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, I did. I thought you might be more comfortable that way... I'd hoped to leave you be after making sure you were comfortable, but... Well. Here we are.
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Sorry. My ... sister used to do the same for me, so I thought you were someone else.
[ He almost never talks about his sister, and here he is mentioning Tsumiki to a stranger, so that is certainly different. ]
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There's nothing you need to apologize for - please don't worry. Ahaha, you'd be surprised at how many times I get mistaken for someone else.
[ More so at home, when she's tending to drunk or sleepy guests... That usually gets her called "mom" a lot. But more importantly - ]
Your sister... Is her name "Tsumiki," then?
[ Just... Making sure... Before she even attempts to get around to the whole "I've heard about you and your sister from your teacher" thing. ]
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[ Probably. Though there's a hint of familiarity to her tone. It couldn't be that this person actually knows Tsumiki somehow, right? Maybe she's from Tokyo as well? Megumi glances at her and waits for her to explain herself, if that is coming. ]
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So, at length, she decides to be straightforward. ]
I did, but... I also ask because Satoru's told me about you and your sister.
I'm Sumina - a guest here at Hotel Caelum, like you. I've, ah, gotten to know your teacher a bit here...
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... It sounds like you really have gotten to know him. [ Is he just jumping to conclusions, or is something else going on right now? ]
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Sumina can't help the resigned, withering laugh she gives when Megumi just up and says that. The kind of laugh someone gives when they've become Gojo's favorite target for pestering in the absence of, well, his students. And Nanami. For four months straight, in a hotel that pulls whacky hijinks like giving everyone animal features, where there's nothing like cursed spirits and missions to truly keep him busy. ]
... Yes.
[ What else can one say! It turns out, her face can say much more even without her speaking another word, with the way her cheeks redden a little. ]
I-Is that surprising?
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Your face ... [ He wouldn't normally call out something like this or make it his business, but as someone who's been raised by Gojo for close to a decade, who's spent more than half his life being pestered by that man, there's an element of personal investment. ]
It's really ... like that?
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Well, now she's not sure what he's getting at! And also, isn't it strange to talk about this with his students!? Then again, there's absolutely nothing conventional about all she's learned about jujutsu society and its education, so— what is she supposed to say!? ]
W-Wait. One moment. I-I only mean to say that he and I are close...
[ BUT LIKE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THAT. Even if they aren't in a relationship...!? She truly lives a cursed existence, of being a ye olde who doesn't know the word "situationship." ]
As good friends, certainly! A-Anyway, why don't you tell me a little about yourself? You're Megumi, right?
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Megumi's certainly seen enough to have suspicions. Still, he can see she's flustered so he'll spare her the agony and move on. ]
Yes. He told you about me?
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Yes! [ Nodding emphatically. ] The hotel, ah... magically conjured photos depicting fond memories from our pasts. One of his showed you and your sister, but when you two were much younger.
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That was a fond memory of his ...? [ That's interesting to know. Megumi doesn't often consider himself important to anyone, so it's strange to think about - that his teacher might have enjoyed taking care of them. ]
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[ A beat, before she adds: ]
He seems to care about his students quite a bit, and that naturally includes you, too, doesn't it?
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Did he tell you anything else about us?
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Mm... I seem to recall that he mentioned he wanted to keep you away from, ah, certain clans...? And wanted to give you a chance to grow up away from it all. Something along those lines, at least...