Hu Tao and the Geos

Amber called everyone over talk about rebuilding the roof of the hideout. "Ever since that storm came and that lightning struck it, it's been nearly in shambles, and Lumine also further damaged it with her sword" she said. "Well, Amber, what should we do to fix it?" asked Klee. "What we need is lots of materials to help rebuild it, but unfortunately, we don't know where we could find them" Xiangling said. "Now, who do we know that is good with building things and knowing what to use?" wondered Yoimiya. "You guys do remember that I'm a technician, right" replied Bennett. "Yes Bennett, but we're worrying about finding the necessary materials, not building and all that other stuff, we'll save that for later. "Actually, I know a place where we could get the materials needed" chimed in Hu Tao. "It's a little place called Geoculus, it's near the old Mid-Teyvat location, Mr. Zhongli owns a place where you could get the parts necessary to repair your hideout, and not to brag, but I am kinda good at construction work" "You, being good with construction work, be off with you!" laughed Xiangling. "She's serious too, I've seen some of her work, quite impressive for a Pyro, if I do say so myself" said Klee. "Alright Hu Tao, I think you, Xiangling and Klee are coming with me, and the rest of you do their jobs for them when we're gone, ok?" Amber stated. "Oh Amber, does that mean I have to work with the twins, they can be quite a handful" Yoimiya pondered. "Don't worry Yoimiya, I can handle the twins, meanwhile you can work with Xingqiu, that is if it's ok with Amber" Bennett said wholeheartedly. Amber agreed, and off she and the others went to go find this Geoculus place. It took nearly an hour, but they finally made it. There was a sing that said "out for lunch", Hu Tao knocked on the door. "Who's there?" said a deep voice. Hu Tao instantly knew who that was. "Come on Ningguang, stop playing, it's your girl Hu Tao" she said. "Who?" asked Ningguang. "Tao, you remember me, I used to work here before I moved back to Vietnam a few year agos, some friends of mine came here so that you can help us rebuild our hideout" Someone else opened the door slowly, Hu Tao's eyes glimmered with excitement. "Mr. Zhongli, oh how long it's been, I missed you, come over here and give me a hug!" "Now calm yourself, Hu Tao, let's save the tender moments for later, right now we need to figure out how to rebuild our hideout" Klee assured. "So you need help rebuilding a hideout, not that too hard of a task, come follow me" said Zhongli. Everyone had something to do, Amber told the others where everything needed to be, Ningguang told Xiangling and Klee to get materials, and Hu Tao helped with drawing the layout and making sure everything was in order with the help of Zhongli. "I see you haven't forgotten what I taught you, you always did a very sharp brain" Zhongli stated. "Maybe that's how my pranks work so well" responded Hu Tao cheerfully. "You're still performing those childish acts of entertainment, I don't know whether to be crossed or impressed" continued Zhongli. Later, Xiangling asked Zhongli a rather important question to answer. "Ay, since you know Hu Tao longer than me, how do you get the one up on her whenever she pranks you?" Zhongli took a deep breath and smiled softly. "That's the neat part, you don't" he said while winking at Hu Tao. Xiangling was confused, but she was quite busy, so she just said ok and went on by her business. "So, do you wanna replace the roof with wood or another firmer material?" asked Ningguang. "Which one's cheaper, if it's the wood, we'll gladly take it, money's tight right now" said Amber. Ningguang gave her the wood, and continue to talk about the rest of the exterior. When they got the proper materials before they left, Klee wanted to ask Zhongli something. "Excuse me, this is quite a random question, but do you two like explorations?" she asked. "Oh yes, we loving finding old relics of Teyvat and making them new again, even though Ningguang doesn't do a whole lot, she just tells me where the item is, and leaves me to do all the work, I don't mind, but the process can be overwhelming, meticulously doing research on it and making sure we haven't damaged it or anything, it can make any Geo tired" "I think Ningguang does that because she can be quite clumsy, there was this one where we found a relic, Ningguang went to get a drink, the relic was on a old box, and when she returned, she accidentally sat on the relic and broke it" Hu Tao said jokingly. Ningguang said nothing, and just blushed in embarrassment. "Well it was nice reuniting with you two again, but we have to go rebuild this hideout, until we meet again, Mr. Zhongli, and remember, if you see butterflies in the vicinity, you know I'm there" Hu Tao said before leaving. When they finally rebuild the hideout, it looked good as new. "Might have made some minor adjustments here and there, but it'll do" said Bennett. When Hu Tao told the others about the Geos, they were quite amused. "So Hu Tao, it seems to me that you just hop from place to place, do you ever get tired of it?" asked Yoimiya. "That's the neat part, Yoimiya, I don't, a wise Geo taught me that" she said before heading to sleep, Yoimiya was too tired to say anything, so she just smiled at the young Pyro and winked at her before heading to sleep as well.