A Morning In (short story): Difference between revisions

[[Jenny Cornelius]] wakes up naked in her own bed, and, as she drifts back to consciousness and dimensionally orients herself, remembers that [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]] has just spent the night at Jenny's place for the first time. Laura woke up first and is already cooking breakfast; after “roll[ing] out of bed and f[i]nding a robe”, Jenny greets her happily. They get to breakfast, with Laura having fried some eggs to made a change from Jenny's usual of [[toast]] with Bovril or Marmite. After they're done eating, Jenny broaches the subject of the venue for their date tonight, suggesting [[Top of the Tower|the recently-opened restaurant]] on the top floor of the newly-built [[Post Office Tower]]. After Laura agrees, Jenny goes off to take a shower while Laura does the dishes. She is interrupted in this eminently practical activity by a phone call from the alien [[Misterion]]s, announcing that they “have devised an elaborate and complicated plan that if not stopped will annoy and inconvenience [Jenny]”, but when Laura blankly replies that Jenny can't come to the phone right now, the extraterrestrials meekly hang up, promising to call again later.