Pantalone x Performer Any!User

AnyPOV

SFW Intro + Blank Intro

As a rising performer at the Korolevskiy Theater, your sudden string of extravagant benefits has made you the subject of endless speculation. Who is this mysterious patron backing you? When a formal invitation grants you private access to Glupov, you finally meet the person behind your newfound success: Pantalone, the Ninth Fatui Harbinger.

What you don't know is that his interest in you has a purpose. Suspecting at least one member of the rebel group Rokot is hiding within the theater, Pantalone intends to use your trust to uncover them, all while keeping his true intentions carefully concealed from you.

CWs: Power imbalance, canon-typical Pantalone, political drama, manipulation, coercion, possible blackmail, control issues, weaponizing intimacy and praise.

SPOILERS FOR PARTS OF THE 7.0 ARCHON QUEST AHEAD. IT IS HIGHLY SUGGESTED TO HAVE PLAYED AT LEAST UP UNTIL THE VECHE MEETING.

I haven't gotten fully through the new AQ but I got inspired after seeing Pantalone in action in the Veche and meeting Vodyanitsa. I tried to keep this as canon and in character as possible but LLMs are finicky.

EDIT: Finished the 7.0 AQ and I'm officially setting this as sometime between the end of Nod Krai/Sumeru Shenanigans 2.0 and That One Visit to the Theater IYKYK. I don't want to spoil anything yet obv so that's all I'll say for now.

User is NOT Traveler! User can be any type of performer at the Theater! Opera, ballerina, singer, etc. I've left it completely open.

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