This post contains a chronological detailing of the events to have occurred in the story thus far... (bold = the basic points, or tldr)
There is a hotel seemingly in the middle of nowhere
(the country has not been specified, but there have been a few hints, especially in older asks. I won’t ask you to dig around; I’ll be dropping more hints as I hopefully get better with this blog…!)
Two residents of this hotel are Feliciano and Lovino Vargas, who spend their days doing whatever they can really to pass the time. By asking the right questions and solving the right puzzles, we’ve discovered that the brothers can’t leave the hotel.
We also see that the brothers carry around certain objects: Feliciano a book and Lovino a tomato-shaped pin cushion.
Through a puzzle that some awesome people managed to solve, thus unlocking the hint: “Bind soul and skin to items treasured, string their bodies with times unmeasured? ‘Lest the prized become impaired, infinite years those constrained will have shared.”, we find out that Feliciano and Lovino are tied to those objects.
Their souls have somehow been bound to those items.
Through a series of unfortunate events, we’ve seen that if their object gets damaged, they get damaged
(ex: if a page rips in Feliciano’s book, his body will get a mark that reflects the damage to the book)
Feliciano seems more inclined to answer asks, but Lovino is a bit more cautious and guarded, hesitant to answer any direct questions. He has a good reason to be cautious, though, because Mr. Edelstein, who roams the halls, has the brothers under strict watch. And Mr Edelstein can be…scary…and it’s quite clear that there is something VERY WRONG with him.
Mr. Edelstein seems to be the one who wants the secrets of the hotel to stay secrets.
Mr. Edelstein appears to possess some unique abilities as well. The one we’ve seen thus far is to trap Feliciano and Lovino in their objects for a short period of time, leaving them helpless.
We also know that a while ago, the brothers met Antonio, a local police man, who was somehow able to find the hotel.
How? We the audience don’t really know yet. The relationships have not really been explored.
Now, a new person has somehow found the hotel, almost as though he was guided there: Ludwig. We don’t know much about him.
He arrived at the hotel, only to have found the front desk empty, grabbed a key for room 1A (which was the second-to-last key available), and wandered into room 1C (the Vargas’ room), only to pass out and get into a scuffle with Lovino, which resulted in a page from Feliciano’s book being ripped (shown as the new scar on Feliciano’s cheek), though Ludwig doesn’t know what this means.
After vouching for Ludwig, who passed out, Feliciano escorted him to room 1A.
Plot Update 2 (Chapter 1 thus far...)
Ludwig woke up 2 weeks later, to find his belongings taken out of his suitcase, a picture of his brother Gilbert, shattered, and his cellphone missing.
After interrogating Feliciano, who had been asleep in his room, Ludwig discovered that:
Feliciano was not the one to have rummaged through the suitcases
Ludwig had been on his way to his medical residency before stumbling across this hotel
Feliciano is only 22 years old
Feliciano has a heart mark on his chest
Soon, Feliciano’s scar began glowing, causing him to panic and run out of his room, leaving behind his cell phone for Ludwig to use.
Ludwig calls his phone, to no avail. He calls Gilbert next, to discover that his current location cannot be found.
Remember: Every character has a motive, and depending on the motive and the situation, certain characters will respond to an ask in different ways. By asking questions to the right people at the right times, and by solving some of the puzzles, you can progress/drive the story, develop relationships, and find the secrets of the hotel!
Thank you for your ask and your patience :)
