<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/4/47/McAlester_Aldridge_Hotel_1.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>GM Post<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>January 1st, 2018; 12:00 p.m.<br/><strong>Status:</strong>McAlester Freehold / Aldridge Hotel<br/><strong>Notes/Triggers:</strong>None<br/><strong>Tagging: </strong>All PCs!<br/><hr/><hr/><br/>In some ways, the freehold was urban, wild, and spacious. It wasn't the large cities like OKC or Tulsa, where it was practically an urban gladiatorial arena of modern banality. No, McAlester was just modern enough to live in but just near enough the wild places of the world that it made an ideal locale for a Freehold.<br/><br/>The actual Freehold itself was at the Aldridge Hotel, a multi-story building made of rusty brick and stained white stone. It was the sort of building people both found impressive since it was one of the taller structures in the city but also sort of boring because it didn't seem to have a lot going on.<br/><br/>What the Aldridge's 11th floor looked like from the Dreaming was amazing--it was a wide open space with 'rooms' for guests. The 'ceiling' looked like it was the night sky, stars a-gleaming. It somewhat mirrored the structure of the more banal version of the 11th floor, but only faintly. It looked almost like a medieval hunting retreat or lodge inside, one remarkably close to the sky and to nature. A lot of work had gone into into shaping the Dreaming side of the freehold. The mundane location for the balefire was in Gabriella's own private chambers in the form of a fireplace; she did not allow access to it without good reason. Gabriella's Beaumayn's dark star banner had a place of pride near the Balefire.<br/><br/>There were not too many entrances to the freehold, foot traffic in and out of the Aldridge was often brisk, and it was rare the stairs or elevator leading to the 11th floor weren't in use. This was not unusual; the Mid-west and South are friendly places where people visiting others is common, so travel happened frequently. It was noon; the sun was shining brightly, and the air was light and cold, as befitting an Oklahoma winter.<br/><br/>The Duchess had sent out a missive to several Changelings in the area, asking them to meet her at the Freehold regarding an important matter. And so a letter had been delivered to Lilisa the Pooka, Dame Rhydeea the Clurichaun, Dame Selene the Sidhe, and Kuurin the Troll. All were to meet at the elevator leading up to the Freehold proper. Inside the Aldridge was a very mellow sort of place; all pastels and plain flooring, the hallmarks of apartment or crunched housing living. The seniors in this place had no idea of the wonders in the topmost floor!<br/><br/>There was even a guard posted at the elevator; he seemed normal, but to other Changelings it was clear what he was.<br/><br/>He was clearly a Sidhe, standing tall and fair. His hair fell in red ringlets down to his shoulders, and his eyes were a vivid green. Some might have thought him an especially pretty Clurichaun if not for his elegant looking ears and noble demeanor. His 'mortal' look was that of a fierce red-headed man of muscular build, tall, and wearing plain dark clothes. But that Seeming? It was that of a noble and fair knight, all in shimmering black armor, helm included, with the Beaumayn colors upon his tabard. He looked at them for a moment and said, with great amusement, recognizing them as Kithain, though he'd not met them, "Ah, visitors? Your business here today, might I ask? I am Sir Geoffrey of House Beaumayn, and guarding the entryway to the Freehold is the new position granted by Duchess Cox." There was no one around other than the changelings in that moment & likely saw their Seemings clearly, so he could talk more freely.<br/><br/>It was clear he wasn't going to bar them from the Freehold; he was just doing his job and making sure they were all there for the right reasons, just in case someone asked him later. It was likely he needed them to introduce themselves so that he could be sure that these were the guests the Duchess had asked to come here.<br/><br/>The Changelings would all have a little time to talk to the Sidhe and to each other before venturing to the purpose of the visit.