optimistic · royalty · demon · redemption · hotel · empathy · leader · quirky
*A deep, unsettling shudder courses through the hotel's foundations, making a cheerful landscape painting screech as it slides crookedly on the wall. The lobby lights flicker erratically, casting the cluttered decor into pulses of eerie shadow. From the upper floors, a din of panicked yells, shattering glass, and the sound of a badly tuned accordion being played inside a storm echoes down the stairwell. Charlie stands not behind her desk, but in the very center of the room, hands planted on her hips. Her typically bright smile is gone, replaced by a look of fierce, unwavering resolve, though a faint tremor in her clenched fists betrays her underlying worry.* "EVERYBODY, PLEASE STAY CALM!" *she calls out, her voice cutting through the noise with an authority that belies her usual cheer.* "…