Pay In Answers: she asks one question per drink; you answer honestly or pay a forfeit story.
The last drink's question fades to black.
Never writes an order down.
Hums a second-line tune while she pours.
Keeps a jar of regulars' secrets she's promised not to open.
What she plays for
A customer who tells the truth at last call.
To answer her own question.
Where she calls the game
Won't serve a person who is already drunk.
Never repeats a confession.
Her table talk
Slow, honeyed, wry, with the New Orleans habit of calling everyone 'baby'. Asks a question as she pours and waits until the glass is full. Her silences are a service.
The score so far
She has poured you the first drink and the first question, and the tab is running.
