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[outofoffice]

Does the name 'Teyvat' mean anything to you? If it does, I would like to know. I'm trying to understand how many of us there are.

[ He might be mentally doomscrolling about all of Teyvat's allogenes being kidnapped at once!! ]

If you're the cagey sort, feel free to respond anonymously.

Buuuut


Otherwise, we can go get drinks!! ♪

[ SOMEONE will pay for him, right? Right? ]

Comments

[outofoffice]

Ohhhh, what a mysterious way to phrase it!

[ "Connections" Venti's just gonna assume this guy murdered an Inazuman and started an epic bloody rivalry until told otherwise ]

[sultanofsquat]

[ He can't win. Glosses over ties to other Teyvaters? He be sus. He drops the "Hey I knew you but you don't know me"? Almost gets choked out one instance and almost ostracized from the Kamisato Clan by big bro— I mean ANYWAY—— ]

Wasn't the plan. I've been finding out that it ain't so easy to tell others I knew them before.

[outofoffice]

[ There's really no winning in Cloud's position, it's true. Poor bastard. ]

Understandably! For some, this may be their first experience learning of other worlds . . . and other "thems". I'm sure we can all remember how that felt the first time.

I don't know about you, but I certainly wouldn't want to be responsible for what another version of me has gotten up to.

[sultanofsquat]

I'm with you there. What I got up to in some other reality ain't my business. Especially if it's got nothing to do with who I know.

[ And yet. Deep down you feel bad for the people you gotta say "New phone who dis" to. ]

[outofoffice]

Are you confessing to being a troublemaker too?

[ cuz that's definitely what Venti was doing ]

[sultanofsquat]

I'm on the right side of "trouble".

[ So long as word doesn't get out about bombing private property out of context. ]

[outofoffice]

A likely story~!

[sultanofsquat]

I'll take the vote of confidence.

[ Sarcasm or not. One of these days, if he realizes it's Venti one day, he'll have to make good on what he said he'd do once before. Share music. ]

[outofoffice]

[ You'd better, Cloud!!! ]

What's your name, straight-shooting stranger?

[sultanofsquat]

Cloud.

[ For now...he decides he'll start over. And withhold the fact he's been introduced to him in the past. And that includes his name. ]

How 'bout you?

[outofoffice]

Just call me Venti! The greatest bard of these many worlds. *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

[sultanofsquat]

I'll bet. (¬‿¬ )