[She doesn't answer immediately, but she's giving Hunter a curious look before she's moving to adjust some of the plants in the conservatory to be in order.]
...Hunter, can I ask you something? What was your life like before this?
Master Blue knows about you guys but we only know a little! [i.e. the things on the plaques.] But...your plaque says you're good at surviving against all odds, so I was kind of wondering what kind of world you were from that you'd have to worry about something like that.
Oh, well - it's not really the world itself. It's just kind of the situation I'm in.
[He doesn't really mind talking about this, and it's evidenced by how casual he sounds even now. Still, he wants to phrase it in a way that doesn't make it sound too alarming.]
The school I went to before I showed up here kind of had some... extreme teaching methods, you could say.
Extreme like... Okay, here's an example. We all got detention once and the teachers only stopped trying to drown us when one of the people in the room gave the right answer to a question they asked her about what we'd been learning in physics.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say it was probably the staff who want to torture us for some reason that none of us have been able to figure out.
[A small shrug.]
Once I was there, it was like... There's no cell service, no mail carrier, stuff like that. There isn't exactly a way to let anyone outside know anything is wrong. But... Can I ask why you wanted to know, all of a sudden?
...it's kind of like that for us, I guess. It's happening and we know what sort of things to possibly expect and prepare for, but we don't know if or when it'll happen until it does, and we don't know all of the reasons why.
I don't know, somewhere where monsters aren't running around trying to kill people? I mean... Peach, isn't it as dangerous for you here as it is for us?
I guess so. [And yet she doesn't sound that worried.] But it's our job to do what's best for the guests of the house. Abandoning our duties while we have guests doesn't exactly sound great.
Hunter. This isn't the first event Master Blue has hosted. So we're here to assist our guests and be prepared for anything that may occur, including...well. Whatever this was.
Before I say this - I'm not mad at you, okay? I just want to make sure I know what's going on.
[All the same, he has to wonder.]
You keep saying you thought something like this could happen, and especially if it isn't the first time that it has... It's hard to imagine that it was one of you three who decided to bring us here despite the risk. [So:] Does Master Blue usually tell you to start these parties before you have a chance to figure out whether it'll be safe or not?
The Master has reasons for hosting these events. We have a week to make preparations for the guests, but...we also know that the reasons aren't malevolent.
Do you know when that's going to be? And if it's going to be a while... Can you at least ask him whether or not it's alright for you to tell me? I know Plum said that he's normally pretty busy.
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...Hunter, can I ask you something? What was your life like before this?
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[He tilts his head, though.]
Sorry, that's just a little bit broad. Is there anything specific about it you were wondering? I was kind of assuming you knew most of it.
[Given the plaques.]
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Master Blue knows about you guys but we only know a little! [i.e. the things on the plaques.] But...your plaque says you're good at surviving against all odds, so I was kind of wondering what kind of world you were from that you'd have to worry about something like that.
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[He doesn't really mind talking about this, and it's evidenced by how casual he sounds even now. Still, he wants to phrase it in a way that doesn't make it sound too alarming.]
The school I went to before I showed up here kind of had some... extreme teaching methods, you could say.
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What exactly do you mean by "extreme"? Like...really bad?
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[Still just as casual.]
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[A beat.]
The policy is that there are fences and guards and cameras everywhere and you don't want to get caught trying.
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[A small shrug.]
Once I was there, it was like... There's no cell service, no mail carrier, stuff like that. There isn't exactly a way to let anyone outside know anything is wrong. But... Can I ask why you wanted to know, all of a sudden?
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...it's kind of like that for us, I guess. It's happening and we know what sort of things to possibly expect and prepare for, but we don't know if or when it'll happen until it does, and we don't know all of the reasons why.
Does that makes sense?
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And... You can't leave either, can you? Same as us.
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Where would we even go?
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[He'll wait for a yes or no before he goes on.]
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[All the same, he has to wonder.]
You keep saying you thought something like this could happen, and especially if it isn't the first time that it has... It's hard to imagine that it was one of you three who decided to bring us here despite the risk. [So:] Does Master Blue usually tell you to start these parties before you have a chance to figure out whether it'll be safe or not?
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The Master has reasons for hosting these events. We have a week to make preparations for the guests, but...we also know that the reasons aren't malevolent.
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