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[mcleod1592]

Date: April 12, 2003
Status: Public (Duncan McLeod, Joe Dawson, Loki) - complete
Setting: In front of the hotel/lobby
Summary: Two new guests arrive

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[leucemic_god]

Loki was on his way outside for some exercise that he had convinced himself would wake him up. More sleep? No, he definitely did not need more sleep.

He stopped short at the bottom of the stairs when he realised that there were two strangers in the lobby - and they felt human.

"Hello, can I help you?" he asked. "Are you lost?"

[mcleod1592]

Duncan looked the first floor hallway up and down. It looked nice and clean, orderly and utterly peaceful.

"Well, if this is any indication of the room, I'll like it," he announced.

[leucemic_god]

"They're pretty nice rooms up here," Loki said. "I'm staying on this floor as well. Just a few doors from you, actually."

"Are you planning on staying long? I think Sister Mary's looking for another barkeeper. We could certainly use one seeing how often we've had to serve ourselves lately, because Be ... the barkeeper wasn't there."

[josephdawson]

Joe laughed at that. "Well," he offered, "I have no plans of goign back anytime soon. However, I am used to running my own bar, so if she's looking for someone to take the license, sure. If it's just a matter of serving drinks according to someone else's duty roster: Eh... Not so sure."

[mcleod1592]

"She'd do well to take him," Duncan added. "Both his bars that I saw were always well-liked, lots of visitors, lots of profit."

[josephdawson]

Joe chuckled. "You just want a place to hang out in, McLeod," he accused.

[leucemic_god]

Loki laughed. "You'll have to take your sales pitch and conditions to Sister Mary," he reminded them. "I'm just another customer. Or maybe to Adam. He's the man in charge they say."

[josephdawson]

"And where do I find her?" Joe asked, waiting to see if Loki would first show Duncan to his room or if they would continue upstairs right away.

[leucemic_god]

"She's usually somewhere near the lobby when she's arround, but if you ring the bell and she doesn't come, you're out of luck. She lives somewhere on the ground floor, though," he added not wanting to reveal just how well informed he was.

He walked a bit into the corridor so he could point out the door to 106.

"That'd be the first room there. Sorry for not accompanying you to the door, but I think I'd better get this precious guitar upstairs without any more bumps than are absolutely necessary."

[mcleod1592]

"You do that," Duncan said, then helf out his hand. "The keys?"

[josephdawson]

Joe went ahead to the next flight of stairs. "That would be nice," he commented the remark on his guitar. "I'd also appreciate a shower and getting out of these clothes. We've been driving over from Paris after all."

[leucemic_god]

Ah yes, Loki remembered that they hadn't taken the keys when he'd meant to hand them over to them earlier. Just where had he put them?

"Hang on," he put down the bag and the guitar once again protested and patted down his pockets. Pack of cards, dice, his own key ... aha!

Here it is. He held it out triumphantly.

[mcleod1592]

"Thanks!" Duncan smiled brightly and disappeared in the direction of his own room.

[leucemic_god]

"Sorry about the guitar," Loki said. "I'll be more careful. Seems there's more to this job than I thought."

He picked up his load again.

"So, you're traveling around England then?"

[josephdawson]

"So you're what? Responsible for people's luggage?" Joe asked as he climbed the second flight of stairs.

"And actually, I believe we'll stay a while."

At least he hoped so, if he was actually going to take over that bar.

[leucemic_god]

"What? No, I'm just another guest, rather longterm, though. I ... have some business in England over the next months and there's nobody waiting for me back home. Seemed cheaper to just stay."

"It's an interesting place," Loki commented. "Or to be exact it seems to attract interesting people. You'll probably think we're all crazy."