[open] just your usual info gathering about weird cosmic hotels

[laevateinns]

Username/Display Name: a/akechi
Server Channel: #general
Time: 12:17am

[ akechi isn't particularly fond of reaching out to people in the hotel, but... he's realized it may actually be his best source of information, so he's biting the bullet and posting to the network. he Actually Tries to be polite about it all, so his message is chill. ]

Hello, all.

Since I've arrived here I've been exploring the place, but since it really is so huge... I was hoping I could gather some information from the rest of you.

I'd appreciate hearing about the various floors or rooms you've come across and what was in them. The strangest things you've seen, even.

There's only so much I can discover on my own, unfortunately, and I know that people have had... experiences, to say the least.

Comments

[laevateinns]

I can use anything in this hotel, can’t I?

[ he replies, OBNOXIOUSLY. ]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . NOW AKECHI IS JUST BEING DIFFICULT]

do you have something against relaxing, detective?

[laevateinns]

[ isn't he ALWAYS?? ]

Ha. I've never had the time.

[ again not... necessarily true, but. but. those times with akira were relaxing in their own way, despite the fact that he was technically doing it to gather information... allegedly. ]

[survivaltricks]

i don't believe that.

[because Akira knows better. ulterior motives or not, one doesn't just go to a bathhouse with a friend not to relax]

even if it were true, you have the time now.

[laevateinns]

[ THEY AREN'T FRIENDS... THEY'RE RIVALS ONLY, akechi would lie to himself.

for now, he rolls his eyes where akira can't see. ]

What would be the point? Go to a spa to sit around by myself-- there's a bath in my hotel room just the same, if I have so much time now.

[ aka despite the fact that his apartment, despite being mostly generic and boring and long-term-stay-hotel-ish, came with a selection of skin and beauty care... and some nerdy posters that he immediately hid upon seeing. ]

[survivaltricks]

[oh yes my mistake, you don't go to a bathhouse with a RIVAL--]

[at any rate, that's a poor excuse, and Akira finds himself also rolling his eyes, even if Akechi can't see. the reply comes quickly and easily, because despite everything, it's not like they have never hung out before. . . even during Maruki's Palace, Akira would invite Akechi back to the jazz jin, for nostalgia's sake]

do you want to go together? i've already tried it out.

it's pretty nice.

[laevateinns]

[ akechi can't help but notice how quickly the response comes. and... sure, they went to jazz jin while in that strange reality, but... akechi still doesn't quite understand why.

maybe because he was the only one who knew how things were, that first week.

or maybe--

he shakes his head.

...but, even then... he'd never been able to turn down any of akira's invitations-- even if they were accepted with a scathing comment. ]

You're just as brainlessly sentimental as always, aren't you.

[survivaltricks]

mmmyep.

[not even an ounce of denial, AKIRA AIN'T ASHAMED!!]

i'm a disgusting mess of sincerity and earnesty. take it or leave it.

[laevateinns]

[ UGH the complete lack of shame is so hard to respond to. he can't make fun of him, and being sincere or earnest on his own is just out of the question most of the time, so--

so-- ]

Fine. If you insist.

We'll go, and then you can see for yourself what a waste of time it is for me.

[survivaltricks]

you're determined to be a sourpuss, aren't you?

[laevateinns]

It's not something I have to be determined about.

[survivaltricks]

you realize you're just insulting yourself, right? calling yourself a sourpuss? the no fun police?

[laevateinns]

That's only if I myself consider it an insult, which I don't.

[ sorry akira you're talking to a guy who's tried to blend in with some of the worst adults since he was like 15, ]

[survivaltricks]

[oh my gooooood]

i think you might need more than the spa. . .

[laevateinns]

[ he's Normal, ]

Really? And what exactly is the next step up from "spa?"

[survivaltricks]

pizza party








just kidding. darts or billiards will do.

[laevateinns]

Does any party with a pizza at it count as a pizza party? What a useless description.

[ ...BUT. THE REST HAS HIM PAUSING. ]

There's a floor with darts or billiards in this place?

[survivaltricks]

uh, no, it's not a pizza party just because you have pizza. you need the right vibes, too.

[what vibes, Akira]

[but onto something far more important than that--]

i don't know. probably? we can go looking for one.

[laevateinns]

[ luckily for akira, akechi has NO IDEA what the right VIBES are for a pizza party-- let alone that that's kind of bullshit.

he just. files that info away. just in case.

as for the rest... ]

I suppose that depends.

[ A DECENT PAUSE BETWEEN MESSAGES. ]

Have you gotten any better at either of them?

[survivaltricks]

[. . . HEY!1]

i mastered that one trick shot that i kept screwing up the last time we played together.

i think that's answer enough.

[aka his proficiency is now maxed and he can do fancy billiards things. admire him, rival!1]

[laevateinns]

Hmm, it would be answer enough if trick shots actually gave you any advantage other than looking cool.

[ because. unfortunately, they sure do look cool-- but they're not worth any extra points, so there!! ha!! ]

[survivaltricks]

the POINT is to look cool.






. . . but also, i beat you at billiards once. i can do it again

[laevateinns]

The POINT is to WIN.

But you did beat me before-- just not with me using my left hand, if I recall.

[ oh, he recalls. ]

[survivaltricks]

[oh DANG. Akira can recognize a challenge when he sees it, and it draws a sharp grin to his features]

sounds like we've got a rematch in the very near future, then.

[laevateinns]

[ akechi wears a matching one!! ]

A fair enough deal. Some time at a spa in exchange for a rematch.

[ akechi that's not a deal that's just hanging out ]