crau2 pcs: harrowhark

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I always feel like there's a lot going on that no one wants to tell me about, and I never know what I should be asking... so it definitely helped with that!

Though, uh, sorry if I...

[ got things off track for a while there by being mad at diluc... he rubs the side of his neck. ]

...W-well, anyway. You said you could tell us more about the situation the staff are in, right? Just not in front of everyone? I-I wanted to know more about that, if it was something you could tell me.

[outsidebones]

…No, you didn’t. I - I don’t feel as though I ought to chime in on such conversations. After all, there was not truly a reason I knew of why Mollymauk’s locket would be missing. I would have behaved no differently than they did, even if I hadn’t been convinced Dimitri was also a culprit.

But that does not mean you are required to have the same moral standards as I do, which are low. You are entitled to demand more of people, and feel hurt when they have done someone you care for ill.

[so she didn’t jump in either way but she doesn’t exactly feel he was wrong to yell.]

As for telling you what I can, I will gladly attempt to do so. Will you first tell me which staff members you tend to speak with and whether you ever saw any of their memories?

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Mm...

[ he frowns a little, but nods. he'd wished kazunari had taken his gloves from him that night so he wouldn't have been the one they caught, and he guesses he can't say for sure that he wouldn't have still felt the same if there'd been only one killer that week. ...he likes to think he would have handled it differently, though. ]

Um, Aquarius and Gemini, mostly? And sometimes Aquila. I didn't see anyone's memories, though. ...Uh, though I'm pretty sure I know who Gemini is, if that makes a difference.

[outsidebones]

Ah. That happens to be a very fruitful place to start this conversation. Let’s put aside whether or not you know who they are.

What was Gemini’s staff room like?

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Um... well, Estelle said there was wood furniture and a bunch of law books and a chess set and... some kind of pet that had made a mess everywhere? I think?

[outsidebones]

Did the pet make a mess, or was it messy and there was also a pet?

I think I understand why you assumed the former, because Gemini doesn’t seem the sort to leave their personal quarters messy.

And how did Estelle describe the pet? Be specific.

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Oh... I guess that's true. She said there were dog toys everywhere, so I figured...

[ huh. ]

Um, she said it was either a cat or a dog, and she couldn't tell which? Which... I thought was weird, but I figured maybe it was just because some of her world's animals looked different...

[outsidebones]

Having spoken to Estelle, I believe she knows what a cat and a dog look like. It does sound like a very strange creature making a mess of the messy room.

[she drums her fingers on the table.]

Every room had some sort of odd discrepancy, didn't it? Such as the woman's room where there were two styles of makeup, and both male and female clothes. Or the room filled with ornate furniture and also a simple cot.

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Oh... yeah, that's true! Vulpecula's closet had like, western-style women's clothes up front, and then smaller Asian-looking men's clothes in the back. I thought maybe they were just... dating someone...

[outsidebones]

Who would they be dating...

[hmm.]

A worry has struck me. It would be easy to assume you knew who was under the hood, to believe them to be someone familiar, but it would be quite embarrassing to be mistaken. Particularly if it was someone you felt you trusted.

[unbested]

Ah... w-well, yeah, that's true too...

[outsidebones]

And then there was that video. People changing their size and shape in it. I happened to notice on Saturday that Virgo - they couldn't seem to lift a shovel, or carry it well. In the video, Virgo was smaller than they appear to be.

Do you have any thoughts about any of this?

[unbested]

Um... I've noticed before that whenever anyone throws something at their head, it kind of just goes straight through? But I could still dance with Aquarius... so...

[ hm. ]

You think the way they're showing themselves to us is... changed by the shadows or something...? Like, it's giving them a more generic appearance to try to keep us from guessing who they are, if their usual appearance would make them too recognizable? So maybe Virgo's really short, but the shadows are making them look taller, and since it's just shadows, they're not... solid... in those extra parts...?

[outsidebones]

Yes, I think their appearance is being changed in exactly the way you describe.

But is it by shadows, or are they doing it? And is it really generic, or are they trying to look a specific way?

[unbested]

I... I don't know. I never really paid attention to how they looked? With Gemini I was just going off of what they said and like, things they did... but you think maybe that's fake too?

[outsidebones]

The reason I asked you if you'd seen any memories is that I have, and in some instances, they were a little different than what I expected.

[unbested]

I-in what way? Um, if you can say without giving too much detail, I guess...

[outsidebones]

I don't think I can.

[she seems frustrated.]

I saw one from Gemini.

[unbested]

And... it didn't seem like it was hi— theirs?

[outsidebones]

[she doesn't react exactly, but a moment later, slowly nodding.]

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Did they say anything about it...? If it was during that memory week they would have seen it when you did, right?

[outsidebones]

I don't think I can talk in too much detail about this, based on our conversation.

[unbested]

Y-yeah, okay... that wasn't a broad enough question?

[outsidebones]

It was during memory week. They saw it too. They asked me not to speak about it. I don't want to get them in trouble.

But it is...important to understand the situation almost all of the staff may be in.

[unbested]

Right...

Um... I mean, I'd like to be able to help with stuff, and also maybe to have a better idea of what's going on so I don't misunderstand things and mess something up... A-and I wouldn't tell anyone anything! But... if you think that's a bad idea, then okay. I get it.