shaft | hotel: zuko

Nice to meet you, Zuko. Which of the previous worlds are you from?

You, uh... too, I guess. [ now he's just embarrassed rather than grumpy... ]

The castle. We kept, uh, losing our memories. You?

[ he's just a BABY...

anyway that sounds terrible, and claude frowns ]

The school. Our memories were unaffected thankfully, but our "hosts" routine had their identities stolen.

The school... that's the first I've heard of it. Still had the trials and everything, right?

[ hm. that sounds bad. ]

Yeah, our hosts got messed with it, too. It was pretty bad.

[ He nods. ]

Every week. But we're seasoned now at least. Hopefully we'll be able to use what we learned to dismantle this game before it goes too far.

... Maybe.

[ zuko is cynical, he doesn't seem so hopeful. ]

You.... You know Hilda, right?

[ she's like his vassal or something ]

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[ blinks ]

Yeah, of course. Was she there too? Where you were with the younger me?

.... Yeah.

[ so it is the same claude after all... he seems like he's debating saying something, but then decides against it. ]

She's really strong.

[ ... that makes him laugh ]

She is, I don't even know why she bothers with the helpless act anymore. [ Oh. ] Oh, but wait. You met her as a teenager still?

Probably to get everyone to do things for her.

[ but he sounds fond, and.... heterosexual. ]

Yeah. So... you know her when she's older, I guess.

[ that makes sense. ]

[ He is Noticing. ]

Yeah, she's the same age as me where I'm from. Though she'd probably smack if you called her old.

I know better than to insult Hilda.

[ he seems a little heartened by the idea of future hilda existing ]

But you have no qualms insulting me?

You're not my girlfriend.

And you're not scary, either.

[ he sounds proud when he says that ]

So you two were dating? [ He looks so interested... Gossip!! ] Wow, I never thought Hilda could tolerate a guy for that long.

Guess she just had to meet the right guy.

[ shut the fuck up zuko ]

[ snorts, but he doesn't disagree. ]

Well, I'm glad that even if it was a terrible situation, that she had someone she could rely on.

[ oh now he looks embarrassed..... ]

[ spoon why are you using shirtless icons on me again ]

Anyway. If Hilda trusts you, I guess you can't be all that bad.

[ just focus on the expression ]

I'm grateful for the stunning review of my character. [ amused ] But I could say the same. If Hilda trusts you, then I'll endeavour to do the same.

Don't get me wrong, you're still annoying. [ how can i focus on the expression when his nipples are right there ]

[ anyway, zuko's expression clouds over, briefly.... ]

...

Did you find out anything about the hotel?

[ HE'S SO RUDE

But Claude does not dwell on it because Zuko is a baby. ]

Not much at all, but I suspect things will start acting up and give us something to work with.

Hopefully nothing deadly.

[ i love how zuko gets away with this and dimitri doesn't ]

Yeah, I wouldn't hope for that.

[ it's always going to be deadly.... ]

We probably aren't going to find anything right away, anyway. I just... wanted to be sure.

[ he's worried. ]

You're right to look. We don't want to miss something just because we assumed there would be nothing to find.

[ stop don't praise him clod he'll get embarrassed!! ]

Right. Or maybe there's a clue that we'll overlook.

[ claude, overlooking flayn's teeth during body check in one week: ]

Yeah, the smallest detail can sometimes be the biggest clue.

It is kind of a pain though.

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