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<blockquote data-quote="Silver Moon" data-source="post: 440960" data-attributes="member: 8530"><p><strong>Chinese Take-out</strong></p><p></p><p>Chapter 11, "A night on the town," September 15, 1018, 8:00 P.M.: </p><p></p><p>The group arrives at a large, auditorium sized three-story stone building, with a wooden sign picturing a mug of ale, and the name “Dwarf Ale House” written in both Dwarvish and Chinese. The wagon is secured, and the four dwarves exit the back along with their seven guests. They enter a vast building, the interior being one vast room, approximately 250 by 140 feet in size. In the very center of the room is a fifty-foot square wooden stage. There is a side wooden staircase running from the back of the stage to the second floor. Narrower stone staircases to the second floor are along the side walls. Along the side wall, running the entire 250 feet, is a bar staffed by dozens of bartenders. The remainder of the room is filled with tables of various sizes, with dozens of buxom dwarven and human waitresses moving about. </p><p></p><p>As the party enters the room a well-dress dwarf calls to a waitress to “Show Clan Ming to their usual table.” The group are led to a long oval table, with sixteen chairs, situated equidistant to both the bar and stage. There are about one hundred other patrons in the establishment at this time, mostly at the bar. </p><p></p><p>The group sits down; noticing that Chan and the other three Mings are somewhat better dressed than most of the other patrons. Chan says, “This is the place to come for fun. All of the other patrons are construction workers.” He goes on to explain that there are over twenty thousand workers employed in building the city wall, and since for the next half-century all construction will be along the northern wall of the city they have found long-term lodgings here in the north-central district. Construction workers each work a six-day work-week, with the day off alternating to keep the same number of workers on the job each day. That means that, on any given night, there are approximately three thousand workers who have the next day off and want to blow off steam. He adds that, “Since this is one of the more livelier establishments, you can expect between a quarter to a third of these workers to find there way here at some point this evening.” </p><p></p><p>The group is brought tankards of fine dwarven ale, and the waitresses see that a new tankard is also always waiting for each person at the table. The elf and three half-elves have little to no difficulty keeping up, with one of the Mings commenting “Not bad. I was afraid that one of them would embarrass us by ordering a glass of wine.” [The comment was made by one of the players, getting in a dig at the DM for once having done that at a bachelor party.] Hiroshi also has no trouble downing multiple ales. </p><p></p><p>The conversation initially centers on the party’s mission to Shosun. The Mings do not know anything about these human-animal slaves, and say that generally the only time slaves are sold in the city are when military prisoners are captured, and that hasn’t happened in several months. The party describes the castle that Oterel fought Morgarth in. Chan says that he does not know of it, but that there may be some reference to it in their records, and suggests that they stop by the city's Ming Estate some time the next day. “But please, not in the morning,” Chan’s son Xhang Ming interjects. By now around 300 patrons are in the bar, mostly dwarven, but several human as well.</p><p></p><p>By mid-evening the building is packed. Chan gestures to the Ale, and declares that “That’s about enough of drinking water, let’s get some real drinks.” He has glasses and two huge jugs of dwarven whiskey brought over, which are then poured for everyone. Mark is the first to decide to stop matching drinks after three rounds of these. The others all continue until both of the jugs are empty after six rounds. At that point Chan declares that “Well, I guess you’ve proven you’re all man enough to drink with dwarves,” he then glances to Serita, and says, “No offense meant.” “None taken,” she says, still noticing that she is the only female patron in the place. She adds “But on the subject of gender, is there a ladies room?” A waitress is called over, who escorts her to the facility used by the woman employees. While there, Serita casts a “Neutralize Poison” on herself, and then returns to the table (and is ridiculed by the other players for cheating.) .</p><p></p><p>Upon returning she says “Well, I feel better now.” She then gestures to the whiskey, and says to Chan “Is that all? I was just getting started.” The incredulous dwarf orders another jug, and begins a “duel” of drinks with Serita, the others just looking on. After four more drinks Chan is beginning to slur his words. Hiroshi gives Serita a “please stop now before you embarrass our host” gesture, which she is astute enough to recognize, and tells Chan “That was good. Let’s save the rest for later.” During this drinking duel a crowd of nearly one-hundred construction workers has gathered around to watch, and appear very impressed by the young half-elvan lady. </p><p></p><p>The party now hears music, a band of eight musicians having set up on stage. As they being to play melodious tunes, a group of twelve female humans and twenty female dwarves, all clad in flimsy dancing clothes, head down the center staircase from the second floor to the stage below. They perform various well-choreographed dance routines for the next two turns, appreciated by most of the patrons and at this table and particularly by Duegar. When they finish they each approach the edge of the stage, and pull a patron up to them, who then escort them upstairs to the second floor. “Well, that looks even more interesting” Duegar comments. </p><p></p><p>Four turns later the females return for another dance routine. Chan gestures to Xhang, who heads up to the bar. As the women are ending their dance Xhang returns, handing his father a fist full of coins. Chan doles them out to the Duegar, Lannon, Mark, Mojo and Narg, saying, “This is a Ale House token. You can either keep it as a souvenir, or use it to pay for a private dance.” Duegar instantly grabs his. Mojo and Lannon casually pick theirs up. Mark eventually examines his while still leaving it on the table, and Narg totally ignores his. “When do you line up?” asks Duegar, looking at the crowd of men gathered around the stage. Chan says “Probably already too late for this time, but they’ll be three more dances tonight, so just line up later. “Too late my butt,” says Duegar, who manages to muscle and shove his way to the front, getting an upstairs escort a few rounds later. </p><p></p><p>Narg glances over at both Hiroshi and the Mings, and says “I’m involved with someone, so I’m not going to be using this. Do any of you want it?” Chung-Na Ming happily accepts it. Mojo comments to Hiroshi “I notice they didn’t give you one?” Hiroshi is surprisingly evasive, eventually saying, “No, they wouldn’t.” He notices the party still looking at him to say more. He sighs, and gesturing to the whiskey jug and says “Better hand me that, I’ve got quite a story for you.”</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Silver Moon, post: 440960, member: 8530"] [b]Chinese Take-out[/b] Chapter 11, "A night on the town," September 15, 1018, 8:00 P.M.: The group arrives at a large, auditorium sized three-story stone building, with a wooden sign picturing a mug of ale, and the name “Dwarf Ale House” written in both Dwarvish and Chinese. The wagon is secured, and the four dwarves exit the back along with their seven guests. They enter a vast building, the interior being one vast room, approximately 250 by 140 feet in size. In the very center of the room is a fifty-foot square wooden stage. There is a side wooden staircase running from the back of the stage to the second floor. Narrower stone staircases to the second floor are along the side walls. Along the side wall, running the entire 250 feet, is a bar staffed by dozens of bartenders. The remainder of the room is filled with tables of various sizes, with dozens of buxom dwarven and human waitresses moving about. As the party enters the room a well-dress dwarf calls to a waitress to “Show Clan Ming to their usual table.” The group are led to a long oval table, with sixteen chairs, situated equidistant to both the bar and stage. There are about one hundred other patrons in the establishment at this time, mostly at the bar. The group sits down; noticing that Chan and the other three Mings are somewhat better dressed than most of the other patrons. Chan says, “This is the place to come for fun. All of the other patrons are construction workers.” He goes on to explain that there are over twenty thousand workers employed in building the city wall, and since for the next half-century all construction will be along the northern wall of the city they have found long-term lodgings here in the north-central district. Construction workers each work a six-day work-week, with the day off alternating to keep the same number of workers on the job each day. That means that, on any given night, there are approximately three thousand workers who have the next day off and want to blow off steam. He adds that, “Since this is one of the more livelier establishments, you can expect between a quarter to a third of these workers to find there way here at some point this evening.” The group is brought tankards of fine dwarven ale, and the waitresses see that a new tankard is also always waiting for each person at the table. The elf and three half-elves have little to no difficulty keeping up, with one of the Mings commenting “Not bad. I was afraid that one of them would embarrass us by ordering a glass of wine.” [The comment was made by one of the players, getting in a dig at the DM for once having done that at a bachelor party.] Hiroshi also has no trouble downing multiple ales. The conversation initially centers on the party’s mission to Shosun. The Mings do not know anything about these human-animal slaves, and say that generally the only time slaves are sold in the city are when military prisoners are captured, and that hasn’t happened in several months. The party describes the castle that Oterel fought Morgarth in. Chan says that he does not know of it, but that there may be some reference to it in their records, and suggests that they stop by the city's Ming Estate some time the next day. “But please, not in the morning,” Chan’s son Xhang Ming interjects. By now around 300 patrons are in the bar, mostly dwarven, but several human as well. By mid-evening the building is packed. Chan gestures to the Ale, and declares that “That’s about enough of drinking water, let’s get some real drinks.” He has glasses and two huge jugs of dwarven whiskey brought over, which are then poured for everyone. Mark is the first to decide to stop matching drinks after three rounds of these. The others all continue until both of the jugs are empty after six rounds. At that point Chan declares that “Well, I guess you’ve proven you’re all man enough to drink with dwarves,” he then glances to Serita, and says, “No offense meant.” “None taken,” she says, still noticing that she is the only female patron in the place. She adds “But on the subject of gender, is there a ladies room?” A waitress is called over, who escorts her to the facility used by the woman employees. While there, Serita casts a “Neutralize Poison” on herself, and then returns to the table (and is ridiculed by the other players for cheating.) . Upon returning she says “Well, I feel better now.” She then gestures to the whiskey, and says to Chan “Is that all? I was just getting started.” The incredulous dwarf orders another jug, and begins a “duel” of drinks with Serita, the others just looking on. After four more drinks Chan is beginning to slur his words. Hiroshi gives Serita a “please stop now before you embarrass our host” gesture, which she is astute enough to recognize, and tells Chan “That was good. Let’s save the rest for later.” During this drinking duel a crowd of nearly one-hundred construction workers has gathered around to watch, and appear very impressed by the young half-elvan lady. The party now hears music, a band of eight musicians having set up on stage. As they being to play melodious tunes, a group of twelve female humans and twenty female dwarves, all clad in flimsy dancing clothes, head down the center staircase from the second floor to the stage below. They perform various well-choreographed dance routines for the next two turns, appreciated by most of the patrons and at this table and particularly by Duegar. When they finish they each approach the edge of the stage, and pull a patron up to them, who then escort them upstairs to the second floor. “Well, that looks even more interesting” Duegar comments. Four turns later the females return for another dance routine. Chan gestures to Xhang, who heads up to the bar. As the women are ending their dance Xhang returns, handing his father a fist full of coins. Chan doles them out to the Duegar, Lannon, Mark, Mojo and Narg, saying, “This is a Ale House token. You can either keep it as a souvenir, or use it to pay for a private dance.” Duegar instantly grabs his. Mojo and Lannon casually pick theirs up. Mark eventually examines his while still leaving it on the table, and Narg totally ignores his. “When do you line up?” asks Duegar, looking at the crowd of men gathered around the stage. Chan says “Probably already too late for this time, but they’ll be three more dances tonight, so just line up later. “Too late my butt,” says Duegar, who manages to muscle and shove his way to the front, getting an upstairs escort a few rounds later. Narg glances over at both Hiroshi and the Mings, and says “I’m involved with someone, so I’m not going to be using this. Do any of you want it?” Chung-Na Ming happily accepts it. Mojo comments to Hiroshi “I notice they didn’t give you one?” Hiroshi is surprisingly evasive, eventually saying, “No, they wouldn’t.” He notices the party still looking at him to say more. He sighs, and gesturing to the whiskey jug and says “Better hand me that, I’ve got quite a story for you.” [/QUOTE]
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