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[ he changes into a snake to slip through and then shifts into a rhino to charge at him, the earth behind him becoming something like a rolling wave as it launches him at scaramouche. ]

Ah. So that is what that was.

[He did notice the slight change in him but couldn't pinpoint it.]

You're going to erode faster and faster if you keep collecting Delusions, Tartaglia.

[Now that he's not panicking out of his mind, the Everlasting Lord of Arcane Wisdom is quite agile. DEX based if you will. He throws his sword of lightning like a spear straight at him, hoping to startle him or at least distract him. The other he will use like a whip to pull him up into the boughs of the jungle.]

[ the spear doesn’t phase him. he takes the hit, using his horn as a mock lightning rod… although the spear, itself, does some damage. he keeps charging though, intent on goring him, but he’s grabbed by the vine whip. shit. he hastily turns into pure hydro, the water ball retreating to take shape of a human. ]

Don’t lecture me. [ several Geo pillars start erupting from the ground, forming a circle around them as a fin appears and starts ‘swimming’ around them. ] I’m only going to get stronger.

[ and how’s that clarity doing? pheromones are starting to fill the ‘arena’ - one’s meant to make a person feel lethargic. ]

[It is so incredibly surreal watching Childe do all of that: the rhino, the hydro ball, back to human. And it shows on his face, but he steals his expression.]

At what expense. Are you even human anymore?

[And then the pheromones. He hates them and is going to remember to bring a counter measure next time. He drops a bolt of lightning on each of the circling stones intending to break them. Even if they don't collapse shards of rocks will fly at both of them, and he doesn't even bother to dodge.

He looks at the fin 'circling' and checks if there is water or is swimming in the dirt?]

…

[ his expression becomes unreadable as he turns into a tyrannosaur and just roars at scaramouche. the entire area quakes as the geo pillars burst, the electro destroying a good chunk of them and sending rocks flying this way and that way. ]

[ the fin… it’s swimming in the dirt, and should Scaramouche get distracted by childe’s most recent transformation the fin is going to disappear only for a geo shark to spring up from under ( or beside if he’s quick enough ) for a bite. ]

[*steels. I know English.]

I see a hit a nerve.

[He's a small guy. He could try to move, but that would cause more damage and the lethargy is kicking in, so he tucks down and gets swallowed whole by the shark. But as he disappears into its maw the tell tale glow of both his weapons return back to his hand.]

[ if he tries hard enough he can break the geo construct, but childe is back to himself and striding over. ] No, I’m not human, …not anymore. I don’t know what I am. [ a hot mess, but whether or not scaramouche hears him he doesn’t know. ]

[ his mask cracks from the strain of overexertion and he just summons a geo polearm to stab into the ground to keep himself upright. ]

[He shatters the geo construct with the forces of an elemental reaction.]

Why do you chase eternity then? You'll never make it. You a fighter for the Tsarista. You were never meant to live to old age.

[Vines shoot up from underneath Childe and one specifically wraps around his neck and tries to drag him closer.]

Because I made a pro- [ chokes, grabbing at the vine as he’s yanked closer. ] Promise. [ turns his nails to claws and tries to shred that vine, so he can breathe more easily. ]

I will make it. I’m not resigning myself to death just yet. My fate isn’t sealed, and I’ll make with it what I want.

[He's not going to strangle him, but he's going to drag him closer because he's a big boss now, and big bosses don't walk to their targets or look at explosions.]

You're an idiot.

[But it is said with fondness and not with malice.]

…not the first time I have heard that. [ hydro tentacles snake up scaramouche’s legs, turning to ice the moment they reach his thighs, so he’s firmly stuck in place. ]

[ he manages to shred the vine, clawed hand taking scaramouche’s chin in hand. ] And you’re a brat. [ also said fondly. ]

[ he gives him a quick kiss before the ‘shackles’ shatter and childe takes a few steps back and then just sinks into a seat. he’s fucken exhausted. ]

[He's going to stand there stunned because he just got double ko'd by two objectives and he doesn't know how to feel about it.]

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[ he holds a hand out to him. ] Come here?

No.

[Sorry, he has to be a little shit.]

[ childe just laughs, letting his hand drop. ] ...but you liked it, didn't you? [ gives him a sly ass grin. ]

[Now that's kicking off a taboo. Or rather repressing it is.]

You hit an objective. Don't be too proud of yourself.

I'm exceedingly proud of myself. Now are you going to continue to act like you're too good for this or are you going to indulge. You took a hit the other day too, no? So come here.

We're done here, Tartaglia. Unless you need me to cart your ass back to Snail.

[ sighs. ] No. Just forget it.

You can hardly walk.

[Heading over and putting Childe's arm over his shoulder.]

I don't need you passing out on me on the way back.

[ are you sure this isn't an excuse to get that sweet contact high scara? ] I could just pass out here then.

[shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. nonsense. absolutely not it whatsoever.]

I don't need to get in trouble twice in such a short amount of time.

Give me a few minutes. [ he leans into him. ] ...this is only the second time I used it. I need to get used to how it feels, and Geo isn't like the other elements I'm used to. [ right now it takes a considerable amount of concentration to use. ] You won't get in trouble. No one is going to know we did this, remember?

You're important to him, aren't you?

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