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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Too bad you missed the Halloween party...
[ Before he can say anything else, however, her shadow is giving him the slip, by virtue of, you know, being a shadow. ]
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[ What the hell is Halloween. But she turns her head as the shadow slips free, twisting itself behind her with a fluttering of hair. Okay then.
(No, she does not consider it might have been viewed as a challenge.) ]
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I'll explain it later. Don't you want to get your shadow back?
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Not that she could dent him, but still. ]
I'm grateful enough that mine isn't inclined to speak, but yes.
[ So. Off on pursuit she goes. ]
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Dealing with the shadows remains his top priority for now at least, thanks in part to the fact that as her shadow takes off, so does his own, as it turns to blow a raspberry and flip them off. Rude??? ]
Tch! Where'd my shadow learn such bad manners?!
[ How could this have happened... ]
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[ YOU CAN'T JUST ASK-- ]
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No. I'm very unflippable.
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[ Well, that answers the question incredibly well, doesn't it-- ]
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[ She's...rather tall, but that doesn't preclude her being agile. ]
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[ Or maybe they can head it off in a hallway. There's a lot he can get away with with his teleportation. ]
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[ It's probably fine that he's detailing this plan with his own shadow still within earshot. ]
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Understood.
... Is it able to pass through objects?
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[ His own shadow hasn’t been able to replicate his abilities, but that doesn’t mean hers will act the same, and even if it can’t pass through objects, they can still slip through cracks in doors and under furniture, right?
They’ll need to be quick. ]
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[ But there's the split and she takes the designated direction at a run. She's light on her feet, despite all the armor. ]
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Good thing she moves quickly, at least, and so does he, even without cheating with his technique. Soon enough, they meet up near the elevators where the shadow seems to notice Barghest charging for it first. ]
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That's enough out of you!
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That's sick as hell! You're like a playable character in an RPG!
[ He can't help even as he dashes at the speed of light towards her shadow, aiming to pile drive it right to the ground. ]
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[ Well. Explain later. The shadow's still trying to shrink away but if Gojo can pile drive a shadow, let the man pile drive a shadow. ]
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You know, like from — hey! The hell —
[ His own shadow is pulling Barghest's free from beneath him, so the two can attempt to abscond together! ]
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[ She's slamming the sword into the ground, flames billowing off it to halt their progress. Apologies, Sumina, don't look at property destruction... ]
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Barghest's flames do the trick in cutting off the the shadows, and while Gojo's cursed technique might not have an effect on them, he's still plenty formidable without it, grabbing both shadows around their necks with one arm each and pinning them down to the floor. ]
...Heh. Nice try. What should we do with them?
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I admit, I'm not certain how to get them to return to their original forms.
[ As in--just normal shadows. ]
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[ They weren't exactly gentle with them... ]
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