Gathering: New Guest Reception

[concierge]

The black sign positioned in front of the Dining Hall's main entrance reads:

New Guest Reception
TODAY
6 PM - 8 PM

All guests welcome

In the Dining Hall itself, the chairs have been pushed up against the walls and the long dining table turned into a buffet stocked with finger foods. At the far end of the room is a small bar serving beer, standard cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks.

Comments

[hearnospeakno]

Lucky. Nick shrugs, his dismissiveness of the whole thing a little too tense. He doesn't like being looked at that way; part of it is being used to invisibility, but that hasn't been true for a while, has it?

This man might be (must be) crazy, but there's a sharp, crackling insight in the way he looks at Nick. He just doesn't know what's being seen.

And what's your story? He might as well ask. Fair is fair.