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albedo/various

• terpishore
  • diluc, kaeya, tartaglia, zhongli
  • ongoing

the proposal is simple: care for the ailing younger son hidden away in the dawn winery until the end of the social season. but for the physician albedo, whose passion is prolonging life, tending to an undead is the most illogical application of his skills. iff he can simply assist sir kaeya in recovering enough to attend one or two balls — and perhaps seek out a wife for himself — he’ll be one step closer to settling into the complex hierarchy of mond nobility and nouveau riche

too bad it’s also courting season for a far more ancient population of teyvat — and understanding their etiquette is a matter of life and death.

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kazuha/tartaglia, kazuha/scaramouche, scaramouce/tartaglia

• terminal
  • 24k

“recruiting him will not be a matter of forcing him into submission. no force, no violence,” says the disembodied voice of the tsaritsa. “you are almost certainly weaker than he is, and you will be in such close quarters with the electro archon that any whisper of betrayal in those corridors will result in your swift execution on the steps of the palace."

“weaker than a god’s vessel. In the flesh, perhaps, but in spirit?” tartaglia says, his head lowered in a bow. “i will subdue him.”