[CoC] Nocturnum -- Part I - Chapter 1 Snowflake Valey [Completed]

[The Forsaken One]

Evening of Arrival--Day 0

[The phone still gives the same static and crackle.]

You all cram yourselves in the Hum-Vee again and head for the Clearwater Hotel. Guided by the bright beacon of ligh in the east and the 4x4 drive of the jeep you plow yourself through the white hell towards what you hope will be a warm bed for the night.

As you park your car outside of the hotel you all step out is the jeep and glance up at the building for a moment and then head for the entrance and the foyer.

The Clearwater Hotel is ablaze with light, shining like an ornate beacon through the blowing snow as you walk towards it. Inside, the skeleton overnight staff is courteous and understanding in the extreme, even going so far as to offer you an "emergency weather discount". You are assigned rooms 211, a double room on the second floor with room for four. And room 210, a two person room, since you need a second room. The two rooms are adjoining. Room 211 is a typical hotel room: two full-sized beds, a small bathroom, a writing desk, a sleeping couch, and a long dresser with a television on top of it. In the back of the room is a heavy velvet curtain presumably covering a window behind it.

While you are being guided upstairs to your rooms by the piccolo he seems quite talkative.

It's the county plows. We're right on the county line, and they work their way out from the middle, so the road out of here is the last to get plowed. It seems we'll have to may do what we've got for a couple of days since Miner's Folly has been completely snowed in and I suspect the pass won't be cleared for four days as usual. It's really make do at the moment since even the phone lines are down.

The young lad sets some of your suitcases down and heads downstairs to bring the rest up.

Ow btw, don't leave the hotel. It's not safe at night in these blizzards but I guess you figured that our for yourselves already. If you want to take a look around the hotel, that's fine. You might want to go and have a drink at the Vally View restaurant below. It's open all night since we were expecting some stranded travellers that got caught by the storm before they cleared the pass. The Valley View offers a 25% discount on food and drinks to make up for your being cooped up in here and the lack of entertainment.

And he disappears down the stairs.

 

[The Forsaken One]

Clearwater Hotel Overview. Evening of Arrival--Day 0

Enjoy, 2 floor building.

The left stairs on the second floor lead to the roof through a locked door.

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Build in a modern pseudo art-deco style, the Clearwater Hotel radiates the charm and elegance of a hotel several times its age. The two-story building is built in two long wings overlooking a sheer mountain cliff. The north wing of the first floor houses the lobby, reception desk, and 10 guestrooms. An elegant restaurant is in the northwest corner, and the kitchen, offices, and storage are in the west wing. The second floor huoses the remainder of the guestrooms, and each has a balcony with a sliding glass door.

The main entrance to the hotel is across a large, open porch (a popular place for mingling in the summer) and through an oversized set of wooden doors. Inside is a high-ceilinged lobby, it's marble floor reflecting the chandelier above. A long oak reception desk runs the length of the room, and at least one staff member is on duty at the desk at all times.

An ornate double staircase sweeps upward from the lobby behind the reception desk, leading to the second floor of hotel rooms. The first floor of rooms is accessible by a wide hallway, which opens from the lobby. On the west side of the lobby is an entrance to the Valley View, the hotel's four-star restaurant and bar. The staff members often refer to the restaurant as "the greenhouse" because of it's mostly glass walls, through which its patrons have a great view of the town and the lake below. Out the back windows, diners can see over the edge of a sheer cliff, into a dark abyss.

The hotel's hallways are painted an immaculate white, their floors covered with thick red carpeting. The rooms themselves range from comfortable to luxurious. The best rooms have their own fireplaces and are ensconced in velvet.

The basement is humid and poorly lit. A large laundry facility takes up most of the space beneath the lobby. What little space remains has been taken over by discarded boxes, crates, and broken furniture. Hotel management has a problem with rats in this area during the summer, but the rodents vanish with the first snowfall.
The administrative offices of the Clearwater Hotel have a tinry conference room in the southwest corner.

 

[Shapermc]

Ross Pulls up a arm chair by the TV and hopes that the cabel is not out. Otherwise white noise is going to really get on my nerves.

"Hey, did any one notice that he said that the phones were out. You know the guy that brought us to our rooms? Well if he said that then. . . how was the deputy using the phone?"

While pondering his thoughts Ross relaxes in the armchair and hopes that someone else will have some bright ideas about this god forsaken town.

OOC: please dont use that color of purple it burns my eyes with that background

 

[Kamard]

"Maybe instead of just being a jerk, the deputy was also hallucinating and thinking he was on the phone? You know, mushrooms will do that to you. I remember back in 1968..."

Before Doc can retell the whole tawdry story, he has sat down and nodded off a little, mumbling too softly to be heard.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

Ray whips his head around to look at Ross. I can't believe I missed that. He did say the phones were out and yet he was on the phone. I'm going back to the sheriffs office in the morning and raising all kinds of hell. Ray starts to get undressed. I'm hitting the sack. "night all. Ray goes to the 2 bed room and hops in the one closest to the window.

 

[Jemal]

Jason, who had been sitting down when the conversation started, leaned forward "Maybe the phones just aint working HERE, at the hotel.. Sh**, maybe someone cut the phoneline?" Jason springs to his feet with that thought.

OOC: BTW, Who's in which room?

 

[The Forsaken One]

Evening of Arrival--Day 0

[You guys knock yourselves out with who is in which room, there are 2 double beds in 211 and 1 sleeping couch and in 210 there are 2 single beds. But it Appears Ray made is choise and crashed down in the smaller one 210 (I think?).]

Ross, you sit down and turn on the TV. But since there is no cable service in Snowflake Valley, the television receives nothing but static in the storm. It appears that the second floor is quite deprived of activity this night.

The piccolo walks in room 211 with the remainder of your luggage that you took with you from the Hum-Vee. He spots Ross getting personal with the TV, Doc mumbling in a chair and Jason jumping up in a streak of paranoia. He rolls his eyes for a moment and walks out, only to have his head reappear in the doorway mometns later.

Ig you guys are bored or hungry, the Valley View is open all night.. it's our 4 star bar and restaurant! Ow I said that allready... but the food is good and they are serving a discount of 25% or stranded guests at the moment... But hmmm I'm starting to repeat myself... just wanting to give our guests the most comfort huh!

And he jogs down the hallway and down the staircase.

 

[Kamard]

Chances are the only reason that food is 25% off is because its crap.

Doc grimaces, then stands up slowly.

That said, I am kinda hungry....

If any one else wants to come along with me, I'll go down. I don't want to go down myself though.

Doc shrugs and looks around, hoping he remembered to grab his bags out of his car.

 

[Argent Silvermage]

As Ray hears the mention of food....
Hold on a second Doc. I'll go with you. Food sounds good. Ray throws on sweat pants and a sweat shirt and his beat up sneeks and graps his wallet. and heads down stairs with Doc.

 

[The Forsaken One]

Evening of Arrival--Day 0

To make up for keeping their guests cooped up, the hotel offers you a 25% discount on all food and drinks and keeps the Valley View open all night. Because it's so late, most of the other guests have already gone to bed; the only non-staff person still around in the greenhouse is a very attractive woman with long blond hair and glasses. She has set up camp at the bar and appears to have no intention of leaving any time soon.