Bar Mingle: Week 2

[latinumsbetter]

Every evening at dusk (unless, for some reason, Quark is indisposed,) the Eatery transforms into Quark's Bar. The table becomes a bartop with chairs lined up on one side. Some of the extra chairs are placed along the wall behind the bar as a makeshift bench for ingredients, glasses, ice, and anything else. There are bowls of peanuts placed on top of the bar for free snacking. On one end of the bar there's a selection of pastries, fresh-baked by Lebkuchen, who might also be there.

As of Monday, there are some new additions to the bar. On one end of the table is a interesting look board game. Next to it is a plate of lebkuchen, left out for a specific bunch of fuzzy creatures that seem to like them.. In another corner is a roulette-esque kind of game.

In the rafters, there's a whole swarm of Zubats now, and one or two of them might come down to say hello. If they do, Quark is shooing them away again, but they only go back up to the ceiling.


Outside the door to the Eatery is a sign, handwritten, and further inside, the menu tacked up in a couple places behind the bar:

Quark's Bar

Hand-mixed drinks
Home-made fresh pasteries
Snacks
Good Company

Come on in and take a load off!
Open Every Evening at Dusk

Tokens accepted as payment
NO RED MURDEROUS ROBOTS ALLOWED

MENU

Non-alcoholic drinks: 2 tokens
Alcoholic drinks: 4 tokens
Lebkuchen: 1 token/piece, 4 for 3 tokens
Breadroll: 1 token/piece
Lollipops: 1 token/each
Wednesday Special: Homemade Apple Strudel! 3 tokens/slice


Link to Days
Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday| Thursday (Food | The Bar | Games and Gambling | Mingle)

Weekly Log

Comments

[tailoredfate]

You're going alone? After Typhon made that threat? Are you sure that's wise?

[Look, she's not trying to push any buttons, but Aglaea is never one to mince words with someone who isn't a child.]

[mygoodbye]

I won't force any of your into any more danger. I won't be facing Typhon until I've returned with the weapon I seek.

Until then, the barrier should keep you protected.

[tailoredfate]

And what if there are those who want to assist you in finding this weapon?

[catsgothistongue]

[RAISING AND WAVING HIS HAND IN THE BACKGROUND. He's a punchy child and he volunteers!]

[tailoredfate]

[bless you ranma you're a very good kid-]

[catsgothistongue]

[he already proclaimed he was going to fight god. not the god he had in mind but it'll do!

put him in coach]

[mygoodbye]

I can't risk bringing any of you outside the barrier, where Typhon can attack with greater intensity. He might even be able to appear out of Tartarus for a short time.

Besides that, there's raging floods, storms, monsters and disease. You wouldn't be ready for that.

Not yet.

[catsgothistongue]

[Waving his hand faster. Pick him pick him pick him!!!]

Big whoop, I've dealt with three out of four of those back home!

[someone please talk down this shounen boy cause. he will not survive against an bonafide god]

[sweetsynergy]

Which three?

[catsgothistongue]

Storms, monsters and diseases.

[well that last one was only a really bad cold that produced a fever so hot water evaporated off him but its a disease so--

... tilting his head on his shoulder.]

... Though, I did swim to China, so floods shouldn't be that much of a problem for me either.

[Just. casually saying that, like you do.]

[sweetsynergy]

To China from where?

[She probably doesn't have any actual context for the distances involved anyway, mind.]

Like that sounds like it's supposed to be impressive, but you kind of say everything like that.

[catsgothistongue]

Japan.

[So pretty far, not that she knows probably. It was an arduous task no matter where he started from!]

Least I'm not claimin' to've been born to be, what was it again, 'the ultimate fighter', like that means anything?

[Or whatever she said during the meeting, he was a little sidetracked by the whole omega deal]

[sweetsynergy]

Not born, created.

[That's what she's taking issue with??]

I stepped into the world stronger, faster, heartier than any normal human, with programmed fighting instincts that would take years of mundane training. And laugh if you want, but unless Typhon kills us all I'll outlive you by decades, too.

[catsgothistongue]

Same difference.

[This is the hill he's standing firm on.]

And? [Drawling his word and raising a half-real/half-faux unimpressed brow.] I still don't really see how all that proves you're the ultimate fighter.

[tailoredfate]

But you should give those who wish to aid you a choice. If we are the hope of this world, then we need to know what we're rallying against. Keeping us ignorant is only going to make our situation worse.

[She'll admit she's a bit of a hypocrite, with how closely guarded the secret of life beyond the sky was. But that was to protect the mortals, the innocents who Aquila would target without remorse. It would jeopardize the last safe haven on Amphoreus. This... it's different.]

[mygoodbye]

What we are rallying against is an escaped Titan who can control Tartarus. In person, I fear his powers are greater than anything any of you have experienced. I'm only searching for this sword so I may potentially take him on myself.

[...]

When I return, if any of you wish to aid me in the fight, then I will accept it. But, for now, I would ask that you stay here.

[tailoredfate]

You're rather foolish, to just assume that none of us have seen such destruction.

[Aglaea doesn't quite scoff, but. She has no reason to hold back her words.]

I'm no stranger to one who can command death. I've long since lost my fear to it. I've seen Aquila's rage against those who tried to ascend to the sky. I've spent the past centuries fighting back against the black tide that led to the rest of Amphoreus's fall - to say that none of us know what to expect means that you have less faith in us than you're leading us to believe.

[The only thing stopping her from being more active in the fight is the network she had to maintain to protect Okhema. Without that... perhaps it's time to knock the dust off her sword, so to speak.]

[mygoodbye]

...It's alright if you believe that. I would rather be foolish than you be dead.

[Bitterly,]

And I have been foolish. I failed to notice an escape from Tartarus until Typhon had placed you all in danger. But that doesn't lesson my faith in you. I have to consider the dangers now, hidden or otherwise. There may be other Titans out there, waiting for a surprise attack. Out there - where he won't be restrained to those veins he summons - even Typhon himself could be lurking! Not just a handful of twisted soldiers.

[She sets Algaea with a direct look into her eyes.]

You're gods now - you were already one - but you're also mortal. And outside this island is nothing but raging, uncontrolled seas. If you were swallowed by them... if anything happened...

Please, let me do this for you, all of you.

[Star Rail 3.3 Spoilers]

[tailoredfate]

I'm afraid you're a little late for that, Athena. You of all people should know my time has already come.

[But... hm. Curious. She can't remember the last time anyone called her mortal. Really, it was one thing Caenis enjoyed so much - trying to remind everyone how far away from human Aglaea has become.]

But you should know that nothing can be accomplished alone. Fight on, push back against the dark tide threatening to engulf this world - that is something to take pride in. But even a god cannot bear that weight with only their two hands.

[mygoodbye]

[Athena... softens.]

All the more reason why you shouldn't be so quick to leap into danger.

[Mortals had such thin, tangible lives... Twenty years was a blink in a God's eye. But for mortals, that was their whole story.]

I know better than to present myself as the only god. I'll return with the sword, and when I do, we'll fight together. How does that sound?

[tailoredfate]

[Aglaea tilts her head, curious. Is that... concern, for her wellbeing? How very strange. She can't remember the last time she felt that...]

Will the rest of the group be okay, if you're the only one with this powerful weapon of yours?

[taintedfayth]

If I may ask... what exactly would happen if he were to have full control of Tartarus? Nothing good, I would presume...

[mygoodbye]

The way he's using it now, if he had full control over the realm, he could use it to theoretically release anything trapped inside... anywhere.

[taintedfayth]

[...]

I suppose the next question would be just what sort of potential threats are trapped inside that could be released.

[mygoodbye]

Any other Titans still trapped inside, and a myriad of monsters and souls the other gods deemed worthy of locking away in that prison. It's where those monsters you fought before arose from.