Beyond the door stood a rather small Sandshrew woman dressed similarly to the twins from before.
Upon Dratina opening the door, the Sandshrew bobbed her head before saying “Greetings ma’am, you are invited to a dinner this evening to welcome new guests such as yourself. The dinner will be held in about half-an-hour on the main patio out of the main rear doors of this building. It is not a requirement for you to come if you wish not to.”
Bobbing her head again, she scurried off to the next door without waiting for any response from Dratina. She watched the staff person repeat the process with the next guest for a moment before slipping back inside her room. She was feeling a bit peckish – a fact that her stomach decided to remind her with a hungry grumble – so after a brief stop in the bathroom, she exited her room and headed towards the rear patio. Along the way, she was joined by some of the other guests heading the same way, but again kept to herself with her head slightly down. Outside, the mood was festive; light music was playing, torches were lit and assisted with other soft lighting to dispel the onset of night as the sun dipped ever lower, the sky was clear and the air was balmy, and most people were chatting happily amongst themselves. A majority of the tables were already filled up, so Dratina was forced to take a seat at an empty table near the edge.
As she sat there, she looked around at the other guests enjoying themselves. Just like on the bus ride, there was quite a mix of people, and this was even evident in the clothing; some that were recent arrivals– like Dratina – wore what was likely the clothes they wore on the trip here, while others were in various forms of beachwear, ranging from the sensible to the nearly scandalous. She also noted that there was no sign of either of the two that she thought were looking her way earlier, maybe they had decided not to come to the event. She caught herself and wondered why she was even looking for those two now. Her examination was cut short when their debonair host stepped up on a small podium and motioned for quiet.
“Greetings, one and all, and again welcome to our latest arrivals. Thank you all for coming to this little event. Those of you who have been here for a while may know that this is a regular occurrence to let everyone meet and greet as many of you are already doing and give our newest guests a further taste of what they can expect at our fine location. Now I won’t keep you any longer, I know some of you are likely getting a might hungry, so without further ado…” he waved his hands towards some of the resort staff standing nearby, who proceeded to move amongst the tables.
As the staff darted to and fro, they collected orders before returning shorting with plates of food for each person. From what Dratina could see, the food looked exquisite as she had been expecting, as was the smells that wafted her way from all directions as more and more people got their food. Her stomach made its displeasure known again, irritated by the wonderful smells but not being filled yet. The conversations dwindled but didn’t completely cease. The Dratini had the rather unfortunate luck of being on the opposite side from where the staff had started out, so it was taking a while before she could get some food.
Before this could happen though, a shadow fell over Dratina from behind, and a voice asked her, “Is this seat taken?”
Turning to face the person addressing her, she found…
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