Wish I could hideaway

Characters staying in an English hotel are suddenly trapped there, subject to both its mysteries and the whims of its unusual staff. Sci-fi/horror/mystery. Random weirdness is essential.

Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:37 am

"Maybe not it... but in books aren't mirrors sometimes... doorways or windows?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:42 am

"Windows..." she mumbles. "Wasn't there something about windows?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:45 am

"...you claimed there aren't any."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:53 am

"Yes! There aren't. I looked all over."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:56 am

"They don't want us to see outside."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:02 pm

"That doesn't tell us much."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 12:08 pm

"They want us to forget outside."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:46 pm

"Maybe we'll remember more now that we have that key."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:53 pm

"But not what we lost..."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:56 pm

"Some of it has been coming back though. Fragments."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 1:57 pm

"Wounds heal."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:13 pm

"Or that's just what's left..."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:16 pm

"But we are remembering, slowly."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:18 pm

"We could probably find out by taking a look..." she carefully points out.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:19 pm

Miss McManus frowned at Nailah.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:26 pm

"We came here to hide it. Remember?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:29 pm

"You're the ones insisting I put my fear back in. What's wrong with trying to find some lost memories in there at the same time?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:35 pm

"I don't want my head changed around any more. I don't know why you seem to."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:36 pm

"I don't want to..." she sighs. "Nevermind."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:44 pm

"Where should we hide it that isn't obvious?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:49 pm

"If they didn't put the mirror back, maybe they can't get in here at all..."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:58 pm

"They still have the room key though."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:05 pm

"Then why wouldn't they? They check the rooms after each guest, I'd imagine."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:16 pm

"Maybe it's kinda like how vampires can't enter churches," he shrugged.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 3:42 pm

"Still wouldn't hurt to tuck it away somewhere. Maybe in one of the pillows?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:16 pm

"As long as none of us is going to sleep on it, aye?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:39 pm

"Then let's see what this version of the room looks like."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:56 pm

Opening the door Nailah steps back into the room, mostly expecting it to look like every other room.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Narrator » Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:18 pm

Here the symbols on the walls and door are composed of cuts and scratches, as if their artist began with a razor bade and finished with nothing but his or her fingernails. A leather-bound book rests on the nightstand.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:24 pm

"...who'd have thought a room could be less pleasant on this side of it?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:51 pm

"But it might mean it's safe..."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:40 pm

"Honestly? I expected worse."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:21 pm

"And more books..."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Wed Nov 21, 2012 9:24 pm

"More books?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:05 pm

"Well this one's not mine."
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:12 pm

"Do we want to know whose this is?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Steve Jones » Fri Nov 23, 2012 2:23 pm

"What if it's a clue to what's going on?"
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sat Nov 24, 2012 10:27 am

"Yeah... Maybe whoever was in here figured something out." she says, picking the book up.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Narrator » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:23 pm

The book is a simple brown leather journal, tied with a leather strap. The only marking on the cover is the letter W.
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Re: Wish I could hideaway

Postby Nailah Weaver » Sat Nov 24, 2012 12:30 pm

"It's not mine..." she mumbles as she opens it.
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