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Team BP
Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora
Scaramouche
you bitch ass motherfucker
Scaramouche
you touch me one more time with your ugly hands and i'll fucking end you
Scaramouche
bitch
Childe
aw c'mon, the abyss mages aren't that bad

Signora
He was talking about you.
Childe
also wait

Childe
ur the one who almost just killed me

Childe
team atk is the worst thing this game has ever implemented

Childe
stop trying to boost ur total dmg dealt by attacking ur own team members

Scaramouche
git gud scrub
Scaramouche
pull your own weight or i'm dumping your body into jueyun karst
Childe
y'know if i didn't know u cared bc u bought me that whale plushie for my bday last month

Childe
i would actually report u to authorities

Scaramouche
Aww thank you <3
Scaramouche
People call it gap moe <3
Scaramouche
It gets me whatever I want <3
Diluc
Disgusting.
Childe
ikr

Diluc
I was talking about you.
Signora
Well well. If it isn't our pyro user strolling in ten minutes late once again.
Diluc
I don't want to spend more time here than necessary.
Signora
Believe me, the feeling is mutual.
Childe
alright y'all let's break it up

Childe
diluc i can see u lighting the grass under us on fire

Diluc
Tch.
Childe
anyway today we r gonna explore the 8th floor of the spiral abyss

Scaramouche
they dropped the area hours ago
Scaramouche
other teams could’ve cleared it
Signora
Well, you certainly have higher expectations of other teams than I do.
Signora
There is a reason our team is still top 10 despite having nonexistent teamwork.
Childe
no signora u cant be calm

Childe
u gotta feed scaramouche's conspiracy theories

Scaramouche
oh you think they're conspiracies, do you?
Scaramouche
wait till you hear about the resin fraud
Childe
sure thing buddy u can tell us on the way down

Team BP
Diluc
Diluc
Diluc
Can we PLEASE get a new team.
Childe
no <3

Diluc
:|
Team BP
Diluc
Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora
Childe
wait wait wait

Childe
before we go in we gotta pep talk

Diluc
Do you have to do this every time.
Childe
yea!

Childe
ok team let's go team

Childe
what's our strategy?

Childe
kill the enemy before it kills u

Childe
alright we're good

Diluc
They already started.
Childe
f

Childe
HEY SCARAMOUCHE U CHEATER

Childe
WE HAVE BOSS LOOT RIDING ON THIS

Scaramouche

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Paimon's Announcements
Paimon
Hello Travelers!
Paimon
Today, the newest floor to the Spiral Abyss was added.
Paimon
Dozens of teams have already attempted this daunting challenge, but none have been able to clear it yet.
Paimon
Which team will prevail? What lays beyond the abyss?!
Paimon
We’ll have all the breaking news for you right here, so don’t miss out.
Paimon
What’s this? It appears that Team BP has arrived on the scene!
Paimon
For those who are new to the game, Team BP is currently ranked number 8 in the world.
Paimon
They have been responsible for clearing approximately 30% of the abyss chambers.
Paimon
Their members are all on the top 20 most powerful players list.
Paimon
They sure suck at working together, but at the very least there’s no shortage of explosions and property damage when they’re there!
Paimon
For more information, Outrider Amber is on the scene!
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora
Signora
Scaramouche, if you hit me one more time I will break your fingers in real life.
Signora
Sometimes I wonder why I’m on the same team as you buffoons.
Childe
o signora hey

Childe
didn’t see u all the way back here

Childe
taking a break?

Signora
No, I am simply waiting for the right moment to swoop in and steal your kill.
Signora
Please carry on.
Childe
huh

Childe
u sure?

Childe
you’ll feel much better if u hack some stuff

Childe
u know what they say

Signora
If you say that line about the candy bar and acting different when I’m hungry one more time, I will freeze your mouth shut.
Childe
u know for someone the same age as all of us

Childe
u sure are a boomer

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Amber’s Announcements
Amber
Hey guys! Amber on the scene here.
Amber
Team BP is once again tearing the floor up.
Amber
I can’t see much because Diluc just unleashed his fire birdy attack uselessly at a hoard of pyro slimes but hey, you do you, friend!
Amber
Oh! I hear the sound of the finishing alarm.
Amber
Congrats, folks! That’s another floor cleared.
Amber
Will it be another staircase beyond the door? Or will there actually be—
Amber
Wait, huh?
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora
Signora
That’s not our team next to “First Cleared”.
Signora
Team Liyue? Who is that?
Signora
They do not appear to be ranked.
Childe
o wait

Scaramouche
this wouldn’t have happened if strawberry shortcake pulled his weight
Diluc
I did double the amount of damage you did.
Scaramouche
and you had to be revived SEVEN times
Diluc
You need to do better with the support then.
Childe
what support

Childe
we are literally all dps lol

Diluc
Shut it.
Scaramouche
speaking of fucking pitiful numbers
Scaramouche
childe
Childe
yea sry about that

Childe
someone kept trying to join my world during the fight

Signora
A likely excuse.
Childe
no i’m serious!!

Childe
anyway i’ll be right back

Childe
the dude’s trying again

Childe
keep the loot scaramouche, you deserve it for finally breaking the triple digits in dmg

Childe
my children grow up so fast...

Scaramouche
you better watch your kneecaps asshole
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Zhongli
Zhongli has entered the world
Zhongli
Oh. It went through.
Zhongli
Hello. Thank you for letting me join your world.
Childe
np

Childe
hey listen buddy

Childe
ik i’m a famous face and all but u really can’t just keep requesting to join someone’s world

Childe
esp during an abyss challenge

Zhongli
My apologies, but abyss challenge?
Childe
uh yeah? spiral abyss? floor 8?

Zhongli
Oh yes, I did see something about that in the announcements.
Zhongli
Were you participating?
Childe
huh?

Childe
do u not know who i am

Zhongli
No. Should I?
Childe
huh

Childe
then why did u keep requesting

Zhongli
Your name was at the top of the requestable cooperative gameplay list.
Zhongli
Should I not have?
Childe
...

Childe
nah it’s fine

Childe
what did u need help with

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Diluc, Keqing
Childe
KEQING

Childe


Keqing
Childe. Hi.
Childe
U STOLE OUR FLOOR CLEAR

Childe
poor diluc is beside himself. HEARTBROKEN.

Diluc
:|
Childe
yea that’s the face of a man who has lost everything

Keqing
Oh, you found out faster than I thought
Childe
how did u even do it

Childe
i thought u didn’t have a team

Keqing
Rude
Keqing
Just because I turned you down doesn’t mean I don’t have one
Childe
are u still on the same one as that girl with horns

Keqing
Ganyu? Yeah
Keqing
She’s improved so much. I’m really proud of her
Diluc
Do you have an opening on your team?
Childe
HEY

Childe
i was gonna ask that first

Keqing
Sorry, no
Keqing
We added Xiao a couple weeks ago so we’re all filled up
Keqing
That reminds me. You guys never told me why you’re on that team anyway
Keqing
Doesn’t seem like you’re having much fun
Childe
well, funny story

Childe
one sec lemme bring up the dms

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Scaramouche has entered the world
Scaramouche
Hey stranger! Thanks for letting me into your world <3
Scaramouche
I’m struggling soooo hard on the recent co-op event. Can you help me?
Childe
yea sure

Scaramouche
Yay! You’re the best <3
Scaramouche
It’s so difficult playing by myself sometimes, you know? Little old me, against the whole world...
Scaramouche
But now that you’re here, I have nothing to fear anymore <3
Scaramouche
Can I add you to my friends list?
Childe
o uh

Childe
well i usually don’t add randos but i can make an exception for u

Childe
go ahead

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Diluc, Keqing
Diluc
...
Keqing
Please tell me you didn’t fall for that
Childe


Diluc
Unbelievable. You’re even bigger of an idiot than I thought.
Diluc
Also don’t use my face.
Childe
hey i have a good excuse this time!

Childe
he complimented my bow skills!!

Keqing
Anyone who compliments your archery skills is immediately sus
Keqing
You suck at it
Childe


Keqing
Anyway, I’ve told you again and again that there have been reports of hacking
Keqing
Do you listen to me at all?
Childe
not really, no

Childe
anyway it’s not like he hacked me or anything

Childe
he just uh

Childe
stole all my ascension resources!

Childe
nbd

Diluc
:|
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Scaramouche
Hey friend, welcome back! <3
Scaramouche
While you were afk, I stole all your sea conches that you need for character ascension and killed you twice, just because I can <3
Scaramouche
Later, sucker! <3
Childe
wtf

Childe
why would you do that

Scaramouche
you’re one spot higher than me on this month’s rankings
Scaramouche
i’m making sure that it won’t happen again, asshole
Scaramouche
Seeya! <3
Childe
wait ok bad sportsmanship and horrible personality aside

Childe
how did u get past the profanity filter

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Diluc, Keqing
Keqing
You really decided to be friends with someone like that?
Diluc
He just likes fighting him.
Diluc
The two of them waste all our healing resources fighting each other.
Childe
this wouldn’t have happened if diluc agreed to spar with me

Diluc
No.
Childe


Childe
anyway so he kept coming over to fight me

Childe
and then one day one of the regisvines spawned next to us and scaramouche kinda oneshotted it by accident

Childe
trying to murder me

Childe
and then the media came and ignored the bit about how scaramouche grabbed me and tried to use himself as a lightning rod

Keqing
He what
Childe
and then they started praising our teamwork

Childe
at that point we kinda just had to make a team, y’know?

Childe
the media already hyped us up that much

Diluc
You told me you two were friends.
Childe
well u wouldn’t have joined otherwise!

Childe
also we are friends! i think

Childe
friends with murder, as a treat

Childe
anyway i don’t remember how we added signora

Diluc
She said she wanted to be on a famous team and bandwagon off of our successes.
Diluc
And you let her on because you said you admired her honesty.
Childe
o

Childe
was that what happened? that doesn’t sound like something i’d say

Diluc
Yes it does.
Keqing
Yeah it does
Childe


Keqing
Anyway, forget Genshin
Keqing
You guys want to come over? I got a new game right here that I can’t wait to play
Keqing
You should see the boys in this one. One of them is just there to look pretty and I’m pretty sure he’s going to be your favorite, Childe
Childe
hey!

Diluc
I can be over in five.
Diluc
Should I bring some tissues?
Keqing
Two boxes please. I have a feeling this one’s going to emotionally destroy me
Keqing
Childe, you coming?
Childe
maybe in a bit

Childe
i still haven’t finished this coop event yet haha...

Keqing
You had more than two weeks
Childe
i’ve been busy!

Childe
scaramouche is coming dangerously close to stealing my rank 4

Diluc
Do you need help?
Childe
no thank u

Childe
i will never forgive u for killing me while i was trying to deposit energy last event

Diluc
Your loss.
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Zhongli
Zhongli has entered the world
Childe
hey i’m gonna run the coop event 20 times rly quickly

Childe
ur free to stay if u wanna help

Childe
hey wait

Childe
aren’t u the same guy as earlier

Zhongli
Oh, hello.
Zhongli
I was not expecting to run into you again.
Childe
did u request me specifically

Zhongli
No. I did as you instructed and clicked the random matchmaking button.
Childe
huh

Childe
weird coincidence

Childe
anyway, u down for running the event?

Zhongli
Of course.
Zhongli
You are very good at fighting, from what I remember.
Childe
thx

Childe
it’s my specialty

Zhongli
I can see that.
Childe
what about u

Childe
anything ur good at?

Zhongli
I am good at creating shields.
Childe
o yea! ur shields were great

Zhongli
Other than that, no.
Childe
huh?

Zhongli
My damage output is low. My specials do not work most of the time. My attacks are inconsistent and scale terribly.
Childe
o

Zhongli
I have no invincibility frames during my attacks. I can barely generate my own energy particles.
Zhongli
In addition, my petrify ability is unreliable and does not work against some mobs. Dominus Lapidis does pitiful damage and scales wildly based on external terrain.
Zhongli
As my friend Venti always informs me, I am a Useless Good-For-Nothing Blockhead who built my kit completely wrong and put all my assets into my appearance instead.
Childe
uh

Childe
sry ig

Childe
sounds rough

Zhongli
Thank you, but it is alright. I have already accepted it.
Childe
uhh do u wanna just do this coop now

Zhongli
Of course.
Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Diluc, Keqing
Keqing
Hey loser, where you at?
Diluc
She’s crying and wants you to bring your narwhale onesie.
Diluc
Ow.
Keqing
Hmph
Childe
o sry

Childe
i’m playing genshin

Keqing
Still? It’s been hours
Keqing
Is that coop really that hard for you
Childe
no i finished that a long time ago

Childe
i think i’m getting robbed

Diluc
What.
Childe
ikr!

Childe
i just feel kinda bad for the guy

Childe
i just watched a hilichurl do more dmg than him

Childe
so it’s consensual robbing! dw about it

Keqing
“Consensual” “Robbing”
Diluc
Childe, do you remember that teams share the same resources?
Childe
o yea lol

Childe
how upset do u think signora’s gonna be when she realizes i spent half of our mora buying this dude atk items

Diluc
Half?
Childe
o oops shouldn’t have said that

Diluc
Signora isn’t the one you should be worrying about.
Childe
noted

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Diluc, Scaramouche, Signora
Childe
can i pls stop fighting these treasure hunters

Childe
they’re so boring and die too quickly

Signora
You can stop once you make back the amount you gave away.
Childe
yes mom

Scaramouche
I’ve already made back double what you lost <3
Childe
yea u def just robbed someone back

Scaramouche
an eye for an eye bitch
Childe
ur 100% the reason our team is called team bad personalities

Scaramouche
...is that what it stands for?
Scaramouche
please tell me you’re joking
Childe
no?

Childe
i came up with it about a yr ago

Childe
isn’t it clever?

Childe
it plays on the ingame bp system and—

Childe
guys?

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Keqing
Keqing
Childe
KEQING

Childe
my friend, my compadre

Childe
the most beautiful person i know

Childe
the fairest maiden of them all

Keqing
What
Childe
can u pls come coop with me

Childe
my team disowned me

Keqing
???
Keqing
What did you do?
Childe
nothing!

Childe
they’re just big meanies

Childe
whatever. they’ll come begging for me back as soon as they need to do the pyro domains

Keqing
Hm
Keqing
Well, I feel bad for you. I really do
Childe
liar

Keqing
But I’m currently outside experiencing the real world. Breathing in fresh air. Touching the grass
Keqing
There’s life outside Genshin, you know
Childe
HEY

Childe
u don’t get to say that when ur the one who got addicted and then dragged me and diluc into this in the first place

Keqing
Anyway
Keqing
Go find some rando to coop with you. I’m busy
Childe
nooooo

Childe
they’re always so bad

Childe
keqing? KEQING?

Childe
ARE U REALLY GONNA LEAVE ME TO THE MERCY OF SOME RANDO

Team BP
Diluc
Paimon
Amber
Zhongli
Childe Bully Squad
Scaramouche
Keqing
Zhongli
Zhongli has entered the world
Zhongli
Oh.
Childe
u have got to be kidding me


Don't turn off custom skins!
It should work on mobile, but landscape mode looks a lot better than portrait.
At the top of each chapter is a name card belonging to the person whose pov the chapter is in. For example, in this chapter you will see Childe's DMs. Inspiration
THERE ARE SCROLLBARS. PLEASE SCROLL. I use scrollbars for all my social media fics and in every single one there's at least one person who doesn't realize until chapter 20. Don't let that be you.
This is Genshin but I took some liberties with certain features. I'll explain some of them in the ending notes.