The Plague Logs

[Marburg]

"The Festival of Blights" (Part V)


"Dengue" Connor follows the young & proportinate 5'6" woman down the long, wide service corridor that dead ends at the entrance to Hell's Kitchen; infamous for being the hottest place inside of the hottest place on Islay.

Since the kitchen is "technically" uninhabitable, Dengue takes a right, & begins to head for one of the back staff entrances into the Bar.

He is immedeately jerked to a stop by the arm that is connected to the hand, that is being almost painfully squeezed by one: Hannah "Lassa" Montgomery.

Hannah stands stock-still, staring up at the large stone sign above the kitchen door that reads:

"Abandon all hope, ye Who Enter Here."

Within the past five months, Dengue has learned that whenever she makes his hand feel this way, she's about to do something he doesn't want her to do.

Deeeclaaaann? she asks innocently, while releasing his hand & putting on her best completive expression...her eyes never averting from the sign almost directly above her.

"No"
"No, what?" she asks sweetly.

"No, I'm not giving you a boost."

"...Oh, c'mon, ...PLEEEZE?" she turns & begs, shooting that same smile to Declan that so far, always,...ALWAYS works.

Dec just shakes his head with a sigh, & kneels down as Hannah leaps up onto his shoulders.

As he gets to his feet, his woman rises into the air; now within reach of the sign.

She pulls out a thick, black marker from one of the large utility pockets on the thigh of her military fatigues.

Marker in hand, she pauses, & looks down to Declan with a Misfit's smile and whispers, "Thank you, Baby!"

...She hops back down, & yanks him by the arm, & procedes to again lead him down through the corridor that exits into the pub...like a dog on a leash.

The doors that lead to the kitchen swing open as an fire-proximity suited employee rolls out a large cart full of food, underneath a sign that now reads:

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