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Challenge #05049-M300: Must Love Cats

The helpful fae of the house mourned when the elderly resident passed. They, however, had the three young cats that the person had deeply loved to take care of. And a house to tend. -- BKF

The house was as still and quiet as the dead. Which made sense, since the person who owned it had died, leaving it vacant. Well. Vacant if you didn't count her beloved cats. They slept on her bed, hunted the mice and pests, and were very well fed even a week after the body of their former person had been removed for burial.

There was no food in the pantry. No stores in the cellar, yet the cats were fed and groomed. Even their litterbox was kept clean.

When Sisi took over ownership of both house and felines, they wondered why the cats were so healthy. Or so friendly. They bought some meat scraps and cream for them, of course, and they instantly took to Sisi like they were old friends. Glad for a friendly touch.

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Tuesday, Moving Forward on Big PLNs

I am stocking up on stuff and things today. I also PLN on finishing off the Promptcast thing, working on rewriting ADT, and the daily tale. Yay.

If I have the spoons, I have to also work on Weird Writer Wednesday, and put in some things for my Patreon patrons.

Yes, I know I have to space things out. No, I'm not sure how I can do that when I also need to traipse around Meatspace for hours and hours. Yes, I

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Challenge #05048-M299: Following Misunderstanding

"Why didn't you kill me, I attacked you." You were under the influence of drink and whatever it was you were taking. You were not in your right mind, but now it's time you got cleaned up. -- BKF

It's nigh universally agreed that there are good and bad ways to return to consciousness. For example - it is very good to awaken in a comfortable bed with the company of one's choice and pleasant smells on the gentle breeze. On the

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Monday, Bracing For Shopping

I need to get stuff and things, so I shall be braving the exterior and shopping centres during the Halloween/Christmas crush.

Yay.

On top of all my other physical BS, navigating the heat and the crazy crowds is not my number one thing to do. I'll survive it because I have to.

I'll be bitching the entire time and likely need a post-expedition nap, but I can do it.

Today's PLN includes 500 words into my Promptcast entry as well as

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Challenge #05047-M298: Rough Landing

"Why are your eyes watering like that?" Oh, it's nothing, just my allergies. -- BKF

[AN/PSA: Denial of emotional expression is a toxic social enforcement and needs to die]

"Mama? Are you crying?" My sensitive little darling, Xin, had found me. I couldn't tell them. Not yet.

I startled, rushing to soak up the leakage from my eyes. "It's pollen," I lied. "Got my face going funny."

Xin was four and cried when they couldn't find their favourite soft toy. Or

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Sunday, Stream Stuff and Nonsense

The Promptcast will be launching in a few short hours, and I shall be moderating the chat.

The PLNs today include the moderating, the daily tale, and whatever nonsense I can cook up for Weird Writer Wednesday.

Pondering my recovery and health is looking like it's going to be a process. Including a change of diet and some form of exercise to build up what I can of my body.

(Slight bit peeved that asking for help received minimal effort from Beloved,

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Challenge #05046-M297: Cursed Mistake

The elf was placed under two strong curses. They could not die no matter what, and any time they tried to meditate, they fell into a deep sleep, dreams and all. -- BKF

Immortality isn't always a blessing. It isn't an accident, either. On rare occasions, it is truly a curse.

Once upon a time, a mighty hero slayed a Dragon. This would normally be something welcomed as a legend in their own lifetime. Alas, this was the Dragon God of Equity.

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Saturday: Clambering Back Up

I can still feel the morbs clinging to my back, but I'm getting back up there.

I brushed my hair for the first time in three days. I did some of my stretchies. I made breakfast. I'm about to take my meds, which I missed yesterday.

This is progress. It is slow and steady.

Progress is not linear but I am feeling better. Today.

I do know something that can help but it's terrible for my weight control - sugar.

The Promptcast

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Challenge #05045-M296: Trade Secret

They were born a Hellkin. But they had unusual horns that grew in, in the fall as deer-like antlers that, when shed in the spring, turned to beautiful crystal. They turned these into wind chimes and sun-catchers, which sold well. -- BKF

There's a lot of mythos surrounding Hellkin. A huge volume of it is wrong. The one about vampires and witches breeding to make Hellkin is a complete canard. The one about their feet striking sparks and lighting fires on the

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Friday: Bad Brain Day

My alarm goes off at 4:30AM. When I should get up, see to my self-maintenance, do my exercises, then enter the proper world and begin my daily tasks.

No such luck.

I woke up weary. Exhausted and in pain when I should have been fresh and ready to go about my daily tasks. So I flopped back in bed and tried to catch some extra rest.

It felt like gravity was doing double duty. It took as much effort to roll

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Challenge #05044-M295: A Hat to Tip

Wraithvine gives Scramble hir first wizard's hat. And Chance unexpectedly grows dragon-like wings that sorta match his adopted father's own. -- BKF

"The time has come," announced Wraithvine. "Prentice, you have the fundamentals of magic to a point where you can use them reliably and with intent. We... are making your hat."

"What?" said Scramble. "But I still suck at it."

"Nevertheless, the world must know that you are a Wizard. Since you've proven that you can learn and use magic, it

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Thursday: RAIN

It is absolutely BUCKETING over here in Sunny Queensland. I was woken by the thundering blatter on our roof. Further investigation revealed that Whenitrains Creek is not only running, but it has a pal by the Eastern fence. And the news that the rain is going to continue for the foreseeable future.

I'm calling it now. We're getting a second once-a-century flood inside of 20 years.

And people say that climate change isn't real.

With the shitty weather comes the threat of

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Challenge #05043-M294: A Day in From the Storm

Chance and Scramble learn to tend Waithvine's garden while the family waits out the rain storm. Chance is surprisingly deft at picking plants without harming the ones not ready for harvest, and Scramble learns they're really good at properly getting plants processed for storage in the pantries. -- BKF

Out in the proper world, the storm was threatening to erase everything above solid stone. In Wraithvine's portable tower, the garden was always in fine or gentle weather. The noise of the storm

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Wednesday: The Search For Spoons

I'm... struggling.

My knees are nominally operational again, but my right hip has taken it's turn, with my back, to make functioning in meatspace more than a little difficult.

I'm doing what I can to improve the situation, but I'm still on low-batt/minimal spoons today.

I have 1K left worth of words to put into my Promptcast thing and I have yet to reach the prompt I want to use. Soon.

My PLN is to plug in the last 1K and

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Challenge #05042-M293: Distracting Allure

A little lost havenworlder child runs up to Sensei Twii and flitters up to his shoulder to ask for help. They're scared and don't know where their parentals are. -- BKF

The fledgeling was able to lift off for short bursts. Almost typical for Avian Havenworlders. They lit from bench to benchtop to passing maintenance wagon before landing, panting, on Master Twii's shoulder. "Riri said... if I gotted lost," they managed, "I gotta find a Human. you look... human. Are you a

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