all at once the winter's here —

[happyheartsstaff]

all the lochs are frozen over

SNOW FUN

11/11 - 11/15

By the middle of the second week of November, the winter snow has spread out from the Pool of Tears and into the rest of the hotel. It falls gracefully in the hallways, the bar, the restaurants, even the nightclub and the gym. There's a gentle chill in the air, though there never seems to be more than a faint dusting of snow on the floor and it doesn't gather on the furniture.

The lobby quickly becomes a different story. Here, the snow begins to stick, and hotel staff can be seen piling it up in some kind of structures.

"Snow forts!" they will exclaim excitedly, and do their best to get any curious Oysters to help or make their own.

Shoes and foot coverings are still not available other than the ice skates in the pool area, but any Oysters who participate will find that the snow feels soft and fluffy beneath their bare feet, not cold at all.

Before long, multiple snow forts have been built in the lobby. It is then that hotel staff will start a game of capture the flag. Oysters will be encouraged to join one of the two teams and either try to sneak into the opposing side's heavily guarded forts to steal their flag, or guard the forts of their own team.

The game will span multiple days, and all Oysyers who join in the fun for any of it will receive a special reward!

HOW ABOUT A CUP OF TEA

11/12 - 11/23

If you can avoid all the commotion in the lobby to get to them, there are a few cozy spots tucked away that certainly weren't there before. Fire places have sprouted up in these, and though no one ever seems to tend to them, there's always a fire crackling merrily away. The fires seem to change colors, and will never be the same color twice.

"Of course it changes colors," hotel staff will scoff if asked. "Next you'll ask how it knows what it knows."

If pressed further, the staff member will share a Wonderland legend about the fire. Anyone who burns something in it and asks it a question will get an answer in the form of a glimpse of the future or a truth of the past.

Sofas, arm chairs, and bean bags are scattered around the fire places, with small tables covered with snacks and hot teas between them. Bookcases have also sprung up here, filled with fiction stories from all different worlds. Except, of course, for anything related to Alice in Wonderland.

BABY IT'S COLD IN HERE

11/24 - 11/ 30

In the final days of November, the novelty of the snow seems to wear thin. The uniforms of the hotel staff change, all of them now wearing coats, hats, and gloves even on duty. Whatever it was that kept Oysters' feet from freezing in the snow begins to fade. The air shifts from crisp and clean to cold and sterile, sinking deep into the bones of anyone who stays out in it too long.

Oysters will find some relief in their rooms, as the snow still doesn’t fall there, and the chill in the air is more bearable. It will drop lower at "night," and Oysters will find it harder to ward off the cold. Unless, of course, they happen to be one of those lucky enough to have someone to keep them warm at night.

Hotel staff won't admit to seeing a problem with this, when asked. Surely this is the perfect time to find that special someone, or discover the benefits of platonic cuddling! Why not try it in front of the fire, first, it does wonders to combat the cold in the hotel lobby!

Of course, their first recommendation is always going to be to enjoy a lovely cup of tea.

If you have any questions, please leave them over here! All characters who participate in the game of capture the flag will receive an item from home (which must follow the same rules as the AC reward) and a superpower tea of the player's choosing. This can be one of the character's own abilities, but it will not be permanent. Any character who chooses to burn something in the fire will be able to see a scene from their future or past. The future scene could be one from further in their canon, or could be a potential future either in canon or at the hotel (feel free to make this up!). The scene from their past can be any scene from their past. Anyone in the vicinity of the fire will be able to see either of these.

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Comments

[eternalgrief]

"True," Huaisang says and even in his home his guard had always been up so it is not particularly a new state of existence to him but there's even less of a safety net here and he must depend on others once more.

"It could be worse."

Famous last words.

[lucklessgege]

Xie Lian laughs softly, "That is definitely true." He has had many harder days on his own world. After 800 years he has learned that those trials are what inevitably make a person stronger.

He picks up the glass from the table next to him, "I hope that there are no worse days here and we can all enjoy a little peace and return home soon." As if making that a toast to the future, he lifts the glass to his lips and sips at the tea.

[eternalgrief]

Huaisang smiles slightly at the idea of there being no worse days here. He supposes it is possible and there is nothing wrong with a little hope so he raises a glass as well. He takes a sip and is quiet for a little while after that.

"What is your home like?"

[lucklessgege]

"My actual home is a little rundown shrine that is very unlike this place. My home world is..complicated." Even more so then he ever realized with the way the gods have been behaving. He had no idea that there was so much corruption in a place that should have been sacred..But he finds being able to describe that place to be difficult without revealing much about the heavens.

He looks over, "How would you describe your own home?"

[eternalgrief]

"How is it complicated?" Huaisang asks curiously. How interesting to contemplate what other worlds were like -- since being here it is clear that how is own is it far from the only way.

"It's more simple than this place. We do not have all this technology. There are sects and cultivation is revered there."

[lucklessgege]

"Ah, you must be from a place similar to the others I have met here. I am also a cultivator. My world doesn't have this technology either."

Xie Lian looks into the fire as he thinks about how to describe it. "There are gods and ghost kings that are often at odds with one another. The Heavens are not always as pure as one would believe and the ghosts are not all that bad. But as gods, it is our job to hear prayers and do what we can to help."

[eternalgrief]

Huaisang listens curiously. Their worlds sound similar certainly but not identical it seems.

"Gods and ghost kings, hm," he says thoughtfully. "You are a god?"

[lucklessgege]

"Ah..well..Yes but I don't really have any spiritual power of my own. Mine is a very complicated history. I ascended for the first time over 800 years ago." Of course none of them have any powers in this place.

"We aren't supposed to mention that but it really doesn't seem to matter much here."

[eternalgrief]

Huaisang is curious about it all and he relaxes more as he studies the other. He doesn’t think he looks particularly out of the ordinary.

“It sounds as if you have an interesting story.”

[lucklessgege]

"It's really not that exciting. Perhaps the beginning of the story and the end..but there was a lot in the middle that is quite dull." Known as the scrap god because he spent so much of his lifetime just collecting scraps and trading them in order to get by. But that is how he wanted to spend his 2nd drop from heaven. Had asked for it.

"I was the crown prince of Xianle and I ascended the first time when I was 17. But I was thrown out of heaven when I came back to the mortal world to try and save my kingdom from being destroyed." of which he failed...