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[Maggy Malone]

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It was a busy night at the Lodge. She thought about the last night she had seen Walter, wondering what was to be with him or if he was coming to see her. He was a nice man and she cared for him but he seemed distant. What would become of that she didn't know so she put it out of her mind as she greeted those that came in.

She spent most of the night waiting on customers and talking to people of their trips and adventures around the lands. She had never herself been out of Sanctus or Luna and all the wonderful places she had heard of she had been keeping in her journal as places she wanted to visit. The one trip she had made as a child to Britain had been to visit her aunt. All the wonderful places the people had been telling her about over the few short weeks she had been hosting the Lodge were all she thought about aside from all the nice people she was meeting. There was a bit of trouble when some creature would not leave her alone. Some of the nice people there dispatched it and she went on serving the evening's croud after thanking those that came to her aid.

It was growing late and most of the patrons had left when a woman came in and was seated at the tables. She was talking about her own establishment when Maggy brought up the place that burned down. The lady told her it had been rebuilt and would she like to go see it. She said she had never been anywhere but Britain and the patrons had all gone so she saw no harm in visiting these other establishments if nothing more than some ideas for her own place.

The woman cast a gate and they stepped through to the first location. There were crystals so she thought to herself it must be not too far from where here own establishment but it was decorated in an island style like many had discribed as being found on the Islands and in Zento, one of her imagined destinations for future travels.

As they entered there were people there in a room. They seemed to be meeting and she listened from the hallway. As she stepped closer to the room the group seemed to be breaking up. The woman she was with seemed to know them. There were parting greetings and to her amazement she heard they were royalty. She had thought they looked of high position but had not expected to see an elven queen and another woman that looked to be elven who was addressed as Duchess and a orental couple apparently of the same status from a foreign land. Her eyes widened in amazement. She had never seen such royalty accept as a young girl watching the parades through Sanctus as Lord Talon and his men would march through the streets returning from some victorious war somewhere. Her heart jumped with excitement as she watched in awe as they walked passed her in the hallway where she stood. She caught her mouth gaping opened like a codfish and she quickly closed it pressing a back against the wall as the anterage left.

The woman that brought her, showed her around the building once the others left and they moved on to the next location. This location was just as amazing as the people she had seen at the other place. There was a huge huge staircase going to the second floor and there were tables and a bar with small rooms off each side. Each room had a purpose and a different theme.

She showed her around the place and to her amazement and great glee there was a huge pool of water on the roof. She had never seen the likes of it anywhere and certainly not in Sanctus where she lived.

She looked in the water and saw a man she had seen at the Lodge. She had had a nice conversation with while he was there. She waved to him and as he emerged from the water she noticed he had noting on but his loin cloth. She blushed deeply and covered her eyes as she tried not to watch him but could not help but peek through her fingers. He threw on a robe and came to her. He asked her if she would like to get in and she said she only had her dress and would not take it off to get in. She did get in the water with her dress on. It was cold and breezy on the roof and her lips began to turn blue. He noticed it and suggested she get out and she nodded.

As they passed another room on the same floor, warmth poored out of the room. She saw in the door there was another pool. He suggested they go in there as it was warmer and they did. He said the water was warm and so the stepped in. She had been shivering and in the warmth of the water the shivering stopped. They talked for a few mintutes and she said she would have to go because she had not done the cleanup at the Lodge yet and didn't want to be up all night cleaning. He nodded and made arrangements to gate her back to the Lodge.

He said goodnight as she walked alone through the gate where she imediately went to her room and wrote in her journal of the night's events. Such excitement she had never experienced. She didn't even know where the second place was but she definately wanted to re-visit it for sure. She went back down to the tavern area and did a quick clean up and headed upstairs to her room where she fell a sleep dreaming of queens and princes and amazing places. That was all she could talk about for the next two days was her experience that night.