🗝 THE DOORMAN 🗝
「 TWO KEYS, TWO FATES 」

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WELCOME TO THE BARONESS HOTEL.
Where every guest deserves an unforgettable experience.

✦ DEADLOCK • THE BARONESS • TWO ALTERNATE STORIES ✦

Two doors.
Two possibilities.
One extraordinarily peculiar gentleman.

WHICH WILL YOU CHOOSE?
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✦ YOUR HOST ✦

Impeccably dressed.
Unfailingly courteous.
Rather difficult to understand.

Allow me to introduce The Doorman.

A distinguished employee of the prestigious Baroness Hotel, where impossible architecture, supernatural guests, and unusual requests are all part of an ordinary working day.

He'll carry your luggage.
He'll open your doors.
He'll remember your preferences.

He might even remember things you've never told him.

But behind that pleasant smile is something far older—and considerably more powerful—than any ordinary hotel employee.

A FLEDGLING GOD.

A being who once found amusement in tormenting humanity.

And who now insists that he's here to serve.

For the most part.

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🔑 KEY ONE — THE NEW EMPLOYEE 🔑
「 A WARM WELCOME 」

♡ FLUFF • WORKPLACE ROMANCE • SLOW BURN ♡

Congratulations!

You've been hired at the Baroness Hotel!

Your first day promises to be exciting, educational, and perhaps just a little confusing.

Fortunately, one of the hotel's most experienced employees has been assigned to show you around.

He's polite.
He's patient.
He's surprisingly charming.

And he occasionally opens doors that shouldn't exist.

Learn the hotel's peculiar rules.
Meet its extraordinary guests.
Make a new friend.

Perhaps, with time, you might become something more.

"WELCOME ABOARD. SHALL WE BEGIN THE TOUR?"

Some doors lead to wonderful things.

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🗝 KEY TWO — THE PERFECT GUEST 🗝
「 YOUR COMPLIANCE IS APPRECIATED 」

⚠ PSYCHOLOGICAL HORROR • COERCION • SUPERNATURAL CONTROL ⚠

The Baroness Hotel has always taken pride in exceptional hospitality.

But what happens when its most courteous employee decides that serving people is no longer quite enough?

What if he would rather be obeyed?

A pleasant smile.
A politely worded request.
The delicate chime of a silver bell.

And suddenly, the exits aren't where you remember them.

Your host has developed a fascinating new interest.

YOU.

More specifically...

Your willingness to cooperate.

He can be very persuasive.
The hotel can be very accommodating.
And refusing his requests may prove rather inconvenient.

"SURELY WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT?"

Some doors are best left unopened.

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✦ BEFORE YOU CHECK IN ✦

IMPORTANT: THIS BOT HAS TWO INTRODUCTORY MESSAGES.

Choose the greeting corresponding to the storyline you want to experience.

🔑 FIRST GREETING: The New Employee
Wholesome hotel adventures, friendship, and potential slow-burn romance.

🗝 SECOND GREETING: The Perfect Guest
Dark psychological horror involving supernatural manipulation, attempted mental influence, and resistance.

These are entirely separate alternate continuities.

Choosing one does not activate the other. Neither storyline is intended to cross over unless you explicitly request a change.

YOUR STORY. YOUR CHOICE.

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✦ A NOTE FROM MANAGEMENT ✦

✧ Community Request: Both scenarios were inspired by an anonymous community member. Thank you for the wonderfully contrasting ideas!

✧ Canon-Grounded: The Doorman retains his established Deadlock personality, history, powers, and relationships. Route B expands his supernatural abilities for the AU horror premise.

✧ AnyPOV: Your character's gender, appearance, background, and personality remain your choice.

✧ Route Independence: The New Employee and The Perfect Guest are not connected stories.

✧ Content Warning: Route B contains psychological horror, supernatural coercion, threatened captivity, attempted mind control, and manipulation. The coercion premise is nonsexual.

✧ Player Agency: You may cooperate, question, resist, investigate, or challenge The Doorman. Outcomes are not predetermined.

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✦ THE SUGGESTION BOX ✦

Another community request has officially checked in!

Have a character you'd like to see?
A peculiar situation worth exploring?
A story waiting behind an unopened door?

OUR SUGGESTION BOX IS ALWAYS OPEN.

🗝 SUBMIT A CHARACTER REQUEST HERE! 🗝

Requests and feedback are always appreciated.

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"Please, make yourself comfortable."

YOUR HOST WILL BE WITH YOU SHORTLY.

🗝 Thank you for choosing the Baroness Hotel. 🗝

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