September 19th, 2013
19 Sept 2013 · page 269 of 1306
Cast: Alexa King, Edie Shaw, Gladys Shaw
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Putting in an early vote for the next Kickstarter to have a bonus story with Edie and Gladys as a stretch goal <3
Dumbwaiters! Now we really have a murder mystery going.
Oh, come on - there aren't any Barbers in this story yet?
I think Gladys and her sister may be Barbers.
Hmmm.
What's Sid's last name ... ummm ... Malik.
Well, there'd be a generation or so between Sid & Harry and the twins;
Time enough for a Shaw to slip in there.
Being from the times of prohibition, I imagine they would know quite a bit about locks...
Prohibition wasn't a thing over here, we like our booze too much!
Oh, we love our booze, too. We just like telling other people what to do more. :-P
So do we. Folks during Prohibition actually drank MORE.
Instead of all-out prohibition, the UK just time-shifted it, with pub closings arranged according to the working hours of the local population. Same concept - limiting drinking - just a different method. That led to the "pub crawl" concept, with people leaving one as it closed to stagger to the next one that was still open.
Flashback o'clock? Yes it's around that time. Right after 10 to exposition.
Now I really do want to hear about the background of these two.
Wait... I think I remember Alexa having a smartphone. Why not just send that?
With all the magic around, they're almost certainly still in some version of Widdershins - ergo, if Alexa turns on her phone, it will probably blow several fuses. [http://www.widdershinscomic...](http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-10th-2013/ "http://www.widdershinscomic.com/wdshn/july-10th-2013/")
Or maybe it'll break the magic that's keeping them there.
More than bartenders? Nah, just ladies from far more adventuresome times...
So, if the food is delivered directly by dumb waiter, what do the maids do? Are they upstairs serving and do they know what the guests are? And do the chefs really want to know?
The hotel itself has jaws and teeth and can swallow. Why does it need "guests" at all? dum dum dum
Well, i didn't know that then, did i?