Hello travelers, my name is Jen. Welcome, welcome to the best bar in the Subetan universe! Originally conceived during the first pandemic, I Am Legend was open to survivors only. Eventually, after the shrunken head necklace debacle, (dang witch doctors not blessing items correctly) we became a bar that catered to survivors and the undead alike. We kept super coolers in the basement, used to keep the newly bitten from progressing too fast, and eventually added a coffee bar, moonbouce, and ENDLESS supplies of silly string, sofas, hot drinks and laughter.

We're open 24/7 for drinks, chit chatting, serious philosophical debates, or drunken rambles. So please, pull up a chair, stool, futon, sofa or anything you can think of, and we'll keep the light on for you.

So, what'll it be?

[OOC:] Please play IC, and keep your posts IC, ANY character from any world is welcome, but this bar and subsequent topics should be based in Subeta's worlds and lore)

Kitcher and Donner have just returned from the Wayward Squirrel loaded with loot from their adventure. Travel-worn, tired and thirsty, the young couple enter the Bar and Grill. Right away, anybody could see that these two were not from Subeta, nor were they completely human. Donner, the little male, was four-foot eight inches, muscular, had a coat of dark brown fur and a long fluffy tail. Kitcher, his mate stood four-foot four inches, was in the mid stages of pregnancy, had light tan fur and a long tail. Their figures resembled human physiques, a flaw in Subeta's perception filters that rendered small creatures from other worlds incorrectly. In this form, they resembled young adolescents. But on Terra, their home world, they were appropriately aged for their kind, long-tailed weasels.

Donner spoke with a thick Austrian-English pidgin accent and approached the barkeep, "Gute Evenink! Hast you some pilzner fur mine Kitcher und me? I vould like zwei steins please, danke! Und perhaps some sausages too, ja ja?"

((Ooc: The Midnight group doesn't seem to be pinging correctly. Anyone know anything about this?))

Just behind the weasels, two more figures arrive. Ari looks much the same as she did in the past, except that her long brown curls have been cut to her shoulders. She takes note of the weasels, but as she doesn't recognize them personally decides she is too shy to approach them. Perhaps after a few drinks. On that note, she makes her way to the bar, looking over her shoulder briefly to ask Aidan, "Will you get us a table? I'll get you a snack while I'm up."

Aidan, Ari's griffin companion, has grown a great deal, and is now easily the size of a large lion. And yet, fully grown, he is still just as susceptible to bribes of food as the day he hatched. He gladly accepts the offer, "telling" her, "Sure! I'll find us a spot in the back." Generally, only those with telepathic or empathic tendencies can hear Aidan, so to an outsider it may seem only a command to a pet. After a scan of the room he quickly finds a perfect spot, a lounge setup in a far corner, with a lovely looking couch for him, more seats, and a small table at the center for whatever Ari ordered. He cheerily pads over to it and climbs onto the couch, sprawling out so that he easily takes up the whole thing.

Not seeing any of this, Ari doesn't have a chance to be embarrassed or amused. She simply waits at the bar for someone to become available to take her order.

While he waited for his sausages to be grilled, Donner smiled casually at the newcomer and introduced himself, "Hello, ( ) I'm Donner, und dat prettie little maidchen offer der ist mine Kitcher, und I vas vonderink about yur eagle-lion der...he doesn't eat weasel, nine?"

Kitcher watched the two curious newcomers with some anxiety, griffin's were something she had only read about in myths and legends. Yet her older cousin Frieda VonSteuben once told a story of her old friends on Subeta who included a faun-like humanoid and her companion griffin kit. Frieda's daughter Aya VonSteuben confirmed the story and recalled how the two companions communicated telepathically. Kitcher was almost certain these two just might be the ones mentioned in her cousin's stories when she heard a voice in her head, "Sure! I'll find us a spot in the back." Kitcher sat up and grasped her amulet for comfort, that was no kit...that looked like a full grown griffin. She wasn't upset that she was about to meet two of Lady Frieda's or Lady Aya's old friends, she was nervous to suddenly learn that she could hear telepathic communications.

She waved for Donner to come back to the table. "Donner! I think I know who those creatures are"

((OCC : Aya VonSteuben, Lady Frieda's daughter was named after Aya, the owner of the I Am Legend Bar And Grill. Aya VonSteuben is only mentioned in passing and will not be making an appearance. I hope this makes things clear as mud. ))

Hullo? I have arrived! :D

Aya smiles at people arriving in the bar and sizes them up. Two weaslekind come in and order lager and sausages, a hearty meal to be sure. She pours the drinks and sends the food order back to the kitchen. "Hello sir, I have your drinks!" She pushes the steins and a bowl of freshly roasted peanuts towards the gentlemen and turns to take the next order.

Seeing a gryffin she smiles, but also looks wary. "Good evening miss, what would you like to order?" Aya licks the tip of her pencil and waits, hoping the customer will let her know if the gryffin is safe. It's not a question she considers polite asking.

Out of the corner of her eye Aya sees a well dressed women stroll in and nearly drops her pencil, pad and had to suppress the urger to leap over the counter and bearhug . Instead she gives a polite nod in her general direction, trying not to bounce up and down in excitement.

Ari looked up at the weasel addressing her () and smiled politely. She had a little bit of trouble understanding his thick accent, but her polite smile spread into a friendly grin at his question. "Heh, no, definitely not! His name is Aidan, and he's what's known as a griffin. They're a bit rare, even here on Subeta." Catching herself and hoping she wasn't being rude or patronizing, she amended, "Oh, I'm sorry! I'm assuming you're from Terra?"

She did notice the employee's () wariness as she asked for Ari's order, though it was subtle enough that she may not have if she hadn't become accustomed to it. A full grown griffin was much more likely to provoke unease than a cute baby one, something that both Ari and Aidan were getting used to. Relatively speaking, both Donner and the waitress, (perhaps owner? She had an air of being in charge,) were being very polite about the whole thing. "Hi! Could I please get a honeyed mead and a fish stew sent over..." She took a moment to scan the room and see what table Aidan had chosen, only to see he'd made himself comfortable. She did a bit of a facepalm, and continued through her hand, "over by the big goober. He's friendly and normally knows how to behave in public, I promise." Aidan obviously overheard some of this, as he adjusted his position on the couch so that he was still laying comfortably across the couch, though less sprawled out. He lifted a taloned forefoot in what resembled a human wave, though it was obviously an awkward gesture for him to make.

With a sigh and a grateful smile to the woman, Ari turned to let Donner know that she would be heading to her table, when she overheard his mate. Very surprised, she looked back and forth between the both of them, at first only managing a startled "Oh?" After a moment to gather her wits, she added, "Then... I suppose you two are from Freddie's clan?"

Donner looked at Kitcher with a questioning expression, "Who ist dey mine liebe?" Kitcher smiled, "Auntie Frieda and Auntie Aya told about Ari and her companion, a baby griffin named Aiden. She said that they were really nice. So be on your best and most polite behavior. I know you can be quite charming." Kitcher looked up and saw that their ales had been drawn up and motioned for Donner to go get them. "Best go get our beer. See if you can bring Ari over here so that we can be introduced."

Donner nodded, returned to the bar and thanked () Aya for the ales and peanuts. He grabbed both pints in his left paw and the peanuts in his right and followed toward the tables. He smiled his goofy smile at her and answered Ari's question, "Ya, ya, ve ist von Terra. Ve hast been on a quest with the Vayvord Squirrel folk und are chust passink through Subeta on our vay home to see Lady Frieda und her mate Veldon. Mine Kitcher ist von her clan, Ya ya. Here she ist! Donner set the tankards and bowl down and introduced his mate. Miss, this ist Kitcher Wheezle, little cousin to Lady Frieda, und I am Donner Wheezle...um... von...erm...I ist nothink really very special like dat...Chust Donner." Donner blushed at his faux pas, "Und Kitcher says dat your namen ist Ari und Aiden. Ist dat so?"

Donner and Kitcher at the Wayward Squirrel

Aya sent the order for stew back to the kitchen and readied the mead. She smiled as the sweet scent drifted up from the horn.

"Traditional vessel ok with you?" She gave a wave back to the griffin, pleased to see that it seemed well behaved and turned to grab the hot plate of sausages for () Donner.

Waving a waitress over she motioned to the table where Kitcher was already seated and asked her to add a basket of dried fish and corn cakes on the house for the griffin. It was a good night and she was enjoying the thought of new customers and perhaps new friends.

While they waited for their sausages to arrive, Donner saw a couple of spray cans on the table next to the Hot pepper sauce and catsup. He picked one of them up and read the label "Vas its das Silly Schstring?"

Kitcher didn't exactly hear what he had said, she was looking at a shiny menu card that had gorgeous pictures of pies, cakes, pastries, donuts and ice cream on it. She instinctively looked up as Donner popped the cap off the spray can and yelled "Donner Don't!!"

Donner was frozen in terror, his left paw extended toward Kitcher, he was still gripping the empty can of silly-sting firmly, but his face was nowhere to be seen, it was hidden under a mass of red extruded starch string. After a moment or two, two eyes appeared and blinked. A crack appeared where Donner's mouth should be and his tongue licked at the mess on his face. "Mmmm…Cherry! You vant some mine liebe?"

Aya laughed so hard she had to press her hand to her apron to hold back a stitch from forming. "Oh, oh dear!" She hustled over to the table with a warm rag and handed it to Donner. "Silly String isn't normally deployed during the dinner hour!" She laughed again and then went to make sure and her gryffin were enjoying themselves.

"How's the meal so far? Can I get either of you anything else right now?" She held up her hand to signal the entering guests she had seen them and smiled at Ari and Aiden.

The old familiar scents of the bar hit her as soon as she opened the doors. She saw that some people were already collected inside as Moon walked up in. She saw her friend Ari () chatting with some unknown weasels. Smiling she came up behind her friend and gave her a big hug. "Surprise! It's been too long my friend. I've missed you."

((OCC oh my gosh do i feel rusty rping. xD))

"Yes, a traditional vessel would be lovely, thank you so much!" Ari told the owner () before heading back. On her way she walked with Donner (), stopping briefly with him at his table for introductions. "Yes, that's right. I'm Ari and you saw Aidan. Your cousins are very sweet, and it's wonderful to meet you both as well. I hope I can bring Aidan over to say hello after we eat?" With a small wave Ari traveled the rest of the way to her table, at which the food and her mead had already arrived.

"Wow, I'm impressed you waited for me! Thanks Aidan, but go ahead." With a nod he leaned out from his perch on the couch and daintily lapped and nibbled at his stew. Ari smiled in understanding, hardly able to contain her pride. She knew he felt bad making other beings nervous, and was going out of his way to be extra polite so he could hopefully win them over. Ari patted him on the shoulder before picking up her mead. She sipped at it, enjoying the sweetness and the warm feeling slowly spread and relax her, as she filled Aidan in on any bits he hadn't overheard.

After they finished, they went together to let Aidan meet the weasels, just in time to see Donner press the nozzle on the silly string he'd found. Ari had to cover her mouth to smother her giggles, while Aidan wasn't sure what to do. He was still trying to behave himself, so he struggled to hold in any physical signs of amusement. Mentally, Ari could hear faint laughter.

As things started to settle down, Ari caught her breath and wiped tears from her eyes. She felt badly for being rude, but that was certainly something one didn't see everyday! She told the owner () she and Aidan were fine for now, while Aidan caught a whiff of a familiar someone and turned excitedly to look for someone. Ari didn't have enough time to notice, however, before she was surprise hugged from behind. She jumped noticeably, emitting a small "eep!" before recognizing the voice and turning to see a friend. "Moon! It's so good to see you!" she practically squealed, turning to hug the woman back. Aidan, meanwhile, was purring up a storm as he rubbed himself against Moon's legs.

((I hope I put everything together alright, and sorry for disappearing!))

Aya took the rag from Donner and nearly squeaked in delight when she saw Moon. She bounced up and down a few times, letting get her hugs in first, then without warning pounced on and smothered her in hugs and kisses.

Moon grinned, "It's been too long my friend." She leaned over and gave Aiden a pat on his head, "And hello to you too handsome, I'm guessing you missed me." As she was getting ready to to give Aiden a snuggle she was nearly tackled from behind. "Offph, hello to you too Aya." She happily returned the hugs to her friend.

Just coming from the Skelly Manor, Vin arrived at the bar. As he opened the door he immediately took note of a griffin actually inside the bar, who seemed to be speaking to a woman telepathically. He mentally shrugged it aside. "Stranger things have happened." the Cambion told himself. He quickly skimmed over the room and found a nice-looking Sofa not too far away from the chit-chat, should be decide to jump in. He raised an eyebrow at the waitress as she practically tackled the woman he followed in. He smiled, but he knew it was best not to question as he waited for her to come around to take his order.

In the meantime he looked around the room and noticed the warm and friendly feel the whole bar gave off, with all the scents and the laughter (And the silly string) that seemed to emanate from all around the room. These were the kind of bars that Vin could never tell if he liked or disliked the feeling. For now, he decided he liked the feeling.

Donner thanked Aya for the rag and thanked her for her help. More guests arrived at the Bar and Grill as the two wee creatures waited for their order to arrive.

One new arrival needed no introduction for Donner and Kitcher, she was instantly recognized from the tales and legends both had heard from not only Lady Frieda and Lieutenant Colonel Weldon, but from Great Uncle Sparkles as well. Standing before them was none other then the great Moon herself.

Kitcher was awestruck, but Donner was plucky as well as excited. He hopped down from his seat, dragged Kitcher by her paw and sauntered up to Moon, "Miss Moon? I am Donner, und dis here little fraulein ist Kitcher, und ve ist related to Frau Frieda und Herr Weldon. Ve ist pleased to make your acquaintence."

When Donner knelt and bowed, Kitcher did the same to hide the tears of joy she couldn't hold back. Somehow, her amulet had activated again and was glowing brightly under her blouse. It was sending out incredible amounts of emotional energy that Kitcher could barely control.

Moon felt awkward as the Donner and Kitcher knelt in front of her. Any type of formalities like that make her feel weird. "Uhh, you really don't need to bow or anything in front of me. It's nice to meet the both of you but please, you don't have to be formal in front of me...I'm not that special." She grinned as she awkwardly ran her hand through her hair.

((OCC, Epp, I forgot to subscribe to this thread too. Silly silly me.))

Aya straightened out from her tackle hug attack on Moon and grinned. "Duty calls! But I'll be back with a drink!"

She straightened her apron and went over to the new customer who had taken a seat on one of the cozy sofas. "Hello Sir, how are you getting on today? Welcome to I Am Legend. Are you ready to order something or would you like to flag me down later." She smiled and took a pencil from behind her ear.

Donner stood and blushed, "Oh, I'm sorry. It's chust dat ve only know you von all die stories dat ve haff heard von Kitcher's Auntie, Lady Frieda und her mate Herr Veldon und they hold you in very high esteem. Ve only assumed dat you vere a gott.

Kitcher wiped her eyes, why had she burst out in tears like that? She never did tht sort of thing before. She stood and held out her paw, "I think what Donner is trying to say is that we are very pleased to meet you. It is true that Auntie and Uncle have told many stories of their adventures here in Subeta, but when Auntie Frieda mentions you...well, you know how she is...she is quite prone to weeping, she is a very emotional and sensitive sort....Anyway, it is obvious to us that she loves you deeply. We didn't mean to put you on the spot, we are just excited to meet some of our favorite Aunt and Uncle's friends, especially you." Kitcher clutched at the amulet under her blouse and felt a surge of energy. Did something nearby cause it to activate?

Out of the corner of his eye Donner saw Kitcher's paw go to her breast, she only did that when her magic amulet started to glow. Instinctively he clutched the hilt of his sword.