What's a hotel stay between padawans?

[Varindar Asyt]

"It's just that we were swimming in public areas with a large number of patrons. I'm not afraid to show my body for what it really is, when I know other guests do that exact same thing at the beach or at the pool. Also I'll be honest: some of the more marginal swimmers I competed against seemed to be drawn to the sport because of the opportunities for exhibitionism it provides. I just want to go to sleep for now" she responded to [member="Tanaski Yumi"] while yawning, ready to fall into the queen bed, assuming that the Yoshinaka's queen bed is the same as those in the other rooms.

Perhaps she would want to show a different amount of skin if she was... less talented, and if she had a wardrobe with a one-piece swimsuit. Or even just with a one-piece swimsuit, such as one of those kneeskins she placed an order for. The magenta one with gold trim. They came in different colors, trim colors and sizes: one could choose from eight different colors, such as black, lilac, teal, cobalt blue, purple, mint, lava pink, and royal blue, and three trim colors: black, silver and gold (black trim being unavailable on the black suit). Males often went for jammers instead. Sometimes talent can breed pride, vanity, vainglory and other related stuff in the area you have proven yourself in, she thought, while realizing that the exhibitionists usually approached meets mostly as if participation was enough, although the more talented of the gang preferred prelims/finals (or pyramidal) meets to timed-finals meets. She now lied flat on the queen bed, just waiting for her time to sleep, hoping to get a better sleep than she had under the Ta'jars.

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

It was nice to know Asyt had not shame in her body, made Tanasuki not feel guilty for the constant stares he had shot in the woman's direction during their . "Well I guess that makes sense, most people at some point have been seen half naked at beaches and pools themselves, you seen quite use to that prospect as well", again referring back to the beach party they had not too long ago, come to think of it they should organize another one. "Oh, swimmers with exhibitionist fetish, yes there are going to be people like that, often forget that woman also have their own kinks and other things, kind of get surprised by how large that number is". Sure most did not show it but at the end of the day everyone had some sort of 'thing' they liked along with the just in general infatuation and that desirable lust that made one do 'stuff'. "Well anyways, have a good night Asyt, be seeing you in the morning", he replied to the woman as they parted ways into the separate bed room.

How was such a thing when it came to [member="Varindar Asyt"]? he probably would not know, privacy was to be respected no matter how close two people where, but that was not really a thought to be running in her mind right now. Plan for now, brush teeth and get an early night, sleep off the delicious meal he had earlier, wanting to be up and at em for another enjoyable day of fun and learning. Walking to his room the young Jin stripped off her casual clothing, donning some loose fitting pajama pants and shirt, flopping onto the king size main bed, stretching his arms out with a wide yawn, resting his head against the comfy pillow, slowly drifting off into a peaceful slumber and land of dreams

 

[Varindar Asyt]

As much as she would like to think of the guest that wagered on her in a 200m backstroke race as an exhibitionist, she couldn't know for sure. In fact, she'd rather not know about it. While she fell back into her bed, after changing to a clothing set more appropriate to sleeping, she could feel her blood circulation slowing down and, with it, her heartbeat, until she enters deep sleep, with [member="Tanaski Yumi"] on the bed next to her. And so Varindar started dreaming about those so-called long-course races (the hotel's pool hosted short-course races by virtue of its 25m pool length), and racing on those planets that actually held hippodrome swimming races on long course, 50m pools­; there was none on Trandosha that actually had the level of racing activity the hotel had in its heyday as a racing venue, in fact, there were none at all. So Elianne and Varindar may well have been Trandosha's biggest stars in the pool, the Forak metropolitan area was perhaps the only place on the planet where swimming had any traction whatsoever. In fact, she may as well be dreaming of one race in a long course pool, and hence away from Trandosha, against Elianne. The next morning, when she awakens...

"What about some room service for breakfast? It might be slower than the restaurant, but this is one area I would love to experience, and the restaurant, may, in fact, be full at this time. As for the jacuzzi, it might be best to wait until after the next swim"

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

Tanasuki's sleep was a nice somber one, having a few strange dreams here and there, one about home back on Atrisa, the whole family together, also some green haired girl coming along saying something about being his long lost sister. Others where about flying with no wings, ordering a company executive to do the chicken dance, yes it was a strange but fun nightly dream sequence, in the end it leading to a dream about having another party at the beach, but this time more people allowed to join in on the fun. Slowly though the young Jin stirred from his bed slowly awaking to see [member="Varindar Asyt"] raising out of her own dressed in a nice fitting sleeping dress. Once again letting out a peaceful yawn the Padawan stood up, giving a small morning wave to the hotel owner.

"Morning Asyt, sleep well, hmmm breakfast sounds fun, and I would like to try out this room service they have going, I think it is well worth the wait, give time to change and plan for the day". "So what is on the breakfast menu anyways, must be as good as the dinner one I'm guessing dinner, and yes the hot tub can wait until after our swim, but tell me, are there many other activities to do around here"?

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Pancakes, muffins, hash-browns, waffles, griddles, fruit, omelettes, bread, local equitable-trade caf, the works. As for what's to do around here, if you're one for hunting, wildlife photo-safari or other forms of eco-tourism I suppose... the main vacation packages on offer here relate to these kinds of things. I just have to check the mailbox before we eat for items that are specific to me"

What makes him call me by my last name? she thought, while realizing that the breakfast menu is laden with about twenty-five items on the menu, notwithstanding the caf menu, but only one variety of bread, which changes every day. Hence bread du jour as an item omelettes, pancakes and also sausage-based meals come with. Yet the caf menu has eight different items: cappucino, latté, espresso, regular caf, times two because all of those items come with the choice of hot or iced. Plus Bumba decided that all the caf served in the restaurant would be locally-sourced and also from equitable trade, so that the customers would have good conscience. As she reviewed the breakfast items, there were items that piqued her curiosity here, so she decided to open a line to the restaurant for room service after hearing [member="Tanaski Yumi"]'s wake-up call, which took place just after she woke up. She decided to order the Barkhesh Combo, comprising one three-egg Barkhesh omelette, comprising ham and cheese, as well as a Barkhesh waffle in lieu of the complimentary bread mini-baguette:

"Room service, how may I help you?"

"This is the Yoshinaka Suite, I would like a Barkhesh combo"

"For the caf, what will it be?"

"An iced latté"

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

"Whoa, that is quite the amount of food you have on the menu, hmmm what do get, what to get, oh but for other activates, a natural walk or hike through the jungle would be nice, let me guess that two also has a romantic option for couples, ". "I kid of course or am I, hehehe, as for hunting, might give it a try, never really done it before though, just give me a minute to skim through the menu and order".

At this point he probably should be calling the hotel owner by her first name, after she probably considered the young Jin a friend by now, but until she said other wise or Tanasuki himself enough confident enough calling [member="Varindar Asyt"] by her last name would do. That was unless he was able to slip it in during a sentence in the future. Looking back to the menu Tanasuki mused over the small slip of paper, his eye quirked up a bit at the sheer number of food items that the restaurant offered, it was quite a surprise that all of these flood stuffs where sourced through local means, more the variety of each dish and not so much the quantity. again like during their dinner last night some of the names where alien to him, with similar looking words to that pie dish. Though for today he would probably take something a little simpler, though still filling, the sausages and waffles catching the you boys eye, a combination of tasty juice grilled meat and sweat crunchy texture waffles.

"Hey Asyt, could you get me the breakfast savoir&sweet breakfast bundle, the one with sausages, fried eggs and waffles? oh and for a drink I will have a Chai Latte, with vanilla flavouring in it please"

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"Now that the order has been placed, let me check on the mailbox; I'll be right back"

The hotel's mailbox is separate from deliveries, with the mailbox being usually addressed to specific people in the hotel, and, most of the time, they are staffers. Today she isn't on front desk duty, but this time around, she is willing to check on her box in the mailbox, which was full, and contained two items, both of which are swimming-related, and one is definitely much more voluminous than the other. The hotel's subscription to the swimming magazine she brought to [member="Tanaski Yumi"] was, in fact, registered in Varindar's name on a personal basis since the magazine sometimes gave free subscriptions to the stars of the pool - and she also remembers Elianne holds such a subscription as well. It would come to no surprise to him to see a photo of me in the front page of the current issue, but I didn't imagine the delivery time for that kneeskin shipped in from Randon would be so fast, she thought, while collecting her kneeskin and the current issue of the magazine, the Swimming Digest, whose headline is "Swimming and the Underworld: The Dark Side of the Crown Nebula Hotel on Trandosha" with the hotel in the background and her picture on the foreground. And it's a two-article dossier on that case: the Ta'jar Blood Gang, its involvement and how they used swimming races to launder money in the first, also describing the swimming fan dynamics on Trandosha and how the hotel's seizure will affect the future of Trandoshan swimming, and the article on Varindar after that, titled The Cinderella Tale of a Swimmer Turned Hotelier. Judging by how long it usually took room service to deliver at peak periods, she could return to the Yoshinaka and still hope to read at least part of the second article before room service comes.

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

"Wait you didn't answer my question about the jungle walk.... ah she's left, perhaps there is a pamphlet about it somewhere, nah I'll just wait, she would probably be able to explain it better anyways".

Giving a light shrug Tanasuki started to more thoroughly look around the suite while waiting for [member="Varindar Asyt"] to return, it was interesting to have the beds side by side, once again being the first time, he has shared a room with anther women besides family. The decoration was true to traditional themes back of Atrisa, but with a little individual local twist to it, seeming to have put a lot of stuff into the one room. At the same time still having plenty of space, almost to the point of having individual rooms, just with no wall to separate between them.

"You know, probably enough room to do some morning exercises, gotta stay in shape even while on vacation, after all if mother was here she'd be forcing me to do it either way".

Positioning himself on the floor hands facing down, supporting his body the Padawan went to work doing push up, not using the force to in this regard, hoping to push his natural strength and stamina to the limits. Who know's, it may work into making him a better swimmer. The boy starting his routine, with the goal to only stop after the arms got to tired or Asyt came back from her mail box run, either way making the coming breakfast even more alluring. Though during his small work out questions of what may have been delivered this morning slowly seeping into his thoughts, Tanasuki's naturally curios mind at work once again.

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"I apologize for not having answered your previous question. I would love to. However, the actual jungle is a good distance away; this city is in more of a desert area because it's a safe haven from predators and still a watering hole. It might be best to jump on the same shuttle the other guests are using, but the shuttle is only available for the purposes of jungle trips after breakfast hours" she told [member="Tanaski Yumi"] before depositing the items she retrieved in the mailbox.

Tanaski would be looking at the latest issue of the magazine and the kneeskin respectively, with the magazine being on top of the kneeskin. Varindar knew that she had to try out as many of the hotel's offerings at some point, but the guest shuttle schedules were not yet started: they usually began after breakfast service peak hours. The shuttle, in fact, was a speeder limousine, and, during breakfast hours, it was used to ferry guests from and to the spaceport. In fact, it was also true during dinner hours. Just that today's mailman arrived pretty fast; the times at which it arrived, including but not limited to, couriers, were often highly variable. Varindar read through both articles about this hotel and her story as to how she became a star in the Trandoshan pool, and how she inherited management (not ownership, though) of the Crown Nebula Hotel after the Ta'jar Blood Gang. About twenty-five minutes later, the Vratix waiter knocked at the suite's door, with cloches in tow for the room service ordered for them, with Varindar's iced latté of the day tasting like dulce-de-leche.

"Room service!" the waiter announced to them.

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

Tanasuki peaked his head up after hearing the door open sitting up from her small exercise event, eyeing the box's and magazine that the hotel owner carried in her hands. "Again do not mind, I could have just waited anyways, though was a bit surprised by the whole mail thing, but I guess you going down to check it each day is a kind of and ingrained habit". "Besides if the jungle tours are that far away we can save it for later time or perhaps tomorrow, after all I am here for a few more days".

Standing up he would walk over to the dinning table as [member="Varindar Asyt"] places down the items she had brought up, the magazine that was the hot topic of conversation between the two as well as the swimming attire that he had requested, "wow that was fast". Picking up the magazine he was that Asyt herself was on the cover, the typical over the top titles used to catch one eyes on display, earning a little smile from the boy as he began to read through the article, giving a glace to the centerfold picture of Asyt on the front page, did she pose for that? It was an interesting read, offering a little more explanation to the swimming money grabbing tournaments and how she managed to become the per-say owner of the hotel after the Silver Jedi took control. If memory served him correctly his sister Sukai took part on a several military operations on the planet and binging it under control, it was kind of a nice thought, knowing his family help contribute to making the hotel as it was today. Looking through the other items he noted the difference between each of the knee-skin swim suits, the one that Asyt was to wear being rather obvious design features, would be interesting to see how they looked on one another. While rummaging through the new swim suits the room service arrived, Tana being able to smell the scene of cooked food long before the waiter even knocked on the door, the boy eagerly sitting at the table, awaiting the meal.

"Oh goodie, I've been waiting", the sweet aroma of the Chi Latte, making his mouth water a bit.

 

[Varindar Asyt]

She only ordered one kneeskin, so perhaps [member="Tanaski Yumi"] was under a hunger-induced illusion that made it so that it would look, to him, like she ordered more than one. That was faster than I expected of room service; in my experience, even in honest, legitimately-run hotels, room service is slower than the dining room, she thought, while summoning the bed trays for bedside eating using telekinesis, and the cloche-topped trays after that. By now it was clear that she was making good progress with telekinesis, and she was confident enough in her skill in that power to use it on the field and not just in and around the hotel. The hotel's breakfast room service menu never tasted so good to her, especially now that they had the client base to afford a larger menu for lunch/dinner. But as it was, she chose those items specifically because of her training regimen as a swimmer and as a Jedi. But so long as the guests were happy in the hotel, and Bumba had the actual latitude to act upon the restaurant's operations, she was happy with the hotel's operations, to the extent it was feasible with the guest capacity of a boutique, five-star hotel.

"This begs the question: is there enough room around the hotel's property to build another resto-bar that isn't a gourmet five-star one? One that is more suited to a... more accessible market? I knew this place was not simply a refuge of integrity and transparency in a jungle of scum and villainy, but I do realize that guests have different tastes in food"

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

Tanasuki had kind of thought that he would be getting a suit of his own, did he not express interest in that area? well it was not much of a big deal, his body was rather streamline already. The simple red colored swimming speedos that he had brought would do fine for today's swimming trail, more tight fitting then the trunks that he wore yesterday, which would thus make it easier to glide through the water. Sitting own on the bed he watched as [member="Varindar Asyt"] lifted up the eating trays using telekinesis, kind of reminded him when first training with Junko, refining his skill and being more precise, now day the boy could summon freezing wind, move super fast and just generally have greater access to his power. Who knew, perhaps in time he'd become a knight, though was still far behind his older sister, so such a prospect was still a ways off from now. "Oh, your getting good at that", he replied, flowing suit, barely moving his hand much to make the tray come to where he was sitting, giving a small smell the mouth water food, taking a small bite out of the sausage before turning back to Asyt.

"Hmmm I would not know, construction and planning not really my thing, but perhaps some other company my buy out some land nearby and set up a bar of sorts, like you said everyone has different tastes, would not be hard to imagine that a few people staying here may like a bar". "Though I do think perhaps a water slide and a small program pool could be added".

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"I still have some way to go before I can actually make it as a knight, such as the mind trick and other Force-powers I feel would be handy to have around the hotel"

And yet, [member="Tanaski Yumi"] acknowledged that she was making good progress in her Force-training. A resto-bar with a set of pool tables, dartboards, and all other amenities that would be appropriate for a resto-bar that would be designed to appeal to a different segment of the market was going to cost her. There was almost no room left to build another bar at this stage of the game, and she just couldn't, in good conscience, gut the inner garden for that sort of item, guest experience was important. And what would a luxury hotel, in this region, be without a garden? She knew that, for a boutique hotel, a key aspect of branding and hence of marketing it was to ensure the guest experience was, well, the ability to give said guest experience a personality, and she could not afford to destroy it unless major problems were afoot, such as frequent complaints. Hotel, hotel, oh hotel, she would need to be cautious around it. But amid all those thoughts of getting another resto-bar around the premises, she almost forgot to finish the omelette, never mind the waffle; she ate a few more bites from each course.

"I'll be honest: it has to be done without destroying the guest experience and the personality the guest experience provides the hotel. If it means it had to be across street, and be run by someone other than me, so be it"

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

"Don't sweat it, even when you do get the skill level of a knight then you have to go through trials an all, myself not quite close to that yet, so you are not the only one, just need to train more, something that is rather fun with my master".

It was nice to see [member="Varindar Asyt"] acknowledge her limitations and need to learn more, quite a lot of new Padawans going off about how they will be the best, reincarnation of the chosen one, untapped power that will make the rocket to the top of the Jedi leadership. Often enough not going anywhere and failing their trials, or worse falling to the dark side in a very silly and stupid way, but now was not the time for that. Looking down at the food Tana decided to dig in, starting with the sausages as they would be the most filling, cutting up the meaty pieces into bite sized chunks, dipping them in some sauce before eating them, trying hard to not make to much noise while eating. Another difference between Jin culture and the rest of the galaxy, themselves believe slurping and other sounds while eating shows that you like the food most saw it as rude or annoying.

"Hmmm I can see what you mean, don't want to ruin what you already have or make the place to cramped, not a lot of space to move around besides up, so someone else making a place across the street may work... unless you make a 4th level that has a bar and other facilities in in". That may also for for if guest have youngster with them, have the bar, maybe a casino like area upstairs and out of reach of underage people while not inposing on anyone's stay here

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"There are limits on what loans I can take out, and my current borrowing limit allows me to build one extra floor with it. Perhaps it's because of the previous owners' use of loans, or rather, their repayment methods, as a moneylaundering vehicle that I can't borrow as much as I would like, but I know Jedi usually don't have a problem borrowing money for commercial reasons. In fact, I know banks are usually lenient to first-time business owners"

Except that the Trials are usually not common practice around here, she thought. But she can't seriously think of taking out more loans without paying back the original ones first! A 3.5 million loan to get 23 new rooms built, and, on average 200 credits per room per night went towards repaying it, her best estimate was that it would take a year towards repaying that loan, assuming, of course, that the rates plateau and that guests still come in. Unless she wanted to borrow from more than one bank, with the understanding that no more than one loan will be taken out at any given bank. And yet, one of the more original money laundering schemes she heard about when it came to the Ta'jar Blood Gang involved taking out loans and repaying those loans via smurfing. The scheme went as follows: the Ta'jars took out a loan, typically a one-year loan, subject to a 2.5% origination fee, or a 2.25% one if the loan's principal exceeded 500,000 credits, plus a base fee of 1200 credits, and a 9% APR. But the whole scheme would fall apart if they missed one payment, and the spaceport manager on Chalacta used the economic-order-quantity model with discounts to ensure such was the case, running one of the satellite spaceports of the planet on a combination of borrowed and dirty money. As [member="Tanaski Yumi"] finished his sausages, she could finally got the omelette finished, and the waffles, too.

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

"Ah yes the problem with funds, I kind of forget that making several luxury room with all this cost quite a lot, I have a feeling just on room, like this one here probably cost a few thousand credits". "You do have a point, nothing ruins the banks trust then illegal business, though would there not be other ways to get funding for the hotel? Though that just may be me not used to monetary restraints and limits, never was short on credits growing up".

The combination of his mother's 800 year mercenary work, and fathers knowledge of history and artifacts meant that the Yumi family was rather well off, did not mean Tanasuki had lead the best life style, the young boy living like a nomad more or less. Traveling from one planet to the next withe the family, learning the fly at a very young age, never having a permanent home, well that was until the incident that had left his father missing a leg and elder sister with a face scar and darkside tainted soul. After that the family moved to Atrsia, using their wealth to purchases a rather nice mansion, himself living there for 3 years before heading out on his own little adventure, and now, was residing back on that world, but this time in the royal palace as the princess Padawan. It was a very stark contrast to [member="Varindar Asyt"] life, but Tanasuki had come close to slavery and prison many times during her pre-jedi, hired assassin days. Getting to the end of his meaty breakfast he changed to the waffles, the sweet syrup running over their patterned surface, being crunchy on the outside but soft in the middle, a delightful taste, he' have to order is again tomorrow, or perhaps try out the pancakes.

"So what plans did we have for today again? swimming, hot tub, maybe lunch at the restaurant, anything else come to mind"?

 

[Varindar Asyt]

"I have to be honest: I think I had enough to form an opinion on this place's guest experience. It was on my to-do list for work to get a night's sleep in a guestroom. I think we might have to pursue the swimming lessons some other time, I really mean it. I just can't follow through on that plan anymore: I tried my best not to overstep my professional duties. I am grateful for this opportunity, But now my shift is just beginning. I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused"

While [member="Tanaski Yumi"]'s family is fairly wealthy in its own right, and his master was also a wealthy person, Varindar's estimate was that a two-person room would cost ca. 50,000 credits to build and outfit, an executive suite would cost half again as much, and the Imperial Suite triple the base amount; assuming there would be no rate hike, and that the market would gradually absorb the extra capacity, it would probably take about eight to nine months to pay for itself, interest included. Now was the time for Varindar to wear the business formal suit, the one she is wearing to work her GM job in the hotel, which she usually treats as a normative commitment. She needs to get a grip, and face the music, and she packs the baggage, and then dresses for her job shift, but she has to let Tana know that her plan has changed. The problem is not sleeping with the guests, the guests asked for it beforehand. I had a job to do; while I'm all for flex-time, and I'd happily stay here again as a guest, I have to draw the line somewhere, she thought, while she just said a parting salutation before heading to her office.

"See you!"

 

[Tanaski Yumi]

His head perked up at the mention of getting enough information and other things, himself giving [member="Varindar Asyt"] a dismissive wave at the end of her small speech, though it was a little disappointing to hear.

"Do not worry it is fine, I have all the time in the galaxy, not going to get any old... but yer as you said the other day you where only going to stay one nigh, and the rest of the staff will need your assistance with other things, wouldn't want you to somehow lose the hotel now would I". "Again no inconvenience, you showed me a great time the other day, perhaps when you get off of work for a decent amount of time we could spend another day together, try out some new things and all".

He gave a small bow to the woman as she finished off her meal and got ready to depart, himself hanging her the new swim suit that had arrived in the male before the two parted ways, the young Jin returning to his breakfast, a joyful smile across his face.

"Well, this has bee a rather interesting trip, can't wait to some here again someday".

 

[Varindar Asyt]

I knew there were guests that will readily return here. Tana being one of them? No problem, she thought, while she returned to her office to write her anonymous guest experience report, and also taking her leave of Tanaski. And then she also spent a while preparing the documentation required of her by the bank if she was to actually get financing for the construction of the third floor of the hotel. The list of documentation required was staggering: revenue forecasts, financial statements (with the latest being given more weight), both now and from the Ta'jar era, packaged in a business plan that also included information about the customers and the market for the business; while Jedi only seemed to have trouble getting financing if they acquired a business from someone less-than-reputable, such as the Ta'jar Blood Gang, who, despite the fact that they never missed a single loan payment, in relation to their Chalacta and Trandosha legitimate businesses, in fact, the Gang's continued existence required timely loan payments, repaid their loans with dirty money, proper packaging of required information can make a difference when one was at-risk. So she did not hesitate to provide what's publically available about the SJ's balance sheet, as well as the hotel's credit report. Luckily, there was usually no early-repayment fee.