Test Drive #001

[caelumstaff]

TEST DRIVE MEME number 001 MAGNETS. Today as the many residents of Hotel Caelum wake, they will hear an announcement come over the PA system from the familiar voice of Mr Bennet. "Quite unfortunate, quite unfortunate," says the voice before clearing his throat. "We're having a bit of an issue today with the hotel. Something about the ions, I think. I'm not quite up on the science of it all but please pardon the interruption to your day. Feel free to come by the front desk for a coupon for any meal of your choice from our cafeteria as an apology." That's all the announcement says and soon enough, the residents will find out what exactly Mr Bennet means. Each resident's hands have now become magnetized, with each hand coinciding with the north or south pole of a magnet. They will find themselves drawn to other residents with their hands becoming attached to each other if they end up in each other's proximity. Whoops. The magnetization can be strong enough to draw in people from across the room to as weak as only drawing people in who are only a few inches away (up to player preference). Be careful of crowds though because with enough people around each other, there might be a pile up of people sticking together. You have two hands, after all. This will last for about a day until gradually fading out around the next morning. CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST. One morning, before the ninjas, after the magnets, residents will find themselves heading down for their usual breakfast when the sound of a soft bell rings through the restaurant. Then, with quite a bit of force, residents will find themselves shoved down into a seat across from another resident. On the plate in front of them is a note: SHARE THREE THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF That's all it says but residents will find they are unable to leave their chair until they do as the note says. Once they do, they're able to get up and go about their day — unless, of course, they're shoved into another chair. This will continue until a bell rings again at eleven am, signaling the end of the continental breakfast. NINJAS. A few days after the magnet incident, another announcement will come over the PA system. "Sorry, sorry," says the familiar voice once again. "Our security system is broken today. We'll be fixing it post haste. Do be careful, and let a staff member know if any medical attention is required." ... Medical attention? Soon afterwards, no matter where your character finds themselves in the hotel, they'll hear the crash of a window being broken and in swings a ninja, barreling forward quickly and ready to attack. Hopefully you're in fighting spirit, huh? The ninjas seem to only have the goal of attacking the strongest looking person in the area. After being defeated, their bodies will disappear into a cloud of black smoke. For those who aren't in fighting form, they will be able to find safe haven in one of the hotel restaurants where the windows have been boarded up and the staff is serving tea. It seems to be an anti-ninja zone, somehow. This too will last about a day before the ninja presence is slowly eradicated from the hotel. NETWORK. The hotel has a communal server! Think something like a discord server. Characters will have phones and/or laptops that can access it upon arrival. Mr Bennet has even posted an ice breaker question. CHANNEL: #general DISPLAY NAME: Mr Bennet 😄 If you could pick someone in the hotel to kill, who would it be and why? Mr Bennet, what the fuck. WILDCARD. Feel free to make up your own prompt and play with the setting as well. This is a test drive meme, so any part of the hotel is up for grabs. Please review our locations page to get a feel for what your characters might be able to find at Hotel Caelum! Thank you! NOTE: If you play on this TDM and don't have an invite to the game, just message the mod account and I'll give you one! For the initial open of the game, things will be pretty open in terms of invites. Reserves are open! Applications open 10/8 and game opens 10/15! NAV | PREMISE | RULES | FAQ | TAKEN hotelcaelum | caelumserver | caelumooc

Comments

[venomnom]

A. Magnets

[Her expression deepens without reaching her eyes at the mention of science. But she's curious enough about the meals that she drops by to pick up a coupon when she finds her hand slowly inching toward someone else's until the backs of their hands touch. She looks up from the front desk with a smile.]

Hello. I'm sorry, but there seems to be some trouble with the ions today.

[Her skin is tough—hard, even.]

B. Continental breakfast

[This is hardly breakfast, but she supposes she's going to be fed in other ways. Reiju leans back in her seat, grinning.]

It looks like we won't be able to leave until we do as we've been told. Shall I go first? I'm Poison Pink.

C. Network

CHANNEL: #general
DISPLAY NAME: 0

What a forward question.

[Maybe she likes that in a mister.]

B

[icyspicy]

[ Well, he could certainly find himself sitting across from worse company. He's happy to settle in and chat, even if he was forced into it. ]

Is that your real name?

[ Asks the man named after a season. ]

[venomnom]

It's real.

[There's a playful edge to her tone. A name is a name, given or not.]

But you can call me Reiju. Now that you know two of my names, do I get to hear yours?

[icyspicy]

Winter. I only have the one, I'm afraid.

[ Not even a surname to go with it. Ah, well. ]

Pleased to meet you.

[venomnom]

That's fine.

[She accepts him, absence of surname and all.]

Nice to meet you. If you don't mind my asking for this exercise, where do you come from?

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[messianic]

[Well. This may as well happen. Minato looks down at their hands, blinks at how... tough and hard her skin is, and then decides it's probably a rude thing to say to a pretty lady.

Like maybe it's just... her skin care routine? He doesn't know!]

... Ions? What do you mean?

[venomnom]

[Oh, he's looking. How cute. He must not be used to skin whose texture resembles metal more than flesh.]

You heard the concierge, right? The hotel is experiencing inconveniences, and so soon.

[messianic]

Oh. Right.

[With everything going on, he was only half listening.]

I guess I don't really see how it has anything to do with ions.

[....]

Those have something to do with molecules and stuff, right?

[venomnom]

Yes, something like that.

[She gives her hand an experimental tug. The force attracting them is strong and she leaves it at that.]

Have you received your coupon yet?

b

[astarion]

[Hells, well. Seems that being plunked down in front of a stranger and forced to share details about one's life is just going to be par the course today. At least Astarion is nursing something a deep wine-colored red in a glass. He doesn't seem to care if it's not the usual breakfast standard, and the repetition of this little task has dulled his initial annoyance by small degrees.]

Well, I can see where the pink comes from. But what of the "poison"?

[venomnom]

[By now she has a cup of tea to go along with this little exercise of theirs. She doesn't yet drink from it, though. Her eyes are on Astarion, taking in what she can from a look, as she rests her jaw on a hand.]

It happens to be a favorite of mine. I'm a poison specialist.

[astarion]

[Well, he's a pointy-eared foppish fellow, pale-complexioned with red eyes and ashen-colored hair. Strange in its own right to some, perhaps. But between the two of them, they make for an interesting sight.]

Oh? In terms of... composition or application?

[venomnom]

[A specimen, to be sure. Reiju curls her fingers around a cheek and licks her lower lip.]

Application . . . and ingestion.

c; un: satorumon

[unliminal]

Well???
What's the answer?

[venomnom]

That depends on who's asking.

[unliminal]

Duh, didn't you see the username?
It's Satorumon

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[airdnd]

[ Sumina has also been at the front desk, not to pick up a coupon but probably trying to pester Mr Bennet about the hotel, to take notes for her own inn........

But. Oh. This is unexpected! ]

Oh. No, ma'am, I think I might be at fault here, too?

[ Maybe??? She has no idea what ions are. But it feels like it's also her fault, when her hand had also felt the pull. ]

This is because of the ions...?

[venomnom]

[Oh, how polite.]

Maybe. [She flexes her hand toward the inside of her wrist. It doesn't dislodge them from each other, though she isn't trying to.] If so, I'd say that neither of us is at fault.

[airdnd]

[ That's her!! ]

That's fair... Though maybe today would have been a good day to stay in our rooms, wouldn't it?

[ if only she understood ions.. ]

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[reinherits]

[hikari sits with the straight posture of someone both with proper manners ingrained in them but. also who has never done icebreakers in his life and it shows.

there is a moment where he wonders what kind of name poison pink is but he doesn't voice this out loud.]

... Hikari.

[venomnom]

[Sweet summer child. He's so stiff, but the sophistication of his posture betrays more than his awkwardness. Reiju is more languid in comparison.]

Nice to meet you. You must be a man of few words.

[reinherits]

[with a light dip of his head,]

Apologies, I did not mean to seem taciturn. [though his tone is still polite, formal.] It's nice to meet you as well, Poison Pink.

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[piglike]

A pleasure to meet you, Poison Pink.

I suppose that makes me Bloody Reina.

[because they're clearly exchanging nicknames they've gathered that aren't their real names right? she can play along. she's hip.]

[venomnom]

[So hip. Reiju nods—it's a pleasure, yes.]

That's quite the name you've made for yourself.

[piglike]

Other people may address me as they wish.

[nicknames and monikers are small things that cannot hurt her]

But I could say the same to you. Do you dabble in poisons?