AUDIENCE FOR: Rupert

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[guestservices]

[ rupert might get the sense that they're smiling. ]

Magic.

[agleam]

It's not harmful or anything, though, right?

[guestservices]

No, what? Course not.

[ they lift their hand, and summon up a little bit of shadow absently, as if making another portal. ] Just like walking through a breeze, really.

[agleam]

[he takes maybe a half step back on instinct before he catches himself]

—Well. That's good, then. Anyways - I wanted to see how you were doing.

[guestservices]

[ aquila seems to notice this, though they don't say anything about it. the shadow skitters away from their hand, dissipating. ]

Me? Compared to the others, well rested. Not my turn to be on shift, for a bit there. [ they tilt their head. ]

What about you, though? You knew him from the school, right? Sieghart.

[agleam]

...Yeah. We're friends.

[after a moment:]

You're in the loop about exactly why he did it, right?

[guestservices]

[ they shrug. ]

We really only know a little about this whole mess. On a need-to-know basis, kinda. Did he tell you something?

[agleam]

You're here with all of us, but your boss doesn't think that knowing why we're killing each other is need to know?

[guestservices]

[ they snort. ]

Bullshit, right?

[agleam]

You should absolutely hitch a ride out of here with someone after all this is over and find a better job somewhere.

[guestservices]

Maybe, yeah.

[ deadpan ] You think I'm pretty enough to make someone whisk me outta here?

[agleam]

...I mean, it doesn't really have to do with being pretty. Also, you seem very nice but I can't see your face.