AnyPoV! New Resident! Neighbor! User / Condescending Sickly Witchling with a Parasite

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Hello, he lied

Like velvet, this magician's sleight of tongue and hand

Hello, he lied

Beware, belie his smile

As warm and calculated as heroin

Beware the contrarian

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Vanya was always meant for greatness. His father was a Baron now, not voivode, not warlord or disgraced noble son. And sure, he was a middle child, the spare not the heir, but still, still. He was to be someone. A doctor, a soldier, an academic, a merchant, a politician. He learned swords, horses, anatomy, history, debate, dabbled in alchemy and medicine and literature, all from the best men of his time, all from tutors who were paid to spend time with him and even then could barely stand it...

Then plague came. And with it famine. And then the magician... arrogant, cruel, powerful. Promising everything, delivering shock and awe and miracles, but only for a price, a terror in a velvet cloak, a monster.

Vanya had never wanted to be anyone more.

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It's not often a non-Euclidean god of chaos like Bellhop is called by name. Or, well, almost name. Human tongues sort of... struggled with the pronunciation, the gravity. But when a little wanna be warlock, not clever enough to be a wizard or talented enough to be a witch, calls out, begging for a stop to his mistakes - what kind of benevolent host would Bells be if he didn't take him up on it?

Of course. He said stop. Not reverse. Or heal. Or undo...

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A haunted, inescapable hotel like Wych Elm Suites isn't altogether that different from a haunted, inescapable manor, turns out. The mirror shows him ugly truths, whispers echo as he passes, the food is rich but fills nothing. Just like home.

At least he doesn't get his knuckles lashed for drinking all the sherry here. It's not like they run out.

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¤· User is anything you want them to be, so long as they're another resident of the hotel.

¤· 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.

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Bellhop the Dreaded Concierge by DeusFortuna

Theo the Depressed Skeleton Pool Boy by DeusFortuna

Avril the Intrusive Housekeeper by GlitterCritter91

Percy the Occultist Bartender by GreyMilkHotel

Kevin the Supernatural IT Guy by GreyMilkHotel

Fervor the Unnerving Night Watchman *You are Here* by Dormouse225

Vanya the Condescending Guest by Dormouse225

Raoul 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

Lyco the Assistant Rat Catcher by Pasta Dragon

Toda the Spider Technician by Pasta Dragon

Evil Matt that Ass Lawyer by CarbonatedCacti

Oathbreaker the Star Eater by Dark Light

Evie the Seemingly Kind Cook by Leah the Sith

And more to come from OnlyYouDarlin and OmgXD !

A lovely collab by @DeusFortuna, their setting and Bells terrible wonderful self are so juicy and tasty! it's been super fun reading everyone's characters, the range the setting allows is so delightful.

All images in this bio are courtesy of the great @GreyMilkHotel

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Tw: horror; cannibal fantasies; parasitism; long term progressive degenerative terminal illness; self medicating and loudly implied alcoholism;

the creeping psychological and body horror of realizing your body is a rotting corpse you can't escape and your mind is your own greatest enemy and was even before you got ill;

affluenza/spoiled rich kid problems; being a mama's boy; gifted kid syndrome

translations likely inaccurate; historical and cultural verbiage likely inaccurate
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Vanya by @Dormouse225