You Wake Up In A Bar

The break is momentary. One moment passes; then the other. No month goes by, and you, Greene, spend not a single breath outside of yourself. Nothing progresses. Everything is fine. Everything is fine.

Stax has just confirmed that he's done with Bloomy's order of eggs. Looks like it's time to take the reins on that one!














You start work on the cat's eventual dish. Stax's eggs go on the bottom of the pan, and then you start layering cat food on top-- wet layers and dry layers, being sure to separate them carefully with layers of chowm, diced blueberries, and diced cucumber, building what begins to seem like a stack of very unique lasagna.

Laren speaks up, seeming to want to generate an actual conversation in the bar that isn't mean-spirited.






Bloomy beams brightly, and Sublimate begins to rattle off with some enthusiasm.














As you push the pan into the QUIK-OVEN-1K, you glance back and try to get everyone in better spirits!




Bloomy, however, seems a bit concerned.





















The idea strikes you that perhaps being able to understand Bloomy on the fly would be... helpful.








However-- it seems the metallic swan is distracted by something. Something behind you. A marked carton of eggs, the one Stax used to make the base for Bloomy's lasagna casserole.





Her mechanical eyes, though tough to be emotive with, seem to burn with fire. Stax seems... unfazed, though the accusation seems to have alienated the other members of the bar; both Bloomy and Laren lean back some, both confused and worried.






You're not certain how to deal with this. The lasagna will be done by next turn, unless you were to take it out halfway and waste your efforts. You're not certain whether these eggs are safe cooked or not-- or even if Bloomy wants them now. It seems, however, that anything but quick and decisive action means Sublimate's about to attack Stax. And swans are definitely pretty good at attacking things.

Worrisome.

And right before your third bartending level, too.

Cup status: 1 occupied (Sublimate's Ashen Corrugible), 2 dirty (Rooted Bean, Dynamic Dynamite), 3 free
Plate status: 2 occupied (Bloomy's unfinished meal, Stax's unfinished meal), 2 dirty (TQoaBT, Y,SY,S), 0 free
Scavenger ability: Activated (0 uses)
Intrusive ability: Enabled

Author's NotesShow

I need a little fairy on my shoulder who repeatedly tells me "oh, come on, you'll enjoy making a YWUIAB update, and it'll take way less time than you think it will, just go for it already!" Maybe I should ask a local wizard?

Motivation's weird. Stress is weird. Stress about stress is weird. Thanks for being the most patient, incredible people imaginable.

And I think it might be kosher to pester me to work on this dang thing from time to time, haha. I need YWUIAB to be updating more often than it has been recently, and I can promise that this current pace isn't intentional at all.