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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[caelumstaff]

[vecna]

Do characters still possess their canon abilities/powers/etc even in animal form?

[caelumstaff]

Yes, they can!

[vecna]

Excellent, ty!!

[airdnd]

🐭 1. a bit of mousekeeping

[ The magicks of this place have seen fit to give murine features this month, with large, round mouse ears on her head, a long tail that tapers at the end, and whiskers on her face.

She can be found at her usual haunts like coffee spots, lounges, and the various library floors with her usual spread of parchments and books and journals... and also a plate just full of many different cheeses along with other random assortments of snacks that don't necessarily all go together... Is Sumina Heartleaf, the foodie, committing food crimes? What's gotten into her?

Other times, she can be found... housekeeping! Mousekeeping? Not unlike her earlier days in the hotel, Sumina appears to be tidying up around the hotel, but rather than simply cleaning, she is more... collecting things? What things? A lot of random things, apparently. Like jars of sugar and vases and random wall decor? Think Arrietty, but she's still a full-sized woman— she doesn't even seem to be completely aware that she's collected all of these objects in her arms while she's simply roaming about, either, as if it's all just some kind of animalistic impulse... how strange! ]

🍪 2. when life gives you cookies

[ Sumina can't resist complimentary cookies... and as food is the only thing she finds herself willing to be adventurous with, you'll find her transformed into a few different animals now and again throughout the month, wherever, whenever.

Take your pick between tiny mouse, which you can find scurrying about the dining room or at one of the many food establishments... She's not trying to cause a health code violation, she swears, so she's very frantic about trying to get out but also very very prone to being distracted by food. Hopefully it's not yours...

Other times, as a small white dog, she can be found strolling about like nothing is amiss. Just act natural... Though at some point she will, once again, go on a culinary detour after picking up the scent of somethign delicious... Hi, there's a little pomeranian at your feet looking up at you, now. With big puppy eyes. Begging.

But also, how was she supposed to know a larger-than-the-rest hamster cookie would signify a giant space hamster? Yes, those are a real D&D animal, and yes, you can ride on them... This one will just bump straight into you and then give a very Sumina-sounding yelp. She's not used to being large! ]

wildcard
( as ever, easy as sunday morning, just hmu on discord or leave me a bespoke starter I'm down for anything! )

[unfastens]

HOP TO IT

[ he wouldn't have complained about the frequent outfit if he knew the hotel would go ahead and up the ante immediately. Now he has new body parts. Wonderful. All things considered, it could be much worse - a tail is fairly innocuous, and the floppy dog ears at least blend in slightly with his hair - but, again: it's the principle. That, and the fact that he had to cut a hole in his pants. Unbelievable.

He came downstairs for some minor reason - to pick up more coffee, maybe - but he finds his plans forgotten quite rapidly when he catches sight of the elevator doors closing behind Mr. Bennet and his little cotton tail. Unbeknownst to Bucciarati, those floppy black ears perk right up on his head. ]

Hey. What direction was he headed in - up or down?

[ questioning whoever is nearest quite seriously... unless they happen to have the traits of some other small, highly-chaseable critter, in which case the questioning is followed by him narrowing his eyes. ]

ANIMAL CRACKERS I

Here. You dropped this.

[ Visiting the floor with the beautiful fields of flowers to get a break from the madness of the hotel? Too bad. There's a talking dalmatian here now, speaking with a smooth, even (somewhat familiar-sounding?) voice and looking quite dignified with a (somewhat familiar-looking?) golden collar, and he's brought you something in his mouth. Maybe it really is something you dropped, a key or a bag or something more precious, and the dog is being very gentlemanly in retrieving it for you. Or maybe the dog instincts are beating Bucciarati in this moment, and he's brought you a ball. Why does he have that...?? ]

ANIMAL CRACKERS II

[ Rest assured that he is not eating these animal crackers on purpose; the hotel has to be putting them in the food. He doesn't have much of a sweet tooth, and certainly not for cheap animal crackers, and doubly-certainly not for ones that turn you into a seal. This is the predicament he currently finds himself in: stuck on the wrong floor of the hotel, turned completely into a pinniped with nary an opposable thumb to his name. Some clever use of his Stand managed to get him into the elevator without being seen (this one actually is kind of embarrassing), but, unfortunately, his plans have been halted by the actual buttons inside said elevator. He's not tall enough to reach them like this, and he no longer has the manual dexterity for his Stand to do it, either.

So he waits for someone else to enter the elevator. The next person who decides to change floors will find an entire spotted seal sitting there in the corner, somehow wearing an extremely serious expression. ]

Take me to the fifth floor.

[icyspicy]

I ✨ WALK ON THE WILD SIDE

[ Winter is looking far more winter-y with the ears and long, fluffy tail of a snow leopard. While he hasn’t gotten to the point of holding his tail in his mouth like a real snow leopard would, he definitely treats it like some kind of security blanket, often holding it close to his chest with his hands, or draping it over his shoulders like a fashionable feather boa. When he’s not toting it around, it definitely gets in the way, bumping into others in the hall or getting into their faces. ]

Ah… sorry. First my Halloween costume and now this. Just my luck, hm?

O[ therwise, you might catch him on the elevator, or just exiting it, having come from some snowy floor, cheeks flushed and melting snow clinging to his hair. Hopefully he’s not going to make himself sick? He seems perfectly happy, though. ]

II ✨ DISPLACED BEAST

[ Hey, who knew there were animal crackers in the shape of D&D monsters in the mix? Winter sure didn’t and when he ended up with what looked like a cat with too many limbs and undefined features, he just thought it was a weird cookie and not an actual creature. Silly him.

Anyway, there’s now a full-grown displacer beast wandering around the hotel. Or, sometimes more than one as Winter projects duplicates of himself. Don’t worry about it!

Usually, he’s got enough wherewithal to tell people it’s him, but sometimes instinct takes over and you could have a fight on your hands!!

(Let me know if you wanna fight him. We can work something out!) ]

III ✨ WILDCARD

[ Did I miss something? Want to do something else over the course of the month? Feel free to toss another prompt my way!! ]

[crimsin]

i ⚜️ making fetch happen

[ It was probably inevitable that Nico would take on traits like the excitable puppy he already is, and is sporting the ears and rapidly wagging tail of a golden retriever. He zips around the hotel with more energy than usual (considering his vampiric speed and strength, that’s very fast indeed) and sticks his nose into everyone’s business instantly ].

Bonjour! Hello! How are you? Have we met yet? I am Nico! It is so delightful to meet you!! Are you going somewhere? Can I walk with you?? Oh! Walk!! I love walks!!!

[ And on and on and on. If you want to get rid of him, throwing something will work as he’ll zip off to chase it, but you better beat a hasty retreat because he’ll be coming right back with your object. ]

ii ⚜️ da na na na batdog

[ Those who have seen Nico in his bat form will probably recognize him: a small dark brown vampire bat with a blond crescent moon marking on his forehead, perched in various places around the hotel. He seems very contemplative for a bat, and after a few moments, there’s a flash of red light and the bat turns into…

A dog??? That’s right, Nico has gone full golden retriever now. He plops down to a sit, lifting a back foot to scratch at his ear. ]

Huh! That is not supposed to happen!

iii ⚜️ wildcard

[ You know the drill! Hit me up with whatever you want! I’m in the discord for plotting! ]

2. Pomeranian

[cathasahat]

[ Lynette is taking advantage of the many restaurants in the hotel and is in fact seated at a table with some tea and snacks.

She looks the same as usual (to someone who's met her before), but though she's usually fine with dogs, today her tail puffs out a little in surprise when she first notices Sumina.

It returns to its normal size quickly once she notices that Sumina's dog form is rather small and unassuming. She gives her a long, considering look while sipping her tea. ]

Unfortunately, I don't think sweets are good for dogs.

i.

[cathasahat]

[ Lynette doesn't seem to be sporting a new/different set of ears and a tail, but unlike her usual stoic self, she leaps away in surprise when Nico pops up near her. Her ears and tail both fluff up in surprise and she also lets out a surprised hiss before regaining her composure. ]

--Monsieur Nico?

[shardshot]

⭐️ funny bunny

[ Navia can be seen around the hotel sporting a pair of floppy, gold rabbit ears, with a little fluffy tail. She seems to be unaffected by the effects of gaining rabbit traits, as she can be seen early in the day sipping on a cup of tea while reading a book. Upon closer inspection, however, one may notice that she has some kind of vegetable between her teeth -- celery, lettuce, a carrot -- she's going through them like clockwork, and notably nibbling on them constantly. If someone greets her, she'll stop gnawing for a split second. ]

Good morning! What a strange day it is today, don't you think?

[ And then she'll go back to biting on her veggie. ]

⭐️ animal crackers

[ Eating a cracker was a mistake. At least it was a cute one.

Be careful where you walk, because there's a small golden bunny hopping around the hotel! And this bunny has zoomies. It's racing across the floor of the lobby and other miscellaneous locations of the hotel. Looks like it just wants to run. It'll even circle around someone's feet for a moment, and surprisingly, it will speak through heavy breaths: ]

Wow...this is surprisingly very exciting!

[ And then the rabbit will go up on its hind legs and look up. ]

I'm sorry, I'm not in your way, am I?

⭐️ wildcard

[ Nods fast, hmu with whatever! ]

ii. animal crackers

[cathasahat]

[ Lynette looks down at the bunny racing around her. Her ears and tail look like normal, though her tail slowly twitches back and forth as she watches the bunny's movements.

Though when it speaks, that changes to a surprised lash of the tail. ]

Is that you, Miss Navia?

[crimsin]

[ Nico's first thought is CAT!!! And he looks ready to pounce, but reels himself in just in time. ]

Ah! Mademoiselle Lynette! I am so sorry if I startled you!

[cathasahat]

[ Her ears flatten slightly and her tail is still bushier than normal, as if sensing his thoughts. ]

It's fine. Are you enjoying your new appearance?

[crimsin]

[ Now that he's backed off a bit, it's clear he's glad to see her, tail wagging with enthusiasm. ]

I admit it is a bit strange, but it seems to suit me! Do you not think?

[cardsharked]

i. desperately seeking a poirpoise in life;

[Odette can most often be found near aquatic habitats, lingering on one of the piers on Floor 5 or sitting on the lip of the pool completely covering one of the higher floors or standing in shallow water, upper body draped on solid ground instead. A rounded arrow of a fin curves from her upper back, but it's the enormous black and white tail flattened out behind her that demands the most attention. Every now and then the tail will sweep back and forth against the wood or stone or concrete, as if scratching at an itch that can't quite be satisfied, before eventually slapping the surface and giving up.

Needle-fine teeth, even sharper than her usual, catch a glint of light as she cranes her neck to get a better look at you - the dorsal fin makes periphery kind of a pain in the ass, and she seems less than pleased with the amount of bending required.]

Hey. Indulge my curiosity. You one of those people who thinks it's possible to feel homesick for a place you've never been?

ii. whale, whale, whale;

[This could have easily gone pear-shaped if she'd gotten herself stuck in the library or maybe floating around in that weird space-themed floor. Thankfully, Odette seems to have not been stranded on a desert floor or in another similarly dry climate before thoughtfully snacking on an animal cookie with fins. Even without Bennet to demonstrate, there's a nonzero chance she'd already made her calculations about what these were likely to do and set herself up somewhere comfortable before any actual cookie-eating occurred.

Anyone visiting one of the many hotel shores or poolsides will find them now apparently abandoned. Maybe Odette's gone elsewhere?

Anyone actually approaching the waterside, however, will find it less empty than it initially appears; very unlucky guests will promptly find themselves blasted by a spigot of water being blown from the surface or in the path of a wave stirred by a tail suddenly emerging from the depths. Think fast! The very water seems to be laughing at the playful display.]

iii. bah, ram, ewe;

[There are many different floors in the hotel, and most of them don't adhere to traditional architecture. No small number of them are wide-open spaces or peppered with alien geometries. Others, still, are just what one might expect: a long hall with destinations and pathways branching to either side.

Someone venturing down once such narrow hallway might find their path suddenly blocked by a hunched cryptid shape in the distance, large and somewhat gangly and staring with an intensity that can be felt even from several feet away. It barely moves, except to slowly, methodically shift forward, step by step, to deter each step closer to or away from it in kind.

Good enough lighting or a closer look will of course reveal the stone-still shape slinking in the hallway is just a very big dog stationed stiffly in the middle of the path, haunches sloped. Even its tail is completely still, if at rest.]

You wanna go the other way now?

iv. WILDcard; hehehe, get it?

[If you're actually interested in airlifting an orca to the pool floor or have an idea for another animal encounter, throw it at me or come hit me up to plot something else!]

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[vecna]

[There's a little mouse scurrying around the dining room, and a Borzoi with a golden coat strutting around the same area.

Henry's hard to miss, given his long gait and noodle-like anatomy. (None of these things are new to him, to be honest.) And a mouse might normally circumvent his attention, were he not suddenly in the shape of a dog bred for... hunting.

Bred for hunting game far larger than a mouse, but the instinct kicks in all the same when he hears a skittering of small mouse-feet from one end of the dining area to the next. It feels like a spring unloading in his mind, then made manifest in his limbs, and he doesn't even think about it: he just lunges forward in a sprint, headed directly and quite worrisomely...

Right towards mouse!Sumina! I'd say it's probably fine but it's not!!!]

You!

[i'm sorry]

gisumina TANDEMAUS!!

[fixtures]

[ The idea of being turned into vermin is, quite frankly, disgusting, at first. Rats and mice are hardly thought of as cute, in her time: they're thought of as pests to get rid of. Perhaps particularly so, living as a servant as she does.

However, blissfully, her head is somewhat emptier, since taking on this form. She, too, is easily distracted by food — more the aroma of it and the innate dsire to hoard it than out of a desire to eat, but the important part is that she's on the same page as Sumina. And that food up on top of this pristine table is looking (and smelling) mighty delicious...

She's taken the form of a long black mouse, and she still has her lil maid headband atop her head because I said so. And she is huddled close to Sumina (rat cuddles), standing up on her hind paws to sniff sniff sniff at the air in a very mouse-like fashion, trying to locate where exactly atop this very tall table the food might be at. ]

My, are you keen on retrieving supper from here, my dear? [ They are in a restaurant... and thankfully under a table so that no one can see them squeaking about stealing and/or chase them out due to the aforementioned Health Code Violations™. ] Perhaps I may assist.

animal crackers i.............

[fixtures]

[ She is, in fact, in a field of beautiful flowers — giving in to the more animalistic instincts of wanting to frolic about in a big open field (quite contrary to her usual routine, which is to remain mostly indoors, aside from tending to the garden). The reason would be obvious enough from one look at her: elongated black ears at the sides of her head, sharp horns sprouting just in front of her maid's headband, and most eerie of all, rectangular, horizontal pupils in her green eyes, which narrow a bit as he approaches her. While the majority of her form remains human, she's beginning to take on the features of a black goat. ]

Oh?

[ She holds out a hand to receive the AKECHY BALL™, moving it this way and that in her head to try to discern if there's something special about it. Huh, sure does look like that one kid. Anyways. Strangely, she feels a little on edge, looking at his canine form, but not quite enough to run away, pulling the ball close to her chest. ]

My, is it that you would like to play fetch? As a hound would?

[ Her eyes crease as she smiles, leaning down a bit to inspect him. Sadly, she doesn't connect the dots that it's Bucciarati, even if it's obvious this person (dog?) is a guest. Maybe they're enjoying being a dog she's not gonna take that away from them???? She is asking genuinely, not even mockingly, about the fetching. ]

iii!

[fixtures]

[ Odette will find that following her question spoken into the dim hallway, she'll be greeted by This Thing, little headband and all. Black goats are a foreboding omen, in her time, so it fits that she merely stands there eerily, ears flicking as she considers the warning.

Now, one part of her, the prey instincts, thinks that she should probably just turn around and flee. But, also... she feels much more stubborn than she might usually show, not particularly wanting to bend to the will of the hound before her, due in part to her newfound bullheadedness that came with being a goat. She doesn't advance, but she doesn't retreat, either, tilting her horned head innocently. There serene smile that would normally be there is practically audible in her voice: ]

Now, why ever would I do that? I am travelling this way.

[shardshot]

Hello, Lynette!

[ She does a little hop to emphasize her excitement. ]

Yes, it's me. I'm not sure what's happening, but I'm having a surprising amount of fun right now. I'll have to figure out how to change back soon, though!

i

[shardshot]

[ Oh, Nico seems like he's in such a good mood today. He's got dog ears and all, which may explain his behavior, but she can't say she minds, either. ]

You'd like to walk with me, Nico? Well, of course I won't say no to that. Where would you like to go to?

[cathasahat]

No, it does suit you. I was just surprised since you appeared so suddenly.

[cathasahat]

[ Crouching down to be closer to her level. ]

How did this happen?

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[indigrow]

[ Here comes Clara, whose arms and legs have gotten a bit... scaley (cw it's a snake photo!) but has remained mostly dhampir-shaped. Ain't no way she's touching suspicious cookies set out by Mr Bennet.

Nico, on the other hand... She's reaching out towards his bat form with a hand as if to offer it as a perch - as she has many times over the course of their friendship - but instead he becomes... pupy. ]

Oho... You know, compi, I have alwayssss wanted to have a pet dog...

[ instead she has a bunch of werewolves she bosses around but that's different, ]