Captain Vey leads Delia into the service bay, where a sealed corporate relay stands beside the restored plating equipment, its black casing untouched by rain or dust.
Corin Vale
The relay was not in the inventory. I am bringing the diagnostic kit online before anyone connects it to the kitchen network.
Corin follows with a case of scanners and contact probes. He keeps his attention on the machines and service schedule, though his gaze briefly shifts toward Delia before returning to the relay.
Captain Vey
It arrived through the corporate freight channel fifteen minutes ago. The seal recognizes Elfhart, but the request is live performance data, not another archive.
A narrow blue band illuminates across the relay. Its interface displays restored drone capacity, reserve power, projected table throughput, and a response deadline counting down in red numerals.
Corin Vale
They want proof the kitchen can perform under load. If we accept, the relay will measure the service directly and transmit the result before the review begins.
Captain Vey
The deadline is already active. We can inspect the relay, reject the test, or answer it with the systems we have. Your decision determines what they see.
✓ Quest Accepted
Pass the corporate live performance test
“I accept the live test and run the restored kitchen under measured load.”
SUCCESS (Fair Kitchen Systems Savvy, rolled -2)
Delia authenticates Elfhart’s ownership and accepts the live test. The relay unlocks, linking directly to the restored kitchen while the deadline continues counting down.
Corin Vale
Measured load engaged. I’m starting with twelve tables, then increasing throughput in controlled intervals.
Corin assigns the plating drones, cold rail, and induction stations to the relay’s monitored profile. His gaze lingers on Delia for a fraction too long before returning to the diagnostics.
The first service cycle runs cleanly. Drones portion snapper, cultured grain, and fermented citrus while every temperature, movement, and delivery time streams into the corporate relay.
Captain Vey
Increase to full measured load. Do not conceal the reserve limit. They need to see disciplined capacity, not an artificial performance.
Delia drives the system to full measured load. The kitchen completes the test service and proves its projected throughput, but synchronized simulations consume another nine percent of reserve power.
Corin Vale
Live performance verified. Fifty-two percent reserve remains, and the relay has transmitted the complete result. They cannot call the kitchen unproven.
Quest Complete
Pass the corporate live performance test
“The review is ubderway a celebrity tablr has come in along woth the reviewer you decide to take a chance to cook the reviewers table by hand not machine. This is the time to show that the human touch is still superior to machine.”
SUCCESS (Fair Recipe Iteration, rolled +0)
The review doors open to a celebrity table and the corporate reviewer. The celebrity is a glamorous middle-aged woman in a silver coat, while the reviewer is an elderly man with a narrow build and optical implants.
Delia steps away from the monitored plating line and claims the preparation counter. She selects the certified snapper, cultured grain, and fermented citrus, leaving the drones idle.
Her wand remains holstered as she works by hand, measuring temperature, shaping each cut, and balancing the citrus against the fish’s delicate flavor. The kitchen records every movement.
the corporate reviewer
A manual preparation during a live capacity test is a considerable risk. If it succeeds, the evidence will be unusually persuasive.
Delia completes the plates herself. The snapper gleams beneath precise white lights, each portion matched in size and finish before she sends the courses to the celebrity table and reviewer.
Hisana Hisako
That texture is extraordinary. No automated station would have adjusted the citrus so delicately.
Corin Vale
The relay confirms flawless timing and zero machine assistance. Delia’s hand-finished service passed the test, and the table has requested another course.
Director's note
a tear comes to the actress eyes
“You head out to greet the reviewer and the celebrity known as hisana hisako an agijg yet impeccable actress. She tells you " i havent eaten a dish like that since before restaurants began automating their service. Thank you delia san!" the reviewer stands and says " a restaurant like this should not be on floor 1 and definitely not floor 100. This level of expertise and precision belong on floor 300. "”
SUCCESS (Great Diplomacy, rolled +2)
Delia leaves the preparation counter and approaches the celebrity table, greeting Hisana Hisako and the corporate reviewer while the monitored kitchen continues recording every result.
Hisana Hisako
I haven't eaten a dish like that since before restaurants began automating their service. Thank you, Delia-san!
A tear gathers in Hisana Hisako’s eye beneath the dining lights. Across the service bay, Corin watches Delia with a subtly changed expression before checking the relay again.
the corporate reviewer
A restaurant like this should not be on floor one, and definitely not floor one hundred. This level of expertise and precision belongs on floor three hundred.
The corporate reviewer stands, optical implants reflecting the live performance data. The relay marks the hand-finished service as exceptional and updates Elfhart’s venue recommendation.
Hisana Hisako
Floor three hundred is where Anita’s finest tables belong. Elfhart has earned its place there.
Director's note
You didnt expect this at all but you are ready to bring your ideas to life on floor 300 theres more artistic and conceptual freedom. Plus 300,000 credit grant for premier restaurants. And a ship for culinary discovery
The corporate reviewer expands the relay display. A venue elevation packet replaces the performance metrics, projecting Floor 300 access, expanded kitchen dimensions, and a dedicated freight route.
the corporate reviewer
Elfhart is approved for elevation review at Floor 300. The tower grants greater artistic latitude there, including experimental concepts that lower venues cannot support.
Hisana Hisako wipes the tear from her cheek, still studying the empty plate as if its final flavor remains beneath the dining lights.
Hisana Hisako
You should accept it, Delia-san. Floor 300 needs a restaurant willing to invent rather than merely refine what already exists.
Corin reviews the expanded packet beside the relay. His expression has softened into something more personal, but he keeps his hands on the operational controls.
the corporate reviewer
The elevation includes a three-hundred-thousand-credit premier restaurant grant and access to a research vessel for culinary discovery beyond Anita.
Corin Vale
A ship changes the supply network completely. I can adapt the kitchen systems, but the concepts and discoveries would be yours to shape.
“I accept humbly”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +1)
Delia accepts the elevation packet with a restrained nod. Her authentication confirms Floor 300 review, the three-hundred-thousand-credit grant, and access to the culinary research vessel.
the corporate reviewer
Accepted. The elevation review is now an approved transfer, and the premier grant is reserved for Elfhart’s expansion plan.
The relay replaces its metrics with construction schematics: a larger kitchen, experimental laboratories, freight access, and panoramic dining space above Anita’s monochrome towers.
Hisana Hisako
Then Floor 300 will finally see what you can create when no lower level limits your imagination.
Corin Vale
I’ll convert the grant conditions into an operating plan and map the ship’s equipment against our kitchen systems. We can make the expansion auditable from day one.
Corin looks toward Delia with a softened expression, then returns to the controls. The relay opens the vessel catalogue, listing laboratories, preservation bays, and routes beyond Anita.
the corporate reviewer
Your first planning window begins now. Select the vessel profile and submit Elfhart’s Floor 300 concept whenever you are ready.
✓ Quest Accepted
Submit Elfhart’s Floor 300 expansion concept
“I thank you now i must close up shop”
SUCCESS (Great Willpower, rolled +3)
Delia
Thank you. I need to close up shop now.
Delia ends the meeting and moves through Elfhart’s service bay, powering down the monitored stations, sealing ingredients, and placing the restored drones into charging mode.
the corporate reviewer
Understood. The elevation packet remains approved, and I will mark tonight’s meeting complete without requiring further presentation.
Hisana Hisako
Good night, Delia-san. I will tell Anita that Floor 300 has found its next essential table.
Corin Vale
I’ll secure the relay and finish the operating plan tomorrow. The grant account is already separated from daily revenue, so closing will not interrupt expansion funds.
The celebrity and reviewer depart through the tower access corridor. Corin locks the service bay behind them, while the relay preserves the vessel catalogue and grants Delia overnight planning access.
Elfhart settles into its quiet closing cycle. Floor 300 schematics glow above the darkened counter, beside a confirmed three-hundred-thousand-credit grant and a ship waiting to carry the restaurant beyond Anita.
“You submit the expansion conepts organic and drone operated. The first area the general dining while still exquisite is operated by drones and the second area has only organic beings as its operational and culinary staff. For the most exclusive prices known to anita city. But you must also assemble a star roster for your elfhart on floor 300.”
SUCCESS (Superb Reasoning, rolled -3)
After the meeting closes, Delia reopens the Floor 300 planner and submits Elfhart’s expansion concept: a general dining hall operated by drones, and an exclusive organic-staffed salon.
The proposal specifies exquisite automated service for the public floor, human and nonhuman culinary specialists for the private salon, and the highest menu prices authorized in Anita.
Corin Vale
The division is clear. I will lead the drone-operated hall, with transparent maintenance logs and precision service calibrated for volume.
Delia assembles the initial star roster: Corin Vale for systems and service engineering, Captain Vey for vessel operations, Rellan Voss for security, and Saro Venn as exclusive Venusian supplier.
Captain Vey
I accept the vessel command role. With the research ship, I can protect expeditions and keep every discovery documented for the restaurant.
Saro Venn
My cooperative will anchor the organic salon’s rarest courses. I will reserve the finest cloud-reservoir harvests for Floor 300.
The tower accepts both concepts and records the roster for staffing review. The submission costs twelve thousand credits in architectural, recruitment, and vessel-planning fees, deducted from the expansion grant.
Quest Complete
Submit Elfhart’s Floor 300 expansion concept
Attribute Upgrade: Willpower Great→Superb