Redoubtable Downtown Space Abbey - Public Ledger

[nimelennar]

St-Patrick-Hartbrooke sends out his invites, along with an apology for the carnivorous nature of the meal; it is simply the Taaa’keeen tradition, due to their natural diet, to only serve meat and little else at their dinner affairs.

Declare Madeline Penumbra
Invite @Donald_Petersen
Invite @Wisconsin_Platt
Course 1 050£ Hors d'oeuvres: Bacon-wrapped salamander tournedos; paired with a Rosé Champagne
Course 2 025£ Soy and green lentil soup, paired with a Zinfandel
Course 3 100£ Catfish and pasta salad, served cold, paired with a Pinot Grigio
Course 4 100£ Lobster tails w/ clarified butter, paired with a Chardonnay
Course 5 200£ Charred elk steak, paired with a Syrah
Course 6 100£ Cutlets of hart, hunted from the Hartbrooke woods, paired with a Cabernet Sauvignon
Course 7 050£ Chocolate lava cakes, paired with an off-dry Riesling
Course 8 050£ Tea and krówki

[Donald_Petersen]

…and Ssskidwish just waits at the spaceport for the return of the Ambassador’s flagship. It’s weeks overdue.

[Pogo]

DECLARE Open Space, A Solar Wind, A Supernova By Which to Set My Compass

INVITE All With A Noble Spirit, or Landau, Lizzy, & H. Farnsworth

Course 1 10 Grog & Heartfelt Comradery
Course 2 10 Madeira & Bad Jokes Told Well
Course 3 10 Salt Lagoderm & Esoteric Points of Navigation
Course 4 10 Rum With Tales Twice Told
Course 5 10 Sandfish in a Hardtack Coffin & Maudlin Reflection on Times Long Gone By
Course 6 10 Plum Duff & Honest Friendship
Course 7 100 A Vintage Sillery Made Cold Dragged Between the Twin Moons & Prospects of The New Adventure

[Hadley]

A Fire the Marshall

Declare @Qaaxtzl

Menu
Course 1 25 ant aperitifs
Course 2 50 Cockroach cutlets
Course 3 100 wasp wings with wasabi
Course 4 150 dragon fly filets
Course 5 175 bbq beetles
Course 6 150 mosquito mouse

Invite @Daneel
Invite @Wisconsin_Platt

[David_Falkayn]

Declare Johann Wentworth

An evening celebrating the best Weatherby’s New Territories have to offer and those who made it possible.

5 Appreciate the Sacrifice We’ve all had to overcome so much to arrive here. Lobster claws and attenules from a certain Space Lobtser’s spawn-mates who are no longer part of the Darwinian struggle (Eighth’s contribution to the menu)

20 Cleanse the Palate: Saltspringwater, from New Territory’s Virgin Springs

30 Feel the Wind at Your Back Organic Whipweed salad from the highly sought plot 10, a breezy hilltop in the largest whipweed operation of the New Territories.

60 Taste the Terroir Organic Lagoderm sausage with fenugreek and Star Anise; all Lagoderms raised solely with New Territories sourced silage. Fenugreek and Anise provided by artisanal New Territory freeholders.

40 Exalt in Your Individuality Pure GMO edible cotton with taste and texture profile optimized to each guest’s genetic profile; 3-D printed at the table in real time with shape controlled by each guest’s mental activity.

250 Celebrate Weatherby 0-toro sandfish from the New Territories leading catch-and-release fishery; responsibly sourced from sandfish who flunked their IQ test

100 The Sweet Reward Crystallized eros fruit shot into carmelized tero hearts, accented with Beryl, all from New Territories orchards and mines.

Invite @ghoti Reginald Oblongknee’
Invite @MrMonkey Lady Jean-Rhys

Karekin looks up from his menu preparation. “Eighth, remind me again what is the Space Lizard Golden Rule”.

“Do unto others before they do unto you”

“I thought so. Thanks, Eighth”

Sue @Donald_Petersen Sssketchy lagoderm ranch

[messana]

[GM Note: Given that we’re still missing a few key submissions and given that our schedule is a bit out of sync with my own time needs, I’m going to leave turn 8 submissions open through 2300 EDT on Thu Apr 26. This will allow me to get back to having a proper weekend for computation and crafting such that results are once again being released Sunday nights and new options are available Monday evening.]

[Tom_Ratchetcrank]

Ahem.

[Pogo]

Mmmmm? Ah, Thomas! You cad, where have you been? Listen boy… Eh? Oh, yes, indeed. I see your point.

DECLARE Open Space, A Solar Wind, A Supernova By Which to Set My Compass

INVITE All With A Noble Spirit, or Mr Kariken @David_Falkayn, Elizabeth Farnsworth @Hadley, & Duchess Gummibuns @gwwar.

Dear me, off to the Leviathan to make things right with that noble moose Farnsworth…

Course 1 10 Grog & Heartfelt Comradery
Course 2 10 Madeira & Bad Jokes Told Well
Course 3 10 Salt Lagoderm & Esoteric Points of Navigation
Course 4 10 Rum With Tales Twice Told
Course 5 10 Sandfish in a Hardtack Coffin & Maudlin Reflection on Times Long Gone By
Course 6 10 Plum Duff & Honest Friendship
Course 7 100 A Vintage Sillery Made Cold Dragged Between the Twin Moons & Prospects of The New Adventure

[Old]

Damn! He’s not here either. Where would I go if I were that thing? I must put myself in the frame of mind of a creature with a half developed brain, and a distorted understanding of the world. That’s shouldn’t be too hard. Let’s see…

[Donald_Petersen]

DECLARE Melisande Copse

Course 1 30 Fried Squawmate Scale Crisps, lightly salted
Course 2 50 Autotomized Skink Tail, fresh and wriggling
Course 3 30 Parietal eye and Komodo venom soup
Course 4 70 Sauteed Jacobson’s organ, fluffed with cloacal aioli
Course 5 80 Dewclaws-on-a-Stick, dusted with powdered sugar
Course 6 400 Ice-cold bottle of “Ol’ Lizard’s Blood” root beer, poured over ice cream

INVITE Lt. Erythro Brummell (ret) @daneel and Lady Jane @penguinchris

[MrMonkey]

The setting: a secluded sandy cove on the coast of Coulibri Island, in an open-aired yet cunningly climate controlled tent complex. Waves crash hypnotically on the beach as the salt-scented breeze playfully tugs at the diners’ hair (or headwear, as the case may be).

Declare Mary Flowers

Course 1 100 “The King Biscuit Cocktail Hour” A ‘spirited’ ice-breaker featuring the unparalleled skills of noted mixologist Quentin Taphackle Bosky, a space-hamster and elbow-crooker of some renown; he also juggles.

Course 2 75 “Magical No-Duck Mushies” Faux foie gras¹ infused with
Périgord black truffles, wrapped in a shell of crushed walnut, and topped with caps of psilocybe cubensis.
1 – no ducks were harmed in the making of this appetizer.

Course 3 100 “I can’t believe it’s not sentient!” A distant and totally-not-self-aware cousin of the more well-known mega Sandfish, the Mudflipper is found only in the river deltas of the southernmost reaches of Weatherby. Each 'Flipper has been gently anesthetized (just in case) prior to being blackened and pan-seared, then served whole on a bed of whipweed pilaf.

Course 4 150 “Ruminations on Spring” A tender selection of lilies, trembling aspen shoots, and dandelions, tossed on a bed of moss with a delicate elderberry vinaigrette and a pondweed garnish. Served with an lemon cream archaebacteria² chaser that produces a mild euphoric as a byproduct of the cellulosic metabolism.
2 – genetically modified with a planned biological obsolescence to ensure non-competition with your native gut fauna, as well as synthesize a digestive enzyme that’s both effective and gentle on the stomach.

Course 5 125 “Traditional Roast Beast” Prepared according to a closely-held family recipe, the details of this savory delight brook no elaboration.

Course 6 75 “Three Friends” A multifarious collection of exotic fromages, assorted nuts, and a variety of stiff port wines, accompanied by a Bouzouki Trio from the Weatherby Academy of the Arts.

Course 7 25 “One mint, wafer-thin” This dessert is traditionally refused three times, to indicate satiety with and approval of the host’s taste and largesse, before finally being accepted by the guest (it is, after all, only wafer thin).

Course 8 125 “Surgeon’s Delight” A postprandial selection of fine brandies and cognacs, decanted into specially formulated snifters capable of trapping a generous layer of ether on top of the liquor.

Invite Duchess Gummibuns @gwwar
Invite Hieronymoose Farnsworth, III @Wisconsin_Platt

[messana]

Orders for Turn 9 will begin below

[MalevolentPixy]

Gift @Hadley: 200£ vintage reading glasses

A note reads: For hands-free editing.

Gift @Eighth 200£: Vintage copies of

and

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A note reads: Child’s reads to you, perhaps, but still, one hopes you’ll find some enjoyment. I was always partial to Mackay, myself.

Gift @Old: 45£ six dead rats, an arachnoid molt and the sheets from a room in a rent-by-the-hour hotel. (Images left to the imagination).

A note simply consisting of 4 letters: GATC.

[Eighth]

As you guessed, Sam Kean’s book was nursery reading in my “family.” Chapter 9, “The Posioner’s Corridor” was always a personal favorite. I have pleasant memories of gently rocking to sleep, my mid-brain full of thoughts of thallium…

Cathy O’neil’s book is new to me. While the techniques described seem hopelessly primitive, I am sure I can improve up them. What a wonderful “How-To” guide!

-eighth

[gwwar]

Oh my heart, Tom, my heart is just going to burst. It’s like totally time. Don’t you globbing feel it?

The whipweed farms are in trouble this season, but you don’t care about that do you, Tom? Even if we have to move out of this fabulous apartment or serve together in like a dumb war, like two badasses, I think this was just really meant to be.

You know, we match, just like beans in a can! I’ve had such a wonderful time. Haven’t you? Like at the dinner party. I mean I like totally dropped that last bean course, but you knew just how to distract the guests and they were none the wiser! Or that romp in the country side, like I mean those hot campfire beans. Oh yes, and how could I forget that unforgettable, globbing, blazing waltz, like when my heart first caught! Tom, you always know what I need most!

Tell me,you’ll say yes Tom!

Propose @Tom_Ratchetcrank

I mean, I have like such the perfect venue in mind. I had to fight off this dumb servant that said I couldn’t be there.

Venue 2

But you know, I’ve always loved the outdoors! And this would be perfect, a blossom-strewn ceremony in Brummel Park! It’s just the right season, purple and pink. Out in the open, and I have just the right idea for all the bean plates we can serve!

Money is a bit tight right now, but we gotta keep up appearances. I can move out of this place later, but I think it’s just the right move. The gossips you know they’ll just blab if I moved out of my fab apartment right before being married!

Rent Fashionable apartment

Oh and like, I got invited to all these dinners, and you know I was the third wheel at so many of these! Me! Duchess Gummibuns!!! I had to throw over a few plates, just to get them to look at me!

But after I got over it, you know I think folks are totally going to get hitched too. Maybe a gift will help give them a bit of courage to say the words.

Gift @penguinchris: 50 fine motor oil.

Like, I totally think this might be to your fancy?

Gift @mrmonkey: 50 coffee bean grinder

Like I didn’t see one of these in your kitchen yet! So useful for grinding cofee beans.

Gift @nightflyer: 50 A trashy ladies book, with a crisp bill discreetly tucked between the pages.

Like you know, I took the plunge to just write! Like you told me to at dinner. I’ve always wanted to write trashy books for ladies! I think you’ll like this one!

[daneel]

Propose Charlotte Branchwit
Venue 2 (where else?)
Gift @Donald_Petersen 50 A sterling silver serving tray, with an accompanying selection of the finest confections, for really spoiling your ambassadorial guests:

Gift @hadley 100 This elegant antique pen which befits a media baroness such as yourself:

and also my copy of this book, which I have found invaluable over the years and now pass on to you:

gift @ghoti 50 This medicinal fountain, which I’m sure you will find use for

[Hadley]

Oh dear Qaaxtzl. It is you who fills my heart. It has always been you since the our first correspondence and our lovely stroll around the park.
I don’t care that you suffer from such great constipation that you spend 1/3 of your time in the bathroom. I love you the more dearly for your maladies.
And of course the ceremony should be held in the park where we had our first stroll named now for your master. It is only fitting

Propose @Qaaxtzl
Venue 2
Gift @MrMonkey 50 Mechanical horse to help you get around weatherby when the Uber drivers go on strike (whoops did I just let the scoop for my next story slip?)

Gift @daneel 100 goblet to celebrate with your new bride

And to the one who got away. Congratulations on your marriage to the dutches. I’m sure you will make each other very happy.
Gift @Tom_Ratchetcrank
179.50 hot box

[Old]

six dead rats, an arachnoid molt and the sheets from a room in a rent-by-the-hour hotel.

[A single tear of joy rolls down Franksenketchup’s left cheek]

[sotto voce] Oh, how exquisite…

[Wisconsin_Platt]

Propose Lizzy Heliotrope
Venue 1

To a compatriot who is beak and feather above all others,

Gift @nimelennar 50 Imported Tea Chest from Ceylon Prime

Darling cousin, I know how much family means to you so, I give to you

Gift @Hadley 40 Heirloom Quilt from Great Great Grandmamoose

Jean-Rhys, always a scholar. I found these rare books in a little backwoods shop and thought you would appreciate them.

Gift @mrmonkey 100 First Editions of Edmund Wells

Wager 25 Pocket o’ Lobsters

[Hadley]

Musing to herself. —Oh wow. Old Liv @MalevolentPixy gave me the most beautiful gift. I guess he really does believe the end is near. Well I’m glad we could become friends in the end. Maybe I can convince him to buy me out of the newspaper business.

So Liv, What do you think of the report from catalufa?