Tiario

TiaRio is the het ship between Tia Safalin and Rio Ranger from the Your Turn To Die fandom.

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Ranger and Safalin are the Vice Floor Masters of Floor 3. Ranger is a doll, a robot capable of feeling, moving, and acting just like a human. Safalin claims to be a doll, but is shown to actually be human since she can bleed, which dolls can't do. It is revealed that Gashu created Ranger, and that Safalin was supposed to give Ranger positive emotions but was stopped by Gashu. He wanted to see what would happen if someone could only feel negative emotions, and Safalin obliged.

When the Mishima AI is activated in the Monitor Room, Safalin appears on the rest of the screens and deduces that Ranger was the one who turned it on. She expresses her anger at him, and is reluctant to show herself when he calls her over to the main cast. Ranger says it's creepy when all the Safalin monitors talk at once, causing Safalin to burst into tears. Ranger pretends he was joking and calls her cute, helping prompt Safalin to introduce herself. The two then explain the Sub-Game together.

After Ranger's head is kicked off in the aftermath of the Final Attraction, Safalin takes it to her lab. Ranger is briefly hopeful that he is going to be fixed, but Safalin says he only has 10 minutes left of life. Ranger angrily questions why she would bother, and Safalin explains it is to complete him by returning his heart. As Safalin returns Ranger's emotions, he becomes overwhelmed with the unwanted emotions and seems to be in pain. Safalin dubs him "Rio Laizer", and he ceases living.

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August 24th, 2018: Ranger offers Safalin some cola, commenting that she likes it. Safalin doesn't let herself be fooled though, because it's actually melon soda since it is light in color. Ranger abruptly starts sucking on the straw on Safalin's hat, wondering if she also tastes of melon soda, with Safalin shakily telling him to stop.

September 5th, 2018: Ranger decorates Safalin's hat with chocolate sauce, saying it looks cute. Ranger then squirts sauce into the opening of the straw, to Safalin's panic. Her skin gets dyed by the chocolate and she cries that it's terrible.

October 11th, 2018: Ranger tries on Safalin's hat, impressed by the fact that it doesn't melt in the rain. He looks down to see Safalin sprawled on the ground, and crudely asks why she's not answering him.

November 26th, 2018: Safalin walks in on Ranger looking at himself in the mirror, surprised to see him smiling. Ranger angrily tells Safalin not to look, while sucking on her straw, causing her to desperately apologize.

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TiaRio is shipped due to both Safalin and Ranger being Floor Masters of the same floor. They are also shipped for their introduction scene and when they are shown standing next each other in the Room of Lies at the end of the Final Attraction. Their personalities contrast each other well, as Ranger is crude and teasing while Safalin is a bit kinder and themed around crying. They are portrayed as a comedic duo, often at Safalin's expense. As with other Ranger ships, Safalin is sometimes shipped with Rio Laizer instead of Rio Ranger due to him having more positive emotions and possibly being better fit for a relationship.

In the Western Fandom, controversy has risen over this ship. Since Safalin was involved in Ranger's construction, many Western fans see the pair as family. Some Western Fans also see Ranger as a minor, due to the fact that his listed canon age is 3 years old. Western TiaRio shippers say that Safalin and Ranger are not related, and that Ranger's age being listed as 3 is only because of his status as a doll, so they can be shipped without moral panic. In any case, Platonic TiaRio is enjoyed by many without controversy.

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