Event Log #005

[caelumstaff]

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. NAV | PREMISE | RULES | FAQ | TAKEN hotelcaelum | caelumserver | caelumooc

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[animated]

[ This guy sure talks like he came from the nearest Ren Faire, but Charlie doesn't get the sense it's an act. He and his companion both must be really out of their depth. ]

Sounds like he's got a pretty apt name. Maybe we should find someplace a little less overstimulating? But then again, neither of us have hands, so I'm not sure how we'd guide him there.

[runir]

[Yes, but he's out of his depth a lot of the time -- this has just taken on a different flavor of "out of his depth." His tail swishes while he thinks.]

Often, I use the heel of my boots to direct him, touching his flank. You might tap my staff against him to imitate the same?

If you've an idea of where to go.

[animated]

Ah, jeez. I hate to break it to you, but all I can do right now is hold the staff in place. I don't have any control without my hands to do the magic.

[ He heaves a little birdie sigh. How inconvenient! ]

I don't think I'd know where to go, anyway. Guess we're just along for the ride, huh?

[runir]

Your magic is gestural, then? Interesting.

[OPENS HIS MOUF, turns his head to clamp his teeth gently down on the staff. Once again, his words are muffled.]

I can cast with this. [His staff.] Likely I can nudge Torrent to and fro with a tiny tap of magic... Worth a try if you're holding on.

[With your little bird feet.]

[animated]

Yeah, for the most part. You don't realize how much you rely on your hands until you don't have them anymore I guess.

[ He was already kind of hunkering down when Rowan moved his head, but now he hops onto his back to dig his little feeties into the ridges of his scales. ]

I'm holding on as well as I can be!

[runir]

I do miss my hands.

[Solemnly. Anyway, he nods the best he can.]

Grip tightly.

[Rowan doesn't need hands to cast, or incantations. But he does need to move his staff around--which, yes, would normally require his hands--but a little circular motion with his head works just as well to urge a small glimmer of blue energy out of the tip of its crystal top.

It flutters down to lightly tap Torrent's right flank.

...And perhaps predictably, because why wouldn't he, Torrent rears his head up, huffs indignantly, and barrels down the hallway at a blazing speed.]

Ah-!

[Hope you're holding on.]

[animated]

[ AND THEY'RE OFF. Charlie loses his grip and rolls a short ways down Rowan's back before he catches hold of the edge of a scale. ]

Doesn't this thing have any other speed settings!

[runir]

Not particularly!

[He says, but his staff tumbles out of his mouth and lands on the floor with a clatter. At the speed they're going, they easily leave it behind.]

We may come back for that later!

[animated]

Ah, crap...

[ He forgot to reactivate his spell. Whoops. ]

You don't want to leave it behind, right?

[runir]

I don't think we're given much of a choice, my feathered friend-!

[Torrent is winding down the halls, sometimes leaps at a time, but Rowan will make a mental note as to where he dropped his staff.]

Unless you want to hop off right now!

[animated]

And break my little bird bones? No thanks!

[ They're going for a riiiiiiide. Maybe the courtyard is nearby? Wouldn't that be nice. ]

[runir]

[GOODBYE MAGIC STAFF I HARDLY KNEW YE-- (He'll get it later, don't worry.)

Torrent, at least, seems to know where they're going, even if these two men-animals don't. Another turn leads them into, yes, an open courtyard.

With a huge fountain!]

Woah, there! Torrent! Yield!

[The steed jolts to a stop, hooves skidding against the cobblestone.]

[animated]

Hey! Whoooa-!

[ And there goes Charlie, tumbling head over tailfeathers, to get launched into one of the upper tiers of the of the fountain, landing with a small splash. ]

[runir]

[oops

Easier not to go flying when you're a big crocodile, and when Torrent comes to a complete stop, Rowan turns and practically flops off, landing on the ground and crawling up the side of the fountain.]

Are you all right?

[Oh gods he's drowned his new acquaintance.]

[animated]

[ There's a bit of splanshing and flailing, so at least Charlie isn't dead. He pops out of the water a moment later, drenched but unharmed. ]

Well. That could have gone better.

[runir]

[Oh good, he's not dead. He huffs at that remark, though as a crocodile it sounds like a long hiss.

Torrent shakes his head and trots over to the other side of the courtyard, done with this nonsense.]

You didn't die. That counts as a victory of some kind. [right]

[animated]

[ Charlie hops onto the lip of the fountain, shaking out his feathers. ]

The bar is on the floor, in that case, but sure. I'll take it. You're not hurt, are you?

[runir]

[Now that it's clear Charlie isn't hurt, he's half-tempted to slip into the fountain... No, ignore that temptation.]

I'm fine. I've thick skin.

[Ha.......get it...]

How long do you suppose we're trapped as animals? I don't think I like being so squat and short.

[animated]

[ He does get it, and it's gets a little chirping laugh out of him. ]

I was told it's random. We could be stuck for hours or minutes or who knows how long.

[ He gives another shake, feathers poofing out. ]

Guess I should probably get out of the fountain if that's the case.

[runir]

Hours?

[That sounds... tiring. Exasperating. But, well, what's a man to do?]

You look like a wad of cotton. [A poofy bird. He lifts up his long snout.] Hop onto my nose and I'll ease you out of there, if you like.

[animated]

Appreciate it. Just don't laugh or sneeze or anything.

[ He doesn't want to fall into those jaws, thank you. He hops up onto that crocodile snoot. ]

[runir]

[Wow, he wouldn't eat him! On purpose, anyway.

This is the part where Charlie lands very lightly on his crocodile snoot, and the animal cracker magic decides to wane. This means that Rowan is no longer a crocodile, but very man-shaped, now with a bird on his head -- and the angle is doubly awkward, so he's listing straight into the fountain itself.]

Ah, shite-

[animated]

[ Hm, since when are crocodiles furry?

Oh, wait. He's on top of a human head. ]

Hey!!

[ Remember that spell from earlier? The one that held the magic staff in place? Well, it kicks on again, and Rowan will find himself suddenly a prisoner in his own clothes as they freeze in place, all movement going out of the fabric.

But on the upside, he's not falling anymore. ]

[runir]

[HE'S NEVER BEEN HELD UP BY JUST HIS CLOTHES BEFORE this is very weird, but he can't say it's not welcome. Rowan's arms are flung forward, frozen in place, his heels dug into the ground at an awkward angle, and his shins bumping up against the edge of the fountain. It's uncomfortable, but it's better than taking a face-first dip in the water.]

Ah... ha... [Sounds of disbelief and surprise, eyes widening.] I take it this is you?

[animated]

Yeah, it's me. I can get you away from the fountain, probably, but I don't have the capability for fine control at the moment so... you might kinda... get flung backwards?