highestheim | 🏨 cloud

...It wasn't exactly his fault, though. I don't see how people assuming he would wear a leather jacket counts as him getting into trouble.

[ hope please do not be pedantic when he is saying that he was hoping the dude would not get scapegoated again ]

I don't see how we got to that conclusion in the first place.

[ sadly he is like this ]

Neither do I, to be honest. [ ... ] It hardly means anything after the point, but I didn't think it was him.

It doesn't change anything, no. [ blunt. but, alright, he'll bite; ] Who did you think it was?

...I still don't know, and as long as the shadows remain active, I don't think there will be a way to ever be sure.

But...both Kim Dokja and Rin, in my opinion, seemed more likely than him in the end.

... Yeah. I thought so back then too. [ he shakes his head ] But there's no way to figure it out for sure, and unless they'll be made to attack again, I guess there's no point in trying to learn.

...I spoke with Gemini last night, and they told me they're not sure what the situation is looking like now. In their words, it's the first time this sort of thing has happened since our arrival here.

Even if they knew, I doubt they could say for sure. No entertainment value in that. [ he shrugs ] I don't think there's a lot of actual answers those guys are allowed to share.

...mm. Regardless, we should proceed with caution.

[ beat ]

I hate the feeling of walking on eggshells around people I'd like to consider friends, but I suppose we do that every week anyway.

I don't know about eggshells. More like talking to someone you know is being watched. Might help if you consider it as them being undercover. [ he looks away pensively ] At this point, I'm sure they've got their own contracts.

Who, the shadows? Or the staff?

The staff. Pretty sure the shadows are just part of that guy, somehow.

. . . What guy?

[ hewwo??? ]

You know. The host. Nightman. [ waves an arm. ]

No, Cloud, I don't know.

[ HEWWO?????? ]

...

Did you not get a copy of your contract?

I did, but I don't recall it saying anything about a... "Nightman."

[ are you pulling an always sunny joke on me ]

... It's literally on the first line?

...It only mentioned a host.

... Did you read it here? I got a copy off the staff a while back.

...

. . .

. . . . . . . . . . .

It seems like I need to consult one of them.

I'm starting to think I'm the only one mentioning basic shit like this to people.

[ so wry. he pats hope's arm. i'd say shoulder but hope is tall now. ]

It's a lot of talk for stuff we already know, but there's some new information in there.

[ thank u for the pat... ]

Given the fact that we've had trouble reading in general lately, I didn't even consider the existence of a full contract...

You've had trouble reading?

[ he hasn't tried to read shit in the library ]

It's not just something that's affected me. Even the hosts are unable to read some things around here—there are papers in my room, for example, that I know are copies of my thesis, but if anyone tries to read them, they can't even make out the individual letters.

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