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Characters: Ariadne, and OPEN
Date/Time: Friday, October 28th
Location: L'Hôtel Jeu Ancien
Rating: TBD
Warnings: TBD
Summary: Ariadne is brought to the party

Ariadne was heading back to the break room. Her office had decided to hold its Halloween party on Friday, rather than waiting for Monday. Of course, virtually everyone was in costume from some pop culture reference or another. Lots of Star Wars characters, a few suits of Halo armor. One guy had even come as Sonic the Hedgehog. Of course, most of her male co-workers were particularly impressed by Ariadne's costume, simple though it was: Lara Croft, one of the first video game heroines in her own right. Of course, part of that might have been because of how little the fabric covered.

Walking through the door, though, she was not greeted by the tables full of candy and goodies, or co-workers secretly leering behind stormtrooper masks. No...

This was a hotel. Old-fashioned. Not a place she frequented, and damned if she knew how she'd gotten there, though she couldn't shake the odd sense of déja-vu being here.

"God damn it. Not again," she swore under her breath. Lara Croft was used to weird things happening around her, but that didn't mean she always had to like it.

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He had no clue where the hell he was. What he did know was this was obviously magic of some sort. But what kind? That was the first thought on his mind..until he saw the hot woman in the short shorts, tight shirt, ponytails, and guns.

"Well hello there, Miss. Name's Dresden, Harry Dresden. You get mixed up in this thing too?"

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"So it would seem," Lara-Ariadne said, "Lara Croft. A pleasure, Mr. Dresden."

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"Pleasure's mine, Ms. Croft." Hades-Dresden looks around them. "So..any idea just where we are?"

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"Looks like a hotel. I get the feeling I've been here before at some point, but I can't put my finger on when." She grinned. "Who knows--maybe it contains some kind of lost treasure."

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"I got a feeling of deja vu myself." He raises an eyebrow. "Treasure in a hotel? Then again, this place reeks of magic."

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"Doesn't it, though? There's definitely something odd going on here, and I intend to find out exactly what it is," Lara-Ariadne said with a cocky smile.

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As the pair approached the front desk, Nigel swept smoothly in front of it, greeting each of them with a smile and half-bow. "Mr. Dresden, and Ms. Croft. A pleasure to see you both tonight-- we've been expecting you."

He gestured down the hallway leading off from the lobby. "The ballroom is right through there," he said, winking at Lara-Ariadne. "I'm sure you adventurers shall have no trouble at all finding the way."

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"Pity to think I left all my good clothes at home," Lara-Ariadne said with a chuckle. "Thank you... I'm sorry, didn't catch your name?"

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He inclined his head politely. "I am Nigel, the maitre d'hôtel, at your service, ma'am. I am here to make sure your visit tonight is as entertaining and...significant as we planned to make it."

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Dresden-Hades eyes the bellhop warily. "So you're our mystic host for the evening?"