Newsgroups: alt.pub.dragons-inn From: magnus@hsr.no Subject: Mop boy back.. Message-ID: <1992May14.224715.25717@hsr.no> Keywords: Mop boy References: <1992May14.201327.12048@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: Thu, 14 May 1992 22:47:15 GMT From the portal to the kitchen returns the mop boy, rubbing his eyes as if he had been sleeping. Seemingly there is a back room for the servants. He goes to the bar and starts cleaning it, rubbing with a clout. 'Eh, Serene? Should I wash them glasses to, or what?' When the bar is shining, he starts over at the floor, taking his time to dust the furniture as he passes it. The paintings are given special attention. He even brushes them with a small brush made from feathers. Empty glasses are returned to the kitchen. The stairs to the upstairs is washed. There seems to be some kind of soap in the water, filling the entire inn with a smell of citrus, a clean clean smell. When the stairs are as clean as they have ever been, he returns to clean the windows. The smoke from the fireplace has made them gray. He stops a moment to look at the weather outside. It doesn't look good at all. 'Serene? Will we close tonight sometime?' He then turns to the patrons, raising his mop in something like a gesture of power to get the attention of all present. 'Rooms are prepared upstairs. We can house quite a lot, not all of course, but those for whom there is not space there, may sleep down here. Serene can give you prices, I'm sure. As to the rooms, they are clean - those who want it may have hot water for a bath.' He then sweeps the room with his eyes, trying to ignore all the dirty people and trying to see anything that has to be cleaned. The fireplace. The stones around it are rubbed with some liquid that smells strongly of leaves. When all that is finished, he returns to the bar and asks the bartender; 'Do you want a hand - should I take over here for an hour or two, so you can get some rest? I've been serving a few times before..' -Magnus