catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[skyagain]

Not that them being in control would make this shit that much easier, but...

[ it still. sucks. ]

[agleam]

...I get it. It just makes it hard in a different way.

[skyagain]

It started after the cemetery opened, but... no one else was moved, either.

[agleam]

Yeah. I don't really know what it might mean... It might be one of those things we have to wait to learn about.

[skyagain]

Getting real tired of having to wait for it.

[agleam]

Just about five more weeks after this one, right?

[he sighs, though.]

I'm getting pretty impatient, too.

[skyagain]

... Doesn't help that we haven't exactly found out anything useful yet.

[ >:T ]

[agleam]

We found out the shadow thing pretty early... I mean, that doesn't tell us what to do about it, but back at the school, we couldn't tell anyone why we were doing what we were doing until the very end.

[skyagain]

That probably didn't go over well.

[ he's thinking of how. it did not. for the people in the realm ]

[agleam]

Not really, but... Most people were kind to me, even when I couldn't tell them much.

[except alphinaud but he's absolutely not going to say that now!!]

[skyagain]

[ it's fine yamato was mean to kaoruko instead of rupert. ]

That's good. But I wonder why the lack of secrets? You'd think people feeling betrayed would be more entertaining than knowing it wasn't the killer's fault.

[agleam]

...I'm guessing from their perspective, it's just as fun to watch people get pushed into voting to execute their friends, despite the fact that they haven't done anything wrong.

[angy]

[skyagain]

... Like a twisted experiment to see if we would in the first place.

[ also angy ]

[agleam]

[upgrade: now angry and frowning]

Do you think that's what happening here?

[skyagain]

... Maybe. Seems like the kind of sick form of entertainment you'd expect.

[ but he has an anti-scientist bias ]

[agleam]

Probably as good a guess as any, yeah.

[skyagain]

Really wish they weren't guesses. Think we can dress up as staff and sneak into their stuff?

[agleam]

I mean, if you want to give it a shot, you know I'd come with you. It... Well, no, it probably can and will hurt, but if it works it would be worth it.

[skyagain]

If they weren't what they are, it might be worth a shot, but... What we'd need is a way to get their uniforms and their keys. Doubtful it could happen.

[agleam]

The uniforms are easy enough, I already have one of those. But... Yeah, the keys are going to be the harder part. You can persuade them to make deals if you justify it, but I doubt the keys are going to be included in that.

[skyagain]

[ a long pause ]

... Right, why do you have that uniform anyway? Was a task for you to do their job for them?

[agleam]

[stares into the middle distance]

Yeah. Just for an hour, though, but I had to pretend like I didn't know what anyone was talking about when they said I shouldn't be there. I don't think I'm allowed to say exactly what it was for, but... It'll hopefully be something that can help everyone out.

[skyagain]

Did Lepus make you do this one? [ it's dry like it's a joke though. he thinks he has an idea what rupert might have gotten, but he won't ask ] Least it wasn't that bad. Just people thinking you looked foolish for a bit.

[ he tilts his head ]

I doubt there's any kind of deal that'd let us check out more of the hotel with their permission, but... might be worth asking.

[agleam]

Oh, yeah, when I think of who to go to for tasks that won't be awful, Lepus definitely comes to mind immediately.

[the sarcasm is real, but he nods at the next part.]

It'll be easier if we find a way to spin it, somehow, that makes it seem like it'll be good for their boss. That's what I had to do for the last one.

[skyagain]

... Spin it?

[ he knows what he means, he's just. god. how do you spin That kind of bullshit ]