toyska | catchall; date

[Okay first things first:

1. Childe and Scara got in a fight in front of god and everyone yesterday so there is at least one big ol' bruise on Childe's face. It's fine.
2. He is back in his regular clothes and now accompanied by smol friend. Oops I forgot--it's also wearing a little party hat

Let's say they're in the common room just for ease... Childe will greet him with a little wave.]

How's your room situation?

Edited 2023-02-06 00:03 (UTC)

[ he is eyeing the bruise honestly. good job on throwing hands in three seconds. ]

Not too bad. Better than a cramped cell with 30 odd people in. Yours?

I’m guessing it’s all kinda the same semi-crappy dorm style situation?

[It's not his fault his castmate is tiny and feral]

Haha, I'd have to agree there. [He's not particularly fussy, but it was getting to be a lot even for him. Also I don't think he knows what a dorm is but whatever he gets what Date is saying.] It seems like it, though. I haven't seen any sign of where our hosts might be staying.

[ he is so tiny and feral. ]

Huh. I guess they have to sleep as well?

[ he’s going to find their dorms and draw a dick on their window. >:( ]

… Do demons sleep?

Yes, [Why did he say that so confidently] But I doubt it'd be that easy to catch them off-guard.

[Especially since he CAN'T USE HIS VISION... tch...]

[ why DID he say that so confidently. ]

Yeah probably not. It feels like they’d just Know, somehow.

[ the Know even sounds capitalised. ]

[Sometimes a lad just knows a thing or two about monsters]

What do you make of what they were saying? [The whole... drinking party to come back to life deal]

It’s not like we have anything else to go off of.

[ hm. ]

You good at drinking?

[He laughs, like that's a genuinely funny question.]

I'd better be! It's the only way to survive the winter, back home.

Drinking’s the only way to survive the winter? Are you drinking liquid fire, or ice or something?

Haha, we do call it "fire-water" for a reason.

[ ... ]

That might be the most literal name I've heard recently.

[STOP he laughs]

It isn't actually on fire or anything. But the winters in Snezhnaya can kill you if you're not careful. It's the best way to keep warm, especially when you can't go outside.

[ he tries saying snezhnaya three times fast and dies. ]

... How cold are we talking, like "my breath is freezing, my feet are one with the ice, the blood in my veins is slowly becoming ice"?

[I can't believe we're the tutorial kill after all]

Well, if you're smart, you won't be out in the ice for your feet to freeze. [He didn't mean it literally, Childe]

[ we could've cucked eli... ]

Yikes. Noted. Don't go to Sz... Sn.... your home country, at least not without a huge portable heater or something.

[ well.

that happened! for sure.

when they've all been piled on the party ferry like naughty party children and dragged back to the main island, date can be found just flopped in the dorm lounge area. his eyes are closed so he doesn't have to look at the tv, and he seems to be rubbing slow circles into his forehead with his hand.

he's fine. ]

[DAMN, WHAT A MOOD.

Childe ditched the party as soon as execution ended, possibly to go take a nap as I, pixi, wish to do--but whatever he went off to do, he's here now.]

The shadows were a surprise.

We should probably be less surprised about shadowy torment in the depths of hell, but yeah. Didn't see that coming.

[ date raises his glass -- did i say he has a glass? does he have a glass? he does now. fuck. -- and then takes a very pointed and exaggerated SLLLLLUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRPPPP of it. ]

[WHAT A DANG MOOD.]

Well, maybe it'll put a few people off of murdering.

[Not that they actually did a great job catching Bucky, but like, the risk of having your emotional hangups aired out in front of everyone... damn...]

[ he is still slurping and he just SLOWLY

LOOKS SIDEWAYS

AT CHILDE.

really? really sir? do you really think that will stop someone with the willingness to kill and the confidence to believe they won't get caught? ]

[STOP]

I did say maybe.

Big maybe. Huge.

[He just waves a hand like YEAH, YEAH. He gets the point.]

Do you believe what he said yesterday? About the invitations.

No idea.

Could be? But it sounds like the kind of thing they'd throw into the mix as a rumour to cause any kind of chaos.

Mm, that's what I was thinking too. [Something to tempt the gullible and scare or rile the rest of them up in the process.] The only thing I really believe is that our hosts will gladly fess up to it if they kill someone themselves.

Which is also kind of dangerous in and of itself. You’d feel pretty gullible if you killed someone, got away with it and then found out it didn’t matter.

[ … ]

Well, a number of people would. I can’t speak for everyone.

[ mentally turns his head to look at half the cast ]

[

Thinks about Scaramouche

yeah]

[

also thinking of scaramouche, yeah. ]

[I know we break physics for pcs but the sheer number of threads I have in this corn maze is so funny

BUT HERE THEY ARE... investigating their new island... well, kind of. Mostly Childe's just looking at the maze like ok]

What is this?

[ we looked at childe and went "this binch would LOVE a corn maze". ]

Corn maze.

[ thanks date. ]

[TRULY

Also thanks smartass]

Is there treasure at the end...? [Like. why]

[ he helps. ]

I have no clue. We don’t have these things back home. There are mazes but not mazes made of corn?

That's how it is in Teyvat, too.

[This can't be any harder than a domain, he's sure, but still...]

Shall we?

Might as well get familiar with the wonders of a corn maze, sure. It’s not like we have much else to be doing other than pickling our livers.

Mm, the exercise room is only entertaining for so long.

[He would not be saying that if there were weapons in it. But off they go!!]

The... exercise room is entertaining?

[ off they go. i hope they like CORN. ]

Training's refreshing! Though there's only so much you can do without proper equipment. [What an unsurprising sentiment from Mr. Jock For Brains]

[ fuckin' jocks. ]

You could ask the demons for some? If you tell them there's a 50% chance you're going to drop everything on your foot they'll probably be delighted.

[Who do you take him for, Date.]

I tried as soon as we got here, but they said no.

Did you let them know it would bring you immense joy?

Of course not. [HE'S NOT THAT STUPID]

[ hey childe. you want a drink? date wants a drink. ]

[Haha!!! Yeah. Listen, sometimes your family is great and awesome and normal and you still have some Complicated Feelings about it.

Childe unfortunately was not in the right headspace to grab the good booze when he bounced from execution, so here he is with some shitty beer. It's far enough past the execution by now that he seems settled enough; he glances over as Date walks in and nods in greeting, though he doesn't say anything just yet since he doesn't know what Date's emotional state is.]

[ sometimes you have zero family trauma and are pretty well adjusted but also see that a lot of people are out here having Emotional Damage.

so.

date just tilts his head at him. ]

Coping hard or hardly coping?

[Sounds fake! I don't believe this for a second.

It makes him laugh, at least!]

We are in hell. [That's not an answer. But he won't be an evasive butt.] I'm fine, if that's what you're asking.

[ the one time i'm not even lying. ]

The being in hell part is becoming the least concerning of the whole deal. [ ... ] None of you seem fine, actually. But sure.

[Sure jan.gif]

I'd argue that it's less normal to stick around something that bothers you? [But it's not an accusation, just an idle comment as he swirls his drink around. He shakes his head.] If I wasn't, I'd be somewhere private.

That's what I mean. Half of you bolted immediately, but you're "fine".

[ doesn't sound like fine to him. ]

At least there's drink though.

[And that's what Childe means--that, when faced with something uncomfortable, it's far more normal--and healthier, even--to walk away instead of sitting and forcing yourself to watch it.

He just shrugs.]

If any of us were truly fine, we wouldn't sit and watch people get destroyed by their own shadows until one of them died.

[ point. ]

Some of us just leave. But there’s nothing like a little care induced masochism to make you stick around, watch two people fight to the death, and hope that somehow it’s not the person you like the most that dies.

[He snorts, taking a sip of his drink.]

I suppose so.

[ he also takes a sip of his drink ]

Probably not healthy in the long run, if this keeps up.

At least we're dead, so that probably doesn't matter?

[stop]

In theory, I guess.

I'm still not sure if we're running into double death situations or whether we're just being told we're dead?

Something tells me it's the latter... but I haven't found any confirmation either way.

… Yeah, it does make everything pretty suspicious. But then, how’s it all working? A con’s one thing to pull off, but with six people working in tandem in the way the demons are?

I’d expect one of them to have let something slip by now.

Oh, I don't know. Even the most wildly opposed people can work together for a common goal.

[He is thinking of the Harbingers. Obviously]

Sometimes. Not always.

I feel like it's a rogue 50/50 split whether it'll work or not.

[ well. date's at the bar. shocking, really.

he's pretty quiet though, a simple glass of someone in one hand as he stares at the ice slowly melting into the liquid. ]

[Date is valid actually. Childe will join him, though he doesn't order anything in particular for now.]

So much for all of us being fine. [His tone is light, though it's not quite a joke, after. Y'know.]

[ sometimes your boys die and you drink. that’s life… that’s what all the people saaaay…. ]

So much for that, huh. [ yeah joking is uh. rough. at the minute. ]

[That's fair enough. Childe, for his part, seems relatively okay; not exactly happy, of course, but not torn apart, either.

He's quiet for a minute. But, eventually--]

Did you vote for him?

[ he smiles, a little thinly. ]

Did you?

[ … me dozing on my keyboard at 1:58am ] I didn’t.

[He shakes his head.]

I said I wouldn't. [And he stood by that; he had no reason not to.]

I know he asked us to, but...

[ he shrugs. ]

It felt too much like kicking him while he was already down, you know?

[He looks a little annoyed, though not at Date.]

It was pointless. But the whole situation was a set-up, so I'm not surprised at how things turned out.

It's the first time there's not been a clear... I don't know. Motive isn't the word. Drive? Personal choice? It kinda makes you wonder how much these murder cases are being meddled with.

[HELLO DATE....... it is memshare week. So, wherever they are or whatever they're doing, eventually, they'll get slam dunked into a MEMORY HOLE.

Date can meet Childe's honorary little sister. As a treat. God it's so weird to hear the English sometimes. Also he doesn't pronounce Tartaglia with a "g" because that's stupid and I'm vetoing it.]

[ yeah ok but you're right and they DON'T say tartaGlia KEEP UP GENSHIN.

well, he opens his mouth to say something -- anything. but the screen flickers and it's childe's turn to see a memory (12:26 - 14:12) instead. ]

[Blasts the letter G out of existence.

BUT oh boy here they are doing an immediate tradesies. Fortunately neither of these are terribly traumatizing or embarrassing, so when it ends, Childe just gives him a curious look.]

Who was that?

[ stop we need that. ]

... Her name's Mizuki. And no, she didn't kill anyone.

[ said very firmly. ]

[Bold of Date to think Childe would care if she had

He just nods, though.]

Was she alright?

[ he's quiet and a little tense for a moment. ]

... Eventually. She was pretty traumatised for a while.

Mm, I'd imagine so. She looked pretty shaken up.

Yeah. I’m not surprised.

That was her mother, tied to that carousel horse.

...Ah.

[YIKES.]

Yeah. "Ah".

[I'm gonna be honest it was so dark that I didn't even see there was a person there]

Did you find out who did it?

[ yeah aitsf is so fucking dark the whole time and for WHAT? people to miss the eye-less, multiple stab wounds inflicted corpse tied to a merry-go-round horse in my memshares? tch. ]

Working on it. [ … ] I think I know, but unfortunately — [ he spreads his arms. ] My hell phone doesn’t connect to my boss’ line.

[Video games have brightness for once challenge]

That would do it. [...] Do you suppose the demons can leave here? Or talk to the living?

[Like. He doubts they would pass on any messages but now he wonders if it's possible in general.]

[ no it has to be dark and moody. ]

I’ve never asked. But …. if they’re here, doesn’t it kind of imply they’re dead too? Or completely linked to this place.

Maybe. I'd wondered that too, but Bloody Mary mentioned accepting the job as a family favor. I'd assume their family home is somewhere around here, but they have told us repeatedly not to make assumptions.

[So he's not so sure...]

[ huh. ]

I got the impression from some of the others that death was involved. But… [ FAMILY FAVOUR ] what kind of family favour is “oversee a bunch of idiots”?

[Lots of people are very depressed today but honestly Childe just seems kind of. Fine? Like he doesn't love it here but he's not particularly depressed or annoyed like last week.

He waves a little whenever he runs into Date again.]

Our second accident in a row, hm.

[ date looks tired, annoyed and a bit sad yeah. his roomie his dead… his buddy… (“they were always dead”) his buddy ]

Yeah, not liking how that’s becoming more popular. It’s always easier when a culprit has a motive and a drive — even it’s only easier morally speaking.

[RIP DATE... your buddy]

Mm, it is. At least that way we can pretend it's something more than a puppet show.

[When it's an accident it's truly just so obvious that they're only in there for entertainment purposes, which he does not like]

[ HIS BUDDY. ]

... Morally speaking, sure. It does make it easier. Ideally there wouldn't be a ton of murder, but this seems to be where we're at right now.

I'd hardly call it murder. [Just, honestly.] These past two, I mean. But it does seem like a setup.

Manslaughter, for the previous two cases. [ he closes his eyes. ] Either way, I’m not exactly excited about the change and… manipulation around it.

If that’s what it is, but twice is the start of a pattern.

[ coin flip says they're in the garden, so.

he's balanced awkwardly on the flat of a shovel, trying to crane his head upright so he can see if he can see the top of one of the giant vegetables just... chilling here. growing. hugely. ]

Man. You could hold off world hunger with one of these things.

[DATE WHAT ARE YOU DOING UP THERE this is so funny. Childe is just gonna stand here and watch him because it's funnier if he's not helping]

Between this and the fish, we really don't have to rely on those restaurant ingredients anymore, hm?

[ HE WANTS TO FEEL TALL. ]

Depends on how hard it is to carve these vegetables up. But it does mean we won’t be starving or stuck with fast food only.

[Speak for yourself Date some of us have been cooking the whole time]

[ STOP his CONVENIENCE STORE DINNERS. ]

[...]

Surely that's not the only thing you've been eating, right?

There are fruit and vegetables there. I've been managing.

That's true... it could be worse. [He's lived off of worse tbh.] It's better than what we had in the prison, so I won't complain.

The food we had in prison was barely food, let’s be real.

[OKAY WELL sometime after the park fight--does scara kill him or not idk we'll see--they can come across each other again and Childe will wave]

How's everything been?

[ i'm glad they're getting along so well. ]

Oh, y'know. Stressful. The usual.

[Yeah they're besties just like in canon...

Childe laughs a little, though.]

I can imagine. [But like not really because he wouldn't have voted for Tuuri or Filbo rip]

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