catchall estelle

[skyagain]

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Week 1, Monday

[mustbepurged]

[Estelle spots Cloud near the concierge and wanders over. She looks like she has a normal Estelle-level of cheerfulness today.]

Cloud!

[She calls his name, then wanders over.] Are you checking out the new floor, too?

[skyagain]

[ he immediately does not look like he knows what to do with this cheerfulness, but at least he doesn't like. back away like a weirdo. small mercies ]

Uh... Yeah. Find anything good yet?

[mustbepurged]

[She nods.]

There's a closet with so many sets of clothes, you could get lost in it for days! But not literally. [She feels the need to clarify, because of all the RNG rooms where people did get lost for what felt like days.] And the gift shop has new items! Did you see?

[skyagain]

[ it is honestly a good thing she clarified because he immediately got wary. rng rooms trauma. ]

The ones that cost tickets? Yeah. Some of the more expensive stuff there looks... surprisingly normal.

[ rabbits foot???? ]

[mustbepurged]

I thought so too! So I asked Cetus, who said those suspiciously expensive items must be special in some way.

[skyagain]

Makes sense. Like a rare item at a pawn shop. But since we don't know how they're special, they're still kind of a gamble to pay for right now.

[mustbepurged]

True... You'll only know what something does if you buy it first.

I'm so curious, though!

[skyagain]

You planning to try and ask people if they want to pool for it?

[ he assumes this is a thing people can do. but cloud is not planning to do it. he just assumes. ]

[mustbepurged]

Maybe...

In the last place I was in, there was a lucky charm that had real power. It helped us towards getting everyone home safely...

What if it's the same here? Maybe it's something that could really help everyone, or give us some hint about what we need to do to get out of here...

[skyagain]

I wouldn't count on something that helpful right away, but you're right that it can't hurt to check. You're thinking of the rabbit's foot, I guess?

[mustbepurged]

Yes.

Maybe I'm biased because of my past experiences, but...

[skyagain]

It's as good a reasoning as any. Anyway, it's your tickets. And maybe whoever else you get to pull in with you, if you want it this week.

[mustbepurged]

[She gives him a little smile.]

I take it you're not interested? Are you planning on saving them for now?

[skyagain]

Already promised it to someone else. Sorry.

[ rip estelle she was just... a little too late ]

[mustbepurged]

That's okay.

It's not for the same item, is it?

[skyagain]

Nah. I'd point you their way if it was. No point in two groups wasting time trying to get the same one.

[mustbepurged]

That's true. I hope it turns out to be something good!

I'll keep trying, and if I can't find enough, the first aid kits are an option, too.

[skyagain]

Yeah. We might end up needing a lot of those, the way these things usually go.

[ which. estelle wouldn't know. ]

[mustbepurged]

Do you think so? So far, this place seems a lot safer than the other place I was in...

[skyagain]

... Anyone ever tell you about the excursions in the other places?

[ it's not melted cheese to the head but ]

[mustbepurged]

What kind of excursions?

[skyagain]

... People getting whisked away during the week to some kind of messed up scenario. They usually come back injured. Known a few to lose limbs that way.

[ she looks so happy he feels 10% bad ]

[mustbepurged]

[She gasps.]

That's right... Something like that did happen before...

But it didn't happen last week, did it? Or did I miss them...

[skyagain]

It doesn't usually happen the first week. ... Maybe we'll be lucky and it won't happen at all, but I wouldn't count on that.

[mustbepurged]

Do they usually happen on specific days, too...?

[Estelle here's still having a very hard time with the idea that everyone's death and suffering is on a "schedule."]