Not sure whether this counts as a spam or derail? Is story-based banter (see above) allowed?
It's all good, just exercice judgement and in general, be reasonable and we're good. I really don't want to write rules nobody will read anyway. MK is my escapism, I have a difficult life atm ; just don't make posting here a chore to me, thats all I ask.
Atta girl!!
Btw, Esqu deserves the nickname 'Monkey Punch' for his heroic deed of fighting off those vermin. ; )
Holy snap, that's quality right there. Absolutely love those, thanks so much. Would you mind if I ink/color some of those ?
If SQman doesn't protest, kinda want to give him that title yes. But we need a more permanent solution to our monkey problem - luckily, dogs do breed fast and are enough to ward the macaques away. Soon we should be safe.
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Summer 144
New faces
As Kimaeslo Ori's anniversary is approaching, the situation seems to stabilize in the area. One year after the arrival of the small group of friends on the rocky beaches of the interior sea, they could at least leave their troglodyte shelter and, at last, live under the sun, in a real community house.
Of course, the house wasn't finished it was lacking a real roof and its last story was yet to be built, but it was now inhabitable and would prove far more comfortable than the hole dug up into the hill they were using until then.
Finishing the house was still the priority, but it had to be balance with other pressing matters, namely security which was seriously lacking. Hauben and Joakim were kept into their makeshift militia and spent their days between training in the soon-to-be discarded underground shelter and warding off rhesus monkeys with their new dog. Gram had to replace them in the carpenter's workshop, which slowed down the construction, but allowed him to spend more time with Toki.
It's not like we're in a hurry anyway.
Then, the 23 of June, three more people showed up to Kimaeslo Ori. Their names were Thratpin, female mercenary, Ivak a strange man with a lot of unrelated skills, including poetry and tactics and his wife Cusith, dancer and weaver.
But the real happening of the season happened a bit later, in July. As expected, the merchants from the guild visited, and as expected, Uquur was leading them. But even if this was expected, it remained impressive for the small group of settlers.
Uquur was more than a member of the royal court at Asuciro and the mistress of the guild. She was one of the most well known figure in the whole kingdom. At only 35 years of age, she had already done everything wed to Thratnu, himself swordsman of incredible skill and son of Lord Ulet of Lemhuhqihu. she was trained to the art of war by the defunct but legendary Commander Stipoth, then bringed her incredible skills to Thomocemir, where she trained the man who would then become Commander Pathril Carry-Their-Memories, and participate to each and every one of their battles.
In very short, Uquur was kind of a big deal. Her escort was wearing metal armor a rare sight in the country, and hopefully a sign of the its growing prosperity.
Her merchants soon unpacked their wares in the depot.
The first thing she discussed with Gram was the quality of Kimaeslo Ori's wood products. After only a season of training, Toki has become a master at her art, and had done a collection of wooden wares, earrings, scepters, crowns, made of bright persimmon wood, which immediately attracted the eye of the guild.
As she was also in charge of selling the settlement's wares, she did so quite expertly.
Against a part of her newly made collection, she acquired a lot of otherwise unavailable raw materials, namely stone and metal, a few animals and kid toys. The idea was, originally, to smelt those for their content of bronze, but Ari-Taskmo's the kids picked them immediately and the ground didn't had the heart to take them back.
Uquur bringed some news of the kingdom but they were few and far between. The major issue, at the moment, was the health of the aging queen Usu and the lack of a self evident heir, but all things considered, it was not a big concern. Pearlites are notorious for their ability to solve this kind of problem peacefully, and did so numberous times in history.
Osme, Pilalene and Wulemaapasi did not attack this year and Mong Kima was steadily recovering from its war damage. Maybe, at some point, Kimaeslo Ori would have to carry its share of the war effort, but in summer 144, this possibility was a very, very distant one.
The other important new for Uquur that is was the wedding of her only surviving son, Birod, knight of Thomocemir. The boy age 19 was married to one of her mother's workers and Thomocemir celebrated a full week.
Summer came and go soon, the merchants would resume their travel, and temperature would soon become acceptable again. With the stone bought from the guild, a kiln was built and clay deposits were exploited. It allowed the Aconilun to quickly build the roof of their communal house, and opened the possibility of cooking bricks, which in turn would allow for the creation of glass and metal furnaces.
What more when the guild left, Uquur decided to stay a little longer in Kimaeslo Ori, and would be received as a guest of distinction. When summer ended, things were looking bright in the bridge-town-to-be.
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