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[The first sound that cuts in when the transmission starts is unmistakably the sound of buzzing, not an electronic one, but a living hum. When the picture is clear, one can see why. A hotel room somewhere on the second floor, similar in layout to all the others, appears to be showing static, until one realizes what they are actually seeing is a swarm of wasps -- indicated when an enormous, oversized exo-skeletal leg, followed by the still more legs, a thorax, and the rest of one humming, winged body crawls across the lens. This room is practically overrun. However, sitting on one of the beds, indian style, looking positively thoughtful, is Top Dollar.]

S'pose it might be too much to get room service up here to handle something like this, wouldn't it?