Lux Opening [OPEN]

[apostatises]

Who: YOU. This is an OPEN log, heck yeah.
What: Lux's Grand Opening
When: Day 69, all night
Where: Lux, in the Baldr District
Rating: PG-13 to be safe—If the rating goes up in a thread, please let me know!

Welcome to Lux —

It's been under construction for about a month, and anyone in the Baldr district (or who just liked to wander) surely would have noticed the bar's construction. It was only a few days ago that the sign was finally put up—Lux.

Maybe you saw the owner's post on the network and decided to come see. Or maybe you were just walking past and was curious about the crowd of people who had gathered. Regardless, you'll be welcomed into a ritzy bar and lounge. There are some locals mingling about, and jazz is drifting through the air, since the owner is currently playing.

Should you decide to stay, you'll find that the drinks and food are very generously half price for grand opening. Or, if that's not to your taste, then surely the music and crowd will make up for it.

Welcome to Lux, the bar owned by the Devil himself.

quick jump to threads

outside lux ☄ around the bar ☄ general mingling ☄ by the stage ☄ speak with the owner

Comments

[corks]

Yes, it does have volcanic activity, though that stopped a long time ago- it's rather dormant now. [He nods amiably, her happiness infectious.] It moves because, well, it's not like any other island. It's special.

And of course there is a library in Asgard, with much more than three books. If it only had three books, I don't think it would be called a library at all.

[glistens]

Oh I had a library with - with three books. I can't believe there are — How many are there? Do you think I'd be allowed to visit? Would...I be able to read the books too? All of them? What are they about? Maybe I could find another culinary one... Oh and - what makes your island special? If they have books on other worlds could I read about that?

[corks]

Only three books? [A short laugh.] You've certainly missed out on a lot. In the library,I think there are hundreds, maybe thousands of books. You're certainly allowed to visit, it's free for everyone, and they're about all sorts of things. [A pause, and then he speaks, reciting from a poem he knows very well:] Of shoes and ships and sealing-wax. Of cabbages, and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings...

[He falls silent over that, smile eternally on his face.] Oh, well, nobody has ever written a book about my island, so I'd think you'd be hard pressed to find a book on that. But it was special because it contained something extremely precious. Something that made the island the way it was.

[glistens]

I really am sorry you had to be separated from it, Mr. Jacob. What - What was the precious thing? [ Again she looks away, looks off into the crowd and bites at her lip. ] Sorry for - for asking all these questions. I know it's not what normal people do. That much I've been told since I came here. I guess you're just - right. I have missed out on a lot. And I had no idea I was missing anything at all until...

[ she shakes her head ]

But I would love to go to a library. I-I don't know how I could ever leave once I did! Heh. Those words you said were funny but...I liked them.

[corks]

The precious thing? Well, the simplest way to describe it would be a light, in a sense. It's much more complicated but that, but light is essentially what the form of it is. [A short laugh.] No, please don't apologize. Keep asking away. After all, how will you ever discover what you haven't learned yet?

[He just tilts his head at her, smiling in the fatherly fashion that always seems to be present in his features whenever he's around someone he likes.]

They're from a book, actually. You know...if you ever have time after this, I could go and show you where the library is. It's a big city, and I wouldn't want for you to get lost, you know.

[glistens]

[ Immediately her face lights up at that and, straightening, she nods, all enthusiasm. ] You could be my guide! My last one? He ditched me. In the forest. [ or that's what she thinks ] I nearly got lost on my way here.

Not that it was bad. There's a lot to see. And it was...mostly my fault for stopping so much. But I'd like that. A lot.

[corks]

Oh,my. That isn't nice. [He frowns- who in their right mind would ditch such a lovely young woman? :(] Well, I certainly won't ditch you. That would be mean.

Then I guess we're agreed. Just tell me where to meet and we'll be on our way there in no time.

[glistens]

Well... [ She hums and plays a bit more with the strands of hair to the side of her face. ] I'm in Freyr House so that's where I'd start out. That's my district, I mean. Which are you in, Mr. Jacob?

[corks]

Please, Rapunzel, just call me Jacob. And I'm in Sigyn District. I know where Freyr House is, so I wouldn't mind at all going over there to pick you up when you want to go check the library out.

[corona]

Really? I mean, it's - not out of the way or anything? I'm not exactly familiar with everywhere yet. But I'd be really happy, Mr - Agh. Sorry.

You just - seem like a very respectable person? And Mother says it's important to respect your elders. [ Never mind that she was the only one around... ]

[corks]

No, not at all. It's not like I have any prior appointments- I've got quite the amount of free time on my hands, so it's no problem at all.

[His smile quirks upward, highly amused.] Do I, now? Really, Rapunzel, just hearing my name is all the respect I need.

[corona]

[ ...that's an unexpected thing to hear. ] Just calling you Jacob? That's good enough?