GUEST SERVICES - HUNTER

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I mean, sure, but...

[He pauses for a moment.]

Wait, how many did you say there were?

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[...her tail swishes slowly.]

There's a lot in that lake, Hunter. What do you think the boat is for?

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That thing was huge, what good is a boat going to do? Why do we even have a monster infested lake in the basement in the first place?

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Well if you don't get in the water the things in the water won't get you. [Duh.]

That's kind of like asking why we have a study, isn't it? [No? Not at all?]

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That would be great if there was any kind of indication there were things in the water in the first place. Also, I feel like I should say those two things are very different?

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I guess that's true...I suppose we didn't think guests would jump into an underground lake without warning right away. But nothing's stopping you guys from putting up a sign.

[Oh well.] ...you must have really good balance to get here from the lake while hopping on one leg. [o:]

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Please tell me what choice you think I had in this situation.

[re: the hopping... Either way, he just looks at the ceiling.]

Do you have, like, crutches?

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You could have rang the bell and I would have just come down there...[Hunter??]

I don't have crutches, but we could probably make some for you? Or we could try to go find your leg.

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I didn't exactly want to stay by the lake where I just nearly got killed by a monster fish.

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...I would be really surprised if it's still, like. Around.

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I guess you have a point. [...hm...]

We could use two of the billiard cues for now, but your leg's probably still running around somewhere. [Haha. Get it? But also no she's starting to notice random limbs are going awry.]

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Okay, so if you think it's going to come out of... whatever that thing was, do you know how long that's going to take?

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[She looks at the ceiling in thought.]

Probably an hour or two. Maybe a day at the most if your leg isn't putting up much of a fight.

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And it's going to be... the same as it was before all this happened?

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...it might be a little wet but it shouldn't be unusable or anything. So that's the good news.

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Okay. Do I want to ask what the bad news is...?

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Also, have you ever considered not having a terrifying monster lake in the basement?

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The bad news is you're still missing a leg and you'll just have to pop it back on, but that seems pretty easy. [:T] We aren't exactly the ones who came up with the lake, y'know.

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And you can't, like, get rid of it?

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Have you ever tried getting rid of a body of water? [That's a no.]

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You could cover it with cement.

[It's hard to tell whether it's serious or not.]

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[The look she gives him plainly says "what cement."]

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...You can't get cement from anywhere? What would you do if you really needed supplies that you didn't have in the house?

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[There's a shrug like she's never thought about it.]

If we really needed it, we'd have it already on hand, I guess.

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Right.

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Can we go get the pool cues?

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Yeah. [She tucks her book under her arm and scurries over so she can offer her free arm to Hunter. She'll be a crutch for now!] Good thing it's not that far, huh?

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Yeah, really great.

[He's definitely getting her a little bit wet as he leans on her. Time to hop along.]