#arlexia

The Tsarista: "My dear child-"

Risa: [Cutting her off] "You're not my mother, but continue."

The Tsarista: "My dear child, there is kindness in your heart, kindness that has not been chipped away by the jagged cold edges of this land."

Risa: "Pardon?"

Tsarista: "It is my greatest wish for all the Snezhevichs and Snezhevnas-"

Risa: "I'm not one of your children."

Tsarista: "Can I adopt you?"

Risa: "I don't think my brother will appreciate that."

Tsarista: "You'll have access to a reasonable portion of the Fatuis funds and a platoon of your own soldiers.

Risa: "I can't be bought out like som-"

Tsarista: "We have tea imported from each nation, as well as some Fontainian desserts."

Freminet: "Not many people know this, but the house had a mom after Mother." [Talking about Risa.]

Lyney: [Looks at Freminet in surprise] "You've never brought this up, and it's the first I'm hearing about it. What was this mom like?"

Freminet: "She was.... nice, very nice to us even though she claimed she didn't love us."

Lyney: [About to comfort Freminet] "Oh Fremi-"

Freminet: [Cutting Lyney off] "I wish she died at least then I would still be able to see her."

Lynette: [Actually stunned] "..."

Lyney: [Startled] "D-did she do something to upset you?"

Freminet: [Through grit Teeth] "No, father did something wrong."

Lynette: "What could father have done to upset you like this?"

Freminet: "She fumbled the ball. How hard is it to tell someone your feelings? Who erases someone's memory of you so you don't have to deal with your own feelings. I can't even see Mama anymore because she's in Mondstadt and wouldn't reconise me."

Lyney: "..."

Lynette: "..."

Freminet: "All father had to do was admit she had feelings for mom, but no, she took the cowards way out. If she was going to be a coward she should have atleast killed mom. That way we could visit her grave. Now I can't see mom and Father is busy stalking her."

Lyney: "Freminet, I don't think father is stalking anyone, maybe you're confused. Why would father wipe your mom's memories, surely there's some other reason."

Freminet: "Father has operatives in Mondstadt, simply to watch mom and report her every move. I think that's stalking."

Lynette: "Thinking about it, i did notice reports being mailed with pictures of a woman coming in from Mondstadt every three weeks."

Lyney: "Lynette you don't believe that do you? Surely father has a reason."

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[When Freminet first found out why Risa stopped visiting the House of the Hearth.]

Freminet: [In Shock] "You erased mom's memories?"

Arlecchino: "She is a bad influence on the children. She gives you love instead of strength. Such things will get you killed in the field. You must kill your emotions, not fester them."

Freminet: [Breif moment of frustration when the real reason registered in his mind] "Y-you... father, you motherfucker."(Curse words taught to him by both Risa and Signora whenever Arlecchino was absent.)

Arlecchino: [The crosses in her eyes glow momentarily] "This is my point exactly. She is a bad influence, you're letting your emotions control your actions and words. Also, I'm no longer Motherfucker, I won't be doing such things any longer."

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[Back to present time]

Freminet: "I went diving, I cried underwater for 5 hours, the water was never saltier."

Lyney: "I'm sorry?" [Genuinely confused.]

Freminet: "Don't be, mom was very attuned with the leylines for some reason. I mentioned to father that since the leylines hold memories and since mother is always caught in the anomalies somehow.... what if she runs into the leylines that hold her memories before they were erase." [Freminet smiled down at Pers who was in his lap. His eyes were dull but seemed to glow as he spoke, his bangs casting a shadow over the top half of his face.] "Father has to live in fear of Mom getting her memories back. And when mom does get her memories back, I will fill her in on everything that's happened. I can just taste the father's unease. it's euphoric."

Lyney: [Hiding behind Lynette] "W-we understand, thank you for sharing and trusting us with this..." [Whispers to Lynette] "He's possessed.... Fremi is possessed by something."

There was an accident that led to the kitchen being unavailable. Everyone, including the Harbingers, was stuck eating rations, preserved food, and whatever they could cook on a small fire.

Signora: "I'm not eating that. Is that even cooked?" [Points at a mysterious substance on her plate]

Sandrone: "it's cooked enough." [Is the one who cooked it but won't eat is herself.]

Columbina: "It could use some salt and a little citrus... but it's edible." [Calmly eating the foreign substance]

Risa: [Eating calmly, they had survived Dottore’s cooking]

Arlecchino: [Eating. Is used to either burning or under cooking things]

Dottore: "It looks like a failed experiment." [Can go months without substance.]

Childe: "It's fine." [Has younger siblings, has put things that looks like it has come from the abyss in his stomach]

Pantalone: [Had the Mora to order food for himself]

Pierro: [Unconscious, dying from food poisoning]

Pulcinella: [Didn't touch it, has had enough cases of flood poisoning at his age.]

Capitano: [Doesn't really need to eat and has to deal with the taste of his own rotting flesh whenever the smell hits his nose.]

Scaramouche: [Straight up refused]

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Who can cook:

Scaramouche - He had perfectted the skill when he was Kabukimono

Childe - Has younger siblings

Pantalone - Was poor and sickly as a child, he had to learn to take care of himself

Risa - Came naturally/Past experiences

Arlecchino - Father of the Hearth

Capitano - Soldier Food, he also took in children who lost their parents to the abyss when he was first arrived in Natlan after the cataclysm

Who can't cook:

Dottore - Doesn't need to constantly eat, and at the academia he had meals prepared like every other scholar.

Arlecchino - Focuses on the nutritional value and how filling it is. Her food is either bland, uncooked, or burnt.

Sandrone - Never learned

Signora - That was Rostam's job

Crucebena: [Teaching common math to the members of the hearth.] "If you have 5 kittens and a stray dog goes after 2, how many kittens do you have?"

Risa: "Five kittens."

Peruere: "I wouldn't have any kittens regardless."

Clervie: "Um... 3?"

Crucebena: "Good job Clervie, you two try again."

Risa: "I would still have 5 kittens."

Peruere: "If the kitten can't protect it's self, that's on it."

Crucebena: "Peruere.... your method is understandable, but that's not what we're going for. Risa?"

Risa: "Any dog around is more than likely one I tamed. My kittens are fine."

Crucebena: "What if it was a dog you didn't tame or it was new to the area?"

Risa: "My kittens wouldn't be outside."

Crucebena: "What if two of your kittens snuck out and the dog got to them."

Risa: "They wouldn't."

Crucebena: "But if they did."

Risa: "Then I'm obviously outside to watch them."

Crucebena: "When you aren't around, if you come home to find that a stray dog had gotten to two of your kittens?"

Peruere: "Why do you assume that she leaves the kittens unprotected?"

Clervie: [Panicking] "Why are you making this so confusing, it's just math."

Risa: "No dog will hurt my cats or kittens. If one even growls at any of them it end up on my brother's operation table."

Arlecchino: "Did someone hit you?" [She cupped Risa's cheek where a bruise was slowly becoming visible.]

Risa: "uhm.... no?" [There brows furrowed slightly]

Arlecchino: [Her eyes narrowed] "Why is your cheek bru-"

Childe: [Cutting Arlecchino off when he busts into the room] "Sup, comrades. Anyone up for a spar?"

Risa: [Stiffens on instinct, they were on the receiving end on his begging for a spar recently.] "N-no..." [tries to inch away.]

Arlecchino: [Her gaze sharpened as she noticed the way Risa stiffened] "So that's why....." [Her gaze turns to childe] "I supposed I can amuse you for a moment, 8 could use a warmup."

Childe: "Finally! A worthy apponent." [His usual smirk turned into a blood thirsty grin]

Risa: "You don't actually plan to fight-"

Arlecchino: "Rest assured, a rank as low as 11th can not put a scratch on me."

Risa: "I'm not worried about-"

Arlecchino: "I will refrain from killing him, just maiming."

Risa: "That's not-"

Arlecchino: "Let me handle it." [She gave them a gentle kiss on the cheek.]

Risa: "Let me- ! . . . ........" [They cut themself off that time, brain rebooting and buffering]

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Dottore: "You walked into the door this morning when you were half sleep."

Risa: "mhm"

Dottore: "When the bruise started to form, you ran into the Knave, and she questioned you."

Risa: "yeah..."

Dottore: "This in some way led to her agreeing to fight Tartaglia."

Risa: "Yes."

Dottore: "The fight end up with Tartaglia in this state?"

Risa: "Yessir"

Dottore: "And the fight burned over half if the training room?"

Risa: "... Yes?" [The burnt area was actually on them. Arlecchino didn't even have to use her vision to overpowered Childe.]

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Risa's accidental elemental activations.

Anemo = Annoyed or angry

Hydro = Physically or emotionally hurt (or constipated)

Dendro = Indifferent (Emotionally shuts themself down)

Electro = Jealous or Irritated

Cryo = Pissed

Geo = Fear

Risa: [Trying to hold in tears] "Please don't make me go in...."

Scaramouche: "You lost the bet."

Risa: "That's not fair.... I bet it would be 9%"

Scaramouche: "It was 8.76%, you lost."

Risa: "it's not that big of a difference! Just round it!"

Scaramouche: "I never agreed to rounding, i said to be specific. Now get in the damned room, we're late."

[The meeting place of the Anti-Dottore league.]

Arlecchino, Pantalone, Signora, & Sandrone are drinking tea.

Scaramouche: [Kicks open the door dragging Risa, who is dressed up like a little girl with her hair in twin-tails.]

Pantalone: [Spits into his tea, covering his mouth with his free hand to hide his amusement] "Pardon me."

Signora: [Smirks behind her teacup]

Sandrone: [Takes a picture with her Kamera for future blackmail] "Idiots."

Arlecchino, Risa, The twins, and Freminet ended up in the My Hero universe from a leyline malfunction for a while and came back with two extra members of the hearth.

Dottore: "I'm confused." [He looks down at the little girl Risa brought to the palace in confusion.]

Risa: "This is your niece, Eri."

Dottore: "How?"

Childe: "I can explain this one, my friend. You see.... when a man and a woman, or in this case Arlecchino and Xia, love each other, they do certain things-"

Scaramouche: "We know how babies are made! Why does this one look like him?!" [Points at Dottore] "Risa is adopted!"

Risa: "Maybe we're distantly related, we both have Sumerian orgins."

Scaramouche: "When did you even? This child is too old to be yours and that woman's, the other one makes sense-" [He points to the infant cradled in Risa's arms turns of brown and white curls framing its head. It's eyes having distinct red crosses.] "But this one doesn't, it's too old." [Gesturing to Eri]

Risa: "We took her in."

Dottore: [Let's out a relieved breath] "I was worried. You and Arlecchino wouldn't- What color is your hair when your powers are dormant?"

Risa: "Brown..."

Childe: "My point exactly."

Dottore: "The Knave has white hair.... is there any other descendants of the Crimson moon dynasty that I'm unaware of?"

Scaramouche: "No, she's the only living one. [Amused] Well, she was... the population is up to a 2."

Risa: "Her name is Myra."

Dottore: ". . ."

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Arlecchino: "I knew what I was doing. My beef is with him, not my wife."

Risa: "We got married?"

Arlecchino: "Hold out your hand."

Risa:??? [They held their hand out to her.]

Arlecchino: "Yes, yes we did." [She slipped a silver ring on their finger."

Risa: ". . ."

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Eri: "Auntie Rosalyne said that Mom would let me visit Mondstadt.

Scaramouche: "You've met Signora?"

I planned to put Arlecchino as a lioness who took over her pride.

Risa as a Jackal

Freminet as a Bat eared fox

Lyney and Lynette as Servals

Il Dottore as a Hyena

Childe as a Rüppels Fox or Wild dog

Pantalone as a Fork tailed drongo.