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"Ow" Leilani said as she was pushed out a window on the first floor and landed in a bush outside a hotel "I'm sorry if I don't look safe-" she stopped apologizing when a chair was thrown at her from the window and she ran up the driveway "bad luck again?" Schneider would speak in a sarcastic tone, getting annoyed by every hotel so far kicking her out or not even allowing her inside with her bow, and when she was allowed, they'd demand an Idenfication, this hotel being tame since others kept calling the police before Leilani, the one who was in the best attitude to try to get a room "yeah, honestly surprised they didn't call the police on me, half the hotels and motels we tried didn't even let me through the door before they were dialing the police" Leilani was getting visibly annoyed until Vertin offered a shoulder massage, which Leilani appreciated "Timekeeper, maybe we should give up the hotel search and just find a mattress, blankets, or pillows so we can sleep under a bridge, if we keep getting the authorities called on us, we might have a criminal record pile up-" Sonetto was cut off by Schneider "if we go to jail, that's a night or two in free board, and most likely some form of food, if anything, jail is the next best thing to a low end motel" Schneider was checking her pistol, seemingly bored of the hotel search "well, there are three more places we can try, before we have to settle for under a bridge or a jail cell" Vertin said as she read a couple pamphlets Leilani had taken from a small stand on the sidewalk "yeah, let's try those places" Leilani said as she lead the way down the road to another hotel, she heads in, speaks to the reception, until rowdy guest throws a vodka bottle at her, and she leaves in a hurry "Okay, we could have stayed there but the guest I just got chased out by would have been a problem" Leilani hung her head low "it's fine, the next two places might be better anyway" Sonetto gave a response as they went to the next hotel, it was smaller, but would suit their needs fine, that was until the reception began dialing the police the moment they walked into the light, without knowing why the group just went back to going down the street, until they got to the last hotel, where they were about to get close, until someone sped right past them as the police were chasing them down, with the last police car nearly hitting Schneider "WHAT KIND OF COPS ARE HERE, ONES THAT SMOKE LITERAL GARBAGE?!" Schneider proceeded to swear the whole dictionary as Vertin and Leilani tried the hotel, hoping that if they both went in, they'd have better luck, and left as a chandelier that was above them almost broke and fell, they had the same idea, and even looked at each as they both said the same thing "FUCK THIS HEALTH HAZARD!!!!" they noticed a bunch of guest and employees that heard their complaint, call the police, and this time a police car was nearby so they had to grab Schneider and Sonetto, and book it, going through different streets until they made it to a busy boardwalk, surprisingly busy considering the time and they disappeared into the crowd, climbed down a poll into the water below, and swam fifthteen minutes, to a beach far from the boardwalk, all panting, very out of breath and trying to make sure they didn't inhale any water "THAT'S JUST GREAT NOW WE ARE SOAKED AND WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS YOU HAD, HUH?! PROBABLY RUINED!" Schneider began, cut off by Sonetto who at this point was tired of all the problems well "Leilani... kindly, show me the money, so we can judge how FUCKED WE ARE!" Sonetto yelled, almost as if she was about to be violent until Leilani showed it was perfectly dry, as it was in a waterproof pocket in her satchel "we will be fine... so please... stop screaming" Leilani was out of breath and trying to think of something until a man came down and offered to help "thank you but we just want a place to stay where we aren't un a death trap, or have the police immediately called on us, or with guests willing to throw alcohol bottles at us" Vertin said, as the man pointed to a road and gave a pamphlet before literally disappearing like a ghost "what the FUCK?!" the four said in unison before getting up, and reading the pamphlet, showing a small motel like area, well it appeared to be advertised as one, it looked more like apartments or something because it made no sense why the rooms were advertised as quoted from the pamphlet "a fucking orgy of living" as thr four read it, now tired, just stopped complaining and went down the road, hoping to find a bed to sleep in, even if it was a hammock, they'd literally share it if it came down to it, and down the road, they saw the place, it was named "Dead End Inn, the Last Resort Hotel" a bit of a long name but they didn't care, cold, wet, and tired, they almost dragged themselves like they were walking corpses down the road, which they thanked every possible higher power that it was downhill, and part way down they tried rolling down it, gave them about half a mile before they stopped due to not wanting to die a stupid death and kept walking, when they got to the end of the road they saw the hotel sign, and the four began laughing hysterically, definitely too tired to immediately go into the reception room, they went into the grass nearby, and sat again a a giant tree, looking ancient by the diameter, and the amount of nests in the branches "this... is nice" said Schneider when an orange, apple, and durian fell nearby "what was that?!" Sonetto panicked due to all the things that happened that day, until Schneider just pointed to the fruit that fell, and they all collectively began questioning if they were dead or alive, before just standing up, and going into the hotel, the reception area was dark, with someone in somewhat dirty clothes on a chair in front of the counter, leaning back onto the counter, and staring at them "hello... any weapons or objects that can be used as weapons please reveal first..." the man said, looking very tall, about eight feet tall they thought, before they showed everything they had on them, then gave the giant the three hundred bucks they had, the burly man, having what appeared to be water weight, grabbed a set of four keys "follow me, runts" rude but the four were hoping they'd get a place to stay finally, even if was only for a night, the man lead them down a path outside the main hotel to a small building, covered in trees and opened the door with a master key "this is a special residential room, a kitchen, two king sized mattresses, bathroom, land other room works, you gave me enough for three weeks in this room" said the big person, in a softer tone yet sounding like it's forced, he gave the four their keys to them, then walked off towards the main building, with the four looking at the room, it was big, considering a hotel room, but due to it being more of a residential room, it was to be expected a bit bigger, though they didn't expect the size of it to be so big, the bathroom even had a lot of space "I guess... we got here for three weeks?" Leilani asked as Sonetto and Schneider felt one of the beds, being king sized, they almost jumped on it until Vertin said they should dry off "and Leilani, yeah, we got a few weeks here, let's see what we can, do while in this town after we dry off, and probably sleep for two days straight" they all dried off, somehow the same towels that they used to dry themselves dried their clothes just as fast, they decided that Schneider and Sonetto would share the bed closest to the exit door, and Leilani and Vertin would take the other one, Leilani set the alarm clock to 10 the next morning so they could get the advertised breakfast that she saw on a poster in the room to the side of the television, and they all went to bed for the night