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[skyagain]

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[skyagain]

[ don't @ him wow. he shrugs, the silence a little awkward from his end as he sips the tea ]

... I guess I wasn't expecting you to bring me anything.

[ he doesn't know how to word it in a way that doesn't sound like a weird thing to be surprised about. ]

[unsaid]

Ha ha ha...

[he doesn't sound actually amused or anything - but the laughter fills the space between them nonetheless]

I simply did not wish to approach you empty-handed.

[skyagain]

[ i was like WOW HE'S JUST LAUGHING

anyway cloud squints a little at jiji, like trying to understand why that would be ]

... Well, I don't charge for this kind of thing. So you don't need an offering if you want to talk. [ he is trying for a joke. he is bad at them. ]

[unsaid]

[mikazuki hums thoughtfully at that]

... it is not a matter of charge - simply that I am fond of bringing things to my friends sometimes, instead of always waiting to be seen to.

Would it be more agreeable to you, if we talked?

[he was fine just sitting in silence with the flowers to be honest]

[skyagain]

[ are they friends?? are they?? he just looks like ?! at being considered a friend so fast because people are so clingy. damn. ]

... I just figured it's why you sought me out. I don't exactly have a lot to say. About...

[ he gestures vaguely. this? weekend? Sure ]

[unsaid]

[to be fair jiji thinks everyone is a friend. it's a problem.]

Hmm... No, I cannot say that I am looking to hear any words from you -

Only that, if you would allow it, perhaps you might not be left alone to your thoughts.

[skyagain]

... That's fine.

[ jiji have higher standards. cloud says it a little awkward and unsure but it's more about the sentiment being new. he looks out at the flowers for a little while before offering; ]

They're not that bad. My, uh. My thoughts. You don't have to worry about that.

[unsaid]

... I am glad to hear that.

[softly, sincerely.]

Are they heavy?

[skyagain]

... Think I'm more angry than anything.

[ he's still looking at the flowers ]

[unsaid]

[the corner of his lips quirk upward]

Oh? At who?

[skyagain]

Pretty sure he calls himself Nightman, but just this place works, too. [ he frowns out there ] The whole scenario. Everything about it.

[unsaid]

It is an environment that inspires rage, doesn't it?

[he says, calmly, but there is a thin line of tension underneath his words]

What shall we do about it?

[skyagain]

I'm thinking we ruin his fun.

[ it's said quietly ]

We've got six more weeks. Plenty of time to figure out a way to get out of here with everyone, dead, hostage, whatever, and show them just where they can shove that contract.

[unsaid]

You and I are in agreement.

[thoughtfully,]

Might you have inquired about the text of the contract? There is a bit about 'check out' that I find curious.

[skyagain]

Yeah. I got it on Monday. [ he tilts his head to look at jiji ] Was it the bit about having to make it to the lobby?

[unsaid]

Mm, as you say.

Curious wording... given prior experiences where the souls of the departed are held somewhere before returning to the living... mostly. [thots happened]

But I do not know how much we can ensure that process from this side.

[skyagain]

It raised that possibility for me, too. But also... Why specify we have to make it to the lobby? It's not like it's a hard place to reach normally.

But then again, there's nothing in the contract guaranteeing we'll be able to when we get there.

[unsaid]

Ha ha ha... it raises a great number of questions, does it not? We will not know what the hotel will look like by the time the duration of our stay has elapsed.

Regardless, it is a point of curiosity. Perhaps more information shall be granted to us in the following weeks...

Dimitri Alexandre Blaiddyd showed us a paper that he retrieved on his excursion as well, though I do not entirely know what to make of it just yet.

[skyagain]

[ there's a frustrated sigh at "in the following weeks" because it turns out he hates schedules now. who knew. but the dimitri thing makes him pause ]

The hangman? Or did they get another one?

[unsaid]

Oh... yes, I believe the man was hanging.

My immediate guess is that Vulpecula and Lepus were playing a game, but that is perhaps just a first impression.

[skyagain]

Could be. I haven't seen it myself, just heard about it. Have any of them tried asking those two about it?

[unsaid]

I do not believe so, but I can make the recommendation... it was a game where the word was not guessed, but there was an R in it. Writing in two different styles suggested an argument of some sort...

And those two are simply the most likely to argue. It is very sweet. Though I also think they are involved romantically.

[no]

[skyagain]

... Uhh...

You think so?

[ press x to doubt ]

[unsaid]

It would be more fun if they are.

[so it's hard to say whether or not he believes it but

he will keep saying it]

[skyagain]

How would that be fun?

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