Growing up, Avarice Carter was never the most outgoing. School was, for the most part, okay. A war, both at home and overseas, had been going on since before he was born so perhaps being around friends was the easiest part of living. There's not much to mention about his childhood - his parents, and grandparents, urged him to be a model student. A model son. After graduation, he was expected to attend college where he could be seen as what his family saw to be the goal - a model citizen.Avarice and his older sister were raised primarily by their grandmother. Many of Avarice's early memories are of the floral sofa in the den, and a record of Peggy Lee's "Golden Earrings" playing on repeat. Even as he entered his 20s, Avarice found comfort in visiting home just to hear the same old records and eat the same homecooked food. And although he refused to apply to college, his grandmother always supported him.As a celebration for his birthday in 1973, Avarice's sister took him and a bag of their things and traveled to Las Vegas. They were supposed to stay for a full week, but lacked pocket money and a plan. That did not stop their fun, however, as both found their own ways to earn food and a bed each night.His death;
At 23, Avarice was separated from his sister and drunk in a hotel. Having found himself already enjoying the company of a couple at the hotel's bar, he held no reservations when they offered him a spot in their bed. Stumbling and close to blacking out, he followed them up 3 floors and closed the door on room 333. He never came back out.
In the morning, the body of a young man laid on the floor. A broken lamp scattered in pieces feet from where he was found, and the couple had vanished. Death in this particular hotel is not uncommon, yet his was not investigated. It was not reported. His body was never buried and today, it remains somewhere on the property. Avarice was declared missing by his sister, but with no leads on his whereabouts that night he was impossible to track down.Today;
Avarice does not recognize his own death. His reality is set in a series of loops, each lasting about 2 weeks at a time. He works behind the check-in desk as a deal with the hotel owner, who has kindly let him earn his keep while Avarice waits for his sister to find him. Don't make fun of his clothes, or his outdated slang - Avarice is gentle, and only misses his family and wishes to go home.
As Avarice becomes more aware of his situation, his loops last longer. He sometimes becomes inclined on searching for his body - one time going as far as making a hole in the wall. Alas, the resets are inevitable and Avarice will wake up one day the same as he did on his room's floor, his head throbbing in pain.
