Taste Testers Wanted

[seemstressed]

Name: un: taru
Date: 05/14
Format: video

Hullo again! I hope everyone is well!

<sub>[Yes that's right Aefenglom...your favourite Lalafellian entrepreneur is back and has clearly been...busy? She seems to be in her kitchen, a set of distilling equipment behind her, various metal and glass containers connected with piping and tubing to create an apparatus that's purpose soon becomes clear. The confident little lady is proud of herself as she stands on a chair in all her three feet of glory, large glass bottles grasped in each hand. The one on the left sports a liquid with a light blue hue to it and what seems to be golden flecks that shimmer as they float about. The other bottle though holds a liquid that looks like a rosé in color, seemingly innocent enough, until one notices the small but very apparent wormlike larvae whose bio-luminescent skin gives off a faint green glow.

She gives each of the bottles a shake, the flakes and larvae floating about respectively.]</sub>

I've been attempting to recreate a few of the most popular spirits one can find in Ul'dah and I've almost managed to get the recipe juuust right! Of course it isn't perfect, as ingredients here are a bit different to what's available in Eorzea...but so far I'm happy with the result! The blue one here is said to make the drinker see stars if they have too much of it and this one _{[Yeah, the worm one...]} well they say if you can down a whole bottle you'll be strong enough to take down a rampaging goobbue with your bare fists!

_{[She sets the two bottles down on the table so she can talk with her hands, as one does.]}

While these spirits suit my own palette just fine, I wanted to survey how other Mirrorbound might find them, so I'm looking for willing taste testers, if you will! The more the merrier. If you like what you taste I'll give you a bottle of it to take with you. If you don't, then I'll buy you a drink of your choosing.

_{[What's there to lose, right?]}

And speaking of brews...does anyone have a particular favourite drink from where they hail from? If so, what is it? I'd love to hear about it, alcoholic or otherwise!

<sub>[For science, naturally.]

((ooc: 4th wallers welcome!))</sub>

Comments

video! un: rosewiththorns

[poisontippedcure]

[The bug in the second one should probably deter Rose, but it doesn't. She's never been one to say 'no' to a friendly night of drinking, nor has she been known to say no to free alcohol.]

[Also, she's helping a friend.]

If it's for a good cause, far be it for me to say no.

[Translation: Please give her free booze.]

[seemstressed]

Ah, Rose. Just the lady I was hoping would volunteer.

It's for a very good cause.

_{[Read: filling her purse with coin.]}

[poisontippedcure]

[If Tataru isn’t gonna judge her for asking for free booze, she isn’t going to judge Tataru for doing this to fatten her purse.]

Just let me know where to meet you, and what, if anything, I need to bring.

[seemstressed]

Will do, and all you'd need is to bring yourself. Have you a preference?

[poisontippedcure]

[A preference, hm?]

I’ll start with whichever is stronger.

[seemstressed]

That would be the one with the larvae.

[poisontippedcure]

Then, that’s what I’ll go with.

Where should I meet you?

[seemstressed]

My home, Rose! You're welcome to stop by whenever's convenient!

—-> action

[poisontippedcure]

[Sure enough, Rose doesn’t waste any time. It’s barely two bells before there’s a knock at Tataru’s front door. Rose is on the other side, a bottle of wine in hand.]

It felt wrong to come by without a gift of my own.

[seemstressed]

_{[Ah, Rose. Has she told you how fond she is of you? Because she is. Who doesn't like free wine? Not Tataru.]}

Come in, come in! Oh, and thank you!

_{[In she ushers the other woman, right toward her kitchen where the whole production seems to be set up.]}

Which would you like to try first?

[poisontippedcure]

[Rose doesn't have to know Tataru to know that free wine is always welcome. Of course, knowing her doesn't hurt.]

[Rose follows Tataru in, smiling.]

Whichever you prefer, honestly. Admittedly, last time I was in Ul'dah, I didn't have much time to taste their finer liquers.

[Which is a really crafty way of saying 'whichever is stronger.']

[seemstressed]

_{[The bottle is set aside on a rack in the kitchen with other bottles she seems to have collected since her stay before she turns back to Rose.]}

Well, I do prefer the one with the larvae. You don't have to eat it. It's just there to add flavour, that's all.