Earl F Hampton III wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 April 2007 09:05, Bob Kondrk wrote:
>> On 4/24/07, Earl F Hampton III
>> wrote:
>
>>> Bart offers his beefy paw in greeting to the woman,
>>> "Bartholomew Cuthbert, but just call me Bart."
>>> Releasing her hand, "We're s'posed to pick up Lord
>>> Percy and ditch the whore in his pocket," he blurts
>>> with a big smile. "We're willing to take suggestions,"
>>> he adds, his eyebrows climbing in question.
The woman behind the desk starts to speak then stops when
Sharda speaks up.
>> Sharda actually seems to *blush* a little in sudden
>> discomfiture, but recovers her practiced poise very
>> quickly. She adds, "Unfortunately, we feel that the
>> continued presence of his current and rather unsuitable
>> female companion may eventually cause both His Lordship
>> and his family undue embarrassment..."
>
> Bewildered, Bart looks down at Sharda with an expression
> that claims confusion, concern or perhaps just pain, then
> back to the woman, "That too." "I think," scratching his
> head.
This exchange draws a smile from the woman behind the counter,
"We here at the Arbellatra are well acquainted with Lord Percy
Dubose and his...um, shall we say, currant companion."
She glances down at the terminal screen in front of her and
taps the keys a time or two and then says, "Lord Percy is in
his suite and...it seems his guest is not."
She looks up, "At least, someone using her guest pass came
down from Lord Percy's suite and exited the hotel about 45
minutes ago."
"If you give me a moment, I will cut guest passes to Suite
14b." she says as she types on the terminal, "If you would
each insert a finger into the slot..." indicating the
depression next to her console.
A few seconds later you each have a guest pass in the form of
a plastic card that will allows you to go from the lobby to
Lord Percy's floor and return using the hotel lifts.
Although, the electronic passes limit a guests movement inside
the private areas of the hotel, and will continually track
your movements, they are easily subverted and thus aren't
*much* use as a security measure. Cameras, motion detectors,
and both robotic and sophent based security teams are
certainly all in play here, just kept discreetly behind the
scenes.
"If you need a bellman to assist in moving his lordship's
luggage, call down to the desk and we will send up someone to
help you." she says to you as you start toward the lifts to
the right of the counter.
The small lift is more of a people mover in that it moves in 3
dimensions rather than just up and down. The lift won't move
until one of you slides your guest pass into the slot, and
then the lift will move *only* to the area of the warren like
hotel premitted on the pass.
OOC: I keep pausing to give you guys room to post comments and
such. If you have nothing much to say, just post "nothing
much"...no, I don't mean *literally* nothing much ;)...and
we'll keep going.
Eris
Akus Moby
