hotelcaelum | Event Log #005

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ HELLO. There is a very excited golden retriever bounding up to you, Yuji, and sniffing your... butt. Yeah. It's not like he was coming by to do it on purpose!! He was just coming by to say hello because he saw the other boy get changed into a dog and, well, as another boy who ate a cookie and then immediately became a dog, he thought there was some solidarity there.

But then he got there and suddenly his nose was sniffing Yuji's backside, and then his tail before he suddenly sneezes, very dog like, and looks back up at Yuji. ]

Hey! Hi! Sorry, you smell good. It's nice to meet ya!

[ He is VERY EXCITED. And VERY CONFUSED. And mostly just having a dog brained day, really. But his tail is wagging in excitement, so please know he's only here with positive intent. ]

[ Yuji jerks away a little as soon as the other guy gets too close, and there's a low noise that sounds a little bit like a growl before he gets control of himself and settles. Pushing himself up to his legs, head tilting, he watches for a moment; obviously this must be another person that's eaten a cookie, just like him, so it eases some of the confusion, but... His butt? Really?

Slowly, like an old fan that's been kicked to start, Yuji's tail begins to wag and he huffs a soft noise. ]

It's nice to meet you too. You smell... Excited?

[ Can you smell excitement on someone? Apparently so. ]

[ He definitely jerks back a little at the growl(?) and looks apologetic, though his tail is still wagging like crazy. He cannot help himself. He is just!! So pumped!! Listen, he knows butt smelling is weird but he could not help himself with that either. It just drew him in, like a moth to the flame.

But when Yuji's tag begins to wag, Ryuji's tag wags some more and he's so excited that his lower legs end up giving out and he just sits there, tag still wagging against the floor. ]

I ate a cookie and became a dog and it's actually kind of, I dunno, fun? So I guess that's why! I hope I'm not a dog forever but for now is kind of cool. I saw that the same thing happened to you so wanted to come over and say hi.

[ A pause. ]

Hi.

[ His own doggish instinct is to nudge back into Ryuji and nuzzle, or at least flick his tail against his face, or something to be gently apologetic, but he doesn't quite have the instinct down yet. Instead, he sits himself down and tilts his head, tail moving back and forward.

Even if he might be against butt sniffing, he's always down to make a new friend. ]

I did the same... I already had dog ears, so I guess that might be part of it?

[ Weird stuff happens to him a lot, and this isn't necessarily the weirdest, so... At least this kind of makes sense

Kind of.

Leaning forward, he grins, as much as a dog can grin. ]

I'm Itadori Yuji!

[ There's a nod here from this golden retriever which looks a little surreal because it's a dog nodding. But he just seems happy! And he's calmed down a little now that they're talking normally. ]

I'm Sakamoto Ryuji! It's nice to meet you, Yuji-kun.

[ . . . ]

Uh, it's probably weird that we're meeting as dogs but I promise I'll remember you even when we're not dogs.

[ Ryuji and Yuji huh... It's almost funny, and Yuji might laugh if he were in a happier place. For now, he just settles down, lowering his body to the ground and resting his head on his paws. ]

You too, Ryuji-kun. I'm used to weird stuff, yet.

[ His tail flicks. ]

I'll still be pink, so I'll be easy to spot.

[ Ryuji can't help but mirror Yuji's position when he rests his head on his paws, doing the same. Though his tail keeps wagging behind him even as he settles down. ]

Pink's a nice color so that's really cool! I'm usually just blond or black.

[ Either his natural hair or his dyed hair. ]

Do ya usually have pink hair? Is it dyed?

[ Idiot to idiot communication taking place.

Yuji huffs, and if a dog could smile... He would be smiling? It mostly looks like a flash of bared teeth. ]

Nah, totally naturally. I've never even dyed it once! But you do yours, yeah?

[ Sometimes u just need another idiot to be pals with, it's fine. ]

I do, yeah! I got sick of it being black all the time. I wanted to be... like, different, ya know? Wanna make my own splash. Now it just feels like part of me, even though my teachers are always on my back to dye it back.

[ A pause, he considers. ]

You seem like you're around my age. You're in high school, yeah?

I always got that too! It doesn't matter how much I told them it was natural, they all wanted me to change it, or make me join the track and field team in exchange for letting me keep it.

[ His tail flicks, then wags. ]

Yeah, first year!

Join... the track team in exchange? Huh?

[ But ohhh!! A first year! Ryuji's tail wags... even more! This is just a good day for him. ]

That makes me your senpai though! I'm about to go into third year. It's summer back home so, yeah. Hehe, I've never been anyone's senpai before.

Oh! Then you'll be Ryuji-senpai, that's cool!

[ Literally no hesitation, he just accepts it as fact. ]

I'm really fast and strong, so the teachers kept trying to bribe or blackmail me.

[ ahhhhh. he's a senpai now! he's going to do his best to be a good senpai for yuji.

except... ]

— Bribe or blackmail?! For real!?

Yeah? They forged paperwork so I'd be in their club instead of the occult one.

[ That MC life. ]

[ .................. ]

I hope you didn't let them get away with that.

[ that rebel against authority life. ]

Nah, no way. I did their dumb try-outs, and then I ended up transferring, so it's whatever.

[ Also his grandpa died, but that's kind of heavy. ]

[ Ah, well. Okay. He can understand that. Even if part of him wants to bite the teachers that put Yuji in that position in the first place. ... Wow, very canine feeling right here, he should calm down a bit. ]

Man, I hate adults like that. The pushy kind that think they know shit and wanna make you do their bidding. I'm glad you didn't have to deal with their shit anymore.

It was just middle school, so it wasn't that bad.

[ Could've been worse! Wasn't that bad, compared to now! ]

Were teachers like that at your school?

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