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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[He assures her sleepily. The waves lapping at his form and their soothing sound, the warm presence of his partner, it's all so safe and comforting and it doesn't matter that he's a big cat. In fact... Being a big cat is pretty great. Everything feels spry and youthful and he enjoys it very much. He's also getting pet which is very comforting. He does resist the urge to roll on his back and get tummy scratches but it is a tempting siren's call.
With all these factors in mind it's only natural that he dozes beside her... He doesn't do that too much in her company as there is much to be awake for. Conversations and small meals, time spent together is not anything he wishes to miss out on. But as this is just an unusual cuddling session he finds himself snoozing easily in her lap.
Only for a little while because he poofs into an almost human form after some time. Like her he retains some of his animal features. The lion tail remains as well as two round ears just peeking out from all the puffy hair. Some of the sharp teeth have decided to stay as well. But the sudden transformation is enough to startle him awake.]
Oh! I'm back to normal... mostly.
[He sits up a little, the clothes he was in previous soaked from the shallows but he pays it no mind to nuzzle against her cheek. Many of those animal instincts remain, it seems.]