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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The shadow doesn't scare her, but it'll be troublesome if they can't lose it fast. Fighting an opponent that can't be properly damaged will only lead to a pointless battle of attrition. She has plenty of stamina with a body built to take hits, however, and so she slows down to let Abbacchio take point.]
Then shall I be your escort? I'll bring up the rear, and you can secure the stairwell with your ability.
[She imagines his reach is greater than hers, making him more suitable for the task. Moreover, he knows that she's fast, and it's not as though they're running across a country. No matter the gap, she knows that she'll be able to bridge it once he finds the stairwell—or maybe he'll figure out a way to fake their escape while she keeps the shadow busy. Whatever works.]
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[ Of course, he doesn't think the shadow is subject to the laws of physics and the like in the same way that they are. It can probably catch up to them in no time, or cut them off at the stairwell altogether — both are just as likely as any number of other possibilities when dealing with unknown entities. In a way, it's like those ninjas again, but the saving grace is that they shadows are fewer in number.
With the doors to the stairwell finally in sight, he gives Reiju a quiet nod as he moves ahead of her. He's always worked best in a pair; Moody Blues almost necessitates it, and while that shouldn't be a problem here, it's nice to have a spotter. ]
Let's keep moving.
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Hopefully there's nothing lingering on the other side of those doors.]
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Sort of anticlimactic, all things considered.
He throws out an arm to prevent the door closing and ducks into the stairwell, holding it open for Reiju. As soon as he knows she's behind him, he'll begin taking the stairs up, two at a time. ]
… I really hope there's no more candy floors.
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Then what are you hoping for?
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Less pink? Ah— no offence.
[ Traces of a sheepish smile cross his face, before that straight-faced expression slips back into place as he pushes open the door to the next floor proper. Immediately there's an open space spread out ahead of them, no narrow corridors, just black carpeted flooring and dark navy walls with what looks like educational posters about planets. It's promising, he supposes, if they're looking for somewhere dark, though it's hard to tell if anything is moving along the floors. ]
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[She takes the apology in stride with a steady smile that falls off once they enter the new floor. Her lips even out in thought as her gaze sweeps from the ceiling down to the floor, whose carpet she tests with the experimental slide of a heeled foot.
Winter would like this floor if he hasn't already visited it.]
Is this dark enough?
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[ While there's no corridor to speak of, there are still doors leading off to mysteries unknown. He passes by a few of the posters, not really paying close attention, until he realises the images on them aren't quite what he'd expect. Curiously, it looks a lot like the solar system, but parts of it don't look right. Is it even the one he knows?
Pushing open the closest door, he finds himself staring into a darkened room with a small amount of tiered seats and a domed ceiling. ]
A planetarium? In space?
[ As if the ones he'd have found at home aren't also technically in space. ]
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[Having determined an absence of shadowy hands along the carpet, she steps up behind Abbacchio. She isn't very knowledgeable when it comes to space, but that doesn't seem important. Rather, what matters is how much darker this particular room is.]
Should we go inside?
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[ Assuming this floor isn't too dark for it and the light theory is actually correct, that is — and he doubts it is, but it can't hurt to explore their options, though. He pushes the door open more, shouldering it to allow Reiju to pass as he gives the rest of the room a cursory glance for any movement. ]
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She can't help smiling wider this time, not that it's helped by the looming darkness around them.]
So gentlemanly.
[Then she steps inside, looking this and that way for potential visitors. She runs a hand along the back of a nearby seat. Question is, what to do if this fails?]