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

[Kaveh's shadow like "maybe if you were less like an angry anemo slime I wouldn't be here" except that this is NOT HELPING. Meanwhile Gojo's shadow is just out for blood... rude...]

How is it not my problem if it's my own shadow?!

It's not like you had anything to do with them gaining minds of their own, or the way it's behaving.

[ His own shadow chimes in with a snide "oh, that's rich!" which he swiftly ignores. ]

[That's a valid point, but Kaveh doesn't look convinced--at least until Gojo's shadow talks again, which distracts him and makes him frown. YOU WANNA GO, PUNK

To the shadow:] Don't sass him. You wouldn't exist without him.

[Gojo: just ignore it
Kaveh: but what if, and hear me out, I did not do that]

[ He sure did just ignore him, didn't he??? Rude. Gojo's caught somewhere between finding his stubbornness admirable and annoying. ]

Hey, hey, you know what would really stick it to them? Don't even give them the time of day!

[ It's just like when kids are misbehaving. Lack of attention is the best way to cow them. He knows, because it also works on him... ]

[LISTEN... SOMETIMES YOU JUST CAN'T HELP YOURSELF!!!]

But how do you know it won't go off and slander you to other people? That's not fair to you at all!

[ ABOUT THAT... ]

My friends already do that to me. Why would I be worried about my shadow doing it?

[ He's used to be slandered all the time! ]

What? All of them?!

[GOJO???]

Oh, yeah, all of them for sure. Is that so weird?

[ It's just a day that ends in y for him. ]

[He opens his mouth to go on a long rant about how it is definitely weird and he should have at least some friends who are kind and supportive, but then he remembers their first encounter and he narrows his eyes in suspicion...]

What do you do to them? [Do you TAKE THEM POOL ROOMS AND CALL THEM WEIRD, GOJOU]

[ Wow!!! ...Yes, he would, but that's beside the point! ]

Are you trying to insinuate that I'm a bad friend?

[ ...he did kill his best friend so Kaveh might actually be onto something ]

[STOP THAT'S NOT THE SAMEEEEE]

No, but...

[how does he say "either you're surrounded by assholes or you're the problem and I can't help but suspect it's the latter"]

...statistically, if something happens often enough to be considered a reoccurring incident rather than an anomaly, the most obvious explanation tends to be the common factor.

[nailed it]

[ Two things can be true!!! He is an asshole, but he also is surrounded by a lot of assholes...except Nanami, the one upstanding individual in jujutsu society. ]

Ohhhhhh, I see. So, you are insinuating that I'm a bad friend.

[ Yeah, he got the message loud and clear! ]

[STOP DON'T SAY IT LIKE THAT HE'S GOING TO FEEL BAD AGAINST HIS WILL]

Maybe I'm suggesting you have poor taste in companions!

[ Maybe that's what he's going for! ...It's definitely what he's going for. ]

Oh, it's even worse than that. My friends are mostly just people I work with.

[ A wistful sigh. ]

[HE'S FALLING FOR IT.]

All of them? Not even a drinking buddy?

[ Wait for it... ]

Alcohol's nasty, so, no. I've gone out with coworkers while they drink, though.

[ Usually to get his way about something, but, details. ]

[

derailed]

What? What kind of terrible alcohol have you been drinking?

[ Somewhere off to the side, their shadows are just. Dumbfounded right now. Are they being for real???

Meanwhile, Satoru shrugs. ]

Beer, wine, sake, whisky...it's all bad. Can't stand the stuff.

[Their shadows can pipe down, okay, there are bigger issues at hand here.]

Someone's been giving you bad alcohol, then. A good wine is one of life's finest pleasures.

I was a spoiled rich kid. You really think I've been having bad alcohol?

[ He will NEVER LIKE IT...sprite for LIFE ]

Ugh, you would be rich.

[RICH? NO WONDER THIS GUY IS SO OBNOXIOUS]

You mean because of my attitude? Well, yeah, duh.

[ At least...he knows how obnoxious he is??? ]

[

HE DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO REACT TO GOJOU JUST OWNING IT LIKE THIS

He looks at Gojou's shadow as if that will help]

[ The shadow, in return, mimes pulling at his eye and sticking out his tongue to blow a raspberry, not unlike a certain Vahumana researcher Kaveh may have encountered... ]

— Don't look at him, look at me! You were doing so good at ignoring them for awhile there...

[WHY IS GOJOU'S SHADOW JUST HAT GUY. Kaveh is suddenly and viscerally reminded of the championship so now he's just annoyed at both of them]

Don't tell me what to do. [GOSH!! To his own shadow, authoritatively--] Come on, let's go.

[

His shadow takes the opportunity to shove the vase off the shelf.]

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