.:The Buffet:. Okay, Miles. Blend in. Don't let anyone pay attention to the four foot tall anthropomorphic fox who's chestfluff fills a cocktail dress disgustingly well.
Naturally, however, his eyes lock on the cake, which, given his inquisitive nature, draws him in like a moth to a flame. Hmn... Lots of "Mello"s and "Near"s all around, and even several "Matt"s. Silver appeared to be current residents, save for the veterans he'd noticed earlier, which were in gold lettering... black must have been people who had left - he recognized the names of Knuckles the Echidna there, as well as Sakura Haruno... but what was the red lettering?
He scanned the names, before finding one that confirmed suspicions. Halle Lidner. Red must have been the names of those who left through the ultimate sacrifice, who committed suicide for an escape. The amount of names there surprised him - more than one or two, a fair section of the names were in red; perhaps those at the hotel had lost it more often than they went home.
And then, there's one name that catches his eye, makes him stop dead in his tracks.