:: Start <> The world is ending, but not with fire or flood—with flavor. In a quiet café suspended between time and oblivion, you take a bite of a **Tamago Sando** just as a stranger tells you the truth: the world has less than an hour left. You have <> minutes remaining. [[Stir the egg|StirEgg]] [[Open the book|OpenBook]] [[Savor your last meal|SavorEnd]] :: StirEgg <> You walk into a kitchen that stretches into void. Floating utensils, timeless ingredients, and an egg in a bowl greet you. You have <> minutes remaining. <> <> <> <> <> :: OpenBook <> You open the seaweed-bound cookbook. Petals fly out. Two recipes glow: [[Recipe for the Unmaking Omelette|UnmakingOmelette]] [[Chrono-Ramen of Renewal|ChronoRamen]] :: UnmakingOmelette <> You must sacrifice a memory to proceed. <> <> <> <> <> <> :: OmeletteCook You conjure the Unmaking Omelette ingredients. [[Seek the final component|SearchCupboard]] :: ChronoRamen <> The ramen glows. It needs 3 parts: **noodle**, **broth**, **egg**. [[Search for ingredients|SearchCupboard]] [[Eat partial ramen|PartialRamen]] :: SearchCupboard <> You dig through the infinite cupboard. You have <> minutes remaining. <> <> <> <> <> <> :: ApproachCounter <> A silver spoon shivers. A note: *"The recipe is within you."* [[Check your recipe|FinalRecipe]] :: BentoPortal <> You step through into a Bento World. A realm of trial and taste. A Noodle Sage greets you. "Pass the test of patience." <> <> <> <> <> :: PartialRamen <> You eat ramen missing something. Time hiccups, then dies. [[Time Collapse|TimeCollapse]] :: FinalRecipe <> You have <> minutes remaining. <> [[Time Collapse|TimeCollapse]] <> You're missing something... [[Keep searching|SearchCupboard]] <> :: SavorEnd You take another bite of the Tamago Sando. Outside, the sky cracks like sugar. "Some endings are worth tasting," the stranger says. **ENDING: The Last Flavor** [[Start Over|Start]] :: TimeCollapse Time runs out. Reality crumbles. You are flavorless in the void. **ENDING: The Meal You Missed** [[Start Over|Start]] :: Ending Reality resets with echoes of what was lost. **ENDING: Bittersweet Salvation** [[Start Over|Start]]