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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Maybe it's the weariness that makes him say, with no real hesitance beyond that moment of silence.]
Yes. We've been through so much together, at... this point, it would be silly to say otherwise.
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Then it would be silly for them to go on without you.
[More precisely, it would be stupid of him to let all of that go if he's telling the truth.
Reiju is not particularly kind. Having said that, she can't ignore those familiar words. She leans forward to grasp Astarion by his arms just below his shoulders in a viselike grip, her palms like metal on him.]
Friends like that don't come around every day. Think hard about what it is that you really want before you take the leap, Mr. Magistrate.
[If she's allowed the contact, she'll summarily pull him out with great strength.]
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He owes them a bit more than allowing himself to sink into some unknowable abyss, doesn't he? Isn't that part of why he's here?]
I...
[He doesn't know what to say. But her words have sparked enough energy out of him that he can afford to retort, snappish.]
Come now, who said anything about friends? [TSUN] Gods, you're strong-
[Her grip's like steel. She hefts him out with ease, but he'll raise an arm to grasp onto hers, just to be certain.]
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And then he's out. Her hands linger on him, ensuring that he's steady on his feet, before she retracts them.]
There. That wasn't so hard now, was it?
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Back to normal, so to speak.]
Well, it certainly wasn't... easy. Seems as though I couldn't do it myself without someone else to help me.
[Slowly, he can feel his strength returning. He feels steadier, more awake; though he's still gripping her arm.]
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Then it was the shadow's doing. How do you feel now?
[She doesn't mind the grip. The situation is unusual enough that the more both of them know, the better and safer they'll be.]
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[Gave into the shadow trying to engulf him whole.]
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[It's a little concerning. Hers is still who knows where.]
Well, it's a good thing that you're back to normal.
i forgot to hit send smh
[As his disorientation ebbs away, he realizes he's still latched on, blinking. He peels his fingers away soon after, retracting his hand, slowly and awkwardly.]
I suppose I owe you thanks. Proper thanks, for pulling me out.
the real final boss of dwrp . . . the post comment button
Of course. I wasn't about to step over you as you suggested.
please avenge me
he's just allergic to sincerity]Ha. [The sound isn't completely lacking humor. It does make his lips twitch upwards, just a tad.] So you've a bleeding heart under there, is that it? Or have I just grown on you that much?
I've got you, friend.
Maybe she just didn't want an uneven path on which to walk.]
I couldn't help thinking that you were acting out of character. If it had to do with the shadows, I wanted to know.
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Oh, most certainly. Good thing now I'm feeling more... right as rain, so to speak, now that it's back.
But what about you?
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It feels like something is missing, which I suppose is true.
[It's been true for years, but that feeling is more palpable with her shadow gone. Funny, how that works.]
Did yours find you first?
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You mean when it tried to swallow me whole? No, I had collapsed well before then. Suppose, then, it found me sometime after that.
[If there are details to recall, he doesn't recall them. So flush with exhaustion, everything between then and now is something of a blur.]
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Her easy smile falters into a thoughtful frown. Collapsed? That's dangerous.]
Then I suppose the same is bound to happen to me at some point. I don't feel on the verge of collapsing, though.
[That means she has time, yes?]
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I suppose with any luck you won't lose your vigor at all, but who's to say?
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Luck isn't enough. The fact remains that my shadow and I are apart. Sooner or later, we'll have to come back together.
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Then we should seek it out as soon as possible. While you've still some of your strength.
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Are you offering to go with? How gentlemanly of you.
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Don't get me wrong, darling. I just don't like being indebted, that's all.
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Then I wouldn't mind the company.
[She glances around them.]
Now for the shadow . . . if we're going to do a sweep, we may as well start from the bottom.
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I take it you can't takes cues from which floor your shadow might be on, based on your... own preferences?
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[That seems like somewhere she would go.
She moves to backtrack downstairs. Still, she has a feeling that down there is better than a random floor, especially since there wasn't anything on hers.]
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[Though without knowing which floor that would be, they might as well start from the bottom and work their way up.
He sighs, and follows.]
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