hotelcaelum | Event Log #002

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Gale exhales steadily, giving his friend a firm nod of approval, encouragement. Gojo's words make it quite clear that this isn't the first time he's experienced something of this nature, which begs any number of questions— questions he has every intention of asking— but seeing his friend pull himself free is what's most important in the here and now.]

Well said, my friend.

[Standing against one's shadow seems to be the key, along with being bodily pulled free. He loosens his grip for Gojo's sake, but does not release him fully, instead glaring at the shadow in question.]

I believe you know where you ought to be by now. You'll not take his place.

[ For a moment, the shadow ripples, almost as if it is...embarrassed, cowed into submission, for even as Gojo's shadow, it has a fair amount of pride. Still, once Gojo has stepped free of its influence, there is nothing else for it to do but return from whence it came.

With a swirling blue flash, the shadow circles around Gojo's feet on the floor, before falling into place where it belongs, still and unmoving. Gojo can feel the shift immediately, like it's the first time he's been able to fully fill his lungs with air since his shadow first departed. Thank god that's over...

Once he's sure he's steady on his own two feet, he lets go of Gale's hand. ]

...Thanks. I owe you one for the save. How embarrassing, though...

[ Turns out his shadow wasn't the only one embarrassed. ]

Nonsense.

[He gives a firm shake of his head as Gojo releases his hand, glancing past him once more to ensure that the shadow has, indeed, receded for good. At the moment, it does appear to be just the two of them— certainly preferable.]

No doubt you would have done the same, were our situations reversed. It would seem you have a lot on your mind.

[Perhaps this isn't the moment to discuss it, but that taunting didn't come out of nowhere.]

If you ever do wish to unburden yourself, I've found a place here in the hotel with excellent ambiance that serves an exquisite whiskey.

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