diluc

[polliwog]

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w0 ; first saturday

[polliwog]

[ they're in the uhhh showers!! he doesn't need to get clean so much as take a second to Hydrate, but the water cuts off after five minutes... even though he's crammed in this stupid shower stall...... to live is to suffer. ]

Hm...

[pyromance]

[ nu can u change the bird emoji to 🦉 please so we can look like a problematic(?) gnshn twitter ship thank u 🥺

ANYWAY GIANT SHARKMAN... tbqh diluc's first instinct was to fight him for mat drops, but he's since learned from observation sidon is a friend! he thinks. he hasn't had a chance to speak to him in person. now he does! in the... showers!! ]

...Is something the matter?

[ waits for mod response to my very important shower q ]

W0 TUE

[pyromance]

[ thinks about how we're having water cr again but it's less depressing. maybe? diluc is marveling at the graceful arches and decorative motifs as he walks along one of the bridges. ]

Is this your home...?

[polliwog]

[ I AM STUCK WITH WATER FOREVER

anyway, at least zora's domain is beautiful. it's wreathed in silver and faintly glowing stone, visible in the dim daylight that the simulation is set in. the entire space is ornamental, almost proud and boastful in its elaborate architecture.

sidon's feelings are much simpler, pleased as he gestures broadly around them, showing off his home. ]

Yes! [ lil fuzzy feeling of gratitude ] You were right—it was not so difficult to recreate at all.

w0 ; sun

[polliwog]

[ just chilling in the showers again... no this time they can meet at the obs deck. he's just looking out into space (literal), his vibes a touch muted in thoughtfulness.

the overall feeling that lingers into the room is... sad? not oppressively, but sad. ]

[pyromance]

[ i thought u were forreal and nearly lost it NO MORE WATER CR ACTUALLY THANKS!

diluc is someone who internalizes their feeling like a pressure cooker. THEY'RE COOKIN! but he keeps a tight rein, and remains outwardly composed. he can share in the melancholy, at least. ]

...I never imagined, when we first woke, that things would become so dire.

W1 THURSDAY

[pyromance]

[ HELLO ARE YOU OKAY DID YOU GET A COOL ROBOT SHARK ARM

HELLO diluc is just waiting for him outside the medbay ig for whenever he emerged. TELL ME HE WENT TO THE MEDBAY!!! ]

...What happened?

[ ??????? ]

[polliwog]

[ he has his cool robot shark arm off, it's sitting to his side where he's sitting in the sim room. the surroundings are just somewhere nice in lanaryu.

BUT HE'S HEALED BECAUSE HE'S NOT THAT DUMB he's just decompressing probably. ]

Hello, Diluc. [ gives him a smile!! hello ] Frankly, I don't know where to begin. Prison happened, I suppose.

w2 ; mon

[polliwog]

[ IT'S FUCKIN WIMDY AND COLD he does not like it but he's mostly putting up with it to look at some elcs. they're cute. ]

Strange how few actual animals we've encountered on these planets...

[ though he doesn't dislike these!! ]

[pyromance]

[ IT'S KATSU SATURDAY PHOTOSHOOT CONDITIONS ON THIS PLANET!!!

the elcs are very cute... wah. ]

Indeed. There've been more animals aboard our ship...

[ speaking of, vennessa is out flying today! nothing for her to hunt though. :( ]

It's... incredible how life-like these are.

[ but also looking at sidon like... can you... ride these... with your zora proportions... ]

w4 ; weds

[polliwog]

[ hello. eggluc is just chillin' well after the paintball game, hanging out in a private corner of the event. once he spots his original, he offers a wave. ]

[pyromance]

[ YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

grabs him by his bald head.

just kidding. ]

...Who is this.

[ the way he's gonna change tunes so quickly when he finds out. ]

W4 SUNDAY

[pyromance]

[ this can be post-execution, just getting starters set up in advance so i'm not spending forever on these later!!

anyway, i rng'd bootanical gardens. ]

...Not quite the lake you were hoping for, I imagine.

[ tho he remembers seeing a long boy of a pool at "rat race"... we can make pool parties real again... ]

[polliwog]

It isn't terrible!

[ he doesn't mind the koi ponds and whatnot. he greets diluc with a smile, warm but small. rough weekend, more for diluc than him. ]

There are cavern pools, too. [ he doesn't like the rat race pool because i don't know if it has chlorine and that would kill him ] I'm doing much better now, honestly. Being dead has its upsides.

w5 ; mon

[polliwog]

[ AT ONE OF THE SEVERAL BARS WE ALL SUBMITTED ]

Oh, I think everyone was hoping for something to take the edge off...

[pyromance]

[ diluc looks. absolutely appalled because not only is there so much booze here, all of it is bad? like maybe applebee's bar is the most passable in terms of selection and quality (maybe) but consider, applebee's also has the hot cheese martini or whatever.

anyway, dumps them at the laboratory one. he's not going to rat's share (even if i submitted it). the majority of the stock here is disappointing quality apparently, but that means there is a minority that is still viable. diluc is presently fishing for these. for sidon! ]

Given all that's happened, I don't fault them.

[ anyway he's covered up but there's rust all over his clothes, and some in his hair. don't worry about it. he's just careful to give (extra) wide berth to sidon. ]

Anything you're in the mood for?

[ flavor profile? sweeter side or strong? etc. ]

W5 THURSDAY

[pyromance]

[ waiting for him to ALIVE AGAIN :( :( :( :(

he wants to reach out, but he's still got rust everywhere so he's just standing with his arms crossed. :( :( :( :( ]

[polliwog]

[ HE'S ALIVE.... diluc can find him as he exits one of the cavern pools. in the dim light, there are glowing spots across his skin, an ominous red.

but he isn't bleeding over everything, so small victories! ]

Oh—Diluc! I'm sorry, I was resting.

[ just moping in the water it's fine ]

w6 ; mon

[polliwog]

[ they are planetside!! yayyyy. he watches one of the native whales go swimming with a friend enviously. ]

How do you feel about swimming, Diluc!? [ does he have a bathing suit from their one clothing store? ]

[pyromance]

[ WATER AT LAST!!!! he does not have a bathing suit so he'll just have to swim in his boxer-briefs. ]

I enjoy it, though perhaps not as much as you do. Don't wait on my account.

[ sidon can go forth and frolic in the water while diluc starts taking off his layers...!! he begins by tugging off his boots. ]

W6 THURSDAY

[pyromance]

[ he looks like one of the ghosties that've been around helly belly...

he does not seem to recognize sidon for a moment. ]

...I know you, don't I.

[polliwog]

[ oh dear. he pauses in his approach, concerned, but ultimately does greet diluc with a smile. his best friend is an amnesiac, these things happen.

he offers him a smile, warm despite the underlying worry. ]

We're good friends, you and I.

Can you trust that?

w7 ; mon

[polliwog]

[ not long after their little garden excursion they can hang out and get on their way off this planet. i don't want to talk about lore so give me a memory immediately ]

How strange...

[pyromance]

[ puts lore aside, a problem for later us... get memory voided:

you were born to the highest station of status and wealth in mondstadt—the ragnvindr name, an uncrowned bloodline in a country without a king. you have lived your life in service of your city, and endeavored from your earliest memory to fulfill your father's dream, passed onto you.

and you succeed where your father had failed. you are blessed by the seven, granted a pyro vision at the age of 10—a mark of divine potential, even ascension to godhood. you then earn the title of cavalry captain of the favonius at the age of 14, a mere four years later—the youngest ever in the ranks of the ordo.

even as a child, you work tirelessly to the bone for the merest scrap of your father's praise, for the glory of the knights. it's all you've ever known, and you foolishly believe, heart and soul, that it is your righteous calling. you burn ever brightly, and you burn true.

and then you turn 18.

and your father dies, on the night of your birthday.

your father dies because he dared to defy the gods, and wielded a heretic power at a severe cost. you do not know how he obtained it, and you did not know he had it to begin with. he dies in unbearable agony, and you take his life with your own two hands to free him from it. you can feel as he stills in your arms, as he draws his final breath.

blood continues to bloom across his waistcoat. rain falls.

...diluc actually looks so dead inside having to repeat this memory again. ]

w7 ; sat

[polliwog]

[ he's here to obnoxious. the vibes are giddy with victory. ]

You owe me a drink my friend!

[ hi, mix him something. ]

[pyromance]

[ why do i keep specifically missing your plurks and your pings? why does plurk hate our friendship so much

anyway, ]

That I do.

[ make him one of my personal favorites... a cassis soda but pretend it's soooo fancy and not just black current liquor and club soda. he slides it over with a smile. ]

What's on your mind?