You Wake Up In A Bar

An idea pops into your head all on its own, and nobody else influences it. You'll play Stax like a fiddle-- or at least trip him up a little. If he wants a sandwich now, you'll certainly get him one. Sort of.








The masterpiece dish only takes you a moment to make, and you plate it, offering it to Stax, who stands almost next to you.






The soft, slightly magenta man-o'-star stares at it blankly, dumbfounded. He almost can't believe it.











Stax stiffly begins washing one of the dirty cups, and you get to work on one, as well. You're teaming up at the sink! Laren raises her head from staring down at the table, which she's been doing for a while, to try and resolve the tension a little.






...yeah, you're just not going to interact with that whole paragraph.






O'Hare wipes his eyes clean of tears. The drink's really getting to him, and there's plenty yet to go.








Stax glances his head back from the sink, just as both you and him finish cleaning a cup each.










As you're about to try and help the tension, relieve the atmosphere, the door to Starwood Bough pops open once more, and a patron enters-- with a thin, terrifying figure, a very pale skin, and face lacking most features, save for a mouth which oozes oil and two indentations where eyes might typically be.

They speak, and you detect the faintest hint of a cockney accent-- but in the sort of way that walls occasionally sound like whispers, rather than a true accent. It's truly worrying.




Stax seems very excited. Everybody else in the bar is visibly put off, though O'Hare continues taking nibbles at his "Yeah, Screw You, Stax", with more enjoyment than he expected to have.

Tangy and Sweet would have left a while ago, but it seems Tangy is taking his time with his Rooted Bean. O'Hare is far from done with his drink (and new meal), as well-- so for now, the bar is quite full up.

Cup status: 2 occupied (Tangy's Rooted Bean, O'Hare's Dynamic Dynamite), 2 dirty (spilled Coffee, X-Treme Marine), 2 free
Plate status: 1 occupied (O'Hare's Y,SY,S), 1 dirty (TQoaBT), 2 free
Scavenger ability: Activated (0 uses)
Intrusive ability: Enabled

For your arguably deluxe, arguably quad-pointer, and arguably ice cream sandwich, you have gained some useful entries in the Cabinet!

Author's NotesShow

Thanks to Tuesbirdy for the awesome cameo/addition of what is essentially an alternate-universe NAME, from their adventure The Neverywhere Inn!

I've also updated past updates with something that I think I should have included since the start-- pronouns for newly-introduced characters! However, with Greene, it's still unclear exactly what they identify as, so if that's something you'd like to more clearly specify, feel free to!