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.
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[ he watches cautiously as her shadow pops out from underneath her like an unruly toddler. There's certainly a ring of truth to her words, but... ]
They don't have a will of their own, though. There has to be something or someone acting through them--
[ and then there's a hermit crab flying at him. Naturally, Bruno's able to sidestep it, the poor critter sailing harmlessly past his head and landing in the sand behind him. It immediately holes up in its shell; he stares at it for a moment or two. ]
... Something that doesn't like us.
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[ She watches with slightly raised brows as the shadow begins acting out — though she doesn't really move to stop it, either. Actually, her surprise seems rather muted, all things considered, as though this is what she's been expecting all along and now only feels like she must act surprised to react appropriately.
In any case, it's not very proper behavior at all, but she's not sure how to redirect this little apparition... when she speaks again, she's not exactly scolding it, but she is talking at it like it's a young child that just did something naughty by accident. ]
Now, you mustn't treat another guest with such disdain. [ She turns to face the shadow more fully, getting between it and Bruno himself. ] Do you truly believe they were manifested solely to harm us? It seems they've a will, to me...
[ Maybe it's because she's had to be at the beck and call of a spontaneously violent and immature master in very recent memory, but some part of her wants to give the shadows a chance, even if they're quickly getting out of control. Case in point, turns out there are lots of funny things to throw at them on the beach — shells, toys, etc.... it's already looking for another item to hurl. ]
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If it had its own will, I'd assume it would be the same as yours. They're copies of us.
[ he doesn't really know that much about the science of shadows, but he's pretty sure it's not that different from a reflection or anything. After a moment or two, he adds: ]
I don't believe you want to throw things at me.
[ but he can't be entirely sure. ]