AUDIENCE FOR: Lup

[guestservices]

mostly void, partially stars.

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Comments

[evocationary]

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.

[guestservices]

...

[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.

[evocationary]

To be fair, it's not a real person dying, but it is a little on the nose in a murder game.

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.

[guestservices]

I can take a look at it, if you'd like me to.

[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.]

[evocationary]

Sure, okay. Um. Here.

[and she hands them a hangman!]

Does this look familiar to you at all?

[guestservices]

[



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.

[evocationary]

[a beat, and then she just - sort of laughs?]

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.

[guestservices]

Oh nooooooo. I'm definitely going to need a drink at our next meeting.

[evocationary]

Rest in peace. [she says, grinning a little.] Do you know who wrote this? I'm curious.

[guestservices]

To be honest, these days we use the typewriters for so much I'm not sure whose handwriting it is...

[evocationary]

Couldn't be easy, huh. [a little sigh.] Do you have any idea on the word? Cloud and I stared at it for like an hour and only came up with one.

[guestservices]

[ ? ]

What was your guess?

[evocationary]

Oh, uh. Uncharging. But that doesn't really make a whole lot of sense, it was just the only word we could get to fit, haha.

[guestservices]

That doesn't really make a lot of sense to me, either... but that is a good guess! I can't think of anything else that fits.

[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.

[evocationary]

He did not. He's like, not a huge fan of talking about what happened in there, which is understandable but not helpful.

[she just goes phbblbhththtt.] I'll talk to him again and see.

[guestservices]

I can't really same I blame him! Those excursions are pretty unpleasant. From what I've read in the files.

...maybe he'd feel a little better talking about it after some time has passed? It's still early, after all.

[evocationary]

... Mmhm.

[a pause.] Well, thanks, I guess. For the context.

[guestservices]

Any time, Lup. ...sorry I can't really say more about it.