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The Very Questionable Joint! is a tavern of mythically disastrous proportions. Despit its only being open for a few weeks. This is in fact the third incarnation of said pub. The first went under after a few months and the second was burned down after less than a month. For the most part it is your normal tavern, and its two owners, who seem to never be seen, are said to live upstairs. The doors to their offices are marked with an A and a V, and they seem to be known by the bar tender as the Misters S. But enough of about those silly owners.

The Tavern is in a two story building, though the second story is, at the moment, off limits to patrons and those who have seen it would know that it is comprised of a poorly lit hallway with three doors on either side. The first and second door on the left are marked with a capital A and a capital V repectively. Going down the stairs would put you behind the bar which is, as a matter of fact a fairly nice bar. And currently the afore mentioned bar only has one tender, which is a fact that the owners have chosen to remedy, seeing as this particular establishment is almost never closed, and doing that is hard with only one bar tender. The main floor its self really isn't too shabby. It's got a pool table. a jukebox, a pinball machine and a number of tables to sit at. The bar its self has a good eight stools, although on crowded nights the tender pulls out two more from behind the bar. There is also a small kitchen in the back that is currently unused due to the lack of a cook. However, The room is fairly well lit and has a few decorations here and there. The outside of the pub is very dirty and nasty looking. And on the door there is a plastic help wanted sign.


oh, and by the way, the bar tender is a middle aged man named Ed.

Vaatra sat on the floor of his office playing an old X-box. Then suddenly he heard his brothers voice yell, "Hey! Brother! I think we've got ourselves a cook!" He ignored the yell and focused on the video game at hand. Then he heard more yelling. and finally paused the game. "Yeah, yeah, hold on." He then proceeded to get up and walk over to the door, opened it and saw his brother, sword and all. He shut the door...

Then he walked over to a rack that held an old battle worn glaive and walked back, re-opened the door and say, "A cook you say?"

((Funny thing about this post... I was going to ask if I could be cook.))

"Miss, Ah can break any bill you have smaller than a thousand. What do you need? Quarters, dimes? Fivespot, tenspots? Ah've got it all." Ed looked her over curiously. "You wouldna be the cook the Masters have hired? We're mighty sore for a cook. No, but of course not, she's not arriving 'til next Mundee. Ah damn. Mah stomachs something of a growler. What change will you be needin' then, miss?" ((Fine with me.))

Arcus stumbled down the steps as Ed asked the young lady if she was a cook. He paused, and waited out the conversation. He stepped out of the threshold as he offered change. "You wouldn't be Carnifowren... No, you're far too young. But, if Ed's hungry. Say, young lass, can you cook?"

"Well, young lady, you've come across a spot of luck. The Joint has been doing spectacularly as of late, and as such we have room in the budget to hire a cook, which we've been hurting for for some time now. Come, walk with me to the kitchen and we'll see what we can do." He said. As he passed the flight of stairs he called up to Vaatra. "Hey, brother, let's delay that walk for a moment. Our cook may be here."

Arcus walked back past the bar, holding the hinged bar entrance up for the young girl. He opened the kitchen door a crack, to look inside. "Ehm... Wait here a second." he said, sheepishly.

He stepped inside the vast kitchen, and looked around. There was dust, and cobweb and all manner of grime that had accumulated over the three years. He took in a big breath, and focusing his center, breathed out a squall of wind the swept dust into eddies, and blew cobwebs into nothingness. The small pile of grime in the center of the room, the gathered remnants of inches of dirt. That, that he lit on fire. After a brief second, he walked to the door. He blinked, and pointed behind him to the fridge like a child would point an imaginary gun, and said 'Bang'.

After he had accomplished this, he opened the heavy door, and beckoned for the girl to come in. "Well, this will be your workspace, provided you can please Ed's pallete. I don't think I actually caught your name, though?"

"I've gone by many names, but now they call me Arcus. It's a pleasure to meet you, Nanji." He watched her work, and after a moment, he walked back up to his office. He picked up the phone, and dialed Carnifowren's number. When she didn't answer, he sat back in his chair, and contemplated his situation. The girl Nanji was clearly in need of money, and her surface thoughts were consistently about her brothers. He could only assume they lived together. After a moment or two, he considered the spare room. After a few further moments, he decided to offer it to her, and put her on as, at the very least, cleaning crew, if she didn't work out as cook.

He walked downstairs after about twenty minutes, and peeked in on the kitchen. Ed was dreamily smelling the aroma at the bar, not even bothering to clean the glass he had in his hand.

Vaatra was about to head down the stairs when he heard his brother shout. "Hey, brother, let's delay that walk for a moment. Our cook may be here." at that particular moment he was lighting a cigarette, and as soon as his cigarette was lit he meandered back to his room and poured himself a glass of scotch. He then sat down and began drinking.

One glass of scotch lead to three or four more, and within the course of about twenty minutes or so he had gotten himself quite drunk. So now that he was drunk he had to find something to do. But first, there was something to be done. He reached into his pocket and produced a pack of cigarettes and then retreived one from the pack. After that he put the pack away and went about trying to light his cigarette. which, as it turned out, was much harder then it would seem to be.

Once his cigarette was lit he decided that he must go down stairs and harass Ed, and this new cook if they happened to be there. Oh and Arcus too. Arcus is always fun to harass while drunk. So he made his way down to the main floor and as he wandered in the general direction of the kitchen he stumbled into his brother. "Oh, hello there." he said with a smile.