Mauvaise Chance Office/Lobby: Monday 6/2

[needsaparrot]

The Guy With Tools behind the counter today is actually helping with the advertising for once: he's got a knife and a piece of wood, and he's whittling. He's not sure what he's whittling - from the look of it, and the fact that he's doing it mostly to keep his hands busy while he thinks, it's going to end up the world's most perfectly polished toothpick.

[OOC: Open like a thing that's not closed!]

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Poke the guy with the knife.

[needsaparrot]

Always fun!

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[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

Mary was trying to sneak out of the lobby as quietly as possible, considering that she didn't live here. It would be hard not to notice her, though.

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[needsaparrot]

If you were as distracted as Xander, there's actually a reasonable chance you'd manage it, but he did happen to look up as she passed the office.

"Hey, Mary." He waved. With his soon-to-be-toothpick.

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[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Xander! Hi!" said Mary, trying to look casual. "Umm, I'm going to be staying with Mike for a few days until I get a problem with the locks at the hotel fixed. Is that going to be a problem?"

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[needsaparrot]

Xander shook his head. "He can have anybody he wants stay over, as long as they're not sacrificing virgins or goats. What's up with your locks? Maybe I can help."

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[montecito-east.livejournal.com]

"Well, it's not so much the locks as it's a problem with me," said Mary. "I have access to every minibar in the hotel, and that's too temptation for a recovering alcoholic. I'm having my staff install special locks on all the minibars and Gunther is the only one who will have a universal key."

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[needsaparrot]

"Okay yeah, not one I can help much with," Xander agreed. He'd certainly never been able to do much about it at home. But now he knew not to offer her booze ever, so there was that. "But much better reason for staying over than goat sacrifices."

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[laceycantlie.livejournal.com]

Lacey left the diner in the hands of the kitchen guys for a little while and wandered down to the apartment building.

Pausing in the doorway to the office, she eyed the knife.

"Please tell me that's not what you do to potential renters who can't pass credit check."

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[needsaparrot]

Xander glanced down at his knife. "Only if they're also bloodsucking undead." Then he glanced at the rapidly dwindling piece of wood. "Really short bloodsucking undead."

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[laceycantlie.livejournal.com]

". . . if that's what they're saying about me lately, it's not true," Lacey said in a disturbingly reflexive sort of way. "I actually am looking for an apartment, though, if you have one?"

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[needsaparrot]

"I do." Xander set the knife and wood aside and pulled up the layout on his laptop, spinning it around so she could see it. "Just the one - it's getting kinda cosy in here again. Minus Four, in the sub-basement."

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[laceycantlie.livejournal.com]

"Really?" Lacey got that look on her face like she was ready to be here all day signing paperwork if she had to, and in fact the way she was holding the pen she'd just pulled out could be more accurately described as 'brandishing.' "It's not that I don't love the hotel, but not having my own place is getting a little depressing and whoa, sub-basement?"

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[needsaparrot]

"It's fully finished," Xander assured her. "Even comes furnished. With all the coffee you can drink at no extra charge."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

Isabel planned on getting to the beach for the afternoon. But first, a stop to check in on the bestest roomie ever.

"I come bearing donuts of the jelly variety."

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[needsaparrot]

Xander looked up -- no longer from whittling, but from his laptop, which he started to quickly shut, until his brain caught up with his fingers and he realized who he was looking at. A grin cracked across his face.

"Hey, you. I was just thinking about calling you. Magical brain powers, I has them."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"So my urge to visit with jelly donuts had nothing to do with wanting to see you?" Isabel asked. "And everything to do with you summoning me with your mind. Nice...."

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[needsaparrot]

"Well I only summon people who want to see me. It's be kind of an asstastic power if it brought over a bunch of people who hate my guts."

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[izzyalienqueen.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I can see where that would be not so much fun," Isabel agreed. "Fortunately I'm not one of them. Hence the donuts. Here, have one."

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[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

G'Kar came down to the lobby, carrying a bucket full of brightly colored objects. "I seem to have discovered an interesting problem." He placed the bucket on the counter near Xander. "Do the refrigerators here often become overrun with undergarments?"

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[needsaparrot]

Xander shifted on his stool, as if suddenly reminded of a discomfort that he'd managed to banish to the back of his mind so far. "Not mine. But neither is my underwear drawer today. I wondered what was up." He peered over the counter at the bucket.

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[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

"Mine are undisturbed. But I think this likely makes up for that." G'Kar held the bucket out for him. "Anything look familiar?"

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[needsaparrot]

"Uhhhh - yeah!" Xander caught a glimpse of smiley-face boxers and started to yank those out... and noticed the green satin underneath them. ".........."

Well, he couldn't just leave those. Could he? Maybe he should. Gah. Ack. Xander's fingers paused over the bucket.

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[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

"Good! Glad I found the one owner of at least one pair." He noticed Xander's hesitation. "Is there more?"

OOC

[needsaparrot]

Come back, weekend, I miiiiiss you.

Re: OOC

[gkar-lastkhari.livejournal.com]

I know!!!

Only 2 1/2 hours of work left to go.