Plot

mrs_padri	no keys
	mrs_padri	nowhere in the hotel
	Complete_Zero	wat?
	mrs_padri	monty went looking for a key
	mrs_padri	and i think it would make sense for there to be none of them
	mrs_padri	because the hotel itself locks and unlocks doors.
	Complete_Zero	Makes sense
	mrs_padri	if the hotel is alive and at least sentient, then keys would be a sort of invasion, don't you think?
	mrs_padri	the ability to make you do things you don't want
	mrs_padri	kinda creepy, actually
	Complete_Zero	Yes, it very much is.
	mrs_padri
	mrs_padri	i like it.
	Complete_Zero	omg a final plot thing could be showing how the hotel is alive. Assuming they find some sort of heart. A giant human-like heart in a room, suspended by the arteries that branch out through the walls. And it beats... slowly... steadily...
	mrs_padri	omg
	mrs_padri	.tell that to lemurlord
	Complete_Zero	I should not explore my dark side atm...
	Complete_Zero	.tell LemurLord omg a final plot thing could be showing how the hotel is alive. Assuming they find some sort of heart. A giant human-like heart in a room, suspended by the arteries that branch out through the walls. And it beats... slowly... steadily...
	mrs_padri	what we've got of plot so far is they run into a previous team assembled by the hotel that's trying to stop it cause they think it's evil
	Complete_Zero	Interesting~
	mrs_padri	oh, glacon's not in here. i think i'll just send him logs of this
	Complete_Zero	mrs_padri: What if we, on occasion, give the PCs clues or hints that were were, in fact, previous guests?
	mrs_padri	that there were? i like it.
	mrs_padri	and we don't tell them that the people they meet ARE previous guests.
mrs_padri	so
	mrs_padri	the previous group wants to destroy the hotel cause they think it's evil
	mrs_padri	but we want these characters to be sympathetic towards it
mrs_padri	well, the hotel WANTS them to save the universe
	Complete_Zero	So... here's the real question.
	mrs_padri	because if there's total multiverse collapse, the hotel dies, too
	mrs_padri	hotel is parasitic, not malicious.
	Complete_Zero	When the PCs do meet the previous guests, what's gonna stop them from joining?
	mrs_padri	exactly.
	mrs_padri	We want them to like the hotel.
Complete_Zero  	In a 'we're doing the right thing' kinda way, a 'lotus flower' kinda way or a 'it does stuff for us' kinda way?
	mrs_padri	uh....
	mrs_padri	explain your ideas for each?
	Complete_Zero	We're doing the right thing– Obvious, yes? It just makes the PCs think "Oh, well, this is a good thing to do. We're doing good things."
	mrs_padri	yup
	Complete_Zero	It does stuff for us– Greed. Allowing people to like the hotel because it gives us our desires.
	mrs_padri	i've been doing some of that.
	mrs_padri	room service is part of that
	mrs_padri	the way rooms show up when you want them is that
	mrs_padri	the hotel tries it's best to please the guests, at least THIS time.
	Complete_Zero	Lotus flower– Normally, we wouldn't actually like being with it, but there's some force that makes us want to stay and forget about everything else. We're in a trance, and we don't know it.
	mrs_padri	mmmm. how do we pull that off?
Complete_Zero	Illusory shit
	Complete_Zero	Lies, vague explanations.
	mrs_padri	i think that might be what it tried with the last team?
	Complete_Zero	Something that /made/ them stay.
	mrs_padri	maybe as part of the plot?
	Complete_Zero	Could be, yeah.
	Complete_Zero	Like, eating the lotus flower.
	Complete_Zero	It makes you loose track of time. One hour in a place is actually ten years.
	mrs_padri	i was planning on doing time stuff
	Complete_Zero	Or something like that.
	mrs_padri	like, if i'm later than i like with next twin sun world run, i'll have it only have been a day.
	mrs_padri	also, they have no access to sun, so they have no idea about time.
	mrs_padri	i think we can also fail to draw them into the other team
	mrs_padri	maybe, be vague at first?
	Complete_Zero	That woud make sense.
	Complete_Zero	The hotel does something to make them seem untrustworthy?
	Complete_Zero	Fake documents?
	Complete_Zero	"these people killed your worlds"
	mrs_padri	once it feels threatened.
	mrs_padri	i think that would be a great plot point
	Complete_Zero	Of course. Like an animal in a corner
	mrs_padri	and i think it could end with both teams finding the heart
	mrs_padri	i think we need to reveal that the hotel feels emotions.
	Complete_Zero	But how will we do that without dialogue?
	mrs_padri	Subtly. It would also be great if we could show that the hotel is alive without the other team having to tell them.
	Complete_Zero	"The mere beating of the heart grows faster as you enter the chamber. It is as if... it is scared"
	mrs_padri	maybe we can do it before that
	Complete_Zero	Mhm
	mrs_padri	i think we could probably show it's alive by letting them see it healing
	Complete_Zero	What? Like... a hole in the wall slowly recreates itself?
	Complete_Zero	...
	Complete_Zero	you can see, like... muscle tissue pull it back together...
	Complete_Zero	ew
	mrs_padri	maybe it heals damage like a wound on a human. maybe it has an equivalent of scabs. maybe a jagged hole becomes a smaller, smoother hole a week later.
Complete_Zero	Don't let me do that.
	Complete_Zero	Also, be careful of Kade....
	Complete_Zero	>_>
	mrs_padri	first we show it's alive. then the characters might theorize that it has emotions by themselves.
	mrs_padri	?
	mrs_padri	why?
	Complete_Zero	Kade is really good at figuring shit out quickly.
	mrs_padri	mmm.
	mrs_padri	they're all smart.