crau2 pcs: estelle

[unbested]

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[mustbepurged]

[She admires the badge. Neat!]

I'm sure they were lovely.

Come to think of it, I've been seeing white chrysanthemums around... at the cemetery, I think? Was that you?

[unbested]

[ the pin on the back is kind of bent but that in no way represents a defect in his commitment to justice!! ]

Ah— no, I noticed that too, but... it wasn't. I-it's nice, though... of whoever's doing it...

[ he also thinks it's weird that they're using his flower, completely oblivious to the fact that they're actually just a standard remembrance flower.

(also this is character growth because two months ago he would have taken credit for it based on an assumption that whoever was doing it was doing so because of his influence.) ]

[mustbepurged]

[wow sebastian]

Oh! I guess it's a really popular flower...

[A thoughtful look at the flowers around them...]

... Say, can I ask you something?

[unbested]

[ sometimes you are just a long-haired luke at the beginning of your game. ]

Sure, what is it?

[ he's never sure what questions prefaced this way are going to entail — if it's just a transition for a subject change or something serious — and it makes him a little anxious as he looks over to her. ]

[mustbepurged]

[She steps a little closer, lowering her voice.]

Have you seen or heard anything about... extra keys, people might have received unexpectedly?

[unbested]

[ he turns a little red when she gets closer, and then— ]

Huh?? Did— did you see me this morning?!

[mustbepurged]

N-no, I swear--!

... Does that mean you got one!?

[unbested]

Y...es.........?

[mustbepurged]

[She just takes his hands in hers and smiles at him.]

Me too!

[unbested]

[ were... were these the keys to each other's hearts............... ]

Oh! Um! Cool! H-have you used it yet?

[mustbepurged]

[She nods!]

It changed suddenly this morning... and then I was able to enter one of the staff suites! I think it must be Gemini's.

[unbested]

Yeah! I was in Vulpecula's.

[ ... ]

They seem pretty mean. And also, like, maybe a kid?

[mustbepurged]

Mean? Really?

[unbested]

Yeah! They had a list of all the other staff where they were just complaining about all of them except for Orion and Cetus. They said they wanted to drown Virgo in the pool.

[mustbepurged]

Oh... w-well, maybe they don't really mean it...

...

Gemini's room was surprisingly messy.

[unbested]

Maybe...

[ looks unconvinced... ]

Really? What was in there?

[mustbepurged]

They had books, and a fireplace, and a reading chair, and it all looked like it was probably really nice at one point... but there were clothes and trash and dog toys left all over the place...

[unbested]

Dog toys?? Was there... a dog...? I don't think I've seen them with a dog...

[mustbepurged]

I was surprised, too! But yes, there was a... dog..........?

[She sounds uncertain.]

[unbested]

Did you... not actually see it, or...?

[ why are you uncertain about a dog's presence ]

[mustbepurged]

Oh, no, we found it and it was really friendly!

I'm just not completely sure if it was a dog or a cat...

[unbested]

I-I see...

[ he's not sure what this would even look like ]

[mustbepurged]

Say...

Why do you think we got those keys in the first place?

[unbested]

I don't know... I think they're probably the same keys Claude and I found in the employee lounge that disappeared, but I don't know how they ended up with us. I mean, I don't think the staff would want us snooping around in their rooms, so it probably wasn't them, right?

Have... you asked anyone else about this?

[mustbepurged]

"Eight keys, labeled A through H"... [Her eyes widen, remembering that report.] You're right!

I spoke to Cloud... I didn't want to go alone, so I brought him with me to investigate the room. He said to be careful, in case they were given to us with bad intentions... but I don't think they were.