AUDIENCE FOR: Alphinaud Leveilleur

[guestservices]

this is a placeholder until you get us a funnier one

Comments

[sageguidance]

Different? Well, aside from the lack of the usual baked goods, that is.

[guestservices]

...it's mainly the lack of baked goods. It's sort of, hmm... how should I phrase this...

[the hum]

They take time to make. And you sent them so often before, getting called without any made me worried that something happened unexpectedly so you simply didn't have the time.

[sageguidance]

—Ah, I see now. My apologies for worrying you, in that case. Shall I make it up to you?

[guestservices]

Oh, no need! If you just wanted to talk, that's also fine. It's nice to have people just want to talk, sometimes.

[sageguidance]

[ a nod! ]

If you mind not! I find that I oft keep myself after weekends such as these, but I thought to unwind in the company of a friend.

[guestservices]

It's definitely nice to spend time with friends! [ :3 ] Especially when they don't have any reasons to spend time with you other than just wanting to.

[ :3 ]

[sageguidance]

Well—of course. I have always enjoyed your company from the start, after all.

[guestservices]

Mmmmhm. And you had absolutely no reason to call me today other than just wanting to talk.

[ :3 ]

[sageguidance]

[ hm ]

... If you'll forgive my forwardness, you seem suspicious.

[guestservices]

It's hard not to be when a bunch of us got calls from you guys at the exact same time!

[sageguidance]

[ alphinaud inwardly, to himself: ohhh. oh. shit. ]

I don't suppose you'll believe me if I say 'twas purely coincidence?

[guestservices]

No, not really. You guys aren't very subtle.

[ :3 ]

[sageguidance]

I... suppose not, no. An oversight, for certain—though, perhaps it could be said very little would escape your eye, given your position.

[guestservices]

[quickly and quietly:]

It's not my eye you need to be worried about.

[and then, at their normal volume, moving on as if they didn't say anything else just now -]

That's right! We can see quite a bit within the hotel.

[sageguidance]

[ he can at least catch a hint. ]

Hmm... Then I suspect our approach is all wrong.

[guestservices]

I don't know that I'd say all wrong. You have the right idea, generally.

Was there anything else you tried?

[sageguidance]

Ere I say any further... Is it all right to so plainly speak of this to you?

[guestservices]

For now, yes. The eyes you need to be worried about are most likely occupied with watching people in the hotel running into the dangerous doors - unless they saw them planning to do it first.

[sageguidance]

... I see. So we need not distract you—the staff, that is.

But it was our hope to distract those eyes you speak of, as well, while others focused on those doors in attempt to find some manner of connection 'twixt us.

[guestservices]

[they tilt their head to one side]

...how? And did you start doing so just when their meeting started?

[sageguidance]

[ a nod ]

Such was the idea. I will not claim to have a full understanding of the doors, myself, given that I have spent less time with them than most others. But we received a letter not too long ago from one of the living suggesting the idea, and the others have wished to go along with it.

I did not find it unsound, given that the improbable quite oft is in scenarios such as these, thus my willingness to assist in it.

[guestservices]

[they nod, too...]

...it's probably fine, then. He was probably distracted by you guys when they were planning who to send through the doors, and then distracted by what was going on behind the doors themselves once people started going through them. So they should be able to have their meeting undisturbed.

[sageguidance]

So, if naught else... Should we plan to have further gatherings like this, it would do us good to have more distractions on the side.

[guestservices]

I think that would be wise, yes. And be sure not to discuss precisely what the distractions are in too much detail publicly - you have to make it look spontaneous, or else you-know-who is going to think something weird is going on.

[sageguidance]

Absolutely. Duly noted, then—and next time, we need not involve you and yours. Though I believe it obvious your lot is hardly any more fond of these circumstances than us, we were uncertain as to whether or not your overseeing us would be a detriment to our plans.