CASUALTY

“What's wrong?” Alex asked, looking up from the pot while his assistant dabbed off the sweat forming on his forehead.

“The guests are more than expected. Every room is occupied.”

“Okay, you can seat them in the VVIP halls, and Ethereal quarters for today.”

“People are already seated in the VVIP section. A group of politicians came in for lunch and occupied it. And the ethereal section is out of bounds as per your order. But someone powerful came in and was willing to pay the price to open the ethereal hall to find a seat for his group. There's literally no space. And a hundred people are still standing outside in queues by the window, complaining there's no seat, and that the food is taking too long to get to them.”

“Send a message to the temporal base. The young men in training should come over here for their public service activities and join in serving the guests. Also, get seats from hirers and buy umbrellas and tents to provide temporary shade for today, while we think of how to