The Six Crucibles

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Ambergris, Depths, Splash and Snowfall were visiting Mireh with Zulli in tow to collect some more fruits that Noodle insisted were medicinally necessary, but there was one problem. ((A storm had swept through the land recently, leaving everything looking a little worse for wear. Branches hung off trees, the fresh, ragged breaks bright against the darker bark. Leaves were everywhere, and while animals called and chirped, revitalized by the rain, the foliage and plants had clearly taken a beati...

[Trade] [ STR ] Storm Cleanup

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The tallest point by the sea

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What are these berries

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Spying on a native

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A very scary ghost story

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Imparting colony wisdom

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Traveling such a long way

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Literature

As part of the celebration of springtime was cooking. So much cooking. As the grip of winter faded and food became more readily available, it was traditional to celebrate with food. Bloodstone lead the way to Boti's tribes kitchens, chattering cheerfully to Whiteout and Splash who looked around with interest. ((Neither of them had been this deep in the tribe's tunnels, winding through the orange and gold sandstone of the hills. The kitchens, what with the heat the ovens radiated, and...

[CHA] Potluck

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Now that the winter storms were letting up, travelers were coming in to trade with Skyward, and some brought their youngsters with them so that they could learn about other colonies. Nova, Noodle, and Sky were giving Dionysus, a youngster from WhiteRaven, a tour and some advice. They had met him at the transport pad, ((earlier in the morning while the sky was still clear and there were only the barest wisps of clouds building. The amethyst tone of the atmosphere lent a dreamy tint to...

[Trade] [WIS] Tunnel Living

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"What took you guys so long?" Skyner said as his two companions walked or slithered off the gang plank and onto the dock where he had been waiting for them. ((He kicked off the remains of the fish he had procured while waiting. They hit the water below with a soft plonk and quickly sank out of sight. )) "The water looked cold. This is Rekes after all. Not the warm waters of Issiq," Charai reminded the belemoid. "I would have jumped but Charai said not to," Spalla said quietly. S...

[Trade] Finding lost relatives.

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Content Warning: Gross foods, meats, gagging, throwing up (just mentioned)

[Trade] Kitchen Nightmares

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The upside of using older technology was that it was simple to repair, and often cheaper than buying brand now. The downside… well, the downside was that it had a tendency to break down more often than newer equipment, as Bloodstone, Noodle, and Splash had just discovered the hard way. The flyer, on its way from Rekes to Mireh to do some trading, had jolted suddenly mid-flight, alarms blaring. The trio had wasted no time donning the emergency parachutes and abandoning ship, even though the ...

[INT] Technological Difficulties

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The sandstorm that had nearly overtaken Ballor had only worsened after they had reached the shelter of Boti's tribe's ravines, the wind screaming outside like a vengeful spirit. Depths and Nova had been here helping the tribe with some mining, and had stopped by to say hello to Ambergris. "Like the weather?" Nova asked cheerfully, and Ambergris snorted, brushing sand out of aer fur. "I think I like the air a little better when it's not solid, y'know?" Nova ...

[STR] Shoveling Sand

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Quirk, a tark'ee the color of matcha with a pelt vibrantly spotted with koi, hopped up onto the smooth boulders. A dark bracelet curled around one of her front wrists, obsidian-black with a stripe of blue upon the stomach. "Ahem," she coughed to clear her throat, and absent-mindedly twisted the bracelet around her fingers–revealing that it was not a piece of jewerly, but a newborn creature: A draconic tark'ee, by any means not much larger than a garden snake. "Hear ye, here ye!" She called,...

Serpentine Celebration

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Noodle, Ambergris, and Bloodstone were in Issiq, helping Boti out, when the sandstorm warning sirens began to wail, and their wristbands beeped to life with the weather alert. All four of them paused in their retrofitting of one of the air conditioners, and Boti made a disgruntled noise. "That storm wasn't supposed to hit until tomorrow -!" Their feathers rose and fell in agitation, and Bloodstone cocked her head. "Is there anything we can do to help prepare?" "No - ...

[CON] Sandstorm Guidance

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A bell is heard in the early morning, Kitty is pulling on its chain to wake everyone up for the day. Some of the residents are yawning joyfully, fully prepared for a brand new day, and some of them are groggily getting out of their tents, very much not excited to be woken up early. Everyone goes about their day as usual, whether they have a job or not. Lumme is slumped against a boulder, thinking of lyrics for a new song and singing them out lou...

Getting more wise

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The upside of spring in the mountains was that the snow started to melt, making land travel easier. The downside was that the snow started to melt, turning into water and swelling the little creeks into rushing waterways. Seafoam, Ambergris and Bloodstone were doing a quick walkthrough of the forest to check on how things that had been covered by snow over the winter were doing. Sky had wanted to come along, and was darting through the tree branches above, occasionally dropping melte...

[DEX] River Fording

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((The air was thick and heavy with the scent of smoke, vapors, and far too many bodies in close quarters. A dimly lit room, though large in and of itself, was packed seemingly wall to wall with those dancing, partying, drinking, and all around having a good time. The occasional colored strobe light illuminated club-goers at random. The room was alive with the thumping bass of loud speakers, energetic music streaming out from them. On two opposite sides of the room huge illuminated words procl...

Give me a Deception check- with confidence

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Literature

The three Tark'ee nosed their way across the hot sand. ((The air gifted them with a cool ocean breeze and the sound of soft waves lapping against the sand beneath their feat called softly from the water. All around golden sands stretched out meeting the ocean itself on one side and towering grey and brown cliffs on the other. Few plants grew this close to the ocean's salty waves, but a couple specs of green could be made out higher up among the cracks of the cliffs. The sun shone high in the ...

Tricky tracking

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Race rematch

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