Lunira and James return to the village, having spent the time away talking and learning as much about each other as possible.
James takes some materials from Coleman's farm and clothier, and goes to his office. Meanwhile, Lunira gathers everyone together.
She reports having found a small river oh her way back, her ears more sensitive than the average human allowing her to hear the flowing water. It's not too long of a trip, and everyone goes to it to fill water bottles, clean off, and see what the fuss is about.
Everyone cleaned off without incident, and came back happy but wet. Coleman mentioned something about irrigation, and engineers.
When everyone had returned, James left Lunira a pile of books and left to go to the river himself.
"Ahem... I know I'm not normally the one for public speaking, but James decided we should pool all our knowledge. That's why we made these, blank tomes for everyone to write in. You can write whatever you want, just know that what you write will influence our future. Thank you."
Lunira handed out the books, and writing pens made from feathers.
"All right. We'll need a place to put various books- James couldn't decide on a tavern or a library, so we may end up with both. I'll help chop some logs if anyone wants me to."
Thomas stepped up. "No, I'll get yer logs. I can write before I get some sleep."
Everyone else went back inside, as it was getting somewhat late. Grant caught Lunira outside, however.
"Hey. I heard about what happened."
"Oh, the goblins? It was nothing. I chose to put myself on the line for everyone and I did."
"No, not that. I mean, that was part of it, but I wanted to hear it from you. What was it like?"
"Exhilarating. I admit, i was a little afraid, but... Combat is what I do. I might not always like it, but it's what I'm good at and it gets adrenaline going."
"It's the same here. I'd have loved to have been there, but I've also been wanting to go hunting, so..."
"It's no problem."
"If you want, we can teach each other some stuff about combat. I don't know a lot, but I didn't think you were a sword user last time I saw you."
"I wasn't, I'm not really one yet."
"I'll be glad to help."
As everyone was getting ready for bed...
Coleman began writing a book, entitled "Become Someone".
In the book, he writes about his becoming a farmer from a clothier, and other plans for his life.
In the book, he draws out a few ideas for an irrigation system. The first one shows a great aptitude for engineering, a large aqueduct system that could provide the town with water- if they could make a waterwheel and some pumps. The second one he drew is a sort of gravitational system, where rainwater funnels through a sort of snaking pattern through the fields. In the third design, rainwater is captured in open barrels and allowed to leak extremely slowly from a hole in the base, watering the plants.
In the book, he lays out a table of different cloths and leathers and what they're best used for.
In the book, he writes about current events, and his feelings for Ashley.
Lunira began writing her book, "Guided By Moonlight."
In the book, she writes about kitsune culture as a whole and her village's unique customs.
In the book, she writes about the differences of a kitsune and a human, and their similarities.
In the book, she writes about her quickness to marry James, and how in her old village marriage was set at birth.
In the book, she writes about how to properly use and draws out basic stances.
In the book, she writes a small poem entitled "Luna", a poem about herself and the origins of her name.
Rosa began writing her book, titled "Heated Forge".
In her book, she wrote about being bitter that love had struck all but her.
In her book, she wrote about the many weapons and techniques of metalworking she uses.
In her book, she compares metalworking to love, the heat, time, and care put into each part.
In her book, she mentions Grant as a potential love interest, but denies it in her own writing.
James began writing his book, titled "Wise Man"
In his book, he wrote about how difficult being a mayor was at first, before becoming wiser.
In his book, he wrote about his favorite kinds of booze.
In his book, he wrote about kitsune, especially Lunira.
In his book, he wrote about his favored methods of writing a good speech.
Ashley began writing her book, titled "Foundation"
In her book, she wrote about how to identify different ores and precious gems.
In her book, she wrote a small poem without a name comparing her normal, stonelike exterior and her inner love for Coleman, a prominent line "Stone Hard, Silk Soft, My heart feels through the dust."
Grant began writing his book, titled "War"
In his book, he wrote about how life is a constant struggle, and could be considered a neverending war.
In his book, he wrote about favored guerrilla tactics.
In his book, he wrote about maintenance of ranged weapons.
In his book, he wrote about the properties of different weapons.
In his book, he wrote about proper combat in various situations.
In his book, he wrote about how to camouflage oneself in any situation.
Thomas began writing his book, titled "I Am"
In his book, he wrote a short introduction about himself
In his book, he wrote about hunting methods
In his book, he wrote about how to butcher a great number of creatures
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GM Turn-
Elsewhere in the world, in a hidden away temple, 12 hooded figures stood around a symbol engraved upon the floor. The one at the top took a bottle of red fluid from his robes and poured it out onto the symbol. Together, the people began to chant in an unknown language.
The red fluid began to glow and the ground shook. The symbol fell away, revealing a hole into Hell itself. And out poured demons, lesser and unable to do anything of importance to the world. Others emerged after the floods of cattle-eaters and tricksters, ones that could disguise themselves as gods, or even other humans, and others still after them with powers that could not be understood by even the gods.
The people, who had been promised a great reward, lay in pools of blood. They had opened a gate into one of many Hells, this one a large, advanced one capable of bringing the still young world to it's knees.
VillagerList:
James the Mayor
Ashley the Miner
Coleman the Clothier
Grant the Soldier
Thomas the Hunter
Rosa the Smithy
Lunira the Soldier
Relationships:
James/Lunira: Married
Rosa/Lunira: Mutual Respect, Friends
Thomas/Lunira: Friends
Coleman/Ashley: Lovers
Thomas/Grant: Close Friends
Rosa/Ashley: Acquaintances
Rosa/Grant: Friends
Rosa/Coleman: Avoidance
You have:
Full forge: All metalworking can be done.
Basic Carpentry: You can make wooden buildings and structures.
Basic Masonry: You can make stone buildings and structures.
Full Farming/Cooking: You can cook and farm anything you can get your hands on.
Construction: You can dig, mine, build buildings, build walls, build grates, build floodgates, and build levers/mechanisms.
Others-
You can collect sap.
You can weave saplings.
You can chop trees, you can gather plants, you can hunt for new seeds, you can mine.
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You have 64 units preserved meat jerky.
You have 20 units meat.
You have 24 units of bread.
You have 20 logs (-2 (paper, +20 (Thomas) this turn)
You have 20 rough cuts of Dolomite.
You have 5 rough units of Petrified Wood.
You have 3 barrels of booze.
You collect rainwater for fresh water.
You no longer have leather.
You have a small stock of various bones.
You have no unrotten fat.
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