hotelcaelum | Event Log #002

EVENT LOG
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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

Her Majesty is not here, no. She never struck me as the kind of woman who would have a desire she could not fulfill herself.

[ And she's even less likely to relax?? A shame, but true. ]

To my knowledge, I am the only one here. And you? Did you accompany someone here?

I have come here by myself, as you have.

[ 'Her Majesty,' is definitely interesting... a knight to a queen? But it wouldn't be right to leap right into interrogating her companion about her background. It's much more polite to address the person that's right here with her. ]

You mention a "not having a desire she could not fulfill herself," as a reason that she did not come here. This means you have come here to fulfill a desire of your own, yes?

[ She asks lightly, never prying, as she leads them along the corridor. ]

[ It's not a question she minds answering. It's a simple enough one, after all. She hasn't been asked to go into the details of it, and if she had been, she'd answer even more simply--that it was no one's business to know. ]

That's right. There's something I could not achieve through my own efforts. If this wish is true, I intend to earn it.

I see. In that case... I wish you the very best, my dear.

[ Her words are genuine, even if her expression doesn't really seem warm or particularly kind. She's smiling, alright, but it is a courteous sort of smile, an impersonal one. ]

You will find there are many here in search of a wish, should you wish to collaborate with others in "earning" it. Although, I regret to inform you that not much is known about the methods through which they can be obtained, at present.

[ Frankly, it's a very faerie way to act, so Barghest doesn't see much in the way of strangeness. Something like emulating human behavior but not necessarily doing it correctly, perhaps. ]

Then I will continue to search for ways to educate myself--but this is not something I need to make anyone else's problem.

So, you are the independent sort.

[ Barghest is right in her assessment of the maid — something about the way she acts is just artificial. Distant and learned, very much like something pretending to be human. ]

Were there not other knights with whom you shared your duty and pledge? Or, is it perhaps you simply seek to protect others from burden...

My reasons are my own. As my wish is ultimately a selfish one, there is no need to draw anyone else into it. The other Tam Lin had their own reasons for their actions as well, so this much is nothing new.

[ A sigh. ]

Did you come here for another reason, then?

[ She gives a hum at her answer, accepting it quite easily. A selfish wish, huh... she's curious about what it might be, and perhaps more importantly, what this woman considers "selfish." ]

It is a reason similar to yours. I am curious about this wish, as well. [ She admits, still smiling. ] And I had the rare opportunity of an opening of time, before serving my next master.

[ She's got time to kill, basically... though she won't say that the time in question is to the tune of decades, and not like, a couple months before her next employer shows up. In either case, this bustling hotel is a far better option to wait out that time in, instead of where she would be otherwise. ]

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