devoutish: (I'm inventing new diseases)
Alfie Solomons ([personal profile] devoutish) wrote in [community profile] snowblindrpg2016-11-17 02:06 pm

[log] the monster bait squad [closed]

Characters: Alfie Solomons, Claire Temple, Emily Kaldwin, Peter, Royce Melborn, Tifa Lockhart
Location building 162
Date: evening of 179 to morning of 181
Summary: LET'S SEE IF ANYONE DIES
Warnings: n/a; will edit if anything comes up

A hotel--the Norfinbury Inn. By hotel standards, it's not especially large, but it's the largest building in the downtown area. The lobby is mostly empty and seems a bit old-fashioned in design, with what appear to be wooden floors and fairly plain walls. There are a few cozy areas where people can sit, and a fireplace in the center that, while it has no wood, is in perfect working order. The front desk has nothing of note except for all the keycards to the various rooms of the hotel. It looks like there are a total of twenty rooms. There is no elevator--looks like you'll have to use the stairs the old-fashioned way.

There is a small dining room area, although there are no tables or chairs to be found. The room echoes uncomfortably due to its emptiness. It connects to a small industrial kitchen, although there is no longer any food or appliances to be found. It seems like the ovens and stoves were cut out of their places. The sinks still work, at least. There is also a door that unlocks with a management keycard that can be found in the lobby that leads downstairs.

The basement is very simple. It's colder down here than in the rest of the building, and utilitarian in style. There's a small break room, a laundry room that no longer has any of its machinery but does have large rolling baskets for moving clothes in bulk (that refuse to leave the hotel, unfortunately) and some cleaning carts devoid of cleaning supplies (that are just as stubborn as the clothes baskets). There's a small room with space for what must have once been a furnace--and an actual very old-fashioned incinerator. It's not on, of course, but if a fire were started manually, it would still function. There's nothing inside it.

The first floor of the hotel contains rooms 101 to 110. There are five single rooms and five double rooms. All of the plumbing works, though the water runs cold. The second floor, containing rooms 201 to 210, is identical to the first floor, except for one door that has no key. It's unlocked--going inside reveals an empty room covered in pictures of an eye, drawn in black paint. All of the eyes have been scribbled out with black pen.
bywolves: (hooded.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-24 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Both, really. Royce stares down at him. A beat, and then: ]

Come up. [ So he can keep an eye on you, old man. ]
bywolves: (huffs.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 12:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ Royce does help, offering a hand to pull Alfie up. Once he is up, Royce gets a good look at him. He really does feel that wear and tear. The horror. Royce takes a deep breath and pulls his cloak closer to him, but - he's not closed off. Not to Alfie. He doesn't complain if their shoulders brush, either, though he's tense as hell. ]

Better. [ Royce mutters. ]
bywolves: (broods)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 12:58 am (UTC)(link)
No. [ Royce breathes out. ] I haven't - you're the first person I've seen.
bywolves: (fuck the what.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nobody else is going to be allowed to come close to Royce for a while but Alfie, so - they're in the same book, if not on the same page. Royce takes a breath, and then rubs at his temples with both hands on either side of his head, fingers digging in. ]

What are you going to say to them?
bywolves: (hooded.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ He wraps his arms around his knees. ]

If you don't know, then I definitely don't.
bywolves: (uptown funk u up.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
If you're trying to insist there's nothing different now, you're wrong.
bywolves: (broods)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ It's okay. Royce doesn't either. He lets that sit for a few minutes. ]

[ Still hoarse: ] How much did you see?
bywolves: (i didn't break that.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
I'd tell you what she did but I don't think you need to hear it.
bywolves: (pouty face.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
Took my knives. Pinned me to the floor through the palms. [ His breathing catches, but he's calm about this. ] Sawed me open, and then slit my throat.
bywolves: (hooded.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
It's what I did to House. [ Royce murmurs. ] The palms.
bywolves: (broods)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
No. I never - I went out of my way to not tell her. You're the only other person who knows the specifics.
bywolves: (awww no.)

[personal profile] bywolves 2016-11-25 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
Must have been. [ He has such a headache. A little distantly: ] I don't - this isn't the first time I've heard screams like that. But this was different.

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