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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There ya go. Now what?
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[ it feels... like a normal hand? It's even warm like one. Brow furrowing, he squeezes, probably a little harder than would be polite. Surely he'll feel some kind of metal resistance or something? ]
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She squeezes his hand back, laughing.]
I told you that these bodies are created to mimic humans as much as possible.
I even bleed, if you stab me.
IF THIS ISN'T OKAY LET ME KNOW... LMFAO
[ surreptitiously, he taps his thumb against the top of her hand. If what she says is true - and, despite his skepticism, he's inclined to believe what people say - then he can't imagine a robot will be able to see Stands; therefore, he wordlessly unzips a small portion of the skin on her hand open, assuming the action will be invisible to her, in hopes that he'll be able to see some kind of machinery beneath the surface. It's not painful, nor is it doing her any actual physical damage - Bruno has no intention to hurt her, after all - but it certainly looks weird and alarming... because if she's used to seeing the supernatural, it most definitely will not be invisible like he thinks. ]
TOTALLY GUCCI
Anyway, she's immediately griping.]
I know, right? What's the point in giving us pain receptors? It just makes the job harder and totally sucks! And--
[... hello???
That's very weird and very alarming even by the scale of things she's gotten used to. She trails off, staring at her own hand and then slowly turning her attention back to him. (Well, her HP is okay, so...)
Uh... IT'S... BLOOD AND TENDONS AND THINGS IN THERE, I... THINK?? I have no good answers 4 u.]
... I feel like you should ask for permission first.
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there is absolutely nothing of note inside of her hand, and so Bucciarati begins zipping it back up, even less convinced than before that she's an AI. Why she would lie about something like that, he doesn't know, but everything he's seen, heard and felt says that she's just another human. Case in point: she can apparently see his Stand. His eyes flick up to hers at once, expression remaining steely. ]
You gave me your hand.
[ that was agreement for him to do whatever he was going to do with it, clearly!! Finally, he releases her. ]
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Usually, you've got to use your words for that sort of thing. Obtaining consent, I mean.
It's not like it hurt, but seriously, you startled me.
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[ spoken nonchalantly. he asked... what else do you want from him ... ]
It was a test. I didn't think you'd be able to see what I was doing. Since you did, I'm confident you're human.
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[She's laughing despite herself, because she has never, not once, struggled to convince someone she's an AI.]
Seriously? I'm really telling you the truth here!
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[ he folds his arms. Despite his evident disbelief in her true nature, he doesn't seem particularly offended about being "lied to." ]
It doesn't matter. What you do is more interesting than what you are.
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[What she is is pretty important to her, you know!]
Ah, whatever. [A sigh, and she shakes her head.] What about what I do?
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You're right. That was thoughtless.
[ he'll concede that one. ]
You said you summoned demons and saved the world.