hotel: emet

[shaft]

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week 2, tuesday

[shaft]

[ Later, because Claude is awkward about talking about things in front of a crowd, ]

Your notes mentioned people you'd grown close to at your last game. It was a little surprising.

[ktiseos]

-surprising in what sense.

[this is all way more information than he wants anyone to have about him, thanks, what the hell.]

[shaft]

[ tilts his head ]

Just the level of detail? I suppose.

[ktiseos]

It is all somewhat strange, admittedly. The Residents of the Prism had little idea about us, so to arrive somewhere we are all known...

[shaft]

To clear the air a little, I did ask Sebastian to check the files of the deceased, but he went to yours for some reason.

In any case, it outlined your activities in the Prism. I assume it does the same for the rest of us. So they know quite a bit.

[ktiseos]

I've no idea why he would wish to, unless he were deathly curious about the scale of bathrooms in the Prism.

[he says, dryly.]

But I would assume it is the same for us all, yes.

What precisely did it say?

[shaft]

[ He taps his chin. ]

That you were close with someone named Vax, and grew to appreciate mortals as a result of your time there.

... And that you're... an elephant...?

[ktiseos]

I assure you, I am most certainly not an elephant.

[shaft]

[ sounds like something an elephant would say ]

... A mistake, then?

[ktiseos]

It is most certainly irrelevant.

[shaft]

[ HMMMMMM ]

In any case, it felt like an intrusion. So I apologize.

[ktiseos]

As you should-- though I expect Sebastian has more to apologize for, if he was so intent upon looking at it.

[he shakes his head, at that.]

Given that he can hardly look me in the eye, however, I do not anticipate it.

[shaft]

... Did he ask you about the elephant thing?

[ktiseos]

He did not, as a matter of fact.

[shaft]

I imagine that was the most confusing piece.

[ktiseos]

Yes, I imagine it would have been.

[they can both play the not saying things game, damn.]

[shaft]

You're not going to elaborate even a little, huh?

[ktiseos]

[after a solid pause, he sighs.]

It was a function of my duty within the Prism. All of us who were given specific jobs to carry out were also given-- animal forms, for some ridiculous reason. As I said, it is no longer relevant.

[shaft]

... Definitely not what I was expecting.

What was your role?

[ktiseos]

I was tasked with creating dreams to send to others. For the most part, I attempted to use them to send messages.

[shaft]

[ hm ]

So you think what happened to me, Mikazuki and Dokja on Friday could be something similar?

[ktiseos]

I think it is likely a trend which ought to be observed, should it continue. I do not know if it would be one of us doing so... but we ought to pay attention.

The three of you had to pull yourselves from graves, correct? Something like a metaphorical return to life. And then Cloud regained his life the next day.

[shaft]

That is an interesting connection. We'll have to see if it happens again this week.

Cloud's file did have "alive" written with several question marks though, which implies the staff were puzzled.