The RHP Tavern on the Board is open

@kevin-eleven said
Just a sip, and you're going to be wearing the rest!

To the tavern staff: I'll be happy to mop up afterwards.

I won't be wearing the rest from where I am sitting at the moment. 😛 🙂

You may however need a mop and be running to the washroom shortly.

-VR

@great-big-stees said
Well sir you are in luck. Today I booked her in our "fantasy lounge" for a two night show. Because she charges so much I had to OK it with our benefactor, who reminded me that I wasn't to worry about any expenses and that he trusted me completely, to get the best for his money and our patrons desires.

I'm going to tell her all of my secrets

@lemondrop said
I'm going to tell her all of my secrets

Well that won’t take long.

@lemondrop said
I'm going to tell her all of my secrets

Guys are so weak.

@suzianne said
Guys are so weak.

Some guys.

Some guys by necessity learn how to live like spies. 😉

@great-big-stees said
Well that won’t take long.

Hmm. Although I have never been to a house of physical pleasures, I seem to have learned that perhaps the greater gift in such places is the art of conversation. What some might think the few and brief secrets of a person might turn out to be precious and manifold.

@kevin-eleven said
Hmm. Although I have never been to a house of physical pleasures, I seem to have learned that perhaps the greater gift in such places is the art of conversation. What some might think the few and brief secrets of a person might turn out to be precious and manifold.

Art of conversation makes me think if geishas.

@torunn said
Art of conversation makes me think if geishas.

yes
highly educated and beautiful

stees brought in a couple of geishas awhile back
where'd they go?

@lemondrop said
stees brought in a couple of geishas awhile back
where'd they go?

They are still around and at the moment are engaged in conversation with Hideki Matsuyama about my favourite activity.

@kevin-eleven said
Hmm. Although I have never been to a house of physical pleasures, I seem to have learned that perhaps the greater gift in such places is the art of conversation. What some might think the few and brief secrets of a person might turn out to be precious and manifold.

Now when you say manifold, is that spy code for, "put the bomb in the car's engine"?

@great-big-stees said
They are still around and at the moment are engaged in conversation with Hideki Matsuyama about my favourite activity.

I am aware Mr Matsuyama may prefer talking to people who play golf. I don't, but I still would like to have his views of golf-related things. Would he agree to that?

Our next contestant/applicant for the position of breakfast chef honed his skills in the kitchens of Fuchu High-Security Prison. Entering now in his bespoke black-leather chef's coat and hat, please welcome Masanobu "Killer" Tanaka!

(and his entourage)

@kevin-eleven said
Our next contestant/applicant for the position of breakfast chef honed his skills in the kitchens of Fuchu High-Security Prison. Entering now in his bespoke black-leather chef's coat and hat, please welcome Masanobu "Killer" Tanaka!

(and his entourage)

Exciting!

"Killer" Tanaka looks out the window of the tavern, hoping that @lemondrop is okay.

During the daytime the colors are muted but natural, and this is fine. At night the contrast between the dark and the artificial is not so pleasant.

So many customers have fled, perhaps out of fear. It must have seemed strange that Tanaka caught a badly thrown and potentially injurious dart while he was also back in the kitchen.

Tanaka likes, even prefers, mundanity and ordinariness. Tradition more than novelty. Perhaps this was reflected in his "Full English Breakfast" in some unexpected way.

No insouciance intended, no sarcasm, no irony, only appreciation and respect.

Japanese starlet who smiles behind her hand: "If you say so. 😉"

Vintage astrologer of some repute: "You have somehow shown us that the ordinary is extraordinary, but in an overly modest way."

Foxy young kendo star in a classy and subtle suit and tie combo: "Thank you, Sensei. You have shown me breakfast in a new light."

Lewis: "Professor Leighton was a big fan of Original Iron Chef and now he can't be found for questioning. I almost feel as if we're being mocked. Another pint?"

Hathaway: "Thank you, but I'd better not. As for Tanaka and this tavern . . . I think in some overworld there are lines and currents . . . "

Tanaka: "But this is not where they cross. Don't worry, Hathaway Leon, I have thought the same. May you and yours and all beings throughout the Cosmos be happy, healthy, and well."