Ch215 (p2); Tales of your past and future
Fairchild has his bellhop and a housekeeper separate Modri from Sebastian.
Then Fairchild goes all enigmatic about visitors' tales becoming entangled. What if this place isn't about collecting blood... but collecting something else? Like memories?
Mr. Hall takes Modri away, and Fairchild turns his attention to the blood on the floor. Miss Hoffman, the housekeeper who put her mop between Modri and Sebastian, goes into action to clean up the mess.
I've heard of floors being so clean you can eat off them, but ew. Just because he'd be willing to lick the floor doesn't explain or excuse why he actually does it.
This "smoking room" partly reminds me of Lau's opium den... and partly reminds me of a scene in Mother3, where Lucas and pals go to Tanetane Island, where they eat mushrooms 🍄 and hallucinate, until sense is physically knocked into them. Boney, the loyal dog, is the only one who avoids the mushrooms, so he doesn't suffer the effects.
But the mention of tales from both past and future makes me think of cinematic records that show both a person's memories and their goals for their futures.
Again, I get the sense that this place is perhaps for giving Undertaker "episodes" to attach to advanced bizarre dolls' cinematic records.
Sebastian and our earl only expected the places on their list to either collect blood or not do anything of importance. The Heathfield manor and the sanatorium were primarily for blood collection, but the orphanage used everything it could from the children (blood, organs, possibly souls). And now we might be witnessing the collection of memories, thoughts, and aspirations.
One more post to go.
