Cal had just gotten back from work, he'd taken the back door and hadn't run into the other man on the way in. It had been a damn long day, he had no idea why a bar of all places was that busy so close to Christmas, but there were actually tips for once, so he wasn't going to complain too much, and it wasn't like he really had anywhere better to be.
He headed down the hall when he heard the voice, he stopped short when he stepped into the lobby from the hall, thinking for a moment, bare seconds, really, that the other man was Niko, the hair was right, the stance was right, the way he was holding his jacket was definitely right, but that was where the resemblance ended, his brain was quick to point out.
He shook himself out of that line of thought, if Niko hadn't shown up yet, he wasn't likely to, "Yeah, some of us are still up." He said, managing a faint, crooked smile, "I'm Cal, and I'm guessing you're new." He shrugged, "You got into the building, so you passed the first test." Really it was the only test they had, "What's your name?"