[GP/EP] Check-In Day

[st_oriedqueen]

Why Caroline had needed her to help with Check-In Day she hadn't bothered to say. Just, "you said you'd help," and when Regina protested she wasn't good with people, "aren't you a Queen or a Mayor or something?" complete with shooing gestures. While Regina found Caroline more exasperating the terrifying, she did have a point.

So Regina suited up--literally, gathered her files and folders, coffee mug, pens and pocketed the wooden carving of Henry/Roland Robin had made for her, then headed for the cafe. If, polished and politic and patently Busy, she didn't offer newcomers the brightest or warmest smile when they arrived, it was nevertheless confident and quite possibly reassuring.

Caroline did friendly. Regina...did knowledgeable and polite. Dot and Ignis had been asked to provide finger food on catering trays. The still-grieving Miss Pryde had been tasked with samovars of tea and coffee and ice chest of soda and beer. Caroline's welcome baskets sat on the table beside Regina's for easy access. And though she didn't when she was alone in the office, Regina spent the magic to fix her eyesight so she didn't put glasses between her and new arrivals.

Madame Mayor was in.

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[st_donkeyballs]

Alex frowned, just unable to cope with the concept of people being brought from all over time to one place. But then, a year ago he'd had said that there was no extrasolar life at all, and look what had happened with Eros. "I'm from the 23rd century..." he said, shaking his head. "The idea of 1929 is just... so far out of anything I could've imagined."

He held his hand up. "I think I need to be a little more sober to deal with this." Or drunker. He wasn't sure which yet.

[st_illunsung]

"The 23rd century is likewise to me." It was beyond even science fiction. What would that world even look like? Parts of the 21st century were still something like marvels, and after another 200 years?

It was likely to be unrecognizable. "Do you have coffee in the 23rd century? If not, it's supposed to be quite sobering."

[st_donkeyballs]

Alex smiled briefly. "Real coffee is hard to get hold of, but yes, we do have it. My ship has a great coffee machine." The Rocinante was one of the best sources of coffee in the system. God knows what would happen if they ran out of coffee. Holden would probably start a war to find coffee.