GUEST SERVICES - ASH

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w5; monday

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[ Ash rings the bell in front of the Master bedroom and...the door swings open? It's a little dark inside, but it seems as though there's something of a living room/guest area that he's entering. He can't quite see yet, but soon he'll hear a soft, echo-y voice as chills run up his spine. ]

Ash Carbide...?

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[ he's squinting into the dark and. well. honestly he's keeping himself close to the door because this is a guy who doesn't trust that easily. ]

That's my name.

And you're actually Master Blue, not some remnant of the house out to mess with my head and try to kill me? [ That's very specific, Ash. ]

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[ Well, that's fine. The lights flicker on when Ash answers, revealing a room. Seated on the floor in the middle of it is a figure... ]

...Yes. [ their voice is the same echo-y tone, and they're staring at ash a bit inquisitively. ] Come in?

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[ Ahhh. ]

I get what Akira meant when he said "person-like".

[ in he comes! ] You been hiding up here the past few weeks?

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Mmm... [ they look at themselves as if a bit baffled then look back up at ash with a shrug ] Mostly. Come out when people aren't paying attention.

[ they sneak around sometimes, basically. ]

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[ who's the creeper now? ]

Trying to avoid being noticed by us, or something else?

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Yes.

[ does that. stand for both options? they don't expand, looking away. the cracks in their skin seem to expand a bit. ]

The girls are better with the guests.

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[ Hm.

Well.

Instead of pushing him on that, Ash reaches down his shirt and tugs out his necklace chain -- the one with the third eye on it. ]

I'm not gonna sit here and play like you don't know we have this thing. I'm interested in finding it out straight from you what it does. I know the Req Room on the fourth floor glows red like something pissed it off, and the other locked doors on each floor glow blue before we open them.

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[ oh. they perk up a bit when they see the stone ]

Adder stone. It helps with secret things and lost things.

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Adder stone?

[ Well then. ] At least I can stop calling it "the green triangle". I get the secret things -- like the locked rooms. But lost things?

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Things that are lost.

[


fucking nailed it ]

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[ A+ blue, you're doing amazing sweetie. ]









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And an example of something that is lost would be................?

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... Something someone has lost.

[ they're not getting the question here?? ]

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[ bLUE ]

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Have I lost something?

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[ they shake their head ]

You have all of yourself.

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[ ... ]

But someone like Nic or Akira...? [ if he's thinking about it literally... ]

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No.

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So it's something you can't see, rather than a limb?

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Yes. [ there's a beat, and then: ] Do you... want a limb?

[ they seem a little unsure. ]

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Nah, all mine are in tact. I'm just trying to narrow this down a bit.

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That has not stopped others.

[ but they seem reassured he is not a secret limb collector ]

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[ Uh. ] Who the hell is requesting limbs here? I mean, sure, if you can give back the one this place took from Akira, or the one Nic lost then that's a different deal.

[ But excuse??? Me??? ]

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Not this group. [ ... ] Yet.

[ to cover their bases??? but at the akira mention-- ]

Made a leg already.

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[ ??????????????????? terrible. ]

Oh, you're where Monobun got the leg from. Thanks for that, he's getting use to it.

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Akira Kurusu has been good to the girls. You have, too.

[ they seem very pleased about it ]