hotel: rupert

[shaft]

Comments

[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]

[shaft]

[ He looks at the board. ]

I'm going to take this.

[agleam]

Um, I'm not going to stop you, but... Why?

[shaft]

I'm going to master this game.

[agleam]

I think it's kind of based on chance, though...?

[shaft]

I don't believe in leaving things to chance.