hotel: molly

[shaft]

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[headmt]

[ starting back a little too when he does that. ]

Get used to what? Something on my face?

[shaft]

[ he shakes his head ]

That you're not the same person I went to school with. Sorry, it must be weird for you.

[headmt]

[ Oh. Relaxing a bit, sighing out a very, very long sigh. ]

Oh. Well-- Not not weird. But ... I'd probably have known Sieghart, right?

[shaft]

Yeah, we were all in the same dormitory. To begin with, anyway.

Though he was closed off. At least, I think so. He was kind of hard to grasp.

[headmt]

Seems about right.

[the hard to grasp bit.]

You got any insight into why he might have done it?

[shaft]

Not a clue, but we'll see if speaking to him brings any insight.

My guesses are that he was either given a difficult choice, or possessed somehow.

[headmt]

Possessed? Yeesh.

Back in ours, people just ... did it. Didn't even have to pressed really. A gentle shove.

[shaft]

[ hello ]

They just... killed? [ ??? ] For what reason?

[headmt]

Well-- Everyone was offered a "wish" by the end, right? So, probably some form of wanting that, and some sort of paranoia that not everyone could get it in the end.

But most because I think they just wanted to really. It was ... certainly a time.

[shaft]

[ just give him a second of staring into the distance as he processes that ]

[headmt]

None of those people are here, by the way. If it makes you feel better?

[shaft]

That must've been... an experience.

[ . . . ]

I don't really know what else to say.

[headmt]

Least it doesn't seem to be the case here? That's pretty much all I've got.

[ ... ]

Can I ask you something?

[shaft]

[ That's good enough.

He nods. ]

Go for it.

[headmt]

The ... other Mollymauk. Your classmate. What was he like?

[shaft]

[ He smiles, thinking about it. ]

He was a bit of a scamp, but a good sport. He took a few blows to the face in all the chaos of our dorm, and never really seemed to take offense.

I remember him as... vibrant, I guess. Surprisingly soft hearted despite everything that happened.

[headmt]

[ He laughs at this, muttering a fuck under his breath. ]

I have to be remembered as the guy who got hit a lot? This is not giving me great confidence.

[shaft]

It was a very solid first impression.

[ pats his shoulder ]

You were close with Beau and Caleb. It was nice to see the three of you together.

[headmt]

That's good, that's good.

[ He still seems a little hesitant. Like he's almost afraid of talking about it, posture stiff, picking at a thread in the sleeve of his coat. ]

Beau was with me last time too. Briefly.

[shaft]

Oh. [ "Briefly." ] ... I'm sorry. I don't doubt that was painful for you.

[ ... ]

[headmt]

Worked out alright, yeah?

[shaft]

Yeah, but that doesn't mean it didn't suck a whole lot along the way.

[headmt]

Nah, but ... everyone's got their struggles, right? Sure you didn't exactly have the best time. Don't know anyone that did have a fun time.

Childe, maybe?

[shaft]

Childe? [ ... ] One of your serial killers?