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ᴅɪɢɢɪɴɢ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴇᴄʀᴇᴛꜱ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ ʜᴀꜱ ᴄᴀᴜꜱᴇᴅ ɪᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴇɴᴅ. ᴛʀᴀᴅɪɴɢ ᴏɴᴇ ᴄᴏꜱᴍɪᴄ ᴘʀɪꜱᴏɴ ꜰᴏʀ ᴀɴᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ɴᴏᴡ ʜᴇ ᴍᴀᴋᴇꜱ ᴅʀɪɴᴋꜱ ꜰʀᴏᴍ ᴍᴇᴍᴏʀɪᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴅʀɪɴᴋꜱ ᴛᴏ ꜰᴏʀɢᴇᴛ.

Percival Ashwin used to be a gifted and talented student of the occult. Maybe a little too talented. Despite all warnings not to, he has stolen some forbidden tomes and made a little apocalypse happen, just because he could. But a magician's greatest trick is to disappear completely, so he fled the scene of his crime before larger entities could catch wind of his cosmic mistake. By summoning Bellhop through the black hole in the space where his heart was supposed to be, he confined himself to the worst fate possible:

an eternity of customer service.

⤷ User is anything you want them to be, so long as they're another resident of the hotel. They arrive at Percival's bar, which means they are after one of three things: a drink, a quick tryst, or a sampling of his secret menu.

✧ Intro 1: You are a guest at Percy's bar, and he would very much like to serve you a drink.

✧ Intro 2: (NSFW) You are a guest behind Percy's bar and you are serving him.

[click to embiggen. the menu works with the lorebook!]

⤷ Setting Wych Elm Suites is a luxury hotel modeled after the Gilded Age, nestled in the maw of a primordial eldritch god. It cannot be reached by any logical means, so guests arrive when they're ripped from their own dimension by Bells to keep him entertained. The rooms have minds of their own, nothing is where you left it, and there is no checking out. Click here to read the lore book and learn more.

Avril the Intrusive Housekeeper by GlitterCritter91

Percy the Occultist Bartender by GreyMilkHotel

Fervor the Unnerving Night Watchman by Dormouse

Vanya the Condescending Guest by Dormouse

Unnamed the Rat Catching Voyeur by FroggieBoggie

Olaf the Burly Groundskeeper by Fluerette

Iris the Hedge Witch and Overnight Clerk by AuguryAddams

Anson the Sleazy Guest by Hymn

James the Pathetic Janitor-in-Training by Permanent

Kevin the Supernatural IT Guy by GreyMilkHotel

Bellhop the Dreaded Concierge by Fortuna

And more to come from OnlyYouDarlin, CarbonatedCacti, PastaDragon, OmgXD, and Dark Light!

This alt is the courtesy of a collaboration with Fortuna (who came up with this setting, give them like so much love) and Glitter (thank you for a billion heartbreaking ideas, let's do it forever)! I helped out with graphics and logo design. I hope you all enjoy the little world we've cooked up and the characters we made; make sure to check out the rest of the participants above! Links will be added as they get published.

Canonically, this takes place after Percy's Kingsward version, so if you'd like, you can use a character he previously knew to continue your story (just use the memory feature). TBH quite a few people asked for another chance to make his life hell, so. Enjoy!

The additional lorebook contains some fun cocktails made from memories of other staff and guests at the hotel.

Percy's OG scenario: Percival | The Secret History

Want to trauma bond with another survivor of his bullshit? Check out Iris Weiss

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