hotel: molly

[shaft]

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[shaft]

Yeah? The resemblance is striking...

Are you curious about your other versions?

[headmt]

[ A deep, long-suffering sigh. ]

I tend to find I don't agree with what other people get up to in this body much.

[shaft]

[ That's a really weird way to answer the question.

Files that away. ]

Well... In this case, it would be an entirely separate body, wouldn't it?

[headmt]

Yes? Sure.

[ he sounds so uncertain about this answer. ]

Point is, if someone were going around pretending to be you, doing all sorts of nonsense, would you want to know what the hell he was doing? I think it'd just be embarrassing. Not interested. Not interested at all!

[shaft]

[ Without hesitation, ] I'd definitely want to know.

[ He crosses his arms. ]

If there are other Claudes out there... I'd want to be the most superior.

[headmt]

Well that's just a lack of confidence. I know I'm the superior version of myself without question.

[shaft]

[ Frowns!! ]

I'm plenty confident. I just like the empirical evidence.

[headmt]

And what would that be? Someone ratting on your other self? I know I'm more attractive and more charming, and most definitely smarter.

[shaft]

[ He squints at Molly.

There's no difference in their appearance, is there? ]

[headmt]

[ not with clothes on! ]

[shaft]

... I suppose if they were to say something like, "the other Claude started his chess matches by moving the bishop, how basic."

That'd make me feel pretty superior.

[headmt]

Well, I've never met another Claude, but I'll keep it in mind for next time.

[shaft]

If I said that you're mostly similar to the Molly I met, would you be offended?

[headmt]

[ He's making a Face at the concept. ]

Depends, I guess. [ ... And then after a second, like he's having to ramp himself up to ask:] He get up to anything particularly terrible?

[shaft]

[ hehes a little at the face before looking thoughtful. ]

Not beyond a little gossip, I don't think. Oh, and once he helped Caleb steal my underwear.

... But other than that, he was a pretty good guy.

[headmt]

[ I like how no one has mentioned the part where he was beheaded and that the guy who did it is like, here. ]

Helped Caleb steal your underwear?

[shaft]

[ They all have tact. ]

Yeah. And then you two hung it from the roof of our dorm.

[headmt]

[ he snorts. ]

He does know how to have fun when he wants to, I suppose. I take it you probably deserved that, yeah?

[shaft]

What makes you say that?

[headmt]

Just got one of those faces and all. The little beard I think.

[shaft]

... I'll be sure to watch my underwear around you.

[headmt]

[ blowing him a kiss. ]

[shaft]

... Anyway. If you weren't at the school with me, where were you?

[headmt]

Some sort of-- think they call it a space station or something. All these different floors, themed around the "deadly sins" whatever that means. They wanted us to "indulge" in things, which I'm always doing anyway, you know. Supposedly wanting company is "lust" and that's a bad thing. Having a good time with a drink is "gluttony." Stuff like that.

[shaft]

Ah, so you were with Yuri and Lup.

That seems like an overly restrictive definition of sin. You didn't have to go to Church or something, did you?