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tushanshu_logs2014-08-04 12:54 pm
gistful) wrote in tushanshu_logs2014-08-04 12:54 pm
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August Midnight Hotel post
Characters: Anton Shudder and OPEN
Date: Month of August from about the 3rd onward
Location: Midnight Hotel and various shopping areas around the city
Situation: Anton retakes the Hotel and opens it to the public
Warnings/Rating: Possible violence
A: Reclaiming the Hotel
A wise man scouted his new area before committing to anything within it, and Anton was if not wise then at least practical. It was during his second day exploring that he found the entrance to the Midnight Hotel. It was, frankly, quite unexpected and Anton entertained the possibility that it was an illusion before entering.
The interior was in the newly-repaired condition as he recalled three days ago, if still unfurnished. It was also full of kedan with what Anton recognised as gang tattoos. Several different gangs, in fact, taking cover from the heat and arguing over who owned the Hotel.
He told them he owned the Hotel and asked them all, politely, to leave so he could clear up the mess. They refused.
Ten minutes later they all left anyway, some of them bearing their unconscious comrades and all bearing bruises or broken limbs of some manner. The odd thing was that when he went to the door, it was as though they had all exited into different, unseen areas of the city.
B: Heatwave
Once it became clear that the heat was going to persist, Anton started double-booking the rooms and offered linens and mats to anyone who wished to bed in the common areas. It was almost just as well that he’d lost all his furniture.
There were, of course, strict stipulations dividing the lines between any gang-members who chose to retire from the heat in the Hotel’s rooms. Word had gotten around about the first brawl, and although there were one or two idiots who insisted on pushing the boundaries they were put down quite smartly and evicted. Within a few days all gang-kedan present were on their best behaviour, treating Anton with utmost courtesy and always with the appellation ‘Mr Shudder’.
The same offer was made to the rest of the public, naturally. Anton didn’t make a habit of hiring staff, but he might well have to do so on this occasion.
Either way during the heatwave the Hotel is a hive of activity. The gangs behave and even interact politely with others, and one or two enterprising kedan have requested permission to make stalls by the door for ice and cold water. In general it's like an extended family reunion, with friends meeting everywhere, playing games, exchanging stories, using the facilities.
Within a few days part of the front-wall has been removed to make space for the turtle hatchlings through the door.
C: General tagging
After the heatwave was over Anton had more time to do some needed shopping for the Hotel. Many of the kedan had donated sleeping mats and sleeping bags, and other odds and ends (the library had gotten bigger) but what he really needed was furniture.
He also needed to go back to his other accommodation every three days, which was a nuisance, but one he could put up with for a six-hour rest before returning.
[ooc: The Hotel is sort-of stuck between sectors. It’s accessible from all five sectors, but someone entering from one sector will, at this stage, only be able to exit onto the same sector. Information about the Hotel can be found here. Feel free to ask questions in that post; just identify them as OOC. Please note that if you’d like your characters to have an argument, even a verbal one, because Anton will get involved.]
Date: Month of August from about the 3rd onward
Location: Midnight Hotel and various shopping areas around the city
Situation: Anton retakes the Hotel and opens it to the public
Warnings/Rating: Possible violence
A: Reclaiming the Hotel
A wise man scouted his new area before committing to anything within it, and Anton was if not wise then at least practical. It was during his second day exploring that he found the entrance to the Midnight Hotel. It was, frankly, quite unexpected and Anton entertained the possibility that it was an illusion before entering.
The interior was in the newly-repaired condition as he recalled three days ago, if still unfurnished. It was also full of kedan with what Anton recognised as gang tattoos. Several different gangs, in fact, taking cover from the heat and arguing over who owned the Hotel.
He told them he owned the Hotel and asked them all, politely, to leave so he could clear up the mess. They refused.
Ten minutes later they all left anyway, some of them bearing their unconscious comrades and all bearing bruises or broken limbs of some manner. The odd thing was that when he went to the door, it was as though they had all exited into different, unseen areas of the city.
B: Heatwave
Once it became clear that the heat was going to persist, Anton started double-booking the rooms and offered linens and mats to anyone who wished to bed in the common areas. It was almost just as well that he’d lost all his furniture.
There were, of course, strict stipulations dividing the lines between any gang-members who chose to retire from the heat in the Hotel’s rooms. Word had gotten around about the first brawl, and although there were one or two idiots who insisted on pushing the boundaries they were put down quite smartly and evicted. Within a few days all gang-kedan present were on their best behaviour, treating Anton with utmost courtesy and always with the appellation ‘Mr Shudder’.
The same offer was made to the rest of the public, naturally. Anton didn’t make a habit of hiring staff, but he might well have to do so on this occasion.
Either way during the heatwave the Hotel is a hive of activity. The gangs behave and even interact politely with others, and one or two enterprising kedan have requested permission to make stalls by the door for ice and cold water. In general it's like an extended family reunion, with friends meeting everywhere, playing games, exchanging stories, using the facilities.
Within a few days part of the front-wall has been removed to make space for the turtle hatchlings through the door.
C: General tagging
After the heatwave was over Anton had more time to do some needed shopping for the Hotel. Many of the kedan had donated sleeping mats and sleeping bags, and other odds and ends (the library had gotten bigger) but what he really needed was furniture.
He also needed to go back to his other accommodation every three days, which was a nuisance, but one he could put up with for a six-hour rest before returning.
[ooc: The Hotel is sort-of stuck between sectors. It’s accessible from all five sectors, but someone entering from one sector will, at this stage, only be able to exit onto the same sector. Information about the Hotel can be found here. Feel free to ask questions in that post; just identify them as OOC. Please note that if you’d like your characters to have an argument, even a verbal one, because Anton will get involved.]
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It was probably for the best that at least one of Ryder's parents had a good grasp of cooking. Raine glanced back toward the turtle under the table. He'd been quiet, and that wasn't always the best of signs with curious children, but for the moment he still seemed content enough to watch them.
She'd tell him he'd been right later.
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