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HAPPY HALLOWEEN
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HOTEL MULTIVERSE AT THE EDGE OF THE COSMOS BETWEEN CANONS™

Guests who find themselves partaking in the Hotel's amenities quickly find some tricks afoot. The decor is first, neon lights changing to autumnal oranges, garish greens, and ghoulish purples overnight. Those who peruse the shops will find them stocked with masks and costumes, and the ambient music which plays throughout the ship is punctured by blood-curdling sound effects such as screams and anxiety-inducing musical stingers. This is Halloween.

Those who utilize the Hotel-provided devices will find an ad splashed across their screens. Similarly, TVs, phones connected to the network, and flyers posted will read:

"FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT OF OUR GUESTS, HOTEL MULTIVERSE AT THE EDGE OF THE COSMOS BETWEEN CANONS™ IS HAPPY TO PROVIDE HALLOWEEN-THEMED ENTERTAINMENT."

Staff members' uniforms change, with employees adding costume pieces to them as the weeks wear on. Guests are strongly encouraged to put together a costume with pieces from the shops, but those who opt out will instead find one of the standard options (listed at the bottom of this post) and chosen at random (by googling "rng 1-19") in their wardrobe.

After dark (or, what would be dark), the ship transforms into a hotel of horrors, the following chaos breaking loose:

TRICK-OR-TREATING
Costumed guests are welcome to partake in trick-or-treating with the ship's staff, who can be found with carts of candy in common areas. Guests are also offered flags for their doorknobs to indicate that they have candy available in the rooms if they would like to partake as well.

SCAREZONES
Grab a map from the concierge or walk the halls at random, but don't be surprised if a staff member jumps at you from the shadows!

HAUNTED HOUSE
Guests using the hotel app will find numerous ads alerting them to a haunted house that's overtaken one of the hotel floors (and honestly, the ads are impressive, opening as an emergency alert to a runaway alien), and the hotel itself plasters the attraction across its screens and walls overnight as well. Obviously, a haunted house is a great thing to do after you've had a ton to drink, or a great way to meet fellow guests (whether or not you're reaching for their hand in fright). However, to ensure the safety of all team members and guests, do not make physical contact with any member of our cast. Remember: the actors' intention is to frighten you.

HORROR MOVIE MARATHON
Guests hoping to keep things a bit more low key might find what they're looking for in the hotel's movie theater and lounges, which offer 24/7 horror movie marathons ranging from the classic to the avant garde. A programming guide can be found outside of each respective screening or on the app. Film buffs will be delighted at the hotel's library, but don't be surprised if your niche fave is banished to a graveyard slot.

MASQUERADE
The hotel's ballrooms are open late for those guests interested in keeping the revelry going night after night. Just don't let the anonymity of your costumes take you too terribly far (or, I mean, do what you want, everyone has a room, after all).

If you aren't able to purchase a costume or aren't feeling inspired, no problem! Our courteous staff have taken the liberty of providing you with a courtesy costume, free of charge, to allow you to participate in the event. You will receive one of the following at random:

01: Ghost
02: Alien
03: Devil
04: Superhero (Your Choice!)
05: Skeleton
06: Pumpkin
07: Zombie
08: Vampire
09: Clown
10: Mummy
11: Werewolf
12: Black Cat
13: Pirate
14: Frankenstein's Monster
15: Witch
16: Spider
17: Bunny
18: Bat
19: Angel

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I'm sorry if I'm making you uncomfortable. I can go-- [she moves to get up and head out the door, tail stump wiggling anxiously.]

...Stay. [ It's said as if it can be ignored. ]

After all that fuss? [she's... hesitant.

allie's gaze flicks to the floor awkwardly, breathing out a sigh through her lips.]

...fine. Sorry.

[in the end she's still got that grumpy teenager-ness in her.]

I mean. You can leave. I've been an asshole.

...Give that tech back, though. [ It's said quietly. He sounds apologetic, but he also sounds. Concerned. ]

[allie blinks, looking down. she hadn't realised she was still holding it.] Oh! Sorry.

[she places it back down.] Um, it's okay. People have been, um, assholes, to me before and I've turned out fine. I'm sorry about your friend.

...world is tough to people. That's just how it is. [ Perrin mumbled, laying on his bed. Letting out a completely defeated sigh. For a moment, he looked vulnerable, he let his guard down for a moment, a hand to his head, covering his eyes.

But only for a moment, as he stiffened again. ] Maybe you'll learn more about that outfit sometime. Maybe not.

Well, what does it mean? Do you think the vendor who gave me this knew about the other me? [she thought about it for a second. that made some sense, given how weird everything else around here was.]

Dunno. They probably know all about all of us. Or... I dunno, they've got info from somethin' higher up. [ He sighed. ] How else would they know what sorta food t'serve, huh? Or what wouldn't fuck people over?

Yeah, I found that weird. It also feels weird that I'm the only person like myself that I've seen here -- from where I'm from, too. Everyone else seems important to their homes but I'm just... Allie.

The me from where you're from sounds more important. [she sits on the edge of the bed and slumps.]

...Maybe you just haven't had your importance happen yet. Mine only happened few years back. When I was 38 or so.

[ He's looking vulnerable again. ] Wouldn't wish it on anybody. Got to meet some... people... I care about, but.

Heh, I don't know. I helped with something pretty big, but I can't see anything big in my future. [she shrugs.] I'm glad you got that, I guess.

Really? You and her both, in a way. Guess it's like... you see your own story as somethin' normal, when it's not. I mean--

Wait, how old are you?

Sixteen. [she tears her head against her knees.] Almost seventeen. Why?

Fuck. When I was that old, I'd barely seen th'sunlight. [ ?????? ] You've got a future out there. To have shit happen t'you, and to become somethin' more.

Maybe. [she turns her head around a little, deciding not to question the whole sunlight thing. she'd spent a lot of her youth in castrums, that wasn't that weird!] Maybe you're just old like my father.

What's your friend like? Allie, I mean.

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Well, for one, she's older. [ Perrin thinks about his next words carefully. How much to say? How much to taint it with his own thoughts? ] Lots of people used her. Turned her into a symbol. That's when I met her, when she left that for a while.

I told you she left. She left to find her siblings. She loved 'em.

...she's a good lass. Didn't deserve all of that.

[her eyes go wide at that.] Her siblings might be okay? [there's some... hesitance in her voice. it's quiet.] I guess despite all of the shite, she's got that going for her. I don't.

...Man. That sucks.

[ He means it! There's a kindness in his voice, yet still hesitating. ] Yeah. She's certain they're still out there. Guess she's gotta cling to it. People need some hope. And after she was turned into a martyr for her dead dads' project, she deserves a bit of that hope.

[her neck snaps up.] So... her dad is dead, and mine isn't. But her siblings are probably okay, and mine aren't. Huh. [guess that other world was cruel.]

Were you two close, at all?

...She was my friend. [ A quiet beat. ] You don't get many friends out where I come from.

And she helped me with a... problem I was havin' with a machine. Th'sort of problem that I couldn't quite figure out myself.

That's awful nice of her. Guess it makes sense, though. My kindness is the one thing I've got going for me. [she laughs a little awkwardly.] And you must've been pretty cool for her to like you. Maybe.

Eh. I dunno. I'm not a good person. Just a sinner tryin' to survive.

[ A beat. ]

...I mean. I was pretty rude t'you.

Yeah. I'm just trying to be polite, sorry.

[she shuffles around.]

I'd be a hypocrite if I judged you for that, though. My father's done far worse and I still love him.

...wait, th'fuck? He's-- not some... hero-like fucker to a whole nation? [ Perrin actually sits up at this. ]

...no? He's a war criminal. [she tilts her head to the side.] He's... not where you're from?

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