GUEST SERVICES - PHOENIX

[cluedin]

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[slobjection]

[ it's fine. ]

[ phoenix takes a look around... ] Nice place.

[ then go and sit on the floor across from blue. ]

Are you doing alright?

[cluedin]

Yes...? [It's almost like they aren't sure how to answer that, but then Phoenix is on the floor and they focus on them.] Are you?

[slobjection]

Hanging in there.

[ he absolutely is not. ]

I heard some people say you were socially awkward.... but I think it's more like socially godwkward.

[ shut up phoenix ]

[cluedin]

[...just a blink.]

...yes. [...] Haha.

[THEY THINK IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY?]

[slobjection]

[ thank you, master blue. he'll take it. ]

So you've been fighting this gouse [ yes, gouse. ] for a very long time, it seems... and we have proxies have more or less fallen short. That about the long and short of it?

[cluedin]

Correct. You have lasted longer than most.

[slobjection]

Is that partially because you called a bigger group in here...?

[ hmm... ]

The gouse seems to be pushing us harder and harder, though. If this is just a contest and we're just proxies... isn't possessing guests directly kind of cheating?

[ this is truly an unjust game,,,, ]

[cluedin]

[I WROTE YOU A TAG AND IT DISAPPEARED SORRY SIPP.]

Yes. That was the plan from the beginning. More guests, more time. [They seem proud of themselves even though people are still definitely dying. They. They tried.] You misunderstand. You are more than proxies. You are teammates.

[...but yes, the house is a dirty cheater.]

[slobjection]

[ love me ]

[ also it's fine sometimes you have to do huge conspiracies to combat a truly evil villain this is just the plot to aj, he gets it. kristhouse gavin ]

Team Blue, then. Why is it that the gouse.... or should I say the Oddity is now able to possess us directly? Is there something that triggered this?

[cluedin]

[A slow and steady blink.]

This has always been the case. [Not the monsters, that's new, but...]

[slobjection]

Oh, really...?

I got the impression from previous guests that it was an exclusive to our round. But maybe it's only the transformations?

[cluedin]

That would be correct. [The transformations are new. The house doing things and directly meddling with guests is not.]

[slobjection]

[ the dreams...... it makes sense. maybe it picked one person to possess just to spur on the battle royale in the shorter rounds... ]

So it's rigged the game against you from the beginning. You try to anticipate it... with your staff, but the Oddity changes its game plan every so often.

What is the heart of the house, Master Blue? How do we get to it to stop all of this?

[cluedin]

[Nodding along. Yeah, Phoenix got it. The house sucks and changes plans often enough.]

That is something you must discover on your own in order to stop everything.

[slobjection]

You know... your opponent is cheating pretty flagrantly. I don't mean to be pushy, but I think you could even the playing field a little with a small hint or two, no?

I heard something about an attic. Hot or cold?

[cluedin]

[Just....staring. They don't know this game, Phoenix.]

There is an attic. It's upstairs.

[slobjection]

[ phoenix is crying inside ]

Is it important?

[cluedin]

Not particularly. But helpful for understanding.

[slobjection]

... Huh. So is the source somewhere we've been past, or somewhere we've yet to discover?

[cluedin]

You have already discovered the source, but you have yet to uncover it.

[slobjection]

[ hmmmm.... ]

Do you think that third eye would be helpful with that?

[cluedin]

...[They blink a little...and then a third eye suddenly opens on their forehead.]

Third eye...?

[slobjection]

(Creepy...)

Didn't you have a tool in your study...? Or fake study.

[cluedin]

...[They make a triangle with their hands. Tool?]

That is not a third eye.

[slobjection]

[ nods ]

That's what the kids call it. It lets you see things deeper than the naked eye... maybe help with the illusions the house puts out. No?