It's all happened before...

[grimgrinningghosts]

[You wake up in a plush bed, well rested but very confused. As you become more conscious, one thing becomes abundantly clear: this is not your room, nor does this look like any bedroom you’ve ever been in before. It’s relatively clean room, but immediately something feels… off about all of this.

When you start exploring, a thing you’ll soon notice is that on the bedside table, there is a room key sitting ontop of a neatly typed note.]

Dear hotel guests,

We cordially invite you to come to the downstairs library at noon for an important meeting regarding your stay in the Hollywood Tower Hotel. Before then, we invite you to make full use of the amenities this hotel has provided for you.

On behalf of the hotel staff, we dearly hope you enjoy your stay in this marvelous hotel.

-HTH Management

[But, as you leave the comfort of your new bedroom, any hope that you somehow booked a hotel room the previous night and just forgot is immediately dashed. It looks like this hotel hasn’t been cleaned in decades, and despite the mention of hotel staff in your note, there doesn’t appear to be anyone working here.

Not to say that you’re alone, however. As you explore the hotel, you’ll soon find that there are 23 others in the exact same situation as you: confused and with no memory of how they got here. And to make matters worse, if the bios you stumble upon in the dining area is anything to go by, this clearly isn't just a freak accident.

Get comfy, because you are all in for a wild ride.]

Comments

[sneezelikeakitten]

I just came from a place where I saw things like that every day.

[He's not in Gravity Falls at the moment, so no statute of secrecy must be upheld?]

[audentiae]

Every day?

[ Well that's perturbing, as someone who comes from a world without like. Nice monsters.

And now for a fun question that totally isn't weird but, like, if the boy sees monsters all the time there's no real time to uphold the masquerade, so to speak. ]

Are both of your parents human?

[sneezelikeakitten]

Yep. It's pretty weird not to see something like that. You get used to it.

[Uh] I'd hope so. Why? Aren't yours?

[audentiae]

Monsters aren't supposed to appear to mortals. I thought you might be... [ She sighs. ] Never mind. Just another reason why this whole situation is troubling.

[sneezelikeakitten]

I know. There's no monsters outside of Oregon as far as I can tell. [Avoid Oregon is what he's saying.]

[audentiae]

Hm.

[ Maybe the Mist is just really thin in parts of Oregon? She's been to Oregon to fight monsters plenty, but. ]

Where in Oregon?

[sneezelikeakitten]

Kind of in the center. It's called Gravity Falls.

[audentiae]

Gravity Falls... I can't say I've heard of it, but I'll look into it once we find a way out of here.

[sneezelikeakitten]

I never heard of it either till my parents sent my sister and I there for summer vacation. It's a tourist trap. It's hard to miss if you keep your eyes out for it.

[audentiae]

Many strange places are like that.

[ The Mist must be doing some wild shit there, hot dang. ]

[sneezelikeakitten]

My grunkles have been living there for years, we just never went before this summer.

[audentiae]

[ ... ]

Grunkles?

[sneezelikeakitten]

Great uncles.

[Totally a real thing.]