The Arms Hotel Lobby, Thursday morning

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary's back at the front desk today. She's still trying to make sense of the conversation she had with Jillian Deline the other night. The only conclusion she's come to is that Fandom really doesn't exist on the same plane of existence as the Las Vegas that she comes from. Or Las Vegas doesn't really exist on the same plane of existence as Fandom. Either way, it's not making sense without any caffeine and Gunther is insisting that his cucumber sandwiches can only be paired with chamomile tea.

Maybe she can bribe someone into getting her real coffee.

[OOC: Open for any hotel business]

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[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

Stan walked into the lobby with a smile, expecting to see a restaurant.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Hi there!" said Mary with a grin. "What brings you to my little corner of Fandom?"

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"I was hoping for a good Southern meal," he said with a smirk. "How goes the restaurant and hotel business?"

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"The hotel business is good," said Mary. "As for the restaurant, we're still in the remodeling phase. I figure that will give me enough time to persuade Gunther to go with the rib joint concept."

She looked down at her plate. "He's actually on a tea kick right now? Would you like a cucumber sandwich? They're really yummy."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"That would be perfect. With tea, if you have any left," he smiled.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"There's plenty of tea left. It's decaf, though," said Mary, pouting just a little bit.

[LJ looks like it's being a little bit slow on notifications tonight. :p]

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Decaf? I thought that was the point of tea. Tasty, not as evil as coffe, but still full of wakeup sauce." Stan frowned.

[lj's been slow on a lot of things lately. :) ]

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary frowned just a bit. "Gunther's been on my case all day. I haven't been sleeping too well and he claims that the caffeine was making me too jittery. I think he's just mad that I won't let him open a German restaurant."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"There's nothing that says that sauerkraut and kielbasa can't go well with ribs. Unless the waitstaff is in lederhosen, which I'm sure will attract the best servers from far and wide," he said with a mostly straight face.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Oh, you might not want to joke about that," said Mary with a stern expression. "When I first met Gunther, he really did have his waiters wearing lederhosen. It was not pretty."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"I can only imagine. Not pretty, indeed. You talked him out of it?"

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Nope. I didn't work directly with him at the time," explained Mary. "Ed Deline, who was the president of operations of the casino, had a daughter named Delinda. Well, one day pampered princess Delinda decides she wants to get a job. Ed and Gunther were good friends and after a few words from Ed, Gunther hired Delinda as a hostess."

Mary smile grew as she remembered what happened next. "By the end of the first night, Delinda had a new dress code for the waiters, added a night club, and renamed the restaurant. Delinda's like a force of nature. She single-handedly turned it into the hottest spot in Vegas."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"She sounds like a character. I'd hate to see what she'd do here in Fandom. We'd have a stream of people from the Mainland around the island and back," he said with a smirk.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

For a split second, Mary winced of the thought of Delinda.

"I don't think we'll be seeing her. Las Vegas keeps her pretty well-occupied," she said.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"That's probably for hte best," he agreed.

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary felt a wave of homesickness. "She'd probably find Fandom to be a little too quiet for her anyway."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"There is that. When it's not being attacked," he admitted. "Nice and quiet, with some good fishing spots."

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Fishing?" says the girl who grew up in the Nevada desert.

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Yes. The sacred art of spending hours at the water with a hook on a string on a stick, drowning worms," he said with a smirk. "It's very relaxing."

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Just out of curiosity, what's so relaxing about it?" asked Mary. "I don't think I know anyone who goes fishing."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"Being away from everything that buzzes, rings, or involves paperwork. The sound of the waves. The feel of the water if you're in a boat. The chance to sit and snooze and spend time in nature without people insisting that you go 'do' something. It's like... a license to chill."

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"So it's not about the fish?" asked Mary. "Kinda reminds me of way people sit down in front of a slot machine and zone out."

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"For some people, it's the fish. Fishing for sport, or fishing for food. For me, the actual fish is... incidental." He smiled a bit bashfully. "I suppose it's meditation."

[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Meditation, huh? So where are these fishing spots?"

[stanleykeyworth.livejournal.com]

"There's a few by the beaches, out by the docks. I don't go to the one by the Caritas bar, else I'd have to deal with the owner. Not conducive to fishing," he said with a smile. "I could show you around sometime, point out the better spots."