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]

[likewise. He just seems like the kind of guy who's used to handshakes. With the suit and all]

Not yet. You feel like giving a guided tour?

[thatimpossiblegirl]

[Clara seems more like, well, a schoolteacher. An energetic sort, particularly after two months of sitting still in this place.]

Not much to see. [Which is a 'yes' and she makes a little gesture for him to follow as she turns and starts out of the ballroom.] What d'you wanna know?

[It isn't like they know much, but she'll answer what she can.]

[avengeme]

[and follow her he does. It doesn't take much thought to come up with the questions though.]

Who are our kidnappers? And does anyone have any idea where this hotel is located?

[thatimpossiblegirl]

[Of course he goes and asks the questions everyone wants answered. She can't help him much there.]

I'm not sure anyone knows. [A small shrug.] They like their little experiments though.

[Just a little bit of irritation with that last bit. First, they'd nearly frozen, then she'd been haunted by her dead boyfriend, and now this. Who wouldn't be tired of it?]

[avengeme]

[they're important questions okay. He frowns, not happy at the sound of that]

What kind of experiments?

[thatimpossiblegirl]

[Can't argue with that.]

Exploding Easter eggs? [Like it's the most obvious thing in the world.] The first month, it was freezing. The second, there were ghosts. The third...

[Exploding eggs. She's still not entirely convinced they're actually experiments so much as differing methods of torture. Experiments sounds nicer.]

[avengeme]

What a way to ruin Easter.

[Experiments definitely sound nicer]

Has anyone tried to work out some kind of pattern to their kidnappings? Who they bring in and when. That sort of thing.

[thatimpossiblegirl]

Tell me about it.

[She's pretty sure that's the idea. Ruin everything seems to be the hotel's motto.]

I dunno about the who, but seems like they show up every month. Always different people.

[As far as she can tell, anyway.]

[avengeme]

I see. [There's going to be a lot to look into once he finds his room and settles in] What about you? Where are you from?

[thatimpossiblegirl]

[That one she can answer!]

Earth. Blackpool.

[And then just in case...]

Christmas. 2014.

[avengeme]

[he's not sure he wants the confirmation of why she has to be so specific]

United States. March of 2015.

I take it people come from different times and planets around here.