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The Condensed Flask

The Condensed Flask was opened a dozen years ago by Ni Koma's grandmother as a pot-and-coal room for tired laborers from Kure's steamworks. Ni Koma apprenticed under her, learning both the recipes for cheap, warming food and the basics of condenser rigs scavenged from the workshops. Over time Ni Koma improved the cellar's contraption, using it to concentrate spirits and to heat the tavern cheaply. The house became a favored stop for dayworkers, small-time smugglers, and anyone who preferred warmth and a cheap meal to fine wine and lecture halls. The tavern survived a minor riot and two bankruptcies; each time its sticky floor and steaming windows greeted a slightly different crowd.

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The Condensed Flask

The Condensed Flask was opened a dozen years ago by Ni Koma's grandmother as a pot-and-coal room for tired laborers from Kure's steamworks.

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Ni Koma

Tavernkeeper

Ni Koma
GoliathArtificer

Keeper's Species

Goliath

History

The Condensed Flask was opened a dozen years ago by Ni Koma's grandmother as a pot-and-coal room for tired laborers from Kure's steamworks. Ni Koma apprenticed under her, learning both the recipes for cheap, warming food and the basics of condenser rigs scavenged from the workshops. Over time Ni Koma improved the cellar's contraption, using it to concentrate spirits and to heat the tavern cheaply. The house became a favored stop for dayworkers, small-time smugglers, and anyone who preferred warmth and a cheap meal to fine wine and lecture halls. The tavern survived a minor riot and two bankruptcies; each time its sticky floor and steaming windows greeted a slightly different crowd.

Quirks

The tavern emits a faint hiss whenever the cellar's condensing rig cycles. Patrons often leave a single empty small flask on the sill as payment for a 'soon-to-arrive' friend. Bran has a habit of 'testing' newcomers' belts and boots for hidden coin—he never actually takes anything but he makes a note of faces.

Lore

Locals say the name 'Condensed Flask' comes from the tavern's ability to 'condense' a night's worth of misery into a single, warming swallow. Some older folk whisper a stranger tale — that the cellar rig was once part of the old Kure Aetherworks and that if you run the condenser just right you can 'pull' memory-flavor from steam, glimpsing a faded event. Few believe it, but those who do sometimes leave small offerings under the vat. The tavern is also reputed to be on a low-priority route of the city's underground message-network: pieces of parchment are sometimes found rolled into empty flasks and left beneath the stage for pickup.

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