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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[ Later, she'll have to invite Ser Barghest to chat about these guests some more, and to learn more about Faerie Britain, but for now, there are more pressing matters at hand... or on the floor. Is that one of their shadows trying to slink away along a wall!? ]
Ah— over there!
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[ Well.
It's fine if she just hurls her sword at the shadow, right.
Barghest, it's a shadow. But she can't just run after it, she's supporting Sumina!! ]
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G-Go, ma'am. I can— I can wait here!
[ Allowing this will surely be more productive than her just flinging her sword like that!! Especially since the Shadow just sort of... bends out of the way, and then does a little dance as if to taunt the warrior. ]
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[ I mean. She didn't swear. But all the same, sorry Sumina you're getting scooped up again and Barghest is charging at the shadow like a bulldozer with fabulous hair. ]
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[ Ma'am, she doesn't remember any swearing, either!? But oop, here she goes, scooped up yet again, all aboard the Barghest Express... choo choo...
Sumina's hands fly up to grasp onto - gods, anywhere on the other woman's very elaborate armor, really. ]
I-I really appreciate the sentiment, but I'm not sure how this is going to resolve the issue—!
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[ ... Yeah we're going on a chase scene. Because the shadow is fleeing. ]
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I— I would have ben fiiiine—
[ off her voice trails as the chase ensues... the shadow, existing in this strange state of being both incorporeal and not, knocks over every possible lamp or piece of furniture available as they flee in a bid to slow Barghest down, but really, what is a lamp on the floor to a giant woman in full plate. ]
P-Please don't destroy the furniture!
[ except maybe for the tiny (average-sized) woman in her arms who does not wish to cause any property damage, ]
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[ well maybe she had to kick a lamp out of the way or fling aside a vase rather than let it hit them, but she's vaulting everything else.
The shadow is a little dismayed by this but the chase continues. Sorry for the ride, Sumina. ]
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Ah, watch out, ser!
[ The shadow throws out a 🍌 banana peel 🍌! Don't step on it!! ]
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And slips.
And thankfully, Barghest has enough presence of mind to realize if she goes face down, Sumina's gonna get crushed, so she's gonna twist enough to at least land on her back, holding Sumina up like Simba so she doesn't actually whack into armor.
It's still not the most pleasant of descents, of course, and even Barghest has to take a minute to wheeze from impact. ]
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Sumina is, of course, as pliable as a baby lion as Barghest pivots and lifts her clear of any potential crashing into armor, and the innkeeper gives a little yelp as they fully fall to the floor. Damn banana peels... This is definitely the work of her own shadow. She hates this.
While still being held up like Simba: ]
Hah... Are— Are you alright?
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But I'm fine. I will not be laid low by such cheap tricks.
[ I mean. She definitely got knocked down, though?? ]
Are you unharmed?
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I'm alright, thanks to your quick maneuver. These shadows really are so troublesome...
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[ A sigh. ]
I'll proceed with more caution.