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harbingers.exe

Summary:

in which childe is trying to recruit lumine into the fatui, scaramouche's hat is missing, and general chaos ensues

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11:07 p.m.

*Tsaritsa has added Childe, Signora, Pantalone, Dottore,+7 others to the chat*

*Tsaritsa has named the groupchat 'Fatui'*

Tsaritsa: don't make me regret this. official business only.

Scaramouche: oh you will regret it

Childe: yes you will

 

1:56 p.m.

Childe: it’s so boring here

Childe: scaramouhceeeeeeeeeee

Scaramouche: what

Childe: idk

Tsaritsa: official. business. 

Scaramouche: well then don’t bother me if you don’t know

Childe: whatever

Dottore: i can talk about my experiments if you’re that bored

Childe: NO 

Scaramouche: i can think of nothing i would possible enjoy less

Signora: spare us

Pedrelino: no

Dottore: that’s why no one likes you scaramouche

Scaramouche: i like myself

Scaramouche: are you implying my opinion holds no value

Childe: yes

Signora: yes

Dottore: yes

Sandrone: yes

Scaramouche: fine then

*Scaramouche has left the chat*

*Tsaritsa has added Scaramouche to the chat*

Scaramouche: let me go.

Childe: never

Childe: you must have no braincells if you think you can get out of this 

Scaramouche: oh i have no braincells?

Scaramouche: i literally watched you have a mental breakdown over chopsticks

Scaramouche: in front of the geo archon

Childe: WHAT

Childe: WHEN DID YOU SEE THAT

Childe: you stalker

Signora: cringeeeee

Childe: i see how it is

Childe: scaramouche tripped on his hat once

Scaramouche: i did no such thing

Dottore: *sips tea*

Childe: deny it all you want

Childe: but i saw that

Scaramouche: i’ll believe it when i see it

 

2:46 a.m.

Childe: proof

Childe: <Attachment: 1 movie>

Scaramouche: DELETE THAT

Scaramouche: WHY ARE YOU EVEN UP

Signora:

Pedrelino: don’t you have better things to do? 

Childe: yes but

Childe: world domination is temporary. embarrassing scaramouche is forever.

Dottore: he just falls over i can’t

Dottore: i’ve watched this seven times now

*Scaramouche has removed Dottore and Childe from the chat*

Scaramouche: much better

 

7:03 a.m.

*Tsaritsa has added Childe and Dottore to the chat*

Childe: i have a proposition

Tsaritsa: make it a good one

*Childe has added Lumine to the chat*

Childe: the 12th harbinger

Lumine: what

*Signora has removed Lumine from the chat*

Signora: absolutely not

*Childe has added Lumine to the chat*

Lumine: why am i in a fatui groupchat

Scaramouche: no clue, but you’ve got to go

*Scaramouche has removed Lumine from the chat*

Childe: just hear me out ok

Tsaritsa: tartaglia.

Childe: yes?

Tsaritsa: i am not interested in your so-called proposition. i will not be plucking random people off the streets.

Childe: but she’s not random!

Dottore: someone’s in loooooooooooooooove

Childe: shut up no i am not

Scaramouche: looooooove

Scaramouche: what ever happened to dear zhongli

*Childe has left the chat*

*Tsaritsa has added Childe to the chat*

Childe: today i learned i can change your names

Signora: how did you not know that

*Childe has changed Scaramouche’s name to HAT*

HAT: change it back. now.

Childe: or what? and don’t say you’ll strangle me, you’re way too short for that

*HAT has changed Childe’s name to lover boy*

lover boy: yours is funny

lover boy: this isn’t

Signora: it’s pretty funny

Dottore: ^^

lover boy: don’t make fun of me

HAT: why would i stop when you practically invite it

lover boy: i do not

HAT: yeah yeah

Signora: you’re all morons

lover boy: i’ll show you who’s a moron

*lover boy has changed Tsarita’s name to moron*

lover boy: how do you like them apples

HAT: you… was that on purpose?

lover boy: was what on purpose?

Dottore: akjfskdfnkjdfbgssdfkjbg

lover boy: oh… OH

Signora: sure took you a minute to realize

*lover boy has changed moron’s name to Tsarista*

lover boy: please don’t kill me

Dottore: still not right

lover boy: what??

HAT: he’ll figure it out eventually

*lover boy has changed Tsarista’s name to Barista*

lover boy: AUTOCORRECT

lover boy: i am about to die

Signora: give it another try, you have to get it eventually

HAT: you really think he will?

lover boy: you guys are so mean to me

HAT: you make it so easy

*Barista has changed Barista’s name to Tsaritsa*

lover boy: wait you can change your own name?

*lover boy has changed lover boy’s name to Childe*

Childe: hah try and rename me again scaramouche

*HAT has changed HAT’s name to Scaramouche*

Scaramouche: ok

*Scaramouche has changed Childe’s name to ~TAR TAR TAGLIA~*

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: really?

 

11:49 p.m.

Scaramouche: alright

Scaramouche: who took my hat

Scaramouche: this is where i would say i say ‘i won’t be mad if you own up to it’ but i am in fact very mad already

 

3:26 a.m.

Scaramouche: i’ve had enough of your tomfoolery

Scaramouche: own up you low-life thief

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: hey scaramouche you been to mondstadt recently?

Scaramouche: no why

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: <Attachment: 1 image>

Scaramouche: wait why is my hat on the statue of barbatos

Scaramouche: that’s photoshopped right

Scaramouche: did you steal my hat

Scaramouche : CHILDE GET BACK HERE 

 

Signora: good luck getting that back

 

Scaramouche: how did he get my hat to MONDSTADT of all places



1:37 p.m.

 

*~TAR TAR TAGLIA~ has added Lumine to the groupchat*

 

Lumine: not again

 

Lumine: and why is your name tar tar taglia

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: long story 

 

Lumine: and why did you hand me a hat as tall as i am and tell me to put it on the statue of barbatos

 

Scaramouche: oh so it was YOU who did that

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: see. If she can steal scaramouche’s hat you gotta let her be in the fatui

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: @ tsaritsa 

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: WAIT LUMINE YOU PROMISED NOT TO TELL

 

Dottore: don’t you mean @barista

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: the past is in the past

 

Lumine: one of you has to go pick up scaramouche

 

Signora: not it

 

Dottore: not it

 

Dottore: guess that means you gotta do it tar tar taglia

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: why me there’s seven other people here who are perfectly capable

 

Lumine: jean said there is a child (i quote) who needs to be retrieved bc the knights caught him climbing and attempting to defile the statue of barbatos

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: AKDJAJSDKJAF

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: a child

 

~TAR TAR TAGLIA~: k i’ll be back with the hat man, i wanna see how mad he is

 

Lumine: dear archons, he’s never going to make it back here alive