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Dottore did not want to be here.

He was peacefully in his temporary lab in Nod-Krai, studying kuuvahki, then suddenly, a huge gaping hole underneath him just appeared.

So there he was, sitting infront of 2 humans? One looked like a human, with a purple suit. 

The other however....was certainly interesting.

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The blue-haired man (Was it even natural?) was staring directly at him, atleast that's what he felt, considering he can't even see that man's eyes with that bird mask looking thing. William shifted slightly, he was somehow transported back to when he was still alive, the first time. The 'person' beside him, if he can even be considered one, eye was unmoving. Yes, eye. Well, he shouldn't really be judging, since he himself was "dead" and had a crushed up body but aside from that, it was pure awkward silence.

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"So, who's going to talk, or are we just going to be like this for another 5 minutes?" Dr. Harley Swayer broke the silence. He find it quite amusing to the fact that the human that was next to him was shifting uncomfortably and the one infront of him was mabye a human. 

"William Afton, my name" the human said beside him. 

"Dr. Harley Swayer"

"..."

"Il Dottore." 'Dottore' looked around, the gray walls was slowly peeling away, revealing metal and concrete. 

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"Where are we?" 

"Earth" Dottore cocked his head to the side, slightly confused for that was not a place he know in Teyvat.

"Sorry?"

The two other looke at eachother, wondering if that was a joke. They slowly turned their heads to him. This was the few times that Dottore felt unease eversince The Akademiya. It was just something about their presence that felt terribly off. 

"Listen, I really don't know of a place named 'Earth'. It's either because I just haven't explored Teyvat enough or..." 

"Teyvat?"

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"So, this isn't Teyvat and I'm in a diffrent world?"

"Essentially"

Dottore wanted to stab himself right there if he could. Well, anything to get away from them. After a bit of discussion, the amount that he learned about the others was scary. 

Nothing.

He was usually quick to observe and learn a lot about others in a span of a few minutes but this? It has been at least 30 minutes and the only thing he learned was their names. Harley Swayer stood up, and that was when Dottore noticed that the thing person infront of him was completly made of wires and metal. William seemed completely unfazed, almost looking...bored.

Dottore had to control his breathing, the dagger underneath his lab coat suddenly felt so heavy. 

"Well, our first priority is getting out of here." Harley said, eyeing the walls.

Dottore observed the walls, if it was made out of just metal and concrete, mabye he can use the pyro delusion to melt the metal but the concrete...

"How did you guys get here?" 

"Just like you. Got teleported here."

"Do you think fire can melt of the layers of the wall?" Dottore looked more carefully.

William finally spoke up, "Even if it did, where will we get the fire? There's no door, no exit and nothing but 3 chairs and a table."  Dottore placed his hand on the wall. He never really used his pyro delusion unless it was dire, and right now, it seemed very dire. Flames spread across the wall, he was glad that his gloves were Pyro-resistant. The paint, metal and the concrete melted away, a lot. 

"How did you..."

"I'm from a different planet, what do you expect?" The harbinger looked at the other side of the wall, a small room with metal and wires. 

"Huh, looks kinda like the factory." Harley pointed out. Dottore didn't know what that 'Factory' was but he didn't pry. They stepped into the new room, a lot more spacious this time. Dottore was going to find and kill whoever plotted this, but he was glad he can still use his delusion. That meant he can technically use the kuuvhaki energy that was stored in the vile in his pocket, or he can use the forbidden knowledge  abyssal power as backup. But for now, he'll play along, and try to figure out what was with the two others.