OPERATOR.

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OPERATOR

Today, when Tsurumaru is in his bedroom, he will receive a message on his typewriter.

Sorry for the interruption in your routine, but your presence is required.

Immediately after he finishes reading the message, he will feel compelled to walk into the elevator, inside which a shadowy elevator attendant appears as a guide. Once he arrives at the destination, he will find himself in a room.

The room looks to be a control area, one wall lined with machinery covered in panels and unlabeled buttons and switches; pushing or pulling them doesn't appear to do anything, however. Prominently, a number of phones are hooked up to the wall as well, with lights on or off to signify their active state.

Cetus is leaning against a different wall, but they hold up a hand in friendly acknowledgment when Tsurumaru enters.

"We don't want you gone for too long, so I'll be getting straight to the point."

They walk over to Tsurumaru and hand him a pen and a paper that reads PARTICIPATION CONTRACT: ADDENDUM.

"Read it carefully and sign it, if you would."

RULES

1. Once a week, the Operator will be required to oversee phone operations in the hotel.
2. The Operator will be given a choice between the available lines to tap into.
3. The Operator will be able to hear a conversation, the nature of which depends on the line chosen.
4. The Operator is not to disclose that they are performing these duties. Discussing them with anyone other than authorized Hotel Staff will be considered breach of contract and will result in the death of LILI AN.

N̸A̵V̴I̶G̶A̶T̴I̴O̸N̷.̷

█ LOCATIONS █ STATUSES █ PROFILES █ AUDIENCES
█ REPORTING █ PRIVATE CONVOS █ MURDER

Comments

[guestservices]

The way Sacrifice works is that if you transfer your injuries to someone else, they remain. If you mean the 24 hour time limit on taking injuries to yourself, then yes. Most powers can't be used during trial, but if they were activated beforehand, the trial itself wouldn't suddenly cancel them.

[preowned]

Good to know...

[ hmmmm ]

Oh. By the way, can I see my contract? I meant to ask Virgo for it, but we ended up... laughing... instead...

[ me remembering w3 the reason i set up that audience ]

[1/2]

[guestservices]

[FRANCY.]

Sure.

[they pull out a binder from somewhere idk and flip the pages until they reach one, which they take out to show tsuru.]

[guestservices]

STARLIGHT HOTEL: GUEST PARTICIPATION CONTRACT
This is a contract between Tsurumaru Kuninaga, 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.

PARTICIPANT SIGNATURE: Tsurumaru Kuninaga
HOST SIGNATURE: ̷͍̯͒̄͝ ̸̦͆͜͝ ̶̞̄̓͝ ̷̦̿͊̍ ̶̥̭̗̄̒̕ ̵̼̫̯͋͛̆ ̵̟̤̐ ̷͎͎̎̆̿ ̶̖̣̈́ ̸̻͈͛ ̷̬̿͝ ̸̠͉̹̀

[also tsuru's role contract is appended to it]

[preowned]

Thank you, thank you.

[ he'll read it over. and look up. ]

So, would someone actually be able to kill you? It just wouldn't count?

[ since it is

included in the contract. ]

[guestservices]

[calmly,]

They can try for nothing, but I think their attempt would go rather poorly for them.

[preowned]

Good for you!

[ it's said so sincerely. ]

Since you're staff, do you have some sort of contract that's similar? I can't believe you would accept a job without some sort of agreement.

[guestservices]

[thanks tsuru]

I'm afraid I can't discuss much about that...

[preowned]

But you're not denying that there is one?

[guestservices]

Well, I can be upfront that we did sign a non disclosure agreement... to not talk about the details of our employment much.

[preowned]

What happens if you break it...?

[ he knows this question probably goes against the nda but it's fine. ]

[guestservices]

I have no reason to risk it?

[preowned]

Hm, got it...

[ well. he will go do his call then. and come back. ]

Who was here before you? One of the guests?

[guestservices]

[headtilt]

A guest who met an unfortunate end.

[preowned]

Is it a guest that I would know?

[ as in, were they one of the people who were killed during their stay, or did this happen before they all arrived. ]

[guestservices]

I doubt it. At the very least, he's been gone since before your first day here.

[preowned]

... but would someone else here have known him?

[guestservices]

Hard to say one way or another. That isn't me trying to avoid the question, either—I don't know.

[preowned]

Okay...

And the person who killed them?

[guestservices]

Well.

Virgo has talked about how they'll deal with problem guests...

[preowned]

I see.

[ i SEE.... ]

Are you sure that might have been the only person who showed up early then?

[guestservices]

... Probably...?

[preowned]

... I suppose we won't know unless someone just pops up?

[guestservices]

Hopefully there aren't any others.

[preowned]

How many people were meant to be on the list...?