Event Log #002

[caelumstaff]

EVENT LOG number 002 The hotel humbly hopes that you're settling in well and are taking advantage of the various pleasures on offer for your stay. In Mr Bennet's opinion, things have been going quite well and he doesn't think that the guests are unhappy at all. New guests have arrived, some have left, it's all going along perfectly. So, of course, this is when the next troublesome thing pops up. SHADOWS One morning, characters will find the hotel to be a little dimmer than usual, a little more shadowy. Yet if anyone asks Mr Bennet about it, he will claim to not have noticed anything different than usual. Either way, as the characters move on with their day, they'll start to notice a few odd things start to happen. PHASE ONE: Initially, characters will notice their shadow beginning to move a little out of sync with them. Discreetly at first until eventually, their shadow takes on a life of its own, mischievously playing with characters and enjoying their newfound freedom. Very Peter Pan, and completely harmless. PHASE TWO: Now, shadows might disappear entirely, roaming the hotel to their own discretion and ignoring the characters they belong to. As the shadow takes on this free will, characters will begin to feel slightly off balance and have a hard time feeling whole without their shadow around. The shadow may become slightly aggressive as well if told they should return to their characters, fighting back in their own way from knocking things over to outright attacking other characters. It's a little hard to fight back though when your opponent is a shadow, isn't it? PHASE THREE: The shadows have become fully aggressive now, fighting anyone who tries to get them to return to their original person. Characters will find themselves feeling weak and low energy as a result of losing their shadow. Eventually, the shadows will come back to their owners but the characters will find themselves sinking into their shadow, eventually changing places entirely with their shadow. The only way to rescue a character from this fate is for another character to pull them out of their shadow forcibly. The bright side is once a character is pulled out of their shadow, it all returns to normal and their shadow is no longer sentient. These phases will last over the course of the week and it is quite alright to stay in phase one/two/three. Not all shadows will become aggressive, not all shadows will be playful. Feel free to manipulate your character's shadow in the way that's most fun for you. NAV | PREMISE | RULES | FAQ | TAKEN hotelcaelum | caelumserver | caelumooc

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[vecna]

[He seems pleased (at being correct, at distracting her), his smile reflecting that ever so slightly.]

Good. I’ll leave the bottle here with you. But read the instructions if you end up taking more, okay?

[Not that he suspects she’ll be too eager, given her prior reticence.]

[velluminous]

[ the only thing that's going to happen with the remaining Tylenol is that she's going to dissect one of the capsules and learn Nothing.

there are instructions? how oddly relieving... ]

Bah. I will not. I am only wanting to have some wine and to crawl into bed.

[ so about acetaminophen and alcohol— ]

[vecna]

[girl NO]

Actually… you can’t drink. Not until it wears off. Give it a good eight hours or so.

[Or maybe…]

Or twenty-four hours, just in case.

[Tieflings have livers right—]

[velluminous]

[ you rob sprezzatura of her favourite coping habit?? ]

I can't...

[vecna]

[She is consorting with a villain, after all.]

You can, just for a day. Your body will thank you for it later.

[velluminous]

I could have had drink and gone to bed to same effect!

[vecna]

And nursing a headache bolstered by a potential hangover in the morning. Is that what you want?

[velluminous]

I do not get hangovers.

[vecna]

And is that bravado or physiology speaking?

[velluminous]

It is fact! Pure fact!

[ ouch. her jaw. she shuts her mouth quick after that, muffling her flinch down to a mere flutter of her lashes and a muffled groan ]

[vecna]

[That’s what you get, ma’am.]

Well, it doesn’t change the fact that you just can’t drink for now. You want a healthy liver, I assume.

/2

[velluminous]

I have healthy liver! I have healthy bones, and bile... and ...

[velluminous]

Oh, forget it!

[vecna]

[He smiles peaceably at her retort that doesn't do much to invalidate his point.]

...Just try to go to sleep, okay? No drinking, and no fussing.

[He's sore, too. This fragile body needs to recover as much as anyone's, now.]

If you can promise me that, I'll be out of your hair.

[velluminous]

Are you my mother? [ TURNABOUT, HA! ] I will go to sleep and not drink. If you knock and I do not answer, consider me ensnared in Tylenol [ pronounced tie-lee-noll ] coma.

[vecna]

[Difficult woman!!]

I don’t think that’s very likely, but I’ll be sure to break down the door if that’s the case.

[Henry please.]

[velluminous]

[ if she hadn't seen such hard-edged spite in his face, she'd never believe it to be there. ]

Never mind it. You can leave me to die.

[vecna]

I wouldn't dare.

[He's going to ease himself back up, ready to head out, if only to give her time to rest... And to tend to his own bruises, the dried blood in his nostril, the state of his clothes and his hair, back in his room.]

Rest, okay? I'm sure I'll see you again soon, neighbor.

[velluminous]

[ that's Ms. Neighbour to you.

in what he will soon realize to be true Sprezzatura fashion, she merely grunts, waving a dismissive hand. ]

Go, then. It is you who could barely stay on his feet.

[ <3 ]

[vecna]

[He feels so welcomed in her presence!

But since when is that ever enough to deter Henry Creel? He just smiles, calmly and very politely, such the stark opposite of how this day started.]

Have a good evening.

[He'll leave her to it, then.]