Welcome to O/our New Home
As Y/you travel the dirt road Y/you spot some lodges in the distance, thinking it's something uninteresting, until that familiar noise beckons. As Y/you take in the sites Y/you see that Y/your along the edge of the Schendi jungle close to the Thassa and the Caelum Port, seeing the desereted Keep, cursed by the PK's, on the Mountain cliff some distance away in the Ta Thassa Mountains, the Cities of Korat and Kamras just over 100 pasangs away. As Y/you walk closer Y/you spot the fast moving stream that is running along the front of the lodge (endless supply of fresh drinking water), hearing the sounds of laughter, male voices raised in fellowship and in argument blending in with the lively notes of the czehar and the six-string kalika. The melody known only to a tavern bid Y/you welcome. As Y/you approach the main gate Y/you are greeted by the guards that protect the small community and it’s residents.
As Y/you walk under the large sign built over the gated entrance, the hand-carved sign that reads "The 3 Moons Tavern & Inn." (Formerly known as the Four Winds Tavern & Inn which I inherited after the death of my late FC Diamante since He had no Male Family Members to take it over
Two lanterns and a candle burn brightly from the windows like stars on a dark night. The lights serve as beacon to guide O/our good Friends home and to remember a girl that was taking to early in life. These lights will be kept burning day and night as a reminder of the love and friendship W/we have for these lost F/friends.
Upon entering the Tavern Y/you see a warm and inviting atmosphere, Y/your gaze travels about the naturally lit room. The worn cobble stone floor faded to a patina of grays and browns lead inwards, the vaulted ceiling rises upwards to a second level, the well worn stair case leads to the upper level where the alcoves and personal rooms for Lady Angel are located.
The majority of space is filled with an arrangement of low tables and scattered furs, some near the fire's warmth while others placed close to the shadows of the walls. As Y/your gaze moves to the left an area serving as the kitchen is noted. The long “T” shaped fire pit enclosed in stone stretches the length of a wall before reaching out into the center area of the kitchen. The flames glow visible from a distance, as the vats of paga heated and iron pots simmering with foods rest atop the grate adding to the blend of scents wafting across the tavern. The kitchen providing a variety of foods and drinks to feed the hungers and thirsts of Men, Women and kajira/kajirus who seek nothing more than a good meal, fiery paga, and perhaps a hot kajira/kajirus bath to provide them comfort and entertainment in their travels.
The kitchen is a basic one, a long wide planked wood table is center to the small space, and barrels, kegs stacked and tucked into the corners, racks line the walls with bottles of kalana, paga and other wines filling the slotted spaces craved in the racks. Sturdy wooden shelves stretch the walls above, with the serving vessels, cooking implements housed within the open shelves, all within easy access for the kajira/kajirus's grasp. The far counter in the kitchen has two large metal basins with a water pumped in right from the stream. The cold room is located on the left hand side and the dry storage located on the right side of the short hallway leading outside.
Being close to the main supply routes and knowing many Merchants, W/we want for little. A few storage sheds nearby provides the extra space needed for all the many items necessary for seeing to the proper running of a tavern along with the care and upkeep of kajira/kajirus. Buckets hanging from hooks serve as a means of waste disposal, the contents tossed out into the pens feeding the live stock if W/we can keep jaja and karah out of them.
In the center of the tavern, is a square sandpit, with a polished smooth wooden pole of some ten feet in height embedded in the center. A length of black iron chain one end hammered into the wood of the pole dangles along the lines of the wood. A set of small shackles is suspended from the end, ever ready for the securing of a kajira/kajirus to the pole. The sand, fine and pale is kept raked and picked clean and smooth by the efforts of the kajira/kajirus ever ready for the frequent dances.
