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.
They talk about the round starting, but they're not here. I can't figure out what else it is. ... I don't know if pretending to be other people is part of their contract or to fool the Nightman or what.
[ he crosses his arms ]
Hotel lobby makes sense, though. It seemed off to me from the get-go.
[Comes back here even though we have many updates. Also LOOKS at LUP. SOMETHING?]
What Aquarius said lined up with that, too. About being in the lobby. They said they was how to complete it. So... does that mean they were the ones who didn't before maybe...? They didn't get to the lobby. [But they found a way back through??? won't know that until thursday, it's fine] Aquarius keeps repeating it, about working on my contract. About not dying. Telling me to be careful.
I asked them if... they wanted to leave. In so many round about words... [He nods his head so he doesn't have to verbally say "they said yes."] Without any guests, there isn't any need for staff, right?
I asked Aquila if they had a contract too, and they couldn't really answer, but I'm sure they do. I think - we just have to figure out how to get the dead to the lobby. But don't they have to be alive, too? Or... the same physical state they were when they got here, at least.
... Gemini really wants me to work on my contract, that's always the answer I get. [a pause.] I almost resolved to do it, this week, but I don't think I can.
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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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[ he crosses his arms ]
Hotel lobby makes sense, though. It seemed off to me from the get-go.
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What Aquarius said lined up with that, too. About being in the lobby. They said they was how to complete it. So... does that mean they were the ones who didn't before maybe...? They didn't get to the lobby. [But they found a way back through??? won't know that until thursday, it's fine] Aquarius keeps repeating it, about working on my contract. About not dying. Telling me to be careful.
I asked them if... they wanted to leave. In so many round about words... [He nods his head so he doesn't have to verbally say "they said yes."] Without any guests, there isn't any need for staff, right?
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I asked Aquila if they had a contract too, and they couldn't really answer, but I'm sure they do. I think - we just have to figure out how to get the dead to the lobby. But don't they have to be alive, too? Or... the same physical state they were when they got here, at least.
... Gemini really wants me to work on my contract, that's always the answer I get. [a pause.] I almost resolved to do it, this week, but I don't think I can.