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Zulius

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FROM: SUBJECT: MAXIMA Zulius...would you have time to talk... JUN Actually... I might have an idea... LYCAON Present LYNEY Hello! This is the owner/operator of the Vogue, right? ZEVRAN Your highness. DIARMUID Zulius, my friend. GILGAMESH Once again, I grace you with my sparkling presence. EDWARD Happy 21st! SAMPO Yoooo-hooo. House-visit! GIL Dearest Zulius, best of all the best... VERGIL I do wonder how you can go to sleep and... LYCAON Happy 21st birthday to you yet again. ROSE Zulius, we need to talk. ROSE Fancy a girl’s night? TAKAME Zulius, were you and Vittore still curious as to Gilgamesh's whereabouts? VERGIL & GIL Amor. I felt of all people who needed a message... VENTI Queen Bestie, I'm gonna need some mercy from... GIL Good morning, o shining beacon of Kaisou's culture and sophistication~ EDWARD Do you have one of those blue-and-purple flags... JUN Edward Kenway intended to take on the... ROSE Zulius, are you there? ZHONGLI Zulius, I'm checking in to make sure... VERGIL I have two questions for you. GIL zulius, there's no rest for the wicked... LAPIS hi, sorry that this is a bit out of the blue but DANG HENG Secret Santa TAKAME Zulius? Would it be alright if I brought you something? SHROUD Zulius, owner of the Vogue. ELLIOT & VENTI Zulius, I got a lead on a new actor to fill... EDWARD Mate, you’re good at accessories... VERGIL mi dispiace ZERO Zulius? Are you here today? VERGIL/WOLFWOOD ...Before you say anything... ZERO Something important has come up... VENTI Hey, Zules! I've got some news for you... ASH turnabout's fair play TAKAME unable to work tonight my apologies ROSE Zulius, do you have a moment? TAKAME There is something I wish to ask... RYOUTA zulius! i got some freshly brewed T E A to spill for you!

TO: SUBJECT: AIDES Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay darlings! LYCAON I, your dear sweet Papa... VENTI So hey Bestie, you can now add... VENTI BEST BESTIE??? Please tell me you're okay! VENTI Bestie forever and forever please confirm or deny. WOLFWOOD Happy B-Day Nick! VERGIL Notable day in HISTORY! KNI Hey Sweetie. I know you've been going through it... VASH Hey Sweetie. I know you've been going through it... DANTE Ding dong, this is your local fabulous zebrataur... GIL Soooooooo. What's the game plan here, Pumpkin? VASH Happy B-Day, Bestie! VERGIL Happy B-Day, Boo! DANTE Happy B-DAY Sugar Tits!!! VENTI Happy B-Day Queen Bestie!! VERGIL Baby can I come sleep with you? :( VERGIL Hey Handsome. Nick's worried that... EDWARD EDWARD KENWAY?!!!!!! ROSE Rosey this is NOT funny! VENTI SHOW 👏 ME 👏 THE 👏 RING!! VERGIL Hey so you know how they told us we REEEAAALLY shouldn't make the fae mad at us? ELLIOT Happy B-Day, Elliot! FURINA Hey Sweetie. I haven't seen you at work for a while... VERGIL Happy Valentines Day, Boo! ELLIOT Hey El. Would you do me a favour for three thousand dollars? VERGIL My turn to send you flowers VENTI OMG, Bestie! I have SO much tea... ROSE Ding dong. This is your check-up call... VERGIL H-hey, Vergil. You busy tonight? ZHONGLI & VENTI So hey, FUNNY, FUNNY thing happens to me today! VERGIL Okay, I have been SUPER nice and given you... MOXXIE Hey, Moxx! They've got OUR production of Cats... VENTI Girl, are you Shakespeare??!!!! DANTE So, is your brother just SUPER into painting or... VERGIL New Zhongli tits out statue dropped. xoxo ZHONGLI Hey, Zhongli. Can you do me a solid? ZHONGLI "Dear Zulius, my hottest and most..." ZHONGLI Ding dong Avon calling. ZHONGLI Oh look, it's ME again! ZHONGLI Heeeyyy Gorgeous. You're good at contracts and paperwork... VERGIL Hey Handsome, Madama Butterfly is on tonight VERGIL A gift!! AUGUST Haaaaaay! Takame hit me up... RYOUTA Now I've got some prime tea for YOU! TAKAME Hey you. How're you feeling?

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Text | UN: makeitaventi; late July

[venti_late]

[Zulius gets a fun little text from Venti at some point in late July.]

Hey, Zules! I've got some news for you AND a fun little game to play with the rest of the network.

So, Zhong has finally confessed to me. All Darcy-like, too, it was very sweet even if he looked like he was turning into rock candy. So we're officially dating, now, despite the whole Business.

This come to the game part!

I was thinking about not saying a word about our new status as a couple and see how long it takes people to figure out that we're dating!

But since you helped us get to this point, it only seemed fair to let you in on the game. Also! I'll be gifting you with two bourbon apple pies, baked by yours truly, and some rocky road ice cream as tokens of my undying gratitude.

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[VIND-I-FUCKING-CATION!!!. This is the BEST news to get!!! Zulius is genuinely delighted!!!]

Oh my goose he finally did it!!! Congrats, Babe, I'm SO happy for you! He WOULD be all Mr Dacy about it, wouldn't he? I need so many deets. Please give me the deets. I'm gonna guess he went into the rain with all the rock candy stuff?

[The bitch-ass rain he hates, ew. But hey it seems to have given some credence to the whole...romance of this. ]

I am SO in on this. I bet it'll take them at least a full month. Maybe two! Normally, I'd say it depends how PDA you guys are but I remember how drunk you got in the theatre and no one picked up on you climbing him like a tree - not even HIM. So, y'know, might take them a while.

I appreciate these displays of gratitude for my hard work. I'll eat the heck out of them!

[FUCK YEAH, two friends got together AND pie and ice cream? What a winning day!]

Seriously, Venti. I'm happy for you. So glad you crazy ancient god kids could work it out!

[venti_late]

Right? I think it'll be funny since I highly doubt anything will change with how we interact in public. Zhongli's shy like that.

Thank you! It's so nice that I don't have to watch the old lizard obviously pine for me anymore.

I'm happy to provide SOME deets since I do have to respect his very Victorian privacy! He went and got me this really beautiful bouquet, putting some real thought behind the symbolism to the flowers and everything. They didn't get ruined in the rain, thankfully!

I'm not thinking anything of it, though, you know? 'Cause he's done this exact set up before where he gets me something really nice, and then he's all, "I need to talk to you about something personal that's important," but it turns out he just wants my opinion on something or something came up that he wanted me to know about. So I'm totally blindsided when he says he wants to talk in the living room and gives me this whole, lovely speech about how he first realized his feelings for me during our time in Venice. You know, when he saved me from falling into the canal?

So I give it to him plain, you know? Nothing fancy 'cause I figured that if he wasn't getting it before, I really had to spell it out that my feelings are very much mutual. And I ended it by saying that it was a lot more important that it wasn't me who made the first move. You know, The Order doesn't really give him much in the way of free will and he's just been going through the motions for a really long time, now. So, Zhongli making the decision to talk to me, to make that first move? It was a lot more meaningful that way.

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[This is an ABSOLUTE joy to read. He's got himself a glass of wine to settle in with and read this glorious tea.]

He's SO shy and proper. It's adorable, actually. And AGREED! The pining was getting way too much!!

It's good, I know what he's LIKE. One day he might join us in the 21st century, but I'm not holding my breath. The flowers are so sweet! I didn't even know flowers had a language until Vergil got me some. It's got to be a stuffy and proper guy thing, like saying something with flowers they can't say with actual words. Adorbs!!

That sounds like the most Zhongli way to confess feelings ever, oh my goose. No wonder you didn't expect it!! And yeah, you gotta put it in black and white (hah) at this point. I don't think he'd get it any other way. But it's good he's finally got it through his thick skull that he's allowed to chase some happiness for himself. Like SCREW the Order so much for making him think otherwise.

So happy for the both of you, genuinely! This is great. It can only get better from here! How do YOU feel? Relieved?