🏨 lup

[highestheim]

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week 0: tuesday

[highestheim]

[ henlo lup, fancy seeing you here in the restaurant. hope had just stopped by to get breakfast, and it's not surprising at all to run into anyone else here. even in hell, we all still have to eat!! he sheepishly raises the hand that isn't currently holding a fork in greeting. ]

Ah—good morning. Lup, right?

[evocationary]

[she jumps, a little, when he says her name, and then waves!]

Oh - hey. Hope? Lup is me, you got it. What's up, my man?

[highestheim]

[ he nods! ]

I'm sorry we didn't formally introduce each other the last time we spoke. It still seems a little impersonal to learn people's names from their profiles rather than from actually speaking to them.

[ ...he realizes he's rambling, so he just. waves it off ]

As for me, I'm just getting something to eat before covering more ground on the new floor. If our previous experiences are anything to go by, it'll be better to have some energy to spare than setting off on an empty stomach.

[evocationary]

Nah, it's fine. You didn't come up to me like ayyo, Lup, here's your mother's maiden name and also your social security number, what's up! like some people around here. So I'm fine.

Good plan though. You want some company? Buddy system and all.

[highestheim]

...Fair enough.

[ he looks up, though, when she offers to come with him, and nods with a smile. ]

If you'd like. I wouldn't want to rush you, though, so just let me know when you're ready to go.

[ meanwhile, from the restaurant's expansive multidimensional menu, he has manifested......... a protein bar. hm. ]

week 0: thursday

[highestheim]

Hello Lup, I just wanted confirm with you: will you be spending tonight with Harrowhark and Mollymauk?

[evocationary]

why do you want to know

[highestheim]

For one, it's Thursday. I don't think I need to expand on that.

However, I spoke with Harrowhark myself earlier; I just want to make sure we're all on the same page. Like I told her: I want to be able to verify your whereabouts should that information become relevant on Saturday. I understand that's assuming a lot on my part, but I would rather be prepared for the worst than taken by surprise.

[evocationary]

fine i guess that's responsible
i'm probably staying with harrow and molly but i don't know where yet unless harrow has decided for us

w0, SATURDAY... 2

[evocationary]

[knock knock open up your room are you in there hello]

[highestheim]

[ he is! lup doesn't need to be emotionally linked to hope to know that he's feeling exhausted from trial today. from the doorframe, he simply lets out a very lame-sounding: ]

...Hello, Lup.

[evocationary]

[she laughs a little, but it's sympathetic.]

You look like how I feel. You okay?

[highestheim]

I'll be fine.

[ very much said in the tone of someone who is Not fine. in any case, he takes a step back, opening his door a little more. ]

Please, come in. If you're as tired as me, you probably don't want to be standing, either.

week 0: sunday

[highestheim]

[ at some point after he's regained consciousness, hope comes to find lup, holding something wrapped in a towel to his head. ]

...that happened.

[ yea, ]

[evocationary]

[this poor boy i'm laughing]

It sure did. You uh... you gonna survive? How's your head.

[highestheim]

I'm no longer connected to Sieghart [ FOR OBVIOUS REASONS, ], but... there's still a lingering pain in my head.

[ ... ]

I... may have a slight concussion.

[evocationary]

Oh my god.

[she kind of giggles? not meanly, just like. sorry, buddy.]

Okay, well, uh. Don't do any sleeping for a bit. It'd be really embarrassing to die off schedule from an injury you didn't even get inflicted on yourself.

w7, MONDAY

[evocationary]

[blows dust off this catchall jesus

anyway they can walk for a bit around the hotel!]

I have a lot I want to ask about, I guess.

[highestheim]

[ i was trying to remember what my fucking shitpost was and it just sniped me ]

Ask away. [ beat ] It's refreshing to be able to talk to you face-to-face again.

[evocationary]

[alsdjaksd it continues to be relevant]

Right? I didn't realize how much snail-mail bothered me until I had to do it. [...] I'm glad my choice didn't get denied.

[highestheim]

[ he pauses for a moment, his remaining eye a little wide. ]

I was your pick?

week 7: friday

[highestheim]

[ hey lup! there's some gentle knocking on ur bedroom door this most ominous friday night!

investigate? ]

[evocationary]

[how are you knocking you're a ghost

she will open the door though...]

[highestheim]

[ funny you should mention that! because when lup opens the door, she'll find a very solid hope on the other side—looking a little disheveled, maybe, due to the dirt and flower petals on him, but he is fully opaque and sporting a smile that's half incredulous, half overjoyed. ]

Hi, Lup.

[evocationary]

-- Oh! Hope!

[she says, voice going up an octave or two in surprise, and then she immediately puts her hands on either side of his face, grinning.]

You're - solid, what! What happened?