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SlurpMaster Universe: A Slurp Drifts Up to the Rooftop, and Huru the Noodle-Loving Child Appears

By HANILAB
HANILAB UNIVERSE · SLURPMASTER

A Slurp
Drifting Up
to the Rooftop

On the night they shared the honey, a strange sound floated up to the rooftop: noodles being pulled up, and warm steam. This is the fourth story of the HaniLab universe, and the very first scene of the SlurpMaster universe.

Huru, a round-cheeked child, pursing his lips into a little circle and slurping up a long noodle

This is the first scene of the SlurpMaster universe. In the previous story, Hani the HaniLab bee, Boseul in her yellow raincoat, and the white-line stickman shared a jar of honey on the rooftop. This post follows the huru-ruk sound that drifted up before that sweetness had even faded. Every scene is imagined, but the numbers about SlurpMaster’s rhythm and grades are exactly as in the real game.

22 guestsin the game
22 dishesnoodle dishes in the game
0.22 swarning before the mouth changes
+100points for a PERFECT! bite
CHAPTER 01

The Smell After the Honey

The honey jar was empty, and the city lights were still twinkling. The stickman rested the empty jar on his knees, and Boseul tugged her raincoat closed, blinking sleepily. Hani was hugging the game pad and about to yawn when, all of a sudden, his antennae twitched first.

On a rooftop edge under the moon, Hani the bee, the white-line stickman and Boseul in her yellow raincoat sit side by side, listening to a sound rising from the street below
With the empty honey jar between them, all three tilt their heads at once

From somewhere below came a huru-ruk, huru-ruk, riding a steady beat. It wasn’t rain or wind. It was a warm sound. And on the air there was a smell that wasn’t honey: anchovy broth, scallion oil, and the steam of freshly boiled noodles.

White steam curls up from a restaurant window into the night sky and reaches the rooftop, where Hani, the stickman and Boseul close their eyes and breathe it in
The steam rises past the roof and reaches the three on the rooftop
CHAPTER 02

A Small Lit Window Down the Alley

Hani spread his wings, flew to the edge of the roof and looked down. A narrow alley, wet cobblestones, a lantern on the wall. At the far end, a little restaurant with a round window was glowing yellow, and a thin ribbon of white steam was unwinding from its chimney into the sky. The sound was coming from there.

Above a dark brick alley, Hani the bee sits on the edge of a tiled roof and looks down. At the end of the alley a small restaurant with a round window glows, white steam rising from its chimney
A small restaurant at the end of the night alley, its chimney steam drifting toward the moonlight
CHAPTER 03

The Child Who Loved Noodles Too Much

Inside the window, one child sat alone. A round-cheeked child in an orange sweater. In front of him were a steaming bowl of noodles and a cup of water, and he had his eyes squeezed shut, pulling up noodles as if that bowl were the only thing in the world. In this universe, we call him Huru, a name that comes from the sound of a slurp, huru-ruk. He is the child hugging a bowl and eating noodles in the SlurpMaster app icon.

At a wooden restaurant counter Huru slurps up noodles, then the camera pulls back through the window as white steam rises over the restaurant
Huru-ruk: one bite goes down, and the steam spills out the window
At a warm wooden counter under hanging lanterns, Huru, a round-cheeked child in an orange sweater, pulls noodles up with chopsticks, eyes shut and happy. A glass of water sits beside him
At the counter under the lanterns: this is how Huru’s evenings always go
CHAPTER 04

The Moment the Mouth Becomes an “O”

Huru was in no hurry. As he pulled the noodles up, at the very instant his lips pursed into a round O, in it went: a single bite. Then a gulp. Then another strand. Huru’s evening was a small rhythm made of sound.

Close-up of Huru hugging a big bowl in both hands and slurping noodles into his mouth, eyes wide and cheeks flushed (portrait image)
The moment his eyes go round
Close-up of Huru with his eyes shut tight, lips pursed into a circle, pulling up one long noodle while steam wraps around his cheeks (portrait image)
His mouth becomes an “O”, and the noodle slips in
How the Game Facts Connect to the Story
  1. The real game: SlurpMaster is a game where you feed noodles into a guest’s mouth. The guest’s mouth keeps pursing and closing on its own. Drop the noodles in the middle of the mouth while it is pursed into an O and you get PERFECT! (+100 points); try while it is closed and the noodles bounce back out. There is a 0.22-second warning before the mouth changes, so you can read the beat with your eyes. There are 22 guests and 22 noodle dishes.
  2. The story: the name Huru, his round cheeks, the evening he spends alone eating noodles at the restaurant, and Hani and friends following the sound there are all part of the HaniLab universe. In the game itself, the slurping comes from a guest’s mouth.
Real game screen: Level 1 with a spaghetti bowl at the bottom, a guest called Girl, and the hint 'Touch the bowl and drag UP'
Real screen: touch the bowl and drag it up to the mouth
Real game screen: a udon round where the noodles meet the lips and 'PERFECT!' flashes with '2 IN A ROW!' under it, and the hint 'Put it in the moment the ring meets the lips'
Real screen: noodles in just as the ring meets the lips, and it is PERFECT!
A slurp has a beat. The moment the mouth became an O was the answer to a single bite.— SlurpMaster universe
CHAPTER 05

Three Faces at the Window

Hani came down without a sound, and Boseul and the stickman followed. The three of them pressed their noses against the steamy window and peered in. Huru, eyes closed and focused on his noodles, never noticed the three faces outside. Boseul’s eyes took in a warm scene she had never seen before, and the stickman gazed for a long time at the single noodle rising from the tip of Huru’s chopsticks. A thin, long line, somehow a lot like himself.

At the window of a wooden restaurant, Huru slurps noodles inside while outside Boseul, the stickman and Hani, holding the honey jar, press their faces to the glass and look in
From outside the window, the three hold their breath and watch Huru’s evening

The next story is the night this single noodle becomes a road.

HaniLab bee logo

After the sweetness of honey, the steam of broth drifted up.
The story of the hive grew one cell warmer.

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