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demon king of the east, midnight ([personal profile] unrequite) wrote in [community profile] psltagon2026-02-08 09:22 pm
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EVENT 01: Welcome to the Pentagon!

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
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[personal profile] justscribing 2026-02-21 08:47 pm (UTC)(link)
[I hope Ji unpacks his luggage for him.]

Would it surprise you if I hadn't?
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[personal profile] fafo 2026-02-22 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
No. But I think it'll be more fun if I simply told you were the bus was, and you tried it for yourself.

[ with a faint little wink, ] I suspect our stay here is going to be for a long time, not a fun time. So why not have a little something to look forward to?
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[personal profile] justscribing 2026-02-23 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
By which you mean you'll have something to look forward to. [That is: Alhaitham's reaction to either riding the bus or whatever is at the end of it.

Well, they forcibly blew their way out of one prison. If need be, they can do it again.]
Then where's the bus?
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[personal profile] fafo 2026-03-01 04:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ hm. ]

Now? A bit quick to ditch town when you've just arrived.
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[personal profile] justscribing 2026-03-02 12:29 am (UTC)(link)
Without a map I'll have to familiarize myself with this place on foot. The bus is as good of a place to start as any.
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[personal profile] fafo 2026-03-02 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I see what you mean. Then, I'm sorry to have to be the one to break it to you, but the bus likely will take you only to one place. I'm not sure that's a place where you'd want to be.
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[personal profile] justscribing 2026-03-02 08:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Seeing as I'm already in a place I don't want to be, that isn't much of a difference. Though I wonder if your warning is really about my preferences or what you're trying to leave behind.
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[personal profile] fafo 2026-03-03 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ that's alhaitham for you, aventurine thinks. different man, different context, the same damned ability to perceive that got all of them into so much trouble.

he laughs under his breath; slips a hand behind his back, the very picture of ease.
]

Wrong guess, but I have to say it's a good one. The real answer is interconnected anyway. What are your thoughts on speaking to another you, and another one of him?

[ his head, tilted towards where kaveh is still trying desperately to explain that he isn't a bomb terrorist to a patient young man. ]
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[personal profile] justscribing 2026-03-03 05:18 am (UTC)(link)
Is that place not large enough for me to avoid him? [Lmao, why would he even bother. If it's really another him they probably feel the same.] As for Kaveh... he'll just have to accept there being two of me around for a while.
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[personal profile] fafo 2026-03-03 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Heh. As I thought, you've made it very simple - and you really do have something against meeting yourself.