AUDIENCE FOR: Yoo Joonghyuk

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[guestservices]

I have read your file, correct.

[but since yjh returned the contract, gemini begins to scour it themselves as if reading the print. but then after a moment, they turn the paper back to him and point at a specific line.]

I believe...this covers it, actually.

["The Player consents to any scenario which will make observing their stay more entertaining for the Host."]

[malewife]

[ Reading this part, it does line up and make sense. Better that there’s confirmation that this mechanic falls under it, too. ]

Does this mean it may manifest in any form based on the Nightman’s whims that week?

[guestservices]

In theory, I suppose that would be the case, yes. And as you've signed the contract, you are subject to the terms.

[malewife]

[ The silence of understanding, but immense resentment. He closes his eyes and Niah whines. ]

I was told my file was long.

[guestservices]

[well. niah whining gets their attention immediately and their gaze shifts like they want to do something about it, but then it returns back to yjh instead after a moment.]

Does this surprise you?

[malewife]

[ Raises his eyebrows at that… ]

That you read it? Or that it’s long.

[guestservices]

[a very long pause.]

Both...?

[malewife]

[ help ]

I am surprised you read it if it's long. Was there anything of interest or curiosity?

[guestservices]

[it's fine.]

Unfortunately, it's in my interests to read everything possible to know as much as possible. [they sound somewhat embarrassed about this, but just slightly.] I do find everything fascinating, but I suppose a broad "everything" won't quite suffice for explaining my curiosity.

[. . .]

Is your situation common for you, or is it still considered something of an anomaly?

[malewife]

[ Joonghyuk doesn't think that's embarrassing. It sounds pretty normal to him? ]

You will need to be more specific.

[ A "situation" can have so many parts. ]

[guestservices]

[they open their mouth.




they pause.]

Do you suppose it's appropriate for us to be asking guests to divulge details in this manner?

[malewife]

I’m allowing you to ask, but answers are not free.

[ He expects something in return. ]

[guestservices]

...what is your current reality, Yoo Joonghyuk? That is to say, are you real, or are you outside of your own reality?

[malewife]

I'm as real as anyone else here, despite my origins.

Do you see me as a "character?"

[guestservices]

I believe that is difficult to say, seeing how we've just met. [they seem to be taking this into account though.]

Should you return to where you came from, will you continue being real?

[malewife]

... People are characters if you only read them. [ We are here with the terms now. ]

I'm real and the world I come from is real.

[guestservices]

[...you know what.]

Consider my curiosity on the matter satisfied for now, thank you. [they seem to genuinely mean the thanks.]

[malewife]

I will be accepting payment.

[ Looking at the contract is ENTITLED to him, so he wants another thing. ]

Your story, if it doesn't breach your contract. Simplify it if you must.

[guestservices]

It's hardly as interesting as yours...[just to put that out there.] There isn't much I can say as of now, I'm afraid. But if you must know I suppose you could say that I've lived a very tumultuous life that I am still rectifying.

[malewife]

... Everyone, no matter their situation, is trying to survive. Some the apocalypse. Some others the weight of everyday life.

[ Which means Joonghyuk doesn't care if it's interesting or not. ]

A tumultuous life made by your own hands? Or events beyond your control.

[guestservices]

...sometimes surviving is the greatest struggle. [so they can at least see the point.]

I believe it was initially events beyond my control, and yet...also by my own hands. Perhaps it's why I went into customer complaints? While problems may not be avoidable, they must be solvable.

[malewife]

It's a way of taking your life back.

[ So he gets it— ]

However, I wouldn't have chosen customer complaints.

[guestservices]

Consider it both a method of growth and a method of punishment. [they seem...almost amused by that.]

[malewife]

You're a masochist.

[ seriously. genuinely. with so much confidence and conviction. so much KNOWING for some reason like THIS IS FACT WRITTEN in the BOOK OF LIFE itself. ]

[guestservices]

You would not be the first to call me such. [...] Do you believe in atonement?