[open] just your usual info gathering about weird cosmic hotels

[laevateinns]

Username/Display Name: a/akechi
Server Channel: #general
Time: 12:17am

[ akechi isn't particularly fond of reaching out to people in the hotel, but... he's realized it may actually be his best source of information, so he's biting the bullet and posting to the network. he Actually Tries to be polite about it all, so his message is chill. ]

Hello, all.

Since I've arrived here I've been exploring the place, but since it really is so huge... I was hoping I could gather some information from the rest of you.

I'd appreciate hearing about the various floors or rooms you've come across and what was in them. The strangest things you've seen, even.

There's only so much I can discover on my own, unfortunately, and I know that people have had... experiences, to say the least.

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un: summer / dn: 𝖜𝖎𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖗 🐙✨

[icyspicy]

Oh, where do I begin. The floor with the demonic singing woman, perhaps? Or the one where everything was made of candy? There was also one that was just an empty warehouse of sorts, with a pile of soap and a first aid station and nothing else.

[ Winter, we're not supposed to talk about that last one. ]

un: Bucciarati

[unfastens]

[ why is this dude asking about weird hotel floors at midnight? well, that's none of his business, he supposes... ]

There's a floor that's some kind of pool labirinth.

[laevateinns]

[ why does the seeming simplicity make him even more intrigued about the last one ]

Interesting. And were any of these places dangerous, or were the demon woman and the soap simply set dressing?

[laevateinns]

[ what do you MEAN... he's just a guy... just a Normal Guy. ]

Pool labyrinth?

Is the labyrinth underwater, or are you at least able to breathe on the surface while you find your way out?

[icyspicy]

The demon woman was absolutely a threat. I tried to hit her with a spell and she reflected it back at me. I'd never seen something like that before.

That said, she was also appeased by something very simple. The guests had to dance with each other, or sing. Then she'd let us leave.

[laevateinns]

I see.

[ no he doesn't?? what is with this place wanting to get people to dance and hold hands and learn about each other. what happened to just either meeting people the normal way or living a lonely existence. ]

There does seem to be a bit of a theme going on, doesn't there?

[ and because he can't help himself, ]

Did you sing or dance?

un: satorumon

[unliminal]

you ever been to ikea
with the meatballs and billy and shit

un: figuerative / dn: Figue

[refiguered]

There's a floor that's sheer ice, but the temperature of the room itself is warm and you leave behind color on the ice when you move.
My partner has also informed me sometimes the layouts themselves will shift.

[icyspicy]

Maybe someone at the hotel thinks bonding is important.
I did. Dancing mostly. It seemed a small price to pay to walk away unscathed.

[laevateinns]

No. My apartment came furnished.

You really eat meatballs from a furniture store? And who's Billy?

[laevateinns]

Interesting. And the ice didn't even appear to be melting?

[ even in the metaverse, weirdly magical snowy places still tended to be... well, cold. ]

Shifting layouts? Does this mean I can expect my room to appear on a different floor at the whims of the hotel?

[laevateinns]

Of course they do.

[ why was everything always about bonds... akechi hates this, actually. ]

I suppose it is a small price... depending on how good a dancer you are and how many are watching.

[refiguered]

No, from what we noticed, so long as there are occupants on the floor, the layout won't shift. It appears to be only ones without guests for now.
But that's correct. The ice remained solid.

[laevateinns]

That’s a relief. I’m currently the only one on my floor, but that makes it “occupied,” so…

I’d hate to have to go all around looking for my own room.

[icyspicy]

Ha. I'm long past the point in my life where I might care what others think of me. Besides, my life was on the line.

[refiguered]

Yes, I too would have a problem with it.
Is your floor unusual at all?

[laevateinns]

[ HMMPH. what a well-adjusted person-- if he's telling the truth. that kind of sounds like something akechi would say during an interview when he was on the outs with the public, but not actually mean.

it's hard to tell via text how true it is, anyway. ]

How lucky for you, then, considering how embarrassing such a thing could have been otherwise.

I suppose one's life is worth more than embarrassment, though...

[laevateinns]

I'm glad we agree there.

No, it seems rather ordinary. I can't speak on behalf of the other rooms, but mine is rather plain.

[ aside from a collection of skincare products and a few nerdy posters that he immediately took down upon entering... ]

Is yours something different?

[icyspicy]

You care very much about appearances, don't you?

[unliminal]

OH MY GOD
you know what ikea is but you've never been???
we need to go right now

[refiguered]

I found myself on a floor dedicated to... ah, artistic pursuits?
There are several studios and supplies around.

[laevateinns]

[ what the hell. who does this guy think he is!!

...he's not WRONG but that makes it WORSE. ]

And I suppose you're so much better for not caring at all? Please, tell me all about how I can free myself from society or some bullshit by pretending I don't care what people think.

[laevateinns]

Are you implying there's an IKEA floor.

[laevateinns]

Fascinating, and much nicer sounding than some of the other floors I've seen or heard of.

Do you have any particular interest in art?

[refiguered]

I don't, no.
But I wound up with the room next to a familiar face from home so I wonder if that might have had anything to do with it.