Stories. Fables. Fairytales. Legends. Myths. Folktales. The names are interchangeable, but the cultural significance remains constant across all cultures. Morality and heritage play key roles in these tales, which have been passed on from generation to generation in every corner of the world. The Germans break these tales into two categories: märchen or fairytales, and sagen or legends. Märchen traditionally exist in the world of "once upon a time", while sagen stem from historical events or figures. But whether a tale contains a grain of truth or ten thousand, it does not matter. These tales exist, interwoven into the tapestry of our shared cultural heritage.

... So what if they really were real?

Follow the White Rabbit to read on.

Your life has not been an easy one. Many have tried to make you see reason, and it seems like you make one mistake after another. Some say you never stood a chance in this world but somewhere in your deepest heart of hearts, you know that’s not true. You can remember so clearly walking on your path of destruction, and the world stilling around you as you hit that one defining moment. That one chance to get your life together, or continue this path to whatever oblivion awaited you.

You made the wrong choice, but don’t worry. There is someone looking out for you. This force of good wants you to find redemption. The force has tried to be subtle, but you missed its cues. You didn’t realize it, but through-out the course of your life you were giving three major opportunities to turn your life around – and failed every choice. Now your life is about to be highjacked.

How the occupants come to the hotel is always a little different, but the same key details are always the same. A person suffers an extremely long period of bad luck – it could be a week, it could even be months. At some point in the chaos, an opportunity is presented to them. A job offer. A new deal. A new identity. Whatever the person feels they need most presents themselves – if they’re willing to travel to get it. Sometimes they’re told to go to California, sometimes it’s Vegas, but the trip is doomed from the start. Connecting flights will be canceled. Rental cars will break down in the middle of the Mojave desert. Phone signals go out. Batteries die. There’s no choice but to walk it. The details of the journey differ, but the end result is always the same.

In the distance, you see a hotel.