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hotelcaelum2024-03-10 11:00 am
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Entry tags:
the hotel heist
WHO: Intrepid Gumshoes (that's you!)
WHERE: The Restaurant Formerly Known as Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: The end of the rash of thefts around the hotel.
WARNINGS: Gambling, alcohol, geography. Please let me know if anything else needs to be added.
THE FINAL INVITATION
Sometime in early March, the hotel server will receive a final post from the mysterious, glitched-out UNKNOWN user:
The stakes have never been higher, and all bets are off.
To see if you can win against the house, come back to where it all began.
Bring a friend, but make sure you both can keep a secret before you visit me in my new HQ. What happens here should stay here.
Those who correctly determine that they are being invited back to the location of the former Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville are correct. They’ll find that the drab remaining façade of “-Ville” has further deteriorated into flickering florescent lights and a path leading into the restaurant shell, painted in blacklight paint. The remaining illuminated sign has seen better days, too, now reading only “V I L E.” Following this path will lead the curious to an old-timey detective agency door concealing a dark portal that looks like…a roulette wheel.
Do you dare to step inside?
THE COAT ROOM
Need an excuse to dress your blorbo up? Don’t worry; we’ve got that here.
Passing through the portal will dump guests in a large coat room. An attendant will immediately swarm them and demand they adhere to the strict dress code. But don’t worry! They’ll also provide tickets for reclaiming any clothing items left behind, and the dress code to enter only demands that guests are dressed to impress. All manner of fancy tuxedos, gowns, regalia, jewelry, and accessories from any imaginable region are available, so guests may select a look that suits them…as long as it is fancy. Once they’re dressed, they’ll be allowed to proceed into the casino.
THE GAME FLOOR
And what a casino it is.
Beyond the coat room is a veritable indoor Vegas. Those familiar with the city of sin will recognize several essential landmarks, like the Bellagio fountains and the Sphinx and Pyramid (flanked by familiar palm trees, of course). The music pumped through the speaker system includes an astounding amount of Jimmy Buffet. Plenty of the casino’s layout is clearly Caelum-inspired, but several landmarks from tourist attractions around the multiverse are also stuffed into this sensory overload. Feel free to get creative! Is M****y M****e here? Maybe! That copyright sure expired!
Everything is—surprisingly—free, including the coffee, the appetizers, and the alcohol. This would be an excellent opportunity to try a house margarita or moonshine cocktail. There’s no shortage of games for gamblers. Successful play rewards chips that can be exchanged for surprisingly familiar basic amenities and items one might recognize from the hotel or even their inventories, like some super fucked up Chuck-E-Cheese. Like any casino experience, it’s easy to lose a lot of time here if one loses track of why they came in the first place…but the ride will surely be fun.
THE HEIST
The unlimited games and drinks might be enough to hold attention for a time, but many guests may have come here to regain something that was taken for them. Play long, hard, smart, or pathetic enough, and you might just be offered a special prize at the counter—entry into the high-rollers club. This is allegedly where the boss keeps her stash of most prized items. Guests are encouraged to bring a +1 to the VIP experience.
If this offer is taken, a velvet rope-drop will invite the new high-rollers into a distinctly film noir-inspired back hallway, lined with portraits of famous gangsters and criminals throughout history and dotted with century-appropriate décor.
It’s not a straight shot to the boss’ office. Guests will work through a veritable maze of self-same corridors with crackling radios and nested CRTVs. Every so often, when it seems someone’s come to a dead end, one of these devices will crackle to life. To open the barrier and reveal a new door or hallway, everyone must correctly answer a geography trivia question or three about a world they know. Hopefully, they paid attention in school!
Combat-minded individuals might instead find themselves getting into the occasional brawl with trench coat-wearing, sunglasses-indoors type mobster individuals, who, when bested, will give them a new directional clue for navigating the halls. Maybe there are lasers to dodge or a stealth sneak section or an obstacle that requires wit, guile, fake flirting, or sleight of hand? All obstacles that can be overcome by such an intrepid group of investigators.
THE END
To finally retrieve the last of the missing items and reclaim the coffee and the Margaritaville (and any other missing hotel fixtures), guests must enter the boss’ office after completing the maze of geography quizzes and mooks.
Busting into the final agency-style door at the end of the final hallway, the proud heroes will find…an office, completely laden with artifacts both familiar and inexplicable, along with no shortage of strange contraption controls that seem to be the key to returning the stolen items that are too big or too abstract to be delivered by hand.
Equally inexplicable is the broken window (in space?), the red trench coat on the coat rack blowing mysteriously on the breeze (in space???), and the fading purr of a helicopter fleeing the scene of the hoard (IN SPACE?!?!).
Congratulations, Gumshoes. You’ve solved all of the riddles and reclaimed the missing objects. Feel free to sort through the treasure trove and return things to their rightful owners, or try skimming a little off the top if you're brave. Now enjoy your vacation in pseudo-Vegas in peace.
OOC
I hope everyone enjoys the end to the plot heistline (for now....?)! While Carmen got away, her plans were thwarted, so everything in the hotel will go back to normal, and people who opted to have their characters lose things will now be able to reclaim them. Please let me know if you have any questions, but feel free to treat this casino as your sandbox of classy Vegas fun! Thanks for playing!
WHERE: The Restaurant Formerly Known as Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville
WHEN: Early March
WHAT: The end of the rash of thefts around the hotel.
WARNINGS: Gambling, alcohol, geography. Please let me know if anything else needs to be added.
THE FINAL INVITATION
Sometime in early March, the hotel server will receive a final post from the mysterious, glitched-out UNKNOWN user:
The stakes have never been higher, and all bets are off.
To see if you can win against the house, come back to where it all began.
Bring a friend, but make sure you both can keep a secret before you visit me in my new HQ. What happens here should stay here.
Those who correctly determine that they are being invited back to the location of the former Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville are correct. They’ll find that the drab remaining façade of “-Ville” has further deteriorated into flickering florescent lights and a path leading into the restaurant shell, painted in blacklight paint. The remaining illuminated sign has seen better days, too, now reading only “V I L E.” Following this path will lead the curious to an old-timey detective agency door concealing a dark portal that looks like…a roulette wheel.
Do you dare to step inside?
THE COAT ROOM
Need an excuse to dress your blorbo up? Don’t worry; we’ve got that here.
Passing through the portal will dump guests in a large coat room. An attendant will immediately swarm them and demand they adhere to the strict dress code. But don’t worry! They’ll also provide tickets for reclaiming any clothing items left behind, and the dress code to enter only demands that guests are dressed to impress. All manner of fancy tuxedos, gowns, regalia, jewelry, and accessories from any imaginable region are available, so guests may select a look that suits them…as long as it is fancy. Once they’re dressed, they’ll be allowed to proceed into the casino.
THE GAME FLOOR
And what a casino it is.
Beyond the coat room is a veritable indoor Vegas. Those familiar with the city of sin will recognize several essential landmarks, like the Bellagio fountains and the Sphinx and Pyramid (flanked by familiar palm trees, of course). The music pumped through the speaker system includes an astounding amount of Jimmy Buffet. Plenty of the casino’s layout is clearly Caelum-inspired, but several landmarks from tourist attractions around the multiverse are also stuffed into this sensory overload. Feel free to get creative! Is M****y M****e here? Maybe! That copyright sure expired!
Everything is—surprisingly—free, including the coffee, the appetizers, and the alcohol. This would be an excellent opportunity to try a house margarita or moonshine cocktail. There’s no shortage of games for gamblers. Successful play rewards chips that can be exchanged for surprisingly familiar basic amenities and items one might recognize from the hotel or even their inventories, like some super fucked up Chuck-E-Cheese. Like any casino experience, it’s easy to lose a lot of time here if one loses track of why they came in the first place…but the ride will surely be fun.
THE HEIST
The unlimited games and drinks might be enough to hold attention for a time, but many guests may have come here to regain something that was taken for them. Play long, hard, smart, or pathetic enough, and you might just be offered a special prize at the counter—entry into the high-rollers club. This is allegedly where the boss keeps her stash of most prized items. Guests are encouraged to bring a +1 to the VIP experience.
If this offer is taken, a velvet rope-drop will invite the new high-rollers into a distinctly film noir-inspired back hallway, lined with portraits of famous gangsters and criminals throughout history and dotted with century-appropriate décor.
It’s not a straight shot to the boss’ office. Guests will work through a veritable maze of self-same corridors with crackling radios and nested CRTVs. Every so often, when it seems someone’s come to a dead end, one of these devices will crackle to life. To open the barrier and reveal a new door or hallway, everyone must correctly answer a geography trivia question or three about a world they know. Hopefully, they paid attention in school!
Combat-minded individuals might instead find themselves getting into the occasional brawl with trench coat-wearing, sunglasses-indoors type mobster individuals, who, when bested, will give them a new directional clue for navigating the halls. Maybe there are lasers to dodge or a stealth sneak section or an obstacle that requires wit, guile, fake flirting, or sleight of hand? All obstacles that can be overcome by such an intrepid group of investigators.
THE END
To finally retrieve the last of the missing items and reclaim the coffee and the Margaritaville (and any other missing hotel fixtures), guests must enter the boss’ office after completing the maze of geography quizzes and mooks.
Busting into the final agency-style door at the end of the final hallway, the proud heroes will find…an office, completely laden with artifacts both familiar and inexplicable, along with no shortage of strange contraption controls that seem to be the key to returning the stolen items that are too big or too abstract to be delivered by hand.
Equally inexplicable is the broken window (in space?), the red trench coat on the coat rack blowing mysteriously on the breeze (in space???), and the fading purr of a helicopter fleeing the scene of the hoard (IN SPACE?!?!).
Congratulations, Gumshoes. You’ve solved all of the riddles and reclaimed the missing objects. Feel free to sort through the treasure trove and return things to their rightful owners, or try skimming a little off the top if you're brave. Now enjoy your vacation in pseudo-Vegas in peace.
OOC
I hope everyone enjoys the end to the plot heistline (for now....?)! While Carmen got away, her plans were thwarted, so everything in the hotel will go back to normal, and people who opted to have their characters lose things will now be able to reclaim them. Please let me know if you have any questions, but feel free to treat this casino as your sandbox of classy Vegas fun! Thanks for playing!