Event Log #002

[caelumstaff]

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. NAV | PREMISE | RULES | FAQ | TAKEN hotelcaelum | caelumserver | caelumooc

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[unfastens]

[ awkward... or easier?! She's a perfectly portable size. Bucciarati at last staggers up from the waves onto the shore again, thankful that he didn't just kill someone by accident. ]

It wasn't your fault.

[ it was his... or his shadow's, but that's basically the same as it being his. ]

Can you stand?

[warmaid]

[It was, a little. Situational awareness isn't something she should be letting up on just because she's on vacation.

But she keeps that thought to herself, figuring that he wouldn't want to argue the point any more than she does.]

I think I can, yes.

[If/when he sets her down, she doesn't really have any trouble finding her footing.]

[unfastens]

Good.

[ down she goes, then - he sets her down as gingerly as he's able, then politely puts a little distance between them, taking a few steps back. The brief shift of focus downwards reminds him that his shadow is gone, and he feels a peculiar sense of vertigo for a moment or two before forcing himself to pay attention to the woman in front of him instead. ]

Sorry. I've been keeping an eye on my shadow, but it's faster than a human. [ he's undoing the front of his jacket as he speaks. ] ... Hopefully, it hasn't gone too far.

[warmaid]

You have nothing to apologize for, but thank you. Our Shadows seem to operate independently of ourselves.

[Case in point, Kokomi's Shadow. It's still sitting on the sand, staring blankly out to sea.]

I can help you search, if that would be easier for you. After you saved me from the surf, it's the least I can do.

[unfastens]

[ only now does he notice Kokomi's shadow is here, too; understandably, he hadn't spotted it in his mad dash to save Kokomi from (supposedly) drowning. He regards it stonily as he slips off his wet coat - nothing but wiry muscle underneath, aside from the lacy black singlet he evidently feels no shame exposing - then sighs. At least hers is well-behaved. He's almost envious. ]

Don't feel obligated. I don't expect you to pay me back. [ turning back towards her while he wrings out a sleeve. ] Besides, even if we catch up with it, I haven't found any way to stop it. I'm only trying to mitigate the damage.

[ ... with varying levels of success. But Kokomi didn't die, so there's that!! ]

[warmaid]

[It's behaving for now. Later, it'll start lashing out and attacking people. But at least the pair of them can focus on one troublemaker instead of two.]

Consider it a kind gesture rather than repayment, then. My own shadow does little more than sulk, and two people mitigating the damage of one entity has a higher chance of success.

[unfastens]

Really?

[ a little surprised. man, why is his acting like a little shit!! ]

You're lucky. I thought all of them were starting trouble.