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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[outofoffice]

[ He banks so that they're headed east, toward the water ]

A secret, huh? Will you tell me one in exchange?

[sangreine]

[ She giggles a bit ]

Maaaaybe~

Depends how good yours is.

[outofoffice]

Did I ever tell you about the time I defrauded my church and then hid the evidence?

[sangreine]

No, but that sounds like you. Tell me!

[outofoffice]

I stole the sacred Holy Lyre out from the inner sanctuary -- well, Lumine went to steal it [ AT HIS BEHEST, OF COURSE ], and then the Fatui grabbed it, and then we grabbed it from the Fatui, so actually I'm totally innocent in that -- but anyway, the poor thing got utterly destroyed in some fighting.

We had to return it, so I put an illusion charm on it to make it look like it was whole and hale to the Deaconess. The church still hasn't figured it out, I'm pretty sure . . .

Ohh, they're really gonna freak out once they notice.

[sangreine]

[ She looks irritated for a flash, which could mean anything, but quickly enough it melts back into innocent-threatening giggling ]

You're nothing but trouble! [ Which is a compliment! ]

[outofoffice]

[ Only a flash . . . small mercies.

The beach comes into view eventually, a long stripe before gleaming blue splays out as far as the eye can see ]

I've been told!

Well? Do I get one back?

[sangreine]

Ah! You're bringing me to the sea! [ She sounds pleased as punch, and snuggles him a bit ]

Mmm... I've got a few, but you won't like them!

[outofoffice]

[ Chose correctly? Good.

They drop in altitude until he can plop them both safely in the sand. ]

Are you sure about that?

[sangreine]

[ She spends a moment standing and watching the water, closing her eyes for a second. She loves it here. ]

Mmhmm, pretty sure. For instance, I let Caeli kill me yesterday.

[outofoffice]

[ . . . why are you fight folks like this ]

You "let" him? Why?

[sangreine]

To show him that I accept the dark side of him and give him a chance to let loose. He's the only one who really understands me, we both have to hold back all the time.

Well, also Pentium I guess. Everyone else only accepts parts of me.

[outofoffice]

[ Why are you fight folks like this-- ]

. . . It sounds like you're lucky to have someone like that.

[sangreine]

Eh, maybe. I'm not that important to either of them. Everyone has someone better.

I miss my Chevaliers, it's a shame I can't make any here.

[outofoffice]

[ He frowns deeply before schooling his expression again.

Aliza would never say or think that. ]

Earlier you said that too . . . that no one would put you first. But what about Doctor? Don't you both choose each other?

[sangreine]

[ She looks pained, but not angry ]

His unit is more important to him. So they can have him. [ She makes a flicking gesture ]

[outofoffice]

I see . . . so it's like that.

[ By a metric like that -- no one will be up to snuff. But that doesn't mean he can't try fudging some things for now. ]

Then what if I swore to put you first?

[sangreine]

[ SUS but also super what she wants to hear, so ]

...What do you mean by 'first'?

[outofoffice]

Exactly what it sounds like. I would protect you above all else.

[ A pause, considering what this Saya might like to hear. ]

Even myself, if it came to it.

[sangreine]

[ She'd also like the heads of her enemies on a pike, thanks. ]

Why would you do that? You have Zhongli and Lumine.

[outofoffice]

Zhongli is very dear to me, it's true. But he has at least three or four others who would come before me in any situation like this.

[ TECHNICALLY not a lie as far as he's aware ]

And Lumine . . . doesn't even remember me.

[ Also TECHNICALLY not a lie ]

[sangreine]

[ Her expression flickers like she can't tell what to think ]

None of that means you care about them any less. I'm not interested in being second to anyone and getting hurt again.

[outofoffice]

Ali-Rin . . .

[ Slightly chiding ]

Who learned to love music for me? Who did I learn French for? Who is that's always there to keep my loneliness at bay? Who did I promise a home to? Who did I promise to stay with even after you've long forgotten me?

You are so precious to me.

[ 100% not lies, this part ]

[sangreine]

[ Her breath catches and she is still for a long moment. It's everything she wants to hear... ]

And yet I don't believe you. You're only telling me now because I got mad. Doctor told me he loved me a thousand times, and he didn't mean it once.

[outofoffice]

Then can't my actions speak for my words? I have never betrayed you.