The Grand Paradise Hotel

WHO: Jude Maraschino and Jeremiah Blake
WHERE: The cliffs, then the beach, then the hotel. Opposite of yesterday.
WHEN: Day 3, Morning
SUMMARY: Reunited and it feels so good...and then...less good.
WARNINGS: Death. Pirates. Peril. Legit horror. Like...HORROR horror.

( He was there. Then he was shreds. Then he was nothing. )

WHO: Wesley Atwood, unknowingly accompanied by Jude Maraschino.
WHEN: Late night on April 8th, 2019 into early morning April 9th, 2019.
WHERE: Hotel property and then onto Serenity Bay.
SUMMARY: Wes talks to plants until he gets to the beach and talks to Jude. Jude tries to interact with Wes and can't, but listens to everything he says.
WARNINGS: Depression, talk of loss, alcohol use, feels.

( It’s been three years and I thought that over time, things would get easier. )

WHO: Jude Maraschino and Jeremiah Blake
WHEN: Day 2, Late Afternoon
WHERE: The hotel. Then the Beach. Then the cliffs.
SUMMARY: The boys try to wake up from their dream.
WARNINGS: Denial, spookiness and death

( It's totally the clams. )

WHO Jude and Leila
WHERE Avon, Connecticut. The Blake Residence.
WHEN Leila is 12. Jude is 15.
SUMMARY The first discussion between Jude and Leila about why Jude does the dumb things he does and how Leila feels about being adopted.
WARNINGS Discussion of adoption/parent/birth circumstance issues.

( I don't like it when you and Jer get in trouble. )

WHO: Jeremiah Blake, Jude Maraschino, Wes Atwood.
WHEN: Late March; roughly a week before the trip, 2016.
WHERE: Tres Amigos; Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
SUMMARY: Wes explains why he can't go on the trip, the bros have bro time.
WARNINGS: Mention of dying/hospice care for a grandparent. Feels.
( If I stop moving, everything catches up. The work, being tired, worrying about home. If I’m always in motion, nothing changes. But the moment I pause to catch my breath, it’s too much. )

( The Island Adventure Tour )

WHO: Sally Rogers, Max Kingman, and Jude Maraschino.
WHEN: Day One, shortly after THIS but before THIS.
WHERE: On the beach before heading into the hotel.
SUMMARY: This motley crew heads inside to clean up and find themselves stuck in a frustrating situation when the elevators don't respond to their touch and the stairwell doors won't open either.
WARNINGS: Eh. Language. Sally's rage.

( It's illegal to lock a marked exit. Fire safety. It must be stuck. But you're welcome to try yourself if you don't believe me. )

After starting to find his bearings on the beach this morning Teddy decided since Cassidy was not showing up to collect them that it was time to go exploring. Max follows along as they chat. Teddy offers to race and Max falls behind. Jude catches up to them and the two decide to walk after Teddy.

When he goes to stop and wait, Teddy Lawson comes across two small children, a boy and a girl, playing in the sand. They seem to be burying something. When Teddy approaches, the little girl speaks while she pats down the sand. "We said go and you stayed here." The little boy shakes his head while he works. The little girl stares at Teddy. "Now the bad ghost is gonna eat you up." When Teddy next blinks the two kids are gone.

If he investigates the mound they left, he'll uncover a human skull that turns to sand and disintegrates the moment he touches it. Max and Jude catch up just at the skull turns to sand as Teddy touches it.

Volunteers(multiple) call out to them and catches up with the group now poking through the sand. Volunteer 3 upon hearing what happened says Teddy clearly is dehydrated and they should head back up towards the inn.

In the morning members of the Blackwood Thirty begin to wake up on the Beach. While they had all been staying at the hotel, for many of them waking up there is not unusual as they had decided to spend the night out among the stars on Wednesday, April 13th. Teddy was definitely one of them, sitting up and brushing sand off himself as he started to stretch out.

He could have sworn that they put out towels for the beach but maybe he was mistaken. After all it seemed like the beach was as clear and pristine as ever except for the other assorted people from their mutual trips. They are all scattered out on the beach in their various groups.

But it is a brand new day. And they had more adventuring to do still. Cassidy was probably somewhere. But if she wasn't rounding them up maybe there was time to look for some treasure.

OOC Note: This Flash Reactionary is for Ghosts. The Blackwood Thirty will begin to awaken on the beach and then from there the Spirit World is your oyster. Feel free to add headers below.

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