The carts soon exit through big doors that first let Tale and his party of droids etc. in. They proceed down more long, seemingly endless corridors until at last, Tale's car pulls up in front of some very finely crafted and elegant double doors with very shiney brass handles and curtained windows. Tale jumps off his car and Silo and Jake, who were riding with him exit the cart as well. A droid driver that was waiting at the door jumps aboard the cart and quickly speeds down the hall they just traveled and disappears around a corner. As soon as Red, Mude, Jorge and Janax exit their cart, its drive speeds away and soon disappears around the same corner as the previous one. Tale Kryoni is holding the door for them to enter. He says, 'I'm pleased to entertain you gentlemen and droid. This is my private quarters. I signaled ahead and our dinner is already prepared and waiting us in the dining room. Please follow me if you will.' The walk down another short corridor that opens into a very cozy looking dining area with a fine wooden like floor, fine table and chairs and fine china setting and silverware already laid out. Looking out the one window, they see a very fine looking landscape. It almost makes them think they are on some planet. But, as Tale lets them know, it is another simulation like the one in the huge hangar. There is a fine looking soup steaming from the bowls sitting on top of the dinner plates. It looks incredibly delicious to our travelers who have gotten very tired of the space food they have consumed for the past week or more. 'Please take a seat anywhere.' says Tale. 'I think you can figure out which one is mine though.' and he gives a very hearty chuckle at the almost double sized chair at the nearest end. Jake and Silo sit together on the nearest side. Janax sits on the other end and Jorge sits alone on the far side of the table. Red and Mude occupy the empty chairs sitting in the corner of the room. As soon as everyone is seated comfortably, Tale raises his wine glass and says, 'I propose a toast to happy travels and successful business ventures and archaeology discoveries!' Everyone around the table says 'cheers' and smiles abound as they taste the most flavorful and marvelous wine any of them has ever experienced. After a few sips of this ambrosia, they try the soup and are again pleasantly surprised at the incredible flavor it produces on their taste buds. 'What kind of soup is this?' asks Jorge. 'I think without a doubt it is the best soup I have ever tasted!' 'It is a specialty of mine. My predecessor loved to eat and drink beer, so I worked on perfecting this soup just to please him. This ship is capable of producing almost any kind of plant, animal and anything else you can image so I had quite a palate to play with. I used my experiences as a drifter and orphan before my predecessor saved me to help guide my palate. I am pleased that you like it!' 'Now save room for the main course. As you can see, it is waiting for you over on the side cabinet. It is in a special stasis field that is keeping it at a perfect temperature. When you are ready to eat, you will be pleased, I hope, at the selections I chose for you.' Everyone continues enjoying the soup and the wine. There is a droid that comes around every little bit and pours more wine for them. Once everyone finishes their soup, two more droids appear and removed their soup bowls. 'I couldn't help but notice the dinner selections over on the side table.' Jake exclaims to Tale. 'Might I ask what they are?' 'Certainly!' says Tale. 'They are specially formulated to replicate some of the meats and foods you are used to from where you come from. My ships intelligence found references to food stuffs in your ships data banks and ran some varieties past me. I decided that you would not mind getting some good proteins, starches and sugars after all the dried food you no doubt have been eating on your journey. There are, I believe what you call, pork chops, t-bone steaks, baked potatoes, toast, peas and carrots and nicely turned out fresh from the garden salads. I hope you will enjoy your meal, gentlemen!' The guys almost fall over each other scrambling over to get some of this food. There is way more than enough for them all but after all the pasty and dry food they have eaten lately, they think they have died and gone to heaven. Red and Mude are watching all of this and tittering and trilling like crazy. It isn't hard to imagine they are making some fine jokes at the expense of their human friends. M4, DAZ droid and little droid characters. Rendered in Poser 2014 pro. Post work in Photoshop 7. Thank you for taking a peek! Your support is greatly appreciated!