<h1>coffee quest</h1>
It's your first day of work at your ritzy new job in the big city. The cars, the construction, the busyness of millions of individuals scurrying about their day without a care for another has given you a terrible headache, and it seems like everyone on the sidewalk passes you in a dizzying blur. Your shoes feel a little weird, and your shirt feels a bit tight. You had a bad dream last night but can't really remember what it was. Something to do with dolphins.
[[continue->shop]]
Caffeine might kill this headache. You stop by a coffee shop before work. The name is something French in cursive, though that also describes the place across the street.
(click: "coffee shop")[It looks like a jungle of plants indoors, and a dozen well-dressed individuals fill up the wicker seating, all writing emails to the tune of soft jazz.
There's a short line, and you feel relieved. It'll give you a chance to think about your order.
(click-replace: "think")[*overthink*]
(click: "order")[Back home, you'd usually get a medium iced coffee with milk, no sugar. What do they have around here?
You look at the [[menu.]]
]
]The girl in front of you is paying for her order. You wonder what she got. She has this air of confidence like she's done this a million times.
{(live: 2s)[Oh no, she got her order. That was fast.]}
{(live: 4s)[Wait, are they going to ask for a name? What's your name again?]}
{(live: 6s)[ [[You're up->you're up]].]}
(link: "*iced coffee with milk no sugar*")[
(link: "*iced coffee with milk no sugar*")[
(link: "*iced coffee with milk no sugar*")[
[[iced coffee with milk no sugar->sugar]]
]
]
]"Hi, what'll you be getting today?"
[["Uh, umm..."]]
[["Iced-coffee-with-milk-no-sugar"]]Your face starts to get a little warm, and your eyes flit towards your shoes. There's a wad of gum stuck on the toe already.
"Um..."
(click-replace: "Um...")[Nevermind.]
(click-replace: "Nevermind.")[Well...]
(click-replace: "Well...")[[[I'll have a...->panic]]]
"Oh, what kind of milk would you like?"
[["Uh, umm..."]]
[["Wait, what kind of milk is there?"]]Beads of sweat form at your temples. The glare of the stranger behind you bores into your neck.
You could [[leave]] now and save yourself, or [[stay]] and try to get this coffee.
"Oh, we have two percent, whole, and skim cow's milk, unsweetened and sweetened almond milk, soy milk, and oat milk, as well as half-and-half and heavy cream if you'd like!"
*My god, there's even more*
"[[What's the usual—->panic]]"Heart racing, you murmur out "nevermind," though perhaps only a third of the syllables. You brush past the stranger behind you and wince. Did this line get way longer?
[[continue->sidewalk]]You decide you need this coffee. And nothing is going to stop you.
(click: "nothing")[Oh dear. You're feeling dizzy
(click-append: "dizzy")[ and dizzier]
(click-append: "dizzier")[[[ and dizzier and->fall]]]
]Fresh air meets your face, and you feel a touch calmer. You smell something a little off, like sewage, but you figure that's just the city.
You check your phone.
(click-replace: "You check your phone.")[1 Missed Call, Voicemail: Boss]
(click-replace: "1 Missed Call, Voicemail: Boss")[Your palms grow sweaty. Not only do you hate voicemail, but phone calls. Unlike coffee, you have no choice here. Your head pounds. You really wish you got that coffee.
THE END
]//boom.//
(click: "boom.")[Your head meets the cold tile floor. Kinda doesn't feel like much. Never really does.]
(click: "Never really does.")[Bright lights never did sit well with you. Maybe it was the blender going with the people talking next to the music and your terrible headache—
{(live: 2s)["[[Are you okay!?->help]]"]}
]All you hear is the word "ambulance."
(click: "ambulance")[*No, no. I'm fine.*]
(click: "fine")[Even though you clearly aren't, they back off. What feels like just a couple of seconds later, you get up, and wander out of the shop, no coffee in hand. Your pocket keeps buzzing away, but that's not really important right now. This headache is killing you.
THE END]**MENU**
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(link: "Coffee")[Frappes, nitro cold brew, cappuccinos, pumpkin spice chai lattes... Did a place like this even have just iced coffee with milk, no sugar? You wish life could just be simple.]
(link: "Milk options")[Oh no. Were they going to ask you what kind of milk you wanted? Two percent, skim milk, whole milk, soy milk, almond milk, coconut milk, goat milk—wait, that says "oat." Can you milk an oat? Much in the same way you milk an almond, you suppose.]
(link: "Sugar options")[The sugar selection is borderline disturbing. White sugar, brown sugar, honey, agave nectar, Stevia, Truvia, Sugar in the *Raw*?]
(link: "Sizes")[8oz Small, 12oz Medium. Phew. Nothing dumb like "venti."]
]
(live: 12s)[
(replace: ?text)[Shit. You're next in [[line]].]
(stop:)
]