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[To anyone at the Vogue this fine evening, it should be a very serene, very quite night. Not too many customers, a peaceful lull.

Lycaon's voice can be heard from the other areas of the Vogue speaking to someone. "Ah, Sir Zhongli, it's a pleasure to see you. Are you looking for Sir Venti? No? You're here to see me. Ah...You want to tip me for Sir Gilgamesh's party? That's very kind of you."

It sounds like Zhongli wants to give him his rightfully earned tip for his hard work at the bar that night. How sweet!

That is. Until the sound of a penny on a wooden surface sounds. And then another. And another. Finally, the sounds of what can only be described as a TIDAL WAVE of tiny metal pennies roars from the bar.

"Sir. Sir that's quite--you can...Ah."

Lycaon's at the bar, watching helplessly as the bar area and everything surrounding it is filled with Mora. There's Mora everywhere.

Mora.]

... Th..Thank you.

[WHAT DOES HE EVEN DO.]

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Ah.

[They can be stunned into silence together.]

...

Takame. I don't think this will fit in the tip jar.

[He's. His brain isn't working.]

... I do not think it will, no.

[Neither is his, Lycaon because. Politely: What the Fuck.]

... Please allow me to help you, ah... clean this up.

[Politely: THATS WHAT I'M SAYIN' LIKE-]

Y...Yes. We'll need some bags or containers to put it all in. Perhaps bar glasses could scoop them up?

I...where do you even start.

[Rose is in the back working when she hears the coins.]

[With her enhanced hearing, it becomes very distracting very fast. She’s tempted to give the offending patron what for——]

[—-But when she comes out, all she sees is Lycaon surrounded by coins.]

[And then she has a realization: He’s the bouncer, he can deal with it. She doesn’t get paid enough for this and she’s going back to work.]

[He hears the sound. He HEARS it!!! He knows what the sound is ]

OH NO DID HE DO IT AGAIN???? I SWEAR TO GOD, ZHONGLI!!!

[Lycaon just stares at where the counter used to be, in both shock and awe at what just happened within the past few moments.

With a soft clearing of his throat, he turns his head to look up at Zulius.]

He has...tipped me quite generously for my work at Sir Gilgamesh's party.

I believe he stated it was five thousand dollars worth of Mora.

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[ Zulius is going to hunt down his bestie-in-law. He is going to hunt him doooown. ]

Oh yeah, he always tips SUPER well. Except he always tips in Crazy Person Pennies and you're supposed to SOMEhow carry all of that home. I swear that man's brain is, like ALL rock most days!

He is one of the most intelligent men in Kaisou, likely due to his age and experience. [And godhood, honestly.] But alas I feel some modern...courtesies escape him.

[Lycaon checks his phone as he uses a bar glass to start scooping it up.]

Ah. I posted to my group chat and Hugo is going to lend me a bag that can hold it all. The only issue is that it will retain the weight of all these coins.

It sure does. I treasure him a lot, don't get me wrong. I love the guy! But he is SUCH a grandpa!!!

[ He considers this, hrm. ]

Maybe try one of those big washing up pans you put the dirty dishes in. You might need something bigger. And awwww! That's so sweet of him. I do think that's gonna be heavy enough to crush your poor back, tho!

[Looking around, he finds an old crate tucked behind the bar--he's pretty sure this was used to hold the chunky rum Ed brought in--that'd do as a temporary first vessel.]

Hm. The weight would be an issue. If Takame and I...perhaps Vash too. If we could work together we could shove it into my spacial closet and I could leave it there until I find a better use for it. [Regular trips to Coinstar? The fees would not be ideal.]

Jun said I could bring some to the blacksmiths of the city, and there's always just keeping it for a rainy day.

[ It would have been likely how the awful pirate kept trying to sneak his contraband rum in. ]

Oh, that's a good idea! Maybe you can put like, POTS inside the closet and keep them in there - like grain storage for insane dragon pennies.

[ He is so sorry you have been cursed with this, sweet son. ]

That's true! Still metal right? They could probs craft it into something! Bladie does that sort of thing all the time!

[With a bottle of suspicious rum in hand that he was definitely not going to sneak into the bar before he got very distracted:]

...I'm telling Venti.

[Sir, you are so lucky that Lycaon's too shocked to catch you in the act. He usually confiscates that from you.]

Please let him know while I...figure out where to put all this.

[What could possibly even hold all of it...]

You could make a sculpture out of it. I understand there's a few sculptures made of coin out there.

[Coming over to pick up and squint at a Mora before he makes a face.]

Jesus, Zhongli, where do you keep all this...? [muttered to himself as he pinches the bridge of his nose with a sigh.] Let me see if we have any spare crates we can use.

[Give him a minute, Ed. Lycaon was busy answering a text in his other group chat.]

If you could. I have a friend who has offered me an enchanted bag that can hold all the Mora, but it will retain its weight. We can use the crate to make pouring it in easier.

[He starts using bar glasses to scoop it up, thinking it over.]

Jun suggested taking it to Blade or Varian to forge something with the metal. So that is an option as well.

[Venti's been busy checking over one of the violinist's instruments since he keeps hearing a problem with it. So, at first, he doesn't think anything of Zhongli coming around and talking to Lycaon.

Then he hears the tidal wave of coins hitting the counter. He pauses for a moment, and then continues fixing the problem with the violin before loudly sighing.]

I don't know him, that's not my lizard!

[WAT]

You cannot choose when your ownership takes effect, Sir Venti!

[He's trying to get out of the bar area, but the avalanche of coins makes it hard to scale.]

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