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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phase i
So, hilariously, this vampire-esque dressed man is looking for a place to sit, holding a box of pizza in one hand and a fountain drink in the other. This visual comedy will continue to ratchet up in hilarity(?) when a hole opens up beneath his feet, and his leg goes through up to his knee.
Instinct kicks in. He falls to one knee--the one still present and on solid ground--and splays his fingers beneath the pizza box so that it doesn't go flying. He succeeds in that, but he's far less successful in holding onto his drink, which goes flying out of his hands and spills all across the floor.]
https://i.imgur.com/R6GTcDu.png
Sorry. I'm having trouble with my shadow. [ everyone is, presumably, but he still feels the need to apologize. For the time being, he ignores the spilled soda, instead walking over to Vincent and offering a hand. ] Are you all right?
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He nods, then reaches up to grasp his hand with his own gauntleted one, heaving himself up. Still balancing the pizza.]
I'm fine. ...Is this place always like this?
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[ pulling Vincent up before letting him go. If he's at all put off by Vincent's odd appearance, he doesn't show it. ]
My understanding is that the hotel itself is a magical entity. [ he pauses as he spots a staff member, flagging them down briefly. ] Excuse me, we need a towel. -- So things "like this" will probably keep happening.
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You mean a place imbued with magic, or something with an actual mind of its own?
[The latter would at least explain how random everything seems.]
Doesn't exactly leave a good impression for a newcomer.
[The staff member nods and rushes off to grab a towel, coming back to tend to the mess themselves. They won't make a guest clean up a spill!]
Can you tell your shadow to behave?
[Seems like... a simple solution, right?]
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[ he's been trying to get the stupid thing to behave all morning! he steps aside for the staff member to clean up the spill. ]
As for the nature of the hotel, the man I spoke to made it sound like it was acting independently. But I don't know.