The Busted Nut

     Its not much, but its relatively clean and one of the only places in town to stay at.  This long, one story building is constructed of brick and wood covered with adobe.  A blinking neon sign outside its door depicts a long lag bolt cracking a hexagonal nut half-way up its length.  The Nut serves as the town inn and  "house of ill repute".  The long, shaded front porch is typically draped with the girls that work the Nut; there's usually around 15 of various ages and always includes at least one obvious mutie (the Nut tries cater to most tastes).  The manager of the Nut is an amiable fellow named Ned Bournes.  The Nut has a complement of 20 rooms; 15 singles and 5 doubles.  The rooms are nothing fancy: whitewashed walls, wooden shutters over the windows (no glass), bedframe and matress with sheets and pillows, dresser, washbasin and a chamber pot.  Running water comes from a single communal sink located by the manager's desk and connected to an outdoor storage tank and purifier.  Fascilities are in the form of a shared "indoor outhouse" at the end of the hall.  Limited use of the sink comes with room rental.  While rooms can be deadbolted from the inside, none of the rooms have exterior locks - only u-shaped lock hasps.  Bournes just happens to have a good supply of padlocks and keys for trade however.  Like most of the merchants in Dango, Bournes prefers to trade in ammunition for rooms, locks and girls ($20, $15, and a range of $10-$50 respectively).  A hot bath with relatively clean water can also be had for another $5 (Bournes has some small, crumbly pre-war hotel bars of soap for $1, too).  Each night of room rental also comes with a free meal chit (small dogtag shaped peice of metal stamped with a stylized "B") good for one meal and drink at Beano's - these are a popular trade item in Dango.  In addition to managing the Nut, Bournes also sells his services as a locksmith at reasonable rates.
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