<div class="floatright">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/8/83/Mattie_green.jpg)</div>Even before Prohibition, all the etiquette books said that a young woman shouldn't enter a bar or other 'den of iniquity' alone. Which was one reason Mattie ignored them.<br/><br/>She thanked their host and got the directions to Tiny's, then returned to her room for her rain slicker and hat. And to slip her small automatic in her purse: she wasn't a complete fool.<br/><br/>The rain was still pattering down, and she had to step carefully around deep puddles, but it felt good to be out. Rain was almost pleasant, at least as long as she was warm and dry in her slicker and there wasn't a lashing wind. It felt like the rain was washing away the dirt and grime, and everything would look clean and renewed afterwards.<br/><br/>There was some sort of park on the far side of the open area; that piqued her curiosity, but with all the rain it would be too... squelchy. She marked it down as something to explore tomorrow, if they couldn't leave first thing in the morning. She'd heard something about ruins, too.<br/><br/>Mattie located the small gravelly path and picked her way along it, her shoes more suited to city streets than muddy gravel paths. When she reached the beach, she wondered if she'd taken a wrong turning, before spotting light coming from the shack. She had to admit, she'd been hoping Tiny's would be a bit more impressive. Still, if that was all there was...<br/><br/>She went up to the shack and pushed open the door.