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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[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.

[sangreine]

[ He did send antidote today... but that was for Lumine, really. ]

You're manipulating me. Isn't that a betrayal?

[outofoffice]

Hahaha . . . well, by that logic, most anything I do could count as manipulation.

I'm just telling you how I feel. I can't force you to accept it.

[sangreine]

...You're telling me the truth? If I find out you're lying to save Lupine's ass....

[outofoffice]

I'm telling the truth. How could I of all people stop it if you really want to fight him?

He's probably thinking something like "don't interfere, I deserve it," anyway.

[sangreine]

You could fly me far away and keep me talking, for example. But I asked you to bring me out, and I can just fly back if I want to, so I guess it's fine.

He does deserve it, though. I stood up for him to my unit and everything. Hearing his voice on that tape was awful. If he wants to play for keeps, he should be okay with the consequences.

[outofoffice]

I'm sure he is. Nor would he run or hide from you, so you needn't worry about that part either.

[sangreine]

Hmph. [ She looks irritated and glances over at Venti like she's considering taking it out on him, but instead she plops down onto the sand, knees pulled to her chest. You've got a stay of execution. ]

Are you afraid of me? Tell me the truth. [ Out of nowhere? Yep, that's how she rolls right now. ]

[outofoffice]

[ He drops into the sand beside her ]

Not exactly. I'm afraid of your mercurial moods right now, if that answers your question. I prefer not to be plucked like a chicken.

[sangreine]

Maybe I'd be in a better mood if people I thought cared about me didn't poison me.

[ Petulance at maximum, captain! ]

...What do you think it did to me? [ Will she be reasonable for this conversation? Stay tuned! ]

[outofoffice]

[ (x) doubt ]

Mmmm . . . it's almost as if it's enticed you to embrace your nature rather than fight against it. For example -- you've always been horrified by the idea of creating Chevaliers, but right now it seems like a great idea, doesn't it?

Whenever the effects wear off, I fear you'll be quite distraught by the things said and done.

[sangreine]

[ She thinks about this for a second, and he's right that she remembers it just that way, and her mood now is as he says. ]

I want someone who I can trust to love me no matter what, and will never hurt me. Is that so wrong?

[outofoffice]

There's no harm in wanting it, no. The methods of achieving it are a little more complicated.

[sangreine]

[ EPIC POUT ]

I can't do it here, anyway.

I'm tired of people caring about me despite the parts of me they find horrifying. Despite my true nature, as you call it.

[outofoffice]

So what will you do about it?

[sangreine]

Hurt all of you back. [ Her conviction is wobbly, at least? ]

[outofoffice]

[ Tipping his head, patient and calm ]

How will you hurt me?

[sangreine]

I haven't decided. [ Remembering how desperate she was to protect him, all of them, during the game and then her unfocused, indignant rage now -- it's all very confusing. ]

I could go after the people you love most, but Zhongli's pretty powerful and Lumine was doing what I wanted... [ hmm. ] Maybe the rest of sIV.

[outofoffice]

[ Laughing a little, but like, very wryly ]

Alas, that's already been done before! Very effectively, I might add. You'll have to come up with something new.

[sangreine]

If it was effective, why wouldn't I want to try it?

[ But she sounds tired, despite the edge she's trying to put in her voice. Resigned. ]

I could attack people at random. Just whoever I happen to see, hack at them like in my memory. When the poison loses effectiveness, if things are as you claim, I'd be in agony over it. An empty shell. Maybe I'd never recover.

[ She glances over, how's that? ]

[outofoffice]

[ "You'd get factory reset in a few years anyway," he doesn't say. But he does think it. Take that, evil Aliza! ]

Ohhh, holding yourself hostage. You're right, that's quite effective.

[sangreine]

I'll do that, then. [ Satisfied, she leans back onto the sand. ]

I'm sure there are other things too, you said I'd be distraught by things I've said. I'm sure I can think of some. Just the opposite of whatever I would have said before, right?

[outofoffice]

Will it count if you say them solely to get back at yourself? I wonder . . .

[sangreine]

Why would the intention matter? I didn't intend to slaughter a whole town, but it still haunted me until now.

[ She sits up, stretches, and then lunges to try and grab his throat. ] Does my intention matter if I choke you to death? I wonder.