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GROUND FLOOR: LOBBY.

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The main lobby of the Starlight Hotel is, in a word, opulent. Massive vaulted ceilings overhead display a picturesque mural of the night sky that seems to twinkle of its own volition, constellations occasionally blinking into familiar shapes you'd recognize from home. The floor under your feet is polished marble, and a plush, dark red carpet covers the way from the entrance to the circular main lobby, where a chair and three golden luggage carts await to move guests from place to place, and a curious set of golden bells sit awaiting your attention.

Large, arched windows line the outer walls of the lobby - though looking out of them only shows a picturesque view that never seems to change - and various nooks of seating are placed here and there, all in plush velvet and fine wood, from comfortable armchairs to a swooning couch or two. A fireplace crackles in one of these tucked away nooks, and soft music plays as if from a distant room.

On either side of the main lobby are two large golden staircases that ascend to an upper level: a small sign at the base of the stairs says: GUEST ROOMS.

Each room in the hotel has a typewriter that is used for messaging capabilities! Please see this FAQ for information.

Each room in the hotel also has a telephone! Each telephone has a dial tone, but right now, it seems you can only call the front desk: any other number you dial just results in an error tone.

There are several areas to explore on the ground floor, too, including...

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GIFT SHOP.

To the left of the lobby, near the entrance, is an oak door bearing a plaque that reads Gift Shop. Entering inside, you are greeted with... a gift shop! There's an array of products displaying the name of the Starlight Hotel here for purchase - from mugs to snowglobes to every kind of fashion you can imagine, though each is emblazoned with the hotel's name or SH monogram. If you're interested in trying on clothes, there's even a small dressing room with a curtain just off to the back of the shop.

One wall is lined with a case of expensive jewelry that seems impossible to open, with faded price tags stuck to the velvet each item is displayed in, and yet another has silly souvenirs, from dinosaur grabbers to sticky hands.

Curiously, one shelf seems a little different than the others - it sits front and center in the gift shop, as tall as the ceiling. Be sure to check out new items every week.

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COURTYARD.

On the right side of the lobby, a hallway is marked with a golden plaque that reads - Courtyard & Garden This hallway ends with a set of double doors. Opening them will lead you to a beautiful, lush garden and a patio, complete with seating areas and a small walking path made of stone. There are many types of flowers present in the planters, and beautiful flowering trees provide a comfortable amount of shade for every guest to lounge in. Tea service is available in the garden, served to you by shadowy figures you can't seem to process no matter how long you look at them. Mixed in among the flowers are tasteful statues made of marble, in the shapes of animals, mythological heroes who inspired constellations, or... occasionally something a little closer to home. Sometimes, the statues look familiar - like people you may have known to be masked, hooded, or otherwise hidden in your former experiences. That's nice!

As of Week 2, five new wisteria trees are beautifully blooming in the courtyard.

The courtyard path ends at a fork in the road. While the right side appears to be open and leading into the next area, the left path, as of Sunday of Week 0, is now officially open. Swing open those iron gates.

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CEMETERY

The formerly closed pathway to the left of the courtyard is now available, and a plaque on the iron gates reads Cemetery. Despite whatever the world looks like in the courtyard and garden, in the cemetery, it is perpetually nighttime - a cold breeze blows through a series of graves and mausoleums, leaving an austere if slightly spooky impression. You can occasionally hear the sound of a crow or raven's birdcalls, and large (yet somehow unclimbable) trees rustle ominously along with the wind. Most of the inscriptions on the tombstones are unreadable. However, as the weeks go on, you may find some to be clear...

View the tombstones?

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POOL.

What's a hotel without a pool?

Taking the right path from the courtyard will lead you directly to the Starlight Hotel's pool deck. The pool is, as you might expect, star shaped, and fairly large. The water in the center of the pool goes down to a deep twenty feet, but the points of the star are shallow, for playful wading or fun family entertainment. Attached to the pool is a simple waterslide, that dumps you out right in the deepest area of the pool, and a diving board sits on the edge on the other side.

A small stand on the deck of the pool is stocked with clean white towels that never seem to run out, along with all your basic pool necessities - swim toys, goggles, pool noodles, and anything else you might need. There are even swimsuits, emblazoned with an appropriate starry theme. Don't forget your sunscreen!

If you're not the swimming type, don't worry. There are lounge chairs and umbrellas spread out all over the place for anyone ready to work on their tan, and when you've had enough of the pool itself, a circular hot tub sits just off to the side like a constellation. Relax, stay a while!

Just remember you follow the pool rules. Otherwise, you might hear a shrill whistle out of nowhere if you play around too much, and you don't want to get into trouble with the lifeguards, do you?

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RESTAURANT.

To the right of one of the large staircases is a plaque over an archway that says STARSHINE'S.

Starshine's, the restaurant in the hotel lobby, is a classy joint with all the food you could ask for. Take a seat at one of the fine tables or in a plush chair, and a menu will appear in front of you. Simply ask for a meal, and within moments, it will be placed in front of you! How convenient. A shiny oak bar lines one wall, with a floor to ceiling glass case of liquor bottles just behind it, along with a cabinet of glasses, cups, plates, and other varying drinkware. You'll find, however, if you attempt to take too much liquor too early in the morning - or even order it - you'll be quickly rejected and given a cup of coffee instead. The restaurant serves breakfast in the morning, lunch and snacks in the afternoon, and then dinner every evening.

When you complete your meal, you won't receive a bill. Instead, you'll hear a voice that breezily informs you your meal will be charged to your room. That's convenient.

Attached to the restaurant is a standard restaurant kitchen with wide, swinging metal doors. The appliances here are a bit outdated and quaint, but they seem to work alright, though you'll be shooed out if you stay too long. Let the restaurant serve you! If you try to steal something from the kitchen, please inform the mods under theft and damages.

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THEATER.

The double doors to the left of the lobby that were previously a mystery to you are now known: the plaque on the doors says STARLIGHT THEATER.

However, the red velvet rope is clipped in front of the doors. It seems that the doors are locked, during the week, and only open for Sunday matinees... though, occasionally, you can hear the clatter of what sounds like bones clacking together from outside. Huh.

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ELEVATOR.

Behind the front desk is a large elevator covered with an ornate black gate. The elevator is... rickety and old, but it does seem to work! If you press the button to summon the elevator - it only goes up - it will creak and groan its way down to the main floor.

The inside of the elevator has one button. It simply says: "MEZZANINE". If you press it, it will take you up to the guest room floor. Please ignore the creaking: we're sure it's fine.

It looks like a new floor button will be added to the elevator each week. The elevator buttons currently available are: Mezzanine, 00, 01, 02.

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MEZZANINE

Up the golden stairs, you'll find the mezzanine level, where all guest rooms are located. The stairs carry on beyond the mezzanine, but you can only take them up to the floors available on the elevator. Should you try and climb the stairs beyond that, a pair of hands will fall on your shoulders, and you will be "blooped" back down to the bottom, reappearing all the way at the lobby floor.

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ENTRY DOORS

Leaving so soon? At the end of the hallway, you'll find a beautiful set of revolving doors. When you push your way through... you might end up somewhere new?

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ROOMING

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MEZZANINE: ROOMING Elevator Number: Mezzanine Your rooms are ready! ★★★ Now that the stairs are finally open, guests can make their way to the mezzanine level, where the guest rooms are located. You can even take the elevator up to the mezzanine floor. While the rooms are numbered, you won't have to hunt for yours too hard. Each door is emblazoned with a portrait that looks as if it was drawn in glowing silver starlight of the person who occupies the room. Upon entering, you'll find that the room looks exactly like your own personal dream room. Like to sleep in a pile of garbage? It's there. Need a coffin instead of a bed? You've got it. The room is designed how you would describe it to someone for some kind of application, if you needed to submit an application to be here. But that's crazy, right? The room is yours and yours alone. No two rooms are exactly the same; though the dimensions for each room appear to be roughly the size of a standard hotel room no matter what's inside of it. Each room will have the following three things: - Some kind of bed - Some kind of desk - Some kind of closet In your closet are three items: two outfits from home of your choice, as well as a shirt that looks something like this, edited to a phrase that suits your personal murdergame experience. On your desk is an antique phone, though it currently has no dial tone, and a notepad with a pen. There's also a strange book...? Opening it reveals a strange tale that's indecipherable to mortal eyes... so, it seems like you can't read it. As of Wednesday of Week 0, each room has a typewriter that can be used similar to a messaging or network system! The typewriter is bolted to the desk, and is not removable. It also cannot be destroyed. ★ (OOC guide/FAQ on how to use the typewriters.) Aside from the clothing, notepad & pen, characters will find that no objects can be removed from their room. At one end of the room, no matter what it looks like, there is a door connecting your suite to the suite of your neighbor - between the two suites is a shared bathroom. The bathroom decor is standard and simple, with a white clawfoot tub and a brass, adjustable showerhead designed to fit even the tallest of guests, a toilet, a sink and a mirror. A shelf full of fluffy dark blue towels and washcloths sits above the toilet, and the sink is stocked with small, hotel sized toiletries. Enjoy your stay! ROOM ASSIGNMENTS BIG DIPPER HALL 001 VACANCY ★ 002 VACANCY 003 Lup ★ 004 Cloud Strife 005 Sebastian Debeste ★ 006 VACANCY 007 VACANCY ★ 008 VACANCY 009 Diluc Ragnvindr ★ 010 Mikazuki Munechika 011 Yuri Leclerc ★ 012 VACANCY CASSIOPEIA NORTH 013 Sheila Hammond ★ 014 VACANCY 015 VACANCY ★ 016 Futaba Sakura 017 Kim Dokja ★ 018 Shinobu Kocho 019 Mollymauk Tealeaf ★ 020 VACANCY 021 Estellise Sidos Heurassein ★ 022 VACANCY 023 VACANCY ★ 024 Jason Todd LITTLE DIPPER HALL 025 Bradley Bain ★ 026 Yoo Joonghyuk 027 Rin Okumura ★ 028 VACANCY 029 VACANCY ★ 030 VACANCY 031 VACANCY ★ 032 Tsurumaru Kuninaga 033 Harrowhark Nonagesimus ★ 034 VACANCY 035 VACANCY ★ VACANCY

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ROOM SERVICE.

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Beginning Week 1, all guest rooms will now have two specialized menus on their desk, both helpfully labeled Room Service. Guests will have the opportunity to review the contents of each menu at their own leisure. Room Service may be ordered any time a staff member is available. Please see the staff for more details!

Menu A | Menu B

LOCATIONS REPORTING

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ITEM THEFT/PROPERTY DAMAGE

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If your character is taking anything from any of the locations to keep as their own, or they are damaging the setting in any way, please fill out the following and submit:

<b>Character Name:</b> <b>Week and Day:</b> <b>Location:</b> <b>What they are taking/damaging:</b>

LETTERS

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To submit a letter, please fill out the following form.

Character sending letter: Your character!
Addressed to: Who's receiving it?
Week and day: Week (#), day of the week
Letter contents: Your letter goes here.

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WEEK 6

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WEEK 7

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EXCURSION: SHIPTRAP Guests who choose to leave the Starlight Hotel will find themselves walking directly into a random location in Shiptrap Island. (OOC, this is up to player discretion. ICly, please assume your character has no control over where they land!) Once they arrive, they are free to move about the location. Nothing can be removed from any location - should a character attempt to remove an item, they will find a polaroid in their hands that says TAKE ONLY MEMORIES, LEAVE ONLY FOOT CRIMES :) with a picture of the item, instead. Enjoy your excursion!

WEEK 0 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 00 Elevator Number: 00 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 00? ★★★ ★ BUTTERFLY GARDEN. Lush greenery and plenty of natural light - or rather, natural twilight - await you as you come off the elevator and step into the butterfly garden. It's wild-looking and a bit overgrown, and the space feels almost deceptively large, like you could actually get lost in here. There aren't any fully defined paths and it would be quite easy to lose sight of the entrance. Pay close attention to the windows and their frames, and you might realize that it almost seems like you're trapped in a very large cage; still, it's beautiful here, with numerous butterflies flitting about from plant to plant, alighting on colorful flowers mixed in with the greenery. Some of the butterflies are a sparkling white color, but they always flit just out of your reach. Others almost seem to be made of shadows, their wings taking on a purplish, almost-black hue; these flock toward you, and when one comes, more are never far behind. Strangely, when these shadowy butterflies are in contact with you, any negative emotions you might be feeling - especially the ones you try to keep under lock and key - are much, much stronger. Perhaps you should shoo them away before you do or say something you might regret? ★ TRAINING DOJO A sliding door opens up into what is undeniably a dojo. The entire space is clean and extremely well-maintained, and practice weapons - all made out of non-lethal materials, not blades or sharp projectiles, you heathens! - in various sizes line the walls. If you're dedicated enough, you should be able to find something to practice with that suits you. A set of targets are stored on one side of the dojo, and can easily be mounted to the walls so that you can take aim. Another sliding door at the back of this room leads you directly to another room... ★ ARMORY. ...and that room is labeled as the Armory! This room is smaller, but there's still enough space to move about and practice with real weapons if that's what you want to do. The armory is filled with a variety of deadly-looking weapons, but a sign posted just inside reads If any of you try to take them out, they'll just appear back in here. If you REALLY have to use one of these to kill someone, do me a favor and do it in here so I can clean the weapons and the floor at the same time! And for God's sake don't track blood onto the dojo's floors on your way out! As the note says, taking these weapons out of the room will cause them to disappear and reappear back where you found them. ★ VENDING. Down the hall a bit, you may hear the sound of something clunking and rattling around. If that freaks you out, it shouldn't - when you round the corner to an open area labeled vending, you'll see a large ice machine as well as two vending machines. The ice machine seems perfectly functional, though occasionally the ice cubes that come out are brown and have a flavor you can't quite place. The vending machines, meanwhile, carry a variety of drinks, though each one has the word Starlight in front of it. Starlight C*ke. Starlight Spr*te. Starlight RC C*la. Starlight Jungle J*ice. Hmm. They do seem to be free to all guests, at least? ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 1 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 01 Elevator Number: 01 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 01? ★★★ ★ COSTUME CLOSET. Exiting from the elevators to the left will take you to a room labeled Costume Closet. The doors are open and inviting, and inside, you can find all of the trappings of an infinite closet - as many outfits as you can possibly dream, you can find here. You might even find clothes that are familiar from home, or clothes that you might have worn in your former locations! They've been adapted for everything possible, from wings to ears and tails, you crazy furry. There are even pet-sized items in a small drawer! Items are allowed to be rented, and a sign reads All non-returned or damaged items are subject to fees at checkout. Take whatever you'd like! Just return it. ★ AURORA BAREALIS To the left of the elevator is a door labeled with an austere plaque that reads Aurora Barealis. Opening the door takes you to a dark room lit only by chandeliers and sconces on the wall. Red velvet curtains cover the walls of this room, and in the dim light, you can see a large, oak bar with golden fixtures, and, more importantly - a shadowy bartender that will make you any drink you like, from a Screwball to a Shirley Temple. Several seats line the bar, and outside of that, several intimate nooks with round velvet cushions and benches face the front of the room. The attraction is there, after all - a small, round stage, with a spotlight directly on it, and a vintage microphone resting there, ready to be used. A baby grand piano beckons, playing music occasionally even if no one is sitting there, and it seems the perfect size for laying on dramatically while you serenade the crowd. The crowd? Well. Occasionally, you can hear laughter, as if the place was packed, but if you look around, there's no one else there. Well...maybe. Shadows that look familiar to you might be seen having a drink or relaxing here - but no matter how you shout and yell to them, they never respond. ★ CONCIERGE A smaller room on the first floor hallway, the Concierge's office features a circular desk with a spinning chair in the center of it, and is lit by pleasant candlelight. Several office chairs line the area near the desk, creating a little waiting area for anyone meeting with the concierge. The back wall of the concierge room is papered with photographs and sticky notes - the photographs may look familiar to your former locations, with each one marked with labels. For instance - The Realm: Fantasy Escape Where You Can Forget All Your Worries... Literally! A shelf full of brochures sits just underneath the wall, each offering a tantalizing glimpse into potential tourist visits - ie, your former games - as well as some brochures that look like advertisements to visit your home worlds. At the desk, you'll find a little black book, as well as a stack of papers and envelopes. A folded desk sign beside the stationery says: If you would like the Concierge Service to deliver a letter to a loved one from home, please drop it in the box. Addressed cards only will be mailed. There appears to be a small slot built into the desk, just big enough to fit the stationery cards. ... Too bad the slot is blocked off with plexiglass. That's unfortunate. ★ HOUSEKEEPING Across from the concierge's office is a door with a gilded sign on it that reads "HOUSEKEEPING". Inside, the room is well-stocked and well-organized - a plethora of cleaning supplies are set aside on shelves and clearly labeled. Sheets, pillowcases, blankets, towels, washcloths, tablecloths, and other linens are folded neatly and packed into boxes that are similarly clearly labeled. There are brooms, mops, buckets, rags, and rubber gloves available here as well. At one end of the room is a small closet, which when opened is revealed to contain uniforms in this style, though the colors are more in line with what the hotel staff wears. There is a wide range of sizes. If it's ever been your dream to dress up and pretend to be a maid, congratulations, you're one step closer to that coming true. To the side of the closet is what appears to be a garbage chute (it is labeled as such, even). It has a handle on it and opens outward. It doesn't look that big on the outside, but when you try to throw something down it, it always seems to just fit. It's very dark down the chute - you can kind of make out the top part of it, but further down is pitch black. Along the wall nearest the door, there is a housekeeping cart. It appears to be empty. Last, there is a desk and a chair along the last wall. A thick binder sits on the desk, along with a clipboard, a cup full of pens and pencils, and sheets of blank paper; none of them can be removed from the room. ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. There are only ten doors like this on this floor. Maybe these ones will be better?

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WEEK 2 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 02 Elevator Number: 02 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 02? ★★★ ★ LIBRARY. Entering the large double doors will bring you directly into a room helpfully labeled as the Library. The inside of this room is larger than the outside, giving way to several shelves of books and study materials. A small cluster of tables and chairs are available with reading lamps attached, along with a few plush chairs and couches for a more cozy experience. Hotel guests can find books of both the fictional and non-fictional variety including a few titles from their own homes. Every now and then, you'll hear a slight whisper as shadowy figures talk amongst themselves in this quiet place. Should you linger near the vending machine in the back, a shadowy figure will even hand you a cup of coffee or a can of soda for your enjoyment. Do try to be respectful here. ★ SIMULATIONS ROOM. The door near the elevator practically blends into the wall making it very easy to miss. Should you enter the room, however, you’ll find an area with white floors, white walls and a white ceiling. Every now and then, the room glistens as if it’s simply waiting for a command from you. A panel on the wall can be activated by a touch, and with a clear mental image and a little imagination you can bring anything to life in this room. Your five senses can be easily tricked in this room, everything seeming as real as possible. But as always, do try to keep one foot grounded in reality lest you lose yourself entirely. Should you stray too far, the door and panel will simply vanish, trapping you in the room until you concentrate on the hotel once more. ★ LAUNDRY. While housekeeping is more than happy to deal with your messes, if you're the cleanly type, you can always do your own laundry in the laundry room. The entire place smells like fresh linens: in here are several old, rickety washing machines. They (questionably) do seem to work, at least, but they are very loud and rattle like they're broken. Besides that, there are a few washtubs with washboards in them, and a metal shelf against one wall is stocked with soap, detergent, dryer sheets and anything else you might need for a clean clothes experience. There are no dryers, but several drying racks for hanging clothes are strung up around the room. There's also a box of T*de pods - with a sticky note attached to them that says DO NOT EAT. ★ EMPLOYEE LOUNGE The Employee's Lounge is designated to Starlight Staff. It's a cozy little room, with a small bar cart full of snacks and drinks, a television that only plays static, a desk with a typewriter and a phone, and a corkboard full of cute little drawings - some animals, some strange triangles (?), a smiling tree, among other things. There's also an empty filing cabinet, and another empty cabinet up on the wall. It's decorated with a few posters. (1, 2, 3), and there's a vintage radio distantly playing crackling music. If you stay in here too long... well, you'll feel like you have to leave. What are you, staff? ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 3 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 03 Elevator Number: 03 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 03? ★★★ ★ KARAOKE LOUNGE. Opening the door takes you to what appears to be a lounge, with colorful lights decorating the ceiling and stylish couches lining two of the walls - plus a TV and speakers propped up on each of said walls. However, what stands out is the mini stage at the other end of the room, along with the device near by the couches: a karaoke machine. You can find a large variety of songs to play and sing along to, including some that may be familiar to you from home. There's also a tablet for ordering non-alcoholic beverages, which a shadowy figure will bring to you. Between the couches is a sleek table for you to place them on. Songs may or may not suddenly change partway through your singing at random. ★ OPIUM DEN. This unremarkable door opens to a room that's also so unremarkable that it actually stands out for that reason. The wallpaper and rug are plain, while ordinary-looking tables, couches, and drawers are scattered semi-haphazardly around the area. However, should you dig around in the drawers, you'll find bricks of opium and the necessary tools to smoke them. There is also weed, along with whatever supplies you might need to enjoy it, and a helpful book. All supplies automatically replenish each day. ★ SPA What sort of luxury hotel doesn't have a spa? The inviting atmosphere of Cosmos Spa promises a relaxing experience for all guests. The moment you enter this room through the steamed up glass doors, you'll find that your clothes are gone, and you're instead in a comfortable, waffle-knit bathrobe and a pair of fluffy slippers. Calming music plays in the spa, and a menu on the front table promises any service you can ask for, from manicures to hot stone massages to an in house sauna! As you walk in further, you'll find a series of vanities with well lit mirrors, boxes of makeup and makeup supplies, as well as all the supplies you could need for a cut, color and style of your hair. Several massage tables are laid out and prepared for you to get relaxed, and if you lay down on one, you'll find a pair of shadowed hands giving you the best massage you've ever gotten in your life... as long as you can get over how weird that is. As the services promise, there is also a sauna and a cooling bath to take afterwards towards the very back of the spa. A sign on the door says: Please sauna responsibly. - Management. ★ SECURITY Next to the karaoke room is a door that remains closed at all times. The sign clearly reads “SECURITY.” Inside, the lights are dimmed except for a few lamps. Red and green lights flicker on a switchboard, toggle switches labeled with numbers. On the wall above this switchboard are several monitors that occasionally display black and white footage of ongoings of the hotel. Many of these monitors appear to be permanently off, seeing how you may not have access to those floors yet. However, for the rooms you are able to enter each monitor gives a wide view of the area. There are two chairs in front of these monitors along with a desk, drawers full of paper, pens, coffee supplies and a thick binder of some sort of tape-labeling system. A table in the back is piled with blank video tapes, Starlight coffee mugs and a rundown coffee pot bolted down. Guests can rewind the footage of each week to see what happens around the hotel at large. Sometimes though, the picture will blank out. No spying on your friends, now! ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 4 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 04 Elevator Number: 04 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 04? ★★★ ★ CHAPEL. When you step into this door, you enter a white space, haloed by pink and blue neon lights. A line of velvet covered pews lead the way down a red carpet, and a bright neon sign says Till Death Do Us Part over the top of a tall white altar, framed by vases of red and white flowers. A bright neon arrow to the left says DRESSING ROOM: a round door opens to reveal a rack of every kind of wedding clothing you can imagine from every kind of culture, as well as a few sequined leisure suits. Bouquets of flowers are available in a wall near the back, and a camera seems to flash if you stand at the altar long enough, temporarily dazzling. A B*ble sits on a small stand nearby, just awaiting a celebrant... and if you listen, you might hear the sweet tones of a low, dulcet voice and an electric guitar ready to start your meme wedding. ★ CASINO. Opening a door with a golden plaque labeled 'Casino' will feel like it takes you to another world. A glittering, beautiful room full of bright lights and vintage slot machines, backed with heavy velvet curtains, the room smells faintly of cigar smoke and incense. More importantly and immediately noticeable, however - the casino is nearly alive with the hubbub of noise. Shouting, cheering, even crying - you can hear it all over the ring-ring-ring of people winning as they try their luck. If you can think of it in a casino, it's here - a group of shadowy, mysteriously shaped creatures are running for their little lives on a small track near the back of the room, and the shadowy attendant encourages you to bet on your favorite. A poker table of shadowy figures beckon you over, asking you to try your luck; nearby, a woman giggles and touches your arm, then offers to take your coat, and hands you a handful of poker chips emblazoned with stars. It seems you can gamble to your hearts content in this room. In one corner of the casino is a small prize counter. You can trade your chips in for fabulous prizes - if arcade prizes like sticky hands, balloons, plastic rings and t-rex grabbers are your thing. If you look too long at the counter, you might see a different set of prizes entirely; the occasional illusion of human limbs hanging from hooks, hearts in jars resting on counters, and strange bowls full of eyeballs will appear for a moment or two before vanishing as if they were never there. Curiously, there are some packs of trading cards among the normal prizes that look like the booster packs from the gift shop. If you attempt to steal these, you will not be able to take them - but if you trade in some chips, a shadowy attendant will offer them to you with a smile. Please let your mods know if you would like a trading card prize! ★ BUSINESS CENTER The business center is an office - rather, it's a series of four cubicles, in case you missed that atmosphere from home, and fluorescent lights buzz softly overhead. There are a few rolling chairs, one for each little cubicle, and a pad of paper and pen on each little desk, though the pen is bolted to the table. Being in here feels soul-crushing, and the longer you stay, the more you feel the urge to push pencils. What is pencil pushing? You aren't sure, but you want to do it. There are no computers, but there is a typewriter, and a machine that looks like it could be a copier. It works like a copier. Or it doesn't. It's been broken for years, Susan. Is that a printing press? The office is a mysterious place. Soft muzak plays in the background. There are no stars here. ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 5 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 05 Elevator Number: 05 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 05? ★★★ ★ CONVENIENCE STORE. The door to this room opens with a jingle to a bright and modern interior, with white and cyan-themed design. Shelves fill the area, making the purpose of this place clear, as they're stocked with basic groceries, snacks, sanitary products, etc. There's even an entire aisle or two just for cup noodles, packaged meals, tteokbokki, and kimbap. Careful, though: occasionally, just when you reach for the last item on the shelf, a shadowy figure will try grab it before you and run to the register. But never fear, as all items will eventually restock! By the cash register is a microwave and a hot water dispenser, in case you'd like your meal ready now. A shadowy cashier will even do it for you by request. ★ MOUNTAIN. When you open the door to this room, you're met with a breeze. Before your eyes is an expanse of nature, where dirt and grass soon lead to a mountainous region. While one path winds up the mountain for the less athletic, going off of it will require more effort on your part, with steep slopes, foliage that might block your way, and the occasional harsh wind. Still, no matter where you go, the scenery is breathtaking, filled with greenery, flowers, towering trees, and crisp air. Oddly, there are pockets where plant life struggles to grow and you'll find it especially hard to breathe, almost as though the air there is... poisonous? It won't have any lasting effect, but you might find yourself feeling rather weak or light-headed in those areas. Breathtaking...literally. ★ BALLROOM A pair of double doors labeled Milky Way Room can be pushed open to reveal a gorgeous ballroom. With marble floors and columns, as well as a huge, vaunted ceiling covered in starlight and massive, silver and gold chandeliers, the Milky Way Ballroom is a wide open space designed for events. Floor to ceiling windows reveal the beautiful twilight of outside, and the landscape occasionally changes to show gorgeous galaxies in stripes of stars as if you were standing in a desert. Long tables line the sides of the ballroom, providing a brief place of respite, and in a corner, a small stage features an orchestra playing classical music - the musicians are shadowed, but if you ask for requests, they'll play what you ask for without hesitating. Several extra instruments are present as well, including a grand piano, and the shadowed musicians will allow you to join in on the jubilee, especially when there are no events in the ballroom. Need a dance lesson? A shadowed instructor will walk you through how to waltz. Maybe they look sort of familiar...? ★ MAILROOM. On the fifth floor is an oak door with a golden plaque that reads: MAILROOM. Opening the door takes you to a small, almost claustrophobic room that’s longer than it is wide and lined with tables, piled high with boxes and boxes of paper and envelopes. A bulletin board hangs on one wall, with unreadable papers pinned to it, and red strings connecting random envelopes, papers, and faded polaroids with images impossible to make out. One of the tables features several small machines - an addresseograph, a stamp press, and a scale for measuring packages. A desk with a chair stuffed in a corner has a large box full of different writing implements in a variety of colors, though all are on chains attached to the desk itself. A stack of envelopes are on one corner of the desk, along with a roll of stamps. The usual phone and typewriter rest here as well, and in the desk drawers, there are other implements of paper, a couple of letter openers, and even some bubble wrap! There is a piece of paper in a frame hung just above the desk that says the following: To have mail delivered, write the addressee’s name on the envelope and place it in the slot of the letter box. Please check mailboxes frequently to prevent overflow. - Staff. To the right of the desk, bolted into the wall is the letterbox. It has a slot, but no keyhole: instead, there’s a large crank that seems to have been recently (semi?) repaired with some string and fabric. Turning the crank does not do anything now, though. Perhaps of interest, the leftmost wall of the mailroom is lined with floor to ceiling mailboxes. There’s a ladder on wheels that appears to be attached to the structure, so even the smallest of guests can reach every mailbox, and each mailbox is conveniently labeled with a golden plaque that features the name of a guest, as well as all eight members of the staff. Guests will find they can insert their room key into the keyhole of their mailbox to check their mail. Or maybe you want to write a letter? ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 6 LOCATIONS

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FLOOR 06 Elevator Number: 06 A new button has appeared on the elevator, and the stairs will allow you to climb up another floor. What awaits you on Floor 06? ★★★ ★ LABYRINTH. The door to this room takes a little bit of effort to open, but the sign next to it appears to be worn off and run down. Despite missing a label, upon entering the room you’ll find a dark cavern-esque area. Dark clouds hang overhead, causing the room to take on a smoggy appearance as flickers of flames can be seen scattered off in the distance. Rivers of lava and water can be seen running parallel along the floor, a stone walkway leading you further in. Sharp, rocky peaks arch and curve, hiding alcoves and hidden caves along the path. A little further exploration will lead you to finding what appears to be stone altars, burial coffins and variety of skeletal parts scattered in different places. While this place alone doesn’t seem dangerous, staying here too long may leave you with a sense of melancholy and hopelessness. ★ MCBUCKS. The door to this room has a bizarre-looking logo stamped on it that looks a little like a dark green M, labeled with the name McBucks. The smell of greasy French fries and black coffee is immediate and as you approach you’ll find two different service windows available. Shadows helpfully man each window and will happily serve you 24 hours a day, seven days a week. On one side is a counter for an assortment of coffee and non-caffeinated drinks, including the materials to make your own concoction. The other side of the room features a counter for serving burgers, chicken sandwiches and nuggets, fries, and sodas. Likewise, you can customize your order any way you want and there are even a few tables and chairs to dine in should you like. We’re lovin’ it. ★ SOLARIUM. Have you gotten tired of the eternal twilight outside? The solarium might be your solution. Defying all odds, when you walk into the solarium on the sixth floor, your vision will be flooded with warm, real sunlight that comes in from massive windows that reach from floor to ceiling. There's comfortable seating - rattan benches and couches are sprinkled through the solarium, and large plants in pots provide the place some realistic greenery. In the back of the room, there is a planter full of flowers - no poisonous ones, you heathens - and a few small gardening supplies, including trowels and potting soil, as well as watering cans. Come in and soak up the sun for a while. ★ HALL DOORS...? There are many doors that line the spare space of hallways on each floor, and curiously, many of them seem to be unlocked. Try your luck?

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WEEK 6

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THE PENTHOUSE Elevator Number: P This week, there is only one room available to you on the "7th" floor. Dare you take a look inside...? ★★★ ★ THE PENTHOUSE. On the penthouse floor is an ornate door, with no plaque or label to reveal what might be behind it. However, opening the door takes you to a large, equally decorative room with a high ceiling. In the center of the room is a long table, with drawers containing unreadable papers. Lining the table are luxurious couches; hanging above is a chandelier. On the wall opposite to the door is a wide window that would undoubtedly show a beautiful view in a normal hotel—this one, on the other hand, shows swirling shadows outside. Various pieces of decor, such as paintings, vases, etc. add highlights to the room. Some of the paintings are rather gruesome, though, so they aren't necessarily pleasant highlights. Aside from the main table area, there are other chairs and tables scattered artistically around the room. It might be difficult to properly enjoy the interior design, though: shadows also dance around the penthouse, both in pools that swallow up the area and some that swirl through the air in what appear to be... words? Some of them aren't fully readable, but one line stands out: I̵t̸'̶s̶ ̶a̶l̴m̶o̶s̷t̸ ̷t̸i̸m̸e̷ ̵f̶o̵r̶ ̴t̷h̶e̷ ̴t̴e̷r̶m̵i̶n̴a̷t̶i̸o̵n̸ ̶d̴a̴t̶e̵.̶ ̴A̸l̵m̷o̵s̶t̵ ̸h̴a̸l̸f̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̷t̶h̸e̴m̴ ̸a̶r̵e̶ ̷d̸e̶a̶d̴ ̷b̸y̷ ̴n̵o̶w̴,̸ ̵b̵l̵o̸c̵k̶e̶d̶ ̴f̴r̶o̴m̸ ̸b̴e̶i̸n̴g̶ ̶a̷b̶l̶e̸ ̷t̵o̸ ̷c̸h̸e̶c̴k̴ ̵o̷u̵t̷ ̶a̶t̴ ̶t̶h̷e̷ ̸L̵o̸b̵b̴y̶.̵ ̵N̴o̵t̵ ̶a̸s̴ ̸m̷a̴n̴y̸ ̷a̷s̸ ̸I̵'̶d̵ h̶a̷v̶e̴ ̸l̷i̸k̶e̸d̴,̵ ̶b̴u̸t̷ ̷s̷t̴i̴l̵l̵ ̸a̶ ̴w̸o̶r̷t̸h̴y̷ ̴a̷m̸o̶u̴n̶t̵ ̶f̶o̷r̶ ̴m̵i̸n̷e̸ ̸t̵o̸ ̸k̴e̶e̷p̷.̷

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WEEK...7?

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THE STARLIGHT HOTEL. Elevator Number: ?? Something strange is afoot in the Starlight Hotel. While you are able to ascend the stairs and take the elevator to all eight floors, you might notice things in the hotel look quite different from when you woke up. Why don't you look around and see what's new? ★★★ ★ MEZZANINE. Click to see the full size map. On the Mezzanine, the most noticeable change is that corner doors on each hallway now feature constellations on them in starlight, matching up with the appropriate Staff member who sleeps there. Each room is locked, but maybe if you knock, you could visit? A: AQUILA B: AQUARIUS C: CETUS D: VIRGO E: VULPECULA F: LEPUS G: GEMINI H: ORION Additionally, room 36 is open. Step inside? ★ FLOOR 00. On floor 00, the entrance to The Armory is wreathed in shadows. If you enter it, you'll find yourself suddenly thrown through one of the portraits from last week, or in one of the doors from the week correlating to the floor. Don't find yourself there alone. You never know what could happen. ★ FLOOR 01 On the first floor, the entrance to Housekeeping is wreathed in shadows. If you enter it, you'll find yourself suddenly thrown through one of the portraits from last week, or in one of the doors from the week correlating to the floor. Don't find yourself there alone. You never know what could happen. ★ FLOOR 02 On the second floor, the entrance to the Employee Lounge is wreathed in shadows. If you enter it, you'll find yourself suddenly thrown through one of the portraits from last week, or in one of the doors from the week correlating to the floor. Don't find yourself there alone. You never know what could happen. ★ FLOOR 03 On the third floor, the entrance to Security is wreathed in shadows. If you enter it, you'll find yourself suddenly thrown through one of the portraits from last week, or in one of the doors from the week correlating to the floor. Don't find yourself there alone. You never know what could happen ★ THE PENTHOUSE. The penthouse is completely voided in shadows. We wouldn't recommend checking it out.

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