FOUL TOXINS

[lovestained]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The Game Tower
When: Day 498

[ Welcome to the Game Tower! On the screen is The Red Sea Witch, who does a curtsy before speaking to the audience: ]

Gyahaha, hello! ✩ Today's show is a game long-time viewers might recognize! The rules are simple: poison others and don't get poisoned! Have fun~✩


RULES | ROOMS | EFFECTS | ENDGAME + WINNERS

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[happydreamed]

You've hated that idea. The thought of stealing someone's will so that they devote themselves entirely to you, without a thought to their own happiness. You would never have forgiven yourself if you made one accidentally.

[sangreine]

[ Logic will super not work on the black mirror version of her ]

Why should I care about anyone else's happiness? None of you care about mine. Once they're in my service, they'd know happiness. The most pure bliss there is.

...But I can't make any here. So all I can do... is punish the rest of you.

[happydreamed]

I care about your happiness. Enough to know that you'll regret these things that you're saying when you come to your senses.

[sangreine]

[ Her anger drains away too abruptly to be truly gone. And she tilts her head at him and says, almost conversationally ]

What exactly are you willing to do for my happiness? Don't lie, or I'll start tearing pieces off you.

[happydreamed]

I will be there with you for the rest of my life, even once you have forgotten me.

[sangreine]

[ She approaches him in a few quick steps and reaches out and starts -- toying lightly with the hem of whatever top or jacket he's wearing. ]

I think you're lying to me. [ Her voice is syrupy sweet with a smile to match. ]

[happydreamed]

[Doesn't flinch.]

I am not. But you won't believe me.

[sangreine]

[ Still smiling, she gives him a nasty shove backwards, ideally right into whatever wall is closest. ]

Don't tell me what I believe, bien-aimé.

[ Her pet name for him is said with sneering contempt. ]

[happydreamed]

Ow.

[...he's not wrong tho is he, is something he does not say out loud. Wincing a little as he picks himself up from the wall.]

My dear.

[sangreine]

[ She does flinch a bit when he calls her that, which could mean anything given how jumbled and backwards her mind is. ]

[ She moves to cup his face in both her hands, a mockery of the tenderness she usually shows. ]

Do you love me?

[ Her tone suggests the answer had better be yes. ]

[happydreamed]

[Little concerned she's going to take out a chunk of his face but it's fine, this is fine.]

I do. You are the love of my life.

[sangreine]

[ Her mouth forms a nasty grin. ]

Good. Then you should do whatever I ask. Shouldn't you?

[happydreamed]

Not if I know you will regret it in the long run.

[sangreine]

[ Her eyes flash, clearly that answer is a fail. ]

Are you trying to decide what's best for me? That's not what my love should do, it's what a parent would do, and I have no use for one of those. So, which are you?

[happydreamed]

Should your love do things that make you happy in the short term that he knows you'll feel awful about later? That doesn't seem right either.

[sangreine]

Really. [ one thumb brushes his cheek, almost sweetly. ]

And do you know why I haven't taken a memory for seven weeks? So I could have the energy to support you when you get yours. So I wouldn't put any more strain on the people around me. And you've never noticed.

Is that very good for my long term situation?

[ She leans in close to his face, a looming threat in her smile. ]

Do you know how much of myself I hide from you out of fear?

[happydreamed]

I... thought you weren't taking them because they caused you distress.

[Okay, yeah, that he does feel guilt about, even knowing she wouldn't be talking like this normally.]

[sangreine]

Oh? And how do you know that? When was the last time you asked, or even thought to?

[ She steps even closer. Hmm, even when she's pissed there's still attraction. That irritates her. ]

Are you afraid of what I'd see if I did take more memories? Or do you just not care? Be honest, now. [ the or I'll snap your neck is very much implied. ]

[happydreamed]

I fear for you. That you will discover some other pain that lurks in your biology, or find some new crime to hate yourself over. I will always love you no matter what you remember about yourself, but I don't want you to spend your days in suffering.

[sangreine]

[ Her head cants to one side and she hums in consideration, tap-tap-tapping a finger on his cheekbone. ]

And what if I discovered some new crime, a dark piece of myself, and I liked it? Would you still love me then?

[happydreamed]

Even then.

[...it couldn't be too much of a crime if she liked it. She's too good a person for that.]

[sangreine]

Good.

[ She bumps his nose with the tip of hers. ]

and would you let me turn you once we're in Teyvat and I've regained my abilities? Then you can love me forever.

[ Lie and save your skin or tell the truth and risk her displeasure... choose wisely. ]

[happydreamed]

[If she knows he lied she'll be displeased anyway so-]

No. I will not.

[sangreine]

[ Her expression curdles, red-glowing eyes staring him down. ]

Then what good are you to me? [ She practically hisses the words, right in his face. ]

[happydreamed]

I love you without being forced to by your blood, Aliza. Is that not enough?