AUDIENCE FOR: Shinobu Kocho

[guestservices]

Comments

[wisterin]

I'm relieved to hear we will be receiving some soon. Thank you.

Then, if we may not have any now, are the hotel staff able to provide first aid of some kind to guests who need it?

[guestservices]

It depends on what you need. Nothing can come for free, we are employees after all... but some of us can use magic, and some of us know first aid, with like, medicine and bandages and stuff. [a beat.] Though our supplies are limited too, so I guess we'd have to go the Lup route and use fabric from the clothes in the gift shop?

Which isn't the most hygienic thing, so I guess magic might be better, unless it's a minor enough thing that we can just wash it out for now and wait...

Anyway, if you want magic, you'd want to talk to Gemini, Aquila, Cetus, or... [you can't see their face over the phone but the way they're wrinkling their nose is audible in their voice.] Virgo. I know first aid, and so do Lepus, Aquarius, and Orion.

[wisterin]

I'm glad the staff is so versatile. I will keep this information close.

[ she makes a note of vulp being a virgo anti. ]

Do all of you set your own prices for your services or is it even across the board?

[ shinobu is lowkey (highkey) worried about tomorrow. ]

[guestservices]

Who you ask matters less than what you're asking them to do, if that makes sense?

[wisterin]

It does, thank you.

[ a beat. ]

Do you not get along with Virgo-san?

[guestservices]

Virgo has a difficult personality.

[wisterin]

What do you find difficult about them?

[guestservices]

Everything! Did you see their messages the other day? They're super gross.

[wisterin]

[ she laughs a little. ]

They left some things to be desired. Were they literal about eating people?

[guestservices]

[there's an awkward silence on the phone.]

[wisterin]

[ that more or less confirms it, but. ]

Vulpecula-san.

[guestservices]

[in hushed tones:]

I'm sorry, Miss Kocho! That's really all I can say!

[wisterin]

It's all right. I understand. There's no way to muzzle them, is there?

[guestservices]

Honestly, their bark is worse than their bite, but that doesn't mean I like dealing with it!

[wisterin]

A muzzle works for both. I didn't mind talking to them too much the one time, but we'll see if that changes.

[guestservices]

Maybe you just have more patience than I do!

[wisterin]

[ she laughs like jiji (ha ha ha). ]

Maybe I do, maybe I do.

[ she lies like him, too. (no) ]

I take a moment to try to understand first, but some lines are easy to cross.

[guestservices]

That's a good way of doing things. You give people chances, but if they prove they don't deserve them... you have to be able to protect yourself from them, too. Sometimes that means distance.

[wisterin]

I try to think of others and of myself.

[ sometimes, it means she has to be decisive. ]

Have you had to create distance for yourself?

[guestservices]

Yeah, but probably not the way you're thinking...

[wisterin]

What way do you mean?

[guestservices]

Don't worry about it.

[wisterin]

[ she hums. ]

I see. How are you tonight, after trial?

[guestservices]

Exhausted! It was a lot just to watch. I can't imagine how you all must be feeling...

[wisterin]

I think exhausted would sum it up for a lot of us, too.