Happy New Year, folks! The Hotel is settling into the New Year with little fanfare. Mr Bennet remains at his post behind the hotel desk and helps check guests in and out daily. The Hotel continues to hustle and bustle and nothing seems to be going too awry beyond the usual shenanigans. In fact, one might even call this the slow season for the Hotel.
THE FLOOR IS LAVA
That is until the second week of the month where the intercoms start with Mr Bennet's pleasant voice coming through.
"Hello, hello! This is just a small warning that one of our floors, the current 79th floor to be exact, has had a small... malfunction, I suppose, and will be affecting the other floors of the Hotel. No word yet from maintenance when this will be over, so stay on your toes, my dear guests!"
And that's it. No indication of what the problem is, or anything like that. It's up to you to figure out what's going on! And what is going on? Well, it'll become obvious very quickly when wherever characters happen to be in the Hotel, they'll soon start feeling a very obvious warmth on the floor below them. It'll increase the longer they stay standing in one spot until it's almost burning their feet.
The only salve for this will be hopping onto a nearby piece of furniture and getting their feet off the floor. It'll soon become obvious that the entire Hotel has been wrapped in a game of The Floor is Lava, including the floor turning into actual lava on some of the floors.
SAFETY SLEEPOVER
Of course, the Hotel is not cruel enough to make the entire Hotel unsafe and soon enough Mr Bennet's voice will come through on the intercom again.
"For those looking for respite from our current Hotel wide game," because clearly it's a game now. "We'll be serving tea and cake in the lounge on the ground floor. Maintenance has been able to fix the lounge for now so feel free to come by when you can if you'd like to rest. We have sleeping bags!"
As folks enter the lounge, they'll find that Mr Bennet is true to his word. The lounge has been converted into a giant sleepover, with sleeping bags lining the floor and a long table off to the side where people can eat their tea and cakes. Mr Bennet is near the food table, handing out pajamas, toothbrushes, and sleep masks to those who request them. There's some new doors off to the side leading to some restrooms, at least, so guests can change in private.
Though, one thing to point out is when Mr Bennet says there's tea and cakes, the cakes happen to be lava cakes. He thinks he's funny.
THE FLOOR IS ICE
It'll take about two days for hotel maintenance to fix the Hotel and return it to normal. So that's two days of living out of the lounge or hopping around the Hotel to get places. What a headache. Mr Bennet will make another lively announcement on the intercom.
"We are back in business, folks! I've just been given word that everything should have return to normal now. Though, there is a warning to make sure not to walk around barefoot for at least another day or so while the Hotel settles. Thank you for your patience!"
What that means becomes obvious soon as anyone walking around now will feel that the floor is especially cold. That's a bit better than the heat, at least, but still kind of a pain in the ass. Anyone who tries to walk around barefoot will find that their feet quickly start to freeze but any permanent damage is easily avoidable by putting on some socks or getting off the floor entirely.
Though that said, the ice does lead to some furniture sliding around and even with shoes on, characters might find themselves sliding too.
What a lovely end to the holidays.
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safety sleepover
Akechi-kuuuun!
[ Appearing right next to him via teleportation, here is a well-meaning(?) adult to ensure Akechi doesn't spent too much time at this impromptu slumber party alone. ]
Can I have — [ Oh, dip, his pajamas. ] Uwahhh, do you like sentai shows, Akechi?
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god, akechi hasn't heard anyone call his name so enthusiastically since his fans. he looks up alarmed, as if worried for a moment one of them got here and hasn't gotten the memo that he's not a celebrity anymore--
but not. it's just gojo.
his... "teacher." teleporting again, showing off, and almost sending akechi into the wall as he jumps a little. ]
No. [ he says, WAY TOO QUICKLY.
a pause.
another pause. ]
I... did when I was younger. [ is all he'll admit at first. ] Apparently, the hotel sensed that.
[ that's a valid excuse right ]
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When you were "younger", huuuuuh?
[ A conspiratorial grin. Yes, surely Akechi must consider himself mature enough to have outgrown such things. ]
Maybe we can rekindle your love for them. It can be part of your training, too. I bet they've got some tapes in the library of the classics!
[ does akechi even know what a tape is ]
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wearing them.
if akechi didn't know better by now, he'd think he'd lost a bet.
still, he's not distracted enough to avoid BRISTLING at that conspiratorial grin. he knows what you're getting at, gojo!! ]
Yes, when I was a child. [ he insists testily.
he hasn't been one of those in a long time in his book, okay!!
and yet... despite having just thought that he knows better by now, akechi is still thrown off by the suggestion. ]
And how exactly would watching something like that help with training?
[ HE KNOWS WHAT A TAPE IS!!
........maruki's palace had them, at least!! ]
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Akechi should know better, perhaps, but Gojo knows he has this way about him, of making just about the stupidest ideas sound plausible. Part of his natural charisma, or something. In this instance, he's not totally talking out his ass, either — this is a tried and true training method he's used with his pupils many times!
Pressing his palms together: ]
It's like this. One of the foundational skills of a jujutsu sorcerer is harnessing emotions. For guys like me, that's to use those emotions as a form of energy. For a normie like you — or, you know, different kind of sorcerer or whatever — you can still learn to keep your wits about you in battle by training to focus your emotions and use them to your advantage.
[ ...Wait for it... ]
...by watching old sentai movies.
[ He is being SO serious right now. ]