GUEST SERVICES - TOI

[cluedin]

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[cluedin]

[ she hums, leaning back and straightening her skirt ]

What makes you think so?

[soba]

I don't know. It's just a guess.

Unless they're a family member? Friend? A green hippo person?

[cluedin]

The last one. [ she nods. but her trolling aside: ] But your first guess was the right one. That is Master Blue.

[soba]

[ hm.... ]

How long ago was this?

[cluedin]

[ ... she's clearly trying to remember the date ... ]

A few thousand years ago, at the very least?

[ THEY'RE OLD, TOI ]

[soba]

Right...

[ he looks back down at it ]

Do you want it?

[cluedin]

You do not wish to keep it?

[ why would he, plum ]

[soba]

Unless there is some message hidden in your left ear in it, no.

Things like this should go to the people in it.

[cluedin]

[ that almost gets the quirk of a smile at the joke, but; ]

Not as far as I know. Thank you. [ she reaches for it, and then ] Do you require an eyepatch?

[


and like a new haircut ig ]

[soba]

... sure.

[ you can tell he is trying very very hard not to poke at his eye area ]

[cluedin]

[ she takes one out of her pockets??? did she anticipate it. mysterious. it's a plain medical eyepatch she isn't even trolling him u_u ]

It will help you resist touching the infected area. I can make you a customized one as well if you would prefer.

[soba]

[ he shakes his head. ]

Nah, this is fine. I don't know what I'd even customize it with...

[cluedin]

A color or symbol is the usual preference, I believe?

[ kappa eyepatch ]

[soba]

No. I'm good.

[ he does not want to bring more attention to the kappa thing please ]

[cluedin]

[ she nods ]

Very well. [ ... ] May I ask what exactly happened in there?

[soba]

Well... we got in. Jin Ling kind of blew up the door with dynamite. But we ended up in some place with a lot of snows and trees? There was a sled that was attached to some magical dogs, and we started riding it until we reached a cliff with a bridge.

[ he grimaces. this is where everything goes Wrong ]

Jin Ling, one of the dogs, and I fell off the cliff and into a river. We ran into a shark but somehow managed to handle that? But... since we were separated from the others, I'm not entirely sure what they were doing. When we finally caught up to them, they were in the middle of this huge battle near a castle. We tried to regroup with them, but right as we made it to where they were... Anya was stabbed by a soldier.

[ ... ]

She was too badly injured. We couldn't do anything.

[cluedin]

[ there is definitely a moment where it looks like she's going "why the fuck was there a magical snow place in a CLOSET" but she lets toi talk without interrupting, lips pursed in thought ]

I see... That is unfortunate. [ like. an understatement, but she sounds like she means it, at least? ] At least you managed to bring the body back.

[soba]

Yeah... we had to go on a chase for it though. Some monster grabbed her body and flew away?

[ TOI NEVER RECEIVED THE WAR PLOT HE HAS NO IDEA WHO THE FUCK THAT WAS ]

[cluedin]

[ what the fuck ]

It ... flew away with her? Why? [ what the fuc ] How did you catch up to it?

[soba]

The dogs. We also kind of, shot her down?

[ ... ]

Because it turned out the monster turned into a woman? I seriously have no idea what the backstory there was.

[cluedin]

[ ... ]

I'm afraid I do not have the slightest clue.

[ she has never sounded more baffled ]

[soba]

So, nothing like this happened during previous stays?

[ this is bullshit ]

[cluedin]

No. I can't say it has. [ she pauses, hesitating, but: ] I believe some of the differences may be do to something specific to your group.

[soba]

Something specific to us...?

I know we're a bigger group than usual, or is it something else?

[cluedin]

[ she shakes her head ]

Yes, I believe the size of your group influences a lot of the things happening at this time.