hotel: rupert

[shaft]

Comments

[agleam]

[when nothing happens for a few seconds, he speaks up.]

What did you think it was going to do...?

[shaft]

I thought it be a trap! This place is messed up.

[ Instead, he picks up... the rulebook. ]

Maybe we should play the game.

[agleam]

Well - sure, if you want to.

[looking at the box.]

Do you know what this is, though?

[shaft]

No clue. But there seem to be rules written here...

"Guess who is on your opponent's Mystery Card before your opponent guesses who is on yours. Alternate turns asking yes or no questions to eliminate cards."

[agleam]

Oh, so... The person in the front of your board is going to be on mine, too, and I have to figure out who you're looking at by asking questions? I guess that sounds easy enough.

[shaft]

As far as tasks go, this is pretty innocuous.

[ He smiles at the board! Pictures of the other hotel guests smile back him. ]

Want to go first?

[agleam]

Oh - well, that's creepy.

[hello guests... but he nods.]

Uh, sure. Is yours a girl?

[shaft]

[ ... Help. His lips thin. ]

Yes.

[ HE GOT UNLUCKY... ]

[agleam]

[pushing down all the markers that don't have girls on them]

...Wow. This is kind of unbalanced, isn't it?

[our nine girls......]

[shaft]

... Yeah. I didn't notice until now.

[ Sighs. ]

I'll return the question: is yours a girl?

[agleam]

[he nods.]

Yeah.

[shaft]

[ He snorts. ]

This is going to be a short game.

[agleam]

Probably!

Does she have dark hair?

[shaft]

Nope.

Does yours have a last name?

[agleam]

I don't think so, no. Uh... Is yours blonde?

[shaft]

No.

[ He narrows his eyes. ]

Is yours Flayn?

[agleam]

Nope! Is yours Estelle?

[shaft]

No. Is yours Lup?

[ He's getting into it. ]

[agleam]

[he's valid]

No. Is yours Futaba?

[shaft]

[ UGH

HE IS A MASTER TACTICIAN! ]

... Yeah.

[agleam]

[he won't rub it in

mostly]

Nice!

[shaft]

[ He puts his face in his hands. ]

That was short.

[agleam]

Don't worry! You did really good.

[this probably will not help him feel any better]

[shaft]

Rupert, you don't need to placate my ego.

[ He looks around... The door has reappeared. ]

Was that really all?

[agleam]

Yeah... That was pretty harmless.

[except to claude's emotional state]