CHILDE.

[awol]

i've always wanted to use this for childe.

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W1, MONDAY

[awol]

[ hello childe we are here at the new bar wow! this music is obnoxious but like maybe the drinks will be worth it? ]

Do you think this is better or worse?

We should start keeping a score.

[toyska]

Worse! [Cheerfully] At least the last island had films.

[Which is like the closest thing he can find for his own interests in this place?? He should be grateful that they're not, like, being drawn and quartered and then stitched back together every day or something but he isn't]

This bar's not quite as bad, though. I prefer this to the sticky floor.

[awol]

[ right like man /weighs hands being flayed alive every day hmmm where's that at, hell? ]

Mmm. Should we see if they have anything better for being so obnoxiously flashy?

I HATE THIS SHITPOSTKJHSDKJGHJKG

[toyska]

[Yeah!! Jeez]

Might as well give it a try. What's that saying they have in Liyue... 迟开的花未必不香? ["A late-blooming flower is not necessarily lacking in fragrance // It's never too late to try something new" except his pronunciation is not very good because he hasn't tried to speak fake Chinese in like a year]

week 1, thursday

[toyska]

[I have to go back to work so this is the quickest of starters BUT HE'S TRACKING YOU DOWN FRIEND what is the state of the jingheng]

[awol]

[ lin jingheng is in his room sitting on his bed with a book in hand. there is a familiar scarf draped over a chair, drying. it has been washed :o

overall state is good, but his brow is knit tightly. he'll glance up. ]

Childe.

[toyska]

Hey.

[He will mosey on in!! He's got a cup of shitty fast food tea with him; he holds it out.]

It's not much, but it's better than the beer.

wk 1, saturday post-trial

[awol]

[ we are here at Food today because sometimes you do need to poke at a hot meal. lin jingheng is sipping sad food court kiosk tea from a styrofoam cup with his gloves set to the side and zhanlu playing a soft little lullaby. ]

She really took a turn towards the end there.

[toyska]

[SOMETIMES YOU DO INDEED. In fact, Childe will actually go cook something for them, if Lin Jingheng doesn't object; it's probably pretty simple, given their available options, but it's as decent as it gets around here.]

She did. It was kind of impressive, actually. [Childe.]

[awol]

[ oh hell yeah, he won't object because he Can't Cook. as long as he gets to watch then he will join him. ]

To be a fly on the wall of Eto and Four's conversations... telling her that people would be coming for her?

week 2, wednesday

[toyska]

[After they're all done BLOWING EACH OTHER UP and childe has presumably absconded with like 15 weapons or something--]

How's your shoulder? Do you think you're up for a spar?

[There is a specific reason he's asking this time I promise]

[awol]

[ right tho...

lin jingheng looks thoughtful for a second before rolling his shoulder and feeling it out. hm. ]

Sure.

Need to stretch it anyways.

[ where shall we go? ]

[toyska]

[YAY]

Alright, give me a moment to grab something. Let's meet at the park--there's a little more space there.

[And off he will go!! Assuming Lin shows up (it would be funny if he didn't), Childe will be here with his DAGGERS. Ooooh ahhhh]

w2, sunday

[toyska]

[HELLO LJH... Childe is here, IN THE VOID or wherever they are. Childe stayed for the whole execution this time, lingering in the back and watching impassively; he hung around execution island for a bit before leaving, so they can run into each other wherever. Chile isn't actively seeking him out, but he does come over when he spots LJH, hands in his pockets. He doesn't seem quite as cheerfully laidback as he usually does, but he doesn't seem particularly traumatized either.]

Hey.

[awol]

Mm, Childe.

[ he is smoking for now, and the impulse from drinking non-stop has him nudging him with a a shoulder gently. Sure... he's pretty fucking upset, but he's a master of holding steady, an even keel. he just looks at Childe this week, however, with a bit of a quiver to his fingers. ]

... Quite a show...

[toyska]

That's one way of phrasing it.

[Childe--could use a drink, actually? Probably. Maybe he'll go to the bar after this. But for now, he's just... here, gaze distant.

It doesn't really matter anymore--it never did, really--but he can't help asking anyway.]

...Did you vote for him? Yesterday.

w3, saturday

[awol]

[ well he's somewhere outside smoking a cigarette by himself and just kind of letting every part of trial start to fade away.

man he hates this. when he sees childe he gives him a brief nod. ]

[toyska]

[LJH YOUR LUNG CANCER

Childe will come join him, though; he doesn't smoke but he doesn't seem to mind it.]

Doing alright?

[awol]

[ you should see what he's done to the rest of his organs. ]

Fine. Just looking after Bixing.

[ he does tap it out so he's not at risk of burning it completely to ash before he's been able to
smoke it all. ]

It's getting uglier.

w7, Monday

[toyska]

[THEY SAW EACH OTHER A LITTLE BIT AGO but it's all good we can have PC huehue

Scaramouche may or may not have killed him idk we'll see BUT EITHER WAY he seems fine!! He will wave.]

Everything's been okay?

[awol]

[ hue hue hue now that work isn't killing me

anyways glad he seems fine, just raises his brow and flicks his ash onto the ground. ]

As okay as it can be, anticipating death weekly.

How has it been... here? This is where you've been this whole time?

[toyska]

Just since the last week. But we got access to the other islands a week ahead of you all too. [So they were on ice island when the zoo popped up, and so on.]

It's not so bad, though. I'm happy to have my abilities back, if nothing else.

w7, saturday

[awol]

[ wow what a terrible day actually? rest in pieces. in any case, he's just over here smoking like a chimney and sipping a drink and who knows what it is! when he sees childe, he just tiredly wiggles his fingers. what's good. ]

Enjoy the party?

[toyska]

[LISTEN it's fine, they're fine. We just have to settle in and wait for Filbo to turn villain and badend us at the last second

But he waves as he comes to join him! And, wryly--] It was as much of a disaster as I expected, really.

[DOES THAT COUNT AS ENJOYING... UNCLEAR...]

[awol]

[ look that's what he'd expect really. his luck is so bad. this would happen. it's why he doesn't seem all that disappointed just yet. ]

Not much we can do about it now. We built in the safety net for a reason.