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checkingout2015-02-01 11:57 pm
checkingin) wrote in checkingout2015-02-01 11:57 pm
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sit yourself down, and meet the best inn keeper in town ( O P E N )
Who: Everyone!
Where: The initial arrival rooms, the main lobby, all over the place.
When: February 3rd
What: Welcome, newbies.
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.
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I needed you.
( which is selfish and a little mean, but she'd practically snapped in two — had felt it in her chest and in her very soul — when she'd learned that he'd been left behind. even with him in her arms, it didn't feel like she'd fully recovered. and it hurt something awful to hear him think he doesn't matter as much to her as she does to him.
have more snot. ]
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But you would have survived without me. That's what you do, Katniss. You're a survivor.
[ he can't even imagine that his supposed death would send her into that sort of state. of course, there's no obvious answer. peeta can't imagine a world without katniss and katniss needs him. the 75th games didn't give them an option that supported that. he'd done the next best thing. he doesn't want to hurt her. he's just telling it the way he sees it. in any case, it looks like she's going to get the next whoever knows how long to prove otherwise to him. ]
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( because he's really good at talking, far better than she is. but that doesn't mean he's saying anything she wants to hear, and there's no crowds to impress with his selflessness.
just her, who is much more easily consoled by hugging him tightly than she is holding this tragic conversation. can't they just stand in silence for a while, at least until she stops shaking? then she can wipe her face on the back of her hand and take a deep breath. glancing up and down the empty corridor, katniss spots the exit signs and squeezes the hand she's taken up instead (because no, she's found him again, and now she can't really ever let go of him).
with a not so subtle (stable) jerk of the head. )
Do you think we should go?
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But that's what I do so well. Take that away and I'm fairly useless [ he's teasing her, trying to divert the conversation to something a bit lighter hearted. he understands why she wants him to stop talking. he's absolutely okay with her holding onto his hand, he twines his fingers with her and squeezes, nodding a bit at her question. ]
We ought to at least know where we're staying.
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and sure enough, when she looks back to her door, her suitcase is splayed there where she's inadvertently kicked it over in her mad dash to meet him in the hallway. )
Did you get one too?
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Yeah, I carted it around to use as a weapon for a while. I dropped it when I heard you.
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( it's like a parachute, right?
in their new game, with their new sponsor. )
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[ It's too much to hope that his sword from the arena is in there. he turns to lead the way back down the hall to where he'd dropped the suitcase. ] Have you opened yours?
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( yeah no that rings hollow she was freaking out. )
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