Put back together

49. All rooms taken

Warning: implied murder threat/offer, non graphic violence, alcohol, swearing, panic, mention of sex.

The warnings make it sound bad but I promise most of it is very subtle and in the background! Still, let me know if I forgot something!

The city of Yunip was almost as busy as the capital though Logan supposed that might just be because of the late hour. From what he had read about Yunip it was 'never sleeping' and a city that had been built with the only intention of trade.
The main street was split in two by a river with multiple boats tied to landing stages.
Apparently this was not at all common since both Patton and Roman clearly hadn't seen something like it before.
Which in turn allowed Logan to study them react to something new (harmless) for the first time.

Roman raised an eyebrow at first but Logan quickly noticed him studying the boats out of the corner of his eye and leaning ever so slightly towards anybody talking about the boats or hiring sailors, even if he looked elsewhere.
Logan had the sneaking suspicion that - should the circumstances align - Roman wouldn't hesitate a second to steal a boat.
He hoped it wouldn't come to that and made sure to keep an eye on the prince.

Patton seemed to keep forgetting about it whenever he didn't look at the water for a while and Logan counted 27 instances where Patton moved to cross the street before remembering.
Judging by how the baker got increasingly unhappy with it he obviously was aware of this himself.

Logan had the urge to grab both of their hands - purely to keep Roman from doing something illegal and to make sure Patton wouldn't land in the water of course - but reminded himself that there was no way they'd stay unnoticed if he did.

"There are a few hotels around here but I wouldn't be surprised if they fill up real quick. We should get a room quickly and then get something to eat or something," Roman told them after they had been wandering around for a bit.

Logan was glad that he had paid attention to more things than which boat would be the easiest to steal.

They entered the first hotel they came across.
The lobby's walls were painted in a creamy orange, at a desk sat a young woman flipping through a book and two children ran around trying to catch eachother.
A set of stairs lead up to the rooms.

"Excuse me," Patton began, startling the woman slightly, before she gave them a practiced smile, "do have a room for three?"

"No, I'm sorry, all rooms are taken," her face didn't seem to move as she spoke and her eyes looked empty, passive, as if her mind was far away.

"Are you sure? You didn't even check anywhere," Logan questioned. He wasn't really an expert on the matter but at the last place they had stayed at the man had looked around for 'the list' for a few moments before being able to tell them that they could have a room.

"No, I'm sorry, all rooms are taken," she said with the exactly same inflection as before, except that she turned her head ever so slightly as if to make it seem like she was looking at him but her eyes were trained on a spot next to him and far behind him. "If you were willing to wait I could clear out a room for you."

"Uh, no, thank you. Thanks anyway!" Patton forced a smile.

"Animals are not allowed in the rooms," the woman said. "Please bring your pet into the stables."

"No!" Elliott protested from their spot in Patton's bag.

Their head was sticking out. For how long had they been peaking out? Had anyone noticed that Patton was carrying a toddler dragon around?
Nobody had tried to talk to them and Logan didn't recall any weird stares following them around the town.
Then again, his focus had been on a lot of things instead of the people and most people didn't go towards potential danger.