GC Tea House

"Welcome, Welcome to the GC Tea House.

You have chosen or been chosen to relocate to one of our Finest remaining Watering Holes.

I thought so much of the GC Tea House that I elected to establish my administration here from the booth so thoughtfully provided by Our Benefactors.

So, weather you are here to stay, or passing through to parts unknown...

Welcome to the GC Tea House

It's Safer Here" ~Ironwatsas

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The GC Tea House is a (now infamous) watering hole located on Ainu Depot, and run by the Golden Chrysanthemums and often supplied by the Consortium. It is the main social gathering point on the station, a place of stories and recurring hilarity and bouts of insanity. The Tea House also plays host to members of the Blood Dragons, Consortium, Outcasts, and occasionally Junkers, Lane Hackers, and Cardamine Smugglers.

History

The GC Tea House can safely be assumed to be as old as Ainu Depot itself. Origionally, the room now housing the Tea House was an open room often used for storing Cardamine or other Cargo. Built off of the Main disembarkation area for pilots and near the Cafeteria and Pantry, it was rennovated into it's current form probably before 700 A.S. Since then, several generations of GC Geishas and Persons have administrated the Tea House. Currently, nobody in particular runs the tea house, though several high ranking elders frequenting the bar usually step in if issues arise.

Design & Ammeneties

The Tea House itself follows a combination of traditional Oriental facade and an ordinary bar, with paper decorations and lamps arranged around the walls (Declared 'Like the inside of a Pipe-bomb' by Ironwatsas). The Decorations pay tribute to generations of sisters whom built them over time, often considered memorials to past GC pilots. The Seating arrangements however, are standard fare, with most of the chairs and tables stolen from luxury liners. A Sturdy wooden bar is built onto one of the walls of the room, next to the entrance to the Pantry connecting to the main Cafeteria (which the tea house has largely supplanted).

A large bay window (actually an LCD screen displaying feed from a trainable external camera) displays the colorful Hokkaido nebulae and helps in lighting the room. In the center of the room sits a large Holovision, aquired by Ironwatsas and linked to the station's tachyon transciver array, which picks up signals from across Kusari at FTL speeds.

While most of Ainu's air supply is flooded with trace amounts of Cardamine, to sustain the inhabitants, the Tea House is not. This is because many non-GC or Outcast personell visit the station, and the tea house is generally where said outsiders will socialise with the GC. However, trace amounts of cardamine still exist inside the Tea House's air supply, which can often be mistaken for insence.

The Tea House was origionally serviced by a bartending robot, or occasionally skilled Geishas for special guests or occasions. However, the Bartender robot was destroyed by Watsas after he presumed it to be sexually assaulting him. The bar was origionally secured by a scanning array, security cameras, and a metal detector (which was also destroyed by Watsas). With many of the regular patrons heavily armed (despite the 'rule' not to be so.) for their own safety from the frequent apocalypses which often strike without warning.

Notible Visitors

• • Saigo Watanabe (Missing in action)
  • Kin Hanako
  • Lady Kurisho (Regular)
  • Ironwatsas (...The terrible)
  • Kurokawa Keiko
  • 'John' (Robot) (Early Regular)
  • Amaya Yamagata
  • Kaede Otori
  • Neko Dori-Mingu (Helped install the Holovision)
  • Dori-mu Takai (Neko's associate)
  • Akira Ishida
  • Takako Nakajima (Regular)
  • Phate
  • Taii Shikyo
  • Naomi Siagyo
  • Fukuda Keiko (briefly)
  • Naomi Ichiyusai (Regular)
  • Udo Ackermann (<3)
  • Miharu Takahashi (Regular)
  • Tony Johannson (was tortured for Christmas)
  • \CS\-Steve (Current Bartender)
  • CobaltWatsas
  • Alexis Almira (seduced Takako)
  • Fenrir
  • \CS\-Zio.Internicine
  • Misao Mitsurugi
  • Naomi Akiko
  • \CS\-Juliet.November
  • Kyosuke Takeda

Notible Events

• Prior to 816 A.S.
  • Ainu Depot Constructed
  • Tea House Constructed
• 816 A.S.
  • 'Watanabe' Era of the Tea House begins
  • Ironwatsas' arrival in the Tea House: The nightmare begins in ernest.
  • Watsas Destroys the Tea Houses' bartender robot, becomes de-facto bartender
  • Amaya Yamagata arrives, Watsas unplugs most of the Tea Houses' security systems
  • The Quest for the Holovision begins, Kurokawa Keiko appointed bartender
  • 'John' is dispatched to assault Sapporo Station, killing scores.
  • Holovision assembled. Channel-surfing and fights over the remote ensue.
  • Massive Ion Storm wracks Sirius, the Tea House included
  • Disagreement and animosity between Saigo Watanabe and Zetsumai Keisotsu
  • Watsas begins Rennovating Ainu, Takako Nakajima Enters and becomes bubbly and happy, Watsas becomes paranoid the Colonial Remnant are stealing his building supplies.
  • Kaede Otori dispatches a ship of building supplies to Ainu. Lady Kurisho assumes it to be a trap. Watsas begins to strip the ship for parts
  • Lizard-Cats invade the Tea House. Watsas intends to brutally anihallate them, but their cuteness precludes any removal techniques.
  • Naomi Ichiyusai arrives
  • Udo Ackermann pays a brief visit to the Tea house while fleeing the Order. Is quickly chased off by Kurisho and Watsas.
  • \CS\-Steve is now the de-facto bartender
  • Prior to Christmas, Watsas kidnaps Libertonian political satirist Tony Johannson.
  • Christmas 816 Celebration: Watsas gives Lady Kurisho a present, in the form of Johannson, whom is subsiquently tortured by her and her crew.
• 817 A.S.
  • CobaltWatsas arrives in the tea house, resulting in a confrentation between himself and Ironwatsas.
  • Alexis Almira arrives, and seduces Takako Nakajima.
  • The Consortium destroy the farm of Ieyoshi Takashi
  • Steve is attacked by a wooden crate, presumed to be Daemonically Possessed, as well as several 'Fish-Zillas' living in a Freezer
  • Misao Mitsurugi briefly joins the GC, and is scrutinised for being a woman of Kusari Nobility, she is eventually captured by Slavers and never heard from again
  • Naomi Akiko enters the picture and flirts with Steve, who becomes her boyfriend (forcibly).
  • Diplomatic Incedent between the GC and Consortium, resulting in Operation Cataphoria. Consortium presance on Ainu dramatically deminishes
  • Battle of the Tea House: Taii Shikyo's gunboat crash-lands on Ainu, and several security teams assume the station is under attack and aggressively lock down the station. Watsas is fired upon, and Naomi Ichiyusai hijacks a Consortium Cyclops mech, only to be attacked by Consortium Guardian robots, assuming the vehicle is under unauthorised control.
  • Watsas and Ichiyusai both leave the teahouse. The former is forced to go on Consortium buisness, the latter joins Kiretsu, but eventually returns.
  • Prior to Naomi's return, Kurisho becomes lonely and a spoof of the Rocky Horror Picture Show is reminiced
  • A powerful Aphrodisiac is released into Ainu's air supply
  • Naomi becomes angry due to an altercation within Kiretsu, and seeks the Tea Houses' inhabitants for comfort

Links

[1] -The Tea House thread on the DiscoveryGC forums.