hotel: kaeya

[shaft]

kaeya my man

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week 0, monday, ? room 16

[shaft]

[ These rooms are proving to be troublesome, but Claude's curiosity is too strong not to wander into each one, one by one.

This time... they're in a box. ]

Well, at least this isn't deadly.

[callalilies]

[ this just feels like trouble as kaeya frowns inside of said box. he puts his hand on the screen between them briefly and then tugs at the door in front of him without any real give. ]

Is it? We just got here. I'm waiting for the walls to start closing in.

[ that's room 20, kaeya. ]

The Deaconess always did try to suggest that I go to confession. At least that's what this looks like...

[shaft]

I'm guessing if there's nothing trying to kill outright that we're in for some psychological torture.

[ He knocks on the wood. ]

Confession? Is that a church thing?

[callalilies]

[ cheerfully: ] Very much a church thing.

Usually a priest is there to listen to you regale all your sins. Then he gives you some sort of... way to repent.

[shaft]

The way you say that makes it sound extremely suspicious.

week 0, saturday, dojo

[shaft]

[ Sup. Claude is just practicing shooting. He'll glance over at Kaeya. ]

Are you lost?

[callalilies]

No, I came to practice.

[ glances at the target briefly. ]

How are you?

[shaft]

Not a fan of rest and relaxation?

[ He just sounds amused. ]

Or does it clear your head?

[callalilies]

Not really.

But yes, time spent with a sword tends to help after nine hours of that.

[shaft]

We're of the same mind on your second point.

[ He smiles, lowering his bow for a moment. ]

It's an easy way to stop overthinking.

w1, monday — room.... bees...

[callalilies]

[ well hi claude, kaeya's just... here stepping into this thicket of trees too, the faint buzzing currently at such a low hum that it could be easily confused for some other sort of whining bug maybe. at the moment, he's on his toes inwardly, but certainly looking like he's about to enjoy just a great day inside this fuckin room. ]

Well. This isn't so bad for now.

[ for now sort of hangs in the air with his tone ]

Let's have a look around?

[shaft]

I don't imagine it'll stay that way for long.

[ His expression is grim. ]

Do you think we should move away or toward the sound?

[callalilies]

Depends.


Do you want to find trouble or do you want trouble to find us?

[shaft]

... I'll opt for the upper hand.

[ heads toward the buzzing!

and finds

bees ]

w1, friday, post-deda

[callalilies]

[ i'm just throwing us wherever because wow you get a surprise! kaeya is, despite having a hip injury, walking at a pretty decent pace with a limp, polaris next to him. ]

Claude... have you seen Kim Dokja?

[shaft]

[ That's not the greeting he was expecting. ]

No. What's the matter?

[callalilies]

We were in the restaurant last night when we were locked in.

[ he folds his arms. ]

This morning he was gone... but his guest book entry is still there. Unlike Cloud's.

[shaft]

[ He's silent for a moment. ]

Have you checked the cemetery?

w4, monday @ the station (rng)

[callalilies]

[ rng said rec room, so kaeya ends up being spat out here, and considers this probably luckier than most places he could be thrown out of the hotel doors. dropping himself into one of the pod seats, polaris crawling into another one like yes i too deserve a people seat. as he gives it a spin, he hums.

when he spots claude, he gives him a brief wave. ]

Quite the place we've found ourselves in today. I don't think I mind it much... Yuri said the creature should be gone by now, I believe?

[shaft]

I'd assume so, the danger is gone in the other places we visited.

[ he's peering at the tv, where a couple are passionately feeding kfc to each other. ]

I think this is the place where Molly slept with 20 people.

[callalilies]

[ hm ]

Twenty people the entire time he was here or twenty people at once in this room?

[shaft]

[ his eyes go wide ]

I'd assumed the former, but I wouldn't entirely disbelieve the latter.

week 5, sunday, library

[shaft]

[ Hello! Claude is snooping around, but he'll glance over at Kaeya. ]

Hard at work?

[callalilies]

Ah, Claude! [ a nod. ] Yes... I'm reading up a bit on my flower language. Seems to get in and out uncensored so I'm going to experiment with some letters this week.

[shaft]

You mean sending flowers along with your letters?