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... [ and that sure is a coincidence. ] Iiii think she might have gotten herself into some more trouble. H asked me to look into her disappearance... I don't know how, but I guess a couple of idols made it backstage and... [ she trails off and shakes her head. something bad happened, intensity. ]

... What?

I- I don't know. [ she's going to think about a bunch of places in the hotel and... the lobby could have made it possible to, like, get out, but a jump from that height surely would have... hnnnng. ] I think someone, er, someones attacked her... somehow...

Tell me what she said.

Exactly.

I need a favor. A little investigation.

It seems like a few of your costars made it backstage and got a certain beloved host's gold blood all over their hands.

And then she said she liked her.

Do you think you can find out for me why that happened?

. . .

I see.

[ she pulls on her hair. ]

My stealth stat is terrible. And this is, like, a delicate matter that I just... [ whatever she was going to say just devolves into a whine. ]

Can you ask her how Exael is doing?

She was always looking after us in her own way, after all.

[ hums in acknowledgement, but she doesn't give him an actual answer. ] ...true. But she must have been on someone's shit list. [ her tail snaps back and forth as she considers her options. ] Of course she hits me up to talk work. How... uncool. [ sighs. ] But I guess let's see what we can find out, since she was considered to be more on our side than any of the other demons.

Were you expecting to have her hit you up on non-related work matters?

...

Don't tell me you were expecting a fake apology about her power's side effect.

I was hoping for a booty call. [ sticks her tongue out at him and then laughs. ]

. . .

[Sighs.

No comment.]

[ she just laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs and laughs. ] ...or maybe I should have said a nice dinner date, because I already feel so thoroughly fucked. [ she crosses the room to grab an open bottle of mountain dew from a table. ]

But I'm not all that surprised she reached out to me about something important, especially since she refused to give me her number for a long while.

She's using you. You know that, right?

I know. A demon is a demon is a demon. But it's not like I had gotten all up in her shit for the hell of it. I planned to use her too. She's powerful, and I wanted some of that power. [ she throws her head back to chug the remainder of the drink. ] What's the saying, Intensity, keep your friends close and your enemies closer ♥

Wanted.

So if you could go back, would you take her power again?

...I don't know. I'd exercise more caution, but... that might not save me in the end. [ shakes her head. ] Anyway, I really can't say for sure.

Don't give her anything else for free.

Not until she reverses it.

...not so sure *this* information is going to be enough to use as a bargaining chip, but maybe I'll start feeling more confident when I find some more stuff out. [ or whatever. ]

[ sets her hands on the dresser and sighs. ]

If she's contacting you so soon, it's obvious she wants it fairly badly. And is tipping her hand.

So if we do find out anything, don't tell her until she agrees to get rid of it.

I didn't plan on talking to her until I had spoken to both you and King... and that hasn't changed, not even with the addition of this ~*~mystery~*~.

Then I'm going to be a broken record giving the same advice.

Make breaking your link a priority.

...mm. I had definitely planned on trying to get what’s mine back, so perhaps this request isn’t as ill timed as I originally thought.

Good.

I'll see if there is any chatter among the idols then. Though I strongly suspect everyone is going to be holed up in their dorms for the next while.

I'll see what I can find out too and, yeah, that may make it a little harder, but [ shrugs. ] I'm sure we'll manage. We both have our ways.

[ she looks like she might say something else, but she ultimately doesn't bother. ]

[ ... ] I guess we should reconvene in a day or two?

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