The Arms Hotel Lobby, Tuesday [3/22]

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Gunther was ranting and raving about something, but Mary wasn't paying attention. Instead, she was drawing little hearts around a name on her notepad. Someone had picked an interesting time to relive her high school crush on Danny McCoy. Mary was sure she'd get over him eventually, though she had no idea how long that would take.

Welcome to the Arms Hotel!
Today's Specials
Vietnamese Chicken Salad
Brown Rice with Shiitakes and Scallions
Orange-Pecan Cookies

[Open! The OCD is too busy daydreaming to appear.]

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After a long day at the post office and some issues with the accounts payable office back at MiB, K approached the front desk.

"Excuse me, young lady," he said taking his time to approach the desk. "Are you the manager of this fine establishment."

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Mary shoved the notebook underneath a ledger so that the doodles were hidden. "As a matter of fact, I'm both the manager and owner. My name's Mary Connell. How can I help you today?" she asked, sitting up a bit in an effort to look a bit more professional.

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"A couple of weekends ago some-"

K paused a good moment trying to think of the best way to describe his relationship with the worms. It took a moment. Oh well. Just go with the easy explanation.

"-friends from out of town came by and spent the weekend in what I believe was called the stripper pole suite. I believe there was some... considerable expenses? And possibly the distinct possibility that these expenses were not paid."

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"Yes, there were a lot of additional charges from that weekend that are still outstanding, including an extra charge for cleaning since I had to get a special cleaning crew," said Mary, cringing. "It looked like they had one wild party."

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"You have no idea," K said dryly. "However since the damage was done, I'd like to make sure they get covered as I feel partially responsible for the damage done."

He paused a second before adding:

"Though I'd like to add I was not a participant in any of those activities."

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"I appreciate it. Let me see if I can pull up the charges and I can print out an invoice," said Mary, moving to the front desk computer. "I hope you at least had a good visit with your friends. It's always nice to have visitors come in for the weekend, right?"

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"Depends if they only stay for the weekend," K said with a small smirk. "Though I have to ask... how many time was the mini bar refilled?"

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"Many, many times, from what I can tell," said Mary, raising an eyebrow as she looked at the list of charges. "This might take a little while to print. If they ever come to visit you again, you can request to have the mini bar locked or emptied out before they check in."

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"I'll keep that in mind," K said with a scowl. "And I'll make sure there's no other contraband being brought into the room either."

Those Twister games could get out of control.

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"I'd appreciate it," said Mary with a slight smile. "If it's any consolation, I've seen much worse in Las Vegas. Some of those guest parties were a lot more destructive."

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Most of them were probably taller than six inches.

"They weren't here long enough," K replied as he watched printer print out page after page of the invoice. "Not that I'm complaining."

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"Well, they certainly enjoyed themselves while they were here," said Mary, hoping that the night audit guy remembered to refill the paper tray. "Actually, if you ever want to stage an intervention for your friends, I have a schedule of all the nearby AA meetings."

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The thought of the worms attending an AA meeting actually made K chuckle.

Yep. You read that right. He actually chuckled.

"I think we're just looking at a case of binge drinking," K replied. "However if they cross the line I'll get that schedule from you."

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"No problem. I'm usually around if you need it," said Mary, smiling as the last page of the invoice finally printed out. She quickly stapled all the pages together, feeling lucky that the staple went all the way through all the pages, and handed it to K. "And there is the complete list of charges, if you'd like to take a look."

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"I'll take your word for it," K said with a heavy sigh. "You take American Express?"

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"Yes we do," said Mary. "Do you want me to charge the full amount or set up a payment schedule?"

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"Full amount..." K said with a sigh. "Might as well get it over with."

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"I hope you're at least getting your rewards points," said Mary. "And since you're becoming one of my best customers, I'd be happy to throw in a free dinner."

Sure, this hotel didn't have a casino, but Mary hadn't gotten out of the habit of giving out comps.