𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐈𝐈: 𝐎𝐃𝐈𝐍, 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈

[fenstaff]

I. I WALKED UNDER A BUS, I GOT HIT BY A TRAIN
and it felt so good i want to do it again ♫♪

On the morning of May 22nd, Saturday, the hotel bus mysteriously appears outside the hotel's front door. Even if you were loitering in the lobby or somehow managed to go outside, you wouldn't have seen it roll in. It's suddenly just... there.

It's empty, though. No driver, no passengers. No gas, even. It's also old and not airconditioned, but that should be fine since it's a way out, right? You'll take what you can get.

Only it doesn't work that way. Once there are eight creatures inside or the clock strikes eight (in the morning), the doors shut and the bus just starts to move out. To where, who knows? And, hey, where did that driver come from?



Those left behind are free to give chase, but once they reach That Tree... well, you know what happens.

The hotel staff will also deny the bus' sighting. What bus are you talking about? They'll even corral you inside, perhaps a tad bit aggressively, since your safety is their responsibility. There might be killers on the loose and more people might turn up missing!

II. HARD TO TELL IF YOU WERE EVER HERE
i disappear, disappear ♫♪

By noon, Zed Martin and Alex DiStefano get calls from the front desk. The staff on duty is profusely apologetic, saying that she'd made a mistake, and begs them not to report her to the manager or she'll get fired. They're then requested to move to their new rooms: 408 and 801, respectively.

The staff on duty, however, talks like they both just checked in. She'll ignore anything being said about having been in the hotel for a while, and will eventually end up just repeating herself no matter the flow of the conversation. If they resist moving out, they'll receive the same phone call at the same time every day, for the rest of the week.

Anyone who investigates Natasha Romanoff and Dick Grayson's rooms will find them spotless. Like they've never been there.

In the afternoon, a man in sunglasses and a fedora hat arrives. He's introduced as Hoárr, a detective from Oslo, and the staff on duty requests the guests to be nice to him. Hoárr is cryptic as hell, however; he doesn't speak unless it's someone from the hotel who addresses him, and unless he's interrogating people. Which he's quick to do, inviting the following to Odin's altar out back one by one: John Marston, Alexandra Trese, Anna Morasca, Bucky Barnes and Poe Dameron.

He'll also call on the 7F guests. Why? Because Jacen Solo and Cleopatra Selene are missing, though unlike Nat and Dick's case, all signs of occupancy are there: the items they've obtained, the pets they've collected...

Sakura Kinomoto will also turn up missing, if anyone looks for her.

Then everyone will wake up and find the bus out front. Nobody even remembers falling asleep, especially if sleep's not your thing. One thing's for certain, though: it's Saturday again.

OOC NOTES, ETC.

• If you haven't figured it out by now, the number 8 is unlucky in Norse mythology! Time will also loop for eight days. You're welcome.
• NPC interactions this time around will alas have to be OOC. Come this way to talk to Hoárr!
• Feel free to start new threads in this log. Or just continue under your toplevel in the first one. Whatever is easiest for you, really.
• For now there won't be a separate OOC post. We've just made an OOC plotting section below.
• Questions?

Comments

TALK TO HOÁRR

[fenstaff]

He has questions for you. You might have questions for him too, but he's likely not going to answer. He'll just be sitting on Odin's altar all irreverent, and smoking. Come to him! Style your questions OOCly please, and this will be first come, first served. For simplicity's sake, he'll only be able to talk to five people before the day resets.

[hraustligr]

Anna was summoned? What's this about?

(And very suspicious of this dude. And definitely sporting her NYPD badge and Crime Lab credentials for a stare-down.)

[fenstaff]

Hoárr will get down to the point quickly: laser tag. Who was in her team, who got injured, and how. Whatever Anna says, though, he'll have a counter story, which he reads off his little notepad. That's not what happened, according to an eyewitness.

If she asks who his source is, he'll only give her an enigmatic smile.

[hraustligr]

Anna will sarcastically be rolling her eyes at the "eyewitness" stories and when it comes to Malcolm getting hurt, sniping at him to ask Malcolm himself what happened. She isn't going to waste time trying to argue with him because she gathers it's like talking to a brick wall.

The smile sends a shiver down her spine and she looks him over. Something about him is unsettling.

"How did you get here? Who called you? What do you know about this place?

Oh, and it's probably not a good idea to be sitting on Odin's altar so casually, if one is so inclined to believe in Norse mythology."

[americanvenom]

What the hell is this about?

Please, tell this poor man who has never harmed a hair on anyone's head, and certainly hasn't killed thousands of people what he's done wrong!

Yeah he's just going to be very calm about it. It's not a big deal.

[fenstaff]

Unlike Anna, John is surprisingly going to get offered a cigar.

And while Hoárr is also going to ask him about laser tag, the mysterious detective won't be too pressing. He'll just ask who was in John's team, who ended up playing, and who got hurt. He won't even take out his notepad to jot down what John tells him.

If John takes the cigar, Hoárr will leave him alone after that. No further questions, Your Honor.

[americanvenom]

Thank you for the cigar, Detective Hoárr.

John's feeling pretty good about that, all things considered.

[prodigalmess]

Malcolm seeks him out because of course he does. He offers his services as an investigator and profiler, then informs him about what's been going on in the hotel and the fact that none of them can leave. What's up with that? Can Hoarr help get him out of here or at least help him find some answers.

[outlierdirector]

Alright, she's taking a bite. Who is he and what does he want with her?

[hellblaze]

John hasn't been called to talk or answer questions. Though, he has a bit of friendly advice for the bloke:

Best not to sit on Odin's alter. He might get a bit peeved.