You walked to the nearest vending machines for a change of clothes and to replenish your energy by munching on something closely related to food. Some of you were more used to the taste, some of you less, this wasn’t even near the quality of vendors in Tacoma. Still, the warm SoyDogs smelled surprisingly appetizing and by the time you realized you already wolfed them down.
There were still few people around on the streets. A delivery van stopped at the corner, a small, mousy elf stepping out in the rain and bringing a package inside, then leaving within two minutes. Two tough-looking humans in bulky, grey hoodies with a white circle on the back looked at you for a few seconds calculatingly, but decided against further action and walked on.
--Matt--
After changing you went ahead and closed in on the Overnight. A usual construction, the coffin hotel consisted of two hive-like structures facing each other, open corridors between them on each level. Rooms were almost uniform, slightly larger on the first two floors, to accommodate guests of bigger stature. An open staircase led up to the top floor, the fifth, coming from a small structure that must have contained some entrance hall, even though a hall would be too grandiose a name for it.
The automated door opened as you neared the building. The entrance hall was small indeed, with no furniture at all. Two other doors were visible, an icon meaning manager on one, the other showing stairs. A wavering AR screen filled one wall, detailing the short list of services available, recommending nearby vendors and services, and cautioning that the building didn’t have a contract with any security provider. Currently, 18 bigger rooms were occupied out of 24, and 30 smaller out of 54.
[spoiler=coffin hotel info] The coffin hotel costs 25 nujen a night for small rooms, 30 for bigger ones. No identification is necessary. Payment is by credstick or credit card (latter does identify you, of course), up front. Bigger rooms reserved for ork or troll guests, others have to take the smaller ones. Rooms are assigned automatically. The basic fee includes a free meal at Lonny’s Diner, around the corner. Electricity and water is rationed (daily quota, maybe enough for a very quick shower and to cover the power for two or three low-consumption gadgets). For an extra 10 nujen, you can use the hotel’s matrix connection for an hour, although they only provide the opportunity, not the hardware, so you have to have your own commlink.[/spoiler]