Mira Hasta-Rur wrote: > >> She smiles, perhaps a bit flustered by her own words and says, > >> "Can the food possibly live up to the rest?" > > > > Jac laughs as he lifts a fork, "To be honest, I'm never noticed. > > In the evening, there are lights mounted on the side of the cliff > > that keep the rainbow effect going." > > > > "I remember once coming here while at university with a physics > > major. She spent the entire time speculating on prismatic effects > > and angles of refraction, and all I wanted to do was seduce her." > > he laughs, "She's a Full Professor at MIT now. I think her > > specialty is photonic crystals." > > > Mira smiles, "I rather think that under most circumstances this would > be a rather excellent choice of places to dine to seduce someone, > Jac, but it rather sounds like the cards were stacked against you > with that one. It would probably be like trying to seduce me in a > hydroponics garden since I've gotten hooked on the ship's > facilities." > > > The table floats through the waterfall, eventually returning to the > > reentering the the restaurant from which it left, and the waiter > > reappears to take away the appetizer and replace it with the main > > course. The bubble then leaves the restaurant and travels through > > the rainbow mists again. > > > > "Boring isn't it." Jac says as he takes a bite of his food, "But > > the food *is* remarkably good." > > > Mira raises an eyebrow, "Boring? No, I wouldn't say that. Like any > setting, it sets a tone and a mood. Unlike your MIT professor, I can > see seduction being right near the top. Or merely 'wow-ing' someone > who asked you to show her something she wouldn't stumble across on > her own." "Good!" he nods with a smile, "That was precisely my intended effect." > Mira takes another bite of her food and gets one of those 'oh, this > is heavenly' expressions on her face as she savors it, "And the food > alone would be well worth the visit. What a delightful excursion so > far." The luncheon continues for another three trips through the waterfall and back to the restaurant before the diners make all the way through a light dessert of strawberries and cream. "Now, before we get *too* relaxed here, I think we should proceed to our next venue." Jac says as he stands and holds out his arm to Mira. The pair take the skyway back down to the village below the falls and stroll through it downhill toward the river. As they walk, Mira's attention is caught by a shop window displaying clocks. Some appear to be the old mechanical sort in ornate wood and metal houses. Others are more modern looking, some even appear to have holographic effects...yes they do project the time into the air. Eris AKU
