Bar Mingle: Week 5

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Every day a little after noon, (unless, for some reason, Quark is indisposed,) Quark's Bar opens. Located on the third floor down from the main floor, in front of the entrance hangs a banner, proclaiming the place as "QUARK'S" in bold lettering. Once inside, the room, bedecked with grapevines, offers plenty of couches to lounge on. There are bowls of peanuts placed at the arms of the couches for easy snacking. If you'd like something more, on display at the corner of the bar counter is a selection of pastries, fresh-baked by Lebkuchen, who, as the official baker, might also be there. If you're hungry for something more substantial, there's a menu with a list of dishes that Ranma will be happy to cook up.

Quark will be behind the counter most of the time, though he'll certainly come personally deliver drinks now and then to familiar faces. Aside from him, Aoi and Cerejeira are also behind the bar now and then, but also moving around the room as waitresses. Ferdinand joins them on the floor as a waiter, and then also as the bar's sole Dabo Guy, stationed by the dabo table in a corner of the room. In front of one of the couches is the tongo board, occasionally in use by some familiar white fuzzy Winions.

Frequent visitors might note that there's always two drinks made and set on one of the shelves behind the counter.

In the rafters, the Zubats have migrated from the Eatery. They'll either be up there, or outside, 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. Fritz the German Shepherd is lounging either by the counter or perhaps wandering around to visit patrons to recieve pets. Behind him often trails a beige Eye-pod, staring at customers and blinking curiously. Depending on the hour, Critwo will either be strapped into some kind of swaddle on Quark's back, or tucked into a small nest made of blankets behind the counter.

Outside the door to the bar is a sign, handwritten:

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
NO STUPID RED ROBOTS ALLOWED
Inside the bar, handwritten menus on parchement are available:

MENU

BEVERGES:
Mocktails: 2 tokens
Glass of Wine: 3 tokens
Carafe of Wine: 10 tokens
Cocktails: 4 tokens
Top-shelf Cocktails: 5 tokens
Coffee: 2 tokens
Tea: 2 tokens

BITES:
Lebkuchen: 1 token/piece, 4 for 3 tokens
Breadroll: 1 token/piece
Lollipops: 1 token/each
Wednesday Special: Homemade Apple Strudel! 3 tokens/slice

DISHES:
Okonomiyaki, Osaka Style: 5 tokens
Okonomiyaki, Hiroshima Style: 6 tokens
Omurice: 6 tokens
Ramen: 8 tokens

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SUNDAY

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MONDAY

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TUESDAY

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[ It's Tuesday and she already needs a freaking drink, amazing. Thank goodness for Quark and his bar. ]

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[Quark comes in soon after with Ranma and Aoi in tow, setting them to work as he goes straight behind the bar. He immediately sets to mixing Velvet the same drink with orange juice, half the juice of a grapefruit, adds two shots of the Good Stuff and then the tea. He sets that down in front of her.]

One Gravi-tea.

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Thank you, Quark.

[ She is going to take a nice, big sip. ]

...I'm getting real tired of Typhon battering my feelings every damn week.

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[he blows out a breath at that...and he shakes his head, getting himself a cup of coffee, turning to come back to the counter and lean on the bar across from her]

Who is it?

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[ Normally, she'd hem and haw more over answering this, but she's tired after two weeks of feeling rather targeted by the motives, and she figures admitting to it now will make her less suspicious later.

...And, well, mentioning her siblings should still be alright, as long as she does talk too much about her life with them. ]

My brother and sister. But if anyone knows bringing them back is impossible, it'd be the godsdamned necromancer. [ I.e. her. ]

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[he scoffs a bit at that, and there's a black humor to it]

My best friend. Bringing her back would kill my other friend now, so that's out.

[he holds out his cup of coffee for a sardonic "cheers"]

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[ ...Huh. But Velvet knows better than to pry for more details, so she takes her glass to clink against Quark's cup. ]

Cheers.

[latinumsbetter]

To low blows that can't be realized anyway.

[dryly, taking a sip from his cup]

[stringup]

To low blows that can't be realized anyway.

[ She'll take another sip. ]

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[he resettles a little against the bar with a sigh, setting down his now half-empty cup]

...listen, I talked to Ferdinand about something the other night.

[murchada]

[it's sad goth girl day, after all of the... that. with Omega. well, she needs a breather. and a drink.

she's not even waiting for Quark she's just going for the replicator.]

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[he'll follow in a bit later with Ranma and Aoi, and he blinks, following her behind the bar]

That bad, huh?

[murchada]

I thought we were past this...

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Yeah. That makes two of us.

[he snorts, going to pour himself just

a shot of the Good Stuff]

He was acting weird after the trial. I should have known he'd go off the rails.

[murchada]

He's freaking out. I can't even entirely blame him.

The track record here is... bad.

[latinumsbetter]

That doesn't mean you go and lose you're head like that. It doesn't do anything.

[murchada]

Yeah, I know. I didn't say I approve, just...

I don't know. [she sighs.] I thought... I thought maybe things were getting better.

[latinumsbetter]

[Quark sighs, leaning on the bar]

In some ways, they were.

But all it takes is one person freaking out.

[murchada]

[her sleepover idea seems stupid, now. what good was it even?]

Mm. That's how it's been the whole time.

And now all we can do is hope no one goes for the bait. Again.

[yourheroine]

[Speaking of apprentice bartender/waitress Aoi, she can be found in the bar area on various days, but there is a specific sad and uneasy vibe on Tuesday she'll have after the resurrection motive and Omega taking the security measures too far. At least there's no dropped glasses this time.

At some point, she'll grab a lebkuchen (the cookie, not the girl) then put a token in the till jar before eating it.]

Even when there's a little less friendship here, these still taste good. Leb's a really good baker.

[When somebody walks in, Aoi shifts back to a customer service stance.]

Boop boop! Welcome! Don't tell on Aoi for snacking on the job!

WEDNESDAY

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Thursday

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