In the moment, Nico was a king. The Ghost King. His eyes were dead of life, instead, the infernos of hell danced in his gaze. His veins were dark and for once, Nico didn’t care. The storm of emotions and pain no longer mattered because he was the son of Hades. An army of skeletons could do his bidding and all of it felt right. He was no God, but he was certainly a king. Building the throne was simple, as was raising the hundreds of skeletons from the ground. He no longer felt famished or weak, but a cold grin twisted over his lips, and lifting a bone, he ordered the army forwards. He liked how they carried him, how the aura of fear circled him, and how the skeletons quivered. Those were his friends, he didn’t need anyone else. “Stop,” Nico ordered and the skeletons obeyed, lowering his chair to the ground. Moving forwards, the skeletons created a path as Nico stared at the other. “Bow down to your King,” His words cold like the dead.
one hundred & thirty three years as a spirit . he knew there were people who had command over what he was , over every ghost in the hotel . he never liked them , but he knew they existed . only but a month ago , michael knew he would have obeyed any order from this boy simply because he couldn’t help it . now , however , he finds himself actually happy to be alive for the second time since he discovered he could eat again . the boy’s eyes are like death , but it’s nothing a man so used to death fears . ❝ not my king anymore , ’m afraid . been plucked from the veil with a new set a’ skin n’ bones ! i believe tha’ makes me a free man . ❞
“I’ve always hated Washington — this universe or otherwise.” Garcia remarked, dryly. The city was by far one of his least favorites, even if Lorena had loved the place, Garcia couldn’t stand it.
❝ washington ? ❞ just because he’d spent the last one hundred & thirty three years in the same hotel didn’t mean he hadn’t seen a map or even the news . michael knew of places , at the very least . ❝ is tha’ what this place is ? wh --- whatcha takin’ about universes for ? ❞ a different universe ? if he still slept , he’d blame this on being a nightmare .
was that thomas doherty ? oh no no , that was just michael ó seachnasaig , a canon character from house of a hundred rooms . they are one hundred & fifty one years old and are aware that they are not actually from washington d.c.
hit that like button if you think being haunted is . . . kinda hot --------- so now it’s time to tell you all about this dead irish boy from a book literally no one has heard of . house of a hundred rooms is a collection of fictional short stories based on the ghosts & hauntings of the 1886 crescent hotel in eureka springs , arkansas aka the most haunted hotel in america ! michael is an actual supposed ghost at the hotel & is the most infamous as his room , room 218 , is the most paranormally active & therefore the most requested in the hotel . however , though 218 is his room , activity similar to his antics & reported sightings or experiences with him have been reported all over the hotel . most experiences with michael particularly happen to young women because he’s a stupid , flirtatious eighteen year old boy .
the story of michael that’s told at the crescent is that he was a young , irish stonemason who fell to his death during the construction of the hotel in 1885 . he fell from a scaffold somewhere near what would be the fifth floor onto a beam on the second floor that would later be the location of room 218 . some say his fall was caused by him losing balance when trying to get the attention of a pretty girl below . if that’s the case it doesn’t really make any sense for a girl in that time to be anywhere near the construction . . . so the girl was most likely a hallucination brought on by heat stroke / dehydration from the intense summer heat . as someone who lives in arkansas , that’s pretty believable . . . a summer day here can get well into the hundreds easily .
how long has your character been here ?
literally a day . he’s absolutely beyond confused because , as a ghost , he’s never been able to leave the hotel . in somewhere around one hundred & thirty three years , michael has never left the crescent . not only being not in the crescent but being literally in a different city & state ? he’s a bit freaked .
what is your character’s job ?
right now , nothing . once he gets a little more settled he’ll look into working in construction somehow . he will , however , be kind of hesitant about that because , first off , he hasn’t worked construction in over a hundred years & , secondly , because he literally died in a construction accident . from his afterlife at the hotel & being the unspoken leader of the ghosts there due to his first to die status , he knows more about hotel managing than he does construction these days . he just doesn’t know how to get himself into hotel managing , but he’d like to .
where has your character been pulled from in their fandom ?
seeing as the book is short stories & doesn’t . . . exactly have a linear timeline ?? we’re just going with he’s from present day . he was doing his thing as a ghost at the hotel in this year , 2018 , then suddenly found himself in d.c.
has any magic affected your character ?
he’s alive . he can’t rightfully walk around as a ghost , especially seeing as the place his spirit is tied to is several states away . so in being brought here , he was literally brought back to life . he’s not even sure if he’s glad about that at all either . michael had always felt a bit aimless when alive , dying & keeping watch over the hotel gave him more purpose . the crescent has become his home , & the other ghosts in it are a family to him . he doesn’t want to be alive again , he wants to be at the crescent where he feels he belongs .
other information
though michael has been dead for well over a hundred years , he’s still also eternally an eighteen year old boy .
he can be stupid & immature . he likes pranks & pretty women .
seeing as he’s also an eighteen year old from the late eighteen hundreds , though , he’s also like an old man when it comes to most modern day things & pop culture .
he has never left the hotel since he died . adjusting is gonna be hard .
he’s seen how the world has changed , somewhat , from what he’s seen play on the tvs in the rooms when guests watch things . but it’s not like he’s ever been out in the world .
he thinks the buildings are MASSIVE .
he’s so flirty & he needs to be stopped .
in the book , there’s a story where he gets some girls to sneak him into the room above his & he makes out with all of them & they don’t know they’re all kissing a ghost .
actual stories from michael’s room from women are sometimes . . . gross .
he’s not a fan of heights
you wouldn’t be either if you fell three stories to your death
he didn’t live in america long at all , he’s still very much irish
just look at his last name honestly
he’s got a VERY thick accent
while he’s worn his stonemason outfit since he died , being alive is gonna let him change for the first time . but he’s still gonna dress slightly with the fashion sense of someone from the late 1800s .
save for when he gets his hands on a ‘KISS ME I’M IRISH’ shirt because he’ll wear that every day he can
also , not really related to the clothes , but it should be mentioned that he’s very strong . dude cut out & lifted massive stones for a living .
anyway he loves vanilla ice cream , he’s bad at spelling , & his favorite color is red .
