avante en garde - SATURDAY NOON PST

[idolpro]

[ The bar is unit-colored with light unit paraphernalia, although it's all just for show. Fortunately, comfort isn't part of the unit aesthetic this time—all seats are cushioned, whether the booth seats or the bar stools, comfy and lush. Idols can sit anywhere they like, it seems.

There's alcohol available, but everything else is locked behind the wall-cabinet. . . the recipe book is also available to peruse at one's leisure.

Ah—the door opens, and a fuzzy sort of shade steps in. It looks like idols will be serving the Damned, today. . . ? ]

RECIPE BOOK

Comments

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

I do not mind sharing a memory... if someone would be willing to bite the bullet and drink alcohol? You see, the last time something happened involving alcohol, I thoroughly embarrassed myself...

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

Really? What happened? You ought to be getting old enough now for it, so I wouldn't have thought to worry—

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

Back where I come from, I would not be allowed to drink yet for another three years. It is illegal.

[ Not that he's ever had the urge to try. ]

As for what happened, I showed up at sensitIV. I simply wanted to give my senior some gifts, because he was saddened by his unit's aesthetic. But then I could barely walk or talk straight, and I kept stumbling all around.

The next day I felt so sick to my stomach that I emptied it multiple times.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

Illegal? Of all the things for a society to worry about—not plagues, or war, or famine? But youths drinking liquor?

[ tch. don't they know there are starving children in Linowa.

she gives him a reassuring(?) squeeze on the shoulder. ]

Not to worry; you'll have plenty of chances to work on your tolerance. One sip here won't hurt you, but I'm happy to handle it myself if you're still—ah. Recovering your fortitude.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ . . . W-Well when she puts it like that it feels a little like a challenge. Like he's afraid to... ]

I'm... not scared to. I just don't generally have the urge...

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ of course not! she just understands if he feels he hasn't sufficiently traiend. :) ]

It is certainly an acquired taste; that much is true.

[ a grin ] The sort that gets passed around among soldiers is especially vile, but invigorating in its own way.

The ingredients here are almost certainly superior, ha.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

I never understood why one would try to acquire it. But I know that perhaps I am in the minority. Were I to partake in a drink, I would prefer that it be sweet.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

Ah, well. It can indeed be a fine taste, when brewed well. My favorite sake is delicate in flavor—almost floral. Thanks to BARiTONES, it is possible to get particularly fine varieties, in this place.

But even when the flavor is... ha, "lacking," shall we say... there is a kind of special camaraderie to it, I would say.

In life, sometimes one needs a bitter thing in order to appreciate sweetness. And, though liquor is certainly treacherous to the unwitting, I will not say I have not appreciated its gift for loosening tongues and easing minds, at least for a little while.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

You mean for such sport as Never Have I ever or Truth or Dare?

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

I think I recall hearing of such games played in this place?
I've yet to be invited to one, though.

[ crossing her arms over her chest, exaggerated ]

Clearly they all tremble before my liquor-related might.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[heavyliesthecrown]

I am a little nervous and curious how you might hold up to someone like Venti-san.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

Venti?
I think I've not met him yet. Previously, Shrike—your senior, on avante—was my steepest competition.

.....Which is to say, I think that woman could drink anyone she chose under a table.

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[daios]

Much of a drinker are you Lady Amaranth? Haha. Truly, a great warrior you are, but I very much doubt you could hold your liqour all that well with such a slight frame.

[She's certainly not small compared to most, but he's been drinking and she's definitely smaller than he is. But then, who isn't?]

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

What? Are you doubting the warrior worth a thousand?
It's obviously right in the name—and none drinks so well as a soldier.

[ this is possibly bullshit but far be it from her to back down from even a vaguely implied challenge. ]

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[daios]

I may have to see it before I believe it.

[If she's rising to the challenge, then he'll throw down the gauntlet.]

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[worthathousand]

[ ACTIVATED ]

Is that a challenge, young man?

Re: ORDER 1 DISCUSSION

[daios]

Mmmhh, only if you think you're up to it.

[He can't help but wag his tail a little.]