GUEST SERVICES - AKIRA

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[ does she? it is a mystery. she takes the tea ... ]

A social call with ulterior motives, usually. [ call out!!! she sips the tea though ] What did you wish to talk about?

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[CALLED OUT. Akira's mouth quirks]

Such is the nature of Confidants.

[. . . a thoughtful hum]

What, if anything, do you remember about previous guests?

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[ she just ???? at confidants, but. she hums back ]

We have had many guests, sir. What exactly is it do you wish to know about them?

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[hmm. . .]

Risette. Kujikawa Rise. She said she knew you three.

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[ she hums mildly ... ]

The idol and her friend. I played accompaniment for her a few times.

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[seems pleased that Plum remembers her!!]

Can you tell me a little bit about how she died?

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[ she's walking over to the massive windows to observe the sky from, depositing her tea cup and looking out ]

Mmm... There were three deaths that night, I believe. I can't say I quite remember the details of it.

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[watches her, not moving from his spot wherever he's sitting]

Rise-san couldn't, either. But she knew she died to protect someone else.

. . . who was the third that night?

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[ she thinks about it for a second ]

We didn't speak much. He was... tall, and carried a large sword. He stuck around with Miss Rise and her friend because they were young, I believe.

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[oh. . . he thinks he knows that person!!]

Cloud Strife?

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[ she thinks about it ]

... Yes, that sounds right. How did you know?

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Because I talked to him.

[said simply]

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[ ........ ]

Ah.

[ ah. ]

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Ah.

[that. is a strange reaction]

Is something wrong with that?

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Speaking to the dead is generally rather odd, sir, yes.

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[ha]

[his mouth twitches]

I was able to reach them through a oujia board. Did you and your sisters never try that yourself?

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The ... what board?

[ that's a no ]

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[. . . HM]

Can we go to the museum? I'll show you.

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[ she nods a little, brushing off her skirt, and she starts the long trek down the stairs, apparently expecting akira to follow even though he said. he'd show her. ]

Did the ghosts have anything of interest to say, sir?

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I feel like ghosts always have interesting things to say.

[definitely following her even though he said he'd show her. . .]

Rise-san talked a little bit about the announcements that happened during her dinner party. She said they were kind of like ours, in that they encouraged people to kill others.

But they were also. . . different.

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[ she's got one ear flopped and one ear up as she listens, her shoes going tap tap tap tap on the stairs as they walk ... ]

That's very possible, sir. There have been many announcements in the time we have worked here... I have to admit, we've stopped listening to them by now. It is little more than white noise for us.

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[they're getting their exercise in. . .]

That's what Pumpkin said when I asked her about them.

[hm]

Do you know where the announcements come from?

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[ without missing a beat: ]

The announcements are coming from inside the house.

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Shocking. Riveting information.

[HE STARTS OFF SARCASTICALLY. . . but then, wait--]

From someone specific inside the house?

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[ she frowns lightly ... not that he can see it as she is still leading them, but he can see her head tilt, both ears droopy ]

I would not say that exactly, no.