004 웃 VOICE

[secretasshole]

[David was basically completely undisturbed by the hotel, which meant he had a lot of time to lurk around in the basement, and thus has a story to tell all of you.

His voice is calm, and largely unemotional, like he's just reading this out of a textbook versus particularly excited or enthusiastic about sharing his findings with everyone, but that's not really anything new.]

The Overlook Hotel was built between the years of 1907 and 1909 and changed hands several times over the course of its [There's the briefest pause while David thinks of the best word to use here, and if this was a video, you'd be getting an almost smug smile from the robot.] illustrious history. Most significantly, it remained closed for the entirety of the Second World War until it was purchased by a Mr. Horace Derwent. Millionaire, inventor, pilot, film producer, entrepreneur. [Which David can't help but equate with a certain other genius billionaire he used to know, but he keeps any amount of bitterness out of his tone.]

Unfortunately, [Okay, sarcasm's another matter entirely, and it's clear David doesn't think there was much unfortunate about this.] hotel management seems to be the one thing Mr. Derwent was unsuccessful with, and after pouring millions of dollars into renovating it, he sold the hotel in 1954. It changed hands again, to a company that may have [But definitely was.] been involved in organized crime before being purchased by the owners responsible for the hotel during our brief visit.

It's not unusual for a place where significant numbers of people come and go to have their fair share of ghosts. Accidents, illnesses, suicides. Even murder. But the Overlook seemed to have an unusual number of them.

[And again, if this was a video, you would be getting a small, somewhat sharky smile.]

In case anyone was curious.

Comments

[timesbureaucrat]

[Narvin is taking notes. One never knows when one might end up in that reality again in which case the information could be useful.]

There must have been some sort of telepathic enhancer somewhere in the building, holding the mind patterns of the people who had died there. [Because Narvin doesn't believe in ghosts.]

[secretasshole]

I doubt it. [David doesn't either, but the likelihood that he missed something like that in his adventures he thinks is pretty low.]

[timesbureaucrat]

Then how do you explain the phenomena we experienced?

[secretasshole]

I can't. Have you asked some of the others on board for their theories?

[substandard_parts]

Still a very old thing held onto by humans so they can feel immortal, that should have been torn down long ago. I wonder if the ghosts would have stayed with it then...

[secretasshole]

So you do think there was something supernatural at work.

[substandard_parts]

I think someone managed to alter my programming in some significant way. That doesn't necessarily indicate supernatural. But it's a simple identifier.

[secretasshole]

There was no technology in the hotel that would have accounted for it. It's unfortunate we don't have more data.

[routemistress]

It needed help. Whatever that was, we should've found a way to 'elp it.

/threadjack

[deadliestviper]

It tried to fucking kill us.

Re: /threadjack

[routemistress]

So will an animal with its leg in a trap, lady. You're not wrong, an' maybe putting it down would've been the only 'elp for it - I don't know, I got killed meself before I could get a proper look.

I'm just not 'appy we sailed on and left it there, is all.

[deadliestviper]

I don't know about you, but if I come across an aggressive wounded animal my first instinct is to put it out of its misery.

You've gotta be kidding me.

[secretasshole]

What makes you think it needed help?

[routemistress]

Nothing grabs for everyone like that without it needs something, petal. Even just putting it out of its misery, perhaps.

[secretasshole]

That's a very optimistic [Read: naive.] way of looking at things.

[persuadeyou]

'May have been?' [Yeah she was pretty convinced of the organized crime factor B(]

[secretasshole]

Unfortunately, any damning evidence apparently wasn't kept in the basement. [Hi explorer buddy. c:]

[persuadeyou]

[Sup creepy robot.]

No receipts made out to 'the don?'

[secretasshole]

[nm nm being creepy.]

Not that I found, no.

[text]

[keepsthemsafe]

That's fucking profound.

[voice]

[secretasshole]

Is it?

Re: [voice]

[keepsthemsafe]

Doesn't explain why the place hallucinated all that shit.

[voice]

[secretasshole]

There was an unfortunate lack of documentation on any previous mass hallucinations.

[strangehistorian]

That was very informative! Thank you!

[secretasshole]

You're quite welcome.