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

[gitgvd]

[ ... Maybe she's shy? But at least she's off the floor. Okay! (Taishin suddenly realizes she may have adopted a new friend. Oops. Not the intention here.) ]

Uh... Did you check in? If you did, you'll have a bed. That's a much better place to lie down.

[leicht]

[ another furtive shake of nill's head - she doesn't know what a check-in is. but her little wings flutter with something like faint hope.

a bed... a bed sounds nice. ]

[gitgvd]

[ ... A sigh. Taishin does already have her key, but she rolls her luggage around. She nods to Nill's luggage. ]

C'mon, get your stuff. Let's go wait in line. When you go to a hotel, you have to tell the staff you're there so they can give you the key to your room.

[leicht]

[ the look that nill gives the luggage next to her can only be described as bewildered. she has never owned anything like that in her entire life, nor can she describe anything that she does own which would need to fit in a bag so large. so how can that be hers? but the young girl is nodding towards it, so nill wraps her fingers around what she thinks is a handle, then tugs at it the way she sees the other girl do it.

it clunks its way out from underneath the bench. oh, it's harder than it looks, she realises. especially since her handle is a lot shorter than the other girl's handle. a little embarrassed, she fumbles with the case for a moment, then turns to consider the next set of instructions.

... tell the staff she's here...

she shakes her head again, this time with a furtive little duck. nill points at her mouth, then throat, then again a little shake. she can't speak. she doesn't think there's much she can do to tell them, but... ]

[gitgvd]

[ ... Taishin reaches around to press the button on the luggage handle, making it taller for her new angel friend. She is kinda noodly... Taishin can take her luggage too, but she'll see if those noodle arms can pull first.

At the miming, though, Taishin is fairly quick on the uptake and realizes that her new friend is going to have a problem checking in. She pats her coat pockets, then pulls her phone out, unlocks it, and opens the notes app, tapping the screen so it shows the keyboard. She turns it and offers it to the angel girl. ]

Here. Do you know how to use this?

[leicht]

[ the young girl reaches forward with the device, and nill's immediate instinct is to draw back. but when it becomes apparently that the device is neither a weapon or a fist, nill finally reaches forward to take it into her hands. it looks familiar; badou and heine both had phones, though they couldn't often use it for reasons that nill didn't quite often understand. something about unpaid bills and somesuch. it feels embarrassing to have to say no again, and so she hesitates, wings fluttering in minute waves of nerves as her fingers run over the keyboard.

she knows a few letters. she nods, slowly, then spends a truly terrible and embarrassing amount of time thumbing in the few she knows.

finally, she turns the screen back to the young girl: ]

nill

[ that's her name... ]

[gitgvd]

Nill?

[ Brown eartips twitch a bit as Taishin absorbs that name. That... is a name, right? (Considering one of her friends is called Winning Ticket, this probably shouldn't be all that hard to wrap her mind around.) ]

Are you... Looking for Nill? Or is that your name?

[leicht]

[ !!!

a soft, hesitant nod. she first points at herself - yes, that is her name.

and then, a furtive point towards the young girl. you are...? ]

[gitgvd]

[ ... Taishin's ears pop straight up as she realizes the nature of Nill's question. Oh. Duh. ]

I'm Taishin. Narita Taishin. It's... nice to meet you.

[ ... Okay, this is very quickly becoming awkward. (Or maybe Taishin is just uncomfortable with the spotlight being focused so suddenly on her.) Taishin reaches around and grabs Nill's luggage as well. Regardless of how unwieldy dragging two bags behind her is, Taishin begins to march with a surprising grace and alacrity for her size. ]

C'mon. I'll wait in line with you, and then we can go find your room.

[leicht]

[ taishin. narita taishin. it's a bit of a longer name than nill is used to, but she commits to memory the best she can. she nods, her head ducking shyly. just then, the other young girl races ahead with both luggages in her hands - and nill quickly trots after her, suddenly feeling abashed.

her hand manages to catch up to narita's hand. she places it over the luggage... handle? as well? she... she can take one of the bags! she can help! ]

[gitgvd]

[ A jump, a soft noise the perfect cross between a yelp and a whinny. Touch very surprising! ]

What?

[ ... Taishin slows down. Uh? ]

... Do you want to take your bag?

[leicht]

[ !!!!

it's such a startling sound that nill nearly pulls back her hands. but the young girl doesn't... seem angry? or about to hurt her. she nods emphatically at the question, before she takes the initiative to take the bag from her. she... can carry it herself!

it's heavy, for a little girl who's unused to it, but she can wheel it behind her. it's a novel sensation, but she doesn't want to cause trouble. ]

[gitgvd]

[ ... Nill startles as bad as Ticket does when a scary movie takes her offguard. A sigh, but Taishin pulls her own luggage after her, guiding them both gently to the end of the line. ]

I'll tell the front desk person your name. When you get your keys, keep track of 'em. They can give you new ones if you lose it, but it's a pain in the ass if you lose your keys in the middle of the night and no one's at the desk. Hotel people are usually pretty nice, though. If you need anything, they can get it for you if it isn't too crazy.