Genshin world.
"You can use multiple elemental powers at the same time?!"
Hearing the Traveler's words, Kachina's childish little face was filled with shock.
"That's right." Seeing the little girl's surprised expression, the even smaller Paimon said smugly, "Every time the Traveler arrives at a new nation, she can resonate with the Statue of The Seven there and obtain the power of that element."
Anemo, Geo, Electro, Dendro, Hydro.
These are exactly the elements the Traveler currently wields.
"This is the first time I've heard of such a thing." Kachina covered her little mouth, saying in surprise, "I never imagined that besides using the 'Imitation Vision' given by the Lord Pyro Archon, there would be another way to use multiple elemental powers at the same time."
"'Imitation Vision'?"
Hearing Kachina's words, catching the key term in them, Paimon slightly widened her eyes. "Can Visions be imitated?"
She did know that the Fatui's Delusions can also use elemental power, but they harm the user's body.
Is such technology available in Natlan too?
"Um... this is a technique only the Lord Pyro Archon has mastered; even Xilonen sis doesn't know how to replicate it."
Kachina explained: "Every once in a while, the Lord Pyro Archon creates Pyro 'Imitation Visions' and gifts them to the warriors of Natlan's various tribes."
"After obtaining the 'Imitation Vision,' the warriors can wield elemental power just like with an ordinary Vision."
Paimon's eyes lit up as she listened: "Doesn't that mean if I got an 'Imitation Vision,' I could use Pyro power too?"
"This..." Kachina thought for a moment, saying somewhat uncertainly, "The Lord Pyro Archon has only given 'Imitation Visions' to warriors, but giving one to an ordinary person should be fine too, right?"
Hearing that the 'Imitation Vision' might really work for her, Paimon immediately rubbed her little hands happily, her eyes curving into pretty crescent moons: "Traveler, if we get on good terms with the Lord Pyro Archon, do you think he'd give us an 'Imitation Vision'?"
"If I could use elemental power too, then next time we encounter a wild boar, I wouldn't have to run away scared." Paimon said excitedly.
"Then we can roast the wild boar and eat it, right?" Lumine smiled, poking the excited girl with her finger.
[Two seconds of silence for the wild boars]
[Wild boars have long deserved to die; they always come charging at me out of nowhere. Some wild boars even hang around the teleport waypoint, scaring me half to death.]
[If Paimon could get a Vision too, could she join the battles from now on?]
[Paimon, breathe fire!]
[Paimon after getting hit: Help! The ingredient is attacking people!]
[Aren't you all surprised that the Pyro Archon can craft Visions? Venti himself can only use a glass orb as a substitute—why can the Pyro Archon craft Visions?]
[Didn't Nico's demo video already say the Pyro Archon can craft Visions? If we were going to be surprised, we already were.]
[If Paimon really gets a Vision in the future, that's when we'd be surprised.]
The players were just joking around.
But seeing the players' roasting, Rios actually had this idea for real.
"Giving Paimon a Pyro Vision isn't impossible." He rubbed his chin, pondering.
Even though the banner slots were full, that didn't mean new characters couldn't be added.
But SP Paimon could be given to players for free.
"Speaking of which, after the original Pyro Traveler enters the Spiral Abyss, her constellations have extra effects—I can use that too." Rios quickly thought of a plan.
When Lumine gets the 'Imitation Vision' later, the unlocked talents and constellations will just be the initial versions.
And after Natlan's main quest ends, he will give the 'Imitation Vision' to Paimon.
At that point, in the game, Paimon will assist the Pyro Traveler in battle, and the Pyro Traveler's constellations will gain an additional 6 new talents for fighting together with Paimon.
"Brilliant."
Most players probably wouldn't imagine that Paimon would have a DPS day too.
Finally, make a new defeat animation for the defeated Pyro Traveler—Pyro Traveler and Paimon both get defeated together, stabbing the players hard.
"No, it should be set so Paimon blocks for the player."
When the Pyro Traveler is defeated, Paimon jumps out to block, then dissipates in front of the players' eyes. At that time, the Pyro Traveler's HP will recover to maximum.
Even without saying it, everyone would know Paimon died in place of the Pyro Traveler.
Best to add a line like: "Traveler, you must live on properly..."
After saying that, Paimon dissipates from the players' view.
"I'm a genius." Rios thought about it and felt that in the design, Paimon should be added to the rightmost slot in the team interface.
When Paimon dies, her avatar turns gray, and she can only be revived at a Statue of The Seven.
This also solves the employment issue for the Statues of The Seven.
Pretty good.
On the other side.
Children of Echoes tribe.
Unaware that her external mouth is about to fight too, the Traveler asked: "Kachina, when you said earlier that using the Lord Pyro Archon's 'Imitation Vision' to wield multiple elemental powers, do you mean using an ordinary Vision and an 'Imitation Vision' together?"
"Yes." Kachina nodded. "We've tried having someone who already has a Vision use an 'Imitation Vision' too, and that person really could use two elemental powers at the same time."
"However, using two different elements at the same time is very difficult. Sometimes when you want to use Pyro, you end up channeling Electro instead, and other times both elements activate together, injuring yourself with the explosion."
"Even for people who have deeply researched elemental power, it's hard to manipulate multiple at once, so right now everyone uses at most one Vision."
"But from what you've said, Traveler sis can use 5 elements at the same time—is that true?" Kachina looked over in surprise.
"Of course it's true." Paimon glanced at the girl beside her. "Traveler, show Kachina a bit."
"Watch closely."
The Traveler first unleashed a wind blade, then a starfall, followed by a thunderclap, then used Dendro to make fresh grass grow from the earth, and finally finished with a water gun.
"So amazing." Seeing with her own eyes someone who can use multiple elemental powers, Kachina's mouth hung open in shock.
[Watch closely? You won't use multiple elements in the plot later.]
[Kid, don't be surprised, because we haven't seen the Traveler use multiple elements in a long time either.]
[The Traveler forcibly used Anemo-Geo reaction while fighting Childe, violating the underlying code of elemental reactions, so up to now she rarely uses elements.]
"According to the usual pattern, as long as the Traveler touches Natlan's Statue of The Seven, she can obtain the power of Pyro." Paimon said.
Conveniently, there was a Statue of The Seven nearby, perfect for resonating.
Lumine went to the statue's side and placed her hand on it.
"Huh, why can't I resonate?"