hotel: estelle

[shaft]

our cheese girl

Comments

[mustbepurged]

Yes, it's all so strange...

[Estelle is looking kind of awed at the many colors of balloons...]

If it's like before, we probably can't bring anything back, can we?

[shaft]

You can't? I didn't try last week.

[mustbepurged]

Me neither, but it happened to some people I talked to. Whatever they took turned into photographs!

[shaft]

Interesting. I guess it could be a sign that none of this is real...

[ he picks up a party hat ]

That's too bad.

[mustbepurged]

You mean it could all be an illusion?

[She looks around curiously, considering that.]

... Is it too bad? I think it might be better that way.

[shaft]

How's that?

[mustbepurged]

Well... a lot of us worked really hard to escape these places, right? I think it's more comforting to think that they're not real.

[shaft]

[ that icon is so cute ]

That's true. Are you getting along with the others here?

[mustbepurged]

Yes! Even though I didn't know anyone at first, everyone's been really kind...

What about you?

[shaft]

It seems like a good group, but we're still strangers at the moment.

You don't know anyone here from before?

[mustbepurged]

No. At best, some people here know friends of mine who went through these experiences before...

[shaft]

It must be a relief to have your friends spared this then.

But also kind of lonely.

[mustbepurged]

You're right... But I'm sure I can make new friends here, too. I mean, I think I already have...

... You know some people here from before, don't you? Any friends?

[shaft]

A few people, I wouldn't say we were friends.

... But maybe don't say that to Aikawa. I don't want him to cry.

[mustbepurged]

... Hehe. Okay.

Oh, but what about the Spring Dorm?

[shaft]

The only person from Spring was Sieghart.

[ ... ]

Did you speak to him much?

[mustbepurged]

[...?

There's a pause, and then she nods.]

He was really kind to me. I wish we'd had more time together.

[shaft]

[ He smiles a little. ]

He was more often kind than not. Did he act like an old man around you?

[mustbepurged]

I don't know if I'd say -- well, maybe... He reminds me a little of my mentor, only much less strict.

[shaft]

Do you mean a combat instructor?

[mustbepurged]

Yes. We talked a bit about fighting styles, among other things... And he gave me a lot of encouragement!

[shaft]

[ soft... sieghart is a good grandpa ]

Are you much of a fighter?

[mustbepurged]

Well... I'm more of a healer than anything else. But I know how to use a sword and shield.

[shaft]

You seem better suited to healing than fighting.

[ estelle is an angel ]

But I'm sure you know that's not enough to get by.

[mustbepurged]

Yes. I've had to use that training more than I would have liked...

But I always had friends fighting with me, so it wasn't as dangerous as it would have been otherwise.