#nugget asks

Trick me with a treat or treat me with a trick. Your choice, hun.

Treat.

Basically, we have set up a Restaurant and Community Center for Therians and allies.

AHRT RESTAURANT/COMMUNITY CENTER [4:27 PM] I stood across the street from the building. It was mine now. At least the Bank of Hypercity said so. After all the usual garbage paperwork and assorted fees, not to mention the payment of a mountain of money, they had given me the deed. Most unhappy to do so too. Seems that they prefer to give you a mortgage which ties you to a payment schedule for 20 to 30 years and drops anywhere from double to triple the cost of the property into their pockets as interest. The cash sale did not make them happy. Did make me happy though. I mean saving a small mountain of my money was indeed happy making.

The building itself was not spectacular but it was BIG. An old but sound warehouse occupying most of a whole industrial area block, two stories high and with a full basement as well. I owned the whole block and the parking area was presently full of contractors trucks and vans. The remodeling needed to make the particular sort of restaurant and community center that I wanted was well underway.

There were some hitches, there always are. This one was the contractor doing my several kitchens. “Sir, someone has bungled this efficiency kitchen. I mean you are supposed to do almost anything in only a few steps. These appliances are like fifteen feet apart!”

I nodded agreeably, “That's right. For the cooks using that area, that IS an efficiency kitchen. That is also why that barbecue and roasting area has no gas line hookup, just reflectors. Dragons are a tiny bit different from you and I.”

“Dragons!” he squawked. “What kind of restaurant is this?” (edited) [4:28 PM] I shrugged, “I have noticed a whole un or underserved population. The HRT community has a huge variety of people becoming non human beings. Most stop at what they call the crossroads and remain partly human. It just depends on what makes them happy.

“However, that is who I am setting this place up for.”

Somewhat subdued, he returned to the task of creating kitchens like none seen before, even here in Hypercity.

After watching the sign shop crew installing my nice new sign that spelled out in nice big letters:

AHRT Restaurant Community Center

I went inside to see how the poor contractor was dealing with the booth, table seating, perches and other specialized accommodations. Actually, for a wonder, rather than questioning, he was directing his crew and following my plans. He just shook his head at some of them but figured that the nutcase with the money knew what he wanted, however bizarre.

I went up to my office with its one way glass windows looking out over the dining area. Things were shaping up nicely. I just needed to recruit some staff. I already had some chosen but I needed a good many more yet, along with getting advertising out to the Therian community at large.

Customers are rumored to be important for restaurants!

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AHRT Restaurant Info.

Anyone interested in being a Salvage Truck driver?

We have Roadkill Meat Salvage Permits for most of Canada and some of the upper USA. We scan for roadkill incidents by magic. Scryers are another job that we need to fill.

Drivers will be trained as EMTs due to the fact that many incidents involving animals from deer on up in size can cause serious injuries. Drivers will have radios to call the correct first responders. The actual appearance of the drivers need not be a concern because any reports of our actual natures can be put down to concussion caused halucinations. We have adapted Hyper City's 20 minutes out of wherever you are to get our trucks onto the roadkill scene in 20 minutes or less. Our drivers are often first on the scene and call first responders to help the drivers, vehicles, or both. We have power equipment to load the roadkill. It is frequently deer, bears or sometimes moose. NOBODY hits a moose on purpose. They can seriously damage even a big rig.

You don't need to be some sort of gigantic being. That's what the power equipment is for.

Also, any who run a small business doing roadkill clean up is totally welcome. We will pay top dollar for their roadkill. Our trucks are not practical for smaller game.

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Besides these setting pieces, we have discussion, writing and art channels that are pretty active.

We are the AHRT Restaurant/Community Center. Feel free to drop by and take a look if you want to.

De Writer

- Miriam

Oh right, I haven't gotten around to placing either in the pinned post yet. 😅

Reaper (It/Its) is a nightmare demon that had a rough introduction to the rest of us. (Personal stuff we have moved past). It wants to make its nightmares for a willing audience and we are trying to figure out how to go about that.

Shade (Any pronouns), similar to Nero, is a creation of Nova made to be Reaper's pet so it wouldn't get lonely when it wants to have its own space. It's a shadow demon I designed to fit Reaper's aesthetic.

[*teleports behind you*]