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Chapter 8 by glaum glaum

You nod and get up.

The two of you head to the food bar.

"It's kind of a serve yourself sort of situation here," Kira explains. You see ahead of you rows of prepared food. It all looks light and vegetarian. It all looks homemade, nothing like a regular continental style hotel dining situation. A veritable rainbow in terms of colors and selections. "Everything is made here in the morning then left out for the day. It's taken back in at 11 PM every night." Kira points at a row of refrigerators along the wall. "If there's something you liked from the day before, you can find it again somewhere in there. Everything inside is very well organized. Since everything is fresh and vegetarian, it tastes just as good a little chilled" Kira says with a smile. Next to the refrigerators are two counters, stoves, microwaves, rice makers, and sinks. "If you want to cook something yourself, you can make it too. Here, I'll show you one of the places we store our food," Kira says, guiding you.

Kira opens one of the doors by the food. "Here's the pantry," she says. And what a large pantry it was, spacious and stocked with every foreign fragrance you can imagine. It's as if someone stuffed a bazaar into a room. "It's got most anything else. Snacks. Breads. Teas. Spices. If it's not out there, it's in there. Also we have weekly drop offs of supplies from Arpeggio as well. What's not refrigerated gets put in here. You can make most anything here, except there's no meat from anywhere," Kira sighs. "What I wouldn't do for a juicy steak..."

"Come, there's one more place I need to show you!" Kira exclaims. Leaving the large pantry, crossing the kitchen, she opens the door that seems to lead outside. You find a greenhouse with rows and rows of vegetables and fruits of all different sizes and shapes dot the soil. Pots of plants of all different varieties dangle from the ceiling. "Here's the garden. The Crystal Rose grows a good portion of their own produce so everything tastes super fresh. Because it's a pretty small spa, the garden doesn't need to be that big. The garden is tended by both employees and guests, since some find gardening to be quite soothing. I for one think it's boring as shit but if you're curious, I'm sure you'll be able to stumble upon someone who can help you out!"

The two of you go back to the food bar area. "So that's it!" Kira proudly proclaims. She knows you're both amazed and overwhelmed at the selections in front of you. "I'll leave you be to pick out some food. You should have plenty to choose from. I already ate earlier so I'm going to join Nikita now. I can still see her out there reading. Come join us when you have all your food picked out! We'll be waiting for you!"

What do you pick to eat?

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