Oh Hello Again

[iamnotpolaris]

This isn't Emily's dorm room.
This is Milliways! Awesome.
"Hi, Bar," she says cheerfully. "Looks like I'm the first one in at the moment, huh?" she says, looking around at the otherwise-empty room.

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[iamnotpolaris]

"Ooh."

[middlingalong]

"And how about yours, do you have virtue-guarding dragons and a moat or anything?"

[iamnotpolaris]

"Nothing of the sort. I'm unattached at the moment, and anyone else who thinks it's their business shall find themselves entirely disregarded."

[middlingalong]

You can rent rooms upstairs, says the bar primly.

"How about that," says Ivan, reading this napkin. "We can rent rooms upstairs. Or room. Room upstairs."

[iamnotpolaris]

"How much?" Emily asks, fishing for her purse (with her hands).

[middlingalong]

$54/subjective 24 hour period in your dollars. €648 in his euros or 88 Barrayaran marks.

Ivan blinks at these numbers. "Well, I can tell that in marks that's pretty good."

[iamnotpolaris]

"No kidding." She fishes out the right bills and puts them on the bar.

[alicornucopia]

They are replaced with a key.

[iamnotpolaris]

"Shall we?"

[middlingalong]

"We shall!" He scoops up the key, reads the room number Bar supplies, locates the stairs, and offers Emily his arm.

[iamnotpolaris]

She takes it, beaming at him.

[middlingalong]

And they do.