Nexus: Trog's Tavern CCXXXVIIII

[Earl of Purple]

*Upon entering the tavern you find it to be rustic, dim, cramped, and smelling of spilled beer. Moving through the crowd, half of which seem to be deadtiming, you spot a fireplace with a banjowood carving on the mantle, you also make out through the haze the curving bar and private booths hidden behind ferns. A side door leading to a patio outside reveals a hungry looking dumpster mimic sneaking towards an unsuspecting customer.

Near the stairs to the second floor rooms is a small white stone platform with a blue tree-like symbol on it. Standing on this platform will teleport someone to the Sanctuary Fortress located Inside where healers are always standing by in case of bar-brawls.

Trog's can be found right around the corner from any place in the Nexus. Somehow. It's best not to question it.

Staff:
Owner and Proprietor: Trog
Manager: El Jaspero
Bartenders: The Watchers (they're nice deranged cultists, really!), Phoebe, Ashna, Ambrosia

Trog's Tavern hires only the finest NPC servers:
((Since all are NPCs they are up for communal control. Feel free to say what they do or say to you or any other patron. To a point.))

Bouncer: Baby (NPC, a dwarf who was raised by orcs and has the intellect of Thog.)

Servers:
Nina - A fiesty and vivacious tiefling. Mean, self-centered and completely unavailable. You may have seen her recently on the WotC 4E cartoon.
Paige - A sweet, wholesome, flirty elf working her way through PC school.
Cosmo - A quick-witted and oppressed gnome scoundrel. Truly a monster. RAWR!

DRINK MENU:
Wines:
Catoblepas Sauvingnon
Chimera Cabernet - A hearty red with a hits of oak and black cherry.
Chuul Lounge - Bacardi Limon, Aberration , creme de bananes and juices into a Chuul shaker half-filled with ice cubes. Shake well. Strain into a highball glass half-filled with ice cubes, and serve.
Constitution Crushing Wine - Fort. DC 35 or pass out!
Cormyrian Fireamber - Imported and very good.
Eladrin Carbernet - Official Feywine of the Wild Hunt
Feline's Fancy - A purplish, swirly mixture that any feline will adore.
Funky Llama - A rich fruity wine, available in white or red.
Iames Agonia - This tart, dark red wine will stun you and leave you feeling good for hours.
Kobold Chianti - Tart. Tangy. Shifty.
Merfolk Merlot - Full-bodied with a hint of rose.
Powerlust Pinot - For those corruptable humans
Shadar-Kai Shadowine - Served in a jagged, broken glass
Spoonake Chablis - Straight from the Underdark!
Warlock Wine - Best served cold
Xorn Zinfandel - Sweet and fruity!

Mixed Drinks:
A Drink - Generic booze with ice that can be shaken, stirred, or you know, whatever. Try to be more imaginative next time.
Aboleth Absinthe - Far Realmilicious!
Black Shadow - A strong concoction guaranteed to send a chill down your spine at any temperature.
Coffee Martini - Buzzzzz.
Djinn and Tonic - Whirling ice cubes, fizzy soda, and one drunk genie.
Dragon Liver Buster - Strongest drink in the house
Dwarf Spirits
Fire Archon Asylum Rum - "FAAR!!!"
Haley's Liquer - Named for the redheaded rogue, a sweet creme liquer, excellent over ice.
Hemo Colada - 100% less coconut, 100% more ichor
Ice Liquer - From the Plane of Ice: guaranteed to cool you down.
Ichor Liquor - Made from a fermented mix of various kinds of blood
Jasphattan - El J's Secret Recipie, vermouth & bitters
LEVEL UP LIQUER - Need a few extra XP? We gots XP in a bottle!
Long Island Iced Tea - Tastes better than it will make you feel in the morning
Murderita - Wasted away again...
Piña CoLlama - If you're not into yoga and have half a brain.
Rampaging Rail Mixer - Mad strong!
Rust Monster - Scotch, drambuie shaken in a wooden mixer.
Sneak on the Beach - Peach vodka, cran-pineapple juice, a cat hair
Swampwater - Phosphorescent lemon-lime
White Russian Wukei - for bounty hunters who dig dairy
Wizard Blizzard - Crushed ice and Bourbon. The effect depends on the spell stored in it.

Beers & Such:
Ales: Archon, Guilders, Balthor's Best
Grim Brewery Ginger Beer - Death-o-licious!
Mind Flayer Mead - Mmm... brains.

Other Fine Beverages:
Celestial Soda Pop - Soda specially brewed in Celestia. Tastes divine.
Darknight Coffee - cream has no effect
Dragon's Fire Breath (cherry Kool-Aid) - for the kids!
Fox Cola - the choice of the furry generation
Llamonade - That cool, refreshing drink for quadrupeds
Oni Tea - From the far east.
Red Minotaur Energy Drink - a-MAZE-ing energy!
Root Beer
Save vs. Slow Slurpees™ - C-c-c-cold
Hot Chocolate - Mmmmmmarshmallows

MUNCHIES MENU:
AbyssalNuts - damned and spicy
Baked Goods - Scones and Muffins and Brownies oh my! We have no cake - the cake is a lie!
Bamhacon - where the ham meets the bacon. Served with eggs.
Court of Stars Salad - Fresh fey greens
Hero Sandwiches - what else? Served with Villain vinegrette
Velvet Elfish - Trogtilla chips and hot meat and cheese dip
Yuan-ti Gyros - Lamb. Or halfling. We're not sure.
Trog's Floor Chili - Don't ask Trog where it came from and Trog won't tell you "the floor"
SMOKABLES:
Dwarven Cigars - From our axe-hewn humidor
Coffin Nail™ Cigarettes - Get Nailed!
Halfling Pipeweed - Bogart™ brand

((When this thread reaches page 50, anyone can make the next thread. However, if you want to make changes to the OP, please check in the OOC thread first to make sure everyone agrees.))

[Earl of Purple]

Well I still assume that he will find him since she got a near perfect description.

"Well I think we got a deal then."

I just hope this doesn't go like Zefir . Caught by the Remant and escaping to AMEN.

"Excellent. The person you are looking for is currently in WATCHTOWER, and if he's not there when you find him then he is likely to return there." The glabrezu smiles. He's telling the truth.

[Mindfreak]

...
Fine.
She smiles at him.

Room
If she kept on smiling at him then he is going to take things the wrong way...
"Um...when we're done with this would you like to get something to eat? My treat."

[Zefir]

Well she didn't know that since beeing new in Nexus cause this problem.

"Ok. Thank you."

[Quinsar]

Room
If she kept on smiling at him then he is going to take things the wrong way...
"Um...when we're done with this would you like to get something to eat? My treat."

Sure! I'd love to.

[Mindfreak]

Sure! I'd love to.

Room
Mindy smiled and then clapped his hands together.
"Then let's get to work!"
He is going to be very very careful while helping.

[Rebonack]

Enter new people!

One mad scientist in PJs and one half gorgon of indeterminate gender.

"Yay, we finally get food!"
"This place smells funny."
"You smell funny."
"You look funny!'

Oh those head snakes.

Do they ever shut up?

From Dunastes' expression gunna guess 'no' is the answer.

"Alright. Here we are. The tavern. With all its..." Dunates wrinkles her nose as he picks up on the smell of a nearby dire sloth. "...atmosphere..."

[Quinsar]

And they assemble a beautiful ruby necklace!

[Mindfreak]

And they assemble a beautiful ruby necklace!

Room
He smiled.
"It's the second most beautiful thing I've seen today."
Aaaaaand back to laying it on thick.

[Quinsar]

Thank you.
So, I should see about enchanting this.

[Mindfreak]

Thank you.
So, I should see about enchanting this.

Room
"So what will you be enchanting it to do exactly?"
He wondered what!

[Quinsar]

Probably a basic protection spell, maybe from fire.
She pulls out her "pen". A pointed metal rod that she uses to scratch runes into gems...

[Mindfreak]

Probably a basic protection spell, maybe from fire.
She pulls out her "pen". A pointed metal rod that she uses to scratch runes into gems...

Room
He begins to watch.
"So who taught you how to do this?"

[Gullara]

"I didn't say it was a good atmosphere. Smells like slovenly alcoholics." Mazitch observes. A few patrons give him the stink eye. He laughs nervously and moves to the other side of Dunastes. "Maybe this is why I don't usually come to these sorts of places. Full of unfriendly people."

[Rebonack]

Eeeww...

Stink eye.

Dunates orders some meaty foods from Paige and will then totally ignore the meal. The head-snakes on the other hand will begin ripping at the bamhacon!

Om nom nom!

...

So...

Where does the food go exactly?

"Unfriendly or not someone might know about any temples of Nyx."

[Quinsar]

I taught myself with books, so a lot of old, dead mages.
She begins to scratch something into the ruby.

[Mindfreak]

I taught myself with books, so a lot of old, dead mages.
She begins to scratch something into the ruby.

Room
He watches with amazement as she scratches.
"That's pretty cool."
He looks at her with a look of amazement.

[Quinsar]

Thanks. i spen a lot of time in my room as a kid.
The ruby begins to glow...

[Mindfreak]

Thanks. i spen a lot of time in my room as a kid.
The ruby begins to glow...

Room
He smiles.
"Me too. It's how I became such a good magician."
Not to mention that once he found the notebook in his attic he had to experiment for a long long time.

[Gullara]

I'd like to remind Quinsar and Mindfreak of the Trog's Second Floor thread in which the rooms are contained.

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Mazitch looks around at the various patrons. "How do you tell if someone knows about a temple from looking at them?" He scratches his head. "Besides, if it's a temple like I know, shouldn't there be one in every town?"

[Quinsar]

Room
He smiles.
"Me too. It's how I became such a good magician."
Not to mention that once he found the notebook in his attic he had to experiment for a long long time.

Posted in the proper thread...

[Rebonack]

Bet the Mysterious Old Sage knows about it.

He knows about all of the quests.

All of them!

But if you ask Sarhasahlah then you can expect to get thwacked in the noggin by his knobbly stick. Just the price to pay for quest directions.

"Nyx isn't a widely worshiped goddess. Her temples are usually hidden somewhere."

She's the goddess of Night you know!

Just like Luna!

*ahem*

"And the only way to find out is by asking around. See if anyone knows about it."

[Gullara]

"I see." Mazitch peers around the tavern, looking for a likely informant. "Say, this nyx doesn't have anything against horrid undead abominations, does he?" He makes finger quotes where appropriate.

[Rebonack]

"Not... really?" Dunastes replies uncertainly. "Nyx is a goddess of night. Not a goddess of the underworld."

What does night have to do with undead anyway?

Silly.

"None of the gods really lay claim over the unliving that roam the land of the quick. Hades is the god of the dead... But the dead generally stay dead. The unliving are created with dark magics."

Oh noes!

Not dark magics!

Though Rebo has the feeling the fellow in PJs uses SCIENCE! instead.

[Gullara]

More like a sciency variety of magic. Probably involving lightning bolts and much maniacal laughter. Along with other stuff that you'll probably see later!

"Well how am I supposed to tell all your crazy gods apart? We just have the one, and she's not even a god really." She also has a lot against horrid undead abominations.

[Chaotic Bob]

"Could certainly be worse, that's for sure," Kaz says, drinking from her own beer. "So, when do you think we are? Future or Past?"

She shifts her weight to get a bit more comfortable in her seat and looks at Del with a smile. After she'd gotten over the fact that they were in a void for a moment, she'd realized how good this was; no Bank to worry about, and nobody breathing down their necks to get things done. no paperwork, and if nobody had set them up, they'd tweaked the noses of a few of the bigwigs.

"I'd say past, judging by the bits of magic that were being thrown around earlier."
Last he checked, most mages around their time were busy turning a profit and trying to remain inconspicuous.
Not showing off, obviously.

"Guess that'll mean we should watch more for fireballs than gunshots."
Del tries to get more comfortable, as he drinks, burying away at that nagging feeling and his lingering remnants of anger.
Alcohol sometimes makes it easier. Sometimes harder.
"Not sure what we're going to do here, though."

[Halae]

Kaz Shrugs, "Well, what do people do in this decade? Father said it was mostly just hitting people with swords and going on quests." She thinks about that, "Well, I suppose we could look into the orgs. I'm willing to bet there's some place that would accept us. We're not exactly poorly trained, after all,"

[Earl of Purple]

"Goodbye, and don't forget that building." Unless the half-dragon isn't leaving. In which case, he'll ask if there's anything else she needs.

[Zefir]

She would leave. There is nothing she remembers where he may help. She will then leave for WATCHTOWER.

[Gullara]

Presumably Admer arrives here carrying Tinseltwig on his shoulder. Tinseltwig is a pixie, around five or six inches tall (or whatever the default pixie size is). She has wavy white hair and her butterfly wings are similarly white. She wears a skirt and a backless top, though she wears no shoes. She glows faintly, but in the light of the tavern it's not noticeable.

She looks around the tavern with interest. "There are a lot of people here." She observes. "Are we gonna get something to eat?"