Who cares about story when you get to run around in a place like this! If only the Kamera worked in Domains. Why don't they work in Domains MiHoYo! 
.... Could we get Furnishings of this place? Like all the Furnishings? Seriously I'll take the perfect starry sky too! The ground with the little starlets? Definitely. The halls that move away when I run to them. The little starlet that guides you. When can I get that pet? The pool!
You know what?
Can I just get that Domain for my Serenitea Pot? Seriously just chuck out one of the islands out and give me this instead. 
-ahem- Anyway
at least this Mona Main knows what Mona likes. Her room's covered in books with a writing desk by the window? My Mona's room is covered in books with a writing desk by the window. Speaking of Furnishings
I'd like that celestial globe too. Seems like a major feature of her house which would definitely spruce up her room. 
As soon as she said that the first words out of my mouth were
Well the original line anyway: "Fate is called as such for it cannot be changed nor can it be reversed; it can only be but accepted." This scenario was well done.
But a little lore sprinkled on and you know that we know the sky is false after all.
So maybe the fate Mona has been seeing is the one decided by Celestia under the Heavenly Principles. So to have the power to change fate you know like reweaving fate it'll require breaking through that false sky. And you guys know how I think we'll do it.
Weak willed. I'm sure somebody's going to bring up that old "evil Russians" in media thing again. Hopefully not here but out there in the rest of the internet you better believe if it even sounds like you're saying a group is dumb somebody'll respond in outrage. Luckily I already covered that at least for here. Give it time my friends.
But in the case of this story the Fatui - not the Snezhnayans mind you - are actually weak willed. With this game's basis on Taoism, Buddhism and Gnosticism these guys are doing it all wrong. For example Pantalone is angry at the gods (Zhongli) for Mora saying that it's something the gods should be providing since it means so much to humans. But it's just a crutch and Zhongli stopped making it likely to help humans realize their own power. (The Human Age) Since this game really focuses on self-discovery and enlightenment these guys are the furthest from.
That said Childe might not be too far off. Maybe that's why he's the only playable Harbinger. I wonder if he's the only one to even have a Vision. After all we're told straight that Pantalone doesn't. But neither did Signora whose fire powers came from Dottore's Archon Residue experiments. And Dottore himself hates allogenes so likely he doesn't have one either. Finally Pierro being Khaenri'ahn likely wouldn't be given a Vision with Kaeya being an exception. (their last hope)
Ok so we're also going to insult Inazuma now too?
Well I suppose even Japanese people realize this thing is just for fun. And real life astrology is hilarious. So in this case I suppose it actually does make sense. Astrology is a real thing in Genshin and something to help us understand the world alongside alchemy. (also a bygone silly practice in our world)
Still don't be besmirching the stuff Aether did on his date with Ayaka! For shame! 
Ok so the rest of this quest winds down. There wasn't really much story or lore to be had as I predicted. And it does end off with just dealing with the Fatui machine that caused the mess. I'm not really sure how much Alice knew but my guess is this whole thing was a way for Kusanali to get to know us and even introduce herself to us before we get to Sumeru since Yae probably told Venti during Irodori that we were headed there. Still she doesn't seem interested to know about us just how we respond to things. After all we didn't get any story in this quest. On the other hand we did get some story last time during Perilous Trail. Maybe Kusanali feels understanding our reactions to things benefits her plans when we get the Sumeru Archon Quest started which you guys know what I think that'll be about.
Also apparently she's the Mirage Archon now too? I suppose that would work towards the desert theme of Sumeru. Actually it could also work with her Wisdom ideal. After all we learned about these characters inner thoughts and conflicts (except Xinyan who doesn't have any problems in her life even though there are problems in her life 
) and then they worked through them (except for Xinyan and Mona because they were perfectly fine with who they are now 
) becoming wiser in the process. (except Mona who was also trying to use her mirage world as a way to figure out what the Fatui were doing and everything we experienced with her was stuff she already worked through just like Xinyan 
) Anyway at least Kazuha got to understand a regret and Fischl had a huge epiphany so they grew wiser.
Side note: This also makes me worried about the update schedule. I mean the reason for a prelude chapter like we had in Inazuma was to understand a little more about what we'd be getting into in the new region. With the events linked to Kusanali and a direct conversation with her to boot I think this could qualify. Not to mention this event itself was longer than any single quest we've ever gotten! It's longer than Shenhe's quest which held the record before. So if we're skipping v2.9 next time and going straight for v3.0 my guess is we might still get those reruns I predicted but they'll just be like Klee and Yoimiya's this patch. Those reruns would be Shenhe's first rerun and Albedo's rererun. That'll set us up for v3.2 and a Yae/Ganyu double banner. There are also rumors floating around suggesting Scara will become playable. Doubtful. But I did say he'll become Inazuma's next Weekly Boss. Also doubtful. It'd be too soon. v3.2 would be the patch right after v3.1 and we're set to get Dottore for a Weekly Boss then. Typically it's at least 3 patches between Weekly Bosses. After Childe v1.1 it was v1.5 where we got Azhdaha then v2.1 for Signora and v2.5 for Raiden Shogun. But if they do bring him around for v3.2 then that'll work towards an Inazuma based story where maybe Ganyu finally visits Yae and sets up their banners.
Anyway
Did anybody actually think this? I mean I know it was a meme but her story tells us she was never poor. I mean she's got a steady job. And I think even in some Voicelines she's talked about the crazy expensive things she buys and because she used up her money on that stuff she didn't have enough for stuff like food lol 
But I was watching other playthroughs and they sounded serious when they found out Mona wasn't actually poor. Actually you know that's one of the reasons why I like my Monax pairing. Because Zhongli is also not technically poor. He's also got a job and from really looking at the dialogue of the Archon Quest you can see he can still make Mora. He just can't because he "contracted" with himself to live a mortal life. We even got a taste of that in Perilous Trail when he denied saving Xiao because "I'm just a mortal now. Was I at the Chasm?"
It's still a funny meme though. And I love Fischl's reaction. She probably thought she was being charitable!
But silly Mona. Not much of a history? Were you even paying attention to the Narrator? 600 years before the Era of Saints. If the Era of Saints is the Age of the Seven we currently live in that's 2600 years ago about the same time as Venti creating New Mondstadt. If it's interpreted as when the Seven were getting their start aka the Archon War then Immernachtreich is much much older. (There's so much lore you guys. I'm still compiling it all. Thank goodness today was the last story quest. But wow I have so much stuff to do on those islands!)
-ahem- And finally if anybody for some reason hasn't already finished it there's a part towards the middle that might get confusing but this is essentially what's going on.
That's the path you're taking to get out. It's just really unclear in game that you're actually going through the space between the stars and not following the stars since the rest of the time you are following them.
These quests the last few days have been long and tedious but there is no denying they were designed so well and told such well detailed stories. How were they for you guys?
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