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tartaglia ✧ "childe" ([personal profile] acutabove) wrote in [community profile] gacharolls2021-09-24 05:24 pm

>> 010 | oh, worm

[ It's been a few days since he'd arrived in Liyue proper and the jet lag was only now just starting to wear off. A few days and he'd managed to become familiar enough with the terrain to be able to map out any viable escape routes, discover that he does not have much of a spice tolerance and that also, the man known as "Rex Lapis" was much more of a common face in the streets than he'd imagined him to be.

At first he'd thought he might have been mistaken, that the intel he'd received was wrong in some way. With nothing but a brief description (height, weight, hair color, eye color - and really, couldn't they have come up with a better term than "cor lapis gold"?) and a semi-blurry photograph taken from the side, Childe imagined he would have to scour Liyue for at least a good week or two before he found his target. The people of this fair city didn't seem to want to deviate from their traditional norms and they all seemed to dress the same way, too, making it hard to pick any one apart in a sea of browns and blacks and golds with the occasional vibrant but respectful color thrown into the mix.

Finding "Rex Lapis" would be a chore in itself, never mind going along with the Tsaritsa-sanctioned mission he had been assigned to kill the man. He wouldn't be surprised if he didn't see Snezhnayan shores for a month or two. The harbor city wasn't exactly small, after all, and from what he could see of the photograph the man looked like every other Liyuen walking about.

Imagine his surprise when said man was spotted immediately, perusing the market at his leisure and appraising each individual valuable when it was showcased to him by a hungry-looking merchant. Childe didn't have much of an eye for antiques so they all looked the same to him; nondescript and useless, no real worth in them aside from what they could be melted into. Rex Lapis seemed to have taken fault with literally every item shown to him for over an hour, and in the end had left the stall empty-handed with a fuming, exasperated worker glaring after him.

The man's schedule was easy enough to pick apart after that. Childe had spent the entirety of the first day tailing him and working out his walking path, following him at a leisurely distance and acting every bit like an enamored tourist so taken with Liyue's sights and sounds that lingering in any one place didn't seem too out of the ordinary. Rex would go from one building to another, hitting up all the merchant stalls in-between, always alone, never once breaking his poised, methodical stride. The fact that no one else seemed to be wary or suspicious of him - which, shouldn't they be, given he was effectively the ruling head of his "family"? - Childe was starting to wonder if maybe his intel had been incorrect.

By the third day he'd set up something of a base of operations in one of the buildings that he'd seen Rex meander in and out of. It was a modestly large hotel, boasting the sort of Liyuen-style decoration that a connoisseur of the East would lose themselves in. The architecture and paintings within were distinctly in the same style as the rest of the city, immortalizing Liyue's cultural arts with every brush stroke, ever swath of paint. The people at the lobby were certainly cordial enough and, despite the backwater-country vibes the interior gave off, it was clear they were relatively up to date and rather technologically savvy, the staff able to reserve him a room for a few weeks in a matter of moments after a few swipes on their touchpads.

It might have seemed foolish to book a room in the same building that he planned to trail and potentially murder Rex Lapis in, but Childe had confidence in spades. He knew the best ways to escape the country and, barring that, it wasn't as though there weren't Fatui already infiltrating the city. The element of danger was what made it most exciting, after all.

A few days turned into a little under a week, and then a little over a week, and eventually the time came for Childe to make his move. As much as he had no issues with killing an innocent man, if word that he did got to Rex Lapis himself it wouldn't make finding him any easier. He was pretty sure the man he'd been tailing had to have been him. He looked like the one in the photograph, after all... but then, also, he wasn't entirely sure. He certainly didn't look like the mean-mugging head of a mafia family.

So Childe decides that it would be best to give him a little test of sorts.

It's around seven at night, when the lights of the city have started to flicker to light. The people on the streets are making their way home after a long day's work, threading around each other and making idle chatter in the form of greetings and farewells. Nothing more than that, since everyone has somewhere they need to be.

Childe's target is among them, his height and distinct strides making him stick out like a sore thumb. The man navigates through the crowds easily, smoothly, and were Childe not as good as he was at general reconnaissance work - thanks to his training when he was a grunt in the Fatui - he probably would have lost him minutes ago. Admittedly, there is something about this man that just screams of a higher plane of existence, he thinks, but it's not something he can actually place his finger on.

His chance to strike comes when the man takes a sudden turn into a darkened alley - a usual for him, Childe had learned, but only on certain days. He waits a few moments outside the entrance before stepping in after him, and their footsteps echo hollowly on the high walls around them as the other continues to walk, purposefully, like he hadn't just heard Childe coming in after him.

Yeah, there was no way this was Rex Lapis. Childe reasons this to himself even as he's pulling his Tokarev out from its holster at his side. He fits the silencer into the weapon with a click that seems to ring throughout the area, and he's quick to lift it up and point it at the man in front of him once they've reached a far enough distance from the streets. ]


You're a brave man, you know.

[ He's taken care to dress casually, forgoing his usual suit and vest in favor of slim-fitting jeans and a hoodie. To anyone else he would probably look like a kid attempting a robbery; to Rex, he's not quite sure. Even Childe knows from his reputation among the lower recruits that he's something of a sight on the battlefield. There's particular rumors swirling about his eyes and their hue directly correlating to all the murders he's committed.

Childe's arm never wavers, and his gaze fixates on the man's back as he speaks again, a little louder. ]


Empty your pockets.
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[personal profile] fortify 2022-02-04 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Childe's response is practically perfect. Zhongli isn't sure which part of it he likes best. The response to his kiss is hungry and raw, full of desire and passion. A short sound escapes Zhongli's throat at the bite to his lip, but it seems to be welcomed as part of the entire package of the kiss being returned.

It's disappointing when the other gains enough control to pull back, but it's hard to truly complain when Childe's mouth is on his neck and shoulders. He shivers, the touch feeling good even with his skin already raw and bruised from that same mouth and its possessive nature. A sultry moan will escape his lips in the form of a sigh, listening to the other speak, but it becomes a sharp cry when Childe rolls his hips and ensures that he is as deep inside as possible.

Mm... the feeling of being taken is truly incredible and he clearly conveys such a thought even while in silence as he stares at Childe.

Just when Zhongli thinks the other won't be able to drag out any more unintended responses, though, his body betrays him by violently twitching with a wincing shudder when Childe presses down against his abdomen to feel his own girth inside of Zhongli. He certainly can feel every inch of Childe's cock without the added pressure, but feeling the other's hand add such makes that presence inside of him unable to be ignored. He attempts to breathe in to catch his breath, but even that stutters off into a hushed moan, especially hearing those filthy words start to spill from Childe's mouth.

How can Zhongli resist something that sounds so enticing?

Running his fingers through the other's hair, he offers a pretty smile with his face flush and eyes ever wanting.
] Such delicious consequences... I would like that very much. After all ... I can't think of a better way to spend my time than with your cock inside of me. [ he shifts his legs to wrap around Childe's waist now in a possessive manner, all the while his voice is gentle and almost innocently curious despite what he says. He even tilts his head just so to give a particularly cute inquisitive display. ]

What about you? I would stay and wait for you all day, be ready for you to fuck the moment you return. I'd even finger myself while you were away so you could continue right where you left off, if it pleased you. So long as you promised to break me every night so I can't leave you, I would fulfill every desire of yours. Would you also like that, Tartaglia...?
Edited 2022-02-04 19:29 (UTC)