4 | The Hotel

To call a place filthy, sometimes, will not do a location justice. To call a place disgusting would be an understatement. The building that Delirium and Arnold walked into was not just filthy or disgusting, rather, it was sickening beyond all belief. A vile mess of a complex the lobby was, nobody in Rotacta has ever had a nose, but if they were able to smell the putrid grease that clung to the walls and hung in the air it would fill their delicate gears with a high form of utter repulsion. As Arnold simply stood in awe at the utter filth that accumulated over every surface in the building Delirium walked over to the counter where the only attendant was waiting

"Welcome to Remslotz Inn" said the disingenuous attendent

"Um, yes hello" said Delirium "can you lead me to room 521?"

"are you a guest?" asked the attendant as she looked down her book

"yes" Delirium lied 

"two corridors to the right and one flight up" said the attendant without looking up

By saying that this key was to room 521 might imply that this Hotel was large, that wasn't true, this building was actually fairly small. The reason that the rooms went up so high was because they started at room 300. You see, the Remslotz Inn used to be a "mental" facility for broken robots that was one of many in the city, these rooms went by patient number, so when a robot in another facility was outsourced to another "home" they were simply moved one room up rather than starting from square one simply for convenience.

After Mr. Iron-Head ascended the stairs he began to search for room 521. Turning corners and ignoring the loud and provocative noises that echoed from the anonymous patrons that surrounded him he finally found the door he was searching for. Arnold was still in the lobby waiting for Delirium to return. As Mr. Iron-Head slowly opened the door all he saw was a filthy albeit normal room with nothing special about it. He was about to leave, but in the corner of his eye he saw something.

It could have been so easily missed by anybody else in such a messy environment, but not for Delirium. As he faced the bed it became clear that there was the hand of another robot lying there limply from underneath the mattress.      

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