* Everyone suddenly notices that the sounds of construction have been gone for several minutes now, but no one has come out of the room. It sounds perfectly silent; even for those with supernatural hearing, they don't detect any breathing or even heartbeats on the other side of the door. *

Anora, having just finished her piece, looks up suddenly. Raising an eyebrow, she gets up and knocks on the door to the Hot Tub area.

* There is no answer. Suddenly, after a few moments, the sounds of construction start up again. From this close to the door, they sound like they're coming from *immediately* on the other side of the door, like three inches away from it. *

Anora jumps back a step, raises an eyebrow, then shrugs. She turns and heads back to the piano. Sitting down, she turns and looks at the newcomer with a smile. "Anything I can play for you?" She asks, cracking her knuckles.

Tabitha looked at the woman her small nose wrinkled slightly at the smell of alcohol. "do you have a spare room i could stay in? and i dont mean to seem pushy but do you have any jobs available?" she asked in her small voice that sounded like tiny bells.

Tabitha crossed her arms. her eyes glittering brightly. growling she walked over to some stools and slid onto one. drumming her fingers on its surface

"fine by me" she said, quickly she wrote her name down and jumped off the stool and headed for her room.

* The door to the all-too-recently empty room suddenly bursts open, and Cal and Alana walk through. *

"Ladies and gentlemurs, your attention please! If you would all kindly follow me, I will introduce you to the newest addition to the Inn!"

Alana stood by Cal with a grin on her face. "You guys are gonna love it."

* As Cal leads everyone through the door, it's obvious it doesn't lead to anywhere near the Inn. They find themselves outside, under a sparkling night sky, in a large clearing surrounded by dense forest. They see a Japanese hot spring spread out before them, set into rocky ground surrounded by mossy earth. To the immediate left is a steaming hot pool, bubbling softly with hot gasses keeping the water hot. The water flows through a small dip in the side wall to another pool next to it, the water warm, clear and still, with two Yin-Yang patterned Koi swimming around in it, seemingly unbothered by the heat. The water from this still pool then flows out into what appears to be a whirlpool, which is also fed into and drawn out of by a small stream that runs tangent to the whirlpool's edge. There are strings of colored oriental paper lamps overhead, covering the clearing with overlapping areas of crimson, emerald, and golden light. *

"Nice, isn't it? But if you'd all like to follow me down these stairs..."

* Cal leads everyone down a set of stairs between two trees at the other end of the clearing, hewn into the rocky ground, leading down and around into a large cavern under ground, with strings of blue flickering Christmas lights hanging from the ceiling casting beautiful flickering shadows across the large swimming pool. A waterfall cascades out of the ceiling into the center of the pool, coming from the whirlpool above. There is a pleasant cool breeze circulating air through the room. There is a small shallow area just to the left with stairs for entry, and another shallows at the other end with benches hewn into the rock for sitting around and talking. *

"Welcome" Cal grins "To your new pool. The water is pumped out from the side" *he points* "There, up to where it gets mixed with hot gasses and bubbles into the first pool. And there" *he points to the waterfall* "is where it returns from the whirlpool. Now, the holes there" *he points to a hole in one wall* "and there" *he points to the opposite wall* "blow an air current straight across the top middle of the room. A small magical stone in the first makes the air ice cold. It then blows across the waterfall stream, pulling its heat away and regulating the temperature of both the water and the room. The warmed air is then heated by a similar stone at the other end to be mixed with the newly filtered water before entering the first pool. The whole thing runs on gravity, physics, and just a touch of magic that should last unaltered for eons to come, keeping the air and water fresh, clean, and enjoyable for all." *smiles* "So, Sy, what do you think?"

Alana just followed quietly with a smile on her face.

*Cal smiles at her happiness and returns the hug* "I'm so glad you like it. It should last for years without any maintenance; the stream takes care of maintaining the water level and the temperature is regulated by magic stones that shouldn't run out for a century. The upper pools will be very hot, sort of hot, and pleasantly warm, respectively, and this pool area cool and refreshing. The air stays circulated and fresh, and if anything ever goes wrong with it" *he hands her a small yellow disc* "Just press the center of this and talk into it. I'll hear you." *Cal glances back at Alana, then turns to Sy again* "Alana and I will be heading out tomorrow, but you and anyone who stays at your lovely Inn are of course free to use this anytime. It's yours, or should I say, the Inn's." *smile* "Oh, and the whole thing exists in its own self-contained bubble dimension; nothing lives there except the trees, and the only way in or out is the portal tied to that door. You won't ever be disturbed. Aaaand, if there's anything I forgot that you need to ask--" *he taps the yellow circle in her hand* "--you know how to reach me." *smile* "And with that, I think I'm going to head to bed, need to get some shut eye before the journey ahead. Goodnight Sy" *he nods to her* "Alana" *kisses her hand* "And everyone else, good night!" *Waves to everyone, then disappears to his room in a puff of teal-green smoke*

((I'm logging off for the night now, g'night everyone!))

Alana smiled at Sy and said "I had so much fun. but I must continue my journey. I will be back here as soon as I can I promise." She gave Sy a hug and then went to her room and lay down and went to sleep.

(one more post in this inn and then ill be gone. But ill keep up and be back after her quest. It was fun fun fun guys.)

Anora looked around, impressed. After the tour, she returned to the Piano, drew up a small sign, and then began to play something fitting for a bit, until someone followed the advise on the sign, which reads "Taking Requests, Just Ask."

Kliff danced while Anora played just something simple yet with the intence grace of a cat. then he stopped. "Cat......." Hand on head, "I'm a kitty cat" hands out. "And i dance dance dance, "Hips swing." then he transformed and danced like a kitty cat while Anora played.

Tabitha sighed as she sat down on the bed her eyes glittered intently at the room, it was a nice room. Standing back up with a sigh she walked out of the door and down the stairs she wasnt sure if she wanted to talk to anyone but she did want something to drink.

Alana woke up. She got her stuff together putting the key to her room in her sachel. She went to the bar and sat down. She would wait here for cal to wake up. She grabbed a bottle of whiskey and began to drink while waiting.