Quark's: The Opening [Video]

[norefunds]

[Quark's been gone for a bit on the excursion to the Eye of Sharef, but he's back now and he's standing in front of a shiny new sign with his name on it.]

Despite some.... setbacks- [He clears his throat and unconsciously prods at the plaster over his broad nose.] -Quark's is finally open for business.

We've got games of chance and skill, [The camera pans to the shiny new game tables and wheels.]

Good food and drink, [And now to the bar top stacked with bottles and glasses of all sizes.]

Not to mention, good company, [Quark waggles an eyebrow at that one.]

And 'karaoke' two nights a week.

If you happen to be of the robotic persuasion you'll have to use a holo avatar to mingle, but I do have energon on tap and 'engex' is forthcoming.

[video]

[strawberry_science]

[ The broadcast is simple enough. A Japanese woman with unnaturally red hair sits at a desk, hands crossed before her as soon as she has finished setting up the tablet to record her. ] Good evening, everyone. Or... everyone who has bothered to tune in to an unprompted discussion on the current state of affairs in... erm.

[ Sighing, Yumemi rubbed at the bridge of her nose. She looks worn and that hand was shaking slightly as she brought it back down. ] I should have written this down in advance. [ The young woman cleared her throat. ] I'll make this simple: I can't see that the level of technology available in this age, to this fleet, can at all facilitate a speedy return home to anyone here, regardless of how distant in time or space that home is. [ A shrug. ] That is just a fact. There is no one to blame for that — we just exist in the wrong era for it.

[ Then she grinned, pointing a finger upward. ] But as there are likely to be many of us who possess knowledge as yet embraced by those who call this timeline their home, we should put our heads together and see what can be done to speed things up. I am currently accepting applicants for research assistants. There is a simple two page questionnaire that must be filled out and... hmm, I suppose I should look into some waivers. [ A wave of her hand. ] Those are details we can go over at another time.

Right now, I just want to hear what you believe to be the most impressive invention of the time you hail from.