STATE OF THE HOTEL

[checkingin]

( STATE OF THE HOTEL. )

Think of it as a state of the union, but for all things Hotel.

GENERAL
The fireplace is still out. The screening room will unlock upon the arrival of new guests — not that this round of newbies will make your efforts to find that room and hallway you woke up in any more successful.

It's still raining outside.

COME PLAY WITH US DANNY
March 4th - 12th: Meet Lucy. Lucy is a little sad.



From March 4th - 12th, hotel guests will be able to catch glimpses of a little girl wandering around the lobby, crying loudly, unconsolably, and constantly. While your heart may go out to her, and you may wish to comfort her, any attempt to approach her will just result in her running away from you — always towards the staircase, and always magically in that split second between the door swinging closed and you bursting through it.

Anyone who manages to get within three feet of her, however, will notice that she's not entirely solid. (Read: see through!)

I'LL COME BACK TO HAUNT YOU
March 14th - March 28th: Little Lucy isn't the only ghost in this building.

Starting March 14th, characters will start seeing their dead loved ones, their dead enemies, their dead friends — just their dead. Think especially people they may have wronged in some way or anothe. At first, they will be mere blips in the astral plane, and will appear only in reflective surfaces, i.e., mirrors, windows, water glasses, the dark screens of your tablets. On March 17th, the ghosts will be a little more present, appearing briefly in the shadows of rooms and visible out of the corner of your characters eyes

On March 21st, your character may start hearing whispers. Their name. While the ghosts seem to have achieved audible communication, it is very limited and will be limited to oujia board-esque responses: names, yes and no. Between March 23rd - March 28th, the ghosts will have ultimately said "fuck it" and given up on subtlety. They will no longer just appear in the shadows while their haunt-ee is alone, and while they will still only be visible to the person they are haunting, they may take to following your character around, or just standing in corners staring. What creeps.

Then on March 28th, they will all disappear.

Note: All the manifested dead will be stoically silent and uncommunicative besides the creepy whispering — emotional closure from past traumas? pft, who needs that, no just stare into those long dead eyes and enjoy the cold sweat running down your back — and will be only visible to the person they are haunting. While corporeal, they will have no influence on the tangible plane, meaning they can see and probably hear, but cannot touch — their bodies will go right through people and things. ~*~Spoopy~*~

HELLO?
March 31st: The hotel conglomerate can expect their first (and very brief, and very unsatisfying) contact with the hotel staff.

( OUT OF CHARACTER. )

JUST A FEW THINGS

— Naturally, not everyone needs to participate in this event. Feel free to watch your friends go crazy by themselves!
— Activity check and the intro log will be posted on March 3rd! Get pumped!
— The CR meme will either be posted on the 1st or 2nd, as applications begin to get their acceptance notes. Speaking of which, don't forget to submit your app!
— Application cycles may open earlier and stay open longer next month, in order to better accommodate ATP enabling and the like. Just food for thought right now.
— There will be a Test Drive Meme at some point mid-March!
— Your lovely mod will be out of town for some of the last week of March, but I will still have my lovely smart phone and 4G data plan. Questions will still be answered, but please submit them early if replies are time sensitive.
— Comment below with questions/comments/concerns.