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Ivan must be drunker than he thought he was. He could have sworn he knew his way around Vivienne's parents' house, since she wanted to introduce him last week and showed him the place, but maybe they have a... secret... upstairs... bar? where Vivienne's room is supposed to be? And most certainly was last time he checked? He's never going to find the sweater she sent him up looking for here, anyway. Why is there a secret upstairs bar in Vivienne's parents' house?
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isthisart
Up the stairs, fourth floor, hang a left, it will be on your right between rooms 445 and 449.
thisvorlunatic
"Thanks."
Off goes Stalas, taking the majority of his horrible smell with him.
"...I really hope the remainder of the stink isn't going to be a permanent fixture around here," says Miles, wrinkling his nose.
Off goes Stalas, taking the majority of his horrible smell with him.
"...I really hope the remainder of the stink isn't going to be a permanent fixture around here," says Miles, wrinkling his nose.
isthisart
It will clear eventually.
"I'm going to have a look in the back," says Linya.
"I'm going to have a look in the back," says Linya.
thisvorlunatic
Miles looks between Linya and Ivan, and then decides to follow his wife.
isthisart
She ruffles his hair.
The backyard is as described. Linya peers into the lake, goes a ways into the woods, then heads for the mountains.
The backyard is as described. Linya peers into the lake, goes a ways into the woods, then heads for the mountains.
thisvorlunatic
Miles follows her some more!
"This place is... weirdly normal," he comments. "I mean, look at this, it's all Earth vegetation."
"This place is... weirdly normal," he comments. "I mean, look at this, it's all Earth vegetation."
isthisart
"I noticed that. I'll ask the bar about it, I think. Earth-standard gravity, too."
isthisart
"Like that giant squid which is waving to us from the lake?" suggests Linya.
thisvorlunatic
"...No," says Miles. "Not like that."
He looks at the squid.
He waves back.
He looks at the squid.
He waves back.
thisvorlunatic
"The squid is not the kind of unexpected thing I expected. I didn't expect the squid twice over."
isthisart
"Maybe it's deference to our humanity and Stalas will see plants from his world."
thisvorlunatic
"...How would that work? Anyway, from the sounds of it Stalas wouldn't recognize a fruit from his world unless it happened to be bearing edible fruit."
isthisart
"Magically, I assume. He might have seen pictures? Or there could be forests of mushrooms in the caves, I don't know."
thisvorlunatic
"The caves we're looking for that may or may not exist? Those caves?"
isthisart
"In his caves, there may be mushroom forests. It seems unlikely that dwarves live underground, with that much commitment to living underground, and depend totally on trade with the surface; I expect there's an underground ecosystem of some sort."
thisvorlunatic
"Right. And then if we're going with the hospitality theory, and there are caves in those mountains, presumably they'll contain legions of alien mushrooms. Except that apparently there are humans where Stalas is from, so maybe his planet is full of Earth life too?"
isthisart
"The food he was eating looked approximately recognizable - I'm not sure I could identify all the spices, but that's equally true of some things I've eaten in Escobaran restaurants."
thisvorlunatic
"It's unsettling how not alien the magic wormhole bar is," says Miles. "It's a more human-oriented environment than my home planet."
isthisart
"Well, it seems likely artificial. There is a magic talking bar. There are chairs. Your home planet is working on getting more artificial, but it is larger than a bar."