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[unfastens]

Username/Display Name: Bucciarati
Server Channel: #general
Time: October 19, evening

Good evening.

I had an idea of what this place was when I accepted the invitation, but my understanding was flawed. It's been several days since we were "invited," but the picture isn't any clearer. If anything, I understand less and less what this hotel is.

We can reasonably assume the staff here is responsible for the poisonings/curses at the spa. At the same time as this, they've been feeding and housing us for free. If they wanted to actually hurt us, there's no reason they wouldn't have already.

There's also the matter of the "wish."

I'm posing the question to all of you to consolidate info. What is this hotel?

Where do you think we are?
Why were we invited?

B. B.

Comments

(username: absinthe)

[abstractart]

i dunno, man, are you sure you wanna ask

you know what they say about looking in a gift horse's mouth

you might find out what's in it

[IS that how it goes. oh well.]

[unfastens]

[ close enough........... ]

Are you afraid?

[abstractart]

nah. not really.

it's nicer than where i was anyway, so i don't mind it

display name: Kotone

[alternativity]

It sort of seems like it might be something that exists outside of reality?
Like a dream-like space.
But I'm not sure why we were invited...

[unfastens]

I was thinking the same thing. A "place" regular humans can't reach, like "the afterlife." It's not physically possible for an ocean to be inside of a hotel, but there seems to be one here. Maybe our souls are the only things that came here, and our physical bodies are where we left them.

[ this is deeply plausible to Bruno, who just recently left a very silly soul-swapping situation. ]

[alternativity]

Well, that'd make the "sea of souls" a little more literal...
I think it's an option, at least!
Though I hope that doesn't mean the people who aren't here are worried about us, if time is passing...

un: elderflower

[airdnd]

Dear B.B.,

Do you truly believe that the staff were responsible for these occurrences? I suppose the ploy to force people to get to know each other at breakfast would certainly fall under their purview, but I find it premature and perhaps a little unfair to pin them for the rest.

[ She's going to whiteknight her fellow hospitality workers, okay. ]

The reason being... I believe that this hotel exists in its own plane of existence, or perhaps in the pocket of another, but to the same end: the common rules of reality do not apply here. I'm sure that one of the many more proficient and scholarly arcane academics here could explain it better than I can, but because of that...

It's likely that they have no control over some of the unusual feats of this place, either. Magic can be a wild, untamable entity, especially magic that is powerful enough to bring individuals of differing realities together into one place.

As for why we were invited... I hope to discuss this with Mr. Bennet.

Sincerely,
S.H.

ms silent hill...

[unfastens]

Not the staff, the directer.

In any case, my thoughts were similiar. You sound like you have experience with "magic" like this.

[ forgive his less-than-stellar spelling. at least he doesn't blink at the giant wall of text!! ]

[airdnd]

[ Well!! She's had many silly lil adventurers who could barely spell their own names in their paperwork, it's all fine. ]

I help my family run an inn with some similar features, as far as there being magic involved. Much smaller, and I daresay it is much more peaceful compared to this!

[ there have been NO ninja attacks since she took over operations. just saying. don't ask about how many times a week a tavern brawl breaks out, though. ]

As for magic itself, there are others here that are know far more about its inner workings. You'll likely find more cohesive answers from Mister Gale or Mister Winter. Of course, there's no guaranteed that the same manner of magic is at play here.

display name: minato

[messianic]

I wonder if the weird effects were because the hotel's just kind of weird...? Like maybe they didn't mean for it to happen, but it just did? (￣～￣;)

I'm willing to take them at their word that this is a place to relax still, I think.

HIS EMOTICON!!!

[unfastens]

"S.H." had the same thought, that this place is "untamed" because it's so powerful. It makes sense, but it's not a comforting idea.

HE'S GOT A LOT OF FEELINGS TO EXPRESS (only via emoticon)

[messianic]

True, that does mean it's going to be pretty chaotic to be here sometimes...

But nothing too harmful happened, right?

un: sole of the deep

[warmaid]

I'm not so sure to conclude that the staff are complicit in these happenings without actual proof, but I do agree that it's a highly plausible theory. At the very least, I strongly suspect that Mr. Bennett knows much more than he's letting on.

As of now we have little to work with, but thank you for getting this conversation started.

[unfastens]

Don't thank me until we have answers.

Asking him directly is the next step. We'll see if he's honest.

[warmaid]

I strongly suspect he won't be. Given what we've heard from him so far, I expect we'll be answered with obfuscation, at the very least.

Still, it's the only lead we have. And even in trying to hide something, people can accidentally tip part of their hand.

un: paradisaea

[ohthehumanities]

[Well he was going to answer the question but--]

Poisoning? Curses? What are you talking about?

[?????]

[unfastens]

You didn't notice? People were passing out after visiting the spa.

[ohthehumanities]

That was a curse?!

un: mister joker

[survivaltricks]

did you know there's an entire floor housing a bunch of puppies?

[that is not an answer to Bruno's question, but that's only because Akira doesn't have an answer. but he does have a puppy]

[unfastens]

[ bro... ]

That's not what I asked.

[survivaltricks]

i know. i just haven't been here long enough to have any helpful insight.

but i DO have a puppy.

want to see?

username: weavewizard

[netherese]

I believe the more questions we have, the better. We ought to keep each and every one of them in mind and pursue them. I doubt answers are about to be given freely, but asking questions is always better than blind acceptance.

What happened with the spa day seemed to be largely harmless, in the vein of pranks, but it makes one wonder what else they're capable of.

For my own opinion, I believe this to be some sort of isolated dimension or space between planes. Whoever rules over this realm must be very powerful, indeed, which does mean we should proceed with caution.

Sincerely,
Gale of Waterdeep

[unfastens]

[ oh hey, he knows that guy. ]

Exactly. I'm not trying to be a pessemist, just practical.

That seems to be the common belief. I think it's the most likely based on what I know.

You know a lot about "magic." Is it possible there is no "master?"

username: headmaid

[fixtures]

Greetings,

I suspect that the hotel is somewhere that exists outside time. It would explain how so many of us seem to come from entirely different eras.

As for the matter of the invitation, the intent seems to be to grant our desires. Whether that is for leisure, a food we would like to eat, or ultimately, a wish... that intent seems consistent. But how far can the hotel reach in granting those desires? Is it something to be wary of? Throughout all time, people have cautioned "to be careful what you wish for."

What also remains unknown is what motivation the inviter has for granting the desires of others. Or, perhaps, it could be that they merely desired company.

Regards,
Giselle

[unfastens]

Someone in a thread higher up suggested the hotel or directer might be trying to grant wishes without entirely understanding what's being asked for. Like granting "relaxation" at the spa and causing people to fall asleep.

If this place and its employees do exist outside of space and time, it would make sense that they don't understand the feelings of "regular people."