Today: How Do They Press Pantalone For More Money?

Don't have any quotes for you right now, but some more headcanons! I thought you guys wouldn't care about those, but you seemed to enjoy the last few so oh well, here goes

today: How do they press Pantalone for more money?

Starting off with Pierro: he doesn't really have to. He asks and Pantalone is too scared to say no. Actually sometimes he doesn't ask. He just takes it. Capitano: Asks rarely enough (because he "trusts Pantalones judgement & financial plan"), that Pantalone just gives it to him, on the rare occasion that he needs it. Only ever asks if he actually really needs the money, because he'd feel bad otherwise. Dottore: Bro tries everything. Threats, bribery, begging- it has stopped working, because he does it so often that Pantalone becomes numb to it. Has now taken to threatening the newer Harbingers for money, instead of Pantalone directly. It works with Childe, less so with Arlecchino. Columbina: watches Pantalone sleep until he gives in. Usually only takes one night. Actually he'd probably just give it to her if she asked, but she skips that step and goes immediately to the next one. Arlecchino: gives detailed reports as to why she needs more money, and usually manages to convince him. Some of her requests are straight up denied though, because Pantalone will not pay more magic show equipment, no matter how much she argues that it's for a mission. Tried petitioning the Court of Fontaine to pay her child support from the state, but no one voted in favour. Crucabena: got a lot of money to pay for all the children, and just never told Pantalone that a bunch of them died/got given to Dottore. She eventually just had a shit ton of money left over. If she *does* ask for more money, she waits until after Dottore has asked for an absurd amount, and immediately follows it up with much less money. Pantalone usually gives it to her, because he's already been exhausted by Dottore. Pulcinella: actually, despite what you may think, he (after Dottore) is the one who asks for the most money, to plan events in the city and such. Usually he threatens higher taxes for the rich, if Pantalone doesnt give him money, so he rarely refuses.

Scaramouche: he doesn't. For one, he thinks it's beneath him to ask a human for money, and for another, he doesn't really need it. If he sees something he wants, he can just steal it, he's already a criminal. Doesn't pay for food, so he saves a lot of money that way, too. Even if he DID need money, he'd just sell some trinkets he took with him from the Abyss. Sandrone: sends a giant robot to do the negotiating for her. Not because she wants to intimidate Pantalone, just because she doesn't want to leave her room. Whether it works is a 50/50, but if it doesn't, she'll just rob someone instead. After Crucabena/Signora/Capitano died, she raided their bank accounts, so now she has a lot of private savings. La Signora: Also sees it beneath her to ask Pantalone for money, but thankfully for her, he owes her massive amounts of favours, so she usually just has to insinuate that she wants to cash one of those in. Pantalone: is Pantalone Childe: Hasn't really gotten the memo that Pantalone wants something in exchange, so he usually gets rejected. However, he grew up poor, so the salary he has now is more than enough for him. ...if he didn't spend half of it on Zhongli. Was able to pass that off as costs for the mission at first, but Signora told on him. Now he owes Pantalone money.