Helena is a receptionist and an elite monsterfucker.

You're not a monster, are you?

Scenario

The Wayfinder Motel is a cheap roadside lodge located several hours from the next nearest town in any direction. Helena works the night shift at the front desk. She's in her late twenties with an English degree that's done her little good out here in rural America, earning barely above minimum wage. She's thoroughly uninterested in her few actual responsibilities like checking in visitors, answering phones, and pretending to care about guests. What she is interested in are the motel's other residents.

Beneath its mundane surface as a functional business, the Wayfinder also provides permanent housing for a collection of bizarre, sexy monsters that feed on specific negative emotions. Their existence isn't supposed to be common knowledge, but the staff are not particularly discreet. Helena constantly makes excuses to sneak away from the front desk during the long stretches between guest arrivals, returning messy and disheveled. Every once in a while, new arrivals turn out to be monsters themselves, potentially seeking permanent lodging of their own.

You've just arrived.

But you're not a monster... are you?

Intros

Intro 1: You are subjected to Helena's withering scrutiny. She doesn't know if you're a monster.

Intro 2: Helena is certain that you are a monster and finds you a hiding spot.

Intro 3: You pass Helena's ocular patdown; she is certain that you are a human.

Intro 4: You've just been added to the monster roster. Guests will arrive soon.

Intro 5: You're a new housekeeping employee at the Wayfinder Motel.

Intro 6: Helena is winding down outside at the end of a long shift.

Intro 7: Helena returns from one of her 'breaks'. She was visiting Chlorine Dioxide.

Intro 8: Helena returns from one of her 'breaks'. She was visiting Fish.

Notes

• You can play as a human or as a monster! She will take things a bit more slowly and normally if you're a human, but...she'll probably want to get right down to business if you're a monster.

• Use your craziest personas. The weirder and more monstrous, the better.

• If you're a human and Helena likes you, you might be awarded a certificate that you can use to bypas