[i want to say seb as missile is cute btw. this is the mod saying so, not aquarius themselves.]
I can absolutely do worse. [but they shrug!] The hotel sometimes does whatever it wants for the sake of "entertainment." Push people, that sort of thing. You didn't experience anything like this, did you?
Sure. Hold on a sec...[they will dig into their pockets for a moment before pulling out papers to hand to sebastian.
it's his contract. as he reads it, the words sound familiar, like he's read them before; additionally, the signature at the bottom matches his own perfectly. he will know instinctively that this is the contract that he signed, and that he is bound by its terms.]
This is a contract between Sebastian Debeste, hereafter referred to as "the Player," and the Nightman, hereafter referred to as "the Host". By signing this contract, both parties agree to and are bound by its terms.
GENERAL INFORMATION. The term of this Agreement shall begin upon signature. The Player shall check in as a guest of the Starlight Hotel, and the agreement shall continue through its termination date of approximately eight weeks later when the Player checks out, should they survive their stay. During this time, the Player shall provide entertainment to the Host by participating in murder trials, casting votes for a culprit, attending executions, and engaging in a variety of weekly activities. The Player consents to any scenario which will make observing their stay more entertaining for the Host.
Someone of importance to the Player, hereafter referred to as "the Hostage," has been obtained by the Host to be held in captivity and will remain so even if this contract is not signed. By signing this contract, the Player agrees to register as a guest of the Starlight Hotel in exchange for the chance to gain custody of their Hostage. Should sufficient entertainment be provided, the Hostage will be set free and returned in a satisfactory manner regardless of the state of their mortality and vitality.
During the course of the Player's stay, the Host will be largely unavailable but will be aware of all ongoings within the hotel to accurately gauge the level of entertainment provided. The Host has authorized eight individuals, hereafter referred to as "Hotel Staff," to act on his behalf. Questions, concerns, and complaints must be directed to Hotel Staff. Directives from Hotel Staff should be honored in the same manner as the Host’s directives.
HOTEL STAFF. Hotel Staff can be identified by the Starlight Hotel uniforms and answer to the names "Aquarius," "Aquila," "Cetus," "Gemini," "Lepus," "Orion," "Virgo," and "Vulpecula". Hotel Staff will be authorized to make deals with the Player for additional incentives or introduce new rules for the purposes of entertainment; however, they may not void the terms of this contract.
ENTERTAINMENT. Any Player who is alive* and in the Lobby of the Starlight Hotel to check out at the termination date of this contract will be considered to have sufficiently fulfilled the terms outlined. The Player and their Hostage will be freed as per the above terms.
Any Player who is not alive and/or is unable to return to the Lobby of the Starlight Hotel to check out at the termination date of this contract will be considered to have failed to sufficiently fulfill the terms outlined, and their life and the life of their Hostage will be forfeit.
To sufficiently fulfill this agreement, the Player must provide entertainment for the entire duration of their stay.
An exception to the above clause is as follows: if a Player commits a murder of another Player, their Hostage will be released in a satisfactory manner at the termination date regardless of the Player’s survival. As the Host's preference for entertainment is murder, those who provide this form of entertainment will find that the Host will honor these terms even if a Player is found guilty by trial or removed from the game by another Player later.
Additionally, the Host will be unable to harm, kidnap, imprison or otherwise interact with any Player or Hostage who has been released at any point in the future, except to send them to whichever world they wish to go to once their stay at the Starlight Hotel has concluded.
*For the purposes of this contract, alive is taken to mean in the same general physical condition as their arrival (with an allowance made for injuries sustained over the course of their stay); undead Players will be considered "alive" provided that the nature of their undeath is identical to how it was when they arrived.
ENTERTAINMENT, CONTINUED. Should a Player murder to ensure the safety of a Hostage, only the Hostage corresponding with that Player will be protected by these terms. Players may not commit murders to ensure the safety of another Player's Hostage.
The Player who strikes the killing blow will be considered to have committed a murder, and thus only their Hostage will be spared. Acting as an accomplice to someone else's murder will not free your Hostage. Appropriate compensation will be rewarded for your assistance which may prove to your benefit.
The following acts of murder do not fall under entertainment:
✦ Excessive murder by a singular party. ✧ Murder of all other guests by a singular party or a coordinated group. ✦ Suicide with the explicit intent to save the Hostage. ✧ Murder of a member of Hotel Staff.
A Player is not barred from taking part in a murder more than once should they have a legitimate reason to do so. However, any and all attempts to eliminate a mass amount of Players at once will be considered an attempt of early termination and thus will be considered a breach of contract.
Failure at limitation will result in permanent erasure.
BREACH OF CONTRACT. Should the Player fail to fulfill the terms of this contract, the lives of both the Player and the Hostage will be forfeit to the Host. This includes but is not limited to failing to cast a vote, refusing to participate in murder trials, refusing to watch the executions, deliberately abstaining from weekly activities, divulging information that they have been instructed to keep secret, attempting to end their stay at the Starlight Hotel early, or encouraging other Players to breach their contract. For more information about what may constitute a breach of contract, speak with Hotel Staff.
SUMMARY. By this contract, the Player agrees to provide entertainment to the Host, by following schedule in exchange for the life and safety of the Player's hostage.
This agreement is binding, and failure to meet its terms will allow the Host to take the life of both the Player and the Hostage.
[ he stands there reading this for a very long time. ]
It... it doesn't actually say that whoever we vote for has to be executed, though? I-I don't think?
[ god if only he could ctrl+F with his brain ]
I know it says attending executions is part of it, but... um... [ skimming through this again... ] I don't see where it says how many are required, and it doesn't... it doesn't actually link that to the casting a vote part...? Does it?
A-as someone who passed the bar exam with flying colors, I'm pretty sure we could make a legal argument that per the terms of our contract, we didn't have to... have to execute Clementine for that...
I think the problem is that if you don't execute someone, you're all in breach of your contract. And if you don't execute the person who you voted for, you're executing someone innocent and that doesn't make sense.
But... it doesn't even clearly say that we have to choose someone to execute every week, does it? Just that we have to go the execution whenever there is one! So I don't think looking for an alternative sentence for this one case without a dead victim would have been a breach!
[ not that it... matters much now, unless the coming-back-from-the-dead thing becomes the norm... which is depressing... ]
No, but you do have to cast a vote and the voting system is built in with an execution in mind. Just because Cloud came back this one time doesn't change the way the contract is outlined. Death doesn't work that way. I'm sorry.
Yeah, but it doesn't es... ex...plicitly say that in the contract, and you can't just say something's in there when it isn't! People find loopholes like that in stuff all the time! That's why so many rich people don't pay taxes!
[ ugh. he can tell he's not getting anywhere with this, and he doesn't want to push too far and get into an even worse situation, but. man!!! ]
My pops has lots of friends who are contract attorneys, so when this is all over, I hope this host guy is ready to get sued for his breach of contract!!
[they seem to be staring at him. maybe it's because he's talking about the contract. maybe they just don't like rich people. who can say? they sure don't! they nod once, like they're remembering the conversation, and then moving on.]
W-well, yeah. I mean, he's really cool, and he's the best prosecutor there ever was! And my mom hasn't been around for a while, so... you know, he's my whole family!
[ he is trying very hard to sound cool and not sad or stressed out about any of this!! ]
You guys don't— you haven't met all the people that got kidnapped for this thing, have you?
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
I can absolutely do worse. [but they shrug!] The hotel sometimes does whatever it wants for the sake of "entertainment." Push people, that sort of thing. You didn't experience anything like this, did you?
no subject
Um, no...
[ squints at phrasing ]
The hotel itself does it, or like... the owner...?
no subject
[yeah! sure!]
Don't think too hard about it, it'll probably go away on its own. Anyway what's up? Did you need something?
no subject
[ fortunately (???) he doesn't think too hard about anything. ]
Uh, yeah! A couple of things. I heard we can actually look at a copy of the contract we signed if we ask?
no subject
no subject
1/2
it's his contract. as he reads it, the words sound familiar, like he's read them before; additionally, the signature at the bottom matches his own perfectly. he will know instinctively that this is the contract that he signed, and that he is bound by its terms.]
2/2
This is a contract between Sebastian Debeste, hereafter referred to as "the Player," and the Nightman, hereafter referred to as "the Host". By signing this contract, both parties agree to and are bound by its terms.
GENERAL INFORMATION.
The term of this Agreement shall begin upon signature. The Player shall check in as a guest of the Starlight Hotel, and the agreement shall continue through its termination date of approximately eight weeks later when the Player checks out, should they survive their stay. During this time, the Player shall provide entertainment to the Host by participating in murder trials, casting votes for a culprit, attending executions, and engaging in a variety of weekly activities. The Player consents to any scenario which will make observing their stay more entertaining for the Host.
Someone of importance to the Player, hereafter referred to as "the Hostage," has been obtained by the Host to be held in captivity and will remain so even if this contract is not signed. By signing this contract, the Player agrees to register as a guest of the Starlight Hotel in exchange for the chance to gain custody of their Hostage. Should sufficient entertainment be provided, the Hostage will be set free and returned in a satisfactory manner regardless of the state of their mortality and vitality.
During the course of the Player's stay, the Host will be largely unavailable but will be aware of all ongoings within the hotel to accurately gauge the level of entertainment provided. The Host has authorized eight individuals, hereafter referred to as "Hotel Staff," to act on his behalf. Questions, concerns, and complaints must be directed to Hotel Staff. Directives from Hotel Staff should be honored in the same manner as the Host’s directives.
HOTEL STAFF.
Hotel Staff can be identified by the Starlight Hotel uniforms and answer to the names "Aquarius," "Aquila," "Cetus," "Gemini," "Lepus," "Orion," "Virgo," and "Vulpecula". Hotel Staff will be authorized to make deals with the Player for additional incentives or introduce new rules for the purposes of entertainment; however, they may not void the terms of this contract.
ENTERTAINMENT.
Any Player who is alive* and in the Lobby of the Starlight Hotel to check out at the termination date of this contract will be considered to have sufficiently fulfilled the terms outlined. The Player and their Hostage will be freed as per the above terms.
Any Player who is not alive and/or is unable to return to the Lobby of the Starlight Hotel to check out at the termination date of this contract will be considered to have failed to sufficiently fulfill the terms outlined, and their life and the life of their Hostage will be forfeit.
To sufficiently fulfill this agreement, the Player must provide entertainment for the entire duration of their stay.
An exception to the above clause is as follows: if a Player commits a murder of another Player, their Hostage will be released in a satisfactory manner at the termination date regardless of the Player’s survival. As the Host's preference for entertainment is murder, those who provide this form of entertainment will find that the Host will honor these terms even if a Player is found guilty by trial or removed from the game by another Player later.
Additionally, the Host will be unable to harm, kidnap, imprison or otherwise interact with any Player or Hostage who has been released at any point in the future, except to send them to whichever world they wish to go to once their stay at the Starlight Hotel has concluded.
*For the purposes of this contract, alive is taken to mean in the same general physical condition as their arrival (with an allowance made for injuries sustained over the course of their stay); undead Players will be considered "alive" provided that the nature of their undeath is identical to how it was when they arrived.
ENTERTAINMENT, CONTINUED.
Should a Player murder to ensure the safety of a Hostage, only the Hostage corresponding with that Player will be protected by these terms. Players may not commit murders to ensure the safety of another Player's Hostage.
The Player who strikes the killing blow will be considered to have committed a murder, and thus only their Hostage will be spared. Acting as an accomplice to someone else's murder will not free your Hostage. Appropriate compensation will be rewarded for your assistance which may prove to your benefit.
The following acts of murder do not fall under entertainment:
A Player is not barred from taking part in a murder more than once should they have a legitimate reason to do so. However, any and all attempts to eliminate a mass amount of Players at once will be considered an attempt of early termination and thus will be considered a breach of contract.
Failure at limitation will result in permanent erasure.
BREACH OF CONTRACT.
Should the Player fail to fulfill the terms of this contract, the lives of both the Player and the Hostage will be forfeit to the Host. This includes but is not limited to failing to cast a vote, refusing to participate in murder trials, refusing to watch the executions, deliberately abstaining from weekly activities, divulging information that they have been instructed to keep secret, attempting to end their stay at the Starlight Hotel early, or encouraging other Players to breach their contract. For more information about what may constitute a breach of contract, speak with Hotel Staff.
SUMMARY.
By this contract, the Player agrees to provide entertainment to the Host, by following schedule in exchange for the life and safety of the Player's hostage.
This agreement is binding, and failure to meet its terms will allow the Host to take the life of both the Player and the Hostage.
PARTICIPANT SIGNATURE: Sebastian Debeste
HOST SIGNATURE: ̷͍̯͒̄͝ ̸̦͆͜͝ ̶̞̄̓͝ ̷̦̿͊̍ ̶̥̭̗̄̒̕ ̵̼̫̯͋͛̆ ̵̟̤̐ ̷͎͎̎̆̿ ̶̖̣̈́ ̸̻͈͛ ̷̬̿͝ ̸̠͉̹̀
no subject
[ he stands there reading this for a very long time. ]
It... it doesn't actually say that whoever we vote for has to be executed, though? I-I don't think?
[ god if only he could ctrl+F with his brain ]
I know it says attending executions is part of it, but... um... [ skimming through this again... ] I don't see where it says how many are required, and it doesn't... it doesn't actually link that to the casting a vote part...? Does it?
A-as someone who passed the bar exam with flying colors, I'm pretty sure we could make a legal argument that per the terms of our contract, we didn't have to... have to execute Clementine for that...
no subject
I think the problem is that if you don't execute someone, you're all in breach of your contract. And if you don't execute the person who you voted for, you're executing someone innocent and that doesn't make sense.
no subject
[ not that it... matters much now, unless the coming-back-from-the-dead thing becomes the norm... which is depressing... ]
no subject
no subject
[ ugh. he can tell he's not getting anywhere with this, and he doesn't want to push too far and get into an even worse situation, but. man!!! ]
My pops has lots of friends who are contract attorneys, so when this is all over, I hope this host guy is ready to get sued for his breach of contract!!
no subject
Have you ever actually tried to sue someone...?
no subject
no subject
Okay but...what about you? What if your father can't be involved?
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
[the worst thing is that they genuinely just sound curious.]
no subject
no subject
...he's very important to you then, isn't he?
no subject
[ he is trying very hard to sound cool and not sad or stressed out about any of this!! ]
You guys don't— you haven't met all the people that got kidnapped for this thing, have you?
no subject
We haven't met your hostages, no. We only know about who they are and who they are to you. Nothing detailed. Why?
no subject
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
1/2
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
1/2
2/2
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)