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

[unforgives]

Everyone else too? [she frowns slightly, looking in thought for a moment] Where have people looked? There has to be someone in charge if this place is still running.

[64th]

[ she shrugs. ] Unless there's some hidden section of the hotel, I don't know where else we can look. The front desk is empty, we can't get back to the rooms we woke up in, and no one knows anything useful.

Sorry to be bearer of bad news, but it's starting look like we're stuck here.

[unforgives]

[she briefly glances at cashmere as if trying to determine how much of this she even believes. she is still skeptical but she just nods in response for now] So we're stuck here with no answers either? That sounds impossible but—

[she lets out a sigh only to just barely attempt a small smile] It's okay, thank you for telling me.

[64th]

I'm sure we'll get answers eventually. I just don't know that we'll like them. [ Cashmere's not even convinced that any of this is real. ]

Well you should at least be caught up to the same level of confusion as the rest of us. [ a smile tugs at the corner of her lips. ] I'm Cashmere, by the way.

[unforgives]

Yeah, that's true enough. I guess we'll have to see then.

[she smiles at that before nodding] I definitely appreciate it. My name is Emily.

[64th]

You're welcome. [ they could all stand to make friends - or allies, depending on how you look at it. ]

I hope I don't sound insane and paranoid but watch out for people. We don't know who we're stuck here with yet. [ and to be truthful, Cashmere's quick assessment of Emily says she doesn't look like she could do much in the way of self-defense. ]

[unforgives]

It's okay, I get what you mean. It's better to cautious than be sorry for it later, right? [meanwhile emily's assessment of cashmere is about the same except she isn't as quick to judge her based on that either]