Fourth Sin--Tuesday--OPEN

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod was behind the desk, reading a catalog of weapons and baked goods magazine someone had left in the lobby. M was up in their room, sulking.

Not that she'd disliked being with Becky, but she'd been clawing his arm up a lot since he got back.

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[deadly_little]

Miho came in the front door, carrying a bag that could only be described as...jiggly, which she hid from Jarod's sight when she saw him behind the desk.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod waved idly to Miho, but didn't notice the jiggly bag because it was hidden well by the tiny ninja .

[deadly_little]

Miho nodded to Jarod and headed for the kitchen, where after a few minutes the faucet could be heard running. A lot.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

Walking downstairs from his room, GOB saw Jarod at the desk. "Hey, Jarod, how do I go about getting my laundry done here?"

[deadly_little]

Suddenly, a water balloon flew from the general vicinity of the kitchen out of nowhere.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

The water ballon hit. "Okay, maybe I just need a dryer," he muttered to himself.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"There's a couple of machines in the basement." He pointed towards the stairwell. "Watch yourself on the stairs, they're not exactly even. Er, are you working here now?"

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Thanks," GOB said.

"Wait, what, me work here?" GOB scoffed. "No, I'm staying here at the moment. My yacht was stolen. Becky was nice enough to let me move in for a little bit. And, uh, I don't have any clothes other than what I brought to New York, so they really need to get washed."

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"Your yacht was stolen? Do the police have any leads?" He paused. "Do we even have a police force here?"

Something about Becky, the yacht, and GOB living at the Fourth Sin didn't sound right. He'd figure it out later.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we have police. No clue about any leads, though," GOB said sadly. "I'll just have to make due until it's found. But, hey, there are worse places to stay a few nights, right?"

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"There certainly are." And if he could help an acquaintance by asking questions around the docks, so much the better.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky walked into the lobby, humming, and stopped short.

"You sent me flowers," she said, ever the astute observer.

[deadly_little]

Miho came back out of the kitchen jiggly bag nowhere in sight. She glared at Becky and GOB indiscriminately. No one sent her flowers. Of course, there were reasons for that.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you got them?" GOB asked brightly. "Yeah, you've been so good to me this week. Letting me stay here, the little wooden boat... I just wanted to let you know how much I appreciate it."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky's cheeks went a suspiciously darker gray.

"Little wooden boat?" she asked, face carefully blank.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Yeah. There was the stationary with your name crossed out extremely poorly next to it. It was really sweet," GOB said.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Someone totally hijacked my paper," Becky lied badly.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Really?" GOB asked. "Huh. Lots of hijacking going around."

"By the way, I like the way you spell your name. It's pretty."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky made a face. "I go by Becky for a reason. Rebekah is...bleh."

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Whatever you say," GOB said, not willing to press any points about prettiness while sober. "But, still, thanks for everything."

"I just hope the police find my yacht soon so I'm not too much of a burden on you," GOB said.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky's eyes went wide, showing a rare display of actual fear.

"Cops? There are cops involved now?"

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, of course," GOB said. "My yacht was stolen. Calling the police is the first thing I did."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky thwapped him on the arm. "WHY? Why would you do that? Cops are bad, you idiot!"

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Ow!" GOB said. She hit harder than he would have expected. "I called the cops because my yacht was stolen. What else was I supposed to do?"

GOB had no clue how things had turned around on him so quickly.

Again, it would have made things so much easier if he could have listened to the radio the other day.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Cops? Bad. Always. It's an important lesson, GOB," Becky said, almost flailing.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Okay, okay. Lesson learned," GOB muttered, rubbing his arm. "What's the big deal, though? They're just looking for all of my stuff?"

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Bad," Becky said simply, shaking her head. "I've known very, very few good cops. I'm convinced they're a myth."

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Well, if it helps, I think the cops here are more incompetent than dirty or anything," GOB said. "But still, it can't hurt in this case, right?"

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"It can always hurt," Becky sighed, rubbing her temples. "Goddamn it."

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Becky, what's wrong?" GOB asked, concerned.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"I don't like cops," Becky said.

She thought she had been clear on this point.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Okay, geez. You know what?" GOB asked, frustrated. "I'll call the cops again and tell them not to worry about it. They've probably forgotten about it already anyway. And then you can find my home somehow. Okay?"

If he weren't so annoyed at the moment, he probably would have been very worried about the tone he was using.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky's eyes narrowed. "Considering what I left behind in Basin City? I probably could find your damn yacht, if you'd asked," she said, back to her usual scary tone.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Fine, then," GOB said. "Could you please find my yacht?"

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"I'll see what I can do," Becky said snottily.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Thank you," GOB said. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have to go wash my clothes because they smell. Since, you know, all of my clean clothes were stolen with my boat."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Maybe the boat just drifted away," Becky suggested lazily. "But I'll find it. Just watch."

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Well, good luck. And you're welcome about the flowers," GOB said as he started back towards his room to get his laundry. "Good night."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

After finishing classes for the day Autolycus decided to pay another visit to the Sin. He strolled in whistling.

[deadly_little]

She shouldn't. She really shouldn't. Paying customer and all.

Oh, the hell with it.

A water balloon flew out of the coat closet nowhere.

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Autolycus frowned as he suddenly felt very wet.

"And this was my good tunic..."

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"Good evening, sir!" Jarod said, lowering the magazine. "What can we at the Fourth Sin do for you?"

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

Wiping water from the tiny ninja's water ballon attack of his face. Autloycus attempted a smile. "Hello my good man, I was wondering if Dallas might be free tonight."

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod checked the book. "Indeed she is. Any special requests before I send you up? She'd like time to get ready, of course."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Well, if she could maybe wear the..." Autolycus leaned across to whisper the rest of his request to Jarod.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod blushed, nodded, and dialed Dallas's room number. He hung up a minute later and cleared his throat. "She's ready for you, sir. Just go right on up."

[autolycus-kot.livejournal.com]

"Thank you my good man," Autolycus climbed the stairs with a bounce in his step.