The North Star Hotel
The North Star Hotel occupies the open space next to Embraced.
EXTERIOR
In the vacant lot beside Embraced, construction had been underway. The exterior and landscaping had been taken care of first, followed by the interior.
The outside is a brick hotel blending in with the rest of the buildings nearby except for the sign that boldly proclaims itself as the "North Star Hotel." One notable thing is that there are no windows at all on this building, preventing anyone from peering in at any level, or most likely as intended, light cannot enter.
The landscaping is minimal, a great deal of the plot of land taken up by the building and parking lot. Shrubbery and a few hardy but pretty plants ring the building and outline the plot, with a few lot lamps interspersed throughout the parking lot with sections of curb made of gravel and greenery.
INTERIOR
Entering through the lobby doors (wooden, not glass), patrons are greeted with the scent of freshness, and of the calming aromas of white tea, sandalwood, and jasmine. To the left is the lobby desk, typically manned by two front desk workers at all times, along with a front desk manager.
The Blue Eyes Lounge
To the right is an open archway that leads into a lobby bar. This bar is manned by up to three tenders as needed and serves a variety of blood liquors and other blood infused drinks for Kindred to partake in at any time of the night/day.
The other half of the bar turns into a sitting area with piano included. A pianist is available nightly and takes crowd requests, or Kindred can play the piano themselves when the pianist is on break or by request.
The Rooms
Straight ahead from the front doors is both circling stairwell and row of elevators to go up to the other floors. Each hallway is designed similar to the lobby and bar area, with patterned ceiling, chandeliers, comfortable chairs and blue and red carpeting. Each of the rooms on the five levels are styled almost exactly the same, but feature different artwork purchased from Liliana Rousseau, or curated from the Galleria d'Arte on loan. The most notable thing about the rooms is that as noticeable from the outside of the building, they have no windows. In replacement of windows, they each feature a large screen on the outward facing wall, where scenery can be selected, or used as TV.
The Rules of the North Star Hotel
While it is located within the Red Light District, claimed by Valentino Darling, the hotel and property is to be considered neutral ground. Business that cannot be conducted in territories of others may be conducted here when neutral meeting grounds are required.
No hostile actions may be taken on hotel property and grounds.
Loss of control or Frenzying is grounds for immediate removal and excommunication from premises.
Any agreement, contract, or oath reached on hotel property and grounds is considered binding and must be completed.
There are no wards (aside from structural wards meant to keep the building from falling down during a Hellifyno apocalypse), so these rules are considered formalities and good manners. Lack of adherence to these rules is grounds for suitable penalty as decided by first: General Manager, second: Concierge, third: Owner.
Current Residents
N/A
Workers
General Manager: Elaine Fox
Concierge: Gabriel Briggs
OOC Note: Because the wards do not exist, shenanigans can happen. If word gets out, IC results will occur.
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The Great adventures of Wally and his friends
The first part:
Act Two:
Wally and his friends had come a long way and were a little tired on the road, so they had to stop at a gas station to refuel the car and they had a little rest. But there was also a spy at the gas station who was hunting for someone-this is Oli.
Oli was looking through binoculars at a new copy for Valentino.
Visitors at the gas station were not suitable for Olya and she let them through until she attacked an antrophomort blue dog with colored spots - This is Barnaby.And Pom looked at Poppy, Heidi, and Sally. She is very happy about this and when she noticed that they began to gather, she began to chase them.When the guys arrived at their destination, namely the bay. They settled down for the night to rest for tomorrow. Oli took pictures of Wally and his friends from under her mother-in-law and sent these photos to Valentino via her phone.
Oli was already thinking about a plan for hunting and kidnapping.
First:Flush .
Oli dug a small hole and paved it with leaves and grass, hid in the bushes. When Eddie went to get firewood, he calmly passed her trap. The girl did not understand how he did it, because in fact the leaves and branches should crack from the heavy weight and in a place with Eddie he would crawl down into the pit.When she came to the trap and jumped on it, she fell into the pit with a crunch of branches.
- Here are the apple pancakes! Oli said angrily and came up with a new trap.
Second:Bowl
She called up a rope with a cup-shaped trap, and she wrapped the end around another tree and sealed it with a peg.
Her plan is as follows:The victim will touch the rope, the peg will come off and the Lapushka will fall on it.And voila!
That's how it turned out, someone got trapped. Oli, with joy on her face and a sense of victory, she ran up to the trap and opened it, she saw not what she wanted. A raccoon got trapped. She began to hiss at her and die a little closer. Oli began to move back and tripped over the root of a tree, she rolled head over heels back with screams, after which she fell off a cliff into the river.
A strong current began to carry the girl away.
"Save me! Somebody! I can't swim!"She screamed, floundering, swallowing and spitting. She did not notice how water was gradually getting into her mouth and she could barely breathe, after which she lost consciousness and strength, went down to the bottom.
She was completely unconscious, she did not see, hear or feel anything, only the pounding of her heart in her chest passed through her ears like the ticking of a clock counting the minutes of her life.
After a while, she woke up inside the van. She was lying on an unfolded bed. She is wearing a man's long T-shirt with four arms.
" Ugh... My head," she said, stroking her head, "Where am I?"
After looking around, she got out of bed and began to wander.Her clothes were drying, and her bag with her phone was on the table. When Oli turned on the phone, it started working completely. She let out a sigh of relief.
"Phew... Thank God," she replied and began to turn her head, looking around the place.- "Where am I? .."
Suddenly Wally enters the van, he decided to check on the well-being of the guest and when he saw that she was awake and in order, he smiled at her and said:
" Oh! Hi, honey, how are you feeling?"
Oli took two steps away and, taking a frying pan that came under her arm, she aimed it at him. As a weapon.
"Who are you?! What happened to me?" she asked in fright. "Where am I?"
"Hush, hush," he soothed her and immediately switched to her questions "I'm Wally and my friends and I were just relaxing on the beach. As soon as we saw you drowning, Barnaby and Eddie rushed to save you. They pulled you out of the water and we tried to bring you to your senses."
" Yes?"she asked and looked at her body, asked another question "How long was I unconscious?"
"3 hourBarnaby answered by opening the front door to the van. Looking at them, a smile appeared on his face "Wally, I see that she is fine.Okay. Let's go before we eat the fried sausages without you."
"Come on!" he replied and switched to Oli "Well... Will you come with us?We're frying marshmallows and sausages here."
Thinking about the answer, Oli agreed and soon she went after Wally.The others were waiting for them outside, Howdy was trying to play a tune on the banjo and choose a suitable one for the campfire. Frank, Julia, Eddie and Barnaby were gathering firewood, and Sally and Poppy were preparing the table.
"Hey, I see she's already awake," Howdy exclaimed when he saw Wally, followed by Oli. Oli was very worried and embarrassed to make contact"How do you feel, sugar?"
"Me?"Oli asked him, she doubted the answer, but soon she gave it away "Yes! I'm fine."
"That's nice," he answered her affectionately and continued to tune the banjo again.
Wally took her to a log and let her sit on it, and he sat down next to her.
"Well," he said to greet Oli and his friends." Oli, these are my friends:Barnaby, Howdy, Poppy, Julie, Sally, Eddie and Frank."
Everyone waved at her.
"Guys, this is Oli"Wally was introduced by her friends.
"Hi, I'm Oli" she said nervously and timidly"But to be more precise, my name is Olivia Flower"
"And what is Oli?"Julia asked.
"It's a pseudonym," Oli replied.
"You have a nice name," Eddie said with a chuckle, which embarrassed Oli. Soon the guys heard a strange sound like a mobile phone ringing.
"what is it?"Frank asked.
I have it!Oli replied and immediately rushed into the van. After closing herself in it, she picked up the phone and Valentino's angry voice was heard from there.
"Oli!"he shouted angrily into the phone "Where are you, you premature Clown?!"
"I am now with your goal, which I sent you."Oli replied nervously and tremulously.
"great!"He answered joyfully"And now, you need to change the route and after that you should come with them to the circus show in Cruelocity. Is it clear?"
"But.. But Sire I am."She tried to answer something, but Valentino immediately hung up the phone.
Olya was filled with fear in her veins and she was shaking, but there was nothing to do. She found a map and took a pencil with an eraser at the end, began to erase the lines and with sighs began to change the route.
After finishing her work, she sighed longingly, putting away the map.pencil and phone, got out of the van and went to the others.
"Oli, you're back!"Julia replied happily.
" yeah..."She replied through a smile, hiding her problem.
The guys had a great time together, including Oli, they sang songs to the guitar, ate fried sausages and marshmallows, told each other stories and watched the burning fireflies in the dark.It was a magical feeling that Oli had never felt anywhere, living under the wing and rod of her boss Valentino.
And when it was getting close to bedtime, the guys split up. The boys will spend the night in tents, and the girls will sleep in the van.
So they did. The guys took the tents out of the van and went to disassemble them and build them, while the girls stayed in the van overnight.
Frank was just unhappy and grumbled all the time, mumbled and muttered something under his breath, it was from the appearance of Oli.
"I don't like her," he snorted under his breath, hammering the speakers into the ground.
"What are you talking about?"Wally asked him.
"This Oli, she's kind of weird," he replied sullenly and suspiciously at her.
"Come on, have a nice day," Barnaby said amiably.
" Of course," Eddie intervened, " How can you not be nervous after she almost drowned."
"Whatever you think, but I don't like her," Frank replied angrily and sullenly.
Meanwhile, the girls were getting ready for bed. Poppy, Sally and Gilly discussed plans for tomorrow's trip, and Oli sat on the unfolded bed and thought about Valentino and how no one would suspect the boss's plan.
" Oli"Julia let her, seeing Oli's worried and even more nervous face, she asked"are you okay?"
"A... Me?" she asked Gilia and clearing her throat, she gave the answer- Yes, I'm just tired.
" Okay, good night,"Julia wished her and lay down with the others.
"Good night," Oli replied and with a sigh, wrapped herself in a blanket and began to sink into sleep.
A few minutes later, she found herself in a dark room, surrounded by darkness and only whispers complemented this environment. Bright scarlet smoke swirled and curled around the girl's half-naked body and it looked like smog from tobacco. Oli, hiding her body with her hands, trembled like a little puppy. The whisper grew stronger and the fear in the heart of a sixteen-year-old teenager overtook him to the very tip of his life, and then a voice was heard, Valentino's evil and rather demonic voice:
"Oli! You're a rotten rat!"
Turning around, Oli saw her boss's strength from a clot of alago and tobacco smoke. His eyes burned with bright bloody lights, wanting to torment the young lady.
"Why can't I ask you to do something normal?!" he shouted at her, coming closer to her.
Oli was about to run, but shackles and a chain abruptly appeared on her arms and neck. Valentino pulled them closer to him.
"You are a sweet-talking idiot!"he replied and pulled the chain with Olina's neck towards him." What did I ask you to do? Bring them here, but you disobeyed me, you bastard!"
Oli saw him shake his fist and point it sharply at her.
The girl woke up screaming, sweat and tears flowing down her body in the slightest trickle. The rest of the girls woke up from the scream.
"Oli! What in the name of the holy stars is going on?!" Sally asked sharply and angrily, but after looking at her, concern appeared on her face "Oh, dear, did you have a nightmare?"
Oli nodded and the others came up to her.
"Honey," Poppy said and sat down next to her, "I know how to deal with nightmares.
"How?"Oli asked through tears.
" Do your hair?"Julia asked.
"To remember poetry?"Sally asked.
"Can't sleep?" asked Oli.
"..No, no, no, silly," Poppy replied with a giggle, "My grandmother always sang this lullaby when I had nightmares.
Pressing Oli tightly and wrapping her in her wings, she began to sing her grandmother's lullaby:
(The song rises the moon-
Liana Flores)
days seem sometimes as if they'll never end
sun digs its heels to taunt you
but after sunlit days, one thing stays the same
rises the moon
days fade into a watercolour blur
memories swim and haunt you
but look into the lake, shimmering like smoke
rises the moon
oh close your weary eyes
I promise you that soon the autumn comes
to darken fading summer skies
breathe breathe breathe
days pull you down just like a sinking ship
floating is getting harder
but tread the water child, and know that meanwhile
rises the moon
days pull you up just like a daffodil
uprooted from its garden
they'll tell you what you owe, but know even so
rises the moon
you'll be visited by sleep
I promise you that soon the autumn comes
to steal away each dream you keep
breathe breathe breathe
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