Meeting Renee... And The Lounge

Posted on 09/26/2020 @ 5:25am by Renee Rooke & Jeysa Zeror
Edited on on 09/30/2020 @ 10:30am

Mission: S2E2: The Auction House
Location: The Blue Parrot- Deck 11
Timeline: Day 0 at 1100

After spending most of her first day onboard getting settled in, unpacking and exploring all the area's of the ship he had clearance to enter Jeysa decided today was the day to finally visit the place her knew job would have her being at the most; The Blue Parrot.

Heading through the doors she immediately smiled, the layout was very similar to the lounge on her last posting which was handy, already her mind was racing about what changed needed to be made. A few extra tables there, a little area for a buffet section for big parties, maybe even get them to cram an extra screen into the far wall so they could have movie nights.

She was bought back to reality by a clunking sound coming from the kitchen behind the bar. "Hello," She called out, "Who's that in the kitchen."

"Someone who just dropped a stock pot. You'd think, on a starship, they'd have shelves you can actually reach..." A redhead entered from the back. "Renee Rooke, Chef, and vertically challenged person... You're my boss, I take it?"

"Given that you're not in a fleet uniform and you're a chef, I reckon I am." Jeysa said as she headed around the bar to meet the human. "Jeysa Zeror, as of today, the manager of the blue parrot." She offered Renee her hand.

Renee shook the outstretched hand. "Pleasure--you're a lot nicer-looking than my last one..." Renee grinned at her. "So, shall we sit and talk about how you'd like to run this place? We can do it here, or in the kitchen, drinks optional."

"Have you found the stash yet?" Jeysa asked as she slipped onto one of the stools at the bar. "The good stuff?"

Renee grinned. "Sure have... Earth Scotch, Romulan and Andorian ale, Cardassian kanar, Klingon bloodwine, Telarite fe'arlq, something Bajoran, and..." She pulled out two old, dusty bottles. "Brought these myself--one each of Romulan and Vulcan port."

"Vulcan port?" Jeysa asked looking at the bottle; it certainly looked old. "Never had that before."

"Indeed... Its very special... Here." The human took out two small triangular glasses, carefully opened the bottle, and poured a bit of the liquor into each. "Slowly... Its... Strong." She passed the other woman one glass, then took up hers. Carefully taking a mouthful, she swirled it around. "Goodness, I forget how strong that is."

Jeysa took her glass, she let it breathe for a few seconds before taking a sip. "whooo, that's strong... very smooth but strong." She put the glass back down. "Remind me next time and I'll bring something up from my stash, bought a few select bottles from my bar on starbase 54 that survived my last job."

"I've heard about that place... Isn't that where one of those old captains of the last century got into a scrap with some Tholian? Pike or something?"

"Maybe, Captain Pike was a very interesting person from what little I've heard about him. Met another Trill whose symbiont had a host that said they'd met him once," Jeysa swirled her glass before taking another sip. "I doubt that though."

"Let me guess, that host happened to be Curzon dax?" Renee grinned. "Even civilians know their history--some of us, anyway... So, onto more important matters... I don't mind crew using replicators, but I do my best to provide fresh food when possible, especially for parties, diplomatic functions, etc. Synthohol's all well and good, but I don't compromise on fresh food if I can help it."

"I agree, replicated food is alright but as fresh as possible food is a nice thing to have occasionally." She swirled her drink and took another sip. "To have something where you can see and taste the effort that has been put into it rather than just push a button and it appears."

"Quite... I still need to make a tour of what we have--I heard a rumor that we've got some kind of mushroom-growing lab thing aboard, so that'll be fun... You ever had Andorian fireworm with mushroom gravy?" Renee grinned in anticipation. "Delicious, if I do say so myself."

"Can't say I have, not a fan of mushrooms, that sort of thing your speciality?" Jeysa asked.

"Well, I developed a bit of a thing for Andorian food... I'm actually an Andorian citizen, even though I'm human. Its so... Unusual, and so varied. Andorians don't get enough credit, I feel, even if they are founding members of the Federation."

"Of course, I can make human dishes, too... You ever had pecan pie? I'll see we have, or if I can find, fresh pecans and whip up some for the crew."

"I have," Jeysa replied. "didn't go well, turns out I'm mildly allergic to earth nuts. Makes my spots itch."

Renee winced. "I'm sorry. Best avoid it, then... I need to brush up on my Trill dishes anyway."

"I'd steer clear of anything with icoberries in too, quite a few Trills seem to be mildy allergic to them too." Jeysa added. "But if they know they are then they'll avoid it, doesn't stop us offering it to everyone else." She finished off what was left in her glass and slipped off the stool. "Now then I'm thinking we can probably get a few more tables in here if we rejig the current layout a little."

"Hey, you're the boss, I just cook and set out food." Renee grinned at her. "Any scuttlebutt on when our first big diplomatic reception is going to be? I need some stories to tell--never going to top the one a friend told me about the Enterprise and the Ivora... Something about being told to skip the fish course and come up with a dressing to go with krysanthimums." She laughed.

"I only got here yesterday, your guess is as good as mine. We'd probably be the last to find out anyway." Jeysa remarked as she slowly walked around the lounge sizing the room up and where she could alter things.

"Mmm, true... What help can I be? I'm just organizaing things back there,"--she errantly motioned her hand towards the galley--"and it can wait a little."

"Well...." Jeysa said looking back over at Renee. "You can give me a hand with this table."

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A post by:
Renee Rooke
Chef, USS Crazy Horse
NPC Lae'Or

Jeysa Zeror
Lounge Manager
Npc Larissa