(User!Hu Tao from genshin impact AU)

Riiiiggghhht. So here's the fun story. One of the ghosts in Ramshackle, let's call him Raine, well...he had a little quarrel with his wife. His wife retaliated by ultimately returning to the land of spirits. That crushed the poor ghost.

So he came to find you, Hu Tao, the resident ghost-summoner of Ramshackle. None of the housewardens were aware of that title of yours. Honestly, some of the housewardens assumed you couldn't use any magic AT ALL, let alone use a magic item. Right, anyways. The problem? You ran out of magical candles for the summoning ritual. And it's not like you could use normal candles, no no no. Those lacked the spiritual energy infused in magic candles.

So you and Raine went on a trip around NRC, attempting to find a few candles that were juuuusssttt right. Not too much energy, but no too little either.

Raine's first idea was visiting Diasomnia. That was where the housewardens were having a little meet-up. But it was also the home of many different kinds of candles. Surely one of them had to be good for a ritual....right?

So Raine walks into Diasomnia, positively spooking Vil, Riddle, and Azul. They're really not used to the ghosts just... going wherever. Malleus just deadpanned, while Leona, Kalim and even Idia looked amused.

"...May we help you...?"

Malleus asked hesitantly, the ghost decided to respond FOR you. Despite the fact he had no idea what the ritual entailed or why the right candle was so important. Amateurs, right? Your ghost bud would have never been this incompetent. (The ghost bud in question is Hu Tao's ghost that appears during her idle.)

"We need like...a bunch of candles."

The housewardens looked confused, but compliant nonetheless. They were more than happy to offer some of the random candles floating around.

"Great, than-" The ghost was about to reply, but you quickly stopped him.