~ Perfect Blossom Tea Room ~

[jammi]

Lt. Masurao walked in through the tea rooms door. It had fallen into disrepair. Sort of. It was quiet, after the KNF had stopped due to the war and constant rsids from pirates it had lost most of it's customers. It was a long road to claw itself back to it's former glory. When Masurao had first come here, he had been a fresh recruit, a ensign cocky, but scared at the same time. He remembered being disaplined by two senior officers as he entered with Ito Yamato. He walked over to the bar and sat down. A Middle aged bar tender waited for his order, it wasn't the same barman Masurao remembered. The majority of the seating booths were hidden by shadows, even so he could tell they were all empty. He turned back to the bar. The bartender was eyeing Masurao's uniform nervously.

<div align="right]"One sake please. What happened here? How did all this happen?"

The barman looked down at his feet as if recalling a tragic story. He reached under the bar and pulled a glass of sake before answering. He glared at the KNF badge on Masurao's chest as if it were to blame for all his troubles. Masurao looked down at his shoes, not sure why he was ashamed but feeling it anyway. He looked up again to see the bartender expecting paying, he handed over double the credits his drink was worth. It could help he supposed.

<div align="right]"What happened was we ran out of business. Once the KNF pilots stopped drinking here so did all the others. We stopped making money and we had to lose some staff to cover expenses. Now I'm the only bartender left and the place is only kept open by the passing intrest of forigen tourists..."

He sniffed and looked sad. The Tea Room had once been a great place where all KNF pilots could relax in peace without the pressures of pirate attack or Bretonian invaders. Where have the KNF gone? Come back to the Perfect Blossom...

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