The Fourth Sin--Tuesday Evening

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod wasn't behind the desk, but there was a good reason for that--the air conditioning had broken that afternoon and he was down in the basement with his laptop, switching between the owner's manual and a repairman's guide as he worked.

Every so often he'd take a few swallows from the large container of ice water on the stairs, then get back to work. The girls weren't going to be pleased if they had to work in the stifling heat.

On the desk was a large ice bucket and a sign:

TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF AND STAY A WHILE.
THE ICE IS YOURS TO ENJOY.
PLEASE STAY HYDRATED.

I'M IN THE BASEMENT IF YOU NEED ME FOR ANYTHING. HOPEFULLY THE AIR WILL BE ON SHORTLY.
-JAROD


[ooc: The Sin is open!]

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[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky wandered downstairs in a miniskirt and a corset top, her hair up in a ponytail. "Why is it so fucking hot?" she whined.

Dallas shrugged at her, using her mask as a fan, and pointed at the sign.

Becky read it and groaned, taking some ice.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

Jarod climbed up from the basement, wiping away sweat with the bottom of his t-shirt. "Hey Becky, hey Dallas. I'm working on the problem. Just overloaded the circuits, I think." He tried to sound confident.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Fix it," Becky whined, giving him a quick once-over. "It's hot."

Like he might not know.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"Yes, it is." He frowned and tapped a wrench against his thigh. "I think I'm almost done."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"I think we're dying." Becky always had a flair for the melodramatic.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

"I think you need to drink more water."

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky grumbled and wandered into the kitchen to get a water bottle. "Okay, Mom," she said when she came back out.

[jarodpretends.livejournal.com]

He grinned at her. "Hey, you're the ones who expend all the energy here. I just fix the machines when they break." Which reminded him that he needed to fix Vi's vibrator...

[likeguidelines.livejournal.com]

After watching a Very Instructional Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvkCTwdHjgA&search=)--if shrubs watched videos, of course--a gift card to J,GOB appeared on the front desk with ninja-like pirate-y stealth.

The "fer the ninja" post-it probably gave away who it was from, though.

[likethegun]

Deciding that there was pretty much no way his day could get worse, Sam ventured over to the Sin, gift certificate in hand. If he wasn't going to get any use out of it, then he figured they should make sure that someone else got it instead.

He'd just barely made it inside when he caught sight of some of the girls. It really was an amusing sight to watch someone so tall stop dead in his tracks.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"Hey, helpful boy!" said Becky from the couch. "Come to cash in?"

[likethegun]

Sam knew he shouldn't stare at Becky. But he realized that she wasn't really his teacher here, and after that he noticed the ice, and the parts of his brain that controlled talking shut down for a second, so all he did was shake his head.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"...come to fix the AC, maybe?" she asked curiously, running some ice over her neck.

[likethegun]

"I, uh, I don't really know how to fix air conditioning, unfortunately," Sam replied, watching the ice melt. "Is that why it's so hot in here?"

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky just pointed to the sign.

From across the lobby, a pair of identical girls - though one of them had bright yellow hair - waved to him.

[likethegun]

Sam read the sign, feeling himself flush a little at the part about the girls taking their clothes off. "Oh, I see."

He caught sight of the girls and waved back shyly. He wasn't completely without social skills, after all.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"So why are you here?" Becky asked languidly.

[deadly_little]

Miho was hot, which made her generally not a happy ninja. When she saw the ice and the gift certificate, however, she perked up immensely.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

A while after stopping by Caritas, GOB walked into the Sin with a smile on his face.

He was carrying a video tape.

"Good evening," he said to the room, starting to notice the heat and - more importantly - what the heat was making the residents of the brothel wear. GOB never liked the heat more than he did at this moment.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky looked up. "Are you going to fix the air conditioner?" she asked, fanning herself.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"No, but I do have something for you," GOB said, holding up the tape.

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

"A present?" Becky asked, looking suspicious.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Sure," GOB said. "It's definitely something you'd want to keep away from other people, and I'm giving it to you just to be nice. That counts, right?"

[lesssexthanmiho.livejournal.com]

Becky raised a brow. "Porn?" she guessed.

[bluth-illusions.livejournal.com]

"Better than that," GOB said, smiling. He handed it over. "Here."