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The Arms Hotel Lobby, Wednesday [1/23]

Hoshi was feeling better now that the belly button piercing was gone. Of course her alternate self had to screw that up so that it got infected. Oddly enough, Hoshi had gotten rather attached to the idea and was planning to get a new piercing (done by someone who knew what they were doing) before her next trip home.

Gunther acting really weird today, ranting on and on in German about a dog and a beret, so Hoshi slipped into the kitchen to make sushi. Eventually, Gunther calmed down enough to learn how to make it himself.

Welcome to the Arms Hotel!
Today's Specials
Spicy Tuna Roll with Cucumber
Grilled Portobello and Roasted Pepper Maki Sushi
Tempura Lobster and Enoki-Miso Salad Roll

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Gunther will be happy to serve you once he gets past his latest tantrum.

When she's not hiding in the kitchen.

G’Kar stepped into the lobby of the hotel. What strange weather to arrive in. He idly wondered if the storm he’d piloted his ship through last night had anything to do with discovering himself on an island upon waking.

He’d spent some time wandering the streets of this town, and spotting the hotel sign, decided that he might want better accommodations than what his ship offered. Not that he didn’t like it, it just was...well, it became a bit cramped after a while.

G’Kar approached the woman behind the counter. “Excuse me? I’d like to acquire lodgings.”

Hoshi took a good look at the new arrival. She'd seen her share of aliens back home, but this man didn't look like any of the ones she was acquainted with. "Welcome to the Arms Hotel. How long will you be staying?" she asked.

[No problem! :D]

G’Kar seemed to be considering this. “A few days. Perhaps longer.” He looked to be debating something before asking, “Might I inquire as to where exactly we are?”

Hoshi looked around for the list of available rooms that Miss Connell usually left at the desk. "This is Fandom Island. Oh, and the year is 2008, just in case you weren't sure," she quickly added.

Fandom Island. He'd never heard of that colony before. Perhaps the humans had discovered another planet to colonize? But the year had him puzzled. If she were speaking in terms of standard Earth time, that would mean...

He just stared at her blankly. "2008? By which calendar?"

"By the standard Gregorian calendar," said Hoshi. The question didn't faze her at all. Only last semester, she had been stunned to learn that she'd been dropped off about 140 years in the past.

Gregorian. G’Kar was not familiar with that one. Perhaps it was a species he’d not yet encountered. What was a Gregorian? What did one look like?

He pondered this for a moment, then asked upon further thought, “Is that–-human? What is the standard way in which Earthers mark the passage of time?”

"It's human," replied Hoshi. "Here on Earth, we count one revolution of the Earth as a solar day and one revolution around the sun as a solar year. The Gregorian calendar is an adaptation of the Julian calendar, which was adopted by the Roman empire during the reign of Julius Caesar but didn't correspond correctly to the actual length of a solar year."

She knew her stuff. Hoshi could probably explain it in Latin as well.

That...did not sound good. Sure, he'd set out to see how far the universe could go, but this? Travel back into the past? Was such a thing even possible?

With the vastness of the universe, one could never tell.

“Hrm,” he spoke wisely. “It seems that I may have traveled quite far indeed.”

"I take it that you weren't planning on going that far," said Hoshi. "Same thing happened to me. Did you want a room with an ocean view?"

[Wikipedia is awesome for when Hoshi has her genius moments!]

"Yes, that will do quite nicely. Thank you."

He did look at her curiously though. “Were you also...” he searched for a way to describe it, “brought into the past? Or was it merely finding yourself on a strange island?”

"Well, I knew I was coming the school here," said Hoshi. "What I wasn't told was that it is 140 years in the past from when I left, give or take a year. Oh, and no one told me until I got here that they actually use money in this century, which is why I'm working here."

The money G’Kar didn’t have any issues with. Unless...he cringed inwardly. He could only hope they used some standard form of credits, like he already had. Guess there would be only one way to find out.

“I see. Then it would seem you and I are both travelers through time.” His eyes lit up for a moment in amusement. “The last calculations I had, put me roughly 260 years into the future from this moment.” He paused briefly. “Give or take a few years,” he smirked.

"Wow," said Hoshi, wondering if she should ask what languages he spoke since she was running out of Earth-based languages to master. "Room 308 should work for you. Here's your key," she said, handing it over. "There's room service 24 hours a day, but just watch out for that guy over there with the funny hat. That's Gunther, the hotel's chef, and he's a little wacky," she added in a whisper.

He took the key, smirking at her. “I believe I am well versed in the ways of ‘wacky’ individuals.” He wouldn’t be thinking of a particular Centauri, oh no.

“Thank you for all your assistance.” He gave her the usual Narn greeting, clasping both fists to his chest and bowing slightly. “Perhaps we should speak again sometime?”

"That would be nice. I'm here every Wednesday," said Hoshi, watching his greeting and then doing her best attempt to repeat it.

I should not be coming up with these menus before I've even had breakfast.

Should be around all day, but I've got a long list of stuff to finish before catching a plane tomorrow.

. . . god your menus never fail to make me RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY.

They never fail to make me hungry either. I think the Japanese restaurant has gotten used to me dropping in every single Wednesday...

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