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Attia straightened her coat and knocked on the door. Without waiting for an answer, she opened it and came in. "Hello," she said to the confused man on the bed. "Welcome to The Hotel." She noticed the card in his hand. "I see you've already found your card. It doesn't really explain much, but we try to greet newcomers as best we can." She sighed and sat on his bed next to him. "Your door says that your name is Isaac. May I call you that, or do you have something you prefer?"


James sped down the stairs to the main floor, looking around for the new girl. He saw the front doors swing closed and ran through them. A girl he guessed was about 19 was hunched over, trying to catch her breath. He walked over to her and put his hand on her shoulder. "Hey, are you okay?" he asked.

Attia chuckled. So many questions. "Okay, then, Isaac. I'm Attia and this is The Wasteland. It's a world between worlds, a mostly empty excuse for a planet. You were brought here for some reason or another, everyone is, thought hardly anyone knows what their reason is." There was a pause as she let this sink in, then she took the anklet from his hand. "This is your charm. It provides general protection from the beasts that roam The Wasteland, but it's only a mild irritant to them. It won't fully protect you from them by itself, but you'd be worse off if you didn't wear it." She looked in the gemstones one by one, then looked back at Isaac, grinning. "It also gives you a special power." She handed it back to him and started fiddleing with the bead in her hair. "This lets me see things that others wouldn't see." She dropped the lock and gestured towards the anklet. "Who knows what that could do for you. You're going to have to put it on to find out."

"Oh, all kinds of beasts," Attia said. "There's mostly only four kinds though, the don't live near The Hotel. The four kinds that you're most likely to see are...well, we don't know their real names, but we've made up some of our own. The Kukka looks like a mix between a giraffe, a housecat, and monkey. It's called the Kukka because that's what it sounds like when it purrs, and it purrs all the time. There's also the Foaber, which looks like a cross between a vulture and a parrot. The Howlies are basically saber-toothed dogs. And then there's the Eckey bugs. They only come in swarms, and about twice a month. They feed off of flesh." She waited a moment to see Isaac's expression as she smiled. Then she chuckled and waved her hand in dismissal. "We're fine if we close all of our windows and doors and block the chimney. Nobody knows what they look like because they're so dangerous."

She looked at him skeptically. "If they come in swarms and they eat human flesh, no one wants to get close enough to one to see what it looks like. Well, that's not true. Anyone who gets close enough to see what they look like is getting eaten by them. That's why we don't know what they look like."

She smiled at him. "Yes, we do have something to eat. There's a tavern downstairs, you can order anything you want. Come, follow me." She stood and left the room, Isaac in tow. Attia spoke as they walked. "What we do here entirely depends. Mostly nothing, but sometimes we fix damage done by beasts, and right now we're adding a new section to The Hotel. Lot's more people will be a-comin' soon. We never run out of anything, and everybody who stays here is content, if not bored."

((Hep!!! You forgot to add his profile.. crying ))

Looking out into the distance it seemed so vast and baron. Maybe he was right. This could be hell. Amaya had everything she ever wanted before coming here... Looking at the sound of the crack she nodded not wanting to argue, "What lives out there?" she asked as she retreated back through the doors. There was much Amaya wanted to ask him but now didn't seem to be the ideal moment.