[Nexus] Dancing Fox Inn VI: Wait, there used to be a Ribbajack here?

[Beans]

Welcome to the Dancing Fox Inn! Come and try our one of a kind beverages and food, chat with friends, or grab a private room and relax. All are welcome to the Dancing Fox Inn.

We would like to ask, please, no smoking in the establishment unless you are on fire. We understand that there are often exceptions. Thank you for understanding. Be sure to enjoy your stay.
If your characters are upstairs, please use this thread to avoid confusing the other occupants

Description:

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The inn is . . . indescribable. Size wise, anyway. It has as many tables as needed, and as many chairs as needed. So that needn't be said as well.

The floors are rough hewn logs. In fact the whole inn is made of wood, with a solid foundation of stones. There is a downstairs common room of tables and private booths, and an upstairs with bedrooms. There is a bar, behind the bar is a kitchen. The tables and seats are made of wood. The private booths are also made of wood but the seats are cushioned by dirty and torn pillows. There is also a basement that acts as storage for the drinks and food (and a secret meeting place). Access to the basement is through the kitchen.

Renn usually keeps a heavy crossbow already cocked and loaded under the bar. He also has a sleeping power next to it that he sometimes uses on the crossbow bolts or sprinkles into a rowdy drunks drink.

The inn as a whole can be described as a little dirty and run down, but at the same time its homey.

Current Staff:
Renn and Naku - Barkeeps and Managers
Fade - Barboy
- Barmaid
Fear and Sorrow - Bar Peoplez
Colin Aldaro - Waiter
Strahd - Cook
Songdancer - Bard

NOW HIRING: No one, really. We're pretty much okay.

THE MENU:

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Be sure to keep an eye out for our DAILY SPECIALS!
Wines*:
Chimera Cabernet - A hearty red with hits of oak and black cherry.
Elven Wine – imported straight from Elven lands unless the cart turned
Merfolk Merlot - Full-bodied with a hint of rose.

Bar Drinks*:
Swampwater - A delicious lemon-lime delight but a tad . . . swampy
Shocker Lizard’s Chider – Sends a shock through your body, bound to wake you up electro-zaps!
Mai Tai - Dark and pineapple juice. PINEAPPLE!!
Sneak on the Beach - Vodka, Cranberry juice, pineapple juice and Peach Schapps. *sneak sneak sneak*
Rust Monster - Scotch and Drambuie drink and your sword explodes.
Coffee - buzzzzz.
Ice Liqueur - Guaranteed to cool you down. . . .
Dragon's Liver Buster - The strongest drink in the house. Don't say we didn't warn you... (Doesn't actually make your liver explode)*
Ichor Liquor - Made from a fermented mix of various kinds of blood, the perfect drink for vampires and similar creatures, like Kurvis.
Haley's Liquer - named for the redheaded rogue, a sweet creme liqueur, excellent over ice. And while you're asleep, she'll loot your body
Wizard Blizzard - The effect depends on the spell stored in it. Other than that, it's made with crushed ice and Bourbon.
Manticore Martini – a regular Martini but stirred with a spike from a Manticore tail, giving it an exotic taste.*
Melon Juice – relaxes the mind - Now available without alcohol!
Green Tea - with a hint of sugar Coffee? Tea? Monster?
Beholder's Earl Grey - It's a tea named after everyone's favorite abberation. Need I say more? Yes, actually. What's in it?
Root Beer – For those who have a weak stomach*
Cold Milk – For the kids*
Burning Brandy- To keep the Archbishop happy.
Apple Cider - Non-alcoholic, fruity goodness!

Beers, Ales & Such*:
Thunder Ale - puts a boom in your tummy Then your tummy explodes!
Grim Brewery brand Ginger Ale - deathly good*
Dwarven Brandy - comes from dwarven lands
Pirate's Drink (Rum) - Be drunk while saying "Yarrr!"
Guilders Ale - a tasty treat that doesn't mess with your mind*
Rouges Rum - Warning: You may pickpocket while drunk
Fairy Ale - You'll think you can fly*

Fizzy Drinks: (courtesy of Leigh and Mee. Thanks!)*
Blueberry buzz - Spyte soda, with blueberries, and blueberry syrup in it.
Banana beer - Root beer, banana slices, whipped cream on the top, and a cherry on that.
Leigh special - A warm coffee (Bubbly, of course...with your choice of a hazelnut or chocolate flavor), with a swirl of peppermint, a stick of cocoa, and optional sprinkles and whipped cream.*
Triple threat - Root beer and coffee swirled together, with a lemon wedge jammed on the rim.*
K's special - Carbonated water, mixed with cream, pineapple flavoring, coconut sprinkled on top, then a few strawberries dropped into it. Very good.*
Ice cream float - Your choice of flavors.
The cute drink - Just like K's special, but it has some fruit on the top. A lime slice as a smile, and two cherries as eyes. It's cute. It also comes with a little umbrella.*
Spryte - the regular, boring drink.

Food:
Peanuts*
Chips & Dip and salsa!*
Curry - Chicken, beef, pork, or seafood
Cured Ham Steak
BBQ Hydra Heads
Salads (Spring Greens, Caesar, and Italian Pasta)*
Pork Chops
Mutton Chops
Golden Apple
Fish (Cod, Eel, Trout, Salmon) – Served with a lemon wedge or lime.
Fresh Bread
Fine Aged Cheddar
Fava Beans
Birdseed for all those avians out there.
Berries - all kinds, blue, black, straw purple, mauve, hamster.
Roasted Quail - kinda like a small turkey but not. See?
And anything else you may want. Just ask.

Dessert:
Muffins
Brownies*
Milkshake
Cookies
Pie (Pick a flavor)

*Can substitute the alcohol for a magical liquid that can make anybody drunk, no matter what the resistance, for a little extra.

We hope you enjoy your stay at the Dancing Fox Inn!

Some Excellent Poems
Dancing Fox Inn and DFI '09
The Ballad of the Inn
We Dream of a Town

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Older threads;

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DFI IV

Side note: The DFI is not in any way, shape, or form, inside Inside. It's just a quiet little place off somewhere, that would like to stay free from apoco-plawts, various inter-warring factions, and all that jazz.
Everyone is equally welcome here, just please leave it at the door.

[Beans]

Cheisha and Savorla walk in; the scorpion-tailed goddess is looking characteristically unsure of herself.

[Mee]

Originally Posted by Beans

Cheisha and Savorla walk in; the scorpion-tailed goddess is looking characteristically unsure of herself.

Naku, the purple-haired vampire barkeeper, raises an eyebrow at this new person that looks rather . . . well . . . interesting.
"Can I . . . get you anything?" She asks politely.

She hasn't had any customers in too long to risk chasing anyone off; so she tries very, very hard to avoid her teeth showing.

[Beans]

Uh...
Rust Monster?

((Beans, in a dazed torpor, wonders about bringing back Lechner. She was nice.))

[Mee]

Originally Posted by Beans

Uh...
Rust Monster?

((Beans, in a dazed torpor, wonders about bringing back Lechner. She was nice.))

((More people = more good. So I'd have nothing bad against it.))

"Sure, gimme a sec. Anything for your friend?"
Naku asks, kneeling behind the bar to pull out some of the rarely used ingredients.

[Beans]

The goddess awkwardly stares at her friend, who---as C'nor is off---remains deadtimed.
Ummm... maybe... when she's moving again?

((I can't remember if any of your characters ever met Lechy... ah well. I'll probably bring her in after I eat for lots of klutzy roboleg fleececoat adventurebiker goodness.))

[Mee]

Originally Posted by Beans

The goddess awkwardly stares at her friend, who---as C'nor is off---remains deadtimed.
Ummm... maybe... when she's moving again?

((I can't remember if any of your characters ever met Lechy... ah well. I'll probably bring her in after I eat for lots of klutzy roboleg fleececoat adventurebiker goodness.))

"Yeaaaaaaah. That works for me."
Naku says, looking at her deadtime'd friend, and frowning slightly.
"Anyway, gimme a moment for yours."

((Iunno. But it could be fun.))

[Zefir]

Originally Posted by Beans

Uh...
Rust Monster?

((Beans, in a dazed torpor, wonders about bringing back Lechner. She was nice.))

Fade was already going to summon a Rust Monster, since he never heard of such a drink. The moment Naku headed for the ingredients he stopped.

"What a strange name for a drink."

[C'nor]

Savorla, who's a beautiful grey-skinned woman with black hair, and yellow eyes that seem to be covered with a thin layer of ice, shakes her way out of deadtime, and blinks for a moment as she assimilates the events that have been going on around her.

"...That depends on what you know how to make."

((Misreading the OOC portion of that last post so that there's no "for" made it very strange...))

[ThirdEmperor]

Still brushing off the last of the deadtime ooze clinging to his apron, Strahd peers out of the kitchen. "Ish everyone shtill here? What'sh going on?" Last he remembers, it was something about some troublemakers...

[Mee]

Originally Posted by C'nor

Savorla, who's a beautiful grey-skinned woman with black hair, and yellow eyes that seem to be covered with a thin layer of ice, shakes her way out of deadtime, and blinks for a moment as she assimilates the events that have been going on around her.

"...That depends on what you know how to make."

((Misreading the OOC portion of that last post so that there's no "for" made it very strange...))

"Anything on the menu, and I promise to try to not poison you if you want something special.
No guarantees of course, but I'll try." Naku replies with a grin.

[C'nor]

"I doubt you'd manage it even if you were...", the goddess says absently, looking over the menu. "And if you could try for a Night Phoenix, then, please?"

[Mee]

Originally Posted by C'nor

"I doubt you'd manage it even if you were...", the goddess says absently, looking over the menu. "And if you could try for a Night Phoenix, then, please?"

Naku, heedless of the divinity in her bar, shrugs slightly.
"There's always something someone that can get someone.

So long as you tell me what it is."
She says with a grin, putting Beans' character's drink on the bar, along with the rest of the bottle of it.

[Beans]

Cheisha gets her Rust Monster and puts down some moneythings with a sort of awkward-grateful smile.

[C'nor]

Savorla nods, and explains, though her player isn't quite certain either.

[Mee]

Originally Posted by C'nor

Savorla nods, and explains, though her player isn't quite certain either.

That works well enough for Naku, and, after some 'Hmmmm'ing, and going down into the cellar, soon a decent drink is made!
It might not be exactly what Savorla was after, but it's fairly close.

[Beans]

The goddess quietly sips her Rust Monster, watching her companion.

[C'nor]

Savvy sits down next to the other goddess, smiling and sipping her drink as well.

[Beans]

S-so, uh... what now?

[C'nor]

"Now we try to get your mind off Carrie for a while."

[Beans]

She sips, blushing fiercely.
I-I guess...
Her four eyes flick away.

[C'nor]

Savorla cocks her head inquiringly at the blush.

"What's up?"

[Beans]

... I miss her and I sometimes get a little... caught up in memories.

[C'nor]

Savorla nods understandingly, and smiles at her.

"Makes sense... And I'm sorry that you miss her that much."

[Mindfreak]

Shake-a shake-a shake-a!
Songdancer shakes off the sleepiness and wakes up beside the fireplace.
He proceeds to walk onto the stage and...sing.


"A long, long time ago...
I can still remember
How that music used to make me smile.
And I knew if I had my chance
That I could make those people dance
And, maybe, they’d be happy for a while.

But february made me shiver
With every paper I’d deliver.
Bad news on the doorstep;
I couldn’t take one more step.

I can’t remember if I cried
When I read about his widowed bride,
But something touched me deep inside
The day the music died.

So bye-bye, miss american pie.
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Did you write the book of love,
And do you have faith in God above,
If the Bible tells you so?*
Do you believe in rock ’n roll,
Can music save your mortal soul,
And can you teach me how to dance real slow?*

Well, I know that you’re in love with him
`cause I saw you dancin’ in the gym.
You both kicked off your shoes.
Man, I dig those rhythm and blues.

I was a lonely teenage broncin’ buck
With a pink carnation and a pickup truck,
But I knew I was out of luck
The day the music died.

I started singin’,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Now for ten years we’ve been on our own
And moss grows fat on a rollin’ stone,
But that’s not how it used to be.
When the jester sang for the king and queen,
In a coat he borrowed from james dean
And a voice that came from you and me,

Oh, and while the king was looking down,
The jester stole his thorny crown.
The courtroom was adjourned;
No verdict was returned.
And while lennon read a book of marx,
The quartet practiced in the park,
And we sang dirges in the dark
The day the music died.

We were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Helter skelter in a summer swelter.
The birds flew off with a fallout shelter,
Eight miles high and falling fast.
It landed foul on the grass.
The players tried for a forward pass,
With the jester on the sidelines in a cast.

Now the half-time air was sweet perfume
While the sergeants played a marching tune.
We all got up to dance,
Oh, but we never got the chance!
`cause the players tried to take the field;
The marching band refused to yield.
Do you recall what was revealed
The day the music died?*

We started singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

Oh, and there we were all in one place,
A generation lost in space
With no time left to start again.
So come on: jack be nimble, jack be quick!
Jack flash sat on a candlestick
Cause fire is the devil’s only friend.

Oh, and as I watched him on the stage
My hands were clenched in fists of rage.
No angel born in hell
Could break that satan’s spell.
And as the flames climbed high into the night
To light the sacrificial rite,
I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died

He was singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
And singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

I met a girl who sang the blues
And I asked her for some happy news,
But she just smiled and turned away.
I went down to the sacred store
Where I’d heard the music years before,
But the man there said the music wouldn’t play.

And in the streets: the children screamed,
The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed.
But not a word was spoken;
The church bells all were broken.
And the three men I admire most:
The father, son, and the holy ghost,
They caught the last train for the coast
The day the music died.

And they were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
And them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die.
"this’ll be the day that I die."

They were singing,
"bye-bye, miss american pie."
Drove my chevy to the levee,
But the levee was dry.
Them good old boys were drinkin’ whiskey and rye
Singin’, "this’ll be the day that I die."

[Beans]

Originally Posted by C'nor

Savorla nods understandingly, and smiles at her.

"Makes sense... And I'm sorry that you miss her that much."

Um... thanks...
Not even tiny pony songs can cheer her, it seems!

[C'nor]

Originally Posted by Beans

Um... thanks...
Not even tiny pony songs can cheer her, it seems!

Savorla reaches over to gently take her hand, and give it a reassuring squeeze.

"You seem uncomfortable... Is there anything you'd prefer to be doing, within what's possible?"

[Beans]

I... sorry, I really don't know...

[C'nor]

"There's nothing to be sorry for... I'm just trying to make sure you can just focus on relaxing, is all. Okay?"

[Beans]

I, um... o-okay.
She curls her scorpy tail nervously.