[ LQ ] lunch.quest
--:-- midday clock

file no. 12 — quest type: alimentary

your lunch is a quest. accept it.

Every weekday at 12:00, half a billion humans face the same paralysing choice. We turn that choice into a five-minute side quest with a roll, a route, and a tiny bit of glory.

read the scroll
0 rolls today 3 minute average 97% finish their plate
QUEST #0001
awaiting roll…
  • budget— gp
  • distance— blocks
  • spice
  • solo / party
?? press the die to receive your quest
N

the scroll of midday

I.

You will not be paralysed.

Decision fatigue eats more of your afternoon than the sandwich ever will. lunch.quest closes the loop in three taps: roll, route, eat.

II.

You will be surprised, on purpose.

Our die weights toward the dishes you have not had this week, the streets you have not walked, the friends you owe a meal.

III.

You will keep a record.

Every accepted quest goes into your codex. Streaks, regions, regrets — all there, none gamified into oblivion.

begin a quest

tune the parameters. press the die. follow the line.

selected cheap · close · mild · solo
last roll
recommended
side quest
YOU QUEST

the lunch guild

four archetypes. pick your patch. earn the rest.

the forager

walks the long way. trusts hand-painted signs. always has a fig in their pocket.

ranges 8 — 22 blocks

the merchant

knows every soup deal in a one-mile radius. tips in cash. carries a punchcard collection.

3 stamps from a free bowl

the scholar

brings a book. asks for the soup of the day. eats slowly. takes notes in tiny letters.

read 41 books at lunch

the bard

orders for the table. tells the story of the dumpling. makes the waiter smile twice.

73 friends fed this year

codex of the eaten

a small piece of recent lunch history, recorded in plain ink.

dayquestdishcostverdict
monfind a noodle older than youhand-pulled lamian14 gpfinished
tueeat where the line isbanh mi, no jalapeño9 gpfinished
wedbrown bag, green parktuna sandwich4 gpleft crusts
thuorder in a language you cannot readpho ga13 gpfinished
frisplit one plate, between fourkhachapuri22 gpforgot rice
satwalk past three before stoppingbaked potato6 gpfinished
streak: 14 days regions: seoul · queens · porto regret: 1, the salad

tomorrow at 11:55, your die will be ready.

no app. no account. a quiet bookmark and a quiet promise.

we send one quest a weekday. unsubscribe by replying with the rune NO.