suitedreams | WEEK SEVEN: FAREWELL

FAREWELL

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As Sunday morning arrives…you may find yourself actually sleeping in? For the first time in several weeks, you do not find yourself awakening at 9am. You don’t have that slight nagging feeling that you’re going to be late. You don’t feel pressed to rush out the door and go somewhere.

The restaurant is currently serving a piping hot breakfast, and your luggage is packed nice and neatly. Somewhere outside, it’s almost like you can hear the pleasant chirping of birds.

And then…the hotel begins to rumble. It’s the same ominous, quaking movement, building swaying from side to side before the front door of the lobby suddenly bursts open. Your stay at the hotel is over, dear guests. But perhaps you ought to venture outside and see what’s new.

Along the grounds of the hotel are several portals that have been opened, dark swirling shadows that remain for you to venture through once you’re ready to depart. However, these portals work in two directions. While you have the understanding that stepping through one of these portals will send you wherever you’d like, you may notice there are people starting to exit through them.

Your hostages are safe. They are delivered one by one, unharmed and returned to you for you to bring them back where they belong. The original staff also appears to finally be released...do be careful with them.

But that’s not all. Every now and then the portal will flicker and someone new and unexpected will exit. Your friends from home may step through these portals. You may recognize some of these as people that you’ve met in your previous murder adventures, too. All of them seem to be in possession of a flyer that reads:

Congratulations! You’ve won an all-expenses paid visit to the Starlight Hotel. Check-in begins at 3. Please sign on the dotted line upon arrival.

You may want to warn them, actually.

You don’t have to be a guest of the hotel to enjoy its fine amenities one last time. All of the floors have been opened once again, and every room is accessible except for your previous bedrooms. You will also find that you’ve been unnerfed, powers you once possessed returning to you and back where they belong.

Everything is peaceful…until you hear the sound of the Nightman.

H̸o̷w̴ ̴c̸o̷u̸l̵d̸ ̵y̸o̴u̸ ̸n̵o̶t̶ ̸f̶i̷n̵d̷ ̴a̴ ̴l̷o̶o̵p̴h̴o̶l̴e̵?̷ ̸N̷o̴w̵ ̵t̴h̷e̴y̷'̴r̵e̶ ̸a̶l̷l̸ ̷f̶r̵e̸e̵!̵

Hm…too bad. It seems as though the proprietor of this hotel is unhappy with circumstances. But regardless of where you look, you wouldn’t be able to find him. Seems like he’s gone off to try and restructure his business model.

As a parting gift from the Starlight Hotel, you will find that your typewriters are now pocket-sized palm pilot models. You do want to stay in touch, don’t you? It’s been several long weeks for all of you…

…you can check out anytime you want, but you can finally leave.

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Happy Golden End, friends! You may use this post to thread out your final day at the hotel. You can thread with your hostages if you'd like. In addition this post is open to past gamemates or canonmates. You are free to bring characters from previous games or their canonmates to play off of each other.

As the post states, everyone's powers are back and you have universal texting. Fun! Characters will be able to return to their own worlds or depart for another world of their choosing whenever they'd like to leave.

Should you have any questions about their current condition, or simply questions about endgame mechanics in general, please feel free to ask us. Have fun!

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[ there's a sudden burst of resentful energy when things click into place, before it's neatly tucked away again, settling in where it belongs once more. hua cheng dusts himself off placidly and smooths out the make believe wrinkles of his robes, like he's fitting back into a favorite outfit. ] Much better. Now then, before we go...

[ in a flurry of silvery white light, he releases butterflies off into the hotel, their edges strangely sharp to the eye. what're they doing? don't worry about it.

also, he also has a... lantern? with a green glow coming from it? where the hell did he get that? don't worry about it. tanhua is standing - now something closer to 100 lbs and the size of a wolf instead of a golden retriever - with it in his mouth by the handle, giving it the occasional shake like a dog with a toy. the nine tailed fox seems at once both pleased and annoyed by his current possession. ]

[ He looks unimpressed because why butterflies again.

Niah is at least large, almost as tall as a person, and is silent and less judgmental as he seems relieved this is all over. ]

[ because it's culturally important to him and they are unending?? judge less, stinker. ]

Stop looking so constipated. [ tanhua lets out a low noise at niah, equally as relieved, even if he has to deal with this. ]

[ He only judges more because it's Hua Cheng. ]

You're seeing things.

[ Niah looks at Tanhua, also glad that the fox isn't screaming. ]

[ listen, no more screaming to be had. he is Dignified again. ]

You always look constipated. [ affectionate? ] Heading back soon?

[ "dignified" simp ]

... I have something to do.

[ Not that he likes the idea of returning. Sometimes you go to two murder games that take you from pretty bad canon points and return you there. ]

[ wait, take the damned weasel too. ]

[ god, HE GUESSES.

tanhua drops the lantern with a clatter and comes over to take the stupid weasel. hua cheng doesn't look thrilled, but he has a responsibility to deal with this stupid ghost. ]

[ watches all of this happen, while canopus runs around, slightly bigger and fluffier than before. ]

We are officially free to go, it seems. I know you must be eager to get back to him.

[ waiting to see xl appear after i hit comment as;ldkfj ]

Very much so. But I believe that I am to be waiting for him to be released much like yours and Kaeya's.

[ sisi is doing endgame stuff but i will be waiting patiently on my widow's walk for my gege. ]

Lucky you, that you don't need to receive a replacement eye this time around, hm?

[ it really says a lot this doesn't stop her from charging in for a hug ]

I'll see you again, right??

[ it does. but he folds over her and returns the hug easily, stroking a hand over the top of her head. ]

En. You have an invitation to Ghost City, should you like to come.

[ she just arches like a pleased cat. terrible. ]

Absolutely!! I wanna see it in full 3D.

[ as if he did not just escape the hostage basement

here's xie lian! he seems perfectly fine, bounding over. ]

San Lang, there you are!

[ HOSTAGE BASEMENT CONFIRMED!! "no it isn't" I CONNECTED THE BASEMENT DOTS

hua cheng pretty much whips around when he hears xie lian, and then he just.

pounces, essentially, sweeping him up into the most dramatic, romance movie reunion embrace in the world. ]

Oh!

[ well, hello - xie lian makes a startled noise, surprised, but he does not at all mind this romance movie hug. he just laughs, bright and startled, and hugs him back?! ]

San Lang ah, there, there, it's okay...! Are you alright?

[ xie lian gets put down on his feet, eventually, but hua cheng follows after him, folding over to press his face into his shoulder and hold onto him so, so tightly. behind him, tanhua whines. he's waiting his turn and is in charge of qi rong duty at the moment, but, still, he wants to see gege too! ]

I'm alright, gege. I'm just glad to see you - I missed you something terrible. Even a minute away is awful, but two months..?

[ weh.he's reaching to take his face, pulling it free of his shoulder to examine him? immediately just fussing over hua cheng. ]

... It was a long time, but still, we persevered... you're unharmed.

[ he looks relieved, shoulders slumping a little. ] ...I'm glad to see you, too. You must be exhausted, San Lang...

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[girl make that lantern suffer

He's mostly watching the butterflies go, though... He'd come over to say goodbye to Hua Cheng but he is so easily distracted.]

Ah, those are lovely!

[ souji your attention deficit ooh shiny ]

Oh, Souji. Thank you - they're my wraith butterflies. These in particular are what could be considered the dangerous ones. [ except one flutters over and lands on souji's head, absolutely harmlessly, as they all go fly off to cause absolute chaos and destruction in the hotel. ]

[LISTEN. THEY'RE SO PRETTY!! He's not at all surprised to learn that they're apparently extremely dangerous, too, even if he's treating the one that landed on his noggin like a regularass butterfly. Harmless! So cute! He tries to tilt his head back as if he'll be able to see it, the dumbass.]

Oh! They're so pretty, even so... I've never seen anything quite like them before. What is it that they're intending to do, then?

[ help bless his fucking soul. the butterfly slowly meanders forward, antennae twitchy, its little peets touching souji's forehead. it's just chillin. hua cheng isn't aggro at him so it's totally fine checking him out. ]

Tear the place apart, mostly. They'll cut anything in there to ribbons once everyone's done here. Some of them in this batch are reconnaissance in function, so there are a few seeing if they can't locate our esteemed host, since he's thrown a fit.

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[

stares at the butterflies]

[ the sheer head empty energy of this icon ]

... Shi Qingxuan. I do hope you're tearing up any brochures you received.

That's the plan! Or rather, it's the plan once I track down a few people who have wandered off.