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The mountains or Rekes were not particularly known for being inviting. However, both Koi and Woodland knew that the region also had plenty of herbs, growing high up on the tall mountains. While many of them weren't commonly used, being hard to grow even in greenhouses because of their odd natural habitat, some of these plants were extremely important as herbs used to cure rare illnesses.   They ventured up the mountains, the air thick and cold with how high up they we...

It had been a while since [[Roam]] and [[Fawn]]'s encounter with Blikk. After returning, life in L'hatzif continued like normal. Depart and Retreat had come home bragging to the other nursery whelps, and their enthusiasm over Blikk's stories was soon infectious. Neither Fawn nor Roam had ever been that into telling stories, but with Depart and Retreat excitedly recounting some of the tall tales Blikk had told them, they were pushed into it by many sets of pleading eyes.   ...

It had been a while since Crown and Finn had gone mining in Rekes. The supply of crystals they had brought home had been enough for a while, but eventually various other colonists had requested more of the material. On the ship to Rekes, they had stumbled upon two other miners, Isaac and Jaelor, who were also going to Rekes to mine. Crown had instantly noticed some of the blue belemoid's fur being a tad rough near his ribs- maybe a recently healed injury? The other Xunari was a w...

The air in the colony was tense as the news spread—a collective sigh of disappointment echoing through the clearing. The last harvest had been meager to say the least, and the air was fille concern. Bloo, observed the unease in his colony, especially among the smaller ones, Predict and Preserve, who were by now old enough to understand why the adults were panicing. As the leader, he felt it was his responsibility to find a solution.   Bloo gathered a small team, the...

Two whelps happily padded into the shallow ocean water. Having seen how overworked both Roam and Fawn were, with all the whelps in the nursery, Twinkle had offered to take the two whelps to the beach to look for seashells. "What's the ocean like, Twinkle?" aske Predict, Preserve perking up and tuning into the conversation too right away. Twinkle chuckled, her eyes sparkling with excitement as the whelps were still exploring the shoreline. "Well," she started "the oce...

"Are we there yet?" an annoyed voice pipped up from a bag slung over Roam's shoulders. Retreat had, rather quickly, become too tired to walk herself and being tired of the complaints Fawn had picked her up and put her in one of the big bags that previously held supplies for the trip.   Depart was still happily trotting along with them, occasionally stopping to look at bugs or rocks on the road. But even *he* was starting to get annoyed at the other whelp. "Not yet, Re...

Twinkle looked around, eyes eventually landing on a brown-and-black Belemoid who was sat resting, looking out over the water. They didn't look particularly busy.   Finn hummed, eyeing the stranger with curiosity. "Hi there!" she eventually piped up, making the Belemoid perk up in surprise. "Ah! Sorry, didn't see you there." the stranger said, clearing his throat. "How can I help you?"   "Hi there! I'm Finn and this is Twinkle. We're looking for ...

Finn brushed the sweat off of her forehead. Crown peeked around the corner, having been mining a slight bit away. "Hey Finn," she called out, "look what I found." Finn hummed in reply, taking her time to inspect the last bit of mining she had done- not much again, sadly, just some copper ore- and putting everything she had gotten into the mine cart she had brought along with her.   As she turned around to look at what Crown had found, she was quite amazed at the littl...

Finn and Twinkle had invited their new, oddly long, friend over to swim. Matter had promised the two that she could swim- With Twinkle and Finn teasing her light-heartedly that there was no way she would swim well without having any legs. Empress had chimed in, saying there were various aquatic snakes that could swim, and thus Twinkle and Finn had insisted on taking the day to "experiment". Empress and Matter knew full well that it was just a lame excuse to get the day off, but agreed regar...

Matter wasn't too confident navigating the deserts of Issiq, and honestly was entirely unsure why she had decided to come back at all. She had followed Gideon and Empress after hearing them discuss going to Ochre Dockyard to see the library there, but as she slithered around the busy streets she definitely had some second thoughts.   She had been before, of course, when she had gotten to be Quetzalcoatl's assistant during that one surgery, ages ago. At the mention of ...

Bloo had been wandering around the swampy region of L'hatzif for a while now. Having left his old home a while ago, he had quickly found that living alone- was more tricky than one would think at first. He had been in other regions, too- Rekes, which was *the worst* place the blue belemoid could've imagined, and Issiq, which had instantly become his second least favourite place. Deserts, he had quickly decided, were no home for him either.   So back he came, to his ol...