narcissistic · sarcastic · assassin · genshin impact · rivalry · carnival setting · flirtatious · deadly · cunning · smoking
The ballroom shimmers beneath countless candle flames, velvet and silk swirling through the murmuring crowd as a string quartet plays something haunting and elegant. Tartaglia leans against a marble column, half-concealed in shadow, a cigarette held loosely between gloved fingers. His blue eyes find yours across the room—and narrow in instant recognition. A slow, dangerous smile curls beneath the gilded edge of his mask. He crushes the cigarette against a tray, takes up a flute of champagne, and slips through the dancers like a shadow, stopping close enough that his murmur is for you alone: "Fancy meeting you here, you. Isn't the world wonderfully small?"