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Yanfei teaches Ganyu modern slang. It all goes downhill from there. A chatfic.

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Plenilune_Gaze: Yanfei, do you remember how I asked you to annotate the recent bill passed by the Lady Tianquan?

Wise_Innocence: yeah, what about it

Plenilune_Gaze: I’m afraid I don’t quite understand some of the notes you’ve written.

Wise_Innocence: such as?

Plenilune_Gaze: Here in Section 12, you encircled the paragraph where the Lady Tianquan prohibits fishing after-curfew and wrote “cringe” in the margins.

Wise_Innocence: well yes

Wise_Innocence: because it’s cringe

Plenilune_Gaze: But what does “cringe” mean?

Wise_Innocence: seriously? what are you, 3000 years old?

Plenilune_Gaze: Yes.

Wise_Innocence: oh true

Wise_Innocence: basically it’s when you don’t like something

Plenilune_Gaze: I see.

Wise_Innocence: and then when you do like something, it’s based

Plenilune_Gaze: …

Plenilune_Gaze: …based on what?

Wise_Innocence: oh my god

Wise_Innocence: okay, let’s start over from the beginning…

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Vigilant_Yaksha: Ganyu.

Plenilune_Gaze: Yes, Xiao?

Vigilant_Yaksha: I have recently located a camp of Abyssal servants to the north of Luhua, and I was wondering…

Vigilant_Yaksha: …if you would like to clear it out with me?

Plenilune_Gaze: Xiao, you know how I feel about these things…

Plenilune_Gaze: Killing is cringe.

Vigilant_Yaksha: Right, of course.

Vigilant_Yaksha: Wait, what? What is “cringe”?

Plenilune_Gaze: Many things. Violence. War. Tax evasion.

Vigilant_Yaksha: …I see.

Plenilune_Gaze: Besides, it is already 2 in the afternoon, so I will be going to sleep.

Vigilant_Yaksha: Is it not a bit too early for that?

Plenilune_Gaze: Of course not. After all, sleeping is based. Goodnight, Xiao.

Vigilant_Yaksha: Wait.

Vigilant_Yaksha: Based on what?

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Plenilune_Gaze: Yanfei, can you teach me more modern slang?

Wise_Innocence: you know, it almost feels irresponsible of me to be doing this

Wise_Innocence: like i’m handing a vision to a toddler

Plenilune_Gaze: That would be cringe and unbased.

Wise_Innocence: sure would. okay, listen up…

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Lonesome_Transcendence: Ganyu, I request your assistance in a small matter.

Plenilune_Gaze: What is it, Shenhe?

Lonesome_Transcendence: Yesterday, a man tried to touch my hair without asking, so I broke thirty-six of his bones. Now, he is threatening “legal action.” Can I prevent this by breaking more of his bones?

Plenilune_Gaze: Ah, I see. It sounds as if this man is tilted.

Lonesome_Transcendence: Hmm. I think I did more than tilt him. If anything, he is completely bent. His spine, particularly.

Plenilune_Gaze: Seems like he caught those hands.

Lonesome_Transcendence: No, if he had caught my hands the damage to his body would have been lesser. What should I do?

Plenilune_Gaze: I will see if I can arrange for Yanfei to represent you. In the meantime, please refrain from doing anything sus.

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Driving_Thunder: Morning Ganyu!

Plenilune_Gaze: Good morning, Lady Yuheng.

Driving_Thunder: Hey, so I know we don’t always see eye-to-eye when it comes to Rex Lapis…

Plenilune_Gaze: Correct.

Driving_Thunder: So, I was hoping to learn more about him from you. After all, you know him better than most people. What is he like?

Plenilune_Gaze: He is a boomer.

Driving_Thunder: Haha, I guess he sort of is, huh? I mean so are you, but…

Driving_Thunder: Uh, anyway. You guys fought in a war together, right?

Plenilune_Gaze: Correct. It was a huge W.

Driving_Thunder: …Right. He had a lover, right? Guizong?

Plenilune_Gaze: That is correct.

Plenilune_Gaze: F for her.

Driving_Thunder: Indeed. Well, I apologize for all these questions…

Plenilune_Gaze: It’s okay, I understand. You are a simp.

Driving_Thunder: Um…

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Wise_Innocence: so have you been having fun with your new slang?

Plenilune_Gaze: I have been demoted.

Wise_Innocence: wow, really!? after less than a day?

Plenilune_Gaze: Well.

Plenilune_Gaze: Technically, the Lady Yuheng cannot demote me.

Plenilune_Gaze: So instead I was asked to demote myself.

Wise_Innocence: that’s pretty cringe

Plenilune_Gaze: Indeed. Oh, by the way, look at this dog I found near the harbor earlier. It has heterophobia in its eyes.

Plenilune_Gaze: *heterochromia

Wise_Innocence is typing…