sit yourself down, and meet the best inn keeper in town ( O P E N )

[checkingin]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The initial arrival rooms, the main lobby, all over the place.
When: February 3rd
What: Welcome, newbies.

ARRIVAL.

you wake up when you hit the floor in a dark room, and the air is knocked out of your lungs. the carpet is threadbare, worn with use, kind of dusty. and you're not the first person to endure this crash landing. nor will you be the last.

once your vision rights itself, you can see the well-lit hallway through the doorjam straight ahead of you. not to say there’s monsters in the shadows, but something propels you towards that door and out into the bright hallway beyond.

and once outside your room, you can hear it: the steady thrum of rain outside.

MAIN LOBBY.

there's a staircase at the end of the lengthy hallway you tumble out of. grab your suitcase and follow the dull green exit signs on the ceiling until you reach the disappointingly bland stairs that lead you down to the ornate old fashion hotel lobby.

to your left is a warmly crackling fireplace, to your right is a lobby desk. straight ahead are three large sets of doors, though only one of them is open to the public. and outside the few (curtained, permanently dark) windows is the continually steady hiss of rain.

welcome to the hotel.

FRONT DESK.

though there is a bell and a plaque designating the desk to be the main desk, the customer service desk, there are currently no staff members behind it. none shall answer your calls, either.

terribly sorry for the inconvenience.

SCREENING ROOM.

on a tall pull-down screen, a silent version of nosferatu will be playing on loop. at the back of the room, between the neat rows of fold out chairs, mounted on a wobbly table is the old timey projector, and mounted on the walls are some rather old speakers that warble out "terrifying" old timey music.

along the curtained windows is another long table, with a large bowl that looked like it once would have held popcorn. but is now unfortunately empty. same for the large hot drink dispensers labeled "hot chocolate" and "coffee".

OTHER.

the ballroom and breakfast hall are currently closed, grand doors locked.

there is no main door leading to the outside, good luck trying to find one.

the door to the courtyard is locked.

ROOMS.

you've a room key with your assigned room number on it. all the new guest residences will be located on floors one & two. while there is an open elevator in the main lobby, and the buttons light up inside, the doors will not close. all in all, you'd be better off taking the stairs.

while they're the same stairs you undoubtedly came down to get to the lobby, the door to the endless hall everyone woke up in will not reappear between the main floor and the subsequent residential halls.

there are twenty rooms per floor. feel free to get to know your surroundings; or your neighbors as they trickle in around you.

Comments

screening room

[sheriffing]

[Creepy hotel, creepy screening room, creepy movie. Emma announces her presence the second she walks in, both to keep from scaring the girl and to offer her own agreement.]

They're really going out of their way to set the tone around here.

[That tells them something, doesn't it? Emma's eyes leave the screen and she sighs, leaning back against the wall with an quick but irritated look around.]

Makes me wonder why they're trying so hard.

[pajarita]

Hospitality isn't their forte. [they're not getting a good review on yelp from raven, that's for sure.]

But it feels like that's why.

[sheriffing]

Imprisonment's their forte.

[if these nameless, faceless forces were going to be good at one thing, why did it have to be that?]

I've found my way out of worse places, but this is starting to look like it might take some time.

[pajarita]

You have? [and that there's something to take note of. allies are always good to have, especially those with the same goals as you: getting out.

she's already gone through the process of dismissing her as either ark people or grounder, so she goes for:] I'm Raven.

[sheriffing]

Yeah, this isn't exactly my first time falling through a portal. It's kind of becoming a pattern.

[A shitty one, but the look says it all. Of all the habits to fall into, why did tumbling into different worlds have to become one of hers? It seems like the second she and Henry are reunited, they end up getting separated all over again.]

I'm Emma. [Which doesn't say much, does it? In a place like this, they're a lot more than their names.] Where are you from?

[pajarita]

So this is what you're assuming this is? A portal? [well it beats the idea of it being another faction of survivors -- more capable and dangerous than the mountain men, and also inspired by fairy tales what with the no exits to this tower. it doesn't explain it better, but it sounds better, she'll give it that.]

[sheriffing]

Fits with everything I know about them. Falling through, people being from different places, the lack of a clear way out. [She's not talking about locked doors and darkened windows as much as she is having no exit to match the entrance. Whatever portal was open before is closed now.

That doesn't mean they won't get another chance at it.] Why, what's your theory?

[pajarita]

Kidnapped. [as simple as that; and also --] Preferably by someone who can bleed and give us the keys.

[sheriffing]

I didn't say we weren't kidnapped. I still think there's a portal involved. [Makes it a lot harder than just opening doors and walking out, unfortunately.] If they can bleed for this, trust me, they're going to.

But time works differently here and magic doesn't work at all, so I'm going to assume whoever did this is powerful enough to have altered all of that when they brought us in.

[pajarita]

...magic? [a little 'are you kidding me' half-smile right there. she could've had high hopes for you, blondie. and now you're talking about magic.]

Drats, and I forgot my wand in my other pants.

[sheriffing]

You're stuck in a beaten down hotel with strangers from different worlds, and you think magic is a stretch here? [Alright, so Emma's been there - but not in a situation this far from normal.]

In my world, magic's a thing. But here, it's like it's...blocked. Probably because if we could use it, we could get out.