[Fin] The Murder-Free Hotel

[wingedcatgirl]

You wake up in a comfy bed in what appears to be a hotel room.

Heya. Did you know that being murdered can, under incredibly precise circumstances, give you godlike power over your own personal alternate universe? Fun and interesting fact. I decided to have some fun with it.

There's no murderers here, no blinking lights, no ravening werewolves, no judgemental extraterrestrials, nor any viruses seeking to infect -- without consent, anyway. Just hang out. Get to know each other. And make the most of your time. After all... who knows what might happen next?

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This is a super-casual may-or-may-not-be-canon RP for characters who exist in the Murderverse. No murdering will happen in this world. You're just kinda here.

I don't know how to design world layouts, so just casually assume everything is laid out in whatever way is most convenient to the roleplay. Yes, that area your character wants to go to does exist and is accessible, unless someone else got there first and made it inaccessible.

And also here's the discussion thread.

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Last time on Murder-Free...

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The hotel's PA system crackles to life.

"Did you know we have one of these?" Sylvi says. "It turns out we have one of these. Anyroad. I'm gonna throw wide some gates. If you have anyone from back home you'd like me to summon, meet me at the landing pad I just built outside."

Anyone looking out the window would see a newly-pink-smoked stone platform, a perfectly flat square a good dozen meters to a side.

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Front office
Sylvi hangs up the PA. "I feel like I could've made the thing more featured," she mutters to herself, "but I'm not sure what kind of features this even ''needs''."

[madface7]

Stew and Jocelyn, in the former's room, look at each other.

Imagine having friends, Jocelyn snarks at the latest announcement from the PA system.

You have a boyfriend.

Shut up, you don't count.

You also have Cutbug, Metabomb, Ikei, and Jui.

Stop proving me wrong. I want to self deprecate.

OK, OK, fine. 

...your cute and we all support, love, and respect you

Jocelyn gives Stew a death glare that makes him unnerved and nod in terror... before giving him a bear hug. Stew gladly hugs back.

Love ya.

...I'm only doing this to shut you up.

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Meanwhile, near the landing pad...

'Scuse me, I, uh, need to call in a favor.

Engineer, waving to Sylvi, takes off his hard hat and holds it to his chest. Y'see, I heard about some... incident... that happened the other day with some catfolk, and I propose we call in some... outside help, to see what makes this godfersaken virus tick. Never seen nothin' like that before on God's green earth.

[artsyGeek]

Kitchen Area..ish

Michael is in the kitchen area, seemingly cooking something. Out of character, yes, but he was rather bored. "I wonder where the others are at." He thought to himself.

The PA system blared just as he said that. "...oh, they finally used the PA system, huh?" After the snark, he decides to continue on with his cooking.

[wingedcatgirl]

Landing Pad
"Outside help, eh?" Sylvi says to the Engineer. "Who'd you have in mind?"

[Zanreo]

Neptune enters the kitchen, grabbing some pudding from the fridge. "Oh, hey!" she says upon seeing Michael.

[SmilyCube112]

Then, suddenly from seemingly nowhere many explosions can be heard in the distance, which sound like they're getting closer at an alarming speed. It sounds like it's coming from outside the hotel, and the explosions stop at the launch pad, where a spiky blonde-haired teenager (probably 16 years old or somethin') is standing, with a scowl on his face. The first thing he says?

"I'd better not run into any fucking villains here. I got my free vacation and I'M GONNA FUCKING USE IT IN FUCKING PEACE!!"

Moon, Angel and Calli, who all heard the explosions, ran to the Launch Pad and saw the kid standing there, which he takes notice of.

"WHAT ARE YOU THREE FUCKIN' STARIN' AT, HUH?!?!" He said to them, in a rather aggressively loud tone of voice. Moon and Angel understandably decide to go elsewhere in the Hotel, while Calli decides to just stay and see how everyone else will react to the kid's arrival, much to his annoyance.

[artsyGeek]

Kitchen-ish Area

Michael noticed Neptune while cooking. "Oh, hello there."

Launchpad, I suppose

Rebel, who heard the explosion as well, immediately ran to the launchpad. "WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED?!"

[SmilyCube112]

"It's this kid - I don't know what he did, but he's lucky he didn't damage the hotel one bit." Calli said, before the kid yells back with:

"It's my FUCKING Quirk, dumbasses! All it does is allows me to make sweat that's fucking nitro-glycerine, and I fuckin' use it to make FUCKIN' EXPLOSIONS!!! DUMBASSESS!!!"

"Wow. Rude."

"FUCK YOU, BITCH! GO TELL THE GRIM REAPER TO GET FUCKED!" That comment took Calli by surprise - She didn't think they could tell she was a Shinigami, yet he did. And he knew he was right from that reaction alone.

[artsyGeek]

Launchpad

"...alright, alright," Rebel said. "You two calm down for a bit, but especially to you, young man. What happened?"

[SmilyCube112]

"What do you mean, 'what happened'? I just fuckin' got here, USING MY FUCKIN' GODDAMN QUIRK!"

"I am calm - It's him who needs to chill out."

"YOU CHILL OUT!"

[PointMaid]

Ruby goes to check on why, exactly, she heard a loud explosion. We have a launchpad now? Why didn't I know this before?

[SmilyCube112]

"Who knows what else this place is hiding. By the way, that loud explo----"

"SHUT IT, BITCH! I don't want you goin' around, spreading info they can easily get themselves." - With that, he storms inside, goes to an empty room, and puts his stuff in there.

"Rude. As I was saying, that explosion was his doing - He said it was his 'Quirk'. Apparently his sweat is nitro-glycerine, and he can use it to create explosions."

[madface7]

Ignoring all the commotion, Engineer continues.

"Well, he's a bit of a screwball, but mah friend Medic would know what t' do 'bout this. If'n ya wouldn't mind invitin' him. If not," he puts his hard hat back on, "Ah thank ya for yer time."

[wingedcatgirl]

Sylvi nods. "A medic would certainly be helpful in analyzing that virus, yeah."

She closes her eyes and summons a cloud of pink smoke, then directs it into the shape of a free-standing door on the landing pad.

One might at this point suddenly notice that there was already one of those. This new one, however, has a style that's likely to remind the Engineer of his home world, in contrast to the existing one with a more Eorzean design.

Once the door solidifies, Sylvi opens her eyes again. "Mm... looks like I could fit quite a lot of those before I begin the actual summoning."

[madface7]

A figure in a stark white lab coat, holding a large object connected to a pack on his back, steps out of the door as heavenly light enshrouds the area and doves circle around him. He stands confidently until he examines his surroundings.

"Vhere... exactly... am I?"

He examines the large metal sliding door he stepped out of.

"Zis door is interesting... hm, it seems to have opened a portal of sorts... Who is responsible for making zis?"

[PointMaid]

I can help, too. If you'll let me. We can use my lab. Um... at least the parts of it that are still intact. Which I think is most of it. I hope.

[madface7]

Medic's eyes widen when he sees new people.

"Ooh, hello experime-...eh, hehe, I mean, new friends! You can just call me Medic for now. I see you've met my friend Engineer!" He's strangely interested and upbeat about being transported to another dimension.

"Right, uh, I kinda needed yer help with somethin'. We need to reverse engineer some viral substance that caused a few problems in this here hotel."

"Sounds fun! Vhere can I start, hehe?"

[PointMaid]

Like I said, I think we can use the equipment in my lab, but we'll need something to analyze first. Are there any more of those cats around or did we drive them all off?

[madface7]

"Hmmm... Cats... Zis is a virus zat turns people into cats? I vonder how zat vorks... Is it like verevolfism?"

"That's what we're tryin' ta find out, Doc."

"Interesting... Zen it's settled. Miss, please show me to your lab. ve can vork out vat to do from zere."

[PointMaid]

Ruby, Dr. Ruby Ramirez. You are? Ruby shows them the way to her room/office. There are a few items of broken glassware, scorch marks and ash, and a crack or two in one of the machines. Dalek Sec is quietly in the corner... it appears to be asleep.

[madface7]

"Hello, Ruby, it's a pleasure. My name is Dr. Ludwig. Just call me Medic."

"Just call me Engie, and..." Engineer stares at the Dalek. "...oh, my god, it's beautiful. What kinda engineers did ya have ta hire to build that thing? Or did ya build it yerself?"

[wingedcatgirl]

Sylvi blinks. "Huh... that was just supposed to be preparing, the actual summoning would've been after I... eh, maybe the Medic is just unusual like that." She shrugs and waves at the door, and it dissolves back into pink smoke.

You sure we should be doing it all at once? Seems like one at a time would be more efficient anyway. Dunno how long we'd be waiting if we're waiting for everyone, y'know?

She ponders this for a moment. Maybe you're right.

[PointMaid]

We were... collaborating. It said it and it's like were turned into what they are now by a man named Davros. I wouldn't wake it up, it can get cranky, to put it mildly. Particularly with those it doesn't know.

[madface7]

"That's odd. I won't intrude, don't worry yerself none." Engineer sets a toolbox down on the floor and starts rummaging through it, then grabs a notepad and pencil. He puts the pencil on his ear. "So, y'all ready to start examinin' this thing?"

"If you vould please show us a sample of zis pathogen, I could find vays to analyze it... I just need to find some sort of small animal, like a..." 

A dove flies onto Medic's shoulder, and he chuckles heartily. "No, not you, Archimedes. You can vatch. Just stay avay from zis. I vas sinking more along ze lines of a rat or a mouse?"

[PointMaid]

I do have a cage of known-strain, genetically verified mice, if the Dalek hasn't made a mess of that area of my lab. That brings me to what I was asking earlier, though, when we need to get a sample of the virus... are any of those cats that infected us still around, or have we scared them all off?