GUEST SERVICES - TOI

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Comments

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[ just stares ]

[soba]

Well.

Maybe you can try.

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I left a note on the pipe organ.

[ it's been a week and she's still mad ]

[soba]

Maybe you can be more aggressive?

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I would never injure a guest.

[

that is probably not what he meant ]

[soba]

[ that's not what he meant

but ]

If you would, is there anyone you might consider injuring? Hypothetically speaking.

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[ ... she thinks about it for perhaps an uncomfortably long time ]

... Not gravely.

[soba]

[ he nods solemnly. ]

See? That's fair.

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[ she tilts her head a bit, one ear flopped down and the other straight up ]

It is?

[soba]

I get that this is your job, but... shit still sucks, so it's fine if everyone gets on your nerves.

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[ she hums a little ]

Not all guests are so terrible.

[soba]

Do you have friends?

[ that isn't mean to be an insult to her but ]

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I believe friendship between the guests and the staff to be ill advised.

[ that's a not? probably? ]

[soba]

That doesn't mean it can't happen.

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[ she shrugs ]

I suppose I have not disabused guests of the notion if they wish to believe us friends.

[ but she still hasn't called anyone by name so like ]

[soba]

[ hm... ]

Well, that makes sense.

[ he Understands ]

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[ they're same brand? she nods ]

Have you made friends with your fellow guests?

[ this is a thing to ask someone who just watched one of them die but listen ]

[soba]

No.

[ anya annoyed toi into agreeing to be friends with her and like two days later she died. he is never making another friend again. ]

I don't talk to anyone enough for that.

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Perhaps it is easier that way, in these circumstances.

[ peach might talk about human connections but plum doesn't believe in them so she's not about to call him out ]

[soba]

Well, it screws me over information-wise.

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I did say easier, not better.

[ lightly. is it a joke? no one knows ]

[soba]

[ he sighs ]

Oh well... I can try to figure things out a different way.

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Do you have a plan of action to that end, then?

[soba]

[ no

but ]

The blue bell-- I was told we should use it if we were confident it would be answered. How are we supposed to know when that's the case?

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I think you will find some people have already done so, sir. The Master has been corresponding with some guests through mail.

[ which isn't an answer as to how they were supposed to be sure but that just how she be ]