Audience: Tartaglia Childe

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[a beat, and then they laugh.]

Really, is that all it takes?

[toyska]

[He winks, nodding towards the bottle he'd brought.]

You say that like you won't have a new favorite the moment I leave.

[He knows your type, FuckFriend.]

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[WOW.

no, he's right.]

It varies. [wink. or the suggestion of one, anyway.]

[toyska]

[He shakes his head, but he's grinning. Terrible. Playing a flirt is so exhausting I hate this]

And what does it take to hold your favor longer?

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Mm... that you'll have to find out yourself, I think. It's no fun if I just tell you the answer.

[toyska]

[He nods, acknowledging that.]

A victory unearned is no victory at all. [Which is what he wanted coming here but noooo, now he has to flirt with the void instead. SIGH. (No it's fine, he's entertained.)]

But is there anyone whose blessing I'd need to earn first? I'd hate to get set on fire without my Vision.

[Childe don't imply you're fine with getting set on fire]

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[having to flirt with the void is such a terrible fate, yea

they take another drink of whatever helldrink childe brought them.]

Oh, there are a few. [...] Envy, maybe. They might have a few things to say.

[toyska]

[A thoughtful hum.]

A lucky thing that I planned to speak with them tomorrow, then.

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Good. They'll be happy to see you.

[toyska]

Me personally, or are they like Lust?

[aka, Friendly.]

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No, definitely you personally. You're pretty. [they sound amused.]

[toyska]

[He


Looks a little embarrassed for the first time?! He wasn't actually expecting that. Ah.



He coughs lightly into his fist.]

Well, that will make things easier.

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[really? that's all it took, childe?]

Oh, my god. Are you embarrassed? [they sound delighted.]

[toyska]

[LET HIM LIVE]

It's not exactly something I think about much...

[says belly window man]

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Are you sure? The way you dress says differently!

[don't slutshame childe, wrath.]

[toyska]

I like attention.

[He is. Self-aware.




But then--]

And it makes it easy to tell how stupid my opponent is in a fight, when they aim for such an obvious target.

[there it is]

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Oh, sneaky.

You're like a cat. You roll over on your back and immediately bite the H-E-double hockey sticks out of someone's hand when they reach for it.

[toyska]

[He has no idea what "H-E-double hockey sticks" is supposed to mean but you know what, he gets the point.]

No way! I don't bite.

[This lie is so blatant it's more of a joke]

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I have never heard a more boldfaced lie in my entire life, and I'm old as balls.

1/2

[toyska]

I've never told a lie in my life.

2/2

[toyska]

That one's better.

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[FFFFT.]

Nerd. [they're very amused, though.]

[toyska]

[He is glad they are having a good time, blissfully unaware of how much they'll be laughing their ass off at him a day from now.]

What does that mean?

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It means you're a nerd. A dork. A dingus. [wrath,]

[toyska]

[I don't think he actually knows what any of these words mean but he's been called so many rude things in his life that he can GET THE BASIC VIBE.

He still looks amused too, though, because this is still nicer than most people are to him. SOMETIMES YOU'RE A VILLAIN.]

What happened to being your new favorite?