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Hotel Caelum Staff ([personal profile] caelumstaff) wrote in [community profile] hotelcaelum2023-11-05 09:00 am

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.




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icyspicy: (✨ 029)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2023-11-12 05:25 am (UTC)(link)
Without the staff to rely on, I suggest we question our fellow guests to see what they have been experiencing.

[ It's time for a good ol' fashioned RPG sidequest! ]
likesitruff: (If you trust in your soul)

[personal profile] likesitruff 2023-11-13 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Very well. I'll be certain to speak with anyone I encounter.

[ Surely they'll handle it well, this tall lady charging at them in armor-- ]
icyspicy: (✨ 112)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2023-11-13 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
... Nicely?

[ He just. Has to make sure. ]
likesitruff: (Now we can go straight)

[personal profile] likesitruff 2023-11-13 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
They are victims here. Of course I would not be so crude as to speak to them cruelly.

[ Sir, please! She is a knight! ]
icyspicy: (✨ 011)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2023-11-13 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It isn't cruelty I'm worried about.
likesitruff: (And there's nothing you can't do)

[personal profile] likesitruff 2023-11-13 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
... Then I'm afraid I may have to request that you clarify. I don't intend to yell, if that's what you mean?
icyspicy: (✨ 056)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2023-11-13 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah. Just... perhaps a bit of gentleness is called for?
likesitruff: (Now we can go straight)

[personal profile] likesitruff 2023-11-13 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She just--stares at him.

Non-gently. ]


They will know I mean them no harm.
icyspicy: (✨ 006)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2023-11-14 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Alright. No offense meant.

[ He still feels like this is going to be the adventures of good cop, unnecessarily intense cop, so he'll stay ready to step in when needed. ]
likesitruff: (And there's nothing you can't do)

[personal profile] likesitruff 2023-11-14 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ I mean. He's not wrong. Barghest doesn't necessarily exude "soft and friendly" on most days.

OFF WE GO, BUDDY COP. ]