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ladyfirestarterAbout half of the fourteenth floor of the Dolphin Hotel -- it's the thirteenth floor, of course, but numbered 14 -- is closed for renovations.
Charlie's room is on the ninth floor.
She holds open the door of room 928, slipping the card-key back into her pocket.
Charlie's room is on the ninth floor.
She holds open the door of room 928, slipping the card-key back into her pocket.
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Date: 2007-09-03 04:55 am (UTC)He turns his head to examine the art hanging over the two beds. "They really are doing okay." A pause. "There's somebody whose job it is to buy those paintings for every single room in every single hotel out there."
This seems unfathomable in its own right.
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:23 am (UTC)A beat.
"They make good tea, though."
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:29 am (UTC)He shifts his weight, glances at the beds. One of them has Charlie's open suitcase spread over it.
"My feet are killing me," he announces, somewhat apologetically. "D'you mind if I...?"
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:30 am (UTC)She seats herself on the other bed a moment after he sits.
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:34 am (UTC)"Oh, that feels good." A half-smile. "Lot of walking today. But very fine sights."
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:41 am (UTC)"Welcome to New York," she says cheerfully.
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:50 am (UTC)She toes off one sneaker, and stretches her foot out a little before working on the other.
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:56 am (UTC)They are purveyors of metaphysical wisdom, after all.
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Date: 2007-09-03 05:58 am (UTC)"Hey! Honest question!"
Punctuated, naturally, by another pillow lobbed at Charlie.
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Date: 2007-09-03 07:51 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-09-03 07:56 pm (UTC)They're still a little ungainly, though. This necessitates a plan of attack that requires launching oneself at one's opponent. Prometheus is duty-bound to proceed!
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:10 pm (UTC)A twist and a half-roll, and she's out from under him and off the other side of the bed, half-crouched in the narrow aisle between the bed and the wall. She's still grinning, but not laughing anymore.
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:19 pm (UTC)The leap left him sprawled across the foot of the bed; he props himself on his forearms for a moment. "In answer to your question," he says calmly, "I think Hoboken is also a likely option."
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:24 pm (UTC)"Have I told you recently that you are a loon?"
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:31 pm (UTC)It doesn't stay there, for long. He bunches it up and props it under his chin. His feet dangle off the end of the bed.
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:41 pm (UTC)She finds herself studying his hair, thick and shaggy as the fur of some large dog; one might stroke it, and be soothed.
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:48 pm (UTC)It's still impossible not to smile a little.
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Date: 2007-09-03 08:51 pm (UTC)Her fingers slide through his hair, and linger.
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