<hr/><div class="floatleft">(http://gunsofold.com/marshal_badge_silver_balltip.jpg)</div><br/><strong>Date:</strong>May 3rd, 1876<br/><strong>Time of Day:</strong>Afternoon, closer to evening<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Den of Eastern Delights<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>Open, Jia Li, Li-Li, Mycroft<br/><hr/><div class="floatright">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/d/d1/Mrlee.png)</div>The back door opened, and a well-kempy Asian man leaned out, looking around at the small gaggle of people who'd gathered around the rear entrance of the Den.  While there were no prohibitions against a back door entry with the girls within the Den, there certainly seemed to be one for the Den itself.<br/><br/>Lee reached for the clothes from Jai Li, recognizing her face and lifting the burden and receipts from her back.  It was only after that he took note of the others hanging around the back entrance, his mouth pursing into a small frown as he hoisted the dry cleaning.<br/><br/>"[Come back tomorrow, we have more dirty sheets.  Thank you, Jai Li.*]"<br/><br/>“No come here!” he shouted, waving to Li-Li and Mycroft.  “Come to front!”  He paused, regarding Li-Li for a moment, his eyes narrowing to scrutinize her features for a moment.  It wasn't so much the half-Oriental features as it was her manner of dress.  She wasn't dressed like most of the Orientals who'd come to Gomorra by way of Shan Fan; she dressed like a westerner, and for that he was certain he would have known her face if he'd seen it before.  His gaze held more curiosity than suspicion, but that suspicion quickly returned when he saw Mycroft standing narby.<br/><br/>“Front door!” he said again.  “Law Dog want pussy, he pay double.”<br/><br/>Jai Li had spoken enough to Mr. Lee to know just how feigned his accent was – when he cared to, he spoke English better than most in the West, with a vague trace of a British accent and nigh-perfect diction.  But his affection of the pidgin English most of the Chinese immigrants spoke was a perfect mimicry.<br/><em><br/>*:  Translated from Cantonese.</em>