AUDIENCE FOR: Emet-Selch

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week 5, sunday

[guestservices]

[when emet enters the dream suite, he finds himself falling asleep and soon entering an empty blank space. it's a little soft and fuzzy, dream-like, and for a moment he's alone. when he blinks though, he finds aquarius standing in front of him with their hands behind their back.]

How may I help you, Emet-Selch?

[ktiseos]

...I suppose I find myself with ample time to speak, now.

[he says, after a few moments.]

I thought I may as well try again.

[he says as if he was not the one who was basically an asshole to aquarius before]

[guestservices]

So it seems. [and that seems to be what they offer for the time being, staring at him from under the veil.]

...mansion to your liking then?

[ktiseos]

-suitable enough, I suppose, though I shall miss the previous room.

[his stars...]

[guestservices]

Understandable. People tend to get comfortable in spaces and then having to settle elsewhere takes some time.

[ktiseos]

So it does.

...I will admit it was a bit surprising to find we still have a line of contact to the rest of you.

[guestservices]

Yeah. You guys are still guests, so that's probably why. It hasn't always been like this, some of the others probably did some stuff on their end to access this room.

[ktiseos]

So we do still count as such, despite our deaths...? I would not have been surprised were we simply left on our own.

[guestservices]

[shrug.]

I mean you kind of are? We can only really see you like this and there isn't much else that can be done unfortunately. But the mansion is still under the hotel's property, I guess.

[ktiseos]

...it is something, at the least. How long have you been able to speak with us?

[guestservices]

A while. It was messages at first. Then calls. And then this.

[ktiseos]

A progression, then, although I doubt it shall go much further than this.

[guestservices]

It likely won't, unfortunately. We'll have to work with what we have.

[ktiseos]

Doable enough, I suppose.

Do those on this side contact you often?

[guestservices]

Yeah, some of them more than others. I have a few people that reach out to me every week or so, and then some who only ring when they need something. I don't mind either way.

[ktiseos]

All a part of the job, isn't it.

[guestservices]

Sure. Seems that way. [a job is a job, after all.] But some of them are nice to talk to anyway.

[ktiseos]

Some of them do seem... friendly enough for that, yes.

[he's bad at that part, though.]

[guestservices]

Yeah. Seems that way...[...yup. they are...not sure what to say to that though.] Makes it easier for the people over there, I think.

[ktiseos]

Keeping morale after death...? Well. I suppose there is something to be said for it.

It is-- a profoundly unpleasant experience.

[guestservices]

The morale is a benefit. It likely isn't going away anytime soon at least. Death is usually unpleasant to experience, but it's still a part of life. Having something on the other side sounds like it's been helpful to a lot of them.

[ktiseos]

...it is not the way it should be. Not as I know it to be.

[a slight shake of his head, there.]

Nevermind the fact that we appear to still require-- sustenance and rest, despite it.

[guestservices]

Yeah, it happens. Death is different in a lot of places, I'm finding. Unfortunate you learned this way, but...with shadows running around it kinda makes things hard.

You're dead, but you're still around and taking energy. It makes sense when you think of it that way.

[ktiseos]

-Do the shadows have something to do with the way death works here, then, or simply with the fact we were murdered?

[guestservices]

The latter. You know, the whole possession thing.