SEANCE - CLAUDE & LILA

[dormheads]

[On Thursday morning:

As Claude walks, he will suddenly find himself in a room. It might be a bathroom.

Lila is there, waiting.

NOTE: You will have a max. of 20 comments (10 from each), before Claude will be forced to leave, ending the conversation.]

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[wtfox]

Yeah... I hope so too. I'm really ready to get out of this stupid daycare and this stupid school.

[clichés are clichés for a reason - "it's always darkest just before the dawn" and all that...]

They couldn't visit us at first, either. It's a sort of recent development, but not quite as recent as the letters. [...] Thanks for that - I'm sure Annie appreciates it. If there is any harm to losing members or not getting as many points as the others, it's not something we've been told about. So... hopefully there isn't any, but we can't definitively rule it out either.

[shaft]

Mm, I'm worried that the dorm head with the least members or points will make an easy target for being made into a villain... [ Because, theoretically, they would have fewer people to snap them out of it. Even though Annie is well loved beyond her dorm.

He sighs. Might as well keep focused for now rather than worrying about unknowns. ]

But no ominous messages written on the buildings this week? I wanted to clarify if you'd figured out anything new about that photo with the fellow with his dog and Maya's theory as well.

[wtfox]

I'm a little worried about that, too, but... we haven't found anything to prove that's going to happen one way or another.

[everyone's pretty friendly with each other - which seems to be The Voice™'s beef. but they'll just have to cross that bridge when they come to it.]

There was some writing - "If you don't like my ending, you could always write a sequel". Not quite as ominous as last week's. We haven't found anything new about the photo of the guy and the dog. Which of Maya's theories did you mean? She's had a couple, from what I remember... she's pretty smart.

[even if she doesn't always act it... but that's normal, too. no one can be super smart all of the time, they'd get a headache.]

[shaft]

[ He smiles a little at that. Because yeah, Maya is smart. She's the best. ]

We could write a sequel? That's interesting. I wonder if there is some way that we could take control of this story if not "defeat" it... [ Hm. ]

And I meant the one where she mentioned the importance of that photo. Whether it has something to do with our plot hole or our villain—I think it was Bradley who said she was on the right track. But if you haven't learned much more about that photo, then we'll have to keep working on it ourselves.

Aside from discussing things, is there still not much we can do to help you all? And I guess if I summarize this over text, you won't be able to follow along?

[ Do I need to lead a meeting...? ]

[wtfox]

I'm not exactly sure... On the one hand, it kind of sounds hopeful? Like, "you might have a second chance!" ...but on the other it sort of sounds like it's saying if it doesn't like how this turns out, it might happen again. And I really, really don't want to be stuck here for another "school year" [she does the airquotes] just because of an unsatisfying ending or whatever.

[she will be so mad if they get stuck here for longer. so, so mad. she takes a breath to try to settle her thoughts, though, because getting worried or upset isn't going to help and they probably don't have a lot of time left.]

Discussing things is the most help, at this point - because anything you guys find out in private or over text we won't know about. We've been getting a lot of our information from your meetings or when people, um, join us. Like I said before, the interactions with the voice and us finding clues on a "field trip" are extremely recent developments.

[a pause, and then - ]

Oh, before I forget! You're not gonna make me go back to the others empty-handed, are you? You guys were talking about sending letters...

[shaft]

[ He nods. There'll probably be another field trip today, for better or worse. ]

Right. We'll do our best to share whatever more we get today from field trips by tomorrow hopefully. If you get anything from yours, it'll help to convey it over a letter too, though I'm sure Lucretia or someone else will come visit again next week. [ He smiles a little. ] That is, unless you guys actually manage to get into the Student Records room.

[ Nothing wrong with having a little hope. ]

And yeah, I've got a bunch actually.

[ He will reach into his jacket and hand over a sizable stack of letters! ]

Out of curiosity... what is it that limits you from sharing information freely? Or details about the killers? Is it the thing that happened to Adora?

[wtfox]

Timing-wise, I'm not sure that'll work... they came back from their field trip after we turned in our letters. But we'll try. If nothing else, whoever you guys talk to next week can let you know if we got anything.

[...]

But, my hope is that we get into the Student Records room and get the heck out of there! I am so over daycare.

[if anyone EVER gives me applesauce again it's getting thrown in their face.

she takes the letters and looks for a second like she might start going through them right then and there, but tucks them under her arm instead. then she smiles.]

Thanks, Claude. ...and, yeah - we're all pretty worried about things not being safe. I'm pretty sure no one wants a repeat of Adora's situation.

[although a setting change might throw the story enough off the rails to - no, that's a bad idea...]

Oh, actually, hold on. [she shifts the papers and gives claude a quick hug!] That's for you, from Byleth. [did byleth actually put her up to this? who's to say? and then she hugs him again.] ...and that's for Dimitri, if you could pass it on? [...and then another hug!] And that's from me for the rest of you guys. If you wouldn't mind passing that on, too...

Do your best, okay? We're rooting for you.

[yes i timed this so he's getting booted out of the bathroom right after the hugs what of it]

[shaft]

[ He nods. The timing makes sense, and regardless, they'll be able to share their information one way or the other.

He doesn't expect for her to reach out and hug him though, and he stands there surprised for a moment before steadily returning the hug.

We're going to make it out of here together. ]

We'll do our best. Don't you guys give up hope either.

[ Her thought makes him laugh a little. For as sweet as her face is, she can be pretty ruthless. ]

I'll see you soon, okay?