Operation Concierge

[Varindar Asyt]

"That's a poodoo-load of items on the menu: just how big the restaurant downstairs is?" the Duro asked, struggling to keep his mind straight when looking at the menu.

"It's actually five restaurants, and it's their combined menus"

What Varindar knew was that housekeeping, even at much lower-rated properties, includes the daily replacement of used towels (some eco-sensitive one and two-star properties instead send towels to the laundry room at the same time as the linens, which, in turn, is done when the guest checks out, or weekly, whichever happens first), which are then sent to the laundry room, itself operating around the clock, so [member="Chekīta Awaud"]'s talk of bathroom towels didn't surprise her in the slightest. And yet, she knew that there were several ways to approach seafood, as the Trandoshan requested: her favorite seafood back on Trandosha was grilled salmon, but she instead desires another seafood dish this time around, lobster au gratin. Butternut squash ravioli, on the other hand, was something she knew Duro guests often requested back on Trandosha and it was part of the menu of the day when there were large numbers of Duros guests. Just before the Mando music would be blasted through the room's sound system, they finalize their order for room service.

"Keep in mind that steaks come in different cuts and donenesses. As for seafood, grilled salmon is a seafood classic for a main course, with the fish imported from Manaan. But, if lobster is more your thing, you can always have some lobster au gratin, as am I"

"Butternut squash ravioli for me" the Duro asked, while finalizing his order for room service.

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

"Not just a 5 star restaurant, but on that is on a major trade world with a booming economy, no doubt such a fine establishments access to all the good deals and food stuffs circulating around the galaxy". It made for quite the contrasting feel of the planet, most just looking at Corellia as a ship construction trade world, not a place were one could attain some of the finest food in all space at a reasonable price.. well reasonable in context. It would probably be way more expensive to fly out to wild space and to eat some of these dishes then just rent a room here and get the room service or restaurant dinners.

"But back to meat, I think I will take this the 'Garlic Grilled seasoned Steak cutlets', those sound quite delectable". She was a women who liked strong tasty food and meals. "Hmm I think I will take that Grilled Salmon you talked about, give me 3 servings of tat, I feel rather hungary and will probably need all the energy I can get tonight", he replied to the Varindar with a small chuckle. "Id make a joke about a crocodile but I don't want to be offensive, but I think that would wrap up all our food orders, though maybe add some chicken fingers to that just for a little snack if anyone gets a little bit peckish later".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Let's say that my last swimming coach on Dathomir, and also briefly at the old hotel on Trandosha before someone else bought him, not only used to coach the swimming team of a cooking school on Barkhesh, but also had the whole team learn to cook. Like me, that coach was taken up as a slave by the Ta'jar Blood Gang at the time"

I must be the finest gourmet chef on Trandosha by now... here's my chance to make it big as a chef because, let's face it, Trandosha just isn't a place for gourmet dining. Although I may be wondering where he is now, and whether he has been freed or he is still a slave, Varindar thought, while realizing that one of [member="Chekīta Awaud"]'s stomping grounds, Alderaan, was perhaps a destination more fitting for people who sought out five-star restaurants of a variety of cuisines. In fact, a past swimmer that attended that Barkhesh cooking school under his watch is now a head chef at a five-star restaurant on Alderaan. Yet, ordering three courses of the same thing would have meant the dish size was not adapted to Trandoshans: they formed the bulk of those who complained about overpriced serving prices back at Bumba's Eatery. Varindar and the others will likely be waiting about half an hour for food since she knew that was a typical lead time for room service, even with five separate kitchens to choose from. She started to look for music to stream in the meantime... and get dancing if possible.

"We have half an hour before the food arrives. So let's just blast the music. Any special musical requests?"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

"Woo a sexy swimmer and a good cook, I think any man would have it made to land a girl like you, I am surprised that you are still single, I know your Silver Jedi Order is very female heavy, but I would suspect that at least one guy would have eyes for you". Considering the fact she seemed to get away from the Wookie home world and run her own little hotel one would think Varindar got to meet quite a lot of men on a regular basis. Or was she the type that just did not have time for relationship? Ahh those were personal matter, but Chekita did wish her luck in finding someone to be happy with in the near future.

All the talk about swimming didn't go unnoticed to her Trando partner, the lizard man cocking his head to the side slightly. "I wouldn't mind seeing either of you in a swim suit on a nice warm beach". "Now now don't count your chickens before they hatch, a beach may be a little much at this time, but a pool wouldn't be a bad idea, this place has one right"? Well it wouldn't be a 5 star hotel if it didn't, even the crummiest places had some sort of public bathing place to relax in on a hot day, and Corellia wasn't hurting for water. "That can be a morning activitity, but for now yes lets put on some music, I feel like high tempo rock, something blood pumping and fun".
[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

Yes, it was true the Order's public faces were mostly females. However, for each Silver in the limelight, there were others toiling in the background, obscurity even, some of them being happy living away from the public eye, while others just yearn for an opportunity to get their 15 minutes of fame, or however short it may actually be, especially since the news cycle is very short these days. Now came the time to blast the music. High-tempo rock? All she ever heard guests mentioning it were that there were several varieties that could fall under that musical umbrella: punk-rock, metal (and their sub-varieties, heavy and death, the last one being a Sith favorite). Then again, [member="Chekīta Awaud"] was blasting the latest in high-tempo rock from Mando-land... so all four people in the room began dancing to the tune of that tune and the resulting dancing tempo was, in fact, very fast. All four would be dancing as fast as the music allowed for it, just that Varindar crossed her fingers that there would be the right selection of tunes to last for half an hour. And that they wouldn't miss the call for room service.

"Now, that's what I call dancing!"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

She waited with anticipation as Varindar selected the music for the next few minutes, her face being blasted by sound waves as the speakers came to life. The music flowing from the massive audio set up was unknown to her but the feel and rythme was just the thing Chekita was expecting, the hotel girl never seemed to disappoint. Which in retrospect made sense, she was a hotel owner, probably had a heap of experience in pleasing customers in varying ways, kind of a good thing she stayed around for this night out. "I'll have to remember the name of this song once we are done, it's quite thee catchy thing I have to admit", she yelled at the other women over the music, dancing in a way to get closer to her. "Going to work up quite the apatite with all this movement".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Room service!" the waiter outside of the room announced, amid loud music being blasted. "ROOM SERVICE!" that same waiter shouted a few seconds later. "THREE GRILLED SALMON SERVINGS IN ONE CLOCHE!"

In the 30 minutes it took for the room service cloches to arrive, the four people in the bedroom [member="Chekīta Awaud"] danced as if there was no tomorrow. Sure, to Varindar, it may not be as stimulating to her body as a swim may have been, but the swim will come after breakfast tomorrow, and more precisely about half an hour after the breakfast ended, which was a necessary precaution when high-intensity exercise regimen were in place. Luckily the tune being played at the end of those 30 minutes was nearing the end. Varindar knew that room service had to arrive at some point. But there was a lag between the time the waiter first called for room service and the end of the tune. Yes, Chekita was curious about what's on the playlist, and who played its contents, and for good reason. Just that she had to open up the room's door when the waiter was knocking on it, revealing a cart with four cloches, but one of them was much larger than the other three, presumably the one that contained the grilled salmon ordered by the Trandoshan guest, that swiftly came to the door to see if it matched the order.

"Please forgive me, the other guests in that room were blasting loud, high-tempo music. I would like to know if there are butternut squash ravioli, lobster au gratin or garlic grilled seasoned cutlets" Varindar apologized, while inspecting the contents underneath all four cloches.

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

Time sure flew when having fun, 30 minutes seemed to have flow by faster then a swoop bike at full speed. Though ture most of those present didn't hear the waiter as they arrived at the door, but the Trandosian sure as hell smelt the delectable meals that awaited just outside, having stop his dancing earlier then the rest, waiting for one of the room owner to end the disco and open the door. As the music started to wind down Chekita quickly dashed over to the set up, turning the pausing it for the time being while Varindar collected the food. "Hee, guess we were going a bit to loud, I hope the neighbors are not to bothered by all the blaring tracks, or are the walls sound prof"? This was the disco room, surely the hotel owners would expect the occupants to use it as such. "Well dinner smells and looks great, lets us eat till our hearts are content".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"For some reason, I received no response from the guests"

"Probably for the better: maybe the guests have their own noise sources in use" the Duro guest commented.

"Maybe I ought to eat the lobster au gratin"

Varindar ate butternut squash ravioli maybe once or twice, but it was way before she even ran a hotel, much less owned it, nor cooked at five-star restaurants. Now that the Trandoshan started digging in the three servings of salmon, and the same with the Duro's ravioli, Varindar saw fit to whip out the three-candle chandelier, place it at the middle of the table where all four of them sat to eat their respective meals, and have all three candles lit using pyrokinesis. In fact, that swimmer that became an executive chef on Alderaan was one of my early teammates at the hotel, and was set free after he went all-in in wagering on his own performance in a race, she thought, while the lobster au gratin caused that memory to resurface, probably because said ex-teammate was more of a seafood cook than she herself was. It was the best lobster au gratin she ate - well, perhaps the only such thing she ate in her life. Too good to be true, while the vegetarian Duro seemed to delight in the butternut ravioli. He'd probably have some apple risotto tomorrow morning or some such thing.

"Seafood... I have health problems preventing me from eating it, and same goes with meat, too" the Duro answered, while digging in the ravioli.

"I knew such illnesses were typically, in humans, associated with the elderly and weren't contagious by any stretch, but how could you suffer from such a thing?"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

"Down to chow dinner is up". With a small sweat from the dancing and it being more or less dinner time Chekita was more then hungry enough to get underway with the meal. As she sat down though the site of Varindar getting some natural candles out did raise a small eye brow, certainly a new take on a disco dinner. Chekita stopped cutting her steak for a moment watching the small flame show put on by the hotel owner as she prepared the chandler for the coming food consumption.

"You should have told me about the magic show, I'd have made a holo tape of it, always funny to see force users and their powers in a less combat orientated role". Chekita knew is she were to have a connection to the force such a power would be used in most everyday activities, from moving heavy objects at military bases to more private stuff, like what was happening now.

"Hmm, allergies of something like lactose intolerant"? Except it seemed to be related to mean not dairy projects. "Not being able to eat meat, don't think I'd last 2 days like that". Something one would expect from a Trando, Chekita was certain their race was strictly meat eaters, would be quite the torture to have such a medical condition and be apart of their race. "Is it something that your species has specifically? or is it just genetic? never really been that knowledgeable on why these certain medical condition exist in the first place".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Lactose intolerance would simply mean no dairy, and not no meat. Typically the sort of diseases that force people to go vegan, Duros, humans or other species with similar biochemistries, are digestive tract diseases. As Varindar said, they are typically old-age diseases, such as Crohn disease, and so on, so forth"

"What relationship do you have to medicine?" Varindar asked the Duro.

Was the Duro a medical student? If so, at what stage? Rotations? Residency? Or was he a medical practitioner? He definitely seemed to know about internal medicine... meanwhile, Varindar knew that Trandoshans like the date [member="Chekīta Awaud"] brought in tow were much heavier on meat in their diets and a disease that caused them to become unable to eat meat was very crippling to them. As she dug into the lobster au gratin, however, she couldn't help but watch the Trandoshan eat the salmon as if he was going, at dawn, to hunt a very dangerous target. A very large beast or a ruthless Sith Lord. That Duro guest is not at all like this Polydroxol guest I had this one time: the Polydroxol was completely ignorant of health advisories and slept at the table while eating the three-course table d'hôte, however, it was because carbon-based food acted like sleep pills to them, Varindar thought, before she even commented on the magic show. She knew that most Force-users were reluctant at best to use the Force outside of battle or adventure, but then again... perhaps their training pushed them in that direction.

"Let's say that I had the opportunity to use pyro/cryo in the kitchen on a regular basis"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

Chekita gave a light shrug to the conversation happening, he was kind of interested but at the same time was not really bothered to have a lengthy conversation about food eating problems. Ture it was somewhat related to the current situation but at the same time it didn't seem like the most appropriate thing to talk bout while eating. "Well it is nice that you two are getting along with your medical talk, quite the strange conversation to have over some dinner, but I wonder, isn't there some medical procedure that could fix that"?

She knew that at a young age a person could have their genealogy altered to prevent them from catching certain illnesses and prevent disabilities, would it not stand to reason that such technology could be used to cure the problem Varindars date had? Again she was not entirely sure, that side of medical practices was well beyond her understanding. "Hey at the very least you can eats sweets right ey", the Trandoain spoke up, making a small joke about the matter.

"At least you don't have to go full vegan, you can eat other products from animals right, also I guess there are plenty of other foods you can eat that taste just as good". The potato being a major player in vegan diets, it was quite the versatile food, could do all sorts of things with them, along with rice and other grains that made up the basis of a stable diet.

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"I apologize for any inconvenience my date has caused" she apologized to [member="Chekīta Awaud"], realizing how uncomfortable she was when the Duro started talking about his health problem.

"Perhaps a different style of music would be appropriate for later. As for my relationship to medicine, it makes me uncomfortable to talk about it at this point"

Mando heavy metal was fine and dandy, just that the Duro would rather listen to a different music style for eating. To him, and to Varindar as well, there were certain music styles that were appropriate for different occasions. Jizz was appropriate for eating, and also the same held of more mellow musical styles. Just not too loud. Booze, on the other hand, was a little more complex to handle. But perhaps some booze would be well-appreciated by the people living in the room. However, she'd rather not drink the stuff in the minibar, which she knew was, well, not necessarily there for eating with full-on meals from room service, but for those guests that would eat on the spot while they are busy doing something in their rooms between meals. Then again, before Varindar gets some booze downstairs in the liquor boutique, she may be tempted to ask whether they would actually want some. She did so with the understanding that sommellerie was typically more of a restaurant thing, but that some demanding guests would rather have it for room service also, so she must be ready to open any booze container herself.

"Maybe some booze will help you sleep?"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

She gave a dismissive way to Varindar, "No no it is fine just a little confused that he chose to talk about this now, dinner time is a chance to talk about what you like to eat not what you can't and medical problems". Thankfully that had decided to move on from that talking point, herself getting back to the succulent steak which sat in front of her. The mention of a change of music got her attention once again Chekita thinking through what style would be nice, "something soft many, what the words they use for it? Low energy? relaxing something along those lines". Though she loved the high tempo and loud types of music frock hard rock, heavy metal and even goth punk some nice clam music was always welcome, a good chance to unwind before things got wild again.

Speaking of getting wild, "oh right the booze, can't have a nice meal without some drink, that was the reason I invited you, whatcha want big guy"? The trando looked towards the Mando, sucking up a piece of fish before replying, "some type of grog, maybe some of that Novanian grog". The request was worth a whistle, that sort of stuff was expensive, but if anyplace was to have it a 5 star hotel on a core trade would would, Chekita quickly making her way over to the mini bar. "I will get myself some scotch, what about you Vary and your own fella"?

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Scotch? May as well buy a half-bottle to share between the four of us. It will be less expensive if I go downstairs for this"

As for soft music, there was a wide variety of that stuff in the room's sound system, and eating was a good time as any to unwind from the last music being blasted all over the place. And not having to take into account the possibility of the guests in the neighboring rooms to be complaining about the noise level. [member="Chekīta Awaud"] would rather not disturb the guests next door that much if that was at all possible. Varindar knew that drinks were often important to meals, and, while they charge the same price in room service as for both meals and drink, the drink markup was a lot higher than on the food. She knew sommellerie was not as expensive as the processes involved in gourmet cooking, so that's why she went downstairs for buying the scotch. Which was pretty quick since there was a self-service register, with the lone staff member operating the liquor shop downstairs, from which she bought the scotch, being a sommelier. After a trip through the hotel's turbolifts, she returned to the room, expecting the other three to be much further along their meals than she was...

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

Chekita gave a small wave to Vardinar as she left to get some of the bulk load, didn't make a lot of sense since she was certain most of this stuff in the mini bar was paid for. Still if it meant saving some of the better stuff in the room for later days it was worth in, keep the best until last, or how ever the saying went. Still her Trando date wanted to have some of the good stuff for himself, Chekita pouring a glass, handing back to the bounty hunter while waiting for Ms Jedi to get back. "Perhaps we should have asked for drinks when ordering, but not doubt room service would be able to bring it to the room if we asked, not sure it was necessary for Vary to travel all the way to the kitchen". Even while waiting for the liqueur to get back Chekita did not let her meal go cold, continuing to dig into the succulent and well done steak, only lifting her eyes from the plat when the door opened once again. "Oh goodie, alcohol is here, quick fill me up a glass, my buzz from the cantina is starting to wear off".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

The only reason why Varindar even went downstairs for scotch is because the minibar did not contain booze stronger than the lum one could get from local breweries, since the previous hotel management deemed safer to allow kids access to lum than to access even Tarul wine, to say nothing of scotch. Of course, when she returned to the other three, including [member="Chekīta Awaud"], she knew she fell behind in eating her lobster au gratin. But since they were seeking to recover the buzz level they enjoyed at the bar, there was no point in adding rocks of ice in their scotch glasses once the scotch was poured into the spirits glasses. She resumed eating her lukewarm lobster au gratin, while listening to some of the soft music the Duro added to the playlist, to be played until the meal ends. Plus they must have realized that, although they could order anything from room service, there was no table d'hôte available through it. Which meant that the room service waiters never delivered more than one course at a time to clients. Now that she had the opportunity to explain herself...

"It's just that the previous administration didn't see fit to allow guests with kids in tow to access stronger booze than lum through the minibar. With the amount of stuff that needs reviewing, and the most important of them being housekeeping, adjusting the minibar contents will be kept for later"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

"Really kids and booze? that is the reason? I guess that could make sense but I mean, a room like this meant for parties and late night activities doesn't seem like a place that kids would wind up in". Unless they were her kids, she'd let them rock out to the break or dawn in such a room, followed by morning exercises and training. Still not like she could change it, force know how many idiots would try and sue this place if there was even one little bitty detail out of wack that could cause people harm. So the logic behind it was sounds, even if Chekita thought it was kind of stupid, the age of law suit battle between idiotic customers and a business just trying to get by. "Well enough chit chat cheers", grasping the bottle Varindar brought up she quickly poured herself a drink, raising the glass in a toast like manner before taking a rather big sip. "Yeap that is the good stuff", to bad she had more or less finished her meal, would have gone wonderfully with the meat.

[member="Varindar Asyt"]

 

[Varindar Asyt]

If there was one thing she knew would be different, it was that civil lawsuits were much more common on Corellia than on Trandosha, and criminal cases have priority over civil cases on court dockets virtually everywhere. She was lucky that there were no legal actions taken against her first property, but hopefully she can keep the old general counsel unless circumstances would warrant otherwise. That's why the previous administration even have a lawyer they call a general counsel. But enough of the legal portion of what the change in ownership entails, Varindar thought, while getting her lobster dish finished. Now that [member="Chekīta Awaud"] drank that stuff, that scotch she asked for, Varindar poured a small glass of that stuff for herself, too. And not just because the buzz from the first three servings of alcohol was steadily wearing off. Now, it was time for the Duro and the Trandoshan to resume dancing, but to different music. She could sense that the Duro was perhaps interested in listening to a different type of music because that was the point of an alcohol-sourced buzz to him.

"Let's blast different music! Trandoshan tribal music"

 

[Chekīta Kaie]

Chekita patted her belly after polishing off all the remaining food on her plate, her trando date down to their last plate of salmon and not seeming to show any signs of slowing down. It was always an interesting sight, to see how much food someone to a different species was considered a standard meal, perhaps he would be asking for seconds at the end of the night. "Hmm tribal music? what sort of rhythm that that have"? She probably shouldn't have judged by anytime the word 'tribal' was used to describe something Chekita always got the classic cave man barbarian vibe from it. "Also would a place like this really cater to such a crowd? no offense or anything", she said making motion to her date for the night. "Or will this be something from the holo net you will need to down load? either way you have certainly got me interested".

[member="Varindar Asyt"]