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!
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Whether or not Reiju realizes this, she has no objections. A drink is just as good for doing something else concurrently.]
Is that what you want? Then we can go there.
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[ . . . ]
Now, I just need to remember where exactly I'd seen it...
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We're not in a rush. Let's look leisurely.
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Oh! Hah, that's... True. I suppose I'm just used to briskly walking everywhere.
[ cannot emphasize enough how much being an innkeeper has been her entire identity since she became an adult.
Sumina, who full well looks as if she was about to blast off into space by power-walking... decides to walk at a leisurely pace. This is a new experience. ]
You seem properly relaxed, Miss Reiju. That's good.
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Sumina is just raring to get things done, but it's good to see that she knows how to take it slowly.]
I'm used to relaxing between jobs, and that's what this place is for. You look like you're starting to relax, too.
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[ Why does she look embarrassed to be caught in 4K HD relaxing at a hotel... ]
Well, I suppose my family and a few people here might be relieved to hear that assessment being made of me... By the way, Miss Reiju, what are your jobs like?
[ "Relaxing between jobs" sounds like a freelancing type of lifestyle! ]
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I'm a mercenary. I'll eliminate any target, provided the pay is sufficient.
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Ah, so... An assassin, to be precise?
[ She's been making smalltalk and spending time with an assassin, which means this is a day that ends in y for Sumina Heartleaf. ]
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[She can run other objectives, but that's the simplest label at the end of the day.]
Did you come here with someone you know?
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[ She doesn't know Winter is here yet! Besides, even if she knew, it's not as if the two of them decided to come here together. ]
How about you, Miss Reiju?
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[The world—worlds—are just that vast.]
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[ Wait. Squints a little. Maybe she can transform into a mermaid? No, that's a different pink-haired girl here... ]
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There's land, of course. But I come from a maritime nation, where the sea is always around us.
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[ She chuckles a bit sheepishly. ]
The Astral Sea doesn't really count, haha. I suppose the ocean must play a big role in all of your nation's affairs, huh?
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It does. I'm curious, though: what's the Astral Sea?
fml my italics in that last tag IM SORRY
[ ...it's ye olde fantasy outer space. ]
how dare those italics do you wrong 🔥
A starry sea . . . That sounds sort of like this place.
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It does, doesn't it? Actually, I've been quite shocked to see how much this place has in common with my home, and how much it differs, too.
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[She mentioned that it was chaotic, but that she could adjust still. That's a little different from sticking it out for whatever reason.]
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...I suppose I wouldn't. I'm a bit... skeptical, of their promise of a wish, but if I can stay here long enough to learn plenty and be able to go home with much more knowledge than I came here with even without a wish... I think that would be enough.
And how about yourself? And would you... miss your home?
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Or maybe not.]
No. [If she was going to miss anything, she cried it out years ago. No more of that now.] Because I know I'll be going back.
But there's something I also want to learn.
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[ She raises a good point. Perhaps Sumina will rely on that thought in the days to come, when she misses the inn. She'll be back at some point, surely. But to what Reiju says next, well, she can't help her curiosity. ]
What is it that you'd like to learn here?
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[Simple and honest, to a point. Her thoughts are a nest of questions and contemplations, and the hotel has nothing but time for her to sort them out. Who knows if she'll ever have an answer.]
What about you?
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I don't know yet, either.
[ And it's a bit... comforting to know that she's not the only one. ]
Maybe you and I can help each other discover what that something is, then, Miss Reiju.
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As for the transaction, it's fair enough that she nods, her own intentions aside.]
Maybe so.
[She has her doubts, but there's a reason she's here. She looks away, turning her gaze to their surroundings again.]
Now, let's find those drinks.