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

[yyds]

Oh, I do. [ says hong lu, warming to the subject. he picks out a plate of what looks to be fried vegetables, and studies it with great interest. ] Before leaving my district, there were a lot of foods I hadn't gotten to try. I think it's new and exciting. Hey, what is this?

[oathlantern]

Well, feel free to help yourself to anything here. If there's something you really like, let me know! [He turns away from his prep to get a better look at what Hong Lu is pointing at.] Those are cabbage rolls.

[yyds]

[ !!! ]

Cabbage rolls, huh... They're cute, like little caterpillars.

Can you make dragon's beard candies?

[oathlantern]

I'm not familiar with that, but if I had a recipe I could definitely give it a try! Maybe I can find some cookbooks around...

[He did see one of his in the luggage that arrived, at least. He should give it another look now that he has access to new ingredients.]

[yyds]

Really? You'd try? I'd like to come watch, is that okay? I heard that you have to stretch the sugar out a thousand times, but I've only ever seen sugar as little grains. I've always wondered how you can stretch it.

[oathlantern]

Oh, I bet it's because you make it a sort of sticky mixture that hardens as it cools. [Though it sounds like Hong Lu won't be able to offer a recipe... ah well. He'll just have to see what he can find.] If you don't mind watching me fail a few times, I don't mind. I've never really made candy before, so I don't know how good I'll be.

[yyds]

You don't like sweets?

[oathlantern]

Ah, no it's not that. It's just a lot more difficult to make, not to mention the cost of ingredients... [Illuga shakes his head.] And it isn't filling so it doesn't make a good meal out in the field. All in all, I've just never had the chance to.

[yyds]

Hm... then, if you never had a chance to, did someone stop you from being able to try?

[oathlantern]

Not someone. Other things were just more important, and I can always buy a sugar sculpture or some hard candies in Nasha town when I visit.

[yyds]

Oh! I've seen sugar sculptures before. [ hong lu thinks about this for a moment. ] They were always in the shapes of dragons, or turtles. But we were never allowed to eat any. I've always wondered what they did with them after the ceremonies were over.

[oathlantern]

If no one ate then they probably just melted. [Which sounds like a waste, honestly.] Oh, but the sugar sculptures I mean aren't anything used for ceremonies. They're a treat! Miss Hunajatta makes them in vibrant shapes and colors.

[yyds]

Oh, so it wasn't for ceremonies. I was going to ask if you had ancestors to talk to through them, but I guess not. [ with a pleasant shrug: ] Hmm... maybe I'd like to see one like a cat? Or a headchicken.

[oathlantern]

[Oh, Illuga wonders if the sugar sculptures he's referring to are much grander than a little animal on a stick.]

A head... do you mean a chicken head?

[yyds]

No, not at all. I mean a headchicken - like Bongy. You've never seen one?

[oathlantern]

Can't say I have. [He rubs the back of his neck absently. What on earth could that be...] I don't think we have those in Nod-Krai. It's an animal, right?

[yyds]

Yep. [ hong lu says, happily, popping the 'p' as he does so. ] It has four legs, or I think they're legs, and really big teeth. It's pretty cute, though. And it tastes good. If you have a piece of paper, I can draw one for you. Maybe you can make a sculpture of it out of sugar.

[oathlantern]

Sorry, I didn't think to bring any paper with me. [Illuga shakes his head.] But you can show me later!

[yyds]

And then you'll make a headchicken sculpture?

[oathlantern]

I'll at least try to? Once I can get enough sugar and a recipe anyway.

[yyds]

Yay!