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tushanshu_logs2016-02-03 03:04 pm
gistful) wrote in tushanshu_logs2016-02-03 03:04 pm
[Midnight Hotel] February catch-all
Characters: Anyone, everyone.
Date: Month of February, 2016 (2017 in-game).
Location: The Midnight Hotel.
Situation: Catch-all post! Feel free to use this post for anything that happens within the Midnight Hotel during the month, using the subject header to label specific rooms or for specific people. See also the OOC note at the bottom.
Warnings/Rating: Mark your threads if content warnings become applicable, please!
This month the Hotel’s wards are back up to snuff, thanks to the fog being blown off. Notably, the main doors open into all sectors once more – which is a relief to anyone who made a habit of using the Hotel for a shortcut. As always, the windows and garage doors still only open into Central.
There’s a sizeable flow of traffic in and out, mostly due to visitors from Hatal and their curiosity. Apparently it’s gotten around that the Hotel is magical and a common location for Foreigners and odd things, and as a result there’s a bit of a ‘tourist’ feel in the Hotel this month. Foreigners may find themselves being treated as novelties and asked to do magic, even if they aren't magical. The igheeri seem mostly interested in critiquing the architecture (for which they are too tall) and the sinayg can be found trying to listen to the magic in the walls (the exact sound of which is apparently a subject of hot debate), while the muin just seem to want to immerse themselves in the ‘culture’.
About mid-month Anton will toss out and ban a group of five Jagaiz fighters, to the surprise of no one who’s seen them for more than five minutes. They’re all the sort which are good enough at fighting to think they’re the best even though none of them are champions; low-grade braggers and bullies, essentially. Other, politer Jagaiz fighters who visit, if asked, will confirm that their lot isn’t particularly well-liked and their means of gaining sponsorship is a bit suspect.
None of the five suffer more than a few broken bones (and a concussion), and the loss of a few cheap items they forfeited by being forcibly shown the door.
Otherwise, for the observant, much of the furniture has been ‘labelled’ with small English or Chinese engravings in unobtrusive places – courtesy of River. Visitors from Hatal apparently find this ‘culture’ of naming possessions ‘delightful’. In other news, there’s a new kedan by the name of Dardul permanently residing at the Hotel. He’s a bit vacant with obvious memory issues, and is liable to forget people who talk to him; he’s regularly visited by Milyn and is under the care of another permanent resident, Malcil, who seems to prefer not to talk much with strangers himself.
In other other news, Anton can be seen wearing a colourful party hat all day on the 7th of the month, with bonus party tooter in his jacket pocket which he will absolutely use to greet Erskine every time they talk (while wearing a very bland expression).
[ooc: The Midnight Hotel’s status page is available here, with the rules at the top and ongoing status at the bottom. PLEASE POST TO THE STATUS PAGE IF YOUR CHARACTER WOULD LIKE A ROOM, JOB OR AREA IN THE GARAGE, OR ARE MOVING OUT. Anton will manufacture means of payment until Foreigners are able to properly offer recompense or choose to move out.]
Date: Month of February, 2016 (2017 in-game).
Location: The Midnight Hotel.
Situation: Catch-all post! Feel free to use this post for anything that happens within the Midnight Hotel during the month, using the subject header to label specific rooms or for specific people. See also the OOC note at the bottom.
Warnings/Rating: Mark your threads if content warnings become applicable, please!
This month the Hotel’s wards are back up to snuff, thanks to the fog being blown off. Notably, the main doors open into all sectors once more – which is a relief to anyone who made a habit of using the Hotel for a shortcut. As always, the windows and garage doors still only open into Central.
There’s a sizeable flow of traffic in and out, mostly due to visitors from Hatal and their curiosity. Apparently it’s gotten around that the Hotel is magical and a common location for Foreigners and odd things, and as a result there’s a bit of a ‘tourist’ feel in the Hotel this month. Foreigners may find themselves being treated as novelties and asked to do magic, even if they aren't magical. The igheeri seem mostly interested in critiquing the architecture (for which they are too tall) and the sinayg can be found trying to listen to the magic in the walls (the exact sound of which is apparently a subject of hot debate), while the muin just seem to want to immerse themselves in the ‘culture’.
About mid-month Anton will toss out and ban a group of five Jagaiz fighters, to the surprise of no one who’s seen them for more than five minutes. They’re all the sort which are good enough at fighting to think they’re the best even though none of them are champions; low-grade braggers and bullies, essentially. Other, politer Jagaiz fighters who visit, if asked, will confirm that their lot isn’t particularly well-liked and their means of gaining sponsorship is a bit suspect.
None of the five suffer more than a few broken bones (and a concussion), and the loss of a few cheap items they forfeited by being forcibly shown the door.
Otherwise, for the observant, much of the furniture has been ‘labelled’ with small English or Chinese engravings in unobtrusive places – courtesy of River. Visitors from Hatal apparently find this ‘culture’ of naming possessions ‘delightful’. In other news, there’s a new kedan by the name of Dardul permanently residing at the Hotel. He’s a bit vacant with obvious memory issues, and is liable to forget people who talk to him; he’s regularly visited by Milyn and is under the care of another permanent resident, Malcil, who seems to prefer not to talk much with strangers himself.
In other other news, Anton can be seen wearing a colourful party hat all day on the 7th of the month, with bonus party tooter in his jacket pocket which he will absolutely use to greet Erskine every time they talk (while wearing a very bland expression).
[ooc: The Midnight Hotel’s status page is available here, with the rules at the top and ongoing status at the bottom. PLEASE POST TO THE STATUS PAGE IF YOUR CHARACTER WOULD LIKE A ROOM, JOB OR AREA IN THE GARAGE, OR ARE MOVING OUT. Anton will manufacture means of payment until Foreigners are able to properly offer recompense or choose to move out.]
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I am he; Anton Shudder. You are River's brother, yes? I saw on the network there may be some doubts, but as River quite happily changed rooms I daresay she knows best.
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This is what the Hotel is for.
[Business exchanges aside, but that was as much for his Foreigner patrons' sense of pride as anything else. Most people were conditioned against charity. But Anton studies Simon for a moment, wondering if he knows about his sister's state--surely if he does--wondering if he knows what it is.
[So he begins carefully.]
River has some special gifts.
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Yes, she does- she's a very intelligent, gifted girl.
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I take it talents such as hers aren't common in your world, then?
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Simon stuck the tip of one finger in his mouth and bit down, a nervous habit.]
No- so I admit I have had trouble figuring out how to help her cope with them in the past.
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[It wasn't quite the same -- Hopeless had been a mind-reader, not prescient, but he hadn't been able to block the thoughts of others. Having a constant influx of outside knowledge was similar enough, regardless of details.]
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I would like to hear what you've got in mind, please. Anything to help River... she is very dear to me, and I would like to ease her mind.
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Hopeless used to meditate frequently, and when things grew to be too much, he often relied upon verbal focusses--speaking prayers or hymns to focus on those instead of what he heard otherwise. Does River have any such aids?
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I would never have thought of that, to be honest with you. I've been focusing on the medical side- using drug treatments, mostly- since that is what I know best. But that may not always be possible here.
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[He smiles slightly.]
Such as labelling the furniture, for instance.
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That does sound like something she would do... helping to put things in order, to familiarize them in her mind. You're right, though- she has developed some of her own coping mechanisms. She just needs help developing them further and discovering more. I do not want to have to rely on drugs here if I can, if they may be in short supply.
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[What Anton knows about drugs is that Hopeless spent five years addicted to opium and centuries battling that particular issue on and off. He finds the way Simon throws the word around as if it's a casual answer unsettling.]
I do have some various herbal teas which help with sleep or restlessness or anxieties, if those are states with which she has some issue.
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[He nodded.]
She does have trouble sleeping quite often... bad dreams definitely do not help with that. I'm willing to try anything. I... I just want her to be well.
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These will at least help with sleeping. I do not meditate myself, but I have a friend who does; perhaps he can teach her, if she does not already know herself. Otherwise, the fact she has some management techniques may mean she is already managing as best as she could be.
[A psychologist, Anton is not. That's what Hopeless had been for. But he does look up at Simon, regarding him thoughtfully, and suspecting that it may be Simon who has more trouble coping than River does. Oddities aside, River seems to have a fairly good handle on what she knows.]
Have you spoken much to anyone?
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[Simon tilted his head.]
Spoken to anyone about what?
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[Simply.]
My friend--Hopeless--was very interested in the workings of the human mind. He always told us that there was usually more than one person affected by a single person's difficulties.
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Since she can read people so well, would she not understand that you need some degree of process in your own emotions, even without her being a burden?
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[Sorry, Simon. Anton has recently discovered his brothers have done some indescribably stupid things in the name of 'not telling people who care that help is needed'. He has some Feelings on the matter.]
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... Truthfully, I do worry that I am not doing enough to help her. Or if I do... that there will come a day she doesn't need me any more. She is my life right now, my main purpose.
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[Gravely, if thoughtfully. Anton's experienced that, himself.]
But consider--is it not your duty as her brother to see her able to care for herself in a way that doesn't depend solely on you? It doesn't mean that she won't need you--but it will mean she has the capacity not to break if you were gone.
[There is a hypocrisy there which Anton chooses to staunchly ignore.]