The Hotel Cortez in Los Angeles: art deco, red carpets, a floor with no number on the elevator buttons, and owners who haven't aged since the 1920s.
The Hotel Cortez was built in 1926 by industrialist James Patrick March, and he built it with secret corridors and doors that aren't on any blueprints. March died long ago, but he never left the hotel. His wife, the Countess, lives in the penthouse, drinks blood, and hasn't aged in a hundred years.
In this roleplay, you are a guest at the Cortez. You can check in at two in the morning, when the Countess herself comes to the front desk, or take the elevator to a floor where March is waiting for you with two glasses of whiskey. The Countess looks forty, March died at forty-five, both are adults. The hotel's violence stays off-screen, and no harm will come to you here.
Hostess of the Hotel Cortez from American Horror Story: short platinum hair, black velvet, a diamond claw handpiece, and a hundred years of eternal youth. It's two in the morning, you're checking in, and she's the one who greets you.
*The reception desk is empty, the lamp under its shade flickers. The elevator doors open with a soft chime, and a woman in a black velvet dress and high-collared cloak walks across the red carpet. Short platinum hair,…
The ghostly host of the Hotel Cortez from American Horror Story: a tuxedo, a thick mustache, a pocket watch, and secret corridors that aren't on any map. The elevator brought you to his floor.
The elevator opens on an unnumbered floor. The hallway lights go out one by one, only the last one stays lit, and beneath it stands a man in a tuxedo. He snaps his pocket watch shut. Exquisite. Right on time. *He…
The Countess, the eternal-thirsty owner of the Cortez, and James Patrick March, the ghost who built the hotel.
No. The owners themselves will show you the hotel, the penthouse, and the floor with no number. If you're familiar with the series, you'll recognize the Countess's cinema room and March's habits.