[ she pushes her plate away for now. ] Yeah. I can see the resemblance.
[ as for the rest of that: ] It's not going to be forever. We're gonna solve this. [ she has to believe that. ] We're close. I'm doing my best to keep everybody together.
[ beanie touch. ] ... Does that include the ghosts? Do -- ahah. I'm almost afraid to ask. But. Do you think we could bring them back? I've been assuming this whole time, because it's kept me going, but.
I know you will. You're the group who's come the furthest so far. It's...why the Master chose so many of you. Took your abilities. Everything. It was a way to get around things the house has done before to try and ensure we might be successful this time. And I know it sounds cruel because it sounds like we're sacrificing people just to buy time, but...
[She frowns softly.] ...if we can really solve everything, separate the Master from the house and beat the house at its source? Yeah. Everyone, including the past guests, will be able to go.
[ she nods. everybody will be able to go. that's all she needs. she'll hold onto that. ]
Fuck the house. [ beau says, fists clenched. ] We gotta find the source. The heart. Someone asked me the other day if I thought the source was only able to be found during curfew nights. I thought that had some merit. We have something that lets us stay awake if we're not the monster or the victim. Granted, I don't know who fucking has it right now because Hunter thought it'd be a good idea to just hand it off secretly, but.
[ look, she loves the kid but she's also very unhappy about this. ]
Lio, Akira and I all have a medallion that lets us see somewhere we can't reach. Do you think it'd work if we used them to see where the heart is?
You mean that flute thing? [And suddenly her ears flatten.] Why does Hunter just...do things? [HUNTER???]
...I don't know about it being visible at curfew. I feel like that might actually make it worse. The medallion can be used in different ways, but...you don't need it to see where the heart is. I think you guys are a lot closer to understanding than you think you are. Save those for when we really need them.
Yeah, I mean the flute thing. I need to go harass Hunter. Akechi's not gonna get shit out of him, but I probably can.
[ she sighs. ] I don't know what to use the medallion for, Peach - but I'll hold onto it, I guess. I'm just... worried. Shit's ramping up. You guys keep telling us we're close but I feel like I'm at a dead end.
He seems to trust you a lot, so I hope so. It's kind of important to know where things are going, isn't it? But I understand the secrecy, too.
[It just sucks.] ...the entire house is open to you now. It might help to start looking at everything you learned and everything you've seen to check out what differences you've found. Does that make sense?
It's important because it could be a key to - getting us out of here, or giving us just a little bit more time, you know? I get secrecy, but we can't afford it right now.
[ secrets are hard when that's your whole-ass job, uncovering secrets. which is funny that she got this new job. ]
... It makes sense, yeah. I'm just not sure what I've learned is helpful. [ she scrubs her face. ] There's gotta be something. I'm overlooking something.
[ she's just gonna go get her notes and bring them back to the bed! ]
You still have a few more days before anything will happen. [She's not stupid enough to think the house won't retaliate, and now that Beau knows they check each week...it's inevitable. But Beau retrieves her notes and Peach perches on the bed tentatively next to her to look over her shoulder.]
[ she flips through her notes - they include phoenix's, which she's painstakingly copied to her own notebook. ]
The house cheats. There's misdirection going everywhere - the shit going down with the motives is the house trying to trick us into killing each other. If we're strong enough, we'll see the truth, is what Percy said. There's clues in the stuff we've found... maybe I should look at the notes in black again? [ still flicking through. she's kind of just talking, running through all of it. ]
Hunter and Lio are safe from the Oddity. But I'm not, I don't think, because I haven't ever transformed, so I could still be at risk. The House might try to use me and the others to stop us from getting close. But we can see the whole house, and - we can't just destroy the source first, right? We have to separate Blue from the house, or not everything is gonna go to plan.
[She'll let Beau review her notes and she doesn't shy away, reading over everything and occasionally humming in agreement to certain things.]
That's the basic summary, yeah. [...] Percy tried really hard while he was alive, so that doesn't surprise me much either. The house doesn't want to let you guys go no matter what. Everyone except Hunter and Lio are safe from transforming again, but they aren't safe from other tricks the house will try to pull. And Master Blue...knows that separation is what we have to do, but they have considered an alternative. It's not something we want to pursue though despite what they think.
...when you think of cheaters, what kind of traits come to mind?
The Master...has considered it. [And she doesn't like it?? So no??] But it's a last result.
I think of arrogance, too, when I think of people who cheat. Like people who are so sure they won't be caught, right? They're fooling you right in front of your eyes and you don't even know it.
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Man. Honestly? As far as parents go they're not bad. [ better than hers. ] Well, kind-of parents, anyway. I think I get what you're talking about.
[ she doesn't want to be too invasive. ] Has Blue been here for like, five thousand years? That's about how old you guys are, right?
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But no...they've been here for much longer than that.
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[ as for the rest of that: ] It's not going to be forever. We're gonna solve this. [ she has to believe that. ] We're close. I'm doing my best to keep everybody together.
[ beanie touch. ] ... Does that include the ghosts? Do -- ahah. I'm almost afraid to ask. But. Do you think we could bring them back? I've been assuming this whole time, because it's kept me going, but.
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[She frowns softly.] ...if we can really solve everything, separate the Master from the house and beat the house at its source? Yeah. Everyone, including the past guests, will be able to go.
You can see why the house wouldn't want that.
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Fuck the house. [ beau says, fists clenched. ] We gotta find the source. The heart. Someone asked me the other day if I thought the source was only able to be found during curfew nights. I thought that had some merit. We have something that lets us stay awake if we're not the monster or the victim. Granted, I don't know who fucking has it right now because Hunter thought it'd be a good idea to just hand it off secretly, but.
[ look, she loves the kid but she's also very unhappy about this. ]
Lio, Akira and I all have a medallion that lets us see somewhere we can't reach. Do you think it'd work if we used them to see where the heart is?
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...I don't know about it being visible at curfew. I feel like that might actually make it worse. The medallion can be used in different ways, but...you don't need it to see where the heart is. I think you guys are a lot closer to understanding than you think you are. Save those for when we really need them.
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[ she sighs. ] I don't know what to use the medallion for, Peach - but I'll hold onto it, I guess. I'm just... worried. Shit's ramping up. You guys keep telling us we're close but I feel like I'm at a dead end.
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[It just sucks.] ...the entire house is open to you now. It might help to start looking at everything you learned and everything you've seen to check out what differences you've found. Does that make sense?
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[ secrets are hard when that's your whole-ass job, uncovering secrets. which is funny that she got this new job. ]
... It makes sense, yeah. I'm just not sure what I've learned is helpful. [ she scrubs her face. ] There's gotta be something. I'm overlooking something.
[ she's just gonna go get her notes and bring them back to the bed! ]
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What do you know so far?
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The house cheats. There's misdirection going everywhere - the shit going down with the motives is the house trying to trick us into killing each other. If we're strong enough, we'll see the truth, is what Percy said. There's clues in the stuff we've found... maybe I should look at the notes in black again? [ still flicking through. she's kind of just talking, running through all of it. ]
Hunter and Lio are safe from the Oddity. But I'm not, I don't think, because I haven't ever transformed, so I could still be at risk. The House might try to use me and the others to stop us from getting close. But we can see the whole house, and - we can't just destroy the source first, right? We have to separate Blue from the house, or not everything is gonna go to plan.
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That's the basic summary, yeah. [...] Percy tried really hard while he was alive, so that doesn't surprise me much either. The house doesn't want to let you guys go no matter what. Everyone except Hunter and Lio are safe from transforming again, but they aren't safe from other tricks the house will try to pull. And Master Blue...knows that separation is what we have to do, but they have considered an alternative. It's not something we want to pursue though despite what they think.
...when you think of cheaters, what kind of traits come to mind?
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[ a pause. ] Selfish. Motivated. Greedy. Maybe a touch arrogant.
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I think of arrogance, too, when I think of people who cheat. Like people who are so sure they won't be caught, right? They're fooling you right in front of your eyes and you don't even know it.
...the heart's a little like that, I think.