Introduction Post + The Edge Entry/Exit and Office [Please Read]

[Ella]

Imagine finding a door. It looks like any other door you have seen. You are not sure where it came from or why it is there. It just is. Perhaps only you can see it at this point in time, or perhaps others are with you who can also see it. Upon entering the doorway, should your curiosity spur you into investigate, you find yourself stepping onto a path. Before you, you can see what looks like part of some sort of resort, surrounded by a tall wall.



The path continues to a large, yet welcoming building with a fancy but rather old-fashioned sort of sign that reads

"Welcome to the Edge Hotel"

In smaller letters, you can see that it suggests you follow the path to the closest door. Upon doing so, you find yourself in a comfortable little office. Like the sign, it had an old-fashioned, medieval fantasy sort of feel to it.

"Welcome traveler!" An Elvin woman in the gown of a Lady greets you. "I am Lady Edelia. Please, allow me to explain this place."
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Sorry its just a tektek/Gaia avatar at the moment. I haven't been able to draw in a long while.[/spoiler]

From there, the woman goes on to tell you of how the Edge Hotel is like a space outside of all time and space. It is meant to be a place of peace and for resting the mind, body, and soul of weary travelers of the path of Life. Its single gate connects to all times and all places, but is not visible to nor accessible by all. The doors have been magicked so that those of evil alignment simply cannot see or go through them. (Those of Chaotic alignment may or may not be added to the list of those excluded should too many chaotic aligned characters cause trouble in the peaceful resort.) One may enter, but may only leave back into the world from which they came. Whether they leave at the same time as another from another realm, each visitor will be returned to the same time and place from which they left their own world. There can only be one of the same visitor in the Edge at a time (meaning your 20 year old self cannot be in the Edge at the same time as your 60 year old self; the door simply will not be visible to your past selves while you are present, and will not appear to your future selves because while you are in the Edge, you are no longer in your original world).

Visitors are allowed access to most of the hotel's land, but passing over, under, or through the wall surrounding it besides through the gate is forbidden with no exception. Those who still choose to attempt it are at risk of eternal death and possibly winking out of existence.

"Overnight" visitors are given a sleeping chamber within a "room", usually to themselves if possible, but sometimes it is necessary to make arrangements for room sharing. "Rooms" are more like cabins, with three sleeping chambers a piece and containing a bathroom, a kitchenette, and a dining/central room. The resort-like hotel boasts luxuries such as a restaurant and a bar, a game room, an exercise room, a park, a pool, and ballrooms, among others. Edelia has also installed a way for it to mimic day and night, with a sun, a moon, and a full set of stars, to give the entire place a feeling of time passing.

There is a limit to how long you can stay at the hotel as just a guest at a time, though most visitors do not stay so long that Edelia would have to make them leave. They usually get restless before they have overstayed their welcome.

Lady Edelia shows you a map of the entire property, assuring you that there are more at various locations around the place, just in case they are needed.

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[spoiler=About the forum set up. Please read.]This roleplay is going to be a little different from others we have done on the forums. Each area of the hotel will have its own thread. New characters entering the Edge will always pass through the Edge Entry and the Office first. Edelia will give them a room/cabin number to add to their character sheet/profile if they are going to be staying for longer than a few hours and from there, they can explore different areas of the hotel. New permanent characters (employees) may make a new introductory thread about how they became an employee of the Edge. This would probably be best done as a single story or a closed RP with the new character,Edelia, and maybe other employees of the Edge, but you can open it up to all if you want.

Upon leaving an area, please put in bold at the bottom of your post that your character has left the area. This helps prevent characters who enter the area after your character has left from interacting with your no-longer-present character. (Side Note: Edelia will not always be in the Office. She does have other employees who watch it for her as well.) I am setting it  up this way to ensure that all characters have a chance of interacting with all the other characters rather than only when the roleplayer wants to join a particular roleplay, since it really would not happen that way in a real life resort. Side threads will be made for special events, such as holidays, balls, or tournaments. Because time does not actually pass here and is only mimicked, Edelia has her own calendar she goes by.[/spoiler]