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

lobby

[64th]

The kind we're going to die in. [ isn't Cashmere helpful? she joins him at the desk, though she leans against it instead of sitting on it. who cares if he's a kid? or looks like a kid. for the record, she thinks he's a kid who is probably going to die in this weird Capitol constructed hotel. she doesn't know how or when, but her days were already numbered at home. she refuses to get her hopes up about this place. ]

Anything cool over there? [ doubtful. not much cool in her room either. ]

lobby

[1_truth]

[ 'That's kind of dramatic.' He thinks to himself, looking the woman over carefully and reading her appearance as best he could. (blonde, extremely fit, too comfortable with idea of death, wealth? guarded) She certainly didn't seem very nurturing with a comment like that. How best to respond though? Acting like a kid won't get him too far with this one, he can already tell. ]

It's a little soon to give up just yet, isn't it?

[ Even if the lobby seemed to be lacking a hotel entrance. ] I mean, it doesn't look good but giving up only means you'll lose for sure.

[64th]

[ it is dramatic, thank you. Cashmere tends to commit to whatever emotions she's feeling 150%, which has lead to more than a few accusations of dramatics in her life. his read on her is a good one. it's that she hates kids - she's just used to being tough on them. coddling never did anyone any favors. ]

No exits, no entrances, no food. Or weapons, for that matter. [ his little bit of pseudo-optimism gets an eyeroll. ] I don't make a habit of losing, but the odds are not in our favor.

[1_truth]

[ (Paranoid?) He'd have rolled his eyes but at the moment he's a little too focused on what she'd said. It was a little too early to call the 'no food' thing wasn't it? He certainly hadn't managed to yet explore the entirety of the hotel but give it time. ]

It's simple reasoning. If we got in here there's an entrance. And if there's an entrance there's an exit. Besides, we don't know if there's no food-we just know we haven't seen any yet. [ But. Even if they did he wouldn't trust it. Only idiots trust food they just happen to come across. ]

[64th]

Okay, well, one of us doesn't know what they're talking about and it isn't me. [ this place has rules, though she doesn't know what they are yet. rules don't have to be fair and they rarely are. ] Have you seen anyone who could give us food? [ or anyone who looks like they know what's going on at all? ] I'll believe when I see it.

[1_truth]

No. [ He admits casually, though perhaps a smidge of irritation in his voice. 'Doesn't know what he's talking about' he didn't solve over seven hundred cases by not knowing what he was talking about. ]

But I've also only seen One or two rooms in this place. Odds are there's a kitchen somewhere.

[64th]

In theory. [ which is basically her way of saying she knows her no food theory is kind of ridiculous but she's also never going to say she might be wrong. ]

You talk weird for a kid. [ and shouldn't he be looking for his parents or something? ]

[1_truth]

[ Yeah, he's just going to pointedly ignore that comment about talking weird. ]

All the hotels I've ever been to in the past had kitchens. [ But then again he usually stayed in high dollar hotels-life as a rich kid and what not. ]

[64th]

All the hotels I've ever been to in the past had exits. [ she shrugs. but she wasn't usually at her choice, either. ]

You don't like it here, do you?

[1_truth]

[ Okay, so she had a point. But he still stood by his if they can get in they can get out logic. ]

I've been here less than an hour. Although, I can't say I ever like getting kidnapped.

[64th]

Do you get kidnapped often? [ she frowns, thinking this over. ] Has this happened to you before? Is that why you're so calm about it? [ or - maybe he's lying. maybe he didn't just show up. maybe he's part of the hotel. ]

[1_truth]

I live with a famous detective. You'd be surprised what lengths some people will go to get their cases solved. Or keep someone from the truth.

[ Or what his parents will do to convince him his life is too dangerous. But he's not mentioning anything about those two. ]

[64th]

Not much surprises me. [ but, okay. she'll accept that living with a detective would lead to a certain amount of excitement. ] So are you gonna solve the mystery for us all? Or at least figure out how my all stuff got here. [ the clothes in her suitcase aren't just any clothes. stuff she's worn before. some of her favorites. ]

[1_truth]

I imagine if I work out the mystery behind this place, it'll solve the mystery of how your clothes got here.

[64th]

[she rolls her eyes. smart ass.] How they knew exactly what I would want?

Is the combination to your suitcase important?

[1_truth]

I don't know, maybe they stalked you for a while first.

As for mine, I haven't really looked inside it yet but based on the weight I'd say it's just clothes and books. Hopefully, my Sherlock Holmes collection.

[64th]

[ stalking really isn't necessary given her national popularity at home, but she hadn't thought about it that way. she's always suspected her home was bugged. this is just more proof. ] Thanks for that, I feel much better now.

[ what are Sherlock Holmes? ] You didn't look?

[1_truth]

You asked a question, I answered. [ It's not his job to sugar coat things. It was his job to reveal the truth. ]

I'm more concerned with finding out where I am.

[64th]

What if there's a clue inside? Be a shame to miss it. [ she's got a sweater she doesn't recognize and some weird gift receipt. so... clue might be a strong word. ]

[1_truth]

I never said I wasn't going to look inside, I just said I haven't yet.

[ His birthday didn't work to unlock the device and he has a sneaking suspicion he know what the code is meaning that if there's anything pertaining to his real identity in that suitcase then he'd really rather not open it where anyone could walk up and see. ]

[64th]

I would have thought a snoopy kid like you would check there first. [ the combination only took her one guess. whoever brought them here knows her too well. ]

[1_truth]

There are plenty of other things to investigate. Besides, my birthday didn't work as the lock combination. I'll try again later.