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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Gale starts ticking the items off on his fingers, one by one.]
Oh, unexpected pools of lava, people's shadows attempting to stage a coup and take their place— not to mention some of the things that can be found on a few particular floors. I had the tremendous pleasure of coming across a mimic that had legs in addition to the usual hunger for flesh— but I do believe those incidents are rather more isolated.
['Pleasure' is used loosely, here.]
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[ Don't ask him who that is. ]
That's a longer list than I was expecting. There are seriously floors with mimics on them?
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Just the one, so far— and I suppose it was mostly skeletons, but the mimic made an impression, as did the free-roaming ogre. If you come across a floor that looks vaguely dungeon-like, perhaps consider turning back— unless you're interested in that sort of adventure, in which case, by all means!
[No judgment. He had a good time, overall.]
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[ Anyway, he offers a hand, tail wagging. ]
Thanks for the heads up. I'm Charlie.
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Gale of Waterdeep, at your service! Ah— just Gale; I apologize. Old habits die hard, I'm afraid, despite expecting that very few of our residents are likely to recognize the name.
[c:]
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That Waterdeep? Surely not... but maybe?? Holy shit. Play it cool, Charlie. ]
Just Gale, then. It's really nice to meet you.
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Likewise! An absolute pleasure. Should you have any further questions while settling in, most people here have been quite helpful, though given your attire... I'm willing to hazard a guess that you're more familiar with some of the more modern fixtures of this place than I was upon my arrival.
[He's still working on understanding the full functionality of a tablet, but they are quite useful.]
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You're not wrong. They offered me a cell phone when I got here, but I've already got one of my own. How long have you been here, if you don't mind my asking?
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[He has to take a moment to think back, confirm, but yes, that seems about right. A great deal longer than he'd been dealing with certain difficulties back on the Sword Coast, in fact.]
Long enough to make myself quite comfortable, and to have developed some skill with typing. I still find it absolutely astounding that one can listen to music at a moment's notice, with nary a bard in sight!
[Spotify is truly magical!]
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Kind of crazy that there's so much stuff on one little device, isn't there?
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It truly is astounding— while I don't doubt that something similar could be achieved with magic if one had the notion, it is quite convenient to have an entire library's worth of literature at hand at all times. Nothing can replace the weight and feel of actual books, mind you, but I could stand to be a bit flexible with such wonderful resources available. Of course, to you, such things must seem terribly commonplace!
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Physical books versus digital books is still very much a debate, even in my world. I prefer the former, myself, but maybe I'm obligated to since I run a bookstore.
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You what?
[His expression absolutely lights up. They just became best friends.]
Really! A bookstore! What sort of books do you trade in, friend?
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Yes, really! A bookstore!
[ He laughs. ]
It’s a used bookstore, so I’ve got a bit of everything.
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Ah, often the best kind, in my opinion! One never knows what sorts of treasures they'll find in such places!
[There are more than a few such shops that are near and dear to his heart.]
You're doing great work, I assure you. Glad to know such places are still alive and well in worlds and times other than my own! I truly would hate to see traditional books replaced entirely by these screens, even if they are convenient. They don't smell the same.