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Challenge #04911-M162: Faekindred Delivery System

For six weeks melodious harp music wafts into a villager’s bedroom every night. In the seventh, the villager enters the woods, finding a satyr playing beside a brook, who gives a most unusual reason for the song… -- Deathshead419

It was beautiful music, Grisel couldn't deny it. Even as they lay awake when they should be sleeping because the music was keeping them from their dreams. And it was Summer, so shutting the window to block the sound was not an option.

They were the only farm that close to the forest, so nobody else in Frigmoor could hear it.

Moonlight seranades were perfect if you didn't have to get up and feed the animals at the arse-crack of dawn. Grisel had just about had enough of the tune. Always changing the rhythm, the melody. There was no chorus, just an unending chain of refrains.

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Thursday, Progress Ahoy

Beloved and Adorable were unfucking their soon-to-be ex-residence yesterday. They're back here today to focus on unfucking the garage so we can move out the computer room so we can turn it into a bedroom so that people can move in.

I have ventured the idea that the garage can not only be nerd storage, but also space for spare fridges, freezers, and bulk shelf-stable foodstuffs.

We have a PLN.

It's just the other nonsense that tends to get in the way.

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Challenge #04910-M161: Follow Instructions

Deep in the heart of windswept plains is a temple with a great hoard of gold. All who enter may take a single coin from the supposed Goddess’s shrine. A woeful fate is said to befall any who take more than their fair share. What is the woeful fate? As the supposed Goddess statue is actually Eris, the answer may surprise everyone involved. -- Deathshead419

There are gods you pray to for their mercy. There are those you do not speak

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Wednesday, Breathing Easier

Today's discovery - I have been permanently exhausted because I've been having a Clayton's Asthma Attack for some months. Yay.

I should have known when some chunks came up to the outside of me. They were not a nice colour.

So now I'm doing all the things to loosen up the clinker and get some lung capacity back and some clear bronchii to breathe as well.

If I wake up at fuckoff at night, I'm taking a dose on the Nebuliser. During

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Challenge #04909-M160: Treasure in Strange Places

An old treasure is found by a space salvager. A locked case full of old diaries, music boxes, books, and photos. And a letter that reads "This was my life among the stars. I lived happy here, I died of old age happy here. Solitary is not always lonely, and being with others TOO much is not always comfort." -- Anon Guest

There's a lot to find in Sargasso systems. Stellar objects that had no natural satellites, so varying civilisations dumped their

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Tuesday, Patreon, Rain, and Shenanigans

I don't have a lot to share. Not yet. Life has been getting in my way.

Today, I am seeing the sleep study people to find out what they're saying about my slumber. Amongst many other things.

Patreon. Daily tale. Continuing to try unriddling the house contents, which will include the arrival of a skip into the driveway. All the better to remove the true debris.

And I just got a reminder that I'm due a blood test for the experts. I

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Challenge #04908-M159: Deserved Reward

An all-service spa offers Wraithvine and hir friends the works. Hair Washes, trims, scale-grooming, hoof-polishing, the works. The price? One copper per being. Why so low? It was all about helping people have a good day and be comfortable. Though, people who were rude and entitled WERE charged an "entitlement tax". -- Anon Guest

[AN: I should be keeping track and I have been a naughty bean about doing that. So. The stories this relates to in order: Strictly by Chance, Impact

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Monday, Assorted Shenanigannery

We have a Plan, not a PLN. So that's something. The Plan, as I understand it, is to clear out the garage and turn it into the new computer room so that the extant computer room is free to become a bedroom again.

There's a PLN to turn the patio into a catio extension so that NannaDorbs will have somewhere to smoke. FTR she rolls her own so I should have few issues with the tobacco.

Yesterday, Beloved and Adorable rolled in,

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Challenge #04907-M158: Essential Learning

Wraithvine and hir friends have a training day, learning magic and self-defense. -- Anon Guest

Of all the places to practice magic, most mages recommend areas with an abundance of granite. It's hardy, resilient, and largely proof against most magics. It also makes an excellent scratching post for Dragons.

For combat lessons, the teacher prefers an area with soft ground so that the student doesn't hurt themselves when they fall. Or, if available, lots of padding. Wraithvine could conjure the padding as

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Sunday, The Shenanigans Commence

Things be fucked up in family 'Nutter. I'll give you the Cliff Notes.

  • Landlord has decided not to renew Adorable's lease
  • Whole fam has two months to find new digs
  • My place is temporary base
  • For everyone

Good news: We're going to save a bit of money by only supporting one house.
Bad news: It's looking to be UTTER FUCKING CHAOS for two to three months, minimum
Good news: At least I got the firkin sink completely unclogged before anyone else could

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Challenge #04906-M157: The Impact of Concerns

A dragon offers Bibrid, Wraithvine, and their friends a ride across a canyon. The price? The group has to groom their claws in return, which have gotten a bit overgrown. -- Anon Guest

Wandering by oneself, Wraithvine mused, was easier since ze only had hirself to worry about. Wandering with immortal companions was similar, since the stakes were relatively low. Wandering with a newfound family... brought out all hir worry-wart aspects where they were the least helpful.

At least Chance was inclined

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Saturday, Interview Looming and Other Things

It's not very long before the Promptcast has me in the hot seat for an author interview. I have bread waiting to be baked. I have my good self primped and prepped for my online closeup.

I may have fucked up the times in my notifications, but I am not perfect and everyone knows that.

I fear my biggest issue will be staying focussed on the interview. I have removed most of my distractions. There's still the computer and all the other

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Challenge #04905-M156: Caught Broadside

Torture is forbidden in the Alliance, but there are more ways to break a person than physical pain. Ever deal with a dad who seems to want to turn everything into a bad pun? -- Anon Guest

[AN: The Alliance has transcended the need for torture. There are better ways to get information out of someone. Therefore, this has to happen somewhere on the Edge]

The Galactic Alliance is an agreement between multiple polities and species in an extended trade network. People

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Friday, Ducks Lined Up

I solved the Discord background issue with the simple expedient of uninstalling and re-installing the dingdang thing. This is the software equivalent of turning it off and turning it back on again.

Huzzah.

I have the double-dough juggling day going on, so whatever I get done counts as a minor miracle.

I'm hoping to at least get a scribbly-sketch of my cover done at some point today. I did half a chapter yesterday and that was an achievement. I don't know if

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Challenge #04904-M155: Drastic Change Consultancy

A group go to the B'Nari to get new bodies. They wish to develop underwater cities, without needing domes for air, so they, and their friends, can finally live peacefully together. -- Anon Guest

[AN: The Alliance has LOADS of planets where people can live according to their personal moral alignment. Also I have a planet called Beach where Humans and Cetaceans have built a society together]

They were looking at a water planet with relatively shallow oceans. Kelp farming and fish

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