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Beacon: The newest star in the Legion World galaxy!

The Beacon: Five-star dining. All-star ambience!

Perfect! STU, Canyou get the word out?

So Danny am I still welcome here?

I like the new name !

Sure thing! See below.

Of course you are.

I volunteer to taste the food!

ALl right, since everyone else seems to be MIA... I will postphone the openeing until tomorrow night.

Be ready for some fine dining!!!!

My mouth is already watering in anticipation.

Sigh, maybe a certain cowboy will show up...

I thought The Beacon was opening Sunday night? The full line of desserts won't be ready until then - and they've just started on the ice sculpture!

Whatever happens, I am NOT giving up my place in line!

We can wait til Sunday then. I think the holiday travel etc will have calmed down by then

Sunday sounds good! With such a large gathering of famous people, the denizens of Legion World will be begging to be let in!

As the decorator of The Beacon, I have been keeping the design under wraps. Tomorrow, the decor shall be revealed and it will rock LW.

Grand Opening Gala....coming soon!

Can't you feel the anticipation building?

Ladies and Gentlemen, domesticated animals, bugs and all other sentient life-forms, I present your first glimpse of The Beacon.

The Beacon is housed in a replica of an early 20th Century Neo Classical revival building. It takes up a city block and is 6 stories high. It's facade is only two stories high, but the building spills an additional 4 stories down the cliff behind. With it's doric columns, it presents a staid and established facade, but for the four story bronze torch with it's plasma beam aimed at the Orion Constellation. People will naturally gravitate to the mesmeric light.

The doors to the beacon are hammered brass, depicting a bass relief of a Spanish galleon, tossed on an unforgiving sea, but pointed to a steady light on a distant shore.

As you pass through the doors, you find yourself on a landing before a grand staircase that gently descends two stories. The railing is brass, the steps are polished green marble.

At the botton of the staircase, you will find yourself in the entry hall to The Beacon. A relecting pool graces the center of the hall. A fine ancient Persian carpet in tones of ochre and mocha, stretches the 100 feet of the entryway on either side of the reflecting pool. Bronze palms rise from the floor every 10 feet to present a canopy for your entrance. (to be continued...)

You find yourself standing before the two story high crystal doors of The Beacon's main dining room. Your legion flight ring will open them. Non legionnaires will have to wait for the Maitre d'.

Passing through the crystal doors, your mouth drops. Opening up before you is the vista of a six story atrium topped with a stained glass starfield, twinkling soothingly. You step onto bronze antigrav platforms, each in the shape of a cala lily and are gently transported another two stories down to the Maitre d's station.

You look out at this vast room and as far as you can see, there are floating bronze shells - clam, conch, cowrie, and nautilus - each holding a mocha leather banquette encircling a perfectly carved bubinga wood table. The Maitre d' checks your reservation, and calls your table. Within seconds, it appears, you are seated and the table moves off to it's assigned private sector, on one of six levels.

It is at this point that you finally focus on the back wall of the main dining room. It is six stories of perfect, flowing glass, looking out on a river of lava flowing from Mount Eruptus, the newest volcano on Legion World.

Enjoy your meal. I'm certain that Saturn Girl and Fat Cramer have a magnificent menu planned for you.

Boy oh boy -- jaw dropping, indeed! Semi, you've really outdone yourself. The restaurant looks fantastic.

I'm decked out in my finery and I'm ready to eat!

wow!!!!!

Say, where's the man of the hour, Mr. Blaine himself? I wonder if he's having a private dinner with that cowboy...?

Where are the chefs?

Come to think of it, where are the customers?

I and all my alt IDs are ready to dine. I believe we're almost at the occupancy limit already.

I'll seat the customers at their tables tonight. Gentlemen, allow me to take your coats, and ladies, allow me to pull your chair out for you. I offer you a friendly smile and serene nonchalantness as we move you to your table...