AND STOOD AWHILE IN THOUGHT

What an unfortunate time to be short-staffed, when there's so much to do! For days, staff members can be seen bustling about, always on the move. No time to stop and talk — the Queen is preparing a surprise! Staff members seem to positively hum with excitement. Their numbers are replenished in fits and bursts. Groups of new hotel staff appear all at once, until there seems to be even more of them than there were before the disappearances.

They don't seem to understand who you're talking about, if you ask about those disappearances. "Staff turnover happens in every establishment, dear. Why — they might have even gotten a promotion!" Aren't you much more interested in the upcoming trip, anyway?

Now that there are more of them, staff members are eager to expand on the surprise. Oh, to see the gardens and the forest! You Oysters are so fortunate that the Queen wishes to show you the wonders of Wonderland. Of course, the forest can be dangerous — or is it only rumors? The opinion seems to change with every staff member you talk to, and no one can pin down why it might be dangerous. The only consensus seems to be to stay close to your escorts.

And most importantly: please remember the buddy system at all times.

EVENT THREE

Preparations for the Oysters' trip will continue through the 12th. Anyone who would like to utilize the honorary staff prompts from the TDM is welcome to do so, if they haven't already! On the morning of the 13th, characters will be ushered through a back hallway with a series of twists and turns that finally opens into a garden. They will have staff escorts to guide them through the garden and the forest beyond it, and will not return to the hotel for five days.

Throughout the duration of the event (a few days before they leave and a few days after they return to the hotel), characters may find themselves suddenly "bonded" with another character and unable to go more than a dozen feet away from them. Congratulations — the hotel has selected your buddy for the buddy system! The means by which this is enforced is up to you. It can be an invisible cord that physically won't allow them to leave each other, a tugging that pulls them back together, a sensation of pain at being apart and comfort at being together, or any or all of the above. (For ease of threading purposes, this can be stretched far enough that a private conversation can be held without your character's buddy present, but it may be a little unpleasant.)

This bond will escalate fairly quickly from physical proximity to emotional connection. Characters will begin to feel whatever emotions that their buddy is feeling, and it will eventually progress into feeling physical sensations like pain and hunger as well. At this point, characters may no longer need to stay in close physical proximity, as they will still be with each other emotionally. Characters will only be able to break this when they reach an emotional understanding.

Players who want to participate in the buddy system can sign up to have their buddy RNGed, or those who participated in this prompt on the TDM can have their bond carry over if both players want. Characters who reach an emotional understanding with their buddy before the event is over can end up "bonded" to another buddy, if players would like! This second bond would be up to players to choose.

During the trip, characters may occasionally see a tall figure among the staff accompanying them — wearing a dark suit with a ceramic rabbit head. He will never seem to be there when characters look for him, but there will be an opportunity for brief interactions. This is particularly true for characters whose previous actions have drawn attention to themselves.

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