EVENT 01: Welcome to the Pentagon!

[unrequite]

WELCOME TO THE PENTAGON!

Picture a Las Vegas sized hotel, but with no casino. It's just very big. And there is no gift shop.

The Pentagon welcomes you...

You wake up from a doze seated in a firm lobby chair. Walked through a set of automatic sliding doors, bag in tow. Where did you get that bag? Listen, don't worry about it.

- All guests to the Pentagon arrived with a medium-sized standard rolling bag. It is filled with any items they would have brought with them if they had time to pack a standard rolling bag before they left. Weapons are okay!
- All guests may bring one living animal. The animal will retain any powers it may have as long as it is not worldbreaking.
- All guests will have their powers. They will not be allowed to use it to break the world. They may break other things, but they will be pulled aside by one of the receptionists for a Talking To. They may be barred from the hotel for the night and it gets cold outside the Pentagon!
- Guests are not limited to standard entry to the hotel. However, if they break hotel property upon entry, they will be expected to pay for repairs. Method of payment will come as soon as I'm not fuckballs tired.

Things to do:

- Check in! There is a handy dandy receptionist at the front desk ready to take your name and your reservation. Yes, you have a reservation! It's here, in this shared suite. You don't remember making that reservation? What a pity. Well, while we get you resituated in the system, I suppose you will have to make peace with your roommate. Please don't fuck up your relationship with your roommate, that would be so terribly awkward. If you would like to trade rooms, that is fine, but please notify the front desk with all involved parties with the details of the room change! Also, please allow one day for admin to catch up with bookings before you trade rooms! Try to be nice to your one night roomie okay okay

- Get breakfast! A free continental breakfast is served from 6 am to 10 am. Please come by for fresh food!

- Chill in the lobby! When it isn't doubling as the breakfast area, the lobby area functions as both a waiting room, a meeting place, and a chill seating area in case you don't want to eat your gas station hotdog at the gas station like a neanderthal. wow.

- Find your room!

Each suite has a:
- kitchenette (one pot, one pan, plastic silverware, paper plates and bowls. no food. that's at the gas station across the street.)
- microwave
- fridge (with drinks! you will have to pay for them if you take them. it's going to be Esspensive.)
- two beds (small, but very comfy)
- bathroom with bath and shower (with standard toiletries. if you need more, you can call the front desk! there are towels, but if you make a real mess, call the front desk for fresh ones.)
- toilet (no bidet)
- closet (3 hangers, one extra set of sheets, one extra comforter, two extra pillows, a small ironing board, an iron)
- shared side table (two drawer compartments, one for each bed; there are outlets for electronics)
- wardrobe (just one, but it's big! please share.)
- desk with rolling chair (just one! again, please share. also: a notepad with a cheap ballpoint pen, a phone, and a phone directory for standard hotel amenities)
- pullout bed couch (for more guests! this bed is far less comfy than the standard beds.)
- television (with standard cable and standard trash programming. nothing particular stands out about the programming.)

- book shop? ... There is a bookshop where the gift shop should be. Where did it come from? Perhaps it's always been there, in the same way the faceless staff of the Pentagon have always been there. There is currently caution tape over the front entrance. Although the entrance isn't locked, it is not advised to enter the bookshop early. Who knows what might happen (the people who were in the City knows what will happen no don't touch that—)

- gas station? across the street? The street stretches into the horizon. This place is flat. so very flat. but there's a gas station.

- fresh produce (limited, but good variety. may be slightly wilted.)
- standard basic groceries (including pet food for your Living Creatures)
- liquor section (we in the south now boyzzz)
- lotto ticket machine (?)
- chargers/small electronics
- wall o candy
- basic amenities and toiletries(fancier than hotel amenities but not by much)
- magazines!
- slushy machine
- coffee machine
- rolling hotdogs
- hot fast food
- car maintenance products. you know. for your car
- gas station guy. nice guy

How do you pay? the gas station guy will charge it to your room! Who's paying for your room? Erm. Tehe. pero

You can also go to the gas station guy and buy a bus ticket to Sin City for a vacay. Sin City is great! Lots to do in Sin City. Buses to Sin City leave every Wednesday evening — don't be late! However, after a month at maximum, you will be back in your room in the Pentagon. Guess the hotel likes you!

Other hotel amenities. This hotel isn't 5 star, but it isn't 3 star either! Standard fancy hotel amenities, such as a small gym, a pool and sauna, a well maintained laundry room, a small spa, and a business center with computers and print station also exist. The only amenity that does not exist is the standard fancy hotel restaurant. Make your food yourselves!!

welcome nerds. enjoy your stay!

OOC:
- I will make a receptionist thread. please feel free to add your character to the queue for a randomly selected room! if you would like to also have a conversation with one of our three randomly selected receptionists, please say so in your comment. thank. EDIT: room assignments are here! please add any new characters to any random rooms you like. if you change rooms, please be sure to update the spreadsheet. thank yoooou
- i'll make up how to make money and pay for stuff later. for now please don't starve just buy stuff it's Fine
- electricity works. there's local internet but search engines bring up very little about the area. gps does NOT work (for now)
- uh that's it i'm tired please tell me if i missed anything

Comments

toplevel

[unrequite]

[ u know this guy. u know what he doin.

runnin. watch them tits jiggle
exisizung. lift big thing up then put down. hes gonna be SO good at huggin
snoopin. bad vampire. drop it. (slaps his snout)
laundry. already? lbr he and the huswives have fucked 8 times in the first 2 weeks

and finally

in room. with bonus logos maybe. it's basically kazdel (neither of them grew up in kazdel)

(mario voice) wah ]

hi.

[fussiest]

[ in the way of the climatic ending of all horror movies everywhere: the head of an axe buries itself into and through the door of midnight's room.

that's it. that's the entire tag. suffer!!!! ]

henlo!

[unrequite]

[ The startle of the first impact sends Midnight's SINapse flying out of his hands and onto the floor. He retrieves it, but his attempt to text Logos to ask if he'd managed to anger a fellow resident falters as the scent of his mysterious assailant catches his nose.

His heart falters. He backs away until his back hits the wall. He is near a window. He could jump.

His nerveless fingers send a message to his group chat with his adel:

help
kaveh
axe

before his hands find the latch to the window. ]

[abstractart]

dont run V IMPORTANT THAT U DO NOT RUN

[kaveh won't kill him. the things midnight will to do ESCAPE kaveh?? questionable!]

omw

[unrequite]

darling i love you very very much my baobei 💋💋💋 cheers remember me fondly

[justscribing]

[Not in the group chat and just texted to Netzach directly, no more than two minutes after Kaveh has started busting down Midnight's door:] I win.

[wordchain]

[ Axe...????? This is not what Yesod envisioned. ]

Netzach and I are on our way, Midnight.

[unrequite]

danna im sorry i was very very awful and also wrong

[abstractart]

k so now that midnight isn't gonna see

(sry midnight we didn't abandon u)

better wait outside & give them some time

[fussiest]

[ the second impact never comes, to the disappointment of evangelion fans everywhere. this is because kaveh is an architect who understands the inherent limitations of small fire axes, which will take nearly five to six strikes to break down a regular-sized door of a certain width. kaveh didn't have five to six strikes. by the third strike, midnight could be cowering beneath the bed.

a dendro-reinforced claymore crashes through the door at the next strike. splinters splatter across the floor, illuminated by a shade of particularly angry neon green. the green is emanating from kaveh, who narrows his eyes at midnight, and then begins to march forward the way battering rams do. ]

Oh, don't you dare! Because I absolutely will jump out of the window with you! Midnight!

[unrequite]

[ The Vision. Midnight remembers Kaveh mentioning it, speaking to Cyno about it in passing, but ah. That's what it's like.

The window is open, but Midnight is plastered against the wall next to it, Netzach's exhortations for him not to move, Yesod's reassurance that they are coming, still glowing on the screen. Midnight squeezes his eyes shut and trembles. ]

Don't be silly. I would survive the fall easily. You would twist an ankle at the very least. At least let me go first to break your fall.

[oathlantern]

[From the unit directly below, Illuga looks up at the sound of a thud and muffled yelling. What is happening up there? Should he check on it??]

[dissemblage]

[ Voir looks up too. They turn the hairdryer off to make sure they're hearing... whatever it is... right... Is this a part of their responsibilities? It probably is. Uh.

They poke their head out of the bathroom. Don't worry, they are wearing a bathrobe... They can be decent if they want to. ]

You hear that too?

[oathlantern]

Yeah, it sounded like something hit a wall really hard. [And drywall sounds different from metal, so Illuga can't tell just how bad it is.

Anyway I guess Kaveh is taking his claymore to it next so the banging is only getting worse.] Should we see if they're okay?

[glazing]

[ a little later after the sounds above emanates through the walls, there is a knock on illuga's door.

flins bows. ]

Young Master Illuga. I hope you are well, and that I am not disturbing your rest.

snoopin.

[glazing]

Greetings, kind traveller.

[ says flins from behind where midnight had been minding his own business (or someone else's business). the kitchens are quiet this time of day, because illuga is not in them. it means that flins ought not to be here either, but there are only so many places for a lantern to patrol, and so many hours of the day where something interesting may be happening enough to make it less tedious.

case in point: flins smiles, a polite little thing as he observes the young man before him. pointed ears, a truly inspiring colour palette. ] I was simply passing by when I noticed that you've come to the kitchens during a non-standard meal time. Are you, by any chance, looking for something to eat? Dinner will not be served for another three hours. Young Master Illuga is still searching for the appropriate ingredients. It may take some time, but I assure you that it will be well worth the wait.

[unrequite]

[ Quick, obfuscate the plot! Midnight turns away from the walk in refrigerator, grin plastered on his face. ]

Darling, you've quite misunderstood my intentions. Perhaps I've come downstairs on my quest to find some mysterious and intriguing enigma to unravel. To aid my humble quest, might I ask you volunteer yourself?

[glazing]

Ah, [ says flins, without missing a single beat, ] then the fault lies entirely with my unimaginative assumptions. I beg your pardon for mistaking a grand expedition for mere hunger.

If it is an enigma you seek, I would be delighted to volunteer my services. A lightkeeper, after all, exists precisely to accompany travellers into curious corners and shed light on what has remained in the dark. I do hope I have not interrupted a breakthrough. Praytrell, has the cold room surrendered any particularly mysterious artefacts to your investigation?

runnin.

[fafo]

Ah. Fancy seeing you here.

[ says one fellow insomniac to another at midnight. aventurine, who had just come off of the treadmill, looks to midnight with a towel slung over his shoulders and a smile slung carelessly over his face. he's been here for several hours; anticipates being here for several more hours, if sleep continues to elude him.

he waggles a water bottle. ] You seem to be missing a few things. Need one of these?

[unrequite]

[ A smile, a wave. ]

No need, darling. I was planning on cutting my workout tonight a bit short, so I opted to forgo my usual hydration.

[ read: netzach wants snuggles 2nite before he goes back to his own room ]

You look well. How has the resort been treating you?

[fafo]

I can't complain. [ lies aventurine with great cheer. ] This is the least that any setting change has asked of me, and I'm merely content to coast along. You?

some... where.

[vlk]

[ there is a naked, pale-haired man sitting in front of room 205 in the middle of the night. notably, the only emotion on his face is boredom. he yawns, widely, then looks up if midnight passes by, his long, white hair slipping behind his shoulder like a sliver of moonlight. ]

You.

[unrequite]

Me, hello.

[ ... Even if he wasn't a host, and also himself in general, Sin City would have completely burnt him out of any dramatic reaction to nudity. He does slow to a stop, though. ]

... Have you need of clothes?

[ ... Look, he has to ask. ]

[vlk]

No, I just like sitting around in the cold freezing my ass off. [ says diesel, with a flagrant roll of his eyes. he holds out his hand. ] Give me your coat.

in the aftermath of The Kavening:

[nyoomer]

Hm. [ says logo, as he surveys the mess that their door has become. ] That went better than I had anticipated.