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Narvinektralonum ([personal profile] timesbureaucrat) wrote in [community profile] the_last_resort2015-01-09 10:42 pm

Open Log

Who: Narvin and OPEN
What: Narvin at work and off work (Also, Gallifreyan food is mostly terrible.)
When: Month 11, Day 14
Where: Museum Laboratory and Xyma's House Restaurant
Notes & Warnings:



The lab was different with Dr. Bishop gone. (Quieter and tidier for one thing.) But he'd been hoping to exchange notes with his colleague on the spawner technology. Now that was impossible. So he was on his own with the spawner. He'd borrowed one of the original spawners from the museum collections--an ancient relic excavated from the ruined city, not one of the new commercial spawners created by reverse engineering the old alien tech--and was carefully hooking up a Gallifreyan interface screen to a few of the spawner's diodes.

So far, people have just mimicked the technology. But Narvin wanted to know how it works, and know it well enough to start making significant alterations of his own to the tech.





Xyma’s House didn't have the homey restaurant atmosphere of F'nayalip and Joe's All Day Eats, but Narvin didn't care about homey. What Xmya's House had that brought Narvin there was an extensive menu off off-world cuisine, including Gallifreyan nutritional disks: tasteless round bites with the texture of styrofoam coated in plastic. The colourful shells made them appear almost interesting, but it was all a lie. The colours were coding to indicate what assortment of minerals and nutrients were in which disk.

It was a little taste of home, and Narvin came at least once a week. The server didn't bother to give him a menu any more, just placed the order as soon as Narvin sat down. They didn't take any preparation, so a plate of colourful disks reminiscent of oversized skittles was placed in front of him. He delicately stabbed a green one with a fork and contemplated it before sticking it in his mouth.

athousandcurses: (Calm knees)

[personal profile] athousandcurses 2015-01-17 05:01 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh..." Grainne reached up to press a finger against her chin in thought. "It sounds efficient, but I have always viewed that a good meal nourishes the soul and mind as well as the body." A light blush turned her cheeks pink. "Not that I am a very great cook..."

She glanced back to the waiter that was supposed to show her to her table. "Might I join you? Company is always pleasant during a meal."
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[personal profile] athousandcurses 2015-01-18 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
Grainne nodded in acknowledgement and sat down at the table, her waiter handing her a menu. "I have known men whose charm hid their worse traits. I prefer honesty, or at least earnest conversation." She glanced over the menu and hesitated. There were so many good things to eat here, her original idea of a good steak seemed a little mundane. "And people of few words I find refreshing."