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Fifteen days into this particular strange trip, Kitty had redistributed alcohol supplies between the cafe, restaurant, and night club to make it possible to easily tend bar wherever people decided to gather. Today, as most days, she settled into the lobby cafe after chivvying the cook into chicken tenders and french fries (after convincing him it was a single plate meal). It was the closest she could get to "bar food" from him and someone would probably arrive sooner rather than later to make something else.

A few people trickled in after awhile, but none of them demanding. Like her, they drank coffee from the samovar she'd put out. And also like her, most of them had something else to keep them occupied. At the moment, Kitty had a notebook open (from the gift shop; she kept her school notebooks separate in case she made it home during the term) and was sketching plans to upgrade the hotel's computer technology. She needed more raw computing power to work out the energy requirements to do what Illyana did with a thought.

She lifted her head periodically to check for new customers, and had just seated herself at the end of the bar after refilling the samovar when the first new new customer arrived. Immediately, she flipped to a fresh page in the notebook and headed it "Day 15" and made a hash mark for one new arrival. Then she looked up from her notebook and offered one and all her best bartending smile.

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Abby could see the shock and reached out to pat his arm. "I know, it's a lot to take in. And if I had to go back a long time I would have freaked out way more than you're doing. But on the bright side at least we have indoor plumbing and technology, such as it is."

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John looked over to the 'tech' in question, he decided it would be the perfect excuse to get his mind off his recent troubles as well as the situation he was in. At least until he could do his own investigating.

"Want some help with it?"

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"Sure! I always can use some help." Abby knew what he was doing. It was why she'd decided to try to do more with the modem. Busy hands, busy minds. She handed over a few of the parts for him to work on, too.

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Johnny looked a little confused as he took the offered technology but then it didn't take long to be absorbed in the configurations. She wasn't kidding when she'd said they were from a long time ago.