AUDIENCE FOR: Mikazuki & Tsurumaru

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week 4, monday

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[cetus shows up!]

... How may I assist you?

[there's a cautious note in their voice.]

[unsaid]

Sometimes it is fun to take tea in more company.

[yea!]

[preowned]

[ he has been dragged around so much today he's just accepted it. ]

Yo. Sorry to interrupt.

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Well, I don't mind...

[unsaid]

[someone send tsuru help]

Then let us have a seat. Perhaps the courtyard?

[easiest....]

[preowned]

Yes, let's go!

[ cetus did tsuru leave your kettle on

he does not ask this but he's thinking it ]

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[did you, tsuru?]

Sure.

[off they go...]

[unsaid]

[off to the courtyard! once they're all situated,]

Did you happen to misplace a key recently, my friend?

[that's about as direct as he'll get

because tsuru really left his kettle on]

[preowned]

[ he's just going to

pass tea around innocently ]

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[they take a cup.

their tone is gentle, but still with a note of caution.]

I don't think I have. If I thought I was missing a key, I'd have made sure to retrieve it as soon as possible, so as to avoid anyone going somewhere they shouldn't.

[unsaid]

Thank you, Tsurumaru Kuninaga.

[but he nods at that, accepting both the answer and the tea easily]

Mm, it would be the diligent thing to do. Now I wonder where this new key might have come from, wherever it may have led.

[turning to tsuru]

What do you suppose, my crane?

[preowned]

Who knows? Perhaps someone was less careful than they should be... or someone else was playing some sort of joke.

[ he sips his tea. ]

It's a mystery.

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[there's a warning in their voice.]

If you happen across any misplaced keys, consider alerting the staff first.

[





to clarify this is not a teehee, hint hint tone, this is in fact why you could not tell the staff about the key beforehand because they literally would've taken it from you to block you from going on the break-in]

[unsaid]

[makes sense,]

Should that be the case in the future, I will certainly do so, my friend. But I am afraid I no longer have it.

[(jiji voice) i would rather ask forgiveness than permission but in most cases i ask for neither]

[preowned]

It seemed to have vanished...

[ another sip. ]

Apologies for not being more careful.

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[they sip their tea.]

That's fine, then. I assume there was nothing interesting about wherever it may have led to, in any case.

After all, anything worth discussing with the staff is probably something that the Nightman would want to take note of. It'd be unfortunate if this was an unintended mishap on the hotel's part and yet someone got in trouble for it.

[unsaid]

I found good snacks...

[and they wasted electricity]

But I'd hardly say that we're interested in reckless trouble. [because he can't say that they don't like trouble in general,] Do you suppose then that the hotel itself possesses its own sentience?

Like a kindred spirit...

[hotel tsukumogami....]

[preowned]

Someone should clean under their bed.

[ there's so much dust down there? use a broom. ]

It is strange that it disappeared right after.

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[they hum.]

I wouldn't go as far as to call the hotel sentient, exactly, but now and then it does its own thing.

[unsaid]

Is it similar to why some individuals are sent away from the hotel on their excursions?

[preowned]

Are there other keys that someone might find, then?

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Perhaps you should stop thinking about keys.

[said mildly.]

In any case, it's hard to say specifically what causes what.

[unsaid]

Did you anticipate these anomalies as staff? Or is it just a fun surprise on the job....

[preowned]

Perhaps see if you can ask for more fun surprises.

[guestservices]

I'll have to decline, as I feel as though too many surprises would earn my employer's ire.