[ ash just gives him a contemplative look for a moment. it’s a little intense, and a little piercing, but as quickly as it flickers on his face he’s nodding. ]
[ look at all these espionage activities going on. ash follows along, and when they get to the library he just hops himself up on the desk and leans his elbows on his thighs, leaning forward just a little. ]
Nah, not yet. I wanted to ask the orange one why we’ve got a groundskeeper but can’t get to the grounds.
Haven’t got round to it yet. Why? They say something weird?
Did she say when we’d know 100%, or is that a surprise too?
She showed me my RSVP when I asked, in case you haven’t had the time to check. It sure looked like it had my signature on it, for whatever that’s worth with forgery out there in the world.
They're holding us to them, forgery or not. If we can find where they are we can probably look at them in more detail, but monobun was pretty firm on getting it herself and bringing it to me.
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[ ash just gives him a contemplative look for a moment. it’s a little intense, and a little piercing, but as quickly as it flickers on his face he’s nodding. ]
Sure. Lead the way.
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[when they get there, he closes the door and leans against it, affixing his fellow captive with a curious look]
Have you spoken to Peach-san or Pumpkin-san yet?
[since Ash mentioned talking to Plum before]
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Nah, not yet. I wanted to ask the orange one why we’ve got a groundskeeper but can’t get to the grounds.
Haven’t got round to it yet. Why? They say something weird?
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Pumpkin-san said this is her week off; that's why we can't get outside.
[RUDE, PUMPKIN]
She also said that Master Blue forbade anyone from going outside until next week. Weird, huh?
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... Just like their Master Blue doesn't want us to go home and is making them keep everything about this place "a surprise"?
Yeah, it's all weird.
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[tilts his head]
The blue bell in the box they gave us supposedly summons Master Blue, but Plum-san advised I don't ring it until I'm 100% sure someone will answer.
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Did she say when we’d know 100%, or is that a surprise too?
She showed me my RSVP when I asked, in case you haven’t had the time to check. It sure looked like it had my signature on it, for whatever that’s worth with forgery out there in the world.
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[. . . FROWNS!! and lets out a dry snort]
Yeah, a signature that looks like ours doesn't mean anything when it's easy enough to forge our names.
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[ Pause. ]
Know a little about forgeries do you?
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[forgery wasn't his expertise, that's more Yusuke than him, so IT'S NOT A LIE]
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[ yusuke is perfect even when forging things. wipes a single, biased tear. ]
Waiting it out might be the only option, unless I can bring down a wall.
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[UNFORTUNATE]
I don't really like the idea of waiting it out, but when I was talking to Pumpkin-san, she seemed to imply. . . I don't know.
That there's a whole "story" here we have to go through before we get to the end.
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[ the walls (normally) wouldn't stand a chance. ]
... [ OH. HM. NO. NO BUENO. ] Like a script or record they're following?
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[a beat]
That could've just been Pumpkin-san's way of putting things into easier-to-understand terms, though. She does like video games.
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Might be worth finding out. If she'll even talk about it. If this is following a script, then that's immediately all sorts of bad.
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[his brows furrow]
And I want out of it as soon as possible.
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That's how I feel. So there has to be a reason we're not allowed out there until next week.
Maybe they're preparing to head off any attempts at escape or identifying our location.
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Or they're hiding something. I'm leaning to the latter.
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Somehow I don't think Pumpkin-san is that easily embarrassed.
What do you think they could be hiding?
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... Yeah. She gave off that impression yesterday. You've spoken to her during the week, yeah?
[ He looks thoughtful and then
shrugs. ]
If I knew I wouldn't be itching to get out there and check.
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I spoke to her on Tuesday. Plum-san on Monday.
[a sigh]
Well, whatever is out there, hopefully we'll get a chance to see it next week.
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Hopefully.
...
Or we're gonna end up wrecking the mansion again when we go stir crazy.
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Poor Plum-san. . .
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[ poor monobun. ]
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