Check-In
The five of them stumble in, oblivious to the contradiction in the camouflage jackets and orange vests they are sporting, and as drunk as the skunks they will probably shoot in lieu of ducks or 'possums or hapless squirrels.
The big one named Matt slams his paw down on the counter, inadvertently ringing the silver bell.
"Hey," he yells, "Anybody here?"
"I'm comin,' ya hopeless yahoos," are the first words out of the old lady's toothless mouth as she creeps around the corner in her walker at a speed that would earn her last place in the earthworm Olympics.
"Doncha' get your balls all twisted in your BVDs, boys." she says. "Whatcha want? Wait, don't tell me. It's rooms, ain't it? That's what it always is, unfortunately. Got just whatcha need.
"Which way you swing, boys? 'Cause I'm available too," the old biddy says, pulling her nightgown more tightly around her withered breasts. "Gets mighty lonely up here sometimes. And I'm all you got for at least 40 miles, the only living soul in these here godforsaken woods."
Matt was kind of horny, but he hoped he would never get
that
horny.
Still not entirely clear on which way he swung (although he definitely knew he didn't swing
that way
), Billy asked, "What about him?" and pointed at the guy seated with his back to them in rocking chair in the next room.
"Oh him? That's my son Norman. He's asleep. He don't count because he mostly just sleeps.
Hey Norman, wake up!
"See what I mean? He ain't good for nothin,' just sleeps."
"What's up with all trucks parked in the woods down yonder?" Jimbo asks. "And how come there aren't any up here?"
"Oh well, my Norman. He's somethin' of a truck collector, leastwise while he's awake. Aint' a bad taxidermist neither."
Tuck-In
As they settle in for the night, there comes a rapping at their door. Jimbo gets it, he being the least wasted, not to mention the closest.
It is the old lady again. Jimbo greets her with a "Whaddaya want now?"
"I just come to give y'all tuck-in service," the toothless hag says.
"Lady, how many times I gotta tell ya? We don't need that kinda tuck-in service. Leastways, not from you."
Jimbo inhales deeply, sniffing in the trace of a long forgotten scent. "Watcha got there?" he asks her.
"Oh nothing. Just some o' mah fresh-baked chocolate chip cookies. But I reckon the likes of y'all don't need nothing like that."
Jimbo's nose is all atwitter now, but he manages to say, "I guess there ain't no harm in a few cookies. Jus' put 'em on the bed over by Ryan there."