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]

Do you remember how you got here?

Also the hoodie isn't your look.

[Coulson is feeling a little paranoid still. What with not remembering how this kidnapping happened and the intense suspicion that HYDRA might be involved. Still, he tries to make light of the situation.]

[facemyenemies]

I was at my desk in the office, then I woke up on the floor. As for the hoodie? It couldn't be helped, it was in my suit case.

[She said in a flat tone, clearly not agitated but not pleased either. Ward didn't say anything about Coulson being here. Perhaps this is intend he doesn't know. Seems like he's new here as well.]

[avengeme]

I hope they gave you more clothes than that.

Have you run into Skye? Apparently she and Fitz have been here for about two months now. [it's evident in his tone that he finds this absolutely incredulous]

[facemyenemies]

Not much else, actually. A few odds and ends.

[She had ran into Skye, and messed with the girls mind, badly. Still, she gave him a cool level stare, unamused by this situation.] I haven't ran into a Fitz, but I did speak to a Skye. You might have some explaining to do, Phil. [A very unamused look to the man. 33 Is using backdated information with the information she learned from Ward about timelines. The confusion will help, in the end. Or so she hoped.]

[avengeme]

[a Fitz and a Skye? Now there's some cause for concern, especially with the rather recent revelation that Agent 33 still carried May's face, albeit badly scarred and with a glitched voice box.]

What do you mean?

[facemyenemies]

[She tilted her head, eyes watching sharply, because the woman was a sharp but cautious woman, right?]

Apparently you've put a team together. One that I am on? Or so your Skye said.

[avengeme]

[Coulson frowns slightly]

I did, yes. You don't even know about that?

[this is troublesome and worrying]

[facemyenemies]

[May Face tilts her head, clearly unsure about your health, 'phil'. Her brow raised as she watched him.]

You can start by filling me in. I seem to be from some different time then the rest of you.

[Coulson doesn't react the same as Skye does, but it's still amusing.]

[avengeme]

Yeah. By more than a year. [that is so worrying]

I put a team together after New York. I asked you personally to come on board.

[he's leaving a few details out. Just as a test really]