Check-in May 15

[st_raighttovampire]

It was the 15th of the month and given the possibility of arrivals, Caroline decided that something should be done to make new people a little more comfortable.

So she was sitting in the lobby, wearing a bright yellow sundress and surrounded by a riot of materials. Her feet were bare, as her sandals were lying off to the side, and her toenails were blue. She was creating Inn survival kits. There was a little pamphlet of explanations: people call the guy at the desk Daryl; yes,everything is free; no, you can't leave; just be firm about towels. A basket of sundries - snacks from the gift shop, sunscreen, guidebook, toothbrush etc. There was a towel, because obviously.

She considered adding a bottle of alcohol, but not everyone drank - she'd noticed at least a few of the current residents who didn't - and if they did drink TOO much, she didn't want to encourage it.

Maybe chocolate?

Caroline jotted down that as a note and resumed chewing on the end of her pen. The lobby door opened shortly thereafter and she looked up with a smile.

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[st_reetwolf]

"Don't be sorry. I'm Angua, and this is rather a lot." The smile Angua offered was her best professional I-am-a-friendly-copper-be-calm-we're-all-friends-here, even without the usual edge that warned lack of friendship could come damn quick if it had to. Laynia wasn't a suspect in anything, of course. "We try to make sure people are on hand on days we expect newcomers. As we're all in this together, sort of thing."

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[st_arrynight]

It was starting to sink in just how worried Moira and Nathan and Franklin would be when she vanished. The sort of conclusions they would jump to. Blinking a bit rapidly, Laynia kept her breathing steady, and her voice was only a little strained as she spoke. "Well. Better way to approach being stuck in limbo than some I could think of, I guess." Like the way some of the other mutant refugees in Duninnean had handled because exiled at the end of the world... "I, um.. thanks, for explaining. What else should I know?" She wondered if this was anything like what Nathan had felt like, trying to accept the fact that he was two thousand years away from everything he'd known.

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[st_reetwolf]

"I... honestly, I don't really know." Angua frowned. "We recently had one of the rooms turn into a whole other world? I don't know if it'll happen again, but it might. And most people try to find something to do with their time, because this is a fairly small place all told. Go out far enough and you'll just end up back here again." She thought a little more, then added, "Not everyone here is exactly human. So if you see oddities or magic or what-have-you, it's generally nothing to be afraid of."

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[st_arrynight]

It startled a weak laugh out of Laynia. "I don't think you need to worry about me overreacting to someone doing something odd. Back home, I live down the hall from a reality warper." She rubbed at her arms for a moment, then recognized it as a nervous gesture and made herself stop. "I... do a few odd things myself. Nothing that'd be dangerous. I mean, unless someone tries to wake me up while I'm having a nightmare, but, uh, obviously the room doors lock. So, not a concern."