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Scaramouche

"That was great! Hah, did you see the look on her face?!"

You

"Hehe, I saw."

Scaramouche

"Fucking priceless! We should've set the whole thing on fire."

You

"I didn't expect that from you."

Scaramouche

"Huh? What do you mean?- I told you before that I'd love seeing Inazuma City set on fire-"

You

"No, not that, I'm talking about that two-phrase conversation you had with Ei."

Scaramouche

"Talking back to your mom without being beat is the best feeling in the world because,"

"It just means you've won."

You

"I was expecting you to like... Breakdown or something."

Scaramouche

"Me? Breakdown?-"

You

"Oh please, don't start going on about how you'd never have some sort of breakdown. Don't make me bring up the time at headquarters when you were all like... 'Oh! Y/N don't leave me!' or whatever."

Scaramouche

"Hey- That was impulsively said, okay?"

"... We've gotta go back. That was amazing."

You

"Pfft, do you usually get this kinky over victory?"

Scaramouche

"Hey, it's not a kink, it just... Feels good."

You

"So it's a kink."

Scaramouche

"I said it's not!"

You

"It's a kink!"

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-BACK ON THE ISLAND, AFTERNOON-

You

"Yeeeah, this is definitely going to keep us stocked for the next few weeks."

You opened a random tiny bag you found near one of the restaurants.

You

"Look! Teabags. Do we need these?"

Scaramouche

"Tea?"

You

"Mhm. I guess not-"

Scaramouche

"No, I like tea."

You

"... Holy shit, Scaramouche actually likes something?"

Scaramouche

"Tea tastes delicious."

You

"I mean... It doesn't really taste like anything."

Scaramouche

"Exactly why I like it."

You

"Noted. So, the next time we go out, I'll go get you some bitter stuff to eat, yeah?"

Scaramouche

"Bitter food is good. I'd like that."

You

"Heh. Well, that's one thing I learned about you."

Scaramouche

"What do you like to eat? If you get me something, it's only fair that I get you something too."

You

"Oh really? Scaramouche is acting so strangely kind after all that chaos."

Scaramouche

"Tsk, stop teasing and just answer my question."

You

"... Well, I'll eat anything really."

Scaramouche

"Anything specific?"

You

"Um... Sweet stuff?"

Scaramouche

"You sound so unsure."

You

"Because I am. Anything that Ei cooked, I'd eat. She made plain meals usually, so I didn't really get a chance to explore what I like and what I didn't since it tasted like nothing."

Scaramouche

"So... I know! I'll get you a cake."

You

"Haha, a cake?"

Scaramouche

"What? You don't like the idea?"

You

"No, a cake is fine. I don't really eat much of it though."

Scaramouche

"In that case, I'll get you something different."

You

"Huh? I said the cake was fine though."

You chuckled.

Scaramouche

"From your response, you sound like you don't like the idea of it. Let me bring you someplace to try out different foods to see if you like them or not."

"I know so far that you don't like frozen pretzels and cold instant noodles."

You

"You got that part right, I'll never forget how strange it was to eat an ice-cold pretzel."

He started bringing back the memories of when he first started to look out for you in the fatui headquarters.

Scaramouche

"Any places in mind in Inazuma where I can bring you?"

You

"Ooh, is this your way of asking me out on a date?"

Scaramouche

"Hey! When did we ever start talking about dates?! Isn't this just two friends going out to try food?!"

You

"So you admit that we're friends."

You teased, making Scaramouche all frustrated and flushed.

You

"Sooo, where's my answer? We're friends, right? Or, you're trying to take me out on a date."

Scaramouche

"Fine!..."

"..."

"I am... You and I are friends. Happy?!"

You

"Yes! Very happy indeed. It's not that hard to accept, you know. I mean, I've known you for weeks, and you even spoon-fed me. We laughed a ton and robbed the entirety of Inazuma City together. I think it's safe to say that you can call me your friend now."

Scaramouche

"Hmph. Whatever! I was forced to spoon-feed you, by the way."

"But..."

"I do agree."

"It's safe to call you my friend or whatever."

You

"Great! I know the perfect place. We've got a bunch of food here, but it's all the basic stuff, so it's just best that we go out to try new foods. This evening sound good?

Scaramouche

"Yeah... This evening should be good."

A twig snapped and there was a tiny rustle in the bushes. You and Scaramouche were sitting on the stairs of your front porch at the time. You and Scaramouche sprang to your feet when you spotted a person in the bushes who was aware that you had noticed them. You both chased them down.

You

"Hey!"

This person seemed frantic, obscuring their face with the brown cloak they were wearing. Scaramouche jumped up behind him and tried to pull it off, but instead ripped off something else, tumbling to the ground with the object in his hand.

Scaramouche

"Shit..."

"An electro vision?"

Scaramouche looked right at it, but it had no glow, just as all other visions do.

???

"No! Give it back!"

Carelessly, they ripped off their brown cloak and drew their sword, swinging left and right toward Scaramouche. Scaramouche teased them and kept them away from the vision.

You

"It's the boat man!"

???

"Boat man?!"

Scaramouche

"Wow, who would've thought that the descendant of the Kaedehara clan would wield two visions... You have a Delusion?"

Kazuha

"Hmph... No need to call me the 'descendant of the Kaedehara clan' or 'boat man', it's just Kazuha."

Scaramouche

"Not the point. What are you doing with two visions?"

Kazuha

"It is not mine."

You

"I think he really does have a Delusion... Look, his hair's white."

Scaramouche

"Haha! I think you're right, Y/N."

Kazuha

"No! I know that a Delusion weakens the person who possesses it, but it doesn't apply to me in this case. My hair is just white, with that red streak in it. It's always been this way."

You

"Sooo... It's not a Delusion."

Scaramouche

"Pfft, apparently not." 

Kazuha

"The vision belonged to an old friend of mine, I've held onto it since."

You

"Oh right! The dead one."

Kazuha

"?!..."

You

"Mhm. I was there when I saw it. Aww, you looked so devastated when he was gone for good."

Kazuha

"Don't you dare!..."

*Sigh*

"That mask... That face... You're that person on the small boat, aren't you? But, you're also the same person who serves for the Raiden Shogun?!"

You

"Ding ding ding! Spot on!"

Kazuha

"You've betrayed her..."

You

"No, I just kind of got bored."

Scaramouche

"Then, I kidnapped them."

Kazuha

"... Weird. So that's how you two are affiliated? He kidnapped you, and now you're all buddy-buddy?"

You

"Precisely."

Kazuha

"Jeez, crazy people..."

You

"Aren't you considered a criminal too, Kazuha?"

Kazuha

"I'm not a criminal. The Tenryou Commission just sees me as one."

You

"So... You are a criminal."

Kazuha

"I haven't done anything bad. Unlike you two - Setting Inazuma City on fire?! Archons, you're both insane!"

Scaramouche

"Insane and proud."