The thud of the music's bass mixed with the crowd's energetic talking and the clinking of glasses and tableware to create a lively atmosphere, and the scents of beers, wines, and liquors mixed with the smoky steak aroma and perfumes.
Passing Pidole and Euikoshi talking to Thia outside the entrance, Poppy Pink slipped into the crowded bar hoping to meet some new faces and see who was in town. Her most distinctive feature was her pink hair, which cascaded around her shoulders, and she had vibrant green eyes and a perfect nose. It was nice to be back on Yamatai and wow was it busy!
First Poppy spotted Erika's distinctive white hair and she squeezed her way through the crowds to go say hello. "Doing any people watching?" Poppy asked, "It's a great opportunity. Kyoto's population is always so diverse, and there's a lot of offworlders here right now due to the IRC."
Erika turned to face the familiar voice, meeting Poppy's green eyes with her golden ones and nodded. "Not in any offical capacity, but there's always an all points bulletin for these kind of events. You want to cause some havoc and make the YSE look bad? Preform some attack during a large international event." Despite her words she still seemed at ease, nursing an alcoholic drink, her features somewhat flush. she raised her drink in the doctors direction and smiled, "I'm trying, but that Nepleslian place we went to last time is more my speed."
"What do you mean, Poppy asked, sliding into the booth with Erika and pressing her side against Erika's so she could hear her better. Isn't this place pretty Nepleslian? I mean the theme, to me, says pre-split, old days of the Star Army."
"I mean there wasn't some big event on. Could let my hair down a bit. Just the crew getting lit." Erika chuckled.
"I see what you mean, but I'd rather be here than on the Black Moon of Halna looking over my shoulder for incoming knives," Poppy laughed. "And I love our crew but I just got the urge to talk to someone I've never met before. I guess that makes me a bit of an extrovert in spite of being a bit of a medical nerd," the pink-haired doctor shrugged.
"You've got a bag of hemosynth somewhere, don't be such a baby. Doctor scared of sharps, whats next?"
"Erika, deep down, we're all bags of hemosynth," Poppy joked.
"I know, I'm even going to share mine with you if the bad knives cut you too deep." She said with a wan smile. "As for meeting new people, maybe you missed your calling to SAINT." Her eyes glanced around the room for a moment. "You meet some real interesting people in this field sometimes."
"Maybe I did, maybe I didn't," Poppy said cryptically. She gave Erika a smile and stood up from the table to go exploring.
"Ah, now 'Doctor Poppy's baseline medical exam' makes more sense." Erika nodded with a slight chuckle as the doctor walked off.
Poppy gave Erika's back a friendly touch and then began to wander around the bar seeing who she could find. She spotted Thad elsewhere in the bar and her eyes widened for a moment before she changed directions, mentally checking the counter of battery charges on her NSP.
Erika looked down for a moment before sighing and downing her drink in one quick motion. She then hopped the bar, quickly donning a black apron and joined the serving team.
Meanwhile, another YSS Resurgence crewmember was nearby, unceremoniously downing some steak while seated at one of the myriad of tables in the establishment. Kokoro wasn't a very... pleasant eater, the Nekovalkrja still clearly getting used to Yamataian society in general. At the very least she was cleaning her face periodically- though... it was only after a recent mishhap with syrup and pancakes aboard the Resurgence that she had begun to do so. She waved at Poppy as she walked by, taking a huge bite out of the food.
Poppy waved back at the recently-joined Kokoro, who was a bit of a mystery to her.
The doors opened, and two people walked in, one was a red and black, rabbit, half the size of her companion. The Rabbit's cybernetic eyes looked around, as her companion looked around. "what say we go to the counter?' The taller woman asked the Rabbit, and then they both walked towards the bar. One was Alice Sursilvan, the Mining Guild's diplomatic Ambassador.
"Hey hon." Erika said as the rabbit and random alien approached the bar. She'd since picked up a pint glass and was cleaning it with a black cloth. "What can I get you?" She asked, "Got some Delsaurian Ginger Beer that I've been digging recently."
The Rabbit tilted her head, as she pondered her order, as Alice glanced to the rabbit, to make sure her Kimono wasn't falling off. "whats your recommendation?" Alice Asked after a while.
"If Ginger Beer isn't your thing..." Erika said, thoughtfully placing a finger to her chin. "Well, first answer me 2 questions; Sweet or Sour? Dry or Wet?"
"Sour for me, and since its her first time, I think Sweet for her, and dry for both of us, considering what happened the last time she had something dry.' Alice chuckles, in reference to the rabbit.
"Got ya, I'll come up with something." The silver haired Neko said with a wink. She grabbed a metal flask and began throwing ingredients. Burbon, lemon juice and Ammeretto. She then dipped back to the kitchen for a moment, shaking the mixture as she went, only to return slightly later with an egg, which she promptly cracked and dumped into a glass. She then carefully moved the white to another short glass until it was separated from the yoke, then poured that into the flask.
"So where'd you learn to be a bartender?" Kassandra asked Erika, curious about her temp helper.
"I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you." Erika replied with a wide smile as she vigorously shook the flask. "Nah, just a small dive called VA-11 Hall-A."
Kassandra rubbed her chin and flapped her small wings once. "Ah. Not ringing any bells!"
"It was attached to a military base. I'm not surprised." Erika said with a shrug as she continued her task.
The Rabbit squeaked a little when Erika mentioned that she could tell Kassandra, but then she'd have to kill her. Alice, just pets her on the shoulder gently. But both watched as Erika got to work.
Once done she poured the result into a short glass filled with shaved ice. It was yellow with a fine foam on the top. She then took a lemon and left it on the surface. "Your sour," she said, placing it on the counter "Now for the sweet." she said, tilting her head at the rabbit.
The Silver haired Neko collected the ingredients from under the bar. This one she'd keep simple. She laid them out as she found them, apple juice, maple syrup and vodka. She already had the lemon juice from the previous drink. She threw them all together in a shaker along with some ice, and then poured it out into a martini glass before placing it beside the short glass.
"There's your sweet." she said.
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OOC: JP by Wes, Lizalopod, Sunny D, and Charaa
