You Wake Up In A Bar

Gotta start strong, Greene.

You have known Stax for one year. You have known this bar and all its little quirks for one year. Two growths of your existence have been comprised of this place and time, even if the people around you do not yet realize it. Life is in standstill until you move, and for a little while now, you've not been in control at all, have you?








The world shifts back into focus. Terrats, in all its sunny emptiness, shifts back into focus. You're still here.

You're still here.

Gotta start strong, Greene. You begin preparing the starman's drink in all its complicated, messy glory, with two slowly-steadying hands. The glare coming in through the dusty windows is fueling you once more, and everything is beginning to make sense again.






...ah, foreshadowing! You know it when you see it.






You interrupt him with a firm, stern voice, pausing your efforts to badly shake his drink.














With that relatively settled, you decide a good way to cap things off would be to serve Stax his drink, at last! You can't resist a grin as you place his swirling mass of colors in front of him, complete with green onion stalk straws.

As he leans forth to begin enjoying his new drink, glowing a bit with noticeable happiness, you hear the door to the Starwood Bough slowly peel open-- and the figure of a rather awkward gun-person saunters forth! With both of its eyes plastered on one side, it uncomfortably shifts the barrel of itself around, aiming wildly at you and Stax before standing perpendicular, trying to get a good view.

Looks, to you, like Clippy Butagun wants The Big Nerbug Writer.

...whatever that means.




Uh oh.



Cup status: 7 free, 1 occupied (Stax's Shaken Starred)
Meloncup status: 1 free
Plate status: 4 free
Mug status: 2 free

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Abilities



Scavenger: Available (1/1 uses)
Gain a cup and plate every day, on command.

Intrusive: Enabled
Introduction cards show a bio for a given character.

Intuitive: Enabled
Introduction cards show somebody's ingredient preferences.

Phytochemist: Enabled (bright)
Create drinks/meals automatically (at half speed) during sunlit hours.

Collaborative: Enabled
Attach any length of Cabinet entry to an ingredient suggestion at will.

Perfectionist: Enabled
Gain a hint about quintessential ingredients for drinks/meals. Succeeding makes that quintessential ingredient limitless.

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Time & Orders
Time: 0702:000
Afternoon at: 724:00
Evening at: 748:00
Night at: 780:00

Clippy Butagun wants The Big Nerbug Writer.
Status: Nothing yet done.

Nadezhda wants to find SYLG.
Status: Drinkmaster Greene is fated to find SYLG.

Thanks to your extensive work on the Shaken Starred, you have a wealth of wondrous and wacky ingredients at your disposal, with new information given about each of them. This information can be found in the Cabinet, and this Cabinet would be a great place to find existing ingredients for use in Clippy Butagun's order, as well as creating new ones!

Speaking of Clippy Butagun, this elusive character can be referenced later in the Lineup, a place to find information and bios on characters without having to search through YWUIAB.

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Author's NotesIt's no secret that I've been gone a while! Well, it hasn't been for nothing, but sometimes looking back at this it can feel that way. I know it can really detract from the ex[c=#0026A5]p[/c]erience of following [c=#0026A5]a[/c]n adventure to have these big gap[c=#0026A5]s[/c], and I wan[c=#0026A5]t[/c] d[c=#0026A5]e[/c]sperately for them not to happen, [c=#0026A5]b[/c]ut [c=#0026A5]I[/c] got caught up i[c=#0026A5]n[/c] a lot of things all at once[c=#0026A5]. Com[/c]ing from this time of inactivity[c=#0026A5]/[/c]distraction is a lot of music I've been working on (one of which is the music for this update!) as well as my first term in college, as well as some unhealthy time spent playing new games. (Try Return of the Obra [c=#0026A5]D[/c]inn, no matter who you are! [c=#0026A5]F[/c]un times. [c=#0026A5]G[/c]ood murders.)

[c=#0026A5]S[/c]o this update is the one-year anniversary of You Wake Up In A Bar. It's by no means the end, because I have an endless [c=#0026A5]w[/c]ealth of things planned, but it always comes down to prioritizing them over whatever other thing happens to be going on, or whatever [c=#0026A5]Z[/c]one I happen to be in. On a good note, though, this is the first time I've spent a year on a thing without completely giving up. I know for a lot of people that's not much, but it's neat that I'm still here, still enjoying everyone on ET, still enjoying making YWUIAB, and still excited for its future. [c=#0026A5]Q[/c]uite a bit hinges on continuing after this one, which I hope to do!

Well, sorry for the diatribe, though. I hope you enjoyed this update.

See ya again soon. Maybe P[c=#0026A5]a[/c]irtree? We'll see.