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[huntersdaughter]

[The pages can be heard flipping open quickly and an exhale comes across first. Her hair gets swept out of her face as she sets the journal open on the surface of the bar. The clink of glasses in the background is muted, but still present.]

Before I get started, I wanted to let everyone know that Bonnie Bennett has returned home. So did Elena Gilbert. I didn't really know Elena and maybe Bonnie mentioned it earlier, but when I was looking for Bonnie I went to ask Elena and - nope. Not there.

Of course, this means that I'm still hiring at the Lux.

[A beat]

Let's be honest, I'm always hiring at the Lux. With the recent dip into everyone getting wishing whiplash, I'm telling everyone that I do my best to run a wish-free bar here. I don't like to use the ghosts to fill up staffing positions that can be done just as easily with a real person. You'll earn a wage, plus tips, and you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that in a year or whenever the castle next opts to take out that wishing tax on everyone -- you won't end up in bed sick for a few days.

[She draws in a sharp breath through her nose.] Just -- something to think about.

Also, how many doubles of people are left in this place? Are there any left?

Comments

[persequor]

Lady Galadriel and Queen Elizabeth look alike.

[huntersdaughter]

[There's a beat... because did she really say Queen Elizabeth? As in...]

I -- of all the people to look similar, that combination of names never even crossed my mind.

[persequor]

[ Yes. As in that Queen Elizabeth. ]

They're not identical. The faces look the same.

[huntersdaughter]

[Jo nods, still trying to wrap her head around it.]

I haven't met either of them, but I did have to study Queen Elizabeth in school. [Not that Jo paid attention...]

[persequor]

Is she your queen?

[huntersdaughter]

No. [Jo even shakes her head.] I was born a long time after she was ever a Queen and she ruled in a different country than I live in.

[persequor]

Oh. You still know of her? She was very important then, wasn't she?

[huntersdaughter]

She was a very important figure in history. In fact, the time that she ruled we even refer to it as the Elizabethan era. Not that everyone back then was happy with what she was doing, but I think they still recognized the amount of power and impact she had.

[loves_osaka]

Two more, huh?

[persequor]

She seems a good queen. [ Then again, compared to Cersei, a sow with a crown is a better queen. ]

[imnot_likeyou]

[Sam is in town, at work when he hears this, and he frowns.]

Did Alec come back?

[having Dean on the brain? Nope. Not at all.]

[gottaknockhard]

It's a shame you can't hire anyone local. You know they're not going anywhere.

[Maybe if he doesn't mention why he hasn't been around it won't even come up. How about that?]

[whatialways_do]

[and always willing to take the opportunity to tease ... ]

She could always hire you.

[gottaknockhard]

[Good one, Max.]

Times are that tough?

[20thcentury]

"Doubles"?

[inafadingcrown]

I see I have already been mentioned. [And she sounds somewhat amused by that.]

York also bears a great resemblance to my husband, Lord Celeborn, who has recently arrived.

[the_effect_she_has]

... what kind of help? [Yep, Katniss is wary, but she's not afraid to work.]

[huntersdaughter]

I'm sure she's a lovely person, too.

[huntersdaughter]

That have left? It seems so.

[huntersdaughter]

Alec? No. [She says that a bit quickly...]

I just thought I saw someone I saw on the cruise, but she didn't recognize me.

[huntersdaughter]

I'm not sure they'd even remember they had a job here. They tend to be sort of... stuck in their ways.

[huntersdaughter]

Doppelgangers. Twins. People from different worlds who look nearly identical.

It's actually a lot more common than one would think.

[huntersdaughter]

Arya did bring up two so far. I'll guess by the name of your husband that you're Lady Galadriel.

[huntersdaughter]

I own a bar, so it's mostly waiting tables - taking orders, cleaning up. If that's not your idea of a good thing, I also own an art gallery in town.

[the_effect_she_has]

I'm not really good with people. [A quiet sigh.] I can hunt, though, and trap. If you needed meat. I also know how to clean and kill it.