GUEST SERVICES - PHOENIX

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[slobjection]

Was that the case before you were swallowed, as well?

[cluedin]

[They ponder this.]

Somewhat. But different. We were not connected before.

[slobjection]

If you're not gods, then what are you?

And I don't mean that in a rude way.

[cluedin]

[Just...staring. They're obviously not human, so.]

Not gods. Not human.

[slobjection]

I got that much.

So then... what? Angel? Demon?

[cluedin]

You are very simple, aren't you? [SOMEHOW THIS IS STILL JUST A NORMAL QUESTION AND NOT AN INSULT.]

[slobjection]

Compared to you, yes. So you may have to dumb it down for us silly humans, I'm afraid.

[ he doesn't seem offended at least ]

[cluedin]

[There's a nod. Okay, that's fair.]

We are beings unlike others. It is hard to compare.

[slobjection]

Can you try, for my sake?

There's already false information circulating about. As your professor, I'd really like to rectify that. We are a team... are we not?

[cluedin]

No. [Phoenix there is literally no other way for them to spell out that they're basically an alternate horror lifeform. Please.]

You are a team. False information comes from wrong conclusions.

[slobjection]

[ just say you're a promare ]

Wrong conclusions can happen when half-answers are circulating about..... we are a team.... are we not?

Let me change it up, then. Are we proxy teammates all dead?

[cluedin]

You are a team. You're not dead yet. [So like. Where the fuck did that rumor come from? Blue has yet to realize how confusing they can be sometimes.]

[slobjection]

I thought you were on our team.

[ akechi but also peach. mostly peach ]

Were we previously dead before arriving here?

[cluedin]

[Blue is just giving Phoenix a blank stare.]

Not all of you. Some of you may have been.

[slobjection]

[ thank god that theory was wrong ]

There is a way to revive all those who have passed, though, right?

[cluedin]

Yes. Guests who have died here may possibly be reverted to their original state.

[slobjection]

Can we achieve that by freeing you from the house? Or is there more?

[cluedin]

Separation must occur to separate everyone. [They bring two fingers up to hold them together before splitting apart.] The source must be eliminated, but we must be separated.

[slobjection]

We have to separate you two before we can eliminate it, no? [ separate... everyone, hm ]

This house is already feeding off of you, isn't it? Are we in a similar state, where we are part of it now, and we are fueling its nightmares?

[cluedin]

That would be advisable. [...hmmm.]

The house is me. I am the house. We are connected. [And that's why they should be separated.] The guests in this house are not connected to it. They are effected by the things it chooses.

[So. The house just picks what'll fuck with people and make them crazy/murder.]

[slobjection]

Can we do that without hurting you?

[ separate, he means. phoenix nods. it makes sense. ]

When they die, do they become a part of the house? [ a beat. ] You know... I don't quite understand what the house stands to gain from killing us like this. Aside from a sense of superiority that it can manipulate us.

[cluedin]

We have tried. But there must be a way. [So. Maybe. If people can figure it out.]

When people die...the house keeps them. They are not the same as the house and myself. [And then there's a pause before they say, quite tiredly:] The house is quite rude.

[slobjection]

[ phoenix laughs a little... but it's not a mirhful laugh ]

... I'll find it. You deserve to be free, too.

[ and then phoenix dies but it's fine. ]

I got that much.

[cluedin]

[They pause again.]

For every person that dies, the house becomes satisfied.

[slobjection]

Satisfied.....

[ i'm not smart enough to figure this out god ]

Its... hunger? Or more?