Audience: Tartaglia Childe

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week 0, sunday

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oh boy DO I.
common room in ten

[and sure enough, there's wrath chilling on the couch in the common room, watching the lights change.]

[toyska]

[Well hello there! In he strolls--he's got a bottle of fire-water in one hand that he probably got from the vending machine, if that's allowed?? Otherwise I can just say he grabbed it from the bar and keeps it in his room? Idk don't ask me to think about space-time.

But he greets Wrath with a little wave, holding up the bottle! He doesn't look broken up about execution at all, wow. Terrible.]

I was told you appreciate gifts.

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[you can have your fire-water, congratulations.

wrath also does not seem to be too bummed, because they sit up, and say, delightedly:]

Oh, you're my new favorite!

[toyska]

[He looks pleased! He'll hold it out; it's basically home-brewed moonshine. The Chinese word for it is a dialectal word for "kerosene". ENJOY, WRATH. He'll come sit by them as well!]

Don't let the Marquis hear you say that, he'll sulk for days.

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A little jealousy will do him good.

[they hum. they love this. absolutely give the avatar of fire kerosene.]

What's up? [they ask, as they're trying to get into the bottle.]

[toyska]

[He just fuckin. Laughs. IT'S TRUE.]

Maybe it will help him learn to stop overcompensating. [ICE COLD.

But he just smiles!]

I've been meaning to say hello properly! I just thought it best to spend a little time with Lust, first. [He lifts his hand, where the tattoo glows through his glove, as if they didn't know.] I did promise them I'd do so.

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[HFFT. they splutterlaugh at that first part. burn.

as for the rest:] Ahhh, good. Lust is the best, don't you forget that. You be nice to them or I'll set you on fire.

[toyska]

[A wink! There's more where that came from, just ask and he will deliver.

But the threat just makes him grin, and he waves his hand.]

I will, I have been! You can ask them. [He is a nice boy? Who has never done anything wrong in his life?] Someone dear even to Pride isn't someone I'd cross, even if I wanted to. But they remind me a bit of a sibling of mine, and my family is very important to me.

[He doesn't trust any of you, but that doesn't mean he dislikes you, okay!]

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[they laugh a little.]

Did Pride tell you they like Lust? Wow. That's a step. [they finally get this bottle open, and toss back some of it. to their credit, they... barely flinch. wow.]

Hot damn.

[toyska]

More or less. I think I startled them into honesty by telling them I liked them.

[Which is. True. Pride is so refreshingly open about not wanting to deal with any of them, Childe likes them so much. Childe is just sniping all of Gu Yun's favorite Avatars one by one like an asshole.

ALSO GOOD JOB WRATH. He gave that to poor Molly and it was a beautiful disaster.]

Haha, I'm glad you like it! A little taste of the motherland, just for you.

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[gu yun deserves it.]

It has a kick, doesn't it! Might actually get me drunk, for once. This is a very good gift.

[toyska]

[Yeah he does.]

It's the only thing that really does it for me, too. [His fake Russian tolerance...] If I had access to my funds, there's plenty more I'd be able to provide you with, [fuckin rich white boy] but I suppose this will do for now.

[CHILDE your BRIBES]

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[yeah don't think they don't see you bribing them.]

Jesus, that is some confidence. A fuckboy strolling in with his rich makeshift fireball whiskey! I love it. [another drink.]

[toyska]

[Who the fuck is Jesus.

But he just smiles; it doesn't reach his eyes, not that they ever have any light in them anyway. He does seem genuinely amused by their reaction, though.]

Come on, you can hardly expect me to believe you don't know who I am. [It's not even said in an arrogant way, just very matter-of-fact. The tone of someone well-accustomed to notoriety, someone who fully believes that Wrath, and the rest of them, know exactly what lengths he'll go to in order to reach his goals.] If I'm to be a pawn again, I at least intend to win the game this time.

[Childe your Zhongli trauma is showing again]

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[who IS jesus.]

I actually do not know who you are, buddy. [they sound amused.] Just what your profile says. I haven't been interested in you enough to look.

Hoo boy, your ego. Haha.

[toyska]

[He just looks. Genuinely surprised. Just for a second, mostly because he's not sure he believes it.

But he's adaptable; he just shrugs, looking unbothered again. His reputation means little to him either way, and he has no need of it here.]

My apologies for making assumptions, then. [Look if nothing else Lust seems like the chatty type. He doesn't know what y'all talk about.] I won't complain about a fresh start.

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[did they say that specifically to dunk on childe? who is to say]

I prefer them! [they take another drink, and then hand him the bottle.] Fresh starts, I mean.

[toyska]

[He will accept the dunking with grace, because you are presumably not Signora or Zhongli and he already knows you're all manipulating him, so it's fine. (Childe please, your standards.)

But he'll take the bottle, and drink right from it too, before he passes it back.]

Lust said the same thing. [Two peas in a pod, you two.]

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[they hum.]

Lust is - they're good people. They're genuine and I see some of me in them. We agree on a lot of things! So that makes sense.

[toyska]

They're certainly not what I expected. [None of this is what he expected.] Their name seems unsuitable.

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A little. But you could think of it as a - a lust for life in general.

[shrug.] Also, sometimes the names don't always fit. I could also be Lust, Gluttony, and Pride. I'm a fun person.

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I suppose that's something we share, then.

[K... kind of. It's fine. Don't worry about it.

He grins, though; there's that Pride, apparently.]

I'm not one for snap judgments, but so far, I'd agree. [As much as any noncombatant is fun to him, anyway.] Do you have wings, too?

[wow childe how bold]

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[hfffft]

No. I do not! But I see you've seen under Lust's robes. [which gets. SUCH. a look. he can't see their face, but they're looking.]

[toyska]

[Just

This icon face

Go on, show him a good time (the good time is stabbing him in the bermuda triangle)]

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[cheerfully:] Oh, fuckboy, you better not have touched them, or I will set you on fire.