[Midnight Hotel] June catch-all

[gistful]

Characters: Anyone, everyone.
Date: Month of JUNE, 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!

After Rey and Kylo’s fight, and subsequent ejection from the Hotel, the Hotel is undergoing some repairs for the first part of the month. Although the clean-up happened well before June begins, the stairs and some of the furniture in particular needs some replacing. As a result, sitting areas in the lobby are a bit of a commodity this month and traffic upstairs is funnelled through the common-room staircase (which has the same magical conveniences as the main stairs, for those who need the stairs to not be stairs).

The wards are also being checked and fine-tuned, though Anton mostly does those after hours; even still, night owls will have some brief opportunities to see the arrays of multi-directional sigils in the walls which dictate the Hotel’s workings.

Anton is taking this opportunity to have a second console system installed beside the first; there is a partition between them, but they’re still generally open to the lobby. A small team of Metalworkers can thus be seen around the Hotel for the month, as they’re taking their time and using the opportunity to see whether they can figure out the undetermined error showing up in a handful of other consoles.

There are one or two instances of gang-members boasting about their new roles, which causes a few disagreements about authority; but for the most part these are smoothed over easily. In general, there’s fewer non-patrons lingering around the Hotel this month – though by no means is it empty – simply because many of them are also using the facilities offered by Dara Deis shelter. Especially because of the repairs, it’s easier to shift for a while.

Luckily, the kitchen was undamaged, so the restaurant will continue to be open in the evenings as usual!

[ooc: The Midnight Hotel’s status page is available here, with the rules at the top. 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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Common Room | OTA

[drinkuntilidie]

Since Kevas arrived on the turtle he heard talk of this Midnight Hotel. So far all the gossip he picked up only had good things to say. Word of mouth wasn't a bad way to grab some leads, but he preferred to see things with his own two eyes before making a decision. Especially it was about a place he might live in for a time.

It was early afternoon when the troll arrived. He figured it might be busier around this time. That would give him the chance to scope out the people and the goings on in the building. On the outside it didn't look too special but when he stepped inside by all the construction happening. Something big happened here before he arrived. He felt somewhat disappointed that he missed it. Whatever happened it looked like it had been a fun time.

Moving through the lobby, he came to a stop in the common room. He knew this wasn't a great place for him to blend in. Outside he had no problem. Plenty of people on the streets looked just as strange as him, if shorter. In the hotel he stuck out like a giant blue sore thumb. So the troll did what he could. Kevas picked a spot with the best view of the exits and tried to look as non-threatening as possible.

[gistful]

The construction was being led by a man in a subtly purple suit, dressed down to his waistcoat and with his sleeves rolled up. Despite the tailoring, he didn't have the look of a nobleman; the familiarity with how he planed and polished timber said that. He dressed well, but worked like a labourer.

Anton noticed Kevas coming in. A lot of people noticed Kevas coming in. He was a bit more unusual than usual, but since most patrons were kedan themselves they were used to tusks and tentacles. It was the height that got him some appraising looks, more than anything. And the vibrancy of the blue. Anton mostly noticed Kevas at first because he saw some kedanese chidren by the kitchen door giggling as their skin changed hues, trying to copy the look.

He didn't go over right away, but finished what he was doing--aligning one of the new balustrades to his satisfaction--before pausing for a drink (of water). Then he moved toward where Kevas was seated. Anton was a tall man--6'6--and he wasn't the tallest in the Hotel; but Kevas surpassed even Klaus.

"Welcome to the Midnight Hotel," he said with a bow. "I am Anton Shudder, the proprietor. Are you looking for a room?"

Hm. He might have trouble fitting into a bed.

[drinkuntilidie]

He knew keeping a low profile was all but impossible in the place. At his height Kevas towered over everything and everyone. It cast an imposing presence even when he tried to be as nonthreatening as possible.

Any looks Kevas got went ignored. The children only received exasperated looks which only made their giggling grow louder. He just wanted to get a sense of the place. It wasn't until Anton actually approached him that Kevas rose and spoke. The bow got a strange look though. Kevas wasn't used to people bowing to him, unless it was meant to mock. This guy didn't seem that type. He sort of reminded Kevas of a butler.

"Maybe. Maybe not," Kevas answered with a shrug of his shoulders.

"I been hearin' word of dis place since I got here, but I rather be seein' things with my own eyes. Wanted to know if dis place be for real."

[gistful]

Anton had to look up unnervingly far. For a moment he felt a pang of doubt--only because the last person to whom he'd had to look up this far was Mevolent, and that wasn't a good memory for various and sundry reasons.

But Kevas had done nothing, and the fact he stayed out of the way told Anton that he was trying not to be intimidating. Anton could relate to that. Irishmen in his birth century had thought he was a giant.

"Realities ought to mesh, if there's to be much in the way of harmony," Anton agreed with a straight face. He had a sort of deadpanness which made it difficult to tell if he was being literal or not. "If you've any questions, I can tell you whether the reality you need is present here."

[drinkuntilidie]

The height helped a lot when he dealt with smaller races. It was easier to be intimidating when you towered over someone. Of course the disadvantage to that was people often thought he was intimidating even when he didn't want to be.

"Meh, I ain't be too concerned about harmony." This guy's face was so blank Kevas couldn't begin to tell what Anton was thinking. Of course that didn't concern him too much. He just needed to make sure he didn't offend enough to get kicked out.

"Been hearin' lots of rumors, like dis place be some kind of haven for Foreigners or it be da safest place in da city. One excited little mon told me it be da portal to another world." Kevas grinned.

"Really be hopin' dat last one be true but I ain't countin' on it."