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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That is to say: he's not unpacked his things, though he hardly has much to unpack, so he still has a crystal-tipped staff hitched to his back, which he deftly unhitches to reach out and... poke at the young man crossing this way.]
You there.
[hi]
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Exhausted, Yuji is trying to keep it together and, probably, failing, if the way people are looking at him is any indication. The last thing he wants is to cause people problems, or give any kind of issues, but he can't help how heavy his heart is or how badly he carries the burdens of it all. He just aches, all over, and nothing is going to fix that right now.
Then he's poked, and he blinks, staring down at the staff. ]
... Me?
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[He lowers his staff, though, having no other intent than to catch this young man's attention with it. Rowan withdraws it with a twirl, hitching it to his back again.]
I hear this place is meant to act as... a "vacation." Away from aught that ails us. Is that not right?
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[ That was a pretty cool move... Reminds him a little of Maki-senpai. Nodding, he crosses his arms with a frown. ]
That's what I was told, at least... Why?
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You look like a man marching to his death, rather than one about to enjoy a bit of respite.
Is aught all right?
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Yeah, it's fine? I guess I'm just really tired... Sorry, I didn't realise it was that obvious.
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You needn't apologize to me. I just...
[Hate to see someone so downtrodden? Rowan frowns, shifting his weight to another foot.]
Not that it's any of my business, mind you. Still, you look like you need a pick-me-up. You know what I do when I'm feeling out of sorts?
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[ Yuji lifts his head, watching, but he can't deny that he's curious. ]
What do you do?
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[Or loses himself in magic, or sword practice, but. Food is good, too, and probably more of a pick-me-up for this downtrodden young man right now.]
What say you? My stomach's complaining and we've a whole new building to explore to find us lunch.
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... Yeah. There's gotta be something nearby, right?
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I think so, too. Walk with me, then?
[Turns, though hitching a brow in his direction to see if he follows.]
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[ Yuji just... Follows after him, like a lost puppy. ]
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Satisfied, he just continues in a random direction.]
I'll warn you: I'm an adventurous eater.
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Me too?
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[Good, then this young man won't mind if Rowan wanders specifically to find a very odd place to sit and eat...
Though eventually, in this case, it isn't odd so much as it's novel. He stands at the entrance of the cafe? Restaurant? Hitching a hand on his hips.]
...Seafood, I bet.
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Barely. ]
I don't mind that!
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Then let's sit and... order, I suppose.
[Whenever they've settled-]
What a strange place, this "hotel."