[He gets it! He does. He is perfectly capable of acknowledging why people are angry with him for killing Lenore, while also calling out their hypocrisy and all the flaws in their logic. If anything, he's annoyed that so few people considered how to get the most benefits out of his impending death. Truly, everyone here needs to get more ambitious.
THE MEETING, THOUGH... there's some exasperation there, because it sure did get out of hand??? But hey, that worked out for him, so.]
I have, despite their best efforts. [Who let Medb into his cell for bang time.] Though I admit I'm still considering what it means for us. I don't think telling everyone to focus on indulging is going to work anymore.
[For the Avatars, he means--"eyes on the prize" might've worked in the beginning, but it's a little too late for that now. Actually, while they're on the subject--]
...A question, actually, if you can answer it. Why are there only seven rings around the station?
Probably not, but it's still a thing that needs to happen. So it's becoming a game of juggling what is and isn't important anymore. Right?
[but huh. she tilts her head and there's a brief flicker of confusion there.]
I don't think it really means anything specific. It might just be what's holding up the base itself. Technically there are only seven deadly--cardinal...whatever sins in the modern world. We just went back to the olden days when there were eight of us to account for. Maybe it's a throwback to that?
[i.e. if there really is a reason she doesn't know it.]
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?
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.
[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?
...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.
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.
[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.
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.]
[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.
[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.]
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I guess. It's just...I get why they're mad at you. I do. But...ugh, whatever.
[it's pretty unfair, actually, that this is how justice works in this place. nevertheless she tilts her head.]
Have you been learning much? The meeting got out of hand again.
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[He gets it! He does. He is perfectly capable of acknowledging why people are angry with him for killing Lenore, while also calling out their hypocrisy and all the flaws in their logic. If anything, he's annoyed that so few people considered how to get the most benefits out of his impending death. Truly, everyone here needs to get more ambitious.
THE MEETING, THOUGH... there's some exasperation there, because it sure did get out of hand??? But hey, that worked out for him, so.]
I have, despite their best efforts. [Who let Medb into his cell for bang time.] Though I admit I'm still considering what it means for us. I don't think telling everyone to focus on indulging is going to work anymore.
[For the Avatars, he means--"eyes on the prize" might've worked in the beginning, but it's a little too late for that now. Actually, while they're on the subject--]
...A question, actually, if you can answer it. Why are there only seven rings around the station?
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[but huh. she tilts her head and there's a brief flicker of confusion there.]
I don't think it really means anything specific. It might just be what's holding up the base itself. Technically there are only seven deadly--cardinal...whatever sins in the modern world. We just went back to the olden days when there were eight of us to account for. Maybe it's a throwback to that?
[i.e. if there really is a reason she doesn't know it.]
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[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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[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.]
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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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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.
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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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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.
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[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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But I don't think so. You would've probably just gotten squished by the elevator and then where would you be?
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[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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You would be stuck in the elevator shaft. Like a lizard. Or Spider-Man. [that's not how that works.]
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[wh]
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Swing? On ropes?
[he thinks this is a real person]
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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.
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[childe you watched other movies please stop talking about sharknado]
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[Fabio the chainsaw-wielding pope]
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[You can't jump onstage during movies... but you also get CGI... handweighing motions]
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[because...yeah. she's aware that no matter what happens there isn't much time.]
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Mm. I do wish I'd been able to see you perform, too.
[With Gluttony as a backup dancer!]
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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.]
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