A Tasty Concoction

Posted on 09 Apr 2015 @ 2:15am by Clarence Pearl & Lieutenant JG Emmarie (E'Ma'ri)

470 words; about a 2 minute read

Mission: Episode 08 - NIMBUS
Location: USS Galileo, Deck 7, Callisto Bar
Timeline: MD-03, 1200 hours

ON:
Clarence Pearl hummed as he restocked the coolers, making sure the various bottles were facing outwards so the labels were showing. The same went for their own produced micro-brews. And of course, his own flavored alcohol too. He was particular proud of his Earl Grey gin right now. Standing, he ran a hand through his hair, considering it for a moment. "Huh..." he turned and moved to get the cocktail shaker. He felt practically inspired.

Without any more ado, he took the gin and the lavender vodka, pouring a little bit of the vodka in with two parts of the gin. He hummed as he shook it, taking the chilled martini glass. He then added the vermouth to it and shook it again. Only then did he take a straw, open the shaker and using the straw to get a few drops to taste. "Mm..." he nodded and poured it before taking the little clusters of sugar, adding a few to the glass. "Beats a cuppa tea anyway..." he said in his best English accent. Which was lame.

"With that shining endorsement I certainly need to have a taste," Emmarie said, grinning at the bartender. She liked Earl Grey tea, so she was quite certain that Earl Grey gin would be positively divine. I could certainly get used to working on a ship that was actually big enough to have a bar. That was most ships, though. Her first assignment had just happened to be the smallest class of vessel in the 'fleet. I hope I can remember everyone's name...

He chuckled and pushed the glass towards her, holding her eyes. "Well, I was just testing it, so you can be my little...test bunny person thing," he grinned and stepped back. "I'm Clarence...and you, my emerald friend, are having a welcome drink on me." And he hoped she enjoyed the drink...if she did, he'd add it to the menu. An Earl Grey Martini.

"Thank you," Emmarie said, fighting the urge to flush a darker green hue. "I'm Emmarie, I work in Operations," she said. "It's nice to meet you, Clarence." With all the nightmares she'd been having recently, she suspected that she would be seeing an awful lot of Clarence.

She took a sip of her beverage, and allowed it to sit on her tongue for a bit before swallowing. She grinned back at Clarence. "This is really good. What other sorts of interesting concoctions can you make?"

Clarence smiled warmly, nodding for a moment before the words sank in. "Oh! Anything. Classic cocktails, new inventions, whatever you want to try," he said and leant closer. "I'm here often so...and if I am not here, we have another mixologist too!"

OFF:
Lieutenant JG Emmarie
Assistant Chief of Operations

Clarence Pearl
Bartender

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