[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_ableandbar]

That sounded a couple of the monks Lindsey had known in Tibet - demon monks, but monks - but not one of their lessons he'd taken to. He simply nodded, saying none of that, and weighed what he'd seen of the guy so far. "Anybody told you about where you are now?"

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[st_illness]

"I've heard a fair amount." Miss Williams had been very informative. "We've all been brought here under mysterious circumstances and none of us are able to return to where we were. Quite interesting."

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[st_ableandbar]

Lindsey gave short nod. The guy seemed to have the basics, although interesting might not have been Lindsey's first choice of descriptors. "Lindsey McDonald. Kinda fell into look after the horses since I got here. There are plenty of trails, if you ride, but anybody who does winds up right back here after a few hours, same as if you were walking."