Ep 1 · You Start as a Vagabond When You Sign Up

You begin as a Vagabond. Proceed anyway?

Most apps welcome you with a blank profile and a tutorial skip button. Foodbook welcomes you with the lowest tier.

In Korea that's 거지 (beggar). Globally it's Vagabond. Same mechanics: plastic trencher, ads on screen, The Hovel as your home board.

Onboarding is deliberate:

1. Confirm you're starting at the bottom
2. Get a realm-appropriate name from birth date
3. Optional share for a speaking bowl
4. Pick your starter bowl
5. Enter The Hovel
6. Snap your first proof bowl

The joke is the hook. The hook is the habit loop.