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The sun began to set as Lumine was on her way to Liyue Harbour. The shadows stretched across the road and the temperature dropped. Her journey had been delayed by monster attacks, leaving her still hours away from a formal place to spend the night. It was times like this that she most deeply appreciated Madam Ping’s gift of a mobile place to rest. The blonde pulled out her magical teapot and jumped inside. Within was an entire world, fit with a garden and a well furnished house. Within that house was the softest bed Lumine had made. Fit for her to sleep on whenever she grew tired. As she climbed into that bed, the girl thought to herself how amazing it was that an entire world could fit within a teapot. Her eyes closed, and she drifted off into a deep sleep.
The next thing she knew, she was on a hard surface. The space was gently illuminated by a thin ring of light coming from a far away ceiling. Everything rocked in a rhythmic motion. Lumine looked around confused. She didn’t remember falling asleep in a cave; the last thing she remembered was falling asleep in her soft bed. The girl picked herself up and began to explore this new dark space. She noticed a second bit of light coming in from a hole high up on one of the walls. The tunnel curved away, making it impossible to see outside. Lumine made her way towards it. As she approached, the floor curved upwards, turning into a slope and then the wall itself. She tried to climb the wall, but the surface was too smooth to get any handholds or footholds. This made the situation complicated. Not only did Lumine have no idea how she got into this cave, she had no idea how she was going to get out. The only two sources of light were extremely high up and impossible to reach. She continued to explore the space and found that the floor maintained the same pattern of sloping up into the wall. The walls appeared to actually be a single wall - curving its way around the entire space. “Guess I’m not getting out of here anytime soon. Best to conserve my energy while I think of a plan,” her adventuring instincts told her. “I should build a fire and coo-”
Before Lumine could finish the thought she was launched upwards as the cave suddenly began to fall. The space landed with a crash that reverberated through her body. The girl hit the wall and fell back down to the floor, landing on her butt. “What was that?” Lumine asked herself aloud, rubbing her backside. She stood back up, shaken but unharmed. “I really have to figure out how to get out of here,” she said to herself, gazing up at the two sources of light. No matter how she looked at it, they were still too high to reach, and weren’t going to be coming down to her soon.
Suddenly everything began to gently vibrate. Then she heard a voice reverberate through the cave. “What kind of tea would you like: qingxin or violetgrass?” The voice was muffled, but Lumine could make out the words and that it was a woman speaking. The vibrations stopped.
Lumine seized the opportunity of someone passing by and immediately began to shout for help. “Help! Help! I’m trapped in this cave! If you can hear me, please send for help!”
The girl continued to shout as the conversation happening outside continued: “Qingxin, please. Here, let me go get the water.” Another woman. They appeared to be talking about making tea. Lumine was also unable to identify who this second speaker was. Neither of them seemed to notice her cries of distress. The entire cave started to vibrate again.
“Alright, I’ll go grab the tea leaves,” the first woman said, and the vibrations intensified before slowly fading.
Lumine stopped shouting and sat back down. “I guess people outside can’t hear me. Gotta think of something different then. And why does this cave keep shaking? Just where exactly am I?” The young adventurer’s mind tried to work through every possible question pertaining to the situation. While she was thinking, the vibrations resumed and became a slight rumble. Then Lumine was blinded by a sudden flash of bright light.
The ring at the top of the cave had opened to form a hole. Hope filled the blonde, who thought that help was finally here. As her eyes adapted, she managed to take in the entire cave. It was uniformly shaped from floor to ceiling. The whole thing was circular and smooth save for the ceiling flattening out and the tunnel high up on the wall. Lumine looked up through the hole and couldn’t believe her eyes. Above her, beyond the hole in the hole in the ceiling, was an enormous hand holding a clump of gigantic leaves and white flower petals. The hand was impossibly far away. Its long slender fingers poked into the cave and dropped what it was holding. Lumine lept away to avoid a leaf landing on her. The space became filled with the smell of Qingxin flowers. The blonde looked up once more in time to see the hand withdraw.
Lumine quickly recovered from the shock and immediately began to assess what had happened. “The walls are incredibly smooth and rounded, there were two girls talking about making qingxin tea, the ceiling of the cave popped off easily, there was a giant hand, and I’ve found the largest qingxin flower known to man.” The pieces of this puzzle began to fall in place and Lumine was horrified by the conclusion she came to. “I’M INSIDE A GIANT TEAPOT!” she shouted when the final cog finished turning in her brain. The girl immediately began to panic. She was inside a teapot and two giantesses were using it to make tea. That meant… “No, don’t think about that Lumine. We just gotta find a way to get out of here before I become… No. Don’t think about it. Escape. Escape.” The girl began to desperately find a way out of the teapot. She once again tried to climb the walls - impossibly steep and smooth. She tried to climb the flowers to get higher - not high enough. She tried to move them to the wall and climb up that way - they were far too large for her miniscule strength to reposition.
The vibrations started again, shifting the leaf that Lumine was standing on and causing her to fall. She looked up in fear just in time to see a kettle tip and hot water begin to pour into the pot. Lumine’s world was tossed around by the steaming torrent. She was battered against the wall and then slammed by a giant flower petal. Acting on instinct the adventurer clung to the flower and used it to stay afloat Her clothes were soaked through and the spin caused by the twisting currents left the girl dizzy. The only saving grace was that the water wasn’t boiling; she managed to escape being cooked alive.
The waterfall from the kettle stopped and the teapot’s lid was placed back on. Lumine was once again plunged into darkness, with only the peaking light to guide her. Thinking quickly, she began paddling her makeshift flower raft to the spout of the teapot. It was her once chance to escape before… “DON’T THINK ABOUT THAT, LUMINE,” She scolded herself.
“I like my tea pretty strong, so we’ll let it steep for a few minutes,” the second voice said. Finally the tiniest inkling of good news. She had a bit of time.
“That works for me,” said the first woman.
Lumine moved with all her strength. As she approached the teapot’s spout, reality set in. The hole was still meters above her head. With the wall as smooth as it was, climbing up would be impossible. Lumine’s heart sank. She was going to be tea.
At that same moment, she heard the second woman’s voice reverberate through her prison. “I think that’s good enough.” Then the whole world shook as the teapot was lifted into the air.
In one last act of desperation, Lumine dove off the petal and swam away from the spout as fast as she could. Her only hope was to escape the tide and stay in the teapot until they were done with it. The girl’s mouth filled with tea as she swam away. It soaked her clothes. The sweet smell overwhelmed her senses. But she was too small, and couldn’t swim away fast enough. Everything began to tip and Lumine felt herself get sucked down with the current. For a brief second she was submerged in the rushing water.
Lumine was so small she didn’t even make a splash when she landed inside the teacup. She swam upwards, desperate to reach the surface and breathe fresh air. The pool of tumultuous liquid settled as the pouring stopped, and Lumine managed to breach the top. She gulped in the air and took in her surroundings. The inside of the teacup was white porcelain with a gold rim at the top. Lumine found a bit of leaf detritus had been sucked down with her into the cup and used it as a float to help her swim to the wall. The cup’s inside was smoother than the teapot’s, making it impossible to climb. Finally, Lumine looked up and saw who her unwitting captor was.
Keqing and Ganyu were having a lovely afternoon tea. The two of them finally found a gap in their busy work schedules and managed to sit down to rest and chat. Keqing poured her cup first and casually swirled it around a little before blowing on it.
“I heard that Lumine was making a trip to Liyue Harbour. She’s supposed to arrive tomorrow afternoon,” said Ganyu. The girl covered her mouth as she let out a big yawn. “Maybe we could all go watch an evening play together while she’s here.”
“That would be nice. I’ll have to try and make some room in my schedule for it. The reopening of the Chasm has been a nightmare to manage and I’m swamped. I probably shouldn’t even be taking this break right now,” admitted Keqing. The Liyue administrator raised the teacup to her lips and took a sip.
Keqing’s face dominated Lumine’s vision. Her swept purple bangs swayed across her forehead and up towards the distant sky. The depth of her eyes was unmatched by the sea, the size of her black pupils appeared to rival the moon in the sky. Her irises were indescribable. Lumine’s focus drifted downwards towards Keqing’s lips. They were curled into a subtle smile. She was wearing light purple lipstick. Lumine could see the glistening of the saliva that was wetting them. The way they pressed together pushed them out away from her mouth a normally imperceptible amount, but to the shrunken girl the difference dwarfed her.
The vast sea Lumine was trapped in suddenly transformed into a whirlpool as Keqing nonchalantly swirled the teacup. The tiny girl was thrown about in a circle and dashed against the walls of the cup. The blonde had to fight to keep her head above water. In the struggle against the current, she completely lost her orientation. When she came too, she realized the cup had been raised to Keqing’s lips. Their soft surface now spanned the horizon and terrified the tiny blonde. “Keqing! Don’t! It’s me, Lumine! I’m in your teacup! Don’t drink me!” She shouted. Her pleas went unperceived by the gigantic woman towering above her. Lumine watched in horror as Keqing’s lips opened slightly and the teacup was pulled towards them. She could see into the giantess’s gaping maw. The tips of pearl white teeth reflected against the light. Glistening saliva on Keqing’s tongue hinted at the monumental depth of her cavernous mouth. The tiny girl was suddenly pounded by waves multiple times her size and hurricane winds as Keqing blew on her tea. An enormous, imperceptible, drop of spit slammed into Lumine’s face, completely drenching her head.
Then she heard Ganyu’s voice boom. The sound filled Lumine’s skull and forced her hands to her ears. “I HEARD THAT LUMINE WAS MAKING A TRIP TO LIYUE HARBOUR. SHE’S SUPPOSED TO ARRIVE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. MAYBE WE COULD ALL GO WATCH AN EVENING PLAY TOGETHER WHILE SHE’S HERE.” Lumine’s hands were ineffective at blocking the words emanating from the giantess across the table.
The blonde attempted to correct Ganyu’s mistake. “No! I’m right here! Please! Please notic-”
Keqing’s words filled Lumine’s body as if they were spoken from a goddess. The cup, the tea, and the tiny girl shook from the force of the Qixing speaking. The blonde slammed her hands over her eyes and forced her eyes closed. Her entire body became paralyzed against the power of that sound. “THAT WOULD BE NICE. I’LL HAVE TO TRY AND MAKE SOME ROOM IN MY SCHEDULE FOR IT. THE REOPENING OF THE CHASM HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE TO MANAGE AND I’M SWAMPED. I PROBABLY SHOULDN’T EVEN BE TAKING THIS BREAK RIGHT NOW.” Lumine sank into the ocean of tea as she stopped treading water.
The blonde resurfaced shortly after Keqing stopped speaking. She spun in the water just in time to witness the envoy of her fate. Keqing’s soft, purple lips delicately kissed the edge of the teacup. Her mouth cracked open once again. The teacup began to tip backwards towards her face. Lumine could see nothing but her enormous friend’s upper lip. Keqing’s monumental scale now blocked all sight to the outside world. A wave toppled over Lumine and she once again fell under the surface of the tea. She spun and tumbled, disoriented and unaware of the current now pulling her towards Keqing’s mouth. The tiny girl finally opened her eyes and saw bubbles ripping past her. Lumine swam for her life against the torrent, and, miraculously, succeeded in delaying her fate. Lumine’s back touched against something soft as the teacup leveled out and drifted away from her.
The tiny girl panted hard and then breathed a sigh of relief that she had not been sucked into Keqing’s mouth. Lumine tilted her head upwards and felt it press against a soft surface. The first thing she saw was Ganyu’s colossal figure in the distance. The giantess was now pouring herself a cup of tea. Lumine looked down at the table and felt she was in the clouds. The wooden surface seemed over a kilometer away (0.7ish miles). Looking down further made Lumine realize where she was. She saw the edge of Keqing’s lower lip. Lumine was stuck onto Keqing’s upper lip. The breath coming from the giant woman smelt of Qingxin flowers. It was both hot and humid. Lumine was already dripping with tea and Keqing’s saliva. The new position let the latter fill Lumine’s body. She was able to taste Keqing’s spit in the air she breathed. More than her breath, the heat emanating from Keqing’s lip seeped through Lumine’s soaked clothes.
Keqing opened her mouth wide to yawn. A wave of cold air surged past Lumine’s front side as Keqing breathed deep. Her hair and dress whipped in the wind. The blonde looked down past her feet, and for the first time got a complete view of Keqing’s mouth. Her massive pink tongue rested behind a row of white teeth. Pools of saliva reflected the outside world’s light. A slim river zigzagged along the tongue’s surface and turned into a plunging waterfall as it splashed down onto her house-sized right molar. Beyond was the black abyss of Keqing’s throat. Lumine was awestruck and terrified by the view. Her eyes absorbed every millimeter of the enormous maw. In that moment she felt like no more than a crumb to be consumed by an all powerful goddess. Her entire existence left trapped on the edge between food and freedom.
Keqing exhaled and stretched as she finished her yawn. Her purple lips came crashing together. Lumine was pressed between the soft surfaces. The giantess’s purple lipstick now coated her entire body. Keqing smacked her lips together a couple more times. The inertia of the second lift pulled Lumine off Keqing’s upper lip. For half a second she stayed suspended in the air before plummeting downwards. The tiny woman hit Keqing’s lower lip and bounced inwards. Lumine was now fully inside the mouth. She hit a pillar of saliva hanging between Keqing’s tongue and the top of her mouth. The pillar was larger than her, and she became completely submerged before it broke. Lumine was sent downwards with the saliva and onto Keqing’s enormous tongue. She immediately tried to right herself when she landed, but the soft surface moved from under her as Keqing licked her lips. The blonde tumbled sideways and smacked backwards into the side of a tooth before falling into a pool of saliva at the bottom of Keqing’s mouth. Lumine’s entire body went under as her hands and knees hit the fleshy ground below. The tiny girl pushed herself up. She was chest deep in a pool of spit underneath Keqing’s gigantic tongue.
Lumine stood there frozen, breathing heavily. Her entire body felt sticky. The air was unbearably warm and humid. The sounds of Keqing sucking and breathing reverberated around. At the same moment the giantess’s lips closed shut, plunging Lumine into absolute darkness. The adventurer was battered and exhausted. In less than 5 minutes she had gone from trapped inside the teapot to trapped within Keqing’s mouth. Lumine somehow mustered the energy to move. She began walking forward - in whatever direction that ended up being, in hopes of finding a wall. The thickness of the air made her head heavy and Lumine began to grow woozy. Exhaustion had finally begun to set in. A drop of saliva slammed into her from above, knocking the tiny girl back down. For a moment she simply lay there, before getting back up and continuing forward. She came to a wall and summoned the last of her strength to pound it. “Keqing! Please! Please!” Suddenly, the entire cavern began to move. Keqing had subconsciously moved her tongue in reaction to the pinprick sensation on her gums. Lumine was swept up onto its tip. The tiny girl was pressed against Keqing’s gums. Spit entered her mouth and Lumine instinctively swallowed. Her back was stuck to the tip of the soft tongue as it hoisted her upwards. She was smacked into the roof of Keqing’s mouth and pushed upwards as the tongue rolled down. Lumine landed face-down on the middle of the soft muscle. She was slathered with saliva from head to toe. Her hair was a wet mess and her dress was flipped halfway up. The girl simply lay there defeated.
Then, there was a glimmer of hope. Keqing’s lips opened and light filled the enormous maw. Lumine was able to see outside and saw Ganyu in the distance, still sitting there, sipping her own cup of tea. Lumine summoned the last of her strength and crawled towards the opening. She was getting close. Closer. Closer.
Her hope vanished as quickly as it came. Rising from beyond the lower lip was the rim of the teacup. Keqing’s purple lips kissed the gold as she tipped the cup back. Lumine’s view of Ganyu was now completely blocked. Only a tiny glimmer of light reached the miniscule girl. Then, a torrent of tea slammed into her. Lumine was pushed backwards and off her feet. She fell below the wave one last time, a final vision of freedom as Keqing closed her lips and the light vanished for the last time. Lumine landed near the end of the tongue. Her head pointing towards the abyss of Keqing’s throat. Before she could do anything, the giantess swished the tea around her mouth. Lumine was hoisted upwards alongside the liquid. She was trapped in the torrent as Keqing swallowed - Lumine and the tea together. ‘
The tiny girl plummeted down Keqing’s throat. She fell for what felt like ages. The air became hotter and thicker. The sound of a heartbeat and other bodily functions echoed around her. Lumine hit the wall and was sent spinning. She no longer knew which way was up and which way was down. The blonde landed in Keqing’s stomach with a splash. Pops and gurgles sounded around her. Beyond, she could hear muffled voices saying something incomprehensible: the two giantesses were carrying on their conversation; completely oblivious to the fact that Keqing had just drank their friend. Lumine’s consciousness slowly faded, and the tiny girl passed out.
Lumine woke up from her bed with a start. Her body was drenched in a cold sweat. Her heart was racing and she was panting heavily. Her eyes darted around the room as her breathing slowed. The blonde put a hand on her chest and gasped out “It was… it was just a dream.” She laughed morbidly “Hahaha, it was just a dream. Oh thank god. It was a dream.” The traveler gave herself a moment to calm down and then went about packing her stuff. She still had a long walk to reach Liyue Harbour, and she didn’t want to have to sleep in the teapot again anytime soon.