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GRAVEYARD LOCATIONS
Not sure what you were expecting upon walking through the side of a mountain, but it probably wasn’t this. Welcome to The Lobby, a large, circular room with a high domed roof decorated with a mural of a cloudy sky in blue and gold. The walls are transparent - glass, maybe, but never smudged or dirtied and barely reflective. Peering through them you can see what lies beyond them is an endless sea of stars. Similarly to the walls, the floor is made of the same transparent material. While it’s just as useless when it comes to reflecting your surroundings, somehow a shadowed version of the mural above in red and black spreads beneath your feet.
In the dead-center of the room is some kind of structure that you can walk beneath. You can walk through as many times as you’d like! It doesn’t appear to do anything, though.
But perhaps more interesting than that are the several doorways scattered around the room. Though the arches seem to show you nothing but those stars, walking through will take you somewhere new. Through each gate, invariably, there is a large screen set up to view the living.
🏫 The Kindergarten Gate - If the colorful gate didn't clue you in, surely the sign hanging from the arch will give you an idea of what lies ahead. When you pass through, you find yourself at the bottom of a scenic, grassy hill. At the top of a winding stone path is an equally colorful school (also helpfully labeled.) This one-story building spreads out pretty far over the hillside, but walking inside you'll find it's less of a school and more of a…daycare center? Everything seems to be within eyesight, and it's easy to spot all kinds of different authority figures roaming around. The in-house doctor, the lunch-ladies, and even the principal are all chao, doing their best to look busy throughout the day. However, if you approach them they don't speak in words and they tend to wander around like lost toddlers getting into whatever they can find. That's probably fine, right? It's not like some of you brought dangerous items with you to Heaven—ohhh wait. Hm. You may want to collect your things, and fast.
😇 The Hero Gate - Through the downright angelic gate lies a warm sunny day on a small island in the clouds. While you can stand or sit on its edge, a magic barrier keeps you from ever falling. There are scattered palm trees across the island, and a few small chunks of land floating in the sky around it for those of you looking for a higher vantage point. One of these land masses hosts a bell tower, a structure that glistens in the sun and rings every hour on the hour.
Centered at the far end of the island is a fountain its crystal clear waters curving through the land. Though it isn't very deep, there's a bridge so you don't have to hop over to get to the other side of this river, and some kind of large structure that doesn't seem to have much of a purpose. Judging by how chao react to it though, it's pretty fun to climb on just because.
😈 The Dark Gate - Through the demonic gate lies a predictable opposite to the Hero Gate. The sky surrounding this floating island is an odd, dark purple, though much of it is blocked out by the tall mountains fencing things in. Unlike the waters in the Hero Gate, the lake here is a vivid red and more difficult to see through. The ground is grey and cold, and the trees look dead despite bearing fruit. The lack of sunlight may make you feel a little more boxed in, and a little more depressed, but nothing's forcing you to stay.
You can try to head upward, but the jagged wrought iron fences do very little to make the main path up the hill any safer. Should you make it, you'll find a small garden at its peak, though all the flowers are wilted. At the very edge sits one lone, dead tree, and dangling from one of its branches is a cage that hangs over the water below. Strangely, none of this seems to concern chao, who just continue to play and explore. Oh well. Probably nothing to worry about then.
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The Holiday Market - Through a new, Christmas tree shaped gate lies another familiar sight if you've been watching the living. Through the Holiday Gate, you'll find a cozy market street. Unlike what you've seen, though, this street doesn't change through out the day, and where they have a library, you instead have a hotel.
So welcome to your white Christmas wonderland! Snow covers the streets and blankets the hotel rooftop, nearly weighing down the merchant stall canopies. Light, powdery snowflakes fall off and on throughout the day. In the center of the street sits a large decorated Christmas tree, covered in lights, baubles, and tinsel. Alas, the presents underneath are only decorative, and each box is empty.
The market stalls themselves, however, are not limited to Christmas staples like hot cocoa, ribbons, jackets, and scarves. Some are branching out into other holiday goods. Valentines day chocolates and wine, pumpkin sugar-cookies, candy corn, and bubbly champagne are all permanent staples on offer.
And for those night owls, there are still midnight fireworks and an aurora at three in the morning.
Autumn Alley - Among the Holiday market stalls, there is a paved path leading away from the hotel. Follow it, and you'll find a new, much more spacious branch of the market. Untouched by snow and with orange leaves in the trees, this chilly Autumn street is brimming with little food stands and shops between the still cozy little restaurants. Xianzhou architecture takes over, and the wide paved streets bustle with chao customers. The stalls, shops, and restaurants offer a wide array of food, from foreign to familiar, all prepared by exquisite chao chefs.
Overhead, warm lanterns hang over the streets. Among them, Cycranes flit around. Some of them are making deliveries, while others are keeping a looking out for troublemakers. Get too rowdy and they'll peck you until you leave the area.
The Always Hotel - At the end of the Holiday Market sits a large hotel. Inside, the spacious lobby is decorated in elegant golds and lush deep reds. At one corner, comfortable seating surrounds a large TV and an electric fireplace. At another, a piano sits beside a chao play-pen. Near the stairs and elevators rests a bar countertop, where you can order simple drinks like water, juice, wine, or tea, as well as small snacks and sandwiches to go with them, served up by a very dapper chao. (It is wearing a bow-tie.)
There is one room per person beginning on the second floor, with new rooms appearing as needed. Each room provides the same amenities: two beds, a crib, an empty mini-fridge, microwave, an electric kettle, a loveseat, a TV, a dresser, and a small table with two seats. The decor, however, is in the aesthetic of its guest's preference. Cute, cozy, elegant, rustic, or even messy if that's what they like!
Upon entering the hotel for the first time, a new app will be added to guests' phones, allowing them to order food deliveries from Autumn Alley right to their room.
Valentine's Day Chocolate
(Market Stalls)
Instantly fall in love with the nearest person.
Or suddenly hate them. It's randomized. Lasts 1 hour.
Halloween Candy
(Market Stalls)
You are wearing a Halloween costume designed for a toddler for the next 3 hours.
Festive Champagne
(Market Stalls)
You better watch out. You better watch out.
(Santa is at the periphery of your vision for 3 hours.)