#implied tartali

[lvnesart]

Childe has a Type and this guy seems familiar,,,

[tartar-sous]

Happy (super late) Birthday to the Golden God 💛

[by-saiyuri]

[letter from the north]

IT'S ZHONGLI'S BIRTHDAY!!! (not every day you turn 6004 haha)

he's my favourite character, so I really wanted to draw something for the occasion qq

[lmaolevited]

for funsies since Giant Woman was stuck in my brain, and i imagined fem!zhongli

can be interpreted however lolol.

[autumn-foxfire]

Me: I don't like hurt/no comfort because I can't handle it

Also Me: I ship Shizaya, Nuts and Dolts, Satosugu, Odazai...

[mysteriaqueen]

A Conversation

Neuvillette has a small favor to ask the Traveler

Tags: gender neutral reader/traveler, implied Zhongchi/Chili/Tartali if you squint, literally just a chill conversation, not beta read

Characters: Neuvillette, Traveler/Reader, Mentioned Wriothesley, Zhongli, Clorinde, Arlecchino, Paimon

~ can be read as xreader where reader is the traveler or as a gen fic~

Word Count: 1497

"Traveler, would you mind if I ask a favor of you?" Neuvillette said, seemingly out of nowhere. Seems he'd decided the next topic of conversation.

The traveler nodded, wondering if this was a Meropide type favor or an Increasing Danger type favor. "Sure, what is it?"

Neuvillette paused for a bit. He didn't quite know how to ask or where to start. He supposed the beginning would do. "You are friends with Childe, yes? I assumed so but from the way you talk about him.... I can't quite tell."

The traveler chuckled a bit. It is fair that someone like Neuvillette would have a hard time knowing for sure, what with how the traveler openly showed annoyance with him. "We're friends. He's a constant pain in my ass, but a welcome one. I choose to let him annoy me."

"I see."

Neuvillette took a moment to ponder the implications of your words along with the complexity of human relationships. He considered Wriothesley and the melusines who often stuck stickers in different places. It did annoy Wriothesley to peal the stickers off but he still cared for them and about them. Neuvillette supposed Wriothesley found it a bit endearing as well. He was certainly amused to hear about it. Perhaps that's what's happening between those two. Although to a more intense degree, it seems. But that was not the point of asking that.

"If it does so happen that you see him again before I do, please apologize on my behalf. For whatever reason, the Oratrice Mecanique D'analyse Cardinale falsely accused him of a crime and I had to subdue him, injuring him in the process. All because he was accused of a crime he did not commit. I do feel bad that such a thing happened."

The traveler looks at Neuvillette, the sincerety in his gaze almost comical. While there is an attempt not to laugh, a sound does escape the odd expression on their face. The noise causes Neuvillette to look over and promptly become perplexed by the sight.

"Traveler?"

"Pfffft- Okay, okay, sorry. There's no need to apologize. At all." It was clear the traveler was still holding back giggles.

"But-"

"Listen. It was Childe's own fault for attacking the Meka. To be fair, he'd come to Fontaine because he'd been a bad mood and wanted a little vacation. So, being falsely accused of a crime what started when he was no older than 10 and still in Snezhnaya probably wasn't the best thing for him. If I had to guess, that was the reason he decided he was going to do some thing as stupid as disrupt the court proceedings."

He nods along, frowning a bit. "I see. But I still don't understand how an apology is now warranted here," he says, looking over at his companion.

"Yeah, well, that's because you don't know Tartaglia. He's... strange. And to be honest, I doubt he's mad about it. I'd assume his first reaction upon regaining consciousness was 'Archons above, that Neuvillette guy is strong! Who knew the Chief Justice of Fontaine packed such a punch?! It's a shame I didn't get to have a real fight with him. Now that would've been worth my while.'"

Neuvillette looks straight ahead and blinks. Then he looks over at the traveler and blinks. The traveler is completely serious. This, along with the quality of the impression leaves the Iudex a bit more than a bit shocked.

"Really?"

"Really."

Huh. Neuvillette is rather stumped, once again looking straight ahead. He better understands why the traveler sees no need to apologize but he still thinks-

"Oh, and that's not all," the traveler says with a sigh.

"Oh?" The sigh stirred a bit of concern in the hydro dragon as he watch his companion's face.

"Yeah. I doubt he even saw it as a slight. He doesn't really dwell on small things." The traveler had considered the possibility of him reacting more similarly to the way he reacted with Zhongli, but chose not to mention that. "But, Childe being Childe, if you bring it up he probably won't say he forgives you unless you fight him for real. So, if you apologize to him, he'll use it as way to try and get a fight with you. You saw how he was perfectly fine with the trial if it meant he got to fight Clorinde, right?"

Oh. The Iudex's face scrunched up, looking at nothing in particular as he considered all the information. He had been there, when Childe requested to fight with the champion duelist amidst the trial. He'd also heard he'd gotten to spar with her prior. In that case, perhaps it was better to keep any apologies to himself. As the Chief Justice, even engaging in a friendly spar could be taken many different ways, let alone an all out fight. And he had no interesting in fighting the youngest Harbinger either.

The traveler could see the wheels turning in Neuvillette's head.

"Yeah, so like I said, best not to say anything at all. I was prepared to have to knock him down right then and if I did, the most I would've done is ensure he was okay and recovered properly afterwards. Which, he did by the way. I saw him the day before me and Paimon showed up with Arlecchino. He's doing just fine."

"Well that is good news. Thank you for the advice, and the explanation."

"No problem. Childe's a weird person. He's a little difficult to understand."

The conversation fell into a comfortable lull. Neither party was in a rush to find a new topic of conversation. Then, there was a snicker.

"Actually, if you really do want to apologize, I suppose there is another person you can talk to," the traveler said, amusement in their tone. "If it's that important to you."

The Iudex raised an eyebrow as he picked up on his companion's smile. "And who might that be?"

"Well, now that I think about it, I can pass an apology to his younger siblings, seeing as being locked up and all the other shenanigans probably delayed them getting to see him again," the traveler said, thinking out loud before turning to Neuvillette. "But, you could apologize to Zhongli."

"Excuse me?"

It did take a lot out Teyvat's Witness not to bust out laughing on the spot. But keeping it together for the sake of the bit was important.

"The two are very close friends and Zhongli would likely forgive you without telling the battle hungry freak. He'd probably also like to apologize for the ruckus Childe caused in the courtroom. I'm sure he's very disappointed. Sounds like a win-win to me."

Neuvillette looked at the traveler incredulously, an eye twitching. "You are expecting me to not only have a casual conversation with Deus Auri but to apologize to him? To-"

The traveler was laughing now, properly unable to hold back. Doubled over, arms wrapped around the stomach and everything, holding out a hand for Neuvillette to stop.

"I'm- Ahaha- I'm sorry, I'm sorry- ehehehehe-" One wheeze later and the traveler uprighted, standing straight still with one arm holding tight as the other wiped an almost-tear. "I'm sorry. Just a joke. Not serious. Sorry. I wasn't expecting you to take that so seriously."

Immediately disarmed, the Chief Justice relaxed. A small smile slipped onto his face watching the traveler's jubilance. Perhaps it was contagious. Or, perhaps he known all along deep down that it was a joke and simply played along.

"I'm glad to see you've not lost your sense, Traveler." "Haha. Yeah. Zhongli probably wouldn't like that either. I don't know if you noticed, but he just narrowly avoided you in Chenyu Vale."

Neuvillette raised and eyebrow. This was news to him. "Is that so?"

Nodding, the traveler finally calms down. "Yeah, seemed like an unfortunate coincidence to the others but me and Paimon realized it. Shame really, the two of you would get on well if not for the circumstances."

"I see. Well, it seems he has his best interests at heart. In any case, do pass along my sincerest apologies to his family, should you see them."

The traveler nodded. "Sure. You know, funny thing. The reason I know that's what he'd do is mainly because of Zhongli. Well, also because he's a battle hungry freak, but mainly because of what went down in Liyue."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he said the exact same thing about Zhongli after he found out that Zhongli's the Geo Archon. Told me he'd never forgive his lies unless they had a full on fight, no holding back. Of course, Zhongli's never gonna go for that but it doesn't really matter."

"He really does crave to fight the strong," Neuvillette mused.

"Yeah. You'd think he'd stop sparring with me when he loses every time and yet he assumes a spar will always be his birthday gift. What a bozo."

Neuvillette chuckles. "Yes, I suppose that is one way to put it."

Yet another natural lull. The traveler considered the start of root of the conversation. It seems it was more a Paimon type favor after all.

woahhhhh i wrote something for genshin. look at me go! this idea has been rolling around in my head for too too long now so I finally wrote this and got it out.

WAIT HOW DID THIS END UP ALMOST 1.5K WORDS??? WHAT??? I KNEW THIS WAS LONGER THAN INTENDED AT FIRST BUT DAMN

this will likely be editted and used for my genshin OC fic (The Traveler's Journal) it won't be the same because I purposefully wrote the traveler to be a bit close to i assume they'd be in game, rather than based on me like I do for TTJ. plus, no AAVE lol.

oh and for anyone who doesn't get it, it's a paimon type favor because the traveler to explain something so someone

[kan-be]

how about some angsty hanahaki au ☺️

[nethercomfies]

Oh Jupe, they were enemies all along since Childe flirted with Zhongli before Childe got a liking for me. *Evil cackle*

Lmao

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👀👀

Guess they were just meant to be enemies huh 😔

[tartar-sous]

i can't stop thinking about that jojo meme so lololol- (2021)

⚠️Only use “TartaLi” when tagging our Tartaglia x Zhongli work, don't tag it as “Zho//ng//Chi” or “Zho//ng//ChiLi". Respect our hard work, thanks.⚠️

[by-saiyuri]

a piece for a little au snippet I posted on twitter

bedtime stories

[kuuneho]

Zhongli's usual intruders...

[fatui-begone]

bosses are fun

[clickandtreat]

i can’t stop thinking zhongli is canonically a longboi

[multiakimo]

Yeah

[ergogida]

Let's start posting with this, so you know what you'll see later too. THEY got me into mpreg and breeding kink. And I LOVE Family arts with Childe and Zhongli. And baby dragons <3

[haunted-xander]

I'll Break You, Dearest

WARNING: possessiveness, talk of mindbreak, vauge implied r*pe

Read with caution. I apologize in advance. this is also what I made that fucked up Chili drawing for btw.

Darling, my dear darling.

You have seen what even the Gods should not see.

You are a threat to divinity itself, yet I cannot bring myself to let you go.

You are so irresistable, so exquisite. It pains me to know I will end up your enemy.

But I have found a way to fix this, dear. I can fix everything.

I will give you everything you'll ever want or need. But you must stay with me, and me only.

You are mine, after all.

Nothing will come between us. Even the Heavens cannot come between us.

You belong to me.

If you cannot see that, I'll have to make you.

You may hate me for what I'll do, but I know you'll come around.

This is for the best.

It must be done.

Surely you understand, darling?

Don't worry, I'll make sure you feel good. It won't hurt at all.

I'll break you, gently, and slowly.

I'll break you until there is nothing you can think about but staying with me.

I'll break you, but oh, it will surely be pleasurable.

I'm sure you'll come to love it, my dear, dear darling.