equipment

1. New Weapon

Haran Geppaku Futsu (5-Star Sword)

◇ A famed work by the Futsu line of smiths. The name "Haran" comes from the manner in which it resembles the violent, roiling waves.

2. New Artifact Sets

Vermillion Hereafter (4-Star and 5-Star)

Echoes of an Offering (4-Star and 5-Star)

V. New Events

"Hues of the Violet Garden" event: Take part in the event to invite "Juvenile Galant" Xingqiu (Hydro)

During the event, you will receive quests to help organize the Irodori Festival. As the festival progresses, four gameplay modes will be unlocked in sequence: "The Moon and Stars Inscribe," "Theater Mechanicus," "Clash of Lone Blades," and "The Floral Courtyard." Participate and complete the corresponding criteria to obtain event-exclusive Furnishings, exclusive recipes, Primogems, Crown of Insight, Talent Level-Up Materials, and more. Complete all the criteria in "Friendship in Writing" to invite "Juvenile Galant" Xingqiu (Hydro).

▌Event Duration

▌Eligibility

Reach Adventure Rank 30 or above

And complete the "Ritou Escape Plan" part of the Archon Quest: "Chapter II: Act I - The Immovable God and the Eternal Euthymia"

*Complete Kamisato Ayato's Story Quest "Cypressus Custos Chapter: Act I - The Firmiana Leaf Falls," Raiden Shogun's Story Quest "Imperatrix Umbrosa Chapter: Act II - Transient Dreams," and Sangonomiya Kokomi's Story Quest "Dracaena Somnolenta Chapter: Act I - Warriors' Dreams Like Spring Grass Renewing" first to best enjoy the event.

If you have not completed Kamisato Ayato, Raiden Shogun, and Sangonomiya Kokomi's Story Quests, you can enter the event through "Quick Start."

VI. New Main Story

1. New Archon Quest

Archon Quest Chapter II: Act IV "Requiem of the Echoing Depths"

2. New Story Quest

Kamisato Ayato's Story Quest "Cypressus Custos Chapter: Act I - The Firmiana Leaf Falls"

3. New World Quests

◆ New World Quests: "The Chasm Delvers" Quest Chain, "Stolen, by the Rightful Owner," "Undetected Infiltration," "A Cliff-Side Hero's Past," "The Millennial Mountains," "Says He Who Seeks Stone," "Dimming Mushroom's Call for Help," "A Company Vanishing Into the Deep," "Valor's Afterglow" Quest Chain, "Lost in a Foreign Land" Quest Chain, "Mycological Investigation in The Chasm," "Hydrological Investigation in The Chasm," "Paleontological Investigation in The Chasm," "The Chasm's Bounty," "The Missing Miner," and more.

VII. New Enemies

Ruin Serpent

◇ An ancient, bizarrely-shaped autonomous machine.

Black Serpent Knight: Windcutter

◇ A guard of some standing in the court.

Floating Hydro Fungus

◇ A spore organism of some intelligence. It possesses extreme adaptability.

VIII. Other Additions

1. New Recipes: "Quiet Elegance," "Katsu Sandwich," and "Rainbow Aster."

2. New Achievement categories such as "Challenger: Series V," and "Chasmlighter" and new Achievements added to the "Wonders of the World" category.

3. New Namecards: "Kamisato Ayato: Ripple," "Lumens: Stone of Light," "Achievement: Thunderclap," "Achievement: Chasm," and "Travel Notes: Irodori."

4. New Furnishing: Leisure Device: Maximum Motivation

5. The "Adjust Brightness" function has been added to Settings > Graphics.

6. "Radiant Spincrystals" have been added to Mondstadt, Liyue, and Inazuma. After obtaining them, you can unlock the corresponding Realm Music using "Euphonium Unbound."

7. The Teapot Traveling Salesman has added some "Radiant Spincrystals" which can be purchased after obtaining and completing the corresponding World Quests in Inazuma.

8. After completing Raiden Shogun's Story Quest "Imperatrix Umbrosa Chapter: Act II," Ritou will add a shop where you can purchase "Sango Pearls," "Unagi Meat," and 2-Star "Lucky Dog" Artifacts.

9. New Living Beings: Lucklight Fly (Capturable), and Bluethunder Weasel (Capturable)

10. New Harvestable Resource: Starshroom

11. The redirect link to the "Adventurer Handbook: Bosses" screen has been added under the "Sources" for certain Development Items.

The Development Items dropped by "Floating Hydro Fungus" will also include a redirect link to the "Adventurer Handbook" in future versions.

12. Adds a shortcut for opening the Party Setup Screen on mobile platforms: on the main interface, tap and hold the avatar of any character to quickly access the Party Setup Screen.

13. Adds some prompts for loading screens.

14. New Loot Drops from "Abyss Heralds," and "Abyss Lectors": "Gloomy Statuette," "Dark Statuette," and "Deathly Statuette."

15. Spiral Abyss

Floor 11 Ley Line Disorders changed to:

• All characters in the party gain a 75% Anemo DMG Bonus.

Updated the monster lineup on Floors 11 – 12 of the Spiral Abyss.

Starting from the first time that the Lunar Phase refreshes after updating to Version 2.6, the three Lunar Phases will be as follows:

Phase I:

Sheet-Ice Moon

After a character's Normal Attack hits an opponent, this opponent will be afflicted with a Mark of Ending. After 10s, this Mark of Ending will be removed, dealing True DMG to this opponent. When a character's Normal Attack hits an opponent with a Mark of Ending, the DMG dealt by the Mark of Ending's removal will be increased. This DMG can be increased 9 times.

Phase II:

Snap-Rain Moon

After a character's Normal Attacks hit opponents, the DMG dealt by this character's Normal Attacks will increase by 12% for 5s. This effect can stack up to 5 times. Each stack is calculated independently. This effect can be triggered once every 0.1s.

Phase III:

Iris Moon

After a character's Normal Attack deals DMG to an opponent, the Physical/Elemental RES of this opponent will decrease by 6% for 5s, matching the type of DMG dealt. This can stack up to 7 times. RES decreases of different types can co-exist, and their stacks and timers will be independent of each other.

〓Adjustments & Optimizations〓

● Enemies

1. Lowers the DMG done by "Geovishap Hatchlings" when their tail sweep skill hits a character continuously.

2. Optimizes the appearance of the "Primo Geovishap" in the "Living Beings" section of the Archive.

● System

1. Optimizes the Ornamental Fish icon.

2. Optimizes UI presentation and text of content that has yet to be unlocked in Hangout Events.

3. When below Adventure Rank 30, the "Tutorials" icon will be permanently displayed on the main interface.

4. Added "Recently Unlocked" to "Tutorials." Five newly unlocked tutorials will be stored for easy access.

5. "Tutorials" will record the position where you last have read. If there is no unread tutorial, the last read tutorial will be selected.

6. Adjusts the position of the Tutorials button in "Living Beings."

7. Optimizes the sorting logic for Weapon Enhancement Materials and Artifact Enhancement Materials: these two materials are still placed at the bottom of their respective categories, but their internal sorting will be affected when sorting by quality.

● Audio

1. Optimizes the volume of music in the Serenitea Pot.

2. Optimizes the Japanese, Korean, and English voice-over for certain characters and quests.

3. Adds Alternate Outfits voice lines for the characters Jean, Amber, Rosaria, and Mona; Travelers can change the outfits in "Character > Outfit" to play the relevant voice lines.

● Other

1. The text of the "Exit Download" button in the login screen has been changed to "Stop Download," and the text description of the related function was optimized.

2. For animation cutscenes from Version 2.6 and earlier, Jean, Amber, Rosaria, and Mona's appearances have been adjusted to the Alternate Outfits.

3. Optimizes the effects of the cutscene animation in the Archon Quest "A Long Shot."

4. Optimizes some display animation details of the character Kaeya in the Character > Weapon interface.

5. Batch optimizes the logic related to the enemy homing function for 15 characters and 4 large-sized enemies: Golden Wolflord, Stormterror, Ruin Serpent (new enemy in Version 2.6), and Bathysmal Vishap Herd.

6. After the Spiral Abyss resets on April 1, the "Gladiator's Finale" and "Wanderer's Troupe" Artifact set rewards in "Domain Reliquary: Tier I," and "Domain Reliquary: Tier II" for floors 9-12 will be replaced with "Vermillion Hereafter" and "Echoes of an Offering."

7. Optimizes the sensitivity of the controller in the Hangout Events interface.

8. Optimizes the display of certain messages on the interface when using a controller: hides messages that are not part of the current operation interface.

9. When using a controller, you can quickly activate certain functions of the shortcut wheel by pressing key combinations.

10. Adjusts the height of the central stage disc in some Domains.

11. Adjusts the text description of Achievement category "Liyue: The Harbor of Stone and Contracts." Progress in exploring Liyue's The Chasm area will be counted separately in the "Chasmlighter" Achievement category.

*For details on other bug fixes, please see the Version Update Details notice to be posted at 2022/03/30 07:00 (UTC+8).

*This is a work of fiction and is not related to any actual people, events, groups, or organizations.

"PlayStation", "PS5", "PS4", "DualSense", "DUALSHOCK" are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

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Kamisato Ayato

Have you seen the latest Genshin Impact Special Program?

The most recent stream tackles all of the upcoming updates for the latest version of the game (Version 2.6). We learn more about the newest playable character, Kamisato Ayato, who was actually already teased in the introduction for Arataki Itto.

So far, not much is known about Kamisato Ayato except for the few voice lines we’ve heard from a few characters. But thanks to the latest program, we got a glimpse of this new character that will keep us hyped up for his release.

Kamisato Ayato

Weapon: Sword

Vision: Hydro

EN: Chris Hackney

JP: Ishida Akira

After losing his parents at a young age, Ayato took over as the head of the Kamisato Clan. According to records, it was not an easy feat. He had to overcome a lot of political upheaval, from both the public and the self-serving officials. However, the young lord persevered and protected his clan despite his lack of experience.

Like his sister, Ayato is described to be cultured and polite but there’s more to him than meets the eye. According to Itto, he partakes in beetle fights and even won 780 times against the Oni. He’s also known to be a bit spoiled, refusing any defective looking food and giving them all to Thoma.

Whatever his true personality, we’ll learn all about the Bobba-sipping head of the Kamisato Clan on the next update. More specifically, his new Story Quest: Cypressus Custos Chapter: Act I

Normal Attack | “Kamisato Art: Marobashi”

With his sword, Ayato unleashes a large AOE damage within a short period, while increasing his team’s Normal Attacks.

Elemental Skill | “Kamisato Art: Kyouka”

When he unleashes his Elemental Skill, Ayato will leave behind a water illusion and shift positions. This is called the Takimegura Kanki state, which will then explode and deal Hydro damage to your enemies.

At the same time, his normal attacks will turn into Shunsuiken series of quick water blades that will also deal Hydro damage. Once his opponents are hit with this, Ayato will be granted with Namisen effect, which will increase Shunsuiken’s damage depending on his HP. This ends when Ayato leaves the field or uses his Elemental Skill again.

If you’ve unlocked his Passive Talent, “Kamisato Art: Mirema Wataru Shiotaki��� (I’m not sure about the names of the passive talents since I only have to play it by ear for now, sorry), Ayato will be granted another set of Namisen stacks once the water illusion explodes.

Elemental Burst | “Kamisato Art: Suiyuu”

Ayato will unleash a garden of bloom water blades that will rain down on enemies and deal AOE damage. This also increases the normal attacks of any party member within the AOE.

After unlocking a second passive talent Michiyaku Hagetsu (I really gave up in trying to figure out the names because they didn’t put it on screen), Ayato can regenerate a set of energy at regular intervals if his energy is low and out of the field.

Exploration Talent | Kamisato Art: Daily Cooking When Ayato cooks a dish perfectly, he has a 18% chance of making an additional “Suspicious” dish of the same type. Why would you want that? Who knows?  

Ayato will be available on Phase 1 of Version 2.6’s Event Wish along with the return of the Anemo Archon, Venti. Will you be pulling for Ayato on his release? What are you excited about for this character?