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.