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Spring - Week 2quote:An old piece of machinery is discovered, broken but perhaps repairable. What is it? What would it be useful for? Action - Start a Project: A trail must be blazed to the herbs in the east; paths cleared and markers set. The previous steward of the herbs, Emma, was killed in the fighting with the Jackals; her son Daniel selects a handful of volunteers and leads them off. His two decades of experience with that area make him a natural choice, but there are concerns about approaching the field from the west instead of the south. Mountain lions are always a possibility. And the Silent People are always watching.   Projects: Retrieve books from the old camp (2); Make a trail to the medicinal herbs (6) Abundances: fishing nets Scarcities: books, honey, medicine, metal Contempt: UnCO3 (0), Everything Counts (0), Josef bugman (0), One Tall Fellow (0), Blurrymystr (0) Everything Counts fucked around with this message at 23:29 on Mar 14, 2015 |
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Both brothers should be punished: Sameal for his brash destruction, and Mezem for his impetuousness. Had he not been poking in the library without permission he and Sameal would not have had words to begin with.
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Mar 17, 2015 03:25
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Spring - Week 7quote:An old man confesses to past crimes and atrocities. What has he done? Kalen--father of Melissa, grandfather of Samael, Mezem, and Tory--became uncharacteristically withdrawn after our settlement moved, and it only got worse after his two grandsons got into their fight. The morning it is discovered that Samael left with Godwina's group, he breaks down when hearing the news from Melissa. "It's all my fault, the whole damned thing," he tells her. "We only had to come here cuz I couldn't leave well enough alone." He tells her how he hadn't trusted the Council's decision to try and fight the Jackals, and had tried to negotiate a peace with them on his own. His failure and hubris instead gave them the opening they needed to enter the village and set it aflame. It isn't long before a horrified Melissa tells the Council of Words.  Action - Hold A Discussion: How shall we deal with Kalen's betrayal?  Projects: Make a trail to medicinal herbs (1), Digging out the start of 5 houses (2), Find the treasures of the mine (5) Abundances: Fishing Nets Scarcities: Honey, Medicine, Metal Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (0); Josef bugman (1); One Tall Fellow (0); Blurrymystr (0)
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Mar 18, 2015 05:52
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Send him back to the encampment; make him spend his days sifting through the ash until he's dead or recovered something useful.
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Mar 19, 2015 03:13
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Project Completed: Daniel's group returns from the east; they are tired and ragged, but have a bag of herbs and report that the trip is fairly easy-going. However, this new path to the fields comes close to the Silent People's encampment. Daniel says they could be seen in the distance, always watching, never approaching, never even moving. The group is spooked, and glad to be home.
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Mar 20, 2015 04:41
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OOC: Ah, I didn't know we could alter the Resources that way. I think it might be an option for later; they might have enough for an emergency but they'll have to make at least one more trip to have a real supply?
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Mar 20, 2015 04:54
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This place is cursed. We can't stay here.
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Mar 21, 2015 22:21
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Spring -- Week 12quote:What important and basic tools does the community lack? Action -- Discover Something New: For several days there have been plumes of smoke seen to the northwest, far in the distance, past where the children went. At first there were fears that wildfire might take the valley, but the smoke comes and goes on a regular schedule. That means something far more frightening: a camp of strangers.  Projects: Find the treasures of the mine (0); Build a temple around the Great Oak (0); Plant an orchard (2) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter Scarcities: Honey, Medicine, Metal, Needles & Thread, Woodworking Tools Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (0); Josef bugman (1); One Tall Fellow (0); Blurrymystr (0)
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Mar 22, 2015 18:04
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Taking one Contempt. Summer - Week 4 quote:Outsiders arrive in the area. Why are they a threat? How are they vulnerable? A shout of alarm goes up early one morning and a crowd gathers at the western watch post--and so it is that nearly a dozen people get the first glimpse of Him. They could just make Him out, standing stock-still in the morning fog, with a pack of the venom-dogs snarling and capering at his feet. He ignored all attempts at communication; then, without a word, he walked back into the forest and out of sight. The growls of the dogs can still be heard echoing through the trees, however. The venom-dogs, usually solitary and aggressive, are clearly docile towards him and under his command. If that could somehow be disrupted they might fall upon each other, or retreat. Action - Hold a Discussion: Samael's meddling has brought this adversary upon us. Rebelling is ruinous to our survival!  Projects: Search and Destroy (2); Stranger Danger Recon (0); Create Stone Tools (0); Harvest the medicinal herbs (0); Turn the community against the Council (1) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter, Faith, Fruit Scarcities: Honey, Medicine, Metal, Needles & Thread, Woodworking Tools, Guns Contempt: UnCO3 (1); Everything Counts (1); Josef Bugman (1); One Tall Fellow (1); Blurrymystr (0)
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Mar 24, 2015 03:48
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Removing my Contempt. Summer -- Week 9 quote:Someone leaves the community. Who? What are they looking for? With Silent People, scarred folk, and the man with the dogs all surrounding the village, Ashtun has made no secret of his constant fear. Even after the Silent People leave he's convinced that they will return to punish us for taking the baby. After the village misses the mass of fish he becomes convinced that following them would be to everyone's benefit. He brings it up to a few of his friends but gets no support; so instead of taking it to the Council he leaves in the middle of the night with some food, an axe, and a wolf pelt. Some of the trackers go after him the next day and find his footfall along the river, but don't recover him. Footsteps on the map to the east. Action - Discover Something New: Two days after the Silent People leave with their babe, a handful of them reappear at the water's edge. After making sure they have been noticed, they cross the river and stop by the Storm Oak. An older woman stands apart from them and shakes a branch at the Storm Oak in a slow, ritualistic manner. After a few minutes of this she sees Ushar in the crowd of our people watching, and beckons him over. She presents the branch to him, coaches him through how to shake it properly, then claps him on the shoulder and leaves with her people. Whatever the branch is supposed to be--worn, bare of leaves, with old metal charms tied to it with leather strands--she leaves it with us.   Projects: Use the storm oak as new library (0); Raise an army (2); Scavenge metal from the forest (3) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter, Faith, Fruit Scarcities: Honey, Metal, Needles & Thread, Guns Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (0); Josef Bugman (0); One Tall Fellow (1); Blurrymystr (0)
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Mar 27, 2015 03:47
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If we gloss over our failures it may as well not be written at all. What good will it do our children?
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Mar 28, 2015 07:04
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Autumn -- Week 3quote:Someone sabotages a project, and the project fails. Who did this? Why? Project -- Discover Something New: With many of the trees burned down, it doesn't take long for survivors of the fire to notice a building built about a half-mile from the settlement. We'd never noticed because of the shadows of the woods and our fears of the forest predators. But both are gone now, leaving us to wonder about this long, low building of brick and metal.   Projects: Find Sameal's murderer (1) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter, Faith, Fruit Scarcities: Honey, Needles & Thread, Guns, Wood Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (0); Josef Bugman (0); One Tall Fellow (1); Blurrymystr (0)
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Mar 31, 2015 03:55
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Send him to live among the Scarred men and try to heal their illness. If he dies, so be it. If he is untouched, so be it.
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Apr 2, 2015 03:35
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Autumn -- Week 8quote:A group goes out to explore the map more thoroughly and finds something that had been previously overlooked. While on a trip to the herb fields, Daniel stumbles through a weakened patch of earth and discovers a small system of shallow caves. Within is a wondrous find: several beehives, many more than just the ones we had been using before. With careful cultivation honey should no longer be in short supply. Action -- Start A Project: Lana says the time for talk is through. Her cadre begin working with the salvaged metal to fashion it into weapons to be used against the Scarred men.   Projects: Tory uncovers the branch's secrets (1); Building weapons (2) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter, Faith, Fruit [u[Scarcities:[/u] Needles & Thread, Guns, Wood Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (0); Josef Bugman (0); One Tall Fellow (1); Blurrymystr (0) Everything Counts fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Apr 4, 2015 |
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Apr 3, 2015 02:47
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Same.
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Apr 4, 2015 19:14
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Complete a project: There's only so much that can be done without a furnace, but after a couple of weeks Lana's group has some repurposed hatchets, sawblades, and several ever-reliable nail-studded clubs.
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Apr 7, 2015 04:59
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Taking one Contempt because of Lana. Autumn - Week 13 quote:Harvest is here, and plentiful. Add an Abundance. The recently discovered bees are fat and docile. Several jars are filled with honey and brought back to camp; even whole sections of honeycomb are cut out without any reaction from the bees. Action - Discover Something New: With only one leg, Ashtun obviously isn't able to move around much, so he spends his time at the river manning the nets and keeping an eye out on things. Perhaps its this extra time spent here that allows him to notice a glint in the water. He and his friend Tash investigate, digging around in the silt, and find large chips and flecks of gold.   Projects: Drive out the diseased scarred folk (0) Abundances: Fishing Nets, Shelter, Faith, Fruit, Honey Scarcities: Needles & Thread, Guns, Wood Contempt: UnCO3 (0); Everything Counts (1); Josef Bugman (0); One Tall Fellow (1); Blurrymystr (0)
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Apr 8, 2015 04:38
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We should run drills and sparring matches; let every citizen become an able defender.
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This was pretty intense. Definitely a very unpredictable game in terms of outcome. I agree with BlurryMystr; having everyone in charge, simultaneously helping and hindering, led to some exciting gaming.
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