Hotel Cryptid [completed]

Meeting

"Dahlia, Aria, Beckett, Charles, and Felicity, please meet me in the backroom", I say into a walky-talky. See, Dahlia, Aria, Beckett, Charles, Felicity and I  all work at the hotel. Only a few of many. Dahlia mans the Kraken floor and is known as the Pirate Captain. Aria works as a Mermaid type creature on the same floor. Beckett runs the Big Foot floor, Felicity works in the kid's area as a camp instructor and story teller. Charles mans the Loch Ness Monster floor. I, Juniper, pretty much work the whole hotel. I mainly work from the front desk though. 

The first one to arrive is Charles, who's always on time. He's a blonde boy with blue eyes and pale skin. He's got rectangle glasses too. He's in a kilt and normal male Scottish outfit, as he works on floor Loch Ness. People say we look like twins. As I have pale skin, blonde hair, and green eyes. My hair is also short, in like a fluffy pixie cut way. His hair is shaved on the right side and has fluffy bangs that drape over his left eye. He sits down three chairs away from me. He's a quiet fellow. Doesn't talk much. He looks to be around 27, but in fact us much older than that. He never tells exactly how old though.

Next to arrive is Beckett. But we usually call her Beck. She's got blonde hair, a Mocha skin tone, and gentle brown eyes. She mans the Big Foot floor and is a pretty collected person. She looks around 25, but is older than that. We all are older than we look. Beckett is in a red sweater and jeans. Simple enough, she isn't the dressy type.

Next to arrive is Felicity. If you wanna think of her, think of a fox. She's got ginger hair and pale skin with brown eyes and round glasses and gold earrings. Also a gold necklace. Not gonna lie, she probably swiped them from a guest's room. She works on floor Big Foot as sort of a camp enstructor. Felicity looks around 14. Again, is older. She's a sly gal. She's great at starting fires, one might call her an Arsonist. 

Last to arrive is Aria and Dahlia. They arrived together. They're pretty much always together, we like to joke that they're a couple. They deny it though. Dahlia is a laid back lassie. She's around 18, but is actually older, as we all are. I personally look around 21, but am older. Dahlia does talk and act a lot like a pirate, which makes her perfect for her job. She didn't deserve what happened to her, I mean, I don't think we all did. I mean, Felicity was so young when it happened. Charlesis the oldest, and he is still tramatized by it. Anyway, Dahlia has red hair and a Dolce skin tone. She's a vibrant type person. I forgot to mention that Dahlia sounds Australian. 

Aria has a Cocoa skin tone and deep brown hair with light brown eyes that shine in the light. She's a sweet lady. She looks around 19, but yeah, is older. She works as a sort of Mermaid, life guard thing. She's a great swimmer and enjoys it, a lot. She's always been great with kids. When she first came and started working. She told us that she had Two sisters and three brothers. Plus one niece. It's a lot. She went into a long depression episode when she first started working, as she couldn't see her family anymore. It's complicated. Aria has Dahlia's jacket draped over her shoulders. Aria's wearing a sea shell bra and a greenish skirt, with no shoes, of course. She hates shoes. 

Everyone sits down. Okay, they're all here. "Okay everyone. We have a new family here. The Smith family. They're on floor Kraken", I state. "Yeah, mates. The kid's have too much of an interesting personality. They'll be outed by Boss for sure", Dahlia says, putting her hair up with a ribbon. I sigh. "Boss already mentioned how the kids were interesting. He's taken note". I said. Aria looked a little freaked out. "Oh no. Poor children. I met them, oh, they're so sweet", she said. Charles said that he walked by them in the hall when he was going to get some paper towels to clean up a spill someone made. I glanced at Beckett and Felicity, Beckett was zoned out, as usual. She seems to zone out a lot. Felicity looked annoyed. "Felicity, anything you would like to add?", Aria asked. Felicity groaned, "It all happened to us, why not let it happen to them? I mean, it's pretty much inevitable", she said. Felicity has an Irish accent, when she first came, she told us she was from Ireland. "Listen Felicity, I get that you were the youngest when it happened, that doesn't mean you can take it out on other people! I mean, look at Charles, he was 25, and he's more tramatized than us all", I said. Charles looked up, "Shut up guys...", he said, in a quiet tone. "Sorry, Charles" I said, "You missy have no right to let it happen to others". "Ugh, whatever guys. I've got to go", Felicity said as she got up and stormed away. So over dramatic.

Charles quietly got up and left without saying anything. "I better go after Felicity. We need her for story time tonight", Beckett said as she got up and left. "This is too awkward, I'm gonna go. Coming, Ari?", Dahlia said. Aria nodded and they both left together. Great, I'm the only one here now. I put my face in my hands and groan. "You doin' okay in here?", I heard a voice ask. I turn around and see Maria. She works on floor Chupacabra. Maria has soft, long brown hair she always keeps in a low ponytail. She has Vitiligo, which makes parts of her skin pigment different from her normal skin color. She has dark, mossy green eyes that always has black mascara dripping down. She's smoking, as she usually is. She's wearing Daisy earrings and a heart necklace. She's also wearing gym shorts and a crop top that is long sleeve. I nod and sigh. "New family. The kids are gonna be outed by Boss". Maria nods knowingly. "Yeah, I get it".  Maria looks around 29, but like all of us, is older. She's one of the older ones, she's been working at this hotel for so long. Maria says, "Okay. Call me if you need anything. I'll be looking for a dog I let loose", and walks away. 

***

I get up and walk out. I walk downstairs and to the front door of the Hotel. I stare out it. I see the sun shining down on the path that leads to this hotel. I sigh deeply. "What if I..?", I say as I reach to the doors. I touch the handles of the door and is immediately shot back. I hit the wall a while away behind me and hear my neck break. I feel the sharp pain in my neck as everything starts going black. I feel blood trickle down my forehead. Damnit...