A Series of Unfortunate Events, pt 3

::continued from A Series of Unfortunate Events, pt 2::

Tuesday, May 31st

6pm

(Getting off the Greyhound from Airlie back to MacKay, where our flight leaves the next morning)

-Let's look around for a hostel or a hotel or something for tonight.

-"Sorry, no vacancy."

-"Sorry, no vacancy."

-"Sorry, no vacancy."

-"We have a few rooms available for $157/night."

-Creep #1: "Hey girls, are you looking for the backpackers'?"

-Yes.

-"It's down that street, it's called Geckos."

-We already tried there, it's full.

-"Well, I have a four bedroom house.."

-Goodbye.

6:30pm

-The other hostel without a phone should be on this street.

-You mean this dark, sketchy one with no lights? Let's go!

-It's this house. (Has no sign and looks like a brothel.)

-Um.. What's Plan C?

7pm

(Eating dinner and stalling, first at Noodle House, then at Hot Wok until closing time)

-Hey, my friends are staying at Geckos. They said a few of us could sleep on the ground in their room and the rest could sleep in their rental car.

-Sweet, let's do it.

9:30pm

(Outside Geckos Backpackers' Hostel)

-The receptionist is still there, we can't sneak in now.

-No worries, let's go chill at the Macca's (McDonald's) for a bit.

10pm

(At Macca's)

-Awesome, it's open 24 hours!

-Sweet! We'll have to order stuff at intervals so they don't kick us out.

-Alright, I'll go get a coffee right now.

-Yeah, and I'll get some chicken in like 30 minutes..

-This is hilarious, we're going to become best friends with the people working here.

-..and then I'm going to get a McFlurrie..

-Do you think I could nap in that corner?

-..and hey look, they've got wings too..

10:30pm

-..mm fresh baked croissant when they're fresh baked at 4am..

11pm

-Wow, it really got empty in here.

11:05pm

-"Girls, we're closed. I'm going to give you five minutes to get out of here."

-But 24 hours..?

-"Only the drive-thru."

-@#$#%!

-Okay, I'll call my friends at the hostel. Let's head over there now, hopefully the receptionist is gone.

It was a shame, we had already made such good progress towards our goal to order everything on the menu in one night.

11:15pm

(On the way to the hostel)

-There's a movie theatre! I bet we could kill a few hours there.

-"Closed."

11:30pm

(Outside Geckos Backpackers' Hostel)

-Sweet, receptionist is gone.

-Alright, let's go!

(Halfway down the hallway, a woman appears.)

-"Who let you in?"

-Our friend, he's outside.

-"You can't come in here. You're not staying here. That door is locked for a reason. Blah blah blah."

-..We just came to look for my cell phone charger in his room..

-"I'm not stupid."

-Fail.

::to be continued, in pt 4::