It's like, a game? Where you have a word, and you have to guess letters to fill the spaces and get the word. And every letter you get wrong you have to draw a body part on the person in the noose, and if you draw a full person because you guessed all the wrong letters, they die and you lose.
... Yeesh, that sounds so morbid when you explain it.
[that is really morbid, yeah. the glow behind their veil vanishes for a few seconds, then reappears - almost as if they closed their eyes and then opened them again.]
I see. That doesn't really sound like a fun game, to me, but... you must have a reason you're asking.
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guestservices) wrote2022-06-09 12:18 pm
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It's fine, don't worry about it. [she says, sharply. wow, they didn't even say anything. a beat.] Do you play hangman in your off time?
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...hangman? What?
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Yeah, hangman. Do you even know what that is?
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I... don't, no. I know what the word means, but it doesn't really make sense in context.
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... Yeesh, that sounds so morbid when you explain it.
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[that is really morbid, yeah. the glow behind their veil vanishes for a few seconds, then reappears - almost as if they closed their eyes and then opened them again.]
I see. That doesn't really sound like a fun game, to me, but... you must have a reason you're asking.
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The reason I'm asking is because Emet-Selch told me he found something during his excursion, so I was going to see if you knew anything about it.
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[there's a pause, and they look for a second like they want to say something else, but - they end up not doing so, for now.]
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[and she hands them a hangman!]
Does this look familiar to you at all?
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they groan]
Oh, no. Don't show this to Gemini, because we're all going to be in for a lecture if they realize someone was playing games instead of taking notes.
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Oh, he -- they're going to be so mad, then? [her ear flicks.] It might be too late for you. Emet-Selch was going to talk to them about it.
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What was your guess?
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[just. staring at hangman.]
You said Emet-Selch found it during his excursion? Did he tell you what was happening when he found it? Maybe that would give us some kind of clue.
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[she just goes phbblbhththtt.] I'll talk to him again and see.
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...maybe he'd feel a little better talking about it after some time has passed? It's still early, after all.
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[a pause.] Well, thanks, I guess. For the context.
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