Audience: Tartaglia Childe

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[toyska]

That, and deciding what to do about an uninvited guest.

[But the monster's presumably not his problem anymore?! He lived long enough to learn that the dead can communicate with the living, so maybe it is still his problem. Hard to say.

He nods in response to her answer--there's a flicker of doubt, but it's not directed at her.]

Alright. I'd just wondered. [...] Whose floor is it this week, by the way? Have I missed yours?

[He'll be missing it either way, but still.]

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Ooh...yeah, there's that. [she still says this calmly, but there's a sudden spark of fear in her emotions before she immediately moves on.] Most of you seem to want to fight it which is probably not a good idea.

[but moving on.]

It's Wrath's. [lightly amused, because she knows how he and wrath are.] Mine's last...but you'd probably hate it anyway.

[also a joke.]

[toyska]

[The fear is expected, but it sparks answering concern in him anyway. He can take a hint, though, and rolls smoothly with the subject change.]

Oh. In that case, I'm fine here. [STOP

But no, there's amusement on his end too.] Why would I hate it?

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[she doesn't have anything to throw at him but she makes a face...that he can't see. i never said lust wasn't an idiot.]

You're missing the beach. You can't tell me you wouldn't be interested in that. [childe your hydro.]

And I dunno! It's not anything too exciting...no fighting arena or anything. But I like it just fine.

[toyska]

[She's doing her best. It's okay, he can sense the look.]

Wrath likes the beach? [...] No wonder they were so confused about that question a few weeks ago...

[Anyway. He waves a hand.] Liyue's coasts are nicer, I'm sure.

[That makes him laugh, though.]

I would've been very surprised if you had something like that on your floor. [PLEASE, LUST. Actually, he isn't sure what he might've expected. He hadn't put much thought into it before now.] The one all of you stay at, that we don't have access to--does that one reflect all of you as well?

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...what question? [what did you do to her wrath????]

If they're anything like the place you showed me, I bet they're really nice. I kind of wish I could've seen them myself.

[but there's a grin under the hood.] You never know! Maybe I secretly moonlight as a boxer or something. [but she shakes her head a little.] It does and it doesn't? We all have our own bedrooms that're suited for us and then our common area. It's not too different than what you guys have but a little downsized.

[toyska]

Ah, nothing. Just a difference between our worlds.

[Everyone being so mad about him killing Lenore via toaster in the tub makes no sense to him whatsoever. HIS ELEMENTAL REACTIONS.]

If I'd been able to climb the elevator like I wanted, would I have been able to see it?

[childe please stop breaking the rules everywhere]

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I completely believe you. [childe :unamused:]

But I don't think so. You would've probably just gotten squished by the elevator and then where would you be?

[toyska]

It's true! We had a bit of discussion about elemental magic, that's all.

[Because Wrath said "I want to give you a swirlie" and Childe said "wouldn't that trigger Vaporize because your hands are made of fire" and they both got confused about it. Truly they are morons.

Also, it's too easy, he can't resist--] I would be in the elevator shaft.

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Ooh...that makes a little more sense. [lust will never know how truly stupid her favorite people are. but she does shake her head.]

You would be stuck in the elevator shaft. Like a lizard. Or Spider-Man. [that's not how that works.]

[toyska]

Like a spider man?

[wh]

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No, no, like Spider-Man. He's a superhero that can climb up walls and swing between buildings and stuff.

[toyska]

["He's a superhero!" she says to a villain, who immediately hisses and recoils--no just kidding he just tilts his head slightly.]

Swing? On ropes?

[he thinks this is a real person]

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[childe no!! but also huh. she's getting that there is a disconnect.]

With webs he shoots out of his hands. [she sounds like she's trying not to laugh.] He's a comic book character where I'm from. So all of his powers aren't really real, but they did make like three different sets of movies about him all with different origin stories.

[toyska]

Oh! Like the sharks in the tornadoes.

[childe you watched other movies please stop talking about sharknado]

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...wait you watched Sharknado without me?

[toyska]

Sheila and I watched Fabio movies!

[Fabio the chainsaw-wielding pope]

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The what? [oh my god i hate it here.] Well, okay! Did you at least enjoy them? That does kinda sound like Mrs. Hammond's taste...

[toyska]

Some more than others, but yes, I did. I still prefer the atmosphere of live performances, but I love a good story.

[You can't jump onstage during movies... but you also get CGI... handweighing motions]

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No I get it. You know I'm a performer, too, so I always like live shows. But there's something magic about movies anyway that really makes them so cool...I wish I had more time to show you some of my favorites.

[because...yeah. she's aware that no matter what happens there isn't much time.]

[toyska]

[A soft smile, then, and another squeeze of her hand. Yeah. He knows, too. Not for the first time, he wishes he hadn't been assigned to her, if only to have spared her this headache--he's too destructive, at his core. He was always going to bring things crashing down, one way or another. Unsuitable to the end, no matter that she managed to flip the "big brother" switch. He can be annoyed about his own fondness, it's fine.]

Mm. I do wish I'd been able to see you perform, too.

[With Gluttony as a backup dancer!]

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[emotions week is bad actually because it means that he actually does get to deal with her own gross fond feelings and exasperated feelings and worried feelings. childe's a bad person? like childe's a very bad person! childe killed her other living lust!

but childe also was doing what other people have done. he just happened to live past it. and that was...her fault, wasn't it? for being selfish and scared and now there's this.

it's a mess. but it's a mess she'll have to clean up on her own later and instead she does laugh this time.]

If you're serious about that, I do have something you could watch. If you wanted. [leave gluttony alone.]

[toyska]

[THIS IS WHY HE WARNED YOU ALL NOT TO GET ATTACHED.

But there's no exasperation, or sense of scolding, or resentment. It's a mess, but he thrives best in those. And at least this way, he can stop pretending he wouldn't sacrifice everyone here without hesitation, if it meant achieving his goals. He's never enjoyed schemes and lies anyway.]

Of course. I'll accept anything you give me. [If that wasn't already clear.]

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[GESTURES TO WHO SHE IS AS A PERSON. it's fine, this will be her own problem later. as it is, she reaches into her cloak and pulls out...a different phone? it's not the same as what everybody else has, but rather it's pink and has her signature A on the back of it.]

...a few people have asked me to dance for them, but I haven't shown anybody else yet. Here.

[and she will have a a video pulled up! except it's probably in japanese because her voice is cuter there but whatever. childe can watch that.]

[toyska]

[Childe is not surprised by her voice because he has heard it normally, so he just leans over to watch it, looking interested. Barbara is an idol or something but don't ask me about Genshin pop music. They have guitars? I don't know.]

You're very talented! Does it take you long to learn a new dance?