shaft | hotel: yuri

[ Hello, Yuri! Claude is in the restaurant, helping himself to some tea.

He looks tired, but waves at him. ]

Feeling vindicated?

Vindication tends to taste bitter in these situations. [ so. ]

How about you?

Not really.

Maybe if Sieghart confesses that he killed Flayn out of cold blood and with no outside interference before being executed.

Are you planning on talking to him?

[ … ] I think it’d be easier to handle overall if he acted under his own accord. No coercion, or manipulation or anything else to worry about. Not great either way, but at least we know we’re all accountable for our own actions that way.

Yeah.

It would be easier, but... I doubt it's the case.

[ ... ]

Or maybe it is. Sometimes people surprise you.

Especially with hostages in the mix. People will do wild things for people who matter to them.

[ me realising I never put a header ]

It is difficult to reconcile logic and emotion...

[ He sighs, going quiet for a moment. ]

Did you speak with Flayn after Wednesday?

No, I didn’t catch her after Wednesday. Was she acting strangely?

In the sense that it was revealed her schoolgirl identity was fake, I suppose so.

[ he tilts his head. ]

[ he thinks about it ]

Well, no. She was actually a student. Just not a human one.

... Somehow I don't feel surprised. Her guestbook page was so specifically vague about it, it just seemed suspicious.

She didn't bring it up, so I left it alone. I didn't expect she'd be dead before I could ask.

[ ... ]

Was she your classmate?

[ Yuri is polite. Claude is nosy. ]

She wasn't. To be honest I didn't speak with her much...

What about you?

[ claude's a sneaky b. ]

...

[ he blinks at that though. his head tilts very slightly like he's considering something. ]

She was my classmate, yeah. Even then I wouldn't say we were best friends, but she was always pleasant.