[GP/EP] We are programmed to receive

[st_alksthroughwalls]

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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[st_eampunk]

"There are seven laws where I come from that you can't break. The problem with that is, they don't tell anyone what the rules are and you're screwed." Molly still thought it was stupid. "But on the bright side, they're not the boss of me anymore and they can kiss my ass. Plus, I'm here and they're there so it really sucks to be them."

Or her, depending on how it went here.

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[st_rayed]

Wyatt was amazed by her bounce back even if it was a mask he was all too familiar with. "That's the attitude to have." He nodded. "One of the benefits of being stuck somewhere I guess."

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[st_eampunk]

"Yep, there's a silver lining in everything. Even this." Molly raised her beer bottle in a salute. "Granted, get back with me in about a month and I'll probably be bored out of my mind."

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[st_rayed]

Wyatt chuckled. "A month, huh? I give it three weeks for me. That should be enough time to exhaust all that I can before boredom sets in."

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[st_eampunk]

"Nope, I'll stick with a month. Too many unanswered questions for me to get bored before then. Plus free beer. Can't go wrong with that." Molly winked at Wyatt.

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[st_rayed]

"You can never go wrong with free beer." Wyatt had to agree with her.