show me a garden that's bursting into life (part II)

We continue in media res from the impromptu dinner party, from part one.

[18:30] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Release the Kraken
[18:30] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, you don't want her to do that :D
[18:30] Circle2 Claven just notices the tentacles
[18:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): *mywineglasscanhaveorangejuiceiamnotcomfortablewithhthis*

Apparently I'd missed when Justine laid out the drink options available.

[18:31] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): My eggs benedict I cooked this morning looked way better than this
[18:31] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Better

I'd selected their red wine. Much better than orange juice.

[18:32] Tevor Zenovka: I'm sticking to the wine.
[18:32] Circle2 Claven: hi Ash
[18:33] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) bows respectfully
[18:33] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): 'lo, Ash!
[18:33] Circle2 Claven: nice to see you again
[18:33] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): yay! ash jiejie!
[18:33] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): hello Orange cloud
[18:33] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Greetings Duchess Emily, Greetings Circle and Tevor and Cece and Justine!
[18:33] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) breathes!
[18:33] Tevor Zenovka: Hi Ash. Took a moment to realize who you were
[18:33] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So....fourteen seat table?
[18:33] Tevor Zenovka: :)
[18:34] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Hey look a Genie appeared from the orange smoke
[18:34] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ha!
[18:34] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) grins "How is everyone this evening?"
[18:34] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): So far, doing well!
[18:35] Tevor Zenovka: Not been attacked by the kraken yet, so all is good
[18:35] Circle2 Claven: going well here too
[18:35] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): well, aside from the fact that every dish comes with kraken, apparently.

Not every dish. But a weirdly surprising number of them, yes.

[18:35] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Amazing!
[18:35] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): now ...
[18:35] Circle2 Claven loves sushi
[18:36] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) nods approvingly
[18:36] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): every dish?
[18:36] Tevor Zenovka: wait until you taste the kraken beignet
[18:36] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) drools
[18:37] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Who cooked tonight?
[18:37] Tevor Zenovka: we're still trying to find the cook to complain about the excess kraken
[18:37] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): uhoh are we eating the cook?
[18:38] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Goodness, I hope not

Because if that's why she disappeared...we need to find out why.

[18:38] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) inspects the dinner plate
[18:38] Tevor Zenovka: a touch of Titus Andronicus for diner
[18:38] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) chuckles
[18:38] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): try clicking on the silverware.
[18:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Or Medea
[18:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): WAITNO
[18:39] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): NO ONE EAT THE BABIES

Seriously! They're too cute to eat! JUST LOOK AT THE LITTLE PILLOWS.

[18:39] Tevor Zenovka: Just drink. You;ll never notice the kraken in the wine
[18:39] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Kraken bits!
[18:39] Circle2 Claven: mmmmmmm
[18:40] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I won't lie, it seems to be a kraken-heavy feast
[18:40] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Greetings Alice!
[18:40] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hello Alice!
[18:40] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): How is Tonya?
[18:41] Beta 1465: work last i spoke to here tdau was stressfull but shes well
[18:41] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): alice!
[18:41] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): welcome!
[18:41] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): please join us. have a drink. careful around the wine kraken.
[18:41] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Good.
[18:41] Tevor Zenovka: Hi Alice
[18:41] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) leans over to press soft lips to Alice's cheek
[18:41] Alice Illios (alicethekitty): things are loading
[18:42] Tevor Zenovka: this is a hell of a whack of scotch you gave me, J.

Apparently the standard measure of Scotch at this table? Came in a tumbler glass bigger than Tevor's hand.

[18:42] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Omnomnomnom coffee

I, on the other hand, was smart and requested coffee. S-M-R-T, smart, dass me.

[18:42] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): thannnnk you Justine
[18:43] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) stabs her fork in the kraken bits before offering it up to Alice for a taste "It's delicious"
[18:43] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) dismisses the wine kraken.
[18:43] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hiro's also saying if this doesn't quite work? We can hold it in the Oceanpoint version

Because moving everything over has been a pain, and some things can only be moved by Hiro, and Hiro's been gone...

[18:44] Tevor Zenovka: It is best to stab it forst. It's a bit feisty
[18:44] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): chicken and waffles!

Yes. There is a menu option for chicken and waffles. No, I do not know why.

[18:44] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): nom!
[18:44] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): nom nomnom.
[18:44] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I will say for all the oddity--they at least have a recognizable English breakfast.
[18:44] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And they have fried green tomatoes.

Near as I can figure, whomever made this table was an expatriate Londoner currently living in N'Awlins?

[18:45] Dirty Secrets ~ Spanker: Cecelia Hadrian spanks Cecelia Hadrian.
[18:46] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) whispers: Cecelia share whatever you are drinking

No doubt.

[18:46] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well now
[18:47] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I was just holding to the SL traditional of pouring coffee into my third eye, but I can switch to whatever that is
[18:47] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Justine slipped me a Mickey
[18:47] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): She's tricksy like that
[18:47] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) gasps "where is mine?"
[18:49] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): did i not send you the scotch?

It's in the Scotch?

[18:49] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i'm so sorry.
[18:49] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) chuckles
[18:49] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You sent it to me!
[18:49] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) raises the glass
[18:49] Circle2 Claven sips his Earl Gray hot
[18:49] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Of course, now I'm tempted to wander through the Lovecraft drinks :D

Which are not in the table. They actually come from Kitty's Creations, who's been making drinks on the grid for thousands of years now.

[18:50] Tevor Zenovka: Yes, we need absinthe now
[18:50] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) bows her head gratefully "Thank you Justine, will this scotch make me spank myself as well?"
[18:50] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i can share those as well.
[18:50] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ummmm. do you need a drink to make you spank yourself?
[18:50] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) whispers: Yes....
[18:50] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) runs down the list. "Justine, did we try the Nyarlathotep Martini the last time we were at Lotus House?"
[18:50] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): she would rather spank you I am sure
[18:51] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Maybe I should stick to absinthe.
[18:51] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): umm, emilly, i'm not sure.
[18:51] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) swirls her drink before taking a slow sip
[18:51] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): and ... if ash needs to give someone a spanking, i'm putting my hand up now.
[18:51] Absinthe Suissesse: Sweet Mary's Deight, Emilly Shatner-Orr! This is AMAZING!
[18:51] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, one of the talkative ones

To be fair, a lot of Kitty's drinks talk.

[18:52] Tevor Zenovka: I start to worry when my drink talks to me
[18:52] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Considering some of these? Yes.
[18:52] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) starts cracking her fingers "Justine tell me more about your Theater pretty please. Have you opened already?"
[18:53] Tevor Zenovka: a theater?
[18:53] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) grins
[18:53] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) perks.
[18:54] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) whispers: details please
[18:54] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): the theatre!
[18:54] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): well, right now, it's still at the old sim.
[18:54] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Yes!
[18:54] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) whispers: but, once we put in carcossa, right emilly?
[18:54] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, the Mystic!

Remember the Mystic?

[18:54] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yiss
[18:54] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) whispers: the castle and the mystic, right?
[18:54] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) grins.
[18:54] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): The Mystic will be there
[18:55] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i can take you to see it at the old sim if you like!
[18:55] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): it's soooooooo pretty.
[18:55] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): I would love that very much
[18:55] Circle2 Claven: Yes, very much
[18:55] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): cool! ok, well?
[18:56] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): Have you started showcasing plays?
[18:56] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): field trip?
[18:56] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): no. we have NOT started, ash, which is why i wanted to talk to YOU.

And, if the new sim behaves, this is not beyond the pale--we will have an entire huge theatre in the desert, so....we actually could have theatre groups run plays, if they like the layout. It's not beyond the realm of possibility.

[18:56] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): :)
[18:56] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) chuckles
[18:56] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): tev, are you double fisting your drinks?
[18:56] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh-ho, Justine has plans TOO
[18:56] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): I can only advise on debauchery Justine
[18:56] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i'm pretty sure you've got wine AND scotch.
[18:57] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i have dreams. i wouldn't call them actual plans yet.
[18:57] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): First play "The Ash's of Chaos" staring the Ash's ?
[18:57] Tevor Zenovka: no no, just keeping this one full
[18:57] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): hee!
[18:57] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs) chuckles
[18:57] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ah!
[18:57] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) looks beyond the screen.
[18:57] Tevor Zenovka: You planning on demanding a 36 hour day, J?
[18:57] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And, there is the call of disconnection.
[18:57] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): the caledon anniversary dance is starting shortly.
[18:57] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I knooooow, don't remind me!

Because it was happening during dinner. Everything fun in SL happens during dinner.

[18:57] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): anybody feel like dancing?
[18:58] Circle2 Claven: sure
[18:58] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): go visit the mystic then get dressed and go to a ball?
[18:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): At any rate, do enjoy, table seems to work, ta for now!
[18:58] ڰۣۜღ αsɦ ڰۣۜღ (genieluvs): I would love to but I am expected to work a shift tonight
[18:58] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Caledon is a bit G-Rated
[18:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): By choice, usually :D
[18:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But there are dark areas here and there.
[18:58] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins
[18:58] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): see you later, duchess!

And that was the Kraken dinner party.

show me a garden that's bursting into life (part I)

Sometimes you plan a formal dinner. Sometimes you realize kraken have invaded the menu.

[17:52] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): the urge to have the gala here is very strong.
[17:52] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): if we could get the island looking nice by march 8th
[17:52] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): oh, i think we should go with march 8th.
[17:53] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Instead of the 7th?

I'd been up on this little balcony above the formal dining room, trying to invent a house banner from the mostly non-workable banner prototypes I had in the full-perm folder.

[18:01] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): emilly emilly emilly!!!!
[18:01] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): come sit!
[18:01] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): come sit!
[18:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins
[18:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Banners are being silly anyway

So, I picked a chair mostly at random, and sat. And...

[18:03] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Huh. Says drink, gives no drink.
[18:04] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ah yeah. need to figure out the "giver"
[18:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins
[18:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But hey!
[18:04] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): but ... look at the chair a the end of the table!
[18:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I have discovered how to write on the tablecloth!
[18:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) looks
[18:04] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Kraken under the table?

I don't have a picture of this, but trust me. Long formal dining table, elegantly set, huuuuuuuge tentacle coming from underneath the tablecloth.

[18:04] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): yes, kraken attack!
[18:05] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): now, at the other end of the table ...
[18:05] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): there we go.
[18:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins

She tapped the table, and another tentacle emerged, and coiled around the chair at the head of the table.

[18:05] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ha!
[18:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh EEP
[18:05] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay, that's hysterical
[18:05] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): THAT is really why i wanted this set.
[18:06] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ok, lemme see if i can give you a drink....
[18:06] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) frees you from the kraken.

Yay!

[18:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): People. People. That is not a drink.

As I recall, it was something that sounded like a frothy confection of a drink, and it turned out to be fruit and sorbet on a plate.

[18:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): GAH
[18:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Also not a drink
[18:07] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): what?

Another menu item, another hope dashed.

[18:07] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): did i not just hand you a wine glass? what was it?
[18:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): You di----
[18:07] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): .........
[18:08] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Very active, uh....soup

The menu for Entrees featured a soup, and I wanted to see what it was. I touched the plate to request it, and the bowl arrived, and the soup...waved at me with its little tentacles.

[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): incoming friends. :)
[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): what?
[18:08] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) pokes at the tentacles
[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): oh dear! tentacle soup!
[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): hi, Cece!
[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): join us!
[18:08] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): "Kraken Bisque", apparently
[18:08] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): lol!
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): If it starts talking it gets thrown across the room
[18:09] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): oh come now, you can't tell me you're squeamish around tentacles. i know better!
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) laughs
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Well, I'm not generally eati--
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hmm.
[18:09] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Mrf.
[18:10] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): cece, do you know the duchess emilly shatner-orr?
[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hello there!
[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh, gad, more kraken on the main course

Why are there so many cephalopod-heavy dishes in this menu? That's what I want to know.

[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Were we mad at the kraken? Is that why it's in soup now?
[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) peers at her plate
[18:10] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): where did you get the meal menu?
[18:10] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yup, those are kraken bits

To be fair, that menu option was titled "Kraken Bits".

[18:11] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Click on the silverware
[18:11] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ah ta.
[18:11] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Well yes and no, I have seen her at event but she has been very occupied, but I think you introduced us at Saaz's coming out party
[18:11] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ah. well, join us please!
[18:11] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): we're just testing out this dinner set.
[18:11] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I do that. Also highly distractable. And occasionally oblivious.
[18:12] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): this is one massive table

It's a massive dining room.

[18:12] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i think the chairs need to be just a smidge higher.
[18:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ooh, it has lamb
[18:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And yes
[18:12] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): well, this is a massive house.

It really is. Steamopolis, the ancestral home of the AiNeko line, is based on Ulysses Cabaret's Steampolis steampunk mansion. (By which, I mean, Hiro called it Steamopolis, and so I do, and until this moment I didn't actually know it was 'Steampolis'. But hey. Our house now. We can rename it.)

[18:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Truth
[18:12] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) calls in reinforcements.
[18:12] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) claps at the English Breakfast offering

Let's be honest, here. I am not English. A true English person would probably be appalled. But to me, just seeing the presence of black pudding on a plate makes me happy.

[18:13] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): let's put this table through its paces. [18:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It has black pudding Yay!
[18:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Wait. What on earth is....huh.
[18:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay.
[18:13] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I guess.
[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): what is it?
[18:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Apparently "Rezday Cake" is a giant cupcake with pink frosting and a candle
[18:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) peers.

And that really was it. It didn't explode. It was just a really huge cupcake on a plate.

[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): there's a rezday cake in the menu?
[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): that is awesome!
[18:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Under desserts.
[18:14] Tevor Zenovka: Hello, hello
[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): hi, tevor!
[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): welcome!
[18:14] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): please, join us.
[18:14] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): "Tea Plate". Erk.
[18:15] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): tevor, do you know the duchess emilly?
[18:15] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): Justine Haggis for you lol
[18:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): All right, tea pastries is better.

I don't know why, but I was truly expecting actual tea on the tea plate? Silly, I suppose.

[18:15] Tevor Zenovka: waiting for the orange clouds to disperse.
[18:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): We've met!
[18:15] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): and this is my guild sister cecelia.
[18:15] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): cece, tevor and saaz are besties.
[18:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): WHY DOES THE GEEK PIZZA TURN.....Oh.
[18:15] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): but he still hangs out with me sometimes.
[18:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It has gears.
[18:15] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oooookay.
[18:15] Tevor Zenovka: pppffft
[18:16] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): oh neat!

No! Not neat!

[18:16] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): thought he looked familiar
[18:16] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I do not want to eat gears!

I don't! They get in your teeth, and then your teeth make the crunching sounds, and then you wonder why your mouth is filled with blood. Just no. Rather avoid that, thanks.

[18:16] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): lol.
[18:16] Tevor Zenovka: as if you have more than a moment a week with your jam packed schedule
[18:16] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i don't know what you're talking about.
[18:16] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Also, under "Lunch/Tea" options? Avoid the Redneck Calamari.

It's terrifying.

[18:17] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): now you got me curious
[18:17] Tevor Zenovka: Dignified. Yes, that's the pose for me

The chairs at this table occasionally misbehave.

[18:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): That's a holiday feast? Which holiday?

It just looked like...random meats, a green veg, mash, and a squiggle of something that could either be cranberry sauce or brown gravy. No clue.

[18:18] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) snerks.
[18:18] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): laughs hotdogs cut to look like squid lol
[18:18] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): It's...depressing
[18:19] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): snickers
[18:19] Tevor Zenovka: I am unclear on how to see the menu
[18:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Silverware
[18:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) peers in the soup bowl
[18:19] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I hate to tell the caterers, but...that is not turtle.

I know. I have eaten turtle soup before. Of course, it was back before I realized that in many places, the turtles used to make the soup are endangered, but...nevertheless. The chunk of undefined meat in the soup bowl did not look like turtle. If anything, it looked like boiled pork belly.

[18:19] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): i'll have a word.
[18:20] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) selects Spring Salad
[18:20] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Please don't have springs, please don't have springs--

It did not have springs. Yay.

[18:20] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Okay, we're good
[18:20] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): that sounds pretty safe
[18:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ooh. They got all fancy with the beet salad.
[18:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Regular AND heirloom beets.
[18:21] Tevor Zenovka: I think I'll stay with the wine and catch up
[18:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) laughs
[18:21] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I'm just checking out menu options, because....this was what I selected after blindly assuming Lunch/Tea options meant getting tea
[18:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And, well...
[18:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) points at the twitching

I'd summoned out the Kraken Bisque again.

[18:22] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ha!
[18:22] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): oh, sorry.
[18:22] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): in english, "tea" is a meal. not a beverage.
[18:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ah
[18:22] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): This explains much
[18:22] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): in new zealand, "tea" can be morning or afternoon tea.
[18:23] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): or, it is often used as a synonym for dinner.
[18:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) nods
[18:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): I live amongst the uncivilized :D
[18:23] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): in the US Tea is well umm Tea

What she said.

[18:23] Tevor Zenovka: the pastry is a bit flat
[18:23] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) snerks

Ha, ha. (For those who may not get the joke without visuals, most--though certainly not all--of the offerings in this table are essentially flat picture prims that rez out on the plate.)

[18:23] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): yeah. well, here in hobbit-land, we eat 7 meals a day.
[18:23] Cecelia Hadrian (haadrian): lol
[18:24] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): welcome, circle!
[18:24] Tevor Zenovka: Hi Circle
[18:24] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): please, join us.
[18:24] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Hello!
[18:24] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): circle, everyone, everyone, circle.
[18:24] Circle2 Claven: Hi Justine, everyone
[18:25] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Just FYI, Justine, dinner "starts" at six, so of course, I think people are still sleeping :D
[18:25] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): But I may be poked off the keys at any time
[18:25] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ah, yeah. ok.
[18:25] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) grins
[18:25] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) declares this an accidental dinner party and starts tossing out invitations willy nilly.
[18:25] Tevor Zenovka gingerly tastes the kraken
[18:25] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Ah, for the lost days of yore, when dinner happened at five....
[18:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr) tsks at the beignets. Not proper beignets, either.
[18:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): All right, how wrong can you get cheese?
[18:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Oh!
[18:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Just cheese.
[18:26] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): Yay!

It is truly a sad day when a plate of sliced cheese makes you happy...because it doesn't contain gears, tentacles or hot dogs.

[18:27] Tevor Zenovka: may be best to just go right to dessert
[18:27] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): ok, so if you click on your wine glass you can change the contents.
[18:27] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): red wine, white, ice water, orange juice.
[18:28] Circle2 Claven: I guess I should change my own glass
[18:28] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): well, the help has the day off today, so yes.
[18:28] Tevor Zenovka: beignet soup?
[18:28] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): AH, that's why you're training the kraken
[18:29] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst) calls for the wine kraken.

Not entirely sure this will work long-term.

[18:29] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): We need to lay out a place in Carcosa for the castle
[18:29] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): he only serves red, though.
[18:29] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And then put the castle out
[18:29] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): yes.
[18:29] Emilly Shatner-Orr (emilly.orr): And then bring the kraken over here
[18:29] Justine (justinejohndory.amethyst): this table is no copy, sadly. so it's either one or t'other.

And we'll pick up the rest in the second part.