"Zhongliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," Venti slurs, head banging on the table.

"No, I am not getting you more wine," Zhongli says simply, taking a sip of sake from his small cup.

"Eiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii," Venti tries, voice muffled by the table.

"Noo, I'm going to... uhh... no!" Ei protests.

"Nahiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiida," Venti looks up, resting his head in his two arms.

"Ventiiiiiiiiiii," Nahida parrots sarcastically.

"Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine," Venti orders.

"No," Nahida just says.

"Tsariiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitsaaia- a," Venti hiccups.

"No, I'm only here to bring the wallet," Tsaritsa says.

"Heey, that's mean," Childe groans from Zhongli's shoulder.

"Tartagliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiia," Venti gives puppy dog eyes.

"Venti, I've alread-" Childe starts.

"Wai- waits a mooment ahaa, mooooo~. You guys," Venti tries to get the leftover wine from his glass, "you guys have the letter aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiyaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii in your nameess."

"So do you, Venti, your name ends with 'I'," Zhongli sighs, setting his cup on the wooden table in the bar.

"Wait- WHAT!?" Venti jumps in his seat.

"V-E-N-T-I," Tsaritsa says.

"Barbitoes- Barbiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitoes, ahaaa, I never knewww," Venti giggles.

Zhongli, Nahida and Tsaritsa all look at each other and sigh.

"We should go back to our dorms before he takes his shirt off again," Nahida groans at the memory.

"No, the bouncerr took almost fifteeen minutes to look your ID, we should stay a little longerr," Ei says to Nahida.

The short adult sighs, taking her Bloody Mary into her hands and taking a sip.

"She has a slight point, though there is also returning to this same bar a separate time," Zhongli hums.

"YEAH!" Venti screams, jumping up onto the table before falling onto the floor head-first.

Venti being unconscious for a little more than an hour made things easy; they weren't kicked out as quickly as they normally would have been. The group of friends makes conversation about several topics, but mostly about college and love lives.

"Arhghshoihhbn," Venti says, holding up Childe's Iced Reposado Tequila up against his head to soothe the ache.

"Veniii, yoeeu'rere awakee," Childe slurs.

"What hap- hape- hapnoirhao, I can't say hapn!" Venti frowns.

"You took a fall and were knocked unconscious," Ei informs.

"Whooooa, you're not teep-seeeeee," Venti's eyes widen as he looks at Ei.

"You were out for a while, we've all gotten slightly more sober, except for Childe and Tsaritsa- Nahida my hair is not ramen!" Zhongli says to the white-haired girl.

"Hmmmm, mmm, mhmm... mmmhmhmhm," Venti thinks, stroking his fake beard.

"You didn't miss anything," Tsaritsa says helpfully.

"Woaaaaa," Venti looks at Tsaritsa with awe- how'd she know what he was about to ask?

"Now that Venti's awake, we should get back to our dorms," Zhongli suggests.

Everyone mostly agrees, and they separate. Venti goes with Ei and Nahida, for their dorms are in the same direction, Zhongli escorts Childe to his dorm, and Tsaritsa goes her own way.

Venti sits on his bed, looking at Zhongli's across the small room.

"Where's Zhongliii? He hasn't gotten back yet," Venti complains to himself.

Venti pouts for a little longer when he's struck with an idea. Now, we all know that when people are bored, they're annoying, but this is Venti. I repeat, VENTI. A code red.

The short boy appears in the hallway of the dorm rooms, holding a hockey stick covered in scratchy rainbows and an ugly mask he made in his elective, pottery. He sneaks up, not being very sneaky in his still-tipsy body, and knocks on Ei's door, quickly standing to where the door will swing if she opens the door.

When the door opens, Venti is hit full-force by the metal, pokey door handle where his abs would be if he actually worked out. He drops his hockey sticks and dramatically falls to the floor.

"Venti," Ei says, clearly disappointed at his appearance- but how could she see through his clay mask?

"Woaaaaaaa, Ei, you've got lipstick smeared on your lips and your hair is unbraided- eh? What's on your neck-" Venti is cut off when Ei grabs his hockey stick from the cheap dorm hallway carpet.

"Why are you here? I am busy," Ei says seriously, holding the hockey stick out of Venti's reach from the floor.

"I'm here 'cause I'm boreeeeeeeeeeed," Venti giggles, sinking further into the floor.

"I am busy, Venti. Leave, go, annoy others," Ei throws the hockey stick at some other person's door and slams hers shut.

Venti gasps, how dare she leave! AND she said to go 'annoy' others! Was Venti annoying?! The AUDACITY.

"Alrighttttio! I'm gonna head back-" Venti is interrupted by a door swinging open.

"No Alhaitham, I didn't invite friends over! Geez! You don't believe anything I say! ...Now, who's there?!" It's a blonde guy with red hair clips and a feather.

Venti makes a gurgling sound and it scares the obviously gay guy a lot.

"Gah! Why'd you scare me?!" He approaches Venti and glares at him.

"Ehe~ don't treat your fellow he/they like that," Venti says.

"Eh- HOW'D YOU KNOW!?" He screeches.

"Quiet down," His obviously introverted and extremely smart roommate says.

"OooOOoooOOOooo~ You have a boyfriend?" Venti giggles.

"I'm SORRY!?" The blonde shouts.

"It's oookay, you didn't do anything wroong ehe!" Venti stands up and pats his shoulder comfortably.

"Ugh! You're as annoying as my roommate!" This person must be an architect student with all the complaining.

"You mean boyfrienddd?" Venti corrects.

"You don't know anything! You're just a random stranger! I'd only date him in hell!" The guy says angrily, moving his shoulder away from Venti's hand.

"There'sss hope then hehe," Venti smirks.

"Kaveh, you said that college is hell," His roommate reminds him.

"Argh! I hate my life! I'm going out for a drink!" Kaveh shouts.

"No you're not," The roommate orders, "I'm making dinner tonight."

"GASP! You'ree on a datee!?" Venti fangirls.

Kaveh makes a strangling noise, containing his inner demons successfully.

"Goodbye annoying stranger," Kaveh storms into his dorm, obviously heading to his roommate before he closes the door.

"Who was it?" The roommate asks.

"An idiot," Kaveh huffs, sounding very close to the roommate's voice (hugging, snuggling, sitting extremely close next to each other after saying 'no homo'? The possibilities are endless).

The stern college student chuckles- now that's gay. No emotion x Drama queen for life! AND the 'I have a soft spot for you' coming from an extremely serious person!

Venti is happy, he's been blessed by seeing a blooming relationship- not to mention a GAY relationship, which makes it better, obviously. Is this what ding dong ditching without ditching is like? Venti can finally relive his childhood- wait, what childhood? Jk jk.

-

Alright, so here's the plan:

1. Get supplies ready

Supplies Checklist

☑️ Gæ hockey stick

☑️ Clay mask that was totally-not-made-for-Kaeya-for-halloween-but-it-ended-up-looking-like-shit-so-Venti-just-kept-it-because-he-thought-maybe-he-could-sell-it-some-time-later

☑️ Silly attitude ehe~

A brain cell ▢

2. Approach the DOOR

DOOR- Door Of impending Order-Reversed

Or·der Re·versed

Noun

Order-Reversed is the opposite of order. It means to have no discipline, order, correction, cleanliness and/or organization of a matter, object, animal, or person.

Funfact: Lord Rex Lapis has claimed to dislike this word!

-Post made my BetterTHanEveryone on Reddit

Yes, Venti made an entire Reddit post to make an acronym for DOOR make sense.

3. Kock on the DOOR

4. Wait for person(s) to respond

4.5. Change name of Ding Dong Ditch (DDD) to...! Ding Dong Scare or Hide/Flee (DDSH/F)

5. Depending on the 0.1 second I (Venti) get to see the person(s), either scare or hide/flee

0.1 second Guide:

Hair

Black hair- DO NOT scare, run away and hide FROM the human rather than to juke the person

Blonde hair- Scare the shit out of them for shits and giggles

Dirty/dark blonde hair- depending on if they're scary or not, scare or hide

Light brown hair- Scare, but warning, light browns are scary as shit, this is the way to get them back at it. Put there it's scare or be scared

Brown hair- Normally fine to scare, unless they're barefoot

Dark brown hair- Usually a daredevil, so do best to scare, refer to making ugly sound before opening the DOOR

Black hair (natural)- Refrain from making too mad, either stay at the DOOR or flee/hide

Black hair (dyed)- These people are either emos or trying to act cool, scare 100%. Reactions need to be taped

Gray hair- Either old man or old woman, give them cookies (and take off mask to not scare them, last time the hospital bill was expencive, and Hu Tao does NOT give discounts to friends!)

Colored (dyed) hair- This one is a 50/50, you see, Qiqi has died dyed hair, and she always loses it, so 50/50 fr fr

Redhead- they don't exist

Ginger- only one exists on this planet. And he is stupid.

Style

Calm/chill clothes- Scare their soul out of them, demand money from Hu Tao for getting her more clients

Stylish at-home clothes- DON'T attack, unless clearly homosexual, asexual or pansexual (bisexuals are especially scary- and don't EVER mess with a lesbian)

School uniform- Normally boring people so do whatever ig

Work uniform- They uh... Ascend to Celestia once more (maybe their fruit will finally tase good)

Hair style

Buzzed- laugh

Short hair- Scare them

Medium hair (down)- Ehh, whack 'em with a blanket

Long hair (down)- RUNOWHEFOUGHWEOUHWUOLEFIHOWIHE

Ponytail (low)- flee

Ponytail (medium)- scare

Ponytail (high)- if its a girl, DITCH IT BITCH if it's a boy TAKE HIM ON A DATE

Two ponytails- normally these guys are weeeiiirrrrdddd so ditch ig

Three ponytails- uhh, scare

Four ponytails- naw these guys are scarier than ur mom

Five ponytails- run

Six ponytails- RUN

Eight ponytails- Scare

Seven ponytails- You're already dead- welcome to heaven!

One bun- Normally organised people... ditch

Two buns (who would have two these days?)- RUN

Braid- Makes me think of Ei, flee quickly- leave no trace

Twin braids- Normally a nerd, if it's a redhead, scare, if not, ditch

Triplet braids- honestly probably scare

Cuadruplet braids- ditch

Quintuplet braids- DITCH

Sixtuplet braids- scare that cyclops

Septuplet braids- 50/50

Eighttuplet braids, Octuplet braids? Idk bro- SCARE THIS PIECE OF SHIT

Gripper holders (shoes)

Crocs- Only nerds and people full of themselves wears these, be more creepy than usual

Nikes- alcohol

One sock- become friends

Socks (paired)- RUN GET AWAY
Socks (mismatched)- Scare

Tennis shoes- Ditch, these people can run as fast as a cheetah- don't get seen

Running shoes- these peeps are slow, scare

Soccer cleats- ehh, flee

Adidas- LAME. Scare

PUMA- ditch

New Balance- what even are these? Flee

Converse- These gæs are silly, become friends or ditch or scare (depends on hair)

Restoration- scare

Michael- no ones named michael these days, so why is there a company named after him? Idk scare

Doc martens- GǼ

Vans- gǣ

Barefoot- WHO DOES THIS THESE DAYS. no one should EVER be barefoot, scare these dudes to they learn that

6. (scare) Position arms up, bend wrist down, flair fingers around. Make a loud shriek, but only after drinking from a Grimace milkshake (those things do THINGS to your throat)

6. (hide/flee) In a hallway, there aren't many places to hide, unless the DOOR is close to the staircase- oh wait. Visions. Okay, new plan, use vision to float- but NOT right above the DOOR. Second option: if close to staircase, run to staircase and float up a few stories, singing Columbina's creepy 'lalalaaaalalalallalalalaaalal' song. Third option- hide behind DOOR, like, when it opens. Hope that Ei's occasion doesn't repeat.

7. Laugh to self because I'm extremely funny.

"Alrightioo," Venti whispers to the empty hallway.

In front of him, there lay many DOORs, all in their menacing glory. There are four floors, and for some reason, they aren't separated by gender, so Venti'll see many surprises, then memorize the room numbers if he ruined an intimate moment so he can ruin ANOTHER intimate moment between roommates. MUAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHA. Oh yeah, and some DOORs have the names of the two or four people, but it's only put there for those who want it.

He's currently at room 101, ready to knock. Each floor is a year, and it can vary on age because it's a college -people take gap years, or there can be prodigies- but the first floor in for freshmen.

"Asterisk knock knock asterisk heha," Venti says as he knocks.

The door is open almost immediately. It's... DIONA!?

"GO AWAY! I'm not in the Warrior Cats Fandom (WCF) and I NEVER WAS! Don't bring your RPs to me I DON'T want to join and I NEVER DID!" With that, the door is slammed shut.

Uhh...

She didn't even look at him, and he was most definitely too tipsy to follow his instructions for DDSH/F! A pout is 100% happening.

But now onto 103!

Okay, let's focus and see their fashion, hair color, hair style! We got this! Wait a moment, who's we? OHMEGERD TSARITSA GET OUTA MY HEAD.

"Oh well," Venti giggles to himself, sloppily knocking on the next door.

His eyes narrow, looking at the person's feet, then straight to the hair.

AH HE COULDN'T DETERMINE STYLE OR ANYTHING- JUST DITCH! Venti quickly uses his anemo powers to propel himself up to avoid detection, in the position of a skydiver so he can see the person's reaction.

"Xiangling, who's there?" A voice from inside asks.

"Uhh, I have no idea! Must've just been the wind, Noelle!" Xiangling exclaims, closing the door as she re-enters her dorm.

"But we're inside," Noelle's muffled voice says.

Well that was boring- onto the 2nd years because no one REALLY knows their weird title thing- like, what was it, seniors? Naw those are 3rd years.

–

The instant the music major makes it to 274 (Dehya and Xingyan), he knocks. Ready to scare.

"I'll be there!" A fierce feminine voice calls.

Oh shit.

A lesbian.

As the lesbian opens the door, Venti examines her features quickly as a drunken mind can.

Long black hair, stylish clothes, matched socks. Okay, sounds normal -except for the matched socks- but let's go back to the checklist to see how severely severe this is.

Black hair- DO NOT scare, run away and hide FROM the human rather than to juke the person

Stylish at-home clothes- DON'T attack, unless clearly homosexual, asexual or pansexual (bisexuals are especially scary- and don't EVER mess with a lesbian*)

*we f*cked up

Long hair (down)- RUNOWHEFOUGHWEOUHWUOLEFIHOWIHE

Socks (paired/matched)- RUN GET AWAY

Venti is dead. NONO, have confidence, no way anyone can die only on the third DOOR, so he remains in the scaring position, quickly slurping the Grimace Milkshake.

"AHAHOHOHJNJNJnbc jhb v efltinhmoyku,ijlk,7othubgfy!" He growls menacingly.

"Oh, it's a twink," The lesbian seems unfazed.

"GAH! Who's at that door!?" Her roommate screeches from inside- mission success..?

"Don't you dare scare her!" The lesbian gets angry.

"Bless your heart, Dehya, you don't have to be worried," A southern accent says.

As the lesbian -Dehya- turns to the southerner to hear her, Venti takes this as a chance to flee. He sprints down the hallway, turning down a corner into another hallway on the same floor. The Hallways are in a ⧺⧺ shape. The middle line is the main hallway, where one can get to a staircase. But Venti was in the bottom left line, and in a panic went right.

"AH!" Venti screams, running for his dear life.

He uses his anemo powers to enhance his speed, and just ends up floating at high speeds through the hallway, dodging up because the lesbian can't jump.

"I will remember your face," She says, glaring menacingly.

"Ehe what facee?" Venti asks.

"This one-"

Dehya shoots pyro at his face. He quickly protects his face by anemo-ing some nearby water on his face, but the thing is... his mask is clay- like, clay clay, the clay that's used in pottery, so the mask cracks slightly at heat and softens at the water (it's not glazed) until there's no more hydro to swirl and the lesbian's pyro breaks through.

As the paired-sock lady walks back to her dorm, Venti collapses to the floor, his mask falling off his face and shattering. He stares down at the bits and pieces, mourning the loss. Mystical music plays in the background, at the time where in a movie, some character just died, till it suddenly gets louder and louder until it suddenly stops.

"I can make someone step on thisss."

"Hehe,"

This must be Venti's evil arc.

He must fufill the most evil deeds.

Like:

Being straight

Actually that's too evil.

"Alrighttio, DDSH/F iss now DDH/F," Venti sighs.

–

He knocks on 221 (Xingqiu and Razor) quickly, scrambling to get around the corner before anyone can respond.

He can hear shuffling, and a groan, then the door opens- ITS THE MAIN CHARACTER FROM THE HIT ANIME SERIES BUNGOU STRAY DOGS OMG

"Xingqiu, who is it?" Another guy joins the main character.

"It must've been Razor dropping something off at our dorm, me must've accidentally knocked the door," Xingqiu sighs, but the second gay just smiles and gives him a peck on the cheek.

"Gǣe!" Venti screeches.

"Who are you?!" The first gay (the BSD dude) asks.

"UHhhh..." Venti can't think of a smart answer.

So the only solution is shouting 'ur mom' then going to the 3rd floor.

–

The names on 318 are Hu tao and Sucrose, but he knocks anyway, quick to escape before he hears a shout from his nightmare.

"I'm gonna get you~"

It's Hu Tao!

"Miss Hu, please don't-!" A shy voice pleads.

"Silly hilichurl, I've got to get it," Hu tao creepily says, running after Venti.

Good thing Venti has a head start! He quickly kicks a door, passes through a D&D session of Fischl DMing and teaching Bennett (he was rolling so many 1s he got a new record), Razor, Collei, Mona, Amber and Barbara how to play. Honestly it was adorable, but he has more important things to deal with. Like not falling because someone (not telling who) forgot he doesn't have wings anymore.

It's fine.

As long as Hu tao doesn't get him!

AH SHE JUMPED OUT OF THE WINDOW

There's no blood, so Venti just floats back in through the same window, past the confused teenagers, closes their door, and finds a nearby one.

–

337: Aether and Gorou. Crop top buddies! He knocks, and instantly an extrovert bonks his head.

"Oh sorry!" Aether apologizes.

"You'ree fine, hehe," Venti giggles.

"What are you doing here, Venti?" The siblingless teen asks.

"'M playing Dingo Dongo Ditcho!" He exclaims.

"And you're DITCHING ME!?" Aether gasps over-dramatically, "at least eat some snacks before you go."

Venti can't respond, he's being dragged into Aether's room.

Okay, lemme just... *time skip*

It's been FIVE HOURS. Venti's ADHD is not having it- he's been sitting for too long! Even with knee bouncing and constantly shifting through his cycle of positions he CAN'T. So he has to escape. They're (Aether and Gorou) are currently focused on the screen, which is playing The Princess Bride at a VERY high volume. They're crying because it's a sweet moment- PERFECT.

Venti quickly assembles a fake-Venti out of 10 blankets, 1 pillow, 18 buttons, 5 pieces of wood, 23 screws, 104 nails, a water bottle and a fluorescent lamp, then prepares for his escape. Between a sob from Gorou, and a crunch of popcorn from Aether, he dashes for the door, opening it only enough so he can squeeze through.

OMIGOD YOU GUYS THAT WAS CRAZY.

It's 22:90 (10:90)! Geez. One can only watch so many 90's movies in one day.

–

375: Hat Guy/Hot Gay/Scaramouche/Fandango man/Kunikuzushi/Male Mafuyu Asahina/Wanderer/Emo Traveler/Motherless emo/Puppet/Betrayed dude/He rlly thought his hat would make him taller/Genderbent Mona/They must be related or smtn/Luffy's hat/Russian wannabe/mommy issues man/boyfriend of manyTM/anemo Catra AND Childe/Tartaglia/Ajax/11/OOoooOOo chapter 11

Dear Barbados what is this- wait a minute.

"Ehe~ I'm so sillyyy," Venti says to himself.

A sudden gasp.

"What if I kicked down the DOOR and- lol that'd be funny," Venti doesn't know who he's even talking to, but he doesn't care.

He opens the unlocked DOOR, swinging it open wide to see Childe shoving Zhongli away from him, blushing furiously.

"OMG ZHONGLIII UR BLUSHIIING!" Venti notices.

Zhongli acts calm, standing up and offering a hand to Childe, who was still seated on his bed. They both stand and face Venti.

"Why-"

"I know you guys were making outtttttt," Venti giggles.

He gets a cough from Zhongli and Childe groans loudly, head in his hands.

"Well adios~" Venti says, starting for the DOOR cautiously, glancing between the DOOR and them for his own safety.

But then- nothing happens..! He makes a successful escape, grinning like crazy because he has blackmail on both of them (they've said several times they're friends and will FOREVER only be friends) MUAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA.

"Oh well, now that he knows, let's just continue," Childe smirks, his hand tangling into Zhongli's hair.

"AH NO MY POOR EYES!"

–

404- Jean and Lisa.

"Mmmmm I feeel like I'm gonnaa barge into something siiimilar tooo the Childe/Tartaglia/Ajax-Morax/Rex Lapis/Zhongli I barged into- the way Childe SHOVED Zhongli was hilariouss," Venti laughs, before decently knocking, sprinting around the nearest corner as cover.

The door is answered shortly after, by Kaeya.

"Ah, Mika-" Kaeya interrupts himself, looking back and forth through the hallway, "Those dang DDSH/Fers."

"DDH/F*" Venti corrects.

"Oh, thanks Venti," Kaeya says, closing the door to return to the Knight of Favonius club hangout.

–

So far, the third floor isn't fun, so... FIRST FLOOR!

185: Sayu and Dori (we are sleeping, please do not disturb).

Well someone might disturb them, don't know who but... aha, who knocked on the door? Who opened the door? No idea.

Venti peers into the dorm, eyes widening as he sees a girl sleeping on MORA, and a girl sleeping on her dorm bed.

Hm...

Might as well take a bucket... And maybe a hat full of mora.

Sneaky mode activated!

Venti tip toes to Dori's bed, taking his hat off and trying to quietly fill his hat to the brim with mora. As he shovels the mora, the coins smash and clink against each other, making a repetitive and loud sound, making the girl laying on the normal bed stir in her sleep.

As Venti stops to make sure he didn't wake anyone up, he suddenly feels a kick to his neck, and passess out.

–

"He was stealing your mora, I told you I'd use my ninja skills and knock any robber out," A voice says.

"But he's POOR! We couldn't rob him of anything!" Another complains.

"If he escaped, he would've stolen your mora though..." The first voice mutters.

"Oi POOR PERSON!" The rich child shouts.

"Gah! You're so loud you're hurting my ears!" Venti exclaims.

Venti opens his eyes and assesses the situation. He's tied to a chair with rope, two children stand in front of him- the same ones he saw sleeping earlier. He knows Dori is the pink-haired idiot with zero fashion sense, so the other one must be Sayu.

"Why did you open the door?" Dori asks.

"We were sleeping," Sayu quietly adds.

"Ah, you see, I was playing DDH/F," Venti explains.

"?" Sayu asks.

"Ah, you don't know of the game my friend! You see, when you are tipsy, and bored, you decide to annoy people, so you make a game called DDSH/F, but then three rounds in, you can't play, so you make it DDH/F," Venti says.

"But you aren't tipsy," Dori notes.

"Not anymore!" Venti grins, "but I can change that! Adios!"

Venti anemos, floating himself and the chair and mobilizing himself to slam backwards into the DOOR, breaking the wood and successfully escaping. Dori and Sayu don't follow him out, but he still struggles flying himself and a chair through the hallway.

So he goes to Jean and Lisa's dorm.

Knocks with his head, and Mika answers.

"A GAY VAMPIRE!" Venti screeches, "wait no, that guy is hot, you're... You're that one japanese-robot-singer who's in a band with Hatsune Faruzan Miku!"

"U-iuh," Mika looks to the floor, then to the dorm room, silently asking for help.

Jean sees Mika and walks to the door.

"Venti, what are you doing?" She asks.

"I accidentally fell and got stuck in this chair! Can you help your dear archon out?" Venti asks.

"Sure..." Jean sighs, taking out her pocket knife and slicing through the ropes.

Once Venti is free, he dashes into the room, and instantly joins Kaeya's and Lisa's conversation. He stays in the dorm, casually gulping down alcohol so he can drunkenly play DDH/F again. He avoids Diluc, talking about Vengeance with Eula, but when Lisa asks him another creepy question as any hot librarian would, he leaves.

–

438: Eula, Yun jin, Kamisato Ayaka and Nilou

OOoooOOOoooo a four person! Now, knock or ditch?

......

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....

...

..

.

What a cute pattern!

Venti decides to ditch, but as he turns on his heel, he realizes a little late that he's too drunk to actually walk and bangs his head on the door. Might as well fall asleep here...

"Excuse me?" Someone asks politely.

"Hello?" Another voice asks.

"He's probably dead," A third voice says.

"Yun jin!" The other two exclaim.

"I'mmmmmMMm gouuuod," Venti mutters.

"He's alive," Someone sighs (in relief or in disappointment, we'll never know).

"Okay then, lets get back to dancing, Ayaka needs to impress her girlfriend," The girl with kool-aid hair teases.

"Oh shut it Nilou," Ayaka huffs, going back inside.

"OOOoooOOOoooOOOooooOOoooOooOOoooOOO~" Venti OOOoooOOOoooOOOooooOOoooOooOOoooOOO's.

"Shut it!" Ayaka slams the door on his head.

Ow.

–

320: Xiao and Albedo

Venti knocks and dashes away, but the person at the dorm is quick to answer and sees him run like the drunkard he is.

"I'm not into short guys," He says.

That sobers Venti up, and he turns to look at the college student.

Zhongli's friend and basically adopted son! He's 1000% percent shorter than Venti! Ugh, short people these days.

–

289: Kuki Shinobu and Yanfei

Oh great! Venti already knows them both -he may have joined the Arataki gang for a few days, and he knew Yanfei for... uh... reasons. Venti cracks the door open, preparing to eavesdrop.

"-he did that, and he thought it was funny," Kuki complains.

"Yeah, and Hu isn't any better! She keeps trying to arson everything! I'm starting to believe that I should've been blessed by Tsaritsa or Focalors so I could help the poor houses she sets aflame," Yanfei sighs.

"Honestly, I kind of want to let him do what he wants just to see him suffer," Kuki mutters.

"But..." Yanfei says knowingly.

"But he's my friend, as much as I hate to admit," Kuki groans.

"Same for me, except it's a little more than a friend..." Venti can hear Yanfei's smile.

"More than a..? OH YANFEI!" There's a slapping sound.

"OW! Why'd you hit me with your chancla!" Yanfei exclaims.

"Because, you idiot, I lost a bet!" Kuki dramatically sighs.

"A bet? F-for what?" Yanfei asks.

"Well, there are four." Kuki says.

"WHAT!?"

"One was for your sexuality, but knowing that you're not straight doesn't help- we all already knew that. Two was for what gender you'd end up with, I won that one. Three was what country your lover would be from -I was thinking Sumeru or Inazuma- and the fourth was introvert, omnivert or extrovert- I totally thought you'd go for an introvert. I won one, lost two, and am unsure about one, geez I should've betted higher for the gender one..." Kuki sighs.

"You made FOUR BETS WITH EVERYONE IN OUR CLUB!?" Yanfei shouts.

"Surprise is, Itto thought you'd be straight. Yelan and I laughed for a while after that, I'm sure lesbians can find others even if they act as straight as a closeted gay man acts- even PAIMON knew that you aren't interested in boys," Kuki laughs a bit.

"Was I that obvious?" Yanfei gawks.

"For the fellow gays, yes," Kuki says.

"Wait a minute- does that mean Itto's straight?" Yanfei asks, clearly surprised.

"Pfft no, he's just stupid," Kuki says amusedly.

They both laugh for a bit, then there's silence.

"Anyways back to complaining about our gay friends/friends with benefits," Kuki says.

"We're not friends with benefits! We're dating, d-a-t-i-n-g," Yanfei clarifies.

"D-a-t... sorry I can't spell things unless it's on paper," Kuki says.

"DATING." Yanfei sighs.

"Oh. Did you know that Itto has a crush?" Kuki asks.

"Is it on a short extrovert? Because if it is-" Yanfei starts.

"It is," Kuki interrupts, "... Go on, what's your threat?"

"I- I'm not going to help him next time he gets in jail," Yanfei says.

"Just because he likes Gorou?" Kuki sighs.

"Yes," Yanfei grins.

Wow, violence is key ig.

"Harm to those liking shorter people... Whatever floats your boat," Kuki says.

"That's buoyancy," Yanfei says.

Time to move on- they're getting into science-ey terms!

–

1304: Keqing and Sangonomiya Kokomi

Venti knocks on their door quickly, running around the corner to get into 'I'm spying on you' position.

The door opens after a hot minute, and Venti sees an overworked fish, behind her, an overworked cat(?) staring blandly at laptops or the door across the hall. The fish just sighs, flips off the air, and closes the door.

wow. I sure love college students.

–

403: Candace (please don't), Aloy (yes I exist), Rosaria and Yaoyao

After a quick knock, Venti sprints around the corner.

As soon as a child opens the door with a blue-haired girl, a red head (THEY EXIST!?) and Rosaria behind her, Venti walks into her hallway, acting like he was going to the dorm across from hers. She stares at him (maybe it's a glare?)

He turns to room 402: Arataki Itto, Tighnari/Nari nari narinarinari nari nari narinarinari, Cyno (enter at your own risk) and Kamisato Ayato, he knocks and sprints for the corner, which is conveniently close to the staircase.

In the corner of his eye, he can see the child and her dormmates freak out, the child and redhead being stuck outside before their roommates make room for them to get inside. But it's too late! A man with tall ears and black hair opens the door. When his eyes land on the two people still outside of their dorm scurrying to get inside, he puts 1 and 2 together- they DDSH/F him!

"You're not getting away-" Ears whistles, "I know what you look like."

Apparently the whistle summoned a buff dude and old-but-young-dude straight (gay) from hell. The buff dude surges and grabs the two girls, holding them so that they can't escape.

"Cyno, release your weapon." Ears orders.

The old-but-young-dude, Cyno, takes in a breath, stretching his legs and arms, smirking menacingly at the two innocent people. Venti doesn't feel guilty at all, even when the child starts crying a little, shouting that she hadn't done anything wrong.

"Here it goes," Cyno says, and everything is quiet, waiting for him to 'release his weapon'.

"Yeah," The buff dude grins.

"Knock knock," He says.

The tension dissipates, but when Ears grins, taking his last roommate into the hall, who's sighing, Venti can smell that the white-haired-young-dude is a father- no, a dad.

"Who's there..?" The redhead asks.

"Taylor," Cyno says, maintaining a straight face (but anyone can tell he's laughing inside).

"Taylor who?" Redhead asks.

"Knock knock," Cyno says again.

"Wut?" Venti mutters to himself.

He sees Ear's ear twitch- HE'S BEEN SPOTTED.

"Who's there?" The kid asks excitedly (mood swings, amiright?).

"Taylor," Cyno repeats, then, with method acting, pauses, "oops, I did it again."

It's complete silence after that.

"Oh, you didn't get it? You see, when I said taylor the first time, I was starting the joke, and the second time I said it, I would say 'oops I did it again'. That is a song made by Taylor Swift, so by repeating the knock knock joke, I-" Cyno says.

"We get it," Ears sighs.

"What is this again?" The light blue-haired man asks.

"Oh, right, you've never done this Ayato. We torture DDSH/Fers by letting Cyno tell his jokes to them. It's funny to see their reactions, but you yourself also have to hear the joke. In the end, it's worth it, especially when you get a twink involved," Ears says contently.

"I'm too tall for a twink, you're just- not, and Cyno works out, so who's the twink?" Ayato asks.

"This green man around the corner," Ears suddenly points his thumb over to Venti.

"Shall I get him?" Ayato asks politely.

"Yes," Ear's face suddenly turns evil.

"As you wish... I'll be back," Ayato gives a smirk to ears, turning to Venti.

Venti runs for HIS LIFE, but even when he thinks he's out of range, and begins to float to the floor above, he realizes he's ON the highest floor and gets caught. Ehe?

Venti is dragged back to the chaos corner. When Cyno sees another victim, he smiles and starts another joke.

"Why did the cop sit on the toilet seat?" Cyno asks.

There's silence.

"Respond," Ears growls.

"T-to wait for the criminal?" Venti tries.

"No. He wanted to do his duty," Cyno deadpans.

"Ahaha... haha," Venti laughs.

"I am finally funny to someone," Cyno seems proud, "would you like to hear another?"

"No! I'm good, ehe," Venti smiles.

"Are you sure," Cyno says.

"Mhm," Venti says.

"I'm not sure he is, Cyno," Ayato says.

"Alright then, let's continue," Cyno is content, taking out at least 200 flashcards.

Turns out it was 400, and they were double sided. Venti really wished Ei took away hearing instead of seeing.

It lasted TWO HOURS. The child fell asleep, and the red head kept muttering to herself 'why did I join this college? I should've just stayed at Horizon Zero Dawn College...', and Venti wondered if he should grow wings again and fly away- wait a minute.

He examines Ayato, at least- what he can see. He's got a beauty mark and crap, but he can't see his outfit very well... he's only got one shot. He focuses his energy and morphs his body to turn from a 15 years old to a 20 year old, then escapes from Ayato's hold.

"Cyno," Venti says.

Everyone turns to look at them.

"Two Ayato's?" Ears asks, "stupid mushrooms..."

"Wait no, this one's tie around his kimono is perfectly symmetrical. On Fridays, he's too tired to tie it properly, but today it's symmetrical- on only one of you!" The buff dude exclaims.

Venti lets out a breath he'd been holding in. He never really knew how kimonos were tied, so he was hopeful he did it correctly- but doing it incorrectly let him win the 50/50!

The real Ayato sighs.

"Itto, why do you know that?" He asks.

"I always notice anything and everything my best bro does!" Itto says proudly.

"Alright..." Ayato sighs.

"But that's not enough evidence- also, how could the other guy transform into Ayato?" Ears questions.

"I am the real one," Venti says calmly, already in character.

"Incorrect," Ayato says.

"Say something only we know but isn't terribly embarrassing," Ears orders.

"I actually did like that one joke..." Venti sighs.

"Hah! I knew it!" Cyno grins.

"Our previous movie night was only entertaining for the fact that I wasn't paying attention. I was texting Thoma. Tighnari figured it out but didn't say anything, but he eyed Cyno afterwa-" Ayato says.

"HEY! Stop it right there," Ears says.

"Which one is right then?" Cyno asks.

"Oh, the girls have left," Venti notes.

All eyes face to Itto, who's still holding Aloy and Yaoyao.

"No?" Itto asks.

"Ehe~" Venti says.

"AH SHIT IT'S THE GIRL WHO BLEW UP INAZUMA!" Itto shrieks.

"Klee?" The child asks.

"Boom boom?" Venti asks excitedly.

"No boom boom!" Itto tries.

"Bakudan!" Venti exclaims.

"No bakudan, only Jean!" Itto says.

"Master Jean is a bitch," Venti says, internally laughing at everyone's expressions.

"Where'd you learn that word?" Ayato asks.

"I don't know!" Venti, now disguised as Itto, says.

"I HAVE A TWIN!" Itto exclaims, dropping the girls and running over to Venti.

"No. Itto, it's the same person... shapeshifting," Ears informs.

"Ehe~" Venti turns into an unproportional human with tall legs and an aerodynamic body, running at top speed away.

–

Wow, that was interesting.

And FUN.

469: Kaedehara Kazuha (everyone's favourite boi) and Shikanoin Heizou/Sherlock Holmes

Venti makes sure he's in his normal form, then knocks. But before he can get away, the door opens.

"You're here early- uhm Venti?" Heizou looks confused (if that's even possible).

"Hiiii," Venti greets (no chance for hiding, scaring or fleeing now- bring out... DDSH/FALYSTBT! Ding Dong Scare or Hide/Flee or Act Like You're Supposed To Be There!)

"Why are you here? Need someone from our band?" Heizou asks, shifting from his positioning of leaning against the doorframe to actually letting Venti in.

"Oh, Venti. What seems to be the occasion?" Kazuha asks from his bed.

When Heizou sits on his own bed across from Kazuha's, he decides to join Heizou and sit.

"Well, uhh..."

AHOIAHUSBCJLOELVHOEBD. Venti has to come up with a LOGICAL explanation for knocking on their door. It has to be backed up with evidence and reason and support and unnecessary stuff (PTSD to Middle School (MS) man)- especially when Heizou can figure out a lie pretty quickly depending on random shit Venti doesn't understand.

Suspenseful music begins to play, and Venti finds himself sweating.

"I- IIIIIIIIII am hiding," Venti says.

"From who?" Heizou is instantly interested. YES.

"A friend- a scary friend," Venti continues.

"Xiao?" Kazuha guesses.

"Nope. You don't really know her... ehe..." Venti giggles.

"I am amazed, this friend really is scary. You're sweating all over," Heizou jokes.

"Who is she anyways?" Kazuha asks.

"Ermm... E-" Venti starts, but a DOOR is slammed open.

There, in the doorway, is..!

Hat Guy/Hot Gay/Scaramouche/Fandango man/Kunikuzushi/Male Mafuyu Asahina/Wanderer/Emo Traveler/Motherless emo/Puppet/Betrayed dude/He rlly thought his hat would make him taller/Genderbent Mona/They must be related or smtn/Luffy's hat/Russian wannabe/mommy issues man/boyfriend of manyTM/anemo Catra!

"Ah, you're here! Sorry I couldn't answer, Venti's here hiding from his scary friend. He was just about to name her, I think it started with an E. Though he said we didn't know her, I still want to know who's scary enough to freak him out this badly," Heizou fills him in. Both Hat Guy -information wise- and Venti -in his own grave-.

Everyone in this room knows Ei- ESPECIALLY Kazoo and Scaradook! SCARADOOK OMG IM A GENIUS. Imma add that to his name thing later.

Hot Gay sighs and just sits next to Kazuha on his bed, but he does that motion that means 'keep going'. YAY.

"So I was having a drink with her and a couple of other friends, but then, one of them forgot his wallet, so she just said she could pay for that round. I -a broke, sleep-deprived college student who's lasted two days without food or water while having fun- got the most expensive drink I like. Aha, she didn't like that. She said I'd have to pay for the drink! How cruel! So I argued, but then she kind like.. Got mad and started chasing me! It was so scary! So I uhh... I used my anemo powers to fly to the dorm. Luckily she hasn't learned to teleport with her electro- ehem! I made it to the dorms first and knocked on the first door I saw!" Venti rants.

It MADE SENSE. Maybe he really IS a god!

"But we're on the fourth floor," Fandango man points out.

"Ah, you see, I was soooo freaked out I just like- came in through a window on this story, passed a group of D&D players then went to someone I could trust, ehe," Maybe if Venti puts truth in the lies it'll sound less stupid!

"Ah, D&D... If I recall correctly, I saw a poster for those who wanted to join. It said to meet them in room 386, not 486. It would waste time to go up another staircase, and you certainly befriended some third years who you could have stayed with," Heizou deciphers.

"Ehe..." Venti says.

"So who you're hiding from must really be a threat for you to need to hid with those you've spent a very long time with," Kazuha nods, thinking.

"Ah... yes!" Venti grins.

"Who is it?" Kunikuzushi demands.

"Ah- ehem, the Tsaritsa," Venti says.

"Why do you know her?" Kazuha asks.

"No, he's lying. He said she was Electro, not Cryo," Heizou says.

"True, we must know who to kill in order to get revenge," Male Mafuyu Asahina grins, cracking his knuckles, to which Kazuha sighs.

"Awww! How sweet of you Wanderer, but I must get going. I called Zhongli earlier and he set up a Geo barrier!" Venti smiles as sweetly as he can, standing up.

"Tell us who it is first- you've got us all quite curious," Heizou encourages.

"Ei." With that, he's out the door.

He doesn't want to hear Kazuha mourning his dead friend (lol), or Emo Traveler to suddenly decide to visit his mother again (yes... AGAIN) and then Venti. Sometimes Venti wishes that he never gave the Motherless emo a vision, but he fell in all the traits perfectly.

Male Vision Candidate List (MVCL)

-Short as hell

-Emo, kind, or Goofy

-Male

-Dead friend (more juicy if it's 2+)

-Looks like he's 18 but older

-Either from Liyue or Inazuma

-Hot, cute, pretty or attractive

-Can join my emo band >:)

And now Venti's going to die because he hasn't killed Ei yet after being in close proximity with her for 0.6 seconds. Man, is this how the Mightiest of Archons will die? For not killing another of their kin? Such a tragic fate. *crying emoji*

As he's running, he makes it to the 3rd floor, looking for the D&D room, so he can fly out the window again.

When he passes THE room he needs.

381: Thoma (looks gay, acts gay, is gay) and Yoimiya (free firework show every Friday if you don't get me arrested!)

He doesn't even knock, he forces himself in. When he closes the door, he finds 22 eyes on him.

"Thoma, you invited a new friend?" An energetic girl he totally saw earlier with twin braids going in cicles behind her head asks.

"No, who're you?" The only male (and not lesbian) person in the room asks.

"Venti the bard!" Venti says.

"Oh, Venti. I know this guy, you must be hiding from someone you made mad because you didn't tell them something important to them but out of sight out of mind so you never thought of it but not you're going to die." Lumine rants.

"MHM," Venti says.

"Oh, I'll introduce everyone! I'm Yoimiya, you know Lumine, that's Amber, Collei, Layla, Xiangling, Yun Jin, Shinobu, Kokomi, Thoma, and Nilou!" Yoimiya says.

"Alrightio, now, do you have a secret compartment in the 'fake' cabinet in front of your sink that I can hide in?" Venti asks hurriedly.

"Of course, no dorm is complete without one!" Thoma grins and leads him and Lumine (emotional support) to his closet, where a single sink lies.

There are other random things, like whole boxes of boba and food that won't clash well together, and a decomposed body hidden in the corner in rags. Thoma looks around him, then sneakily opens the handleless drawer, pulling it out a foot, before gesturing to Venti to enter.

Venti takes in a breath, then hops into it. He landed in it wrong because his foot suddenly cracks and he's falling down a stone staircase, 308 years old due to how sharp the edges are.

"Are you alright?" Thoma calls from above.

"Yeah! I just got hurt and cracked my ankle, heel, broke several elbows, scratched my knees, and got a paper cut!" Venti says.

"Alright, here!" Lumine yeets him a Mondstadt Fried Egg made by Benny himself.

"Wait- I have to die to eat this!" Venti calls, but the drawer is closed.

"Gosh digity dangit!" Venti pouts, finding a light to turn on.

The lamp is quick to be found, and he examines his food supply. A few cans of Thomato sauce, bottles of yellow gatorade, and a few blue gatorades. OOO! And two slices of rice!

He'll last 8 days here. 100%!

Until... he hears someone.

"Why is there a sink in your closet? You have to wash your hands in here before you came out?" Puppet taunts.

"Uh no? I have a dog, and I need to wash him before the dorm managers smell him and execute him in the town square," Thoma explains.

"I see," Betrayed dude sighs dramatically "I remember when I had something I loved..."

"Sure buddy..." Thoma mutters.

"Now, let me investigate your dorm further- he'd definitely seek shelter in a fellow gay's dorm," He rlly thought his hat would make him taller grumbles.

"Alrightio," Thoma says.

"What did you say?!" Genderbent Mona screeches.

"Alrightio?" Thoma asks.

"He's here then, his 'modern slang' has been brought on by another," They must be related or smth mutters.

"Okay..?" Thoma says.

"Yeah, it's terrible," Luffy's hat says under his breath.

There's silence again for a while, and Venti just sits on the previous person who was here. Until he here's some more conversation.

"OMG guys did you hear that Itto has a crush?"

"Really!?"

"Yasss,"

"Totes, guess who it is!"

"IDK bro,"

"Guys... I literally told you this a second ago..."

"Who can it be!?"

"A short-"

"I bet it's that one dude!"

"Lol you think?"

"I can't imagine that roflol!"

"I can, so go away!"

"OI!"

"Hey! Don't pull my hair, it took me forever to get it done this morni-"

"I don't care!"

"Hey guys, remember there's someone hiding in the drawer in front of the sink rn, we have to be quiet!"

"Oh right!"

"Yass tame the crowd,"

"Go queen!"

Venti dies that day.

Mostly of cringe, but also because some 'girlypop' people sold out his location. He got stabbed in the heart.

Or at least.

Where his heart SHOULD be!

Luckily he already lost his Gnosis so it can't be shattered (he thinks it's in the Lost n' Found)!

So Venti breaks out of the cellar and remains to play DDSH/F, but with the new addition of ALYSTBT!

I have a DDSH/F

I have a ALYSTBT

Uh, DDSH/FALYSTBT!

–

-1804: 𝔊ɐ∏Ⓨᆗ and ⸾_ᯀ𝔂ᴸአ

UhhhhHHH...

Venti knocks, then hides around the closest corner.

...

After 1 millisecond, the door hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 second, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 minute, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 hour, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 day, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 week, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 month, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 year, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 decade, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, wait another

...

After 1 century, the door still hasn't been answered.

Eh, guess one could just possibly break into a dorm.

Possibly... ehe~

Kicking the door down, he sees two girls sleeping on their respective beds, both surrounded by blankets, pillows, one girlfriend and 18 tons of paperwork- BOTH OF THEM!

dAMN.

Better leave them alone ig.

–

-2395: Kujou Sara and Lady (LADY) Faruzan

With a quick knock, he flees.

The door opens before he's gone, and he can hear a voice say "We're not interested in mormonism! I'm all for The Raiden Shogun!" until he just decides to keep fleeing to the next floor.

–

2406: Beidou and Ningguang (come in any time Kazuha!)

KAZUHA!?

Who are they to him? Friends? Babysitters?

"FBI OPEN UP!" Venti shouts.

"Not again..." He can hear someone sigh, before she opens the door.

"What's an 8 foot FBI agent got to do here?" She asks.

"You're not the one I'm looking for." Venti says.

"BEIDOU!" She calls.

"Sorry- geez," Beidou runs to the doorway.

"I came to investigate and confirm what you said on the phone," Venti says.

"When I said coke I meant Coca Cola! Not Cocaine- it was an honest mistake. Everyone makes 'em these days," Beidou seems nonchalant... hm.

Venti grabs her by the wrist and drags her out of earshot from Ningguang.

"Alright, so I'm actually a fellow college student being ehe~, but I'm also poor so can I scam your girlfriend- we'll split it 72-38," Venti explains in his 'buff dude' voice.

"Oh sure!" Beidou grins.

"Ningguang, I will have to arrest this woman, but you can pay our troop a hefty sum of mora as a sort-of bail," Venti offers.

"How much is a 'hefty sum'?" Ningguang raises an eyebrow.

"100,000 mora," Venti says plainly.

"Alright, we're doing venmo or..." Ningguang says.

"Coins," Venti says.

"Alright I'll be back," Ningguang sighs, then goes into their dorm to rummage and find the payment.

What she comes back with is not mora, but a gun, stolen from that new five star electro gun lady who totally looked hotter anemo but their just HAD to RUIN her.

Venti turns into a mouse from Voltron and scurries away up several staircases.

–

123: Shenhe and Yelan (you better have read it as 1 23 and not 1 2 3 or 123).

Venti is confused at such a random written statement, so he knocks and flees.

"Huh?" A white-haired woman asks to the hallway.

"Who is it?" A voice asks from the dorm.

"I don't know, there's no one here..."

"Oh lemme at 'em!"

The roommate reveals herself and screeches a few words.

...

Let's just say that if they were written on screen, each chapter would have one f bomb, provided singly from this chapter. Yes, yes. She screeched a lot of f's.

–

Venti was mentally scarred, so he just goes back to where he was first mentally scared; the time he broke his mask and left it on the floor. He scoops up all that he can of the clay shards and brings it to the closest door (217, if it matters) and knocks.

He remembers in the old days where he could scare people with the mask. He never could've done it with out it- he'd be too kawaii for scaring ehe~

JUST KIDDING NO ONE SAYS KAWAII UNLESS THE ENTIRE SENTENCE IS IN JAPANESE STOP CRINGING ITS OKAY

"Who's there, could it be Uncle Kaeya?!" A child's voice asks excitedly.

A child who knows Kaeya... Diona? No, already saw her at the start of the chapter and she hates him. Sayu? No, she's from Ina. Klee? Oh. Klee.

Venti doesn't waste a second, he full-on sprints away full-speed until he rounds the corner, he whips up an anemo barrier, peeking to see the action safely behind it. In all honesty, he's guilty that a child is going to step on clay shards -even with shoes on- but even if he does have fun of doing this, he won't live the next day for Jean, Kaeya, Albedo and Alice will break into his dorn even with Zhongli's shields up.

This one doesn't have much action, klee steps on the shards (she has shoes on, so no injury), realizes she stepped on something, forgets about why she opened the door, cries because she thinks she broke whatever she stepped on, grabs the shards, cuts herself, and brings the shards into her dorm. Through the black market, Venti knows Qiqi is her roommate, so she'll be fine injury-wise.

Oh that's a bomb.

–

Viewing the rebuilding of Teyvat College's dorms, Venti is thinking about the great time he had. He was kidnapped twice. Went without food and water for two days. Transformed into a gay smart man, an arsonist, an idiot and an unproportional man. Drank a gallon of alcohol with Kaeya. Shipped a few gays. Listened in on conversations. Was told he was short. Killed someone(?). Interrupted three make out sessions. Interrupted one intimate moment. Was trapped in a cellar. And last but least, listened to 800 dad jokes.

Yeah- he's definitely doing this again.