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Challenge #04810-M061: Old, Yes. Helpless? HA!

She was older, heavy, with hair that was greying and she walked slowly with a cane. But when a young ruffian came up and tried to be an ass toward her, the individual found that cane could still be quite an effective, painful, deterrent. No one mocked her ever again. -- Anon Guest

Birron was old enough to know better. Many grownups told him that. But he also wanted to fit in with the awesome, older kids. He was willing to do anything to get them to let him into their gang. He'd noticed that they laughed and murmured about Old Lady Rollypoly. None of them knew her name, but they knew that she was plump, old, and weird. That was reason enough to laugh.

Birron decided to run off with the huge bag she always had slung over one shoulder. It was always slipping and making her stop and readjust it so she could waddle on for a few more feet. All so it would happen again. All he needed was the right timing and a good run up.

The strap fell off her shoulder and onto her elbow. He took off, grabbing it off her arm as he passed. "Can't catch me, Rollypoly!"

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Monday, Backups, Physio, and Shopping

My physio appointment has moved up to today so I'm using the opportunity to get a few things whilst I can. Including eggs, because the fam is firkin ravenous for them.

I has moneys, so shopping is less of a concern. So is paying for my physio.

I can commence the regular bill cycle very soon, but not the irregular bills because my savings are a teeny bit shot to shit.

The big things have to wait a little while. Next payday,

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Challenge #04809-M060: The Pygmalion Project

They felt the warm hand upon their stone form, their eyes opening, their flesh restoring, how long had they been asleep. The being before them had kind eyes.... "are...ze...an.. orc?"

The being looked upon them and shook a heavy head. "We're not called that." / "Iz been zleeping for a long time. Wvat...are....ze called dzen?"

"Once I set camp to rest, we can talk, is that alright?" / "Of courze."

It was a long talk late into the night, and

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Sunday, Stream Shenanigans

The Archive is doing its thing. Soon, the Promptcast will be doing theirs and I shall be working as moderator on their chat.

And probably also working on the prompt from the Archive as well. Maybe even working on today's story. Going hog wild over here [/sarcasm]

I shall have money enough to start paying the bills again tomorrow. I'm going to leave it one more week before I call the Mower in to tame the yard. Insulation against disaster and all.

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Challenge #04808-M059: Subject Zero

Dragon's blood is powerful, but, is said to carry a terrible curse. When the need is great, a warrior drinks the blood of a dragon for strength. -- Deathshead419

Dragons are powerful. They're a fact as large as mountains, as devastating as tidal waves, and as hazardous as living itself[1]. Thus it was no shock that lesser species required a large amount of dragon parts to make their magic.

They were warned. Take only that which was discarded, or given freely.

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Saturday, Pitched Again

B'nar's been cast aside by one, so I've flinged it at another. Yay.

I got my humidifier, and Learned Something last night. Turns out I get cloggy in the bronchi during high humidity. And I somehow need more hydration in my atmosphere to ameliorate that shit.

Don't ask me, I just live here.

Anyway, my humidifier is smart enough to not add to the vapours in the air after it gets to 99% and that didn't effect my sleep, thank grop.

Was

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Challenge #04807-M058: Closed Temporal Loop

In the early morning of April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank beneath the waves, carrying 1,500 souls to a cold, watery grave. The story told to history is that she sank after hitting an ice berg. The truth could never be allowed to get out… -- Deathshead419

1912...

Nobody would believe the truth, not all of it. They barely believed that the Titanic sank until they saw the survivors and the remaining lifeboats. So many were lost. So much was

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Friday, Sneezin' and Wheezin' Season Mitigation

I have been having a couple of severely Bad Air Days. Frequently on Max(the nebuliser), dizzy because air problems and so on. Easily solved by the stupidest mitigation ever - a fucking humidifier.

So now my PLNs include getting a big one for the bedroom since the little desktop one doesn't do so well at keeping my breathing easy.

My PLNs now include going outside, going place, and getting thing. Bleh.

Meanwhile, this morning, the rain has been landing on us

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Challenge #04806-M057: Talking to Faeries

Ragvald was once a great warrior, known for his berserker trances brought on by imbibing the sacred mushroom. But now he struggles to discern what is real and what are visions the mushrooms bring. -- Deathshead419

In the frozen Northlands, the Berserkr gained heavy respect in battle. Mostly due to their ability to literally tear apart the enemy. Or anyone who got in their way, for that matter. When they're foaming at the mouth and have run out of enemies, they have

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Thursday, Cash Floweth at Last

We has money. They pay schedule has changed, but we has money. Huzzah.

I shall be treating everything very carefully for a while. Until it's stable.

Softly and cautiously for quite some time.

Things should be much better by the new fiscal year. But until then... head down, bum up, and gentle with the moolah.

Today, I have PLNs to record some chapters for Adorable. Or at least the audio archives. Alongside the usual offerings, of course. And make the bread.

Onwards,

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Challenge #04805-M056: (Thunder) Roll Intimidation

A crazed warlord demands at a temple that God produce rain for a drought wracked region in three days or they’ll be consequences. When the time comes and goes, the warlord sets up an artillery battery around the temple and fires on the heavens above. The next day it begins to rain. If it’s stupid and it works… -- Deathshead419

While it is well known that the gods are in charge of things that mortals can't control, it is supremely

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Wednesday, Weekly Thing and Medical Intervention

My prescription for the preventer has expired, and I need more preventer. So today includes a visit to the medicos and a subsequent visit to a pharmacy.

It's going to get EXPENSIVE. And it's already been expensive, this week. I needed to stock up.

Keeping track of it all might break my heart, give me headaches, and so on... but it will also help me understand where or when I have economy issues.

Figuring out a decent strategy is key. At least

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Challenge #04804-M055: Seeds of Hope

They were wandering adventurers, lost, hungry, most of their equipment wrecked. A poor family that had little took them in and shared what meager rations they had. None got 'quite enough', but no one went to bed completely hungry. The adventurers arrived as an escort to their leader, a king. He helped the poor family get back on their feet again, not through lavish wealth, but humbler gifts of food, aid to fix their home, and seed that would actually grow in

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Tuesday, Patreon, Supplies, and Cash Flow

I haven't heard anything else from the chief breadwinner. Any longer and I might just encourage her to get lawyers on her side.

HOWEVER...

  • I am earning HIVE through Peakd
  • I can export those to Binance and convert that to Bitcoin
  • Which I can then stow in my e-Wallet
  • And then fling to my CoinJar
  • So I can trade it for cash
  • Which then goes to my bank account

So I can at least cover the autobills and therefore have room to

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Challenge #04803-M054: Gone Without a Trace

The intrepid, some would say mad, explorer Arthur Christianson ventured alone into the Antarctic wastes, convinced that he had found Atlantis and the secret of all human civilization. His badly damaged campsite was discovered two years later, though his body was never recovered. Below is the contents of his final journal entry, retrieved from the site: -- Deathshead419

[AN: I try not to have real people in these stories, and there is a person by that name in Linkedin, so the name

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