master of the house, quick to catch your eye (OPEN)

[checkingin]

Who: Everyone!
Where: The initial arrival rooms, the main lobby, all over the place.
When: April 5rd
What: Welcome, newbies + happy Easter eggs.

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 an empty, ashy fireplace, to your right is a lobby desk. straight ahead are three large sets of doors, all three of them thrown wide open and welcoming. and outside the few (curtained, permanently dark) windows is the continually steady hiss of rain. once you leave the hallway you wake up in, you won't be able to return.

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. there is, however, a pad of paper and a pen neatly aligned with the desk edge. you know. for notes.

terribly sorry for the inconvenience.

SCREENING ROOM.

on a long pull-down screen, a silent version of the cabinet of dr. caligari 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 music.

along the curtained windows is another long table, with a large bowl of caramel corn and a large hot drink dispenser full of hot water, with a few cups and some old looking packages of hot chocolate mix.

BALLROOM.

the third set of grand doors have been thrown wide to reveal a brightly lit, festively decorated ball room. all across the polished wood floor, all over the tables and chairs around the edge of the room, under the curtains, in the corners, hiding in the shadows, and behind the doors, characters will find:

easter eggs.

plastic easter eggs filled with jellybeans and chocolates, real eggs dip dyed and rolled in glitter; foil wrapped chocolate eggs, sugar eggs with little diaramas in the middle. there will be novelty plastic easter bunny rings sprinkles about, and general little plastic childrens toys. there will be plastic and paper easter basket grass sprinkled all over, and upbeat ambiance music intended to excite.

by the front door will be basket for people to use in their quest to collect the hundreds of eggs scattered all over the room. a sign on the floor invites them to "take one" in curvy handwritted script.

but there's no sign to warn that — some of these eggs?

are going to explode in your face.

( event details. )

OTHER.

the ballroom is currently open, and the grand doors locked.

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

the doors to the courtyard and breakfast hall are unlocked, food is currently being served. a lot of it is candy.

ROOMS.

you've a room key with your assigned room number on it. all the new guest residences will be located on floors four. 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'll 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.

EGGSISTING GUESTS.

happy easter, kids.

Comments

[avengeme]

[he smiles reassuringly and reaches out to pat her on the shoulder]

Let's stop by my room. I need to take stock of what's in this suitcase. Then we can figure out what to do with all these easter eggs.

[hacker]

You got it, boss.

[ She turns to walk alongside him up the stairs. ]

Chances are, it's more than just your stuff. I got this weird little … toy shield. [ She furrows her brow, like she's not sure what to make of it. ] If it is HYDRA, they're feeling both generous and creepy. There were gift baskets a while back, too. And flowers with some kind of elaborate symbolism that I never fully got. Fitz got some kangaroo jerky and expired aspirin.

[avengeme]

Like a Captain America shield?

When you put it that way, it sounds less like HYDRA. I guess we'll find out when I open my case.

[he's glancing down at it once while he walks, curious now. He hadn't opened it up at the stairs because there were more pressing things to worry about. He just hopes the damn thing doesn't explode.]

[hacker]

Sort of, yeah.

[ It's faintly amusing, at least. ]

I'll show you later.

[avengeme]

Huh. [weird but, yes, definitely faintly amusing] Something to look forward to.

[he reaches up to unlock the door once they get to room 110 and he steps in first, eyes roving across the room to make sure nothing is about to jump out and kill him before he walks the rest of the way in.]

[hacker]

Still not sure if it's a pro or con yet, but if anyone's found a weapon in their case, they're not admitting to it. A guy did come at me with the curtain rod, though. [ She gestures towards the window. The identical rooms make things pretty easy. ] Means we shouldn't have to worry much about most of the other guests.

[avengeme]

A curtain rod. [he deadpans. That's hardly impressive to deal with an agent of Skye's caliber.] Good to know that's the worst we have to worry about for now.

[he sets his suitcase on the bed and works on unlocking it. Once it's opened, what's visible would be the industrial sized bottle of ibuprofen, the Captain America pajamas, the bloody captain America trading cards, and the toy model of Lola. His feature hardens slightly at the sight of the cards so he opts to pick up the ibuprofen instead, quirking his eyebrows at Skye]

A warning of things to come?