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

[hacker]

Yeah, well, most hotels don't involve a whole lotta processing.

[ Which rules that out, no matter what their cover is. Creepy testing facility? Creepy testing facility. ]

[kirking]

Most hotels have a way out too.

[He didn't even think of creepy testing facility D:

Kirk seems to digest that thought for a moment before he nods a little.]

I think we're going to strike out on this window. Unless you have any other ideas?

[hacker]

That depends: do you have a high-powered rifle or plastic explosives of some kind?

[ Said matter-of-factly, and carrying an assumption of the negative. Sighing, she waves towards the window and shakes her head. ]

Nah, I think you're right. Which sucks, because Neal and I were already nosing around the downstairs, and the locks aren't even real locks. There's no picking them.

[kirking]

[Kirk pats down his pockets like he's looking for those two things and wow, what do you know. He left those in his other pants.]

Did you try breaking the door off the frame?

[hacker]

Wow. Okay, laugh riot.

[ Because she assumes that's a dig at her propensity towards breaking shit solutions, like with the window. ]

As it so happens, I did. Couldn't find much to pry at the frame with, though. This place isn't big on useful equipment.

[kirking]

[Actually he meant popping the hinges off from the inside since most doors swing in and so in theory-- this should be a possibility.]

Really? There has to be at least a nail around here somewhere.

[hacker]

None that I could pry loose.

[ And yes, she tried. ]