Kaeya "perpetual problem" Alberich ([personal profile] cryovision) wrote2021-05-16 01:57 pm

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.]
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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 01:46 am (UTC)(link)
...sure thing. [ but fff. that's going to leave him to talk to pavo and noctua. someone end him right now. because this is pavo's heart he doubts noctua is going to appreciate his presense, so, uh... just approaching the bar near the two of them and ordering a drink for both himself and zhongli. ]

I heard the Dandelion Wine is real good this time of year.
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[ He 50% expects a tavern brawl and does not care at all whether the tavern gets wrecked in the process. (Don't disappoint him, Childe).

Anyway.

Turning on Elemental Sight then.
]
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ Zhongli stares for many long moments at Pavo's dead and bleeding corpse---

(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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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
[ Before moving to take a vacant stool next to his body and folding his hands neatly across the countertop. ]

Was I the one that needed convincing of that?
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ He drops the tile with Lapis Dei on the counter, inscription side up. ]

What can I get for a tile with an untrue proverb?
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ He glances over at Pavo. ]

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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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:32 am (UTC)(link)
And what piece of him are you?
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Why are people from Mondstadt LIKE THIS??? ]

You think yourself incapable?

Or is it this particular relationship?

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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ childe avoids meeting noctua's gaze and instead just looks at pavo. oh, he knows better than to trust this bitch. ] I have a name. [ but he flashes a smile all the same, one that, like pavo's, is just for show. ]

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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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...huh. he takes the slip of paper and continues acting as those things are #fine. since noctua is busy looking for the bottle he'll deftly open the paper and steal a glance down at it. ]

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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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ he stuffs the paper into his pocket and leans on the bar counter, snickering. ] I did, but maybe I had just been feeling a little... optimistic. [ as soon as noctua has poured him some juice he takes the glass at lifts it up. ] ...or stupid. Maybe the two are interchangeable. [ he takes a sip of the juice. ]
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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...dammit. he should have taken the hint and run, but he's stupid. he's fucken stupid. he drops the glass and lets the remainder of its contents spill on the counter as he grabs a hold of it, gripping until his knuckles turn while. he feels sick, and memories of something else flood into his head. it's not something he's forgotten, because he could never, but... something he keeps locked up tight. his other hand grabs for his chest and he wheezes, losing his voice for a moment. ]

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!!! ]
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Once Elemental Sight drops, he tips over his own barstool in haste to grab onto that hand that's reaching out to him. ]

Cheri!

Cheri, I'm right here.
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[personal profile] childeishly 2021-05-17 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ childe snatches zhongli's hand and squeezes it as hard as he can, like it's the one thing that's going to be able to ground him on either side of this fucken nightmare. he hears his name, but several yllables a missing, and it's sort of... garbled. he hates it. the surreal nature of this is making his head spin, so he just shuts his eyes to keep it from getting any worse. ]

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. ]
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[personal profile] leaveofabsence 2021-05-17 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
Do not be ridiculous. I am not leaving you on your own like this.

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.
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