Kaeya "perpetual problem" Alberich (
cryovision) wrote2021-05-16 01:57 pm
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Pavo Heart Game: Sunday Session
When you enter the light, you find yourself hovering weightless in a void, as if caught in a moment of falling inertia. In the distance, you hear a voice that seems to shift and twist, familiar and yet unfamiliar.
"You shouldn't be here. But since you already are, let's make a wager. If you can uncover the truth, you'll find me. If you can't, you may be hopelessly lost... What a shame that would be."
You begin falling, and your vision blacks out--
[OOC NOTE: your goals are "reveal the truth" to "find the true heart". All images in toplevels are for general inspo, please make sure you read the flavourtext cause things are not exactly as they are in the images.]
"You shouldn't be here. But since you already are, let's make a wager. If you can uncover the truth, you'll find me. If you can't, you may be hopelessly lost... What a shame that would be."
You begin falling, and your vision blacks out--
[OOC NOTE: your goals are "reveal the truth" to "find the true heart". All images in toplevels are for general inspo, please make sure you read the flavourtext cause things are not exactly as they are in the images.]
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I heard the Dandelion Wine is real good this time of year.
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Anyway.
Turning on Elemental Sight then. ]
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All the frames on the walls have been turned backwards.
Noctua is cleaning the glasses behind a bar at which slumps a silent Pavo, with a greatsword through his chest. The only colour in the room is the blood spilling over the bar and his seat and pooling on the floor.
You can no longer see Childe at all. You're alone, now, except for Noctua's sharp eyes.]
You really should have accepted the lie.
1/2
(and for a moment does not see Pavo but a host of friends that are no longer here. Some by his own hand) ]
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Was I the one that needed convincing of that?
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Noctua shrugs slightly, crossing his arms and meeting Zhongli's eyes without fear or regret.]
That was a useless piece. You don't need to worry about it. What do you want to drink?
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What can I get for a tile with an untrue proverb?
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[He seems to be unfazed!]
Why do you think it's not true?
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The God of Freedom does not grant his favor to useless pieces.
I can accept that the circumstances of conflict can move our hand in ways that conflict with our personal desires, but I do not accept that as the truth.
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Love.
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You think yourself incapable?
Or is it this particular relationship?
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[he gestures at the corpse]
But then...
I suppose I look the way I do for a reason.
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Pavo only smiles, but is that really a reliable sign of goodwill with him?]
Yo, Fatui boy. Take a seat and join us, won't you?
[says Pavo, as Noctua reaches behind the bar. His voice is flat and slightly growly when he speaks up.]
You have two choices. A Death After Noon, or some juice. If you want something take it and go.
[Oddly, neither of them seem to acknowledge Zhongli's presence. Actually, if you turn around yourself, he seems to have disappeared.]
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Juice. I'm not interested in getting drunk. I'm here looking for something, actually. An elemental lock. [ ... ] You feeling alright? Perhaps you could use some juice too.
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[Says Noctua, ducking down to pull a fresh bottle of grape juice from under the bar. As he does, Pavo nudges you slightly with his elbow -- below the edge of the bar, where Noctua can't see, he's passing you a slip of paper.
Meanwhile he chatters, cheerfully, watching Noctua rather than you.]
No need to be rude to a guest, my dear. Even one as vile as this one.
[Noctua just huffs, muttering to himself. Now where did that bottle go...?]
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Is that how you both feel about me? I'm wounded. And, here, I thought we could get to know each other.
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A hint:
When you go upstairs, don't use your sight right away. Sit in the seats on the far left, in the front row, and then look.
Pavo says:]
Did you really? How delightfully bold.
[Noctua rolls his eyes, as he comes up with the bottle of juice and pours a glass.]
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[Pavo agrees. He glances over at you, smirking, as you lift the juice to your lips.
When you take a sip, reality seems to fracture. On the one hand, you can see the two of them still there, in the happy bar, picking up a bantering conversation that's full of rude words but still sounds like flirting. On the other, you can see a black and white, near-silent version of the scene, where Pavo is slumped against the bar, dead, skewered by a greatsword while bright red blood drips everywhere and Noctua is chatting with Zhongli.
It keeps flickering. You feel dizzy. Neither world seems to recognise your existence.
What is real? Who were you again?
You're alone. Forgotten by the world. W̸͔͑͌̑͝h̵̳͔̘͛͑͂ǫ̴͋̆̏̿͜͝ ̶̢̜̫̏͊̚à̷̢͜r̴̢͓̖͓̿ë̶̢̗̼́̑̆ͅ ̴̡̦̲͓̥͊͋̚y̶͉̤̲̆̃̃o̴͖͊̍͆͝u̵̯̻̫̓́͘͠?̷̰͊͐̈́̈́͝
You don't know. You don't know, you don't--
you don't--
you--
Ḯ̷̤̩̺͈͇̟̇ ̷̺̲̮̰̳̫̼̀̀̇͜d̸̞̥̥͖̹͕͖̹͓͈̊̌̀̀o̷̭̅̉̓n̶̨͚̱̫̞͈̣̱͉̭̓͊̈́͊͜'̵̧̰̖͔̰̺̳͉̳̿ẗ̶̢̰̞̳̬͇̜̰̩̗̬́͆͑̃̚ ̶͈͈̫͇̙̝̖̭͈̔̇͐̾͊̚͝ͅk̸̟̼̫̙̳̿̕ṉ̵̳̪̥̤̄̓͛̆͛͂̊̈́̀̊͗͝o̸̡͆̃̏͂̉͛̐̂̈̐̚ẁ̶̱̲̯̞̘̦͇̱̟͍̻̂̈͒̐̈́͊̔̏̈́͠͝ ̷̜̹̣̹̘́İ̷̛͎͕͙̻͖͓̯̝̹̈͆͆̅̌̍̃̈́̚͝ͅ ̶̧̡̠̭̘̳͎̻̭̰̟̟̘̑̇͑̊͗̓͂̀̅ḑ̸͓̰̮̺̻͎͔̖̀̆̐̀͊͜ǒ̶̧̡̜͓̰̱͇̞͔̣̝̬̜͘ň̴̨̨̡̦͓͇̙̫̫̤͉̽̅̋̃͗͝ͅ'̶̡̢͍̰̲̠͚̰̌̂͆͠͝ţ̶͉̱͖̘̪̖͑͐̀̐̾̆̆̌̍̌͗̕͝ ̸͖͇̬͖̠̗̈́̽̇̈̂͑̈́̐̔̓̂k̴͉̬̳͆̆͝ǹ̸̻͍̥̑͊͒ő̵̗͍̔̈́͛͗̀̿̕̚̚͝͝͝ŵ̸̢͙͉̳̤̰̤̟̹̑̏̅̔ ̶̯̩̼͕̤̱̺̘̝̔̌́͗̾̾́͂̉̕͠Ǐ̶̫̠̈́͜ ̵̛̙͕͚̻̮̘͗̈̿̈́̐͐͗̍͠͝͠d̵̟̝͉͈̐͗̔́̄̾̾̚͝o̷̢̗̝̦̟̬͉̽̉n̴̢̨̛̟̘͇̯̠̩̖̼̒̅̓̋̈́͑̃̒͛̅͜͠'̷̡̰͎̤̼̲́̾͘͜͠t̸̠̥̱̩̣̰̻͉͂̀͂͗̎̈͜͝ ̸͙̼̙͇̈͂͗̀͗͑͝k̷̦̹̦̗͓̻̯̘͕͓̮͒̿̇̈́̑͋̓̚ṋ̸̢̢͍͇͍͌̎͌͛̓͆͑͂̈́́̕͜͠o̷̠̣̺͆w̴̛̫͖̩̓̅͒̈́͋̽̾̾͊̏͝ ̶̻̼̞̑̽̅͑̎̓̅͆̿͆̌̀̕I̸̝͓̙̪̅͌̈̾͐̉̈̉̓͘̕͜͝͠ ̴̧̧͚̘͎̱̹̜͖̣̦͎͖̏̾̓̇͐̍͝d̷͔̤͚̩̪͙̱̤͉͔̀̒̊͐̋͗̚͠ō̸̡̮̰͓̥̟̝̦͇͉̤͛̂̊̒̋̑͗̓̈́ṇ̸̢̭͓͎̻͙͌̓'̵̢̢̥̙̻̬͇̯̥͇̋̔̈̚̚͜t̷̫̰̒̐͐͗̒̓̕ ̴̤̞̫͇̳̩͈͉͙̯̝̒̈́͝k̴͎̱͕̽̂̈́́̊͌͠͠n̵̢̛͕̮̬͔̱͚̲̼̞͙̟̠̄̍̉̽̌́̄̀͘͘͘͠ȏ̷̡̗̼͈̺̖̩̖͌͑̍́͜w̶͕̼͔͔̯̗̽̓̒̌̀̄̆̀̕͠͠ ̷̨̳̟̭͓̩͚̲̭̪̂͛́̄̄͐̽̈̈́Ì̷̯̝͖̜͔̺̔̎ ̸̧̤̪̻̱̱̣͍͍̥͂͋͠d̴̘̟̭̩̱̥̜̣̳̱̻̄̊̔̈̓̉̈́̔̀͌̃ǫ̶̬͔̙̤̻͈̪̱͔̯̤̫̅̿͆̈ṅ̸̛̗͍͚̒'̴̹̗̙͇̠̦̤͇̂͒ț̶̬̱̲̠̈̍͋̕͝͠͠ ̴̛͇̥͉̟̺͒͑̾̋͋̎k̴͇͖̙̗̈̈́̓͆̐͠n̵̢̛̥̤͍̞͈̫͐̽͆͊̿o̷͖̗̤͛w̵̡̹̭͕̩̠̹͓̙͎̆͒͑͒͋̕͝ ̸̡͓̮̞͉͖̝͎̘̯̏̽̿ͅĬ̴̩͉͙̱͚̫̗̙̻͋͊̉͛̔͐͘ ̸̢͉̈́̽̂͐̆̚͝͝d̸̠͉̘̺̱͉̥͇͍͖̆̾͛͌͗̌̎̈̀̔͌̚͜ͅo̵̘͍͖͖̲̠̝̙͎̦̍͑̀͑͛ñ̷͍̒͒̿̏̾̅́̕'̵̤̺̤̫̇̊̓͑̒͋̅͂̏̕̕̕t̷̟̱̟͓̦̹̞̙̣̺͕̰̘͌ ̴̭̞͗̂͑̔̌̕k̴̦̪̟͑̃̽́͗̽̃̍̓̊́n̷̨̛̦̣̟̗̈́̋͋͆͋́̓̀̒͘͘̚o̸̟͈̙̪̙̫͔̠͆̐̑̆̊̐̓̀̓̂̒͂̀ͅw̶̧̬̤̣͔͉̘̬̐͒͗́͋̅̋̂̾͐̈́͜͝ ̵̰͍̓͌̈́̃͐͗̃̌̕I̷̢̠̺͉̪̼̲͐̿̌́̅͗͒̀͜ ̷̳̩̳͍̼͌͜d̸̡̼͕̞̭̘̪̯̍̀̈́̀̎̈́́͠ȍ̵̱̥̲̊͆̽̃̏̆͠n̴̮͇͈̖̼͔̲̞̆̎̇'̷͉̮̓͋͜t̷̡̧͈͕̯̟̰̹̣̮̗̦͂̐̊̿̈́̊̽͘̚͝ͅ ̷̢̤̥̜̼̥͖͇̣̺̓͜͠k̵̛̝̲̣̟͈̓͋̐̈́̿͆̀̎̍̌͝ͅṉ̷̛̩̫̦̠̮́͗̽͑̔͗̾o̵͉̲͉͗̾̇̇̈w̵̡̘̩̹̪͔͕͔̱̖̽̎̊͘ ̵̨̖̱͙̳͖͇͚͙͕̞͇̒͆̓̐̔̇͛͐̚Ì̴̢̡͔̣̦͈̹̺̻̱̇ ̶͎̆͛̋̅̾̋̀̓̈́͌̿͝d̸̡̨̠͈̭̝̟̪̹͇̬̜̋̋̇̈́͝o̶̢͎̮̪͇͎͒̆͗̈́͒̒̃̈́͒̔̀̈́͐n̵̡͉͍͙̳͉̝͍͈̗̱͛̀̏͋́̄̏̄̍̾͘͝͝'̸̢̲̻̲̻̻͖̜͕͛̀͂́̎̀̚t̴͎̖͖̟͖͚͔͕̯̬̊̈́͐̏̆͗́̈́̕̚͜͠ ̸̟̤̰̒̾̕̕k̵̫̝̹͕̈̾̈́̚n̴̨̡̢̲͇͐͛̆̀͠ỏ̶͔̰̉̏̄̑̉̓̾̚͘w̴̢̪͈̓ ̷̡̨̫̰̻̗̬̟͕̻̗̄͂͋̽̀I̴̛͍̜͉̎͂͐̇́̅͆̂͌̑̚ ̴͇̉̆̌̊d̸̡̛͈̮̳͓̫̲̯͓͆̒́͑͐̐͐̓͝͠͠ô̷̦n̴̢͇̠̝͍͔͑̓̽̐̚̕̚'̷̲̙̙̣̩̯̈́̎͊̏t̶̤̩̺͇̳̅̓͒̋͝͝͠͝ ̵̧̜̖͙͍̣̱͂̐͋͛k̴̩͖̉̋̂ṅ̸̰͉̰́͒̾̍ǫ̷̨̣̥̝̹̣̹͉̩͇͐̍̅̈́w̶̠̽͂́̽̋̚ ̵͉͓͉̭̯̪͙̟͎̆̏̅͘͝Ḯ̴̢̧̢̧͚͓̞͉̗̺̘̞͑̾̈́ ̵̡̩̯̳̥̙̠̯̣̖̝̳̃d̴̢͚̟̱̜̜̟̤͙̪̩͑͛̂͒̅͆͗o̸͚̭͍̮̝̝͍̾͐̐͆̿̆͠ͅṇ̷̭͚̞͓̯̟̗͚̺̺͓͚̈͒̉̄̒͌'̷̬̩̬͚͕̮͈̖̬͓̘͗̑̿̐̊̓͒͂́͋͌̏̕t̵͎͚̤́ ̵̛͚̗͍̇͑̍̕k̷̪͕͆̀̔̏̅̃̄ͅn̴̘̺̭͂̈͒́̔͗o̵͍͖̭̮̞̖̱̥̤͛̿̀̀̋̿̎̏̄̉̕͠͝w̵̧͍̙̞͇̌̿ ̷̩̜̒I̵̡̟̼̗̠̜̰͒͊̕͝ ̴̘̻̪͕͚̼̹̾́̂̎̈́͛̏̀̊d̷̯̤̹͍͕̤̰̫̅̈́̂̒̔õ̷̞͖͚̜̲̳̜̗͎̹͕͑͘͝n̵͇͍̥̮͓͓͇̥̫̦̈́̌́̀̾͝ͅ'̵̡̧̯̗̯̮̯͖̪͎̠̆̒̂̅́̇͜͠t̷͔̜̲̓̀̂͐͂̔̕͝ ̴̧͎͍͙̘̺͔̝̖̫̫̻̯̐k̷̼̱͓̥͚̪̇̓̆̀̄̽̾̈́̒̚̕̚͝n̵̢̳̦͙͚̲̳̠̲͉̻̱̈́̌͐o̴͙͊̒͑͑̕͝ͅẃ̷̧̛̰̠̯̯̖̺̀̔̎̑̓̒̚͝ ̷̨̛̜͇̰̜̭͙͓̯̘͙̆͛͜I̶̞̖̠̍̅̏ ̷͍̟̪͇̭̭̞͗͘͝d̷̛̞͎͓̩͒̾͐̄̎͊̔̐̕ͅo̶̡̲̙͓͕͋͐̄͊͐̆͛̇̀͐́ͅņ̴̢̢̨̯̬̙͇̥͇̗̓̇̀̉̑̌͂̄́͘͝͝'̸̟͙̫͂̋̓̈́̑̒̈́͌̃̕̕͜ţ̵̭̫̫͍̫̳͔͕̥̔̈̎ ̷͓͑̂̍͌̚k̸̢̘̼͍͙͎̪͓̻̗̯͎̐͊̚ͅn̸̯̞͖̞̆̉͋̓͋̐̅̒͛͝͝õ̸̢͉͎͍̱͈̭̗̤̲̍̀͛̈̀͝͝w̶̛͇̩̓ ̷̨͈̦͙̯̠̼̖̓̒̊̏̓͂̅͐̎̕I̶̛͇͕̗̰͕ ̴͈̭̺̱̲͇̠̀̽͋͋̇̈́͜d̵͎̥̱̝͍̝̗͕̈́͗̄͜͝ö̸̧̯̺̞̣͈̠̖̫̖͇̟̰̈́̐̈͊͂͂̈̌͊̒͝ň̸̡͖͎͈͍̰̲̜͈̑͆̈̀̆̎̋̍'̶̝̫̺̭̜̮̱̞̝̈́͊̇̒̃ͅt̶̫͔͗͋̅̄͆̈ ̵̖͕̖̹̜̯̃͆͐̿̉̅͑̾̊͠k̸̲̫̭̤̞͇͚͉͌͛̊̕ͅn̸̲̳̼̙̰̗͗̉̏̀ơ̴͚͖̠͍̹̂͆͆w̶̢̨̢̰̙̪̮̰̎̈́̎̒͋̀͊̈̂̚ ̵̢̗͇̜̺̪͉̹͙̾́̌̆́͘̚Į̴̢̧̢̛͍͚̞͈͇̦̞̒̈́̓̋͗́̇̂̒̌̕̕ ̸̧͙͖̘͙̠̼̣̲̟͍̣̉͆͒͆̇̊d̵̛̜̩̻͙̥͇̋̍̊̕ͅo̸̱͖̼̲̫̦̖͔̥͚͉̣͐ͅn̶̡͓̜̲̫̱͙͔̼͍̎̈̄͜'̴̦̺͚̬̬̪̐͒̓̄̓͜ţ̴̜̤͖̼̝̻͑̀͑́̆͂̾͛͋̓̓͌ͅ ̶̧̡̛̭̪̻͖̟͇͕̰̫͇͌͆͒͆͆̇̊͑͆͗̕̕k̶̛͔̞̮͍͖̘̖̱̽͒̓̃̾́́̽͐͒͝n̷͕̪̫̮̝͈͋̍͋͗̔̽̀͂̈́̓͘͝o̸̬̞̼̻̯̗̜̟͉̾̍͒͊̎̍̈́̓̕ẇ̵̢͇̙͚̹͎͎̅̊̿͌́͗́̆͝ ̷̣̦̱̞̗̠̾̂̈́̿̈́͠ͅI̴̙͙̪̎̎̃̀̀̀̀ ̸̪̗̜͈͎̿̈̅̈́̔͆́̉̀̆͑̕͠d̸̼͗̓͊̈́̾̎͋́̕͘ǫ̸̠͚̬̘̭̩̯͍͋̓͛͊̔̿̑̈́͝ṅ̸̢̧̧̩̙̯̠͚̩̰͛͐'̴̡̡͍͚̳͚̺͖̭̪́͒̽͋̃́̃͂͆̈͘̚͝ͅt̷̢̛̮͇͚̯̫̼̥̤̏̓̅̒̉̔̑̓͋͝ͅ ̸̩͉̤̳̈̑̊̃͌͂̕k̴̨͇̮̰̦͈̞̠̺͕͆̓͆̚n̸̞̊̈́͒͑̐̇̂̓͐̽̚o̵͖̺̜̞̲̽͒͐̌̅ẅ̴̼̪̣͈͔̫́̂͂͐̐̃̌͜ͅ ̶̞̔̔́̀͠I̷͇̣̓̓ ̵̧͇̻̫̹̫̣̫̞͍͚͂̉̓d̶̰̪͚̅̍̅̏͘͠ơ̷̡͙͓̭͍̘̹̿͂̌͆͆ͅͅṅ̷͚̭͈̇̋̄̇͐͑̇̚͠͝'̵̹̺̙͕̣̗͔̖̤͇̙͗͆̕ẗ̷̨̞͇̬̝̝͙̬͖̠͈́͗̉́͋̊͘͠ ̷̹̃̓́ͅk̵͕̍̃̒͌̀̐͒̊͒n̷͙̦̘̥̠̔͐ơ̷͙̏̔ẃ̸̦̙͔̹̭͓͒͒̋͛ ̷͎̈́̀̀͆̔̊̈͛͑̚̕͠ą̴̛̘͍͚̹̬̮͋̆͐̑̄͜͝ń̵̛̖͍̙̗̰͕͇͎̗͑̆͒̄͊͠͠y̸͉̔̽̌̋̔̑͂̓̈́́m̶̢͇͕̰̞̝̺͕̝͒̓͆́̎̿̎̄͗͠o̶̺̺̱̣̗̲̣̔̾̆͜r̶̢͍͓̫͗̽̓̏͑͌̈́̓͂͘͜͜ę̴̟͍͎̜̮̠͑̌̏͝ͅ!̷̛̮̝͉̥͇̫͆̊́̐͗͋]
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE
X- Xiansheng. Xiansheng!
[ childe shoves his stool back and stands up as he cries out of him, reaching in his direction. he's not alone! he's not!! no!!! ]
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE
Cheri!
Cheri, I'm right here.
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE
Xiansheng... [ he yanks on his hand, shaking a bit, as he drops his tone to a shaky whisper, ] Go upstairs, but don't use your sight right away. Sit in the seats on the far left, in the front row, and then look. [ maybe sorting this stupid room will help. maybe. he's honestly not sure of... anything right now. ]
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE
But if it this room that is bothering you, then---
[ And he takes Childe's other hand in his free one and starts escorting him out of the bar.
Further cementing his opinion that bars in Mondstadt are really absolutely the worst. ]
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE
Re: ANGEL'S SHARE