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Event Log #005

EVENT LOG
number 005

Happy February, folks! The hotel is chugging along as it always does and nothing really seems that out of the ordinary, actually. Mr Bennet is at the front desk as per usual, greeting new guests, checking out old ones, generally being mediocre at his job but there's something a little... off about him this morning. A little more Springtime focused. Is it the suit? No, no, that's the same as it always is. Is it the face? No, Mr Bennet's face is unable to be perceived by eyes as per usual. No, it's the —

The bunny ears?

HOP TO IT

It seems Mr Bennet has developed a pair of bunny ears and a tail overnight, but he's not the only one. Every staff member and guest of the hotel will find that they have grown a pair of animal ears and a matching tail when they wake up that morning. It's nekomimi time, y'all! But not just neko, characters will find themselves with all categories of ears and tails. Cats, dogs, rabbit, deer, fish. Whatever animal best suits the characters are what they'll find themselves sporting.

For all intents and purposes, these will be part of your characters bodies and real additional limbs. It will hurt if someone hurts them and they will bleed if someone cuts them. There will be some added bonuses as well as characters will also take on the traits of the animals they become. However players want to interpret this is up to them — it can be light like a cat person just being more aloof or heavy like a spider person having multiple eyes and limbs. Whatever is most fun for the player and most hectic for the character, of course.

This effect will last till the end of the month.

Of course, an additional note: For characters who already have animal ears and/or tails — they will either keep those ears and tails and develop more traits of that animal. Or they can become something entirely different for the month. Player preference!

ANIMAL CRACKERS

Mr Bennet has found this to be hysterical though so he has set up a stall in the main lounge that's advertising animal crackers. They're a little less cracker and more cookie though, and larger than the traditional animal cracker. They also come in all shapes and sizes. If you can think of the animal, you can have an animal cracker with it. There is a dog cracker. There is a whale cracker. There is a spider cracker. All kinds of things. Even fictional animals, like gryphons and dragons!

The only catch is — once your character eats the cracker they will become that animal entirely. This is probably tipped off by the bunny rabbit hopping around the lounge in a little hotel jacket, huh. Thanks Mr Bennet. The effect of these crackers will last as long as the player prefers and characters are free to eat another cracker and become another animal afterwards.

One thing though, as the animal, characters will still be able to speak in animal form. So there's that!

The animal crackers will also be available till the end of the month.

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[As for Yeyasu himself, he was already a demon... But he was spouting a monkey tail and his ears had become far more human shaped. For some reason, he had a craving for bananas and a desire to be a bit more athletic than he usually was. He was an expert at running, but tried not to fight up front more than he had to. Deciding to look for a forest floor in this crazy hotel, he approaches the elevator and walks in to find...]

EEEP! A-A-A TALKING SEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAL!!?

[He couldn't help and fall back on his butt seeing this! There's a pause before he goes "ooh ooh eek ooh"! Typical monkey sounding noises!]

[The "next person" entering the elevator appears to be absolutely no one at first. The elevator doors slide shut with a hum, or nearly do, until they halt at the last second and are pushed back open with an invisible force.]

Hold on.

[-says a very, very tiny voice.

...Which belongs to a very, very tiny jumping spider doing his darndest to catch up, skittering quickly towards the elevators and making one quick leap inside.

It's taking him forever to get from point A to point B, being so small; and while his powers have been a blessing, they haven't exactly helped with this deficiency. He looks up at the seal in the elevators with multiple little dark eyes, obviously unbothered by Bruno's... new form. He's not in much better shape. (Even though he's a spider? And this is great in its own way? Sort of??? He's so conflicted right now.)]

My room's on floor three. Bring me there first, and then you can make it up two flights of stairs on your own, can't you?

[That rabbit has the zoomies? Well, so does this dog, whose instincts keep flaring despite Henry's attempts at keeping it tamped down, making him want to chase, chase, give chase-

This inclination rockets through him once more, like a lightning strike coursing through his nerves. The little rabbit stands on its hind legs, and Henry briefly tilts his head to look at her.]

In my way? No. But...

[Lowers himself on his front legs slightly, head bowed down in that dog-like way of just-about-to-lunge-forward.]

I'd run if I were you.

[Maybe he should fight it a little harder, but there's also something appealing about a predator chasing down prey--]

[A very, very small jumping spider approaches, pausing briefly to tilt his head up and look at the massive dog before him. For Henry, everything is so inordinately big now, and looking up at Odette is not unlike facing a skyscraper head-on.

And yet, his reply comes in a wee little voice:]

No.

[He tries to skitter forward anyway. Excuse him, coming through.]

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[Maybe instinct's taking over at the most inopportune moment, just when crossing the path of a certain goose. And maybe that same goose flaps his wings in panicked instinct to avoid a sudden swipe of tentacle or claws, honking loudly!!!]

Gods—[HONK!!] I'll be going the other way then—[HONK!!]—thank you!

[TURNS AROUND AND WADDLES/FLAPS AWAY AT TOP GOOSE SPEED]

[ Were Sumina in her right mind, she would have reasonably assumed that this young woman, with her feline features, has been affected by the hotel's most recent shenanigans.

As it is, however, in all of her two pomeranian braincells, she thinks... cat. So at being denied her treats, she lowers onto her front limbs and gives a little bark and a whine, fluffy tail wagging before she starts pawing at Lynette's feet.

And then remembers that she can speak normally, and clears her throat. ]

Surely even the tiniest bite would be alright?

[ He is incredibly hard to miss, especially to a tiny little mouse such as herself, and Sumina notices the shadow he casts growing ever larger over her before she glances over her little mouse shoulder to find a giant dog lunging at her. With a distressed squeak, she scrambles on all fours between chair legs in hopes that he will simply be too large.

And in the littlest mousiest Sumina voice: ]

M-Me!? Have we met before, sir!?

[ she doesn't recognize that voice!? ]

[Well, that's not fair. When she made eye contact with the goat (as much as one can hold eye contact with a goat, anyway), she'd expected it would be enough to make her turn around and go the other way. That's how this is supposed to work, anyway. If only Giselle had found herself a sheep and not the more obstinate ungulate cousin. The triangular points of Odette's perk up a bit at the polite refusal to be herded, and she turns to the side a little bit, blocking with her width and not just her strange head-on hunch over.]

By yourself? No way. Everyone else's back that way. [Presumably. It might not be true in reality, but it's just the sensation she's battling here - that everyone for the most part has contained themselves to a select number of floors, many of them lower on the hotel's stack of disparate locales. Very few, like Giselle, travel very high.] What're you doing, cutting out all by your lonesome?

--HOP TO IT
(don't worry he's had his shots (lying) )

[ the first day this effect takes place, akechi can be found creeping through the hallways with a hat covering his head and a Big Hoodie covering up the bulge of a tail in the back of his pants.

things may be different now, but... he still cares about appearances, okay, and he's wandering around perhaps trying to find a floor where this effect will go away-- hopefully permanently.

at other times in the month, he can be found actually, literally digging into a garbage can-- having submitted to the instincts that his new (and now visible) raccoon ears and tail have given him.

he looks like he's concentrating very hard about it-- picking up certain things and studying them carefully before deciding to keep them or not-- so at least some of his personality is still able to shine through.

ha! and he said he'd never dig through trash. ]

--ANIMAL CRACKERS
(a little on the nose)

[ as for animal crackers... akechi does not, in fact, eat the raccoon cookie.

he has an idea of where that will lead.

but... he can't help himself from grabbing the cookie with a bird on it. listen... he is the one who picked his own codename-- at least, in a way-- he does like crows.

and now he is one.

he's flapping about trying to figure out how to fly now, but if someone (or another animal) approaches him at first he might not answer in a regular voice, as if to conceal that it's him doing something so "embarrassing;" instead, all the other might get is an unconvincing "caw." ]

[Poor Henry - at first it seems like she might not even be talking to him, since she's on alert but looking down the hallway as if seeking out a slightly larger herd member to keep in line. As soon as Odette catches sight of the little arachnid making a speedy beeline straight in her direction, she hops back on all fours, doing a little footwork that can only be described as a "dog that saw a bug dance," even if spiders aren't.

Holy fuck, that's embarrassing.]

You fixing to get stepped on? [One paw taps against the floor a few times; animal curiosity compels her to stick her nose close to the ground to investigate things that way, while common sense keeps her face off the ground. Big foot comes to rest right in the path of one little scurrying guy.]

[They have not met but does that matter? (It should; in Henry's mind right now, activated by his prey drive, it doesn't.)

She skitters under the chair legs, and Henry's too big to fit, except for the fact that he lowers himself down onto his haunches and slides his front legs forward, stretching these limbs out along with his neck to try to draw closer. The rest of him knocks against the chair itself, making the legs scrape across the floor with a loud, grating sound.

He could just use his powers to drag her forward, or float the chair itself out of the way, but even though he's an even-tempered breed, even Borzoi!Henry gets a little overzealous. He's not thinking about that right now.]

No. But it's fine. Come here, I won't hurt you.

[CITATION HEAVILY NEEDED]

[Every movement of her paws hitting the floor feels like a short, rumbling earthquake he experiences more poignantly as a spider. Henry skitters backward when a paw lands directly in his path, and though he contemplates jumping over it and rushing forward to go along his way, he knows that a dog can outpace him.

Might as well satiate her curiosity; even if he sounds a little indignant.

As indignant as this little voice can be. Fearless or foolish? You decide.]

I won't let anyone step on me.

[With his telekinesis, anyway, he can throw someone off balance before they squish him. Ideally.]

The real question is why you're playing at being a literal guard dog?

[A very tiny jumping spider hangs from a single silken thread above, dangling from the ceiling and watching crow!Akechi flap around, trying to get a hang of flying below. And now greeted with a “caw” when he’s finally noticed.

He has no way of knowing that it’s Akechi, of course; there’s even the risk (unlikely, but still possible) that this isn’t a person at all, but an actual crow that could notice him and think of him as a meal. But Henry is willing to take that risk, knowing that he has his powers as a backup plan in case things go pear-shaped.

And so, a little voice from above:]

Hello to you, too.

☆ Meow Meow?

[Waking up with cat ears and a matching tail has been an odd experience, but upon realizing that he's not the only one who gained animal features overnight, Aether relaxes. He's seen many strange things in his life, but he can't help wondering if maybe this hotel is doing it on purpose so the guests wouldn't get bored.

Regardless, the traveler quickly finds himself in a need of a nap. The library sounds like a nice, quiet place so that's where he heads to. Somehow he managed to find a fairly empty shelf located closer to the ceiling and he squeezes himself there to rest. Perhaps you will notice him while looking for a book?

If not, then a loud noise of a fallen tome is bound to eventually startle Aether awake and he jumps down right in front of you! Don't worry, he's totally fine, but he will recognize that his sudden appearance may be startling.]

Ah, sorry!

[His ear twitches as if still listening in for more noise.]

☆ Animal Crackers

[It is yet another time when he's eaten something here and transformed as a result. Honestly, at this rate he'll develop some kind of trust issues for the food here... but that is a problem for another time.

Even though he had cat traits so far after eating the cracker Aether has turned into a small bunny! He's so fluffy too and his trademark earring can be seen firmly in his flopped ear. But! He is also trapped in his cape and scarf, desperately trying to get out of the fabrics and getting tangled into them only more. Help!]

☆ Wildcard!

[Hit me with any scenario or let's plot on discord!]

🧜‍♀️ I. Mermaid

[To the surprise of pretty much no one, Kokomi finds herself sporting a half-fish (or half sea-serpent?) body. While she generally doesn't have any objections to the hotel's choice of animal for her, there are some significant drawbacks:

1. While she can still breathe air, she finds that she becomes anxious to the brink of panic if she's out of the water for any length of time.
2. She has no legs and cannot walk.

Luckily, the hotel staff have her covered. They give her a motorized bathtub full of water to drive around the hotel in. It's a practical solution, if a bit embarrassing to ride around in.

She can be found either swimming around the waters on the 5th floor or riding around various parts of the hotel in her bathtub-cart. Sometimes she'll be eating seaweed or a can of fish flakes meant for aquarium fish. Don't judge her.]

🐟 II. Fish

[After helping herself to some animal crackers, Kokomi completes her transformation into a fish. At first, she swims uselessly in circles in her bathtub. Eventually, she realizes she can speak and decides to request assistance from whoever might be passing by.]

Excuse me. Can you please help take me back to the 5th floor?

✨ III. Wildcard

(( I'm also up for whatever, if neither of these suit your fancy! Hit me up at

asondeiru or asondeiru on discord if you wanna plot. ))

[ Sumina is much too fraught and yet also much too distracted by the scent of delicious, hoard-able food to truly, existentially ponder how gross it is to be a vermin running around in a restaurant... This would probably amongst her worst nightmares, if she were not so singularly focused on the charcuterie on the table.

Despite these impulses, however, Sumina remains rather meek and averse to adventuring, so even though she does want a piece or three of various cheeses, she may need some encouragement - or perhaps a partner-in-crime.

She's rather restlessly fidgeting with her little mouse... fingers? Claws? While Giselle is surveying the scent situation. ]

W-What do you think, Giselle? I don't even know how we would accomplish that... Unless—

[ Wait. Innkeeper knowledge kicking in... ]

I wonder if we should find the pantry...?

[ She is so going to faint when she returns to being fully herself and realizes all of the mischief she's getting up to... ]

[ Juniper looks... pretty much exactly the same! Save for a horn protruding from her forehead and bigger, fluffier tufts of fur in her hair. It's why her hair is so big.... Mayhap Winter will recognize these features to be very much like those of an almiraj.

She's got a little bit more pep in her step than usual, though, practically hopping from step to step - at least until she skids to a step when she sees a projection of a displacer beast and then squeals in recognition! ]

Kitty! Wait— could it be you, Miss Dirla!?

[ And then she turns the corner, and— no butterfly wings on this displacer beast. ]

Orrr... not? Or maybe - it is you, but you're off duty from the carnival and therefore out of your costume?!

[ what is she saying ]

Uh-oh, you look trapped! Let me help!

[ Comes the sing-song voice of a fellow adventurer who is eager to help! Coincidentally, she has also taken the form of a small, sort of bunny-like creature, though with a horn protruding from the top of her head.

...A horn which is coming in rather handy while she butts her head repeatedly against the heap of clothing on the floor and using that horn pull away at the fabric. ]

Watch out for the horn, please! I don't want to accidentally stab you!

[ At least she gave a warning!? Is this helping or just making the entanglement worse? ]

[ it took a second— but crowkechi’s eyes are good enough to spot the spider hanging down from the ceiling eventually.

thankfully (unlike his player), akechi has no fear of spiders- having lived with a ton of them (and worse) his entire childhood in run down apartments.

he cocks his head at him, appraising.

spider it may be, but… that sounds an awful lot like henry.

almost immediately, akechi drops his ruse. ]

I suppose you speak crow now? Or is it telepathy at work?

[ he sounds almost… gleeful about this situation, to be honest. he must not yet realize that they’re all still capable of their same powers as animals, because right now all he can think is “this guy who messed with me (even if accidentally) is now smaller and easy to fuck with in return if i wanted to,” and… honestly? it makes him relax more than he has in henry’s presence thus far. ]

[ a crow tilts his head at fish kokomi appraisingly, as if trying to decide whether to even answer.

apparently, he decides upon “yes.” ]

I can’t imagine that would be fun for you. [ he kicks up a talon as if to demonstrate just how sharp they are. ]

[ oh… raccoon-akechi is staring LONGINGLY at the veggies she has, his own hands twitching a little.

it takes a second to realize what she said. ]

That’s one way to put it. [ hw scoffs, ears now twitching in annoyance. ]

[ oh, no. there’s something about a dog that’s making raccoon-akechi’s hackles raise.

his tail poofs up!! ]

Yes, I believe we’ve met— now, personal space.

[ …nico isn’t even that close to him, rip. ]

[He hears the voice first, before he ever gets a chance to see who is speaking to him. Then, all of a sudden a horn starts pulling the fabrics away, narrowly missing the struggling bunny traveler.]

Ah, t-thank you?

[Well, at least now he is aware he may get stabbed.

He tries to pull the fabrics the other way and eventually drags most of himself out of his scarf and cape. Just one more pull! One more and he'll be free!

A moment later he is indeed free, but the fabric wasn't done with him. Aether falls over it, helplessly ending up on his back.]

...Uh. I'm saved. I guess that what matters the most.

[ the crow that he approaches cannot seem to control himself from RUFFLING HIS FEATHERS at the sight of the gorb(tm). ]

I most certainly did not.

[ he recognizes the voice though, so… ]

Why do you still have that?!

i. hop to it

Oh, haha, very funny.

[ Abbacchio is in one of the many hotel elevators, glaring at his reflection in the mirror. Through his hair — does it look fluffier to you? — peek out two rounded, fuzzy ears. A long white tail with a fluffy tip swishes behind him and makes his irritation both very visible, and very clear. He doesn't sound amused at all, being afflicted with sudden lion-like features of his namesake.

He can be found variously around random spots in the hotel. Maybe you spot him at some kind of themed restaurant, eyes trained on what is probably an animatronic bird while he eats… is that raw meat? Can he eat that? And why does it look like he might attack the robotic parrot? ]

ii. animal crackers

→ the lion's share 🦁

[ There is a pale lion asleep in a bar. On the bar, in fact. It's not exactly the kind of drinking hole one would expect to find a lion, but here he is. Were you trying to get a drink? Too bad, the lion's ears flick at the smallest sound of movement, and his head pops up and growls, it's low and reverberates throughout the space. ]

Go somewhere else, I'm sleeping.

[ After he's finished napping, he can be found intermittently he can even be seen stalking through corridors, quiet on his feet and slow in his movements — almost like he's hunting? Get too close, and he might turn to you, lip curling as he tells you to be quiet. Or are you who he's stalking?

Eventually, his nose leads him to the smells on the mall floor. But once he's there, the source of the smells is nowhere near as interesting as the boring beige pile of boxes tucked out of sight. Hopefully no one sees the way he pounces at them, and starts tucking his lanky limbs underneath himself as he sets about… sitting in cardboard boxes? Or, at least, attempting to. He does not fits, he cannot sits, etc. ]

→ see you later, alligator 🐊

[ Eating another cookie is not something he thinks he did, but he must have, because he finds himself practically laying on the ground. Gone is the fur, replaced with thick scales and stumpy legs as he thrashes around, stuck on his back. He snaps out a guttural plea; ]

… help?

[ Whether he managed to roll onto his stumpy lizard legs himself or gets help along the way, he manages to wander around pretty slowly. Be careful not to trip over his tail — Abbacchio is now a ten-foot long alligator.

Fortunately, he disappears off into the hotel and into a swamp? Why is there a swamp here now? Has this always been here? Hot and humid, with large, grassy mounds emerging from the murky waters. Huge trees reach up and up, seemingly vanishing into the ceiling. It's not too bad traversing through the floor. Though, watch out for the driftwood, or you might find it hissing and lunging up out of the waters. ]

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Event Log #005

Animal Crackers II

animal crackers ii..... cw; the tiniest spider

animal crackers

iii... cw; tiny spood

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HER LIL HEADBAND....NO....

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LITTLE.........SMALL

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FIERCE!!! (maybe)

animal crackers!! cw for very small spider

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tHE PROPHECY!!

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double bunny time!

SMOL…

FISH

funny bunny

making fetch happen

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animal crackers I (HELP)

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