Outside the Canvas, Inside the Lens/2022-04-01/Story
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Outside the Canvas, Inside the Lens
Main article: Outside the Canvas, Inside the Lens (Quest)
- (Upon approaching Asagiri)
- Paimon: Huh? (Traveler), look. Someone's drawing on the street.
- Paimon: Paimon wonders what she's drawing... Let's take a look.
- (Talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: *cough* No... This is still no good... It won't do...
- Asagiri: Any further delay and I'll miss the next submission deadline... *sob*...
Hello...- Excuse me...
- Asagiri: Huh!?
- Asagiri: I'm sorry—soooo sorry! I will submit it today!
- Paimon: Whoa! Hang on, we...
- Asagiri: Miss Moriko, please just give me...
- Asagiri: Huh? So you aren't Miss Moriko... Thank goodness... Ugh *coughing*
- So who is Miss Moriko...
- Asagiri: Miss Moriko is my executive editor.
- Asagiri: My name is Asagiri. I'm a, um, a freelance illustrator of sorts. Miss Moriko is... the executive editor in charge of my work.
- Paimon: An illustrator? What does that mean?
- Asagiri: I suppose you've read some light novels of Yae Publishing House, haven't you?
- Asagiri: Have you noticed that a light novel usually contains a few pages of pure pictures?
- Asagiri: Such pictures are what we call illustrations, and those who draw them are illustrators.
- Asagiri: To serve an important scene or plot, or to give the protagonist a face, some authors will have people draw them an illustration.
- Asagiri: The illustration not only creates a more immersive reading experience but also enriches the novel.
- Paimon: Oh, Paimon gets it now. It's no simple business to make light novels...
- Asagiri: I can recommend a few novels to you! For example... ahem! *coughing*
- Are you alright?
- Asagiri: I'm fine. I've never been very healthy — with all the midnight-oil burning and meal skipping during my work...
- Asagiri: *cough* As a result, my health keeps deteriorating...
- Paimon: Since you're unwell, why are you still working here out in the open? Can't you draw at home?
- Asagiri: I'm here to gather some inspiration.
- Asagiri: My muse has left me recently. I've missed the deadlines for a few illustrations.
- Asagiri: Miss Moriko has postponed the deadlines for me several times. She'll be so mad if I dare delay any further.
- Asagiri: I was thinking that maybe a walk in the open would bring my muse back, so I decided to go on a trip.
- Asagiri: But as it turned out... Haha... You see, it hadn't taken long before I ended up in this miserable state...
- Asagiri: *sigh* I'd better put up a request at the Adventurers' Guild and see if any adventurer with a Kamera can help out.
- Paimon: Huh? Speaking of the Kamera...
- I do have one...
- Asagiri: Really!? You have a Kamera?
- But what can it do?
- Asagiri: I—I wanted to have an adventurer take pictures for me using the Kamera!
- Asagiri: I've heard about many fascinating locations out there — say, the lofty snow mountain near Mondstadt and the area in Liyue where there are many pillars...
- Asagiri: And what's more! There's this place named "Jueyun Karst." They say that the adepti live there!
- Asagiri: The abode of the adepti... The thought of it gives me thrills...
- Asagiri: But sadly, my health doesn't allow me to really go there...
- Asagiri: However, if you can capture their sceneries with the Kamera, I can surely... Ugh *coughing*
- Paimon: Whoa! Take it easy!
- Leave it to me.
- I will work this out.
- Asagiri: Really!? That's wonderful! There are many places on my wish list. Gimme a second. Let me find the list.
- Asagiri: And don't you worry about the finances. I have quite some savings.
- Asagiri: Where is my notebook? Where is it? My notebook...
- (Talk to Asagiri again)
- Asagiri: H-Hello! I'm counting on you to bring my muse back!
- Asagiri: If I delay again, I bet Miss Moriko'll... *sob*
Photo-Taking
Not Time-Limited
- (If photo is taken without meeting all the requirements)
- Paimon: Hmmm... This image doesn't look right somehow...
- Paimon: Let's try again.
- (Complete The Seventh Samurai and The Seven Great Elements and talk to Asagiri)[After the day these final targets were unlocked, was dialogue always available? (As opposed to the dialogue in the Time-Limited section)]
- Asagiri: What an ingenious idea to take a picture from this angle! It's great!
- Asagiri: I do hope Mr. Xavier'll like my posters.
- Asagiri: He says he'll use these posters to promote his film.
- Asagiri: I can't remember its name. Uh... The story seems to center around a samurai.
- Asagiri: Anyway, I hope everything goes well with the shooting.
Time-Limited
These dialogue lines were only available to players who completed the listed Targets before the next Targets became available.
- (Complete Legend of the Wind Knight and Legend of the Wind Knight II and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: Thanks for bringing me the pictures. What a lovely place Mondstadt is!
- Asagiri: Look at that huge tree... How I wish I could stand in its shade and draw...
- (Complete Wangshu Inn and Schemes Beneath the Dragon's Spine and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: Thank you. Wow! I've never imagined an inn as big as this one...
- Asagiri: To be able to build an inn out in the wild and manage it so well, it's owner must be a very capable person...
- Asagiri: The panoramic view of the snow mountain is the very definition of perfection!
- Asagiri: Awesome! I'm gonna draw a big panoramic picture of it!
- Asagiri: Then I'll send a smaller one to Ms. Moriko. She has always loved the sight of snowy mountains.
- (Complete The Proper Use of Thunder, Lightning and Blades and The Fable of Qingce Village and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: To think you could catch this split second when the lightning strokes — you're such a pro.
- Asagiri: Well I'm quite curious about the Great Wolf King of the North...
- (Complete Aporia of the Valley and The Rockeater and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: What a most unusual angle... Thank you. Without you, I could've never thought of drawing it this way.
- Asagiri: Finally got some ideas for several of my illustrations. Let's hope Miss Moriko isn't in a hurry...
- (Complete The Rockeater: Ape Cliff and The Rockeater: Twilight and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: Thank you for taking pictures for me. Miss Moriko came by again the other day to check my progress.
- Asagiri: Somehow everyone's started writing light novels lately.
- Asagiri: I heard that new manuscripts kept coming in at Yae Publishing House and a few rising stars had emerged.
- Asagiri: *sigh* I gotta match their spirit. I might make myself a bit more popular if I draw illustrations for a well-written novel.
- (Complete To the Deep Rock: I and To the Deep Rock: II and talk to Asagiri)
- Asagiri: Another busy day of picture-taking, isn't it? Thank you so much.
- Asagiri: Speaking of which, I met a writer whom I'd drawn illustrations for.
- Asagiri: He says he's writing a novel with the theme of sword fighting and is looking for someone to design the costumes and scenes for him.
- How do you find his novels?
- Asagiri: Hmm... He's an excellent writer. His editor says he's like a poet.
- Asagiri: Wonder if he's in the poet mode when writing this novel...