Week Seven - Austria's Room - Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu

[ladyofthehouse]

[Today's gathering with be featuring sachertorte paired with einspaenner coffee.]

I don't see why you find this sort of thing so embarrassing, really.

There's nothing shameful about partaking in my baking.

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[impheired]

Well not with a pen, no. Too much effort unless you're trying to prove a point.

[Yes...just focus on the pen and not the fact that he doesn't really want to kill anybody, period.]

[ladyofthehouse]

I know you can't speak of certain things, Herr Kuzuryuu. However I was hoping you might sate my curiosity.

Did you fail trivia on purpose?

[impheired]

Now why would I do something like that? Something like that wouldn't be very helpful to everybody else. Between taking stabs in the dark and refusing to answer that one question...there was no way I was going to pass.

[ladyofthehouse]

You're a smart, capable young man.

I suppose... even given the complexity of the questions I was just a little surprised.

[Her lips form a line.]

But even smart capable young men have their off days. I wish that I could have assisted you. Somehow... with what you struggle with.

[impheired]

If you'd helped me, you probably would've just gotten yourself in trouble. You know how seriously they take their rules.

But it doesn't really matter much at this point, does it? I had my off day, but I've been pretty on the ball since then, don't you think?

[He was most helpful this week for a reason, after all.]

So don't worry about it. It's like you said: I'm a smart, capable young man. I'm fine.