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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Yes, it's me, Sumina. I found a larger-than-the-rest cookie, but I sincerely didn't think it would turn me into this.
[ She really likes cookies, okay. But also— ]
Giant space sardine?
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Once she pulls him back up, Yeyasu's monkey tail wags rather eagerly!]
Oh yeah! There's a giant sardine that floats around in my universe and it contains a Netherworld! We call it "Sardemon World"! A perfect place for catching all kinds of fish for market.
[And he was happy that it was in a better state compared to whenever the Shogunate was still corrupt.]
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S-So the giant sardine is a world in and of itself...? Where you can find more fish... inside of the giant fish?
[ ...Interesting. Yet somehow, it is not the strangest thing she's ever heard of, given that she comes from a universe with giant space hamsters.
...But man, talking about sardines and fish... Were she just a normal hamster, she'd think nothing more of it, but giant space hamster are omnivorous, you see, so... giant Sumina hamster's stomach gives an audible grumble. ]
—Ah. Haha! Goodness, must be feeling a little peckish because of my giant stomach in this form...!
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[#NAILEDIT #SHOGUNPUN #CANTBECONTAINED #THISTRAINCANTBESTOPPED
He's actually quite proud of this joke! His human ears wiggle as much as his monkey tail was wagging. Though Sumina's stomach doesn't go unheard! Hm... Seeing people go hungry wasn't Yeyasu's style. After all, he's been to the slums of Ewwdo to see those poor hard-working warriors unable to make ends meet and barely got by through crumbs on the ground.]
How 'bout you let me cook you something? Believe it or not, I'm quite skilled in the kitchen. ♥
[Given how prepared hotel's food appeared to be very questionable right now, it might've been easier for him to make a meal or two with his own hands. Despite how bumbling Yeyasu was, he was actually quite skilled in the kitchen. If he wasn't a shogun, then he would've been someone's house husband by now.]
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Sumina's giant space hamster head ]
...I see.
[ She has no idea what that's supposed to mean... But more importantly, she's being offered a home-cooked meal! That certainly does seem like the safer choice compared to anything the hotel could offer in these trying times, and she is quite hungry... ]
I don't doubt you of course, Mister Yeyasu, but... is that really alright with you? Cooking is a lot of work...
1/2
[He says folding his arms again with the very prideful and loud laugh that goes on for a minute until--]
2/2
Ahem.]
Though, uh... I actually don't know what kinds of foods that you're into. N-Not to mention, you're pretty huge now... So I'm not sure how MUCH to make!
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She waves her lil giant space hamster hands in front of her. ]
You— You don't have to go to the trouble of making so much food..! I'm grateful for however much you have the energy to make. [ A beat. ] With that said, I... seafood seems quite appetizing, after hearing you talk so much about fish...
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[Speaking of which, he was starting to feel himself getting hungry too. But on top of that, he'll be getting another chance to show off some of his skills in the kitchen. If there was a chance to stand in the spotlight, then Yeyasu was going to take it!
That's why he gets on all fours and hops energetically down the hallway. There's a pause before he leaps onto a table where a vase was... The vase nearly tips over before he uses his tail to grab it.]
Oopsie! T-That was close... Not sure why I feel like crawlin' and hoppin' around all over the place, but it's kinda fun!
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[ Similarly, Sumina begins to follow while waddling about on two legs, but soon enough, she lowers onto all fours and realizes walking just as a giant space hamster would feels a lot better, even if it makes her feel so self-conscious, to truly behave like an animal...
When he hops onto the furniture and nearly tips a vase over, though, she is quick to reach her hands out, like her deeply-ingrained innkeeper instinct that wants to catch the vase and ensure nothing breaks is more powerful than any animal instinct the hotel's magic could give her.
She doesn't account for how much bigger her body is like this, though, so in her haste to move, she instead just... slides right into the table that Yeyasu is on. ]
Oh, no—!
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OOOK-EEEEEEEK!!?
[As him and the table along with the vase go falling over and just as he hits the floor... The innocent little vase shatters into pieces. Looking over to the broken vase, Yeyasu couldn't help and turn a shade of blue. He's approaching this with the same attitude as a kid who broke something important while his parents were away!]
--Oh crap! Ohhhh crap! W-What are we gonna do!? We just murdered some innocent hotel property...!
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Y-You can't murder inanimate objects... but I still feel bad—! M-more importantly, are you alright, Mister Yeyasu!?
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It's best not to think about it right now! Currently, he's just sniffling a bit even if he wasn't the one who got hurt. He just feels bad for also sharing a part in this tragedy.]
Y-yeah, I'm cool! Uh... We might have to sweep this up. [A beat.] Y-You think we should discreetly get a replacement? I can always call a Prinny to get a new vase if they don't mind it Prinny-shaped.
[Surely no one would notice the difference!]
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[ She knows she would appreciate such a gesture, were this her circus and her literal monkeys. ]
B-Besides, a Prinny-shaped vase sounds very nice. I think the most important thing right now would be to clean this up, so nobody gets hurt.