[A nod, followed by a pause as she meditates on that fact]
We all noticed, actually. Around dinner, we heard noises coming from below the floorboards, as well as your absence. It seemed likely the two were connected.
[Huffing a sigh]
A Servant must be honest and poised at all times, so I will admit to my errors: it sounded as if you and the other two missing people were engaged in the lewdest of acts.
[Well first of all, what the fuck? He has a few questions and most of them are "what", but he opens his eyes and turns to look at her.]
Tamamo. It's not...[Uh. God. Haha, wow, what do you say without sounding like an idiot?] That's not really something I'd do when we have other things to prioritize. [Like getting out of here. And also there's more to that but that's the most relevant right now.]
[Wait.] Are you saying everybody else thought I was fucking two people under the hotel? We didn't have a way down there.
That's why we thought you were kidnapped! No one could reason out why you and two others had suddenly disappeared!
[Is she pouting? She is most definitely pouting because someone pulled the wool over her eyes and she also feels like a great fool for assuming Junpei had his dick out without her permission.]
Owowow, alright! [ABORT. He brings his hands up to grab her hands and pull her away from his face.] I'm reflecting, I'm reflecting!
[Did Tamamo think she made a contract with someone cool? Too bad.] It wasn't supposed to take as long as it did and we didn't think the room would be possessed.
[Admittedly, his eyes go to the tails for a moment before he looks at her face again.]
It's a pretty good guess, yeah. Based on what we found and what we saw, I can't rule it out. Unless you can think of another reason something invisible would touch and paralyze someone in the room?
Not yet. I tried going back and the door was locked up again. Getting in the way we came wasn't working, so...I left. [And now it's open to everyone on Monday but whatever.]
Consider it the experience of a Heroic Spirit -- so yes, I know a fair bit. Which is why it could be a number of things lurking about.
[A sigh]
How troubling... if I had access to my usual abilities, this wouldn't pose such a problem, but currently I will not be able to protect you should an incident happen.
Yeah, that would do it. [...but now he looks curious. At least he's not wandering off to keep getting drunk so that's nice, and the conversation seems to be helping bring him back to focus and not thinking about what just happened.] What are your usual abilities anyway? If everything's turned off, there must be a way to get them back later.
but for a moment, Tamamo's eyes shift to the side, looking through Junpei's cheek instead of his eyes
only to slide back in place with barely a pause]
That would be beneficial, wouldn't it? [She drums her fingers against the bedsheets] I'm proficient in various magics... I suppose you humans would consider it witchcraft of a sorts.
[Head tilting]
I could take your form under normal circumstances, though I do not prefer such methods. Or curse another and sap their energy.
[...what if he just kind of. Tips over onto his back so he's laying down? He still has a headache from the room, it's fine. But also, of course he faux-married a witch. Of course that happened to him.]
Witchcraft. [It's repeated in the low, interested tone. It's a little uncertain but mostly just repeating to memorize that.] They really had to go all out to take everything from us. Is it just because you're a servant? Or were you a witch before that?
In any case, where my powers begin and end is a hazy subject, even for me. All I'm certain of is that I can't access anything while I'm here. Even my natural strength has been neutered. I'm effectively as human as you are.
[...Tamamo?? That gets him to open an eye and turn his head to look at her. Leg. I guess. Since he's still laying down and she's sitting up. Whatever, it's fine.]
And these? [A gesture to the ears and tail.] Unaffected still?
[He's going to get pummeled by all three of her tails at once. They are indeed as soft as they look, even when aggressively smacking against this man's face]
It's not like tha--gah! [Glad we have two threads where she's suffocating him somehow. There's a soft sort of muffled protest when the tails fan over his face, but here we are. Junpei deserves every bit of this and while her tails are busy hitting him in the face his hand comes up to pet one of them anyway. Huh. Fluffy.]
I kinda meant the ears, but this works. [...it was 50/50 which one he meant, but hey.]
[Eventually she'll stop beating him up with her furry appendages, noting that he does get a chance to pet one. There, she's made good on her offer. Smoothing down the fur, the tails wrap back around her, almost prim and proper]
I'm not an easy woman, you know.
[She says after having made a contract with him from a 10 minute conversation, shut up, let her live her life]
You'll have to work hard and be a sufficient Master before that~ And perhaps not get stuck in another locked room without bringing me along.
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We all noticed, actually. Around dinner, we heard noises coming from below the floorboards, as well as your absence. It seemed likely the two were connected.
[Huffing a sigh]
A Servant must be honest and poised at all times, so I will admit to my errors: it sounded as if you and the other two missing people were engaged in the lewdest of acts.
[Spoilers: she was kinda mad about that]
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Tamamo. It's not...[Uh. God. Haha, wow, what do you say without sounding like an idiot?] That's not really something I'd do when we have other things to prioritize. [Like getting out of here. And also there's more to that but that's the most relevant right now.]
[Wait.] Are you saying everybody else thought I was fucking two people under the hotel? We didn't have a way down there.
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[Is she pouting? She is most definitely pouting because someone pulled the wool over her eyes and she also feels like a great fool for assuming Junpei had his dick out without her permission.]
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Were you worried? [There's maybe a reason he's asking. It's fine.]
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Was I worried, you ask? How bold, insinuating I cared at all.
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[PULLING AT HIS CHEEKS]
Master, you need to reflect on your actions and how they affect your poor, reliable Servant!
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[Did Tamamo think she made a contract with someone cool? Too bad.] It wasn't supposed to take as long as it did and we didn't think the room would be possessed.
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Possessed? You're telling me this hotel also has spirits lurking about?
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It's a pretty good guess, yeah. Based on what we found and what we saw, I can't rule it out. Unless you can think of another reason something invisible would touch and paralyze someone in the room?
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[Tapping a finger to her chin]
Is it possible to access this locked room again? I would much like to investigate it myself.
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Know a lot about malignant forces?
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[A sigh]
How troubling... if I had access to my usual abilities, this wouldn't pose such a problem, but currently I will not be able to protect you should an incident happen.
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Yeah, that would do it. [...but now he looks curious. At least he's not wandering off to keep getting drunk so that's nice, and the conversation seems to be helping bring him back to focus and not thinking about what just happened.] What are your usual abilities anyway? If everything's turned off, there must be a way to get them back later.
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but for a moment, Tamamo's eyes shift to the side, looking through Junpei's cheek instead of his eyes
only to slide back in place with barely a pause]
That would be beneficial, wouldn't it? [She drums her fingers against the bedsheets] I'm proficient in various magics... I suppose you humans would consider it witchcraft of a sorts.
[Head tilting]
I could take your form under normal circumstances, though I do not prefer such methods. Or curse another and sap their energy.
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Witchcraft. [It's repeated in the low, interested tone. It's a little uncertain but mostly just repeating to memorize that.] They really had to go all out to take everything from us. Is it just because you're a servant? Or were you a witch before that?
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[Did she just ignore every question he gave her to demand on of her own?
Yea.
Yea she did]
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In all seriousness:]
I grew up there for a while. [So yes.]
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[Closing her eyes and just. moving on.]
In any case, where my powers begin and end is a hazy subject, even for me. All I'm certain of is that I can't access anything while I'm here. Even my natural strength has been neutered. I'm effectively as human as you are.
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And these? [A gesture to the ears and tail.] Unaffected still?
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launched out of her nonchalance, Tamamo's face flattens with an exaggerated sigh, and she mutters mostly to herself]
Ironic, isn't it? Stripped of everything I am but left with these trinkets. A cruel joke the gods play upon me!
[What. does that mean??? Who the fuck knows, she ain't explaining.]
You'll just have to consider these accessories meant to highlight my cuteness, Master.
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Can I touch them? [He kind of just wants to see if they're really real but he's enough of a gentleman not to just, like, pet her. It's fine.]
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[Lords above he shocked her into silence
for approximately .0005 seconds]
Master!
[Craning her neck so she can stare down at him, a hand pressed to her chest]
I did not think you were some common louse, daring to ask a woman if you might touch her gloriously fluffy tails! Pervert! Ecchi!
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[He's going to get pummeled by all three of her tails at once. They are indeed as soft as they look, even when aggressively smacking against this man's face]
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I kinda meant the ears, but this works. [...it was 50/50 which one he meant, but hey.]
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[Eventually she'll stop beating him up with her furry appendages, noting that he does get a chance to pet one. There, she's made good on her offer. Smoothing down the fur, the tails wrap back around her, almost prim and proper]
I'm not an easy woman, you know.
[She says after having made a contract with him from a 10 minute conversation, shut up, let her live her life]
You'll have to work hard and be a sufficient Master before that~ And perhaps not get stuck in another locked room without bringing me along.
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