OPERATOR.

[guestservices]

OPERATOR

Today, when Tsurumaru is in his bedroom, he will receive a message on his typewriter.

Sorry for the interruption in your routine, but your presence is required.

Immediately after he finishes reading the message, he will feel compelled to walk into the elevator, inside which a shadowy elevator attendant appears as a guide. Once he arrives at the destination, he will find himself in a room.

The room looks to be a control area, one wall lined with machinery covered in panels and unlabeled buttons and switches; pushing or pulling them doesn't appear to do anything, however. Prominently, a number of phones are hooked up to the wall as well, with lights on or off to signify their active state.

Cetus is leaning against a different wall, but they hold up a hand in friendly acknowledgment when Tsurumaru enters.

"We don't want you gone for too long, so I'll be getting straight to the point."

They walk over to Tsurumaru and hand him a pen and a paper that reads PARTICIPATION CONTRACT: ADDENDUM.

"Read it carefully and sign it, if you would."

RULES

1. Once a week, the Operator will be required to oversee phone operations in the hotel.
2. The Operator will be given a choice between the available lines to tap into.
3. The Operator will be able to hear a conversation, the nature of which depends on the line chosen.
4. The Operator is not to disclose that they are performing these duties. Discussing them with anyone other than authorized Hotel Staff will be considered breach of contract and will result in the death of LILI AN.

N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷

█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

[preowned]

Do you have any idea what word they were trying to guess?

[ he knows this is a long shot ]

[guestservices]

I have no idea whatsoever.

[preowned]

I thought so!

Can you tell me who it was or do I also have to guess?

[guestservices]

Well, I wouldn't want to call out any of my coworkers, so... you'll have to make an educated guess.

[preowned]

I'll see what I can dig up.

Although, speaking of coworkers... [ his role results ] Was Lepus talking to our esteemed host?

[guestservices]

That would probably be a safe assumption.

[preowned]

Can you guys just... meet up with them?

[guestservices]

Hm... not exactly, per se.

[preowned]

So how do you speak to them?

[guestservices]

[they make a hand gesture that implies it's hard to explain.]

[preowned]

I see...

Can you speak to them whenever and they'll always answer?

[guestservices]

I wouldn't say that.

[preowned]

Huh.

Do you try to reach out, but they might ignore you, or...?

[guestservices]

Something like that, yeah.

[preowned]

Do they seem nice?

[ lol ]

[guestservices]

... Well...

[preowned]

I mean, besides the whole holding hostages over our heads and making us murder thing.

[guestservices]

They're about what you'd expect, I'd say.

[preowned]

Would we be able to speak to them?

[guestservices]

Mm... I wouldn't count on it.

[preowned]

Okay...

Would they potentially try to reach out to us?

[guestservices]

I can't predict that, I'm afraid.

[preowned]

Not surprising...

Although that reminds me... are the hostages awake?

[guestservices]

We haven't met them personally, so that's a difficult question to answer.

[preowned]

I see... is it possible for you to ask?