You Broke It. [Tab | Emine | Mackenzie] (Open)

"Whole area's gone to pot," agreed Tab. He had no idea where her store was, but as all of Novus seemed to be steadily dissolving, it didn't matter. He donned his white-like apron and gave his attention to the scubbo boil.

Scubbo is a dish. Rather, it is a blanket term for "any dish, thrown together at random from whatever is available." Tab had a refrigerator full of odds and ends, out of which he usually compose something interesting. What didn't sell got packaged and delivered to a soup kitchen.

He peeked in the fridge and saw a pair of ox tails.

Some people have never had an ox tail. It is a delectable and tender cut of butt-meat. "These," said Tab, "deserve to be braised." Which wouldn't do for Scubbo, it was too nice, so he put them aside and started some cabbage and sausage stewing.

What now. The kid, she just placed an order for a meal that wouldn't be ready for hours. This place didn't get busy until six, and it was just gone three.

"Scubbo is started, miss, but it won't be ready for a good while yet." He didn't make the following offer lightly, but sometimes it paid to be hospitable in the hospitality business. "Some hours, I think, but in the meanwhile I can do you a bacon sandwich, would that satisfy?"

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Get around to introducing yourselves already! And the ox tails are important, I think, they'll come up later.