The Naturalist Saloon
A couple of streets down from the Nashorn Institute, deep within the dirty and industrial East End borough lay the ancient building housing the famous and infamous Naturalist Society. An old and influential organization within the Mouth, the Society had had its headquarters here from its founding. A set of wide stairs led up to half a dozen tall and darkly wooden doors inlaid with copper.
The impressive and towering stone facade of this large establishment housed the multi-functional lair of the intellectual elite of the Mouth when it came to technical and science subjects such as chemistry, physics, biology, and mechanics. A slightly weather-beaten wooden sign proclaimed the massive establishment for what it was.
Naturalist Saloon
The Naturalist Saloon served many functions. It was not only a debate centre for Naturalists and the quarters of the Society's tops and its administration, in addition to housing locales and equipment for members' experimentation in the cellar floors, but also a good tavern satisfying gastronomic needs as well as need for a good bath and a bed for the night.
Upon entering, any customer would immediately notice the high ceiling and the old-fashioned wooden interior of the inn, well complimented by the likewise old-fashioned, but sophisticated clients seated around tables in hot intellectual discussion while enjoying Kislovan wine or a beer. Although clean, the apartment smelt faintly old to the point of murkiness, but such an uncomfortable impression was soon drowned in the drift of hot food.
To the left was an opulent yet aging bar sided with a desk inhabited by a pair of clerks ready to take on administrative requests or questions concerning the Society and its grounds. Polished, but slightly scarred tables covered the oaken floor complimented by chairs the same style. Roused and eager voices, mainly male but not only, filled the room to the point of it all being a scholastic cacophony of technological terms and elegant formulations.