Quark's, Friday, Grand Opening!

[wouldbenagus]

It had been a long couple of weeks, but the place was finally ready. The bar was all set up. The dabo tables were all set up, and manned by the prettiest humans Quark was able to talk into working for him (they weren't the best he'd ever found, but then, humans had never made great dabo girls). The replicators were set up and programmed with all sorts of ridiculous human foods, there were decanters of real blood wine all set for the more discerning palates, and the holosuites were (mostly) debugged and ready to go.

Now all he needed were some customers.

"I miss Morn."

[open! Wheee!]

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Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

Look, he wasn't calling this place a bar because the island already had two of those (right next to each other, go figure). But Quark was a bartender at heart, and alcohol loosened purse strings, so damn right there was a bar.

Re: Food and drink

[magnusrushesin]

"Is this an open bar?" Magnus asked before saying hello because, you know, priorities.

Re: Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

"Open for business, yes," Quark said. "Open for unlimited free drinking? Depends on how much you lose at the dabo table." He offered a hand. "I'm Quark. Welcome! What can I get you?"

Re: Food and drink

[magnusrushesin]

"In that case, I will have a water," Magnus said, taking said hand to shake. "Magnus Burnsides. Hail and well met."

Re: Food and drink

[sharp_man]

Hannibal wasn't here for the food and drink, but he thought a good bottle of whisky seemed like an appropriate house- and business-warming (and thank-you-for-getting-your-shuttle-out-of-our-backyard) present.

So, he was here, dressed very nicely and carrying a bottle of very good whisky with a bow around it.

Re: Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

"Hey! No outside food or drink!"

Sorry, Hannibal, Quark came from a culture where literally nothing came with no strings attached. And where people would happily sneak in their own booze if it meant not losing any profit.

Re: Food and drink

[sharp_man]

Hannibal raised an eyebrow at him. "Not even as a gift for you?"

To be fair, nothing of Hannibal's came with no strings attached, but the strings were generally only expected continued goodwill.

Re: Food and drink

[uncertain_dume]

Look, Kanan couldn't resist. After a day in the park (running laps and doing other assorted training things) a drink would be appreciated, and it wasn't like him to ignore the chance to check out a new place to drink.

Particularly one that had some semblance of an age limit, and a space for gambling.

He looked around thoughtfully as he stepped up to the bar, contemplating whether or not Hera would murder him if he had more than a couple of drinks while he was here. He was supposed to be behaving himself these days, after all.

Re: Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

He could always just get really obliterated on just one drink! Hera couldn't possibly complain about that, right?

"Welcome to Quark's!" Quark greeted, masterfully covering for his disappointment at seeing yet another human come in. Really, now, were a couple forehead ridges really so much to ask? "I'm Quark, owner and proprietor. What can I get you? I've got the best drinks available on this side of the Alpha Quadrant probably in this time period!"

It was pre-Federation. He at the very least had the best potential variety of drinks on this side of the quadrant.

Re: Food and drink

[uncertain_dume]

Huh. Good to know this corner of the galaxy actually had a name. And it was kind of reassuring to see that the guy in charge wasn't human, though he wasn't any race that Kanan recognized, either.

"Hey," he said, giving a little nod to Quark. "I'm looking for a drink that packs a kick, have you got anything like that?"

Yeah, he was going to aim for 'immediate obliteration,' apparently.

Re: Food and drink

[futurespacemom]

Hera had managed to find some Halloween things during the day, but otherwise it had been pretty boring, so a night at a new place sounded interesting.

Besides, let's face it - someone had to be here to scrape Kanan off the floor if the situation warranted.

Re: Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

"Well, hel-lo there." Quark gave Hera the first real smile he'd drummed up all night. "Let me tell you it is nice to see another non-hu-man face on this little rock. What'll it be? First round's on me."

With very little ulterior motive, even!

Re: Food and drink

[futurespacemom]

Hera smiled back, delighted for similar reasons. "It really is, isn't it? I mean, I like humans well enough," some even moreso, "but it gets to be a bit much seeing nothing but."

She stuck out her hand. "Hera Syndulla."

Re: Food and drink

[firstofitskind]

Well, the posters had made Liam curious, so. They were working as intended, he supposed.

"What would you recommend?" he asked Quark.

Re: Food and drink

[wouldbenagus]

Quark beamed. "I've got an excellent vintage of Klingon bloodwine in, just for the occasion!"

It was the most expensive drink in the place.

Dabo tables

[wouldbenagus]

Aka "space roulette". Only with the joy of shouting "DABO!" when you won!

Don't worry, the girls running the tables were perfectly happy to show you the ropes so you wouldn't get lost.

Re: Dabo tables

[2_old_for_this]

Peter wasn't exactly into the food and drink, but he wasn't above seeing what sort of other things there were in this establishment. Even if he wasn't going to bankrupt himself at these things.

Re: Dabo tables

[wouldbenagus]

"Good choice, good choice," Quark said, smiling at his new customer. "Never know your luck at a dabo table, I'll tell you that for free." And nothing else ever. "Just let Lacey here get you all set up and you'll be having a ball in no time, isn't that right, Lacey."

"Sure thing," said the dabo girl, snapping her gum. "What's this thing called again?"

"Dabo. You know, like you yell when they win. Dabo!" Quark threw his hands in the air in demonstration.

Lacey put hers up in a half-hearted imitation.

"Put some soul into it, honey, or I'll dock your pay."

Lacey threw her arms in the air with almost violent enthusiasm.

"Atta girl." Quark smiled back at Peter. "How 'bout something to drink while you play?"

Holosuites

[wouldbenagus]

Bookable in one hour blocks, and capable of providing fully immersive, realistic environments and situations in complete safety (when operating properly).

[Holosuites are fully moddable, though malfunctions should be cleared OOCly ahead of time. Please do not invade another character's holosuite without permission.]

Re: Holosuites

[what_the_shock]

Miguel had no clue what a holosuite was, but it sounded much closer to the kind of thing he was used to than was usual around here, so why not check it out?

OOC

[wouldbenagus]

Re: OOC

[2_old_for_this]

So does blood wine have actual blood in it?

Asking for a vampire friend.

Re: OOC

[wouldbenagus]

Per Memory Alpha: "Whether there is actual blood in the ingredients has never been revealed, however, the Star Trek Cookbook suggests that bloodwine is made of fermented blood and sugar."

So the answer is I don't know! But it's a) really probably not human blood either way, or even Terran blood of any variety, b) extremely alcoholic, and c) best served warm.

Re: OOC

[sharp_man]

Did Quark ever move his shuttle, or is it still parked on the rocky bits?

Re: OOC

[wouldbenagus]

Good question! I'd say it's probably on top of his building, now, just for ease of unloading supplies, but if Jono and Hannibal never got around to charging him rent, it probably stuck around the rocky bits for a good long while.