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A full year after Akira had visited the impromptu college set up for islanders, he had returned–this time, as a professor. Not only had he hit the books, reading two a day, but he'd also grown much larger in that time–about ten feet worth! ((The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and the stage was ready-built. Benches were set in rows across the sandy beach, and a wood arbor had been raised that offered some protection from the hot sun. The crabs were a mild concern, however...
Six Legs Or Four?
In Class Specialization ・ By Sea-Cucumbers
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Content Warning: Hunting, stabbing, death, snakes (All mild)

The Hungry Prince - Part 3
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Shenzi, a tsabhua with a hyena-marked pelt and Citrus, a dazzling iridescent aquatic kukuri, were off on the adventure of a lifetime. You just hadn't gotten to see any of it–but it was awe-inspiring, actually. They'd traversed into an ancient temple hidden deep within the L'Hatzif jungle, dodged floor-step traps laced with poison arrows, and also fought an army of undead mummies. Despite Citrus' apparent disinterest in getting her claws dirty, her massive horns could deal some seri...
Ruins & Relics
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"My back huuurts," Skritch complained, putting his hands on his rump and puffing his chest out until his spine made a number of satisfying crunches. "We haven't even walked that far yet," Shenzi pointed out with an awkward shrug. The sand was warm and made satisfying crunches underneath her toes. "Do you remember when we lived in the ocean?" Sharkbait gave an awkward chuckle, one that was filled with post-irony but also a bit of humble nostalgia. "Yeah… I wish we were back there, som...
Desert Striders
In The Six Crucibles ・ By Sea-Cucumbers
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For hours, the two tsabhua and single belemoid had been camped at the edge of grassy boulders, staring at an overgrown dirt patch leading to a rusted sewer grate. In all the time they'd been watching from afar, the horizontal door had not so much as even creaked in the wind. A cobbled wall kept the grate up against the back of an overgrown knoll. Occasionally, a brown-pelted jaebo relishing in the sun would stick a tongue out at Shenzi, making her furious that she couldn't be hunting instead....
Rustlin' Up Rumors
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((The night was so dark that the exploration team had been struggling to get through the brush – slapping themselves in the faces with ferns and stumbling around in the pitch-black. You couldn't have told the tsabhua from the kukuri, their forms all-black down to only their voices and blinking eyes. All until a bright light had filtered through the distance. "This way," March Hare had breathed,...
City Of Lights (✧)
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Although feeding the queen would've been enough for Skritch, and the prince's reward had been generous, the starving royal family necessitated more food. Still, they hadn't brought back the meaty hojenst steak requested by the stern old king, nor the leaping jaebo wanted by the princess. "Which do we hunt first?" Skritch tapped his chin, considering the options—bunny stew wasn't so awful of an idea. Hivoo, a slate tsabhua, regarded him with a gracious smile. "It doesn't matt...
[Gift] The Hungry King - Part 1
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"Pest control!" Resounded the powerful voice of Thylla, the black tsabhua with a large tan underbelly. She carried an oversized net over her shoulder, a byproduct of the fishing industry that she'd snagged from next to some old shed or country store. "Free huldah cleaning!" Hivoo called out, cupping her hands around her maw to try to project the sound of her voice further across the flat, muddy bay. She was Tylla's helper who, like her, originated from the colony of Tsidal. "...
[Gift] The Hungry Queen - Part 1
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When they'd discovered a lost whelp in Mireh, none of the Sea-Cucumbers Colony had ever raised a child before. Nobody knew how old Skritch was, or even if he was truly from this planet, while Sharkbait and Shenzi were both newly aged adults. Nevertheless, ever since they'd discovered Polly, the bright green parakeet tark'ee, it had been their duty to care for her–in many ways, bringing their fractured and distrusting colony together. After their submarine crashed in Mireh, and their ...
Meaning Of Life
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((The lake of visions was unusually quiet, with the ravine empty of its common troves of travelers. Although now the sky was setting into a deep pink, the colonists were in the hottest months of shemesh, a season akin to summer. The water shimmered with the pale light of the sky overhead, a rare solace in the vast dunes of the Issiq desert. Surrounded by sandy beaches and the rising, multi-colored geologic formations of the ravine, it made a pristine location to hunt – When it wasn't crowde...
[Gift] The Hungry Prince - Part 2
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It was a pristine sunny day in the rolling meadows of Mireh. "Inner peace… Inner peace…" Aeon shut his eyes, breathing deeply and moving internally to trace the paths of his chi energy. His mate, a golden iridescent rook sat beside him, guarding his sacred space. A hop, skip, and a jump away across the hill, a striped soluno named Zeru was foraging through the rabbit dens, searching for hidden items. "ANOTHER DAMN GRASSY HILL!" A loud, screaming complaint fell over them. It was non...
The Menace in Mireh
In Foraging ・ By Sea-Cucumbers
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Content Warning: Violence (Mild)

I Can Hardly Boar-Lieve this
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((A long grassy knoll sat ahead, rolling hills with a beautiful view of the valleys below. Although a few lone trees spotted the meadow, it was primarily lush green grasses and the dots of purple and pink wildflowers. A rabbit-like creature with a tan pelt scurried through the grass before disappearing into some unseen burrow beneath. It was just after nightfall, the skies blue–but not so dark yet that it was hard to see, and the grass was still warm from the lingering heat of the ea...
Foraging Feud (Part 1)
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"Like I was saying, real nasty place. Aren't you soo glad that we don't live here?" The fur of Skritch's head was spiked and sticky, with smears of the same gummy goo across his pelt. "Yet, I explicitly told you not to stand under the giant mushroom as I sliced off the sample," Shenzi muttered back weakly. "Why did you even want to come with me, again?" The black tsabhua had traveled here to meet Van Callis, an expert on the rare species of mus...
Too Many Miners!
In Class Specialization ・ By Sea-Cucumbers
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Research by DPIP indicated that the ocean held the lowest education rate out of all of the regions of Xiunus, and a plan had been put into place to alleviate that: A small school that had opened up on a large, central island, inviting any colonist to fully funded classes. Skritch had been incredibly hesitant to send any of the Sea-Cucumber Colony's residents, as time spent in college was better used mining precious gold and gems for their charismatic leader. Akira had only managed to convince...
Learnin' On Island Time
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Content Warning: Gross foods, meats, gagging, throwing up (just mentioned)

[Trade] Kitchen Nightmares
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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
In The Six Crucibles ・ By Sea-Cucumbers
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Content Warning: Surgery, mild body horror

The Medical Mushroom Mayhap
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The City of Naveh–if you could even call it that–was more akin to a red crater. The structures were formed out of the thick, red clay, forming tunnel-like abodes with several sets of doors and windows. The tallest red brick buildings formed the watchtowers, which were visible well outside the stone-tooth perimeter wall. Though it was only late day, the sky above was an eerie dark purple that tinted the buildings and pelts of inhabitants. It was better than the long desert that the ...
A Con-Artist Among Theives
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How Does He Breathe?
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