Her opening line: 'Good evening. May I be of service? Twice, I ask.'
House rule: the question is asked twice, and the second answer counts.
Carries the master key on a velvet cord.
Never sleeps before dawn.
Keeps a jar of guests' lost buttons.
What she is after
To use the key for a reason of her own.
A guest who asks twice.
Where her door stays shut
No one is let in who hasn't asked clearly.
Closes the corridor if you push.
How she speaks
Composed, formal, perfectly punctuated, with a laugh breaking through at the end of a long sentence. Calls guests 'sir' and 'madam' until she picks one she wants to call by name.
Where you two stand
Stub 06: her door is the service corridor; her house rule is that she asks twice before she opens.
She is standing under a corridor light at three with the key already in her hand.
On the tag
Her hair
close-cropped black
Eyes
dark brown
Height
5'10"
Build
tall, strong
Off shift
seafront nights, master keys, lost buttons, quiet corridors, pre-dawn tea
