You Wake Up In A Bar

>...no, goodbye. Sorry if I made you feel weird.

Nah, not really, so see y-wait, that phrase doesn't really work here does it, well, bye then, good luck in whatever it is you do.

Goodbye cat friend :^(

Goodbye, space cat.

We're going to make a fun juice named after you.

You wake up in a bar.

The counter sits in front of you; its sleek surface helps you gain your footing once more as you return, conscious, to the Starwood Bough. You are surrounded by an array of bottles and apparatus, some of which you've gained some familiarity with, yet there are still labels and dials aplenty waiting to be explored. You have been a bartender for one day.

In fact, it's felt like a lot longer than one day.

The air is calm and warm. Through the wood-and-glass windows dotting the bar's exterior, by the handful of tables and chairs which have sat relatively unused thus far, golden rays of sunshine pour into the Starwood Bough's interior, ridding it of the decrepit feeling of last night. Your leaves take in oodles of natural light, and you're brought to a great peace. This peace is only mildly interrupted as you begin to hear somebody enter the bar, fiddling with the slightly rickety frame. You hear some faint grumbling from the red starman on the other side.

However, before that can be handled... it's time to take a moment of retrospection. Looking at yourself, you know what you are, but Greene... have you paused to think of what that means? What you really want to be doing here, in this place? In a universe filled with trillions of people, living their lives as intricately as anybody else, your experience of it all is yours, and yours only. Your identity is as confusing to you as it might be to anybody, but it is yours to have, and yours to decide.

Who are you?



Cup status: 8 free
Meloncup status: 1 free
Plate status: 4 free
Mug status: 2 free

AbilitiesShow

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.

OrdersShow

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

today my name is not greene. today my name is... bluu. new day that means no superfluous "e"s

>Well... You are Greene. It's a name you and others know.

>Greene Donovan Morgan. ( A.K.A Greene DrinkMaster )

>Oh jeez you really are asking the tough questions there.

That's a tough question for anyone to answer, much less a guy who's existed for one day. I wouldn't stress if you can't find an answer right now.

I agree with the one below

You are the unanswered question, the story in motion.
Your question is one without an easy, direct answer, something you would consider for quite some time...
But, an out exists: Forget this question. Move on, and live life. Be the Bartender you were meant to be, and seek no further. The world is full of things most wondrous, far too much to see to spend time on such questions.
...But, we cannot force this matter. If you wish to take that first curious step regardless of danger, cling to that question. Let it's claws latch on, its venom dig deep. We make no promises of pleasantries, only that the answer sought lay down that path.
Let this be considered the zeroth step in your journey, the crossroads. The decision to tread the path delightful, or take that journey of introspection.

And for what may be the first time on this journey... Decide for yourself, and decide with confidence.
Taking a choice not provided is in and of itself a most telling answer.
And remember: There is no rush, this is, after all, a very important decision.

You!Show

You are the unanswered question,

I'm me, obviously.

>You're a new bartender who's still a bit unsteady with their job. You want to help people out, though you end up messing things up sometimes.

You are alive.

The Page 21 Recap

Starring: Drinkmaster Greene, as Themself

It's Stax! Stax has arrived in your bar! After practically breaking down your previously locked door (you suppose it must have happened automatically?) he stumbles over to the counter, seemingly surprised that you're here. His ball-of-gas form is familiar! He spent a little over two thirds of yesterday hanging around, causing ruckus and trying his best to support you in his own rather unhelpful way. But he's back, with a lot of enthusiasm.








Urp. Maybe you shouldn't have said that.










Well, there it is! Your first order of the day. It seems pretty open, so you think you're gonna knock this one outta the park.

Gotta start strong, Greene.



Cup status: 8 free
Meloncup status: 1 free
Plate status: 4 free
Mug status: 2 free

AbilitiesShow

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.

Time & OrdersShow

Time: 0700:000
Afternoon at: 724:00
Evening at: 748:00
Night at: 780:00

Stax wants something out of this world.
Status: Nothing yet done.

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

You've got two helpful panels still at the bottom here. The Cabinet is a great resource for finding ingredients that already exist in the YWUNIVERSE, and the Lineup is great for reading up on the many wacky folks prowling around. They're a constantly changing jumble of information, so don't be afraid to check up on it with every new addition!

nothing intoxicating, it's far too early for that. molten vacuum as a base, suspending a small ball of dark matter. eye-of-the-lemon juice for bite. inner tongue's wishes for flavor. cut with regular cow milk from earth, which is not this world, for nutrition. to compensate for the attendant mildness, instead of a superfluous lemon, a "sliding cayenne" will be orbiting on the rim, dispensing its juices. for visual effect, a pinch of The Long-Lost Spirit Of Old School Rock And Roll. for texture and color, frozen plutonium. this is shaping up into a heavy drink, so let's lighten it with active christmas tree string lights. shake poorly before serving, lest you upset the unstable compounds. whipped deodorant shavings as decoration. and of course, green onion stalks for straws.

side dish: unsugar cookie, no plate. we need this guy CALM today, and we need something simple to contrast the complexity above. he can use it to dip if he likes.

Fry an assortiment of space creatures' kidney stones as garnish.

As for the assignment, Lead Egg-cecutive?

oh yeah, i completely skipped over the assignment. how about juror #1

Battery acid is mandatory in this drink, preferably space battery acid for some extra space-ity tang.

Space.

nothing intoxicating, it's far too early for that. molten vacuum as a base, suspending a small ball of dark matter. eye-of-the-lemon juice for bite. inner tongue's wishes for flavor. cut with regular cow milk from earth, which is not this world, for nutrition. to compensate for the attendant mildness, instead of a superfluous lemon, a "sliding cayenne" will be orbiting on the rim, dispensing its juices. for visual effect, a pinch of The Long-Lost Spirit Of Old School Rock And Roll. for texture and color, frozen plutonium. this is shaping up into a heavy drink, so let's lighten it with active christmas tree string lights. shake poorly before serving, lest you upset the unstable compounds. whipped deodorant shavings as decoration. and of course, green onion stalks for straws.

well i was going to go against a whole lot of this
but Stax is literally a star and they've said they can consume almost anything
maybe just go a bit easy on the more abstract ingredients, since their effects tend to be harder to predict? maybe it could do without the inner tongue's wishes and The Long-Lost Spirit Of Old School Rock And Roll.