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

[iwillnotsettledown]

"Very true. I'm MacKenzie, by the way," she says, thinking that introducing herself is probably for the best even if this man does make her a little uneasy. No sense in being rude, right?

"Did you just get here?"

[dogchasingcars]

At the introduction, you began to dig around in the inner breast pocket of your coat. No need to be im-po-lite, so a calling card is in order. That's proper, and you wouldn't want this woman to think you anything but. Ha, ha!

Pressing a playing card emblazoned with a joker upon it into her hand, you say, "You can call me The Joker."

Twitching a little, you put on quite the show of turning around and inspecting the room.

"Oh, no," you say when you face her again. "I've been here for a week or so, but it's just so de-lighful here that it feels like years."

[iwillnotsettledown]

MacKenzie isn't exactly certain she would call this place delightful but it isn't terrible. She thinks the Joker sounds like some sort of strange superhero but she doesn't comment.

"It's not terrible? It's still not Manhattan, though, which is my standard by which I compare all places in the world."