[He shakes his head at Lup, but probably means there wasn't a name. He glances at Cloud.]
Aikawa. Maybe. I don't know if Bradley got anything or if it'd be useful, but he might. They were good friends. We talked about hostages and the contracts when we had lunch together that one day.
Kind of sounds like him. I'm pretty sure I got one from him too, reassuring me he's fine.
[a pause.] Loopholes. I don't even know where to start with that. The only other letters I got were from Bucky and it wasn't like, useful, it was just him asking me for booze.
I got something from Clem, but it wasn't anything related to that.
[ hmm. loopholes and lawyering... he hates thinking about that. speaking of things that are hateful. there's a pause before he takes a step back with a frown, looking at himself ]
... Hey, do you guys... think I stink?
[ for the record. he does not. please move on from this. ]
[............Cloud? How the fck do I reply to this when I can't stop laughing.
Jason just pauses and looks at Cloud. Then he... slowly looks at Lup in that way where your eyes have to jump from one side, to the middle (distantly staring), to the other side. His expression is both ??? and begging Lup to explain that she knows what this is.]
[ this is the one of someone who didn't even remember that chart with his name on it existed. he's looking at them both with a frown like he... doesn't believe their answer... ]
... Nevermind. Forget it.
[ they're acting weird*... they do think he smells terrible... he knew it...
[blinks. he looks at them like he doesn't believe it and she just absently wraps her arm around his waist? like she's sure she can't convince him but she might as well try.]
No one got me with anything. [ but also he is looking suspiciously at lup like how can she stand being so close when she thinks he smells awful. a mystery. ]
[Goodbye Jason's tickets. It's fine. Jason suffers, but I refuse to keep track so I throw them away fastly.]
He did. [As if Lup wouldn't believe Cloud anyway.] Just keep your tickets. Besides first aid, the two ticket items are mostly... not much. Unless you like playing pranks or having a tiny leg up for whatever reason.
The best things to buy are probably the three ticket items, but good luck with that. They're gone fast now.
Yeah, I barely even got to look at the three ticket ones before they were gone, this week. Just hold onto yours. Maybe we can split something later? I don't know.
[a nod for the notes, anyway.] Hold on, I brought them with me. I don't know which belonged to who, so. Just tell me what you haven't seen, I guess.
If all of these aren't from our round, then it's from a different one. One the original authors were overseeing. [ he says it slow and pensive ] Maybe... if we figure out what happened to them, it'll give us a loophole for ours?
Dunno... If they had to do another round, it doesn't sound like the first one went so well? Maybe they didn't find the loophole.
[He glances away thoughtfully, then back.]
...I tried talking to Aquarius. A little. I'm pretty sure the loophole is we all have to be in the lobby. Even the dead. How they get here is the issue. But if we've got some kind of fancy, magic hotel of death... There has to be a connection between the two places. Like the hole on the island. Inside is where the dead were hanging out.
... Do you think that's what it is? [she says, thoughtfully.] I guess I didn't think about there being a previous round. So what, they're - maybe trying to fool the Nightman into thinking the first round of staff is still here? It's a better explanation than "they're just pretending for fun" I guess.
That one note that said "there are more than eight staff and thirty-five guests," too. I don't know if that can be trusted.
[she is going to sit on jason's bed.]
But yeah - no, I talked to Gemini a bit about... um, something. [she dodges quickly around this.] And they said it specifically has to be the hotel lobby that you have to be in. The dead don't have access to the hotel lobby, wherever they are.
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... Huh. [a beat.] This is useful. Do you know who it's from?
[she glances between the two of them.]
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Someone who he talked to about contract loopholes, probably. [ he looks back up at jason ] Right?
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Aikawa. Maybe. I don't know if Bradley got anything or if it'd be useful, but he might. They were good friends. We talked about hostages and the contracts when we had lunch together that one day.
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[a pause.] Loopholes. I don't even know where to start with that. The only other letters I got were from Bucky and it wasn't like, useful, it was just him asking me for booze.
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[ hmm. loopholes and lawyering... he hates thinking about that. speaking of things that are hateful. there's a pause before he takes a step back with a frown, looking at himself ]
... Hey, do you guys... think I stink?
[ for the record. he does not. please move on from this. ]
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Jason just pauses and looks at Cloud. Then he... slowly looks at Lup in that way where your eyes have to jump from one side, to the middle (distantly staring), to the other side. His expression is both ??? and begging Lup to explain that she knows what this is.]
Uh... no, why? Do you think you stink?
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just bursts into giggles? sorry. sorry, that's the funniest question she's ever heard?]
-- N-no? No? I don't - is this about that fucking chart? The stink one?
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[ this is the one of someone who didn't even remember that chart with his name on it existed. he's looking at them both with a frown like he... doesn't believe their answer... ]
... Nevermind. Forget it.
[ they're acting weird*... they do think he smells terrible... he knew it...
but he showered...
*stares at the camera like i'm on the office ]
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Oh no.
[This doesn't seem like Cloud is the biggest indication. But stinking? Cloud thinking that he stinks(?) is...]
...Did someone get you with a notebook?
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[blinks. he looks at them like he doesn't believe it and she just absently wraps her arm around his waist? like she's sure she can't convince him but she might as well try.]
Oh, like one of the gift shop items? Or.
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No one got me with anything. [ but also he is looking suspiciously at lup like how can she stand being so close when she thinks he smells awful. a mystery. ]
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[Did
someone get Cloud with one of the notebooks, help. This is stupid.]
We don't think you stink. [He sighs.] I need to get a Dispel every week at this rate.
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[anyway.] I'm all out of tickets. I mean, I have one, but that gets me nothing.
Oh - by the way. Harrow bullied people into giving her notes so I have all of them now.
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please he is already so gaslit. does he have to be more. anyway; ]
I've got three tickets still. [ help me i need to spend money. ] And the notes, too. I showed Jason Rin and Shinobu's already.
[ in monday pcs that im belated tagging ]
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He did. [As if Lup wouldn't believe Cloud anyway.] Just keep your tickets. Besides first aid, the two ticket items are mostly... not much. Unless you like playing pranks or having a tiny leg up for whatever reason.
The best things to buy are probably the three ticket items, but good luck with that. They're gone fast now.
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[a nod for the notes, anyway.] Hold on, I brought them with me. I don't know which belonged to who, so. Just tell me what you haven't seen, I guess.
[she has her own handwritten versions of these three notes.]
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Same thing happened to me. People have a lot more money to spare and not a lot to spend it on. Makes sense.
[ he wants to buy shit though... sad.... ]
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...
[He glances up to, still frowning, to sort of look between the two of them like he's catching up with their conversation.]
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All these people with money! Damn moneybags. I've been ticket poor since the start. Ugh.
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[ he'll mention it. anyway; ]
Those notes are like the journal.
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You’ve at least got people you know to pool with, don’t complain.
[He starts frowning again about the notes.]
Yeah. But… so what now? Why would… the new ones act like the old ones? Why go through the trouble?
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I don't know. [she sighs.] I don't get any of this. Is it important to know somehow? I don't know what it's supposed to be leading us to.
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[He glances away thoughtfully, then back.]
...I tried talking to Aquarius. A little. I'm pretty sure the loophole is we all have to be in the lobby. Even the dead. How they get here is the issue. But if we've got some kind of fancy, magic hotel of death... There has to be a connection between the two places. Like the hole on the island. Inside is where the dead were hanging out.
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That one note that said "there are more than eight staff and thirty-five guests," too. I don't know if that can be trusted.
[she is going to sit on jason's bed.]
But yeah - no, I talked to Gemini a bit about... um, something. [she dodges quickly around this.] And they said it specifically has to be the hotel lobby that you have to be in. The dead don't have access to the hotel lobby, wherever they are.
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