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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II ✨ DISPLACED BEAST
III ✨ WILDCARD
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Gods—[HONK!!] I'll be going the other way then—[HONK!!]—thank you!
[TURNS AROUND AND WADDLES/FLAPS AWAY AT TOP GOOSE SPEED]
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Astarion is about to go from being a legit snack to a literal one, unless top goose speed can somehow outpace a displacer beast that gets down on its haunches, ready to pounce with a low growl.
Better run, buddy! ]
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Why is there even one of you here- [HONK!!] Hells, I never wanted to deal with an oversized murder cat like this agaaaaaiin- ah!
[Whatever floor this is, making a sharp right around a corner reveals an outdoor scene: a pier that leads into a glistening body of water. Goosestarion is making a mad dash that way, flapping his wings the whole while to give him a little boost, maybe lifting off the ground in shallow flight to bring him to the water fast. Maybe he can outswim a displacer beast, at least?]
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He’s gaining ground quickly, and once he’s in range, he pounces!! The end of the pier is coming up fast, as goose and displacer beast tumble to a stop, only Winter’s claws digging into the wood stopping him from crashing into the water. ]
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But as it stands, he goes crashing into the ground when the heavy weight of a displacer beast bears down upon him. A very inelegant HONK noise is let loose from this goose's beak, and he tries his best to flap his wings and twist his body around, corkscrewing his neck at just the right angle to squawk in Winter's ear-]
Get off of me, you bloody feline-!!
[And makes a valiant attempt to nip at that same ear in defiance.]
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… Astarion?
[ Oh gods did he almost eat his boyfriend. ]
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Astarion releases his beak-grip-bite, if only because he recognizes the voice immediately; it stuns him with surprise.]
Winter?
[Silence, squinting up at him.]
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I'm supposed to eat you, not the other way around!!
[or drink from him, but same difference]
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I'm sorry. I didn't realize it was you.
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I...
[It's almost too ridiculous to even really be irritated or upset; once the goose-adrenaline eases away--especially seeing Winter look so chastised (who knew a displacer beast could)--he lets out a sigh, deflating a little.]
And I didn't realize it was you until now. This place turned you into that? Why do I simply get to be waterfowl?
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I think it had something to do with the cookies Mr. Bennet was offering. I thought mine was perhaps a mistake, being a cat with too many limbs, but apparently not.
[ He cants his head a little. ]
At least you're not a bat again?
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If he had brows, they'd be raising. Instead, he shakes out his feathers and tucks his wings in, then waddles towards Winter.]
"At least", you say, as though this is any better.
[Prods him (gently this time) with a beak.]
Hm. Well, now that the danger's gone... I have to say, a displacer beast suits you.
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Does it?
[ He folds his too-many limbs under him to lay down on the edge of the pier. ]
Be honest, it's the tentacles, isn't it?
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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 ]
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Most people are quick to turn the other way when they see a displacer beast.
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...Oh! Mysterious Eldritch Blast Warlock Mister, it's you!
I thought you were Dirla, from the Witchlight Carnival. How come you're a displacer beast right now?
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My name is Winter. And I ate one of those strange cookies Mr. Bennet was offering. You might want to avoid them if you can.
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[ though, hol up ]
Wait... Did eating a cookie turn you into a displacer beast!? [ ... ] I'm going to go get one right now!
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[ He gives a nod, almost like the displacer beast version of a bow. ]
Wait a moment, didn’t I just say to avoid them? There’s no telling what you could turn into!
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An adventurer never backs down from danger, Mister Winter.
[ As her hair blows dramatically... wait, where did that wind even come from? ]
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What sort of luck are you usually given-?
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It depends on the day, really. Are you alright?
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A little startled to see so many unexpected ears and tails about, but I'm fine otherwise.
ii!
Nanami is just sitting in the lounge, sipping from a cup of tea and reading a book when he looks up and watches a. rather large panther(?) walk past him. For a moment, he's immediately wondering if it's a curse but no, it doesn't seem to have any curse energy.
So, he just stares and watches to see if it's a threat. He'd rather not have to fight. It sounds like a lot of work. But also, it looks like a threat. Slowly, he closes his book and sighs, rubbing at the bridge of his nose for a moment.
Then, he gets up and starts to follow the beast.
Also, he is a wolf, with golden wolf ears and a golden wolf tail. Bc I forgot. ]