catchall rupert

[skyagain]

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[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 ]

[agleam]

Yeah, like...

[...]

Okay, I can't tell you about the one I used that worked, but - I asked them about a way to make the doors better somehow, and they said they couldn't do anything about the doors, so that should be a safe example... For those, I just said that if, like, half of the time people went in, each of the doors were totally safe or had some kind of reward, it would mean more people would go in, and the people who did get the worse effects from the room would be angry. That kind of thing. Although I'm not sure how that would apply to, you know, breaking into places we shouldn't be.

[skyagain]

... So we try to appeal to the host with stuff like this. Makes sense.

[ but he hates it? ]

[agleam]

Yeah. At least there's a way to spin it for things that are actually helpful, but... You know.

[he also does not like it!!]

[skyagain]

... It still requires finding a way to spin it in the first place. I don't think we can spin sneaking in to find information we're not supposed to know.

[agleam]

Yeah... We could try to say we're going to keep whatever we find secret and only tell specific people, so the others would be angry when they found out, but I feel like they're not going to go for that.

[skyagain]

Not nearly enough drama resulting from it for that good of a perk.

[agleam]

Yeah, probably not, and normally I'd say it can't hurt to ask, but I don't really think that applies if we're asking about breaking in somewhere... I don't really want their boss giving us any more attention than he already is.

[skyagain]

I think I got enough of his attention for a lifetime.