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

Comments

[astarion]

[Very creative! So creative, in fact, that it inspires Astarion to curse in elvish -- though maybe he would've done that anyway.

Anyhow, someone's going to get a faceful of scrambled eggs from the buffet. Astarion immediately tries to spring upright, food stuck on his shirt.]

Godsdamned thing!

[ohthehumanities]

[We got two egg-covered poets out here.]

Ugh--

[Gracelessly, he clambers back to his feet, whirling around. SHADOW WHERE!!!]

[astarion]

[ALAS, THE SHADOW IS FLEEING and Kaveh might catch sight of its form, dark and slippery as an eel, as it darts out of the cafeteria.

Astarion tsks with annoyance, whirling about to look at the other man.]

I told you it was not to be trusted. And now we've egg on our faces, very literally, to show for it.

[ohthehumanities]

[THERE IT GOES!!! Kaveh will spare a little bit of time to brush the worst of the foodstuffs off of himself, and though his face certainly looks irritated and disgusted, his movements are rushed and somewhat careless.]

It was worth a try. [And it would've gone better if it weren't for that meddlin' dicebot, maybe, perhaps. More importantly, he is heading after it!! Let's go Astarion let's go!!!]