HI I am in fact alive and I'm sorry for the delay; sometimes it's hard for me to do rp stuff during the week. Please, please do all the puns. It's been a while since people punned at him. If you like we can move the thread to the Feb Hotel catch-all so we can use it for AC, and note that it's from a TDM and fog continuity is hazy (heh) etc.
As for the wards! The way the Hotel's wards work is that they're mostly passive. They don't actively stop violence from happening (because free will) but mostly they work by alerting Anton when emotions spike and he does a drive-by to see if a rule has been broken. (Yes, this does mean he occasionally gets called to a door because someone's getting jiggy behind it.)
So John's wards wouldn't be affected by the Hotel's wards unless they directly tried to do something overriding or reversing the Hotel's wards, which might be interesting to play with because so many of the Hotel's functions are defined by magic; plumbing, electricity, temperature control are all performed by the wards.
At this point Anton's reputation is big enough that it's unlikely someone would go into John's room without his permission -- esp since John's requesting to do his own linens so he can smoke. It means none of the staff have no business reason to clean his room and the gangs who frequent the Hotel have run up against Shudder enough that they wouldn't take the risk either.
That doesn't mean that John can't lay his own traps, of course, just that it's not likely they'd get set off. You're right that Anton wouldn't appreciate the ones that are harmful if they go off, though. XD He's the type who'd punish both sides if he felt it was warranted.
(If you'd like that to be a thing at all let me know! Mild floutings of the rule might be a punch for a punch or a temporary ban with a fine, or something equally mild but appropriate, rather than a blatant ban/deathstrike. Given landfall it's possible some idiot from Hatal might be a bit too curious for their own good, too.)
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As for the wards! The way the Hotel's wards work is that they're mostly passive. They don't actively stop violence from happening (because free will) but mostly they work by alerting Anton when emotions spike and he does a drive-by to see if a rule has been broken. (Yes, this does mean he occasionally gets called to a door because someone's getting jiggy behind it.)
So John's wards wouldn't be affected by the Hotel's wards unless they directly tried to do something overriding or reversing the Hotel's wards, which might be interesting to play with because so many of the Hotel's functions are defined by magic; plumbing, electricity, temperature control are all performed by the wards.
At this point Anton's reputation is big enough that it's unlikely someone would go into John's room without his permission -- esp since John's requesting to do his own linens so he can smoke. It means none of the staff have no business reason to clean his room and the gangs who frequent the Hotel have run up against Shudder enough that they wouldn't take the risk either.
That doesn't mean that John can't lay his own traps, of course, just that it's not likely they'd get set off. You're right that Anton wouldn't appreciate the ones that are harmful if they go off, though. XD He's the type who'd punish both sides if he felt it was warranted.
(If you'd like that to be a thing at all let me know! Mild floutings of the rule might be a punch for a punch or a temporary ban with a fine, or something equally mild but appropriate, rather than a blatant ban/deathstrike. Given landfall it's possible some idiot from Hatal might be a bit too curious for their own good, too.)