It was illegal to bring shotguns into the park, but Grandpa Mike was philosophical about smuggling one in. He had said he would rather pay a fine or g... to jail than go to the funeral of one of his children or grandchildren."I can't wait until we reach those hot springs," Dave heard Silvia complain behind him. She wasn't in as good a shape as the rest of them, and the first leg of hike had been challenging because of a seven hundred metre elevation gain. That was also why Bryan had chosen not to. If I did not know them, they had to be with a girlfriend. I had come up with the "guy house rule" because it was drunk guys that usually were the ones that got out of control and caused problems and a girlfriend could usually mitigate things, hence no single unattached guys at the parties unless I personally knew them or they had a girlfriend accompanying them. The rule did not apply to women - any and all were welcome. Still, that did not explain the big disparity in numbers.At this point in. ”Doc looked again at the pillars and then at Wesley. He took another pull from the flask. This time, Margaret nudged him and took a sip herself.Rebecca stopped in the avenue facing Pol and the two stared at each other a long moment. Slowly, Rebecca held out her hand with the star stone lying in her open palm.“The key,” Pol whispered. He reached out a tentative hand and touched the stone with his finger. “They are gone. The City is empty. The goddess is free.” Rebecca stepped a bit closer and. The quiet times after the last customers had begun leaving the whorehouses and when the girls started waking up for another day.Now though, we went on duty starting around nine or so in the evening. By then some of the downstairs customers had had a few drinks and a few of them might be feeling a little too frisky.A few hours later we would leave when the last men did; usually around midnight or one or two. These days, we were more for show, for reassurance, than anything else. And since.