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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 is now Arthur Christiens. I trust you forgive]

Day 23 of the Antarctic journey, The mountains are in sight. I am once again thankful for the equipment purchased from the Inuit tribes of northern Canada. They have had untold centuries to have refined clothing best suited to enduring the chill. I have learned well from their primitive wisdom.

I grow weary of salt pork and dried seaweed, but they are rations that will last. Tomorrow, I sally forth towards the mountains. Proof of the hollow Earth is within my reach!

Day 31 of the Antarctic journey. Searches of the foothills prove fruitless, so far. Killed some of the native birds for dietary variety. I find the meat gamey, oily, and tasting vaguely of fish.

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Challenge #04802-M053: Define Normal

Amy haven’t made a milkshake in a while, so she started gathering fresh ingredients her favourite strawberry-banana milkshake. Her mouth waters as she fill the blender, But something lingers in the back of her mind something she’s forgetting… suddenly her neighbour knock on her door. “Amy! The boys are back in town!” But it was too late the blender just started whirling -- Anon Guest

The return to normal had been irrevocably altered. They pretended everything was normal after the

Challenge #04801-M052: Good Kitty

The human's cat was normally very gentle with the avian crew. Never attacking, sometimes batting at feathers, but only the ones that were already shed and dropped to the floor. So the hissing and growling, keeping them away from the cargo hold's door was shocking. Fortunately, because the cargo hold's main door was tightly closed, that also meant NO ONE was in there when the faulty hatch blew, and the hold suddenly depressurized. Keeping the human, the crew, AND the cat quite

Challenge #04800-M051: Paradise is Imperfect

Dragons, Elves, Teufel, Halloblood, Humans, Kobolds, etc, all were welcome at this beautiful spa. Massages, haircuts, scrubbings to help the scales, manicures pedicures, the works. A plaque by the door, both in images and multiple languages read "Long hair trimmings will be made into wigs for those in need, short hair to bundles for bird to make nests. Scales, claws, and nails shed or trimmed shall be ground into fine powder, and mixed into the soil helping the free garden to grow

Challenge #04799-M050: It's a Start

I've killed so many. Teufel, Kobolds, Vampires, ... so many. Even a dragon. Yet, you... you let me live. But more important, you saved my family. I was taught to hate you, fear you.... never even tried to understand. Ye gods... what have I done? Even if I lived a thousand years.... I don't think I could ever atone for it all. -- Anon Guest

There's only so many careers that are obviously predestined when given the name Guy Stronginthearm. One was becoming

Challenge #04798-M049: Using All Avenues

Another died of the 'plague' that leaves the body rake thin. Always recorded as an illness. The red king, the tax-collectors told them, demanded this tribute. She fled to stop the plague, stop the red king, if the lord wouldn't do it, she would.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04754-m005-the-better-decision -- Anon Guest

Famines were generally the product of administrative mismanagement. It was very rare for a famine to be the direct result of consecutive disasters. The lands of the Red King

Challenge #04797-M048: How to Wrangle a Toddler

"Hi, I'm Pib! As a kid, hell, as a TODDLER, I gained a... bit of a reputation. Sadly, it's not unusual for human toddlers to sometimes have a kill count it seems. Anyhow, I'm here to teach you how to handle human toddlers aboard your vessels. So if your human friends have kids, you know how to be safe, and make sure things are safe for the kids, too!" -- Anon Guest

Parenting, according to Humans, is the act of preventing the

Challenge #04796-M047: Pathogen Paranoia

The pirates thought they'd caught the human napping, instead they caught a human sick with norovirus. While immunoflu stops most, it does not stop all, and this bug, while not fatal, really wrecked the tummy. Out of self-preservation, they quarantine the human and get hir to a doctor! -- Anon Guest

Pirates, being pirates, make their profits by attacking the weaker and more helpless vessels than themselves. They don't often pick on large cruisers unless they are bigger and have more crew.

Challenge #04795-M046: Survived a Year

Humans everywhere love to celebrate new years. And to make sure their friends enjoy it, too, they have huge swarms of drones, and laser shows, rather than fireworks. -- Anon Guest

There was an alert on Companion Gorx's datareader. Human New Year's with further information based on locale as to what those crazed, balding apes were doing. It wasn't the celebration of one small planet's completed orbit, it was the celebration of every Human colony's new year.

Thanks to varying negotiations, the

Challenge #04794-M045: Old or Bold

"I'm mean and tired. I break vainglory seekers and make them spit out regrets. So don't try me. I'm trying to get some actual rest now that I'm retired." -- Anon Guest

The trouble with being the best is all the egotistical neophytes trying to boost their way to the top of the mountain by besting the best. Which is tremendously annoying when that best person in question is trying to enjoy their retirement.

Hasryk the Kingslayer had learned this after a

Challenge #04793-M044: Honourbound Duty

Fennel spent a few more months in the grove as her body adapted to its new heart and she recovered. The guardian taught her friends to be stronger, wiser, and more educated, and, when she was deemed strong enough, allowed to go with the guardian's blessing. To Bastion, they stated, "Remember, love is a rare flower, nurture it well." Then looked to Geesh. "Remember, not all treasures are the kind you can sell." To Halestaff, "Take care of this new little sapling,

Challenge #04792-M043: Graceful Assistance

They lost their sight to illness, severe cataracts formed from high fever, and could barely see more than the occasional shadows in the grey haze of their world. They met Wraithvine and Bibrid by accidentally bumping into them. Fortunately, neither was offended when asked if they could be touched so the being could see them. -- Anon Guest

Red-rash fever had put his world into a permanent fog. Barin could see light, and if he was close enough, the vague shapes of

Challenge #04791-M042: Unfamiliar to Some

The human was kind to all, no matter who they were, or what they were. It was tradition in their family that went back generations. So when the badly wounded, nearly unconscious, and very skittish, Kormwind IX was found on the ground in the nearby wood, they brought him into their home, bandaged the wounds, treated fever with medicine, and asked for nothing more than the occasional game of chess or checkers in the evenings if he felt up to it. --

Challenge #04790-M041: Deathsbane

Medicine is badly needed for burns, and nerves to be soothed. The forest fire was a bad one, even for the winter months. Though none were killed, there were many injured needing treatment. -- Anon Guest

Once again, the young ones were crying out against the tradition of living in trees. The fire was clear evidence that Elvenkind should -ha- branch out from inhabiting forests. Even if they had perfected the Yggdrassi for family dynasties and thus ended the conflict with the

Challenge #04788-M040: One Kharmic Realignment

You have to either be really lucky, or really, REALLY bad, to have Wraithvine happen to you. In this case, the child was in the bad category. Fortunately, the parents were teachable, and the kid was young. Spoiled, as the single child of wealthy families sometimes are, but still very young. So there was still time to remedy before .... more permanent solutions were considered.

https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/challenge-04739-l355-birthday-wish -- Lessons

[AN: Also following on from https://peakd.com/fiction/@internutter/

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Challenge #04803-M054: Gone Without a Trace

Challenge #04802-M053: Define Normal

Challenge #04801-M052: Good Kitty

Challenge #04800-M051: Paradise is Imperfect

Challenge #04799-M050: It's a Start

Challenge #04798-M049: Using All Avenues

Challenge #04797-M048: How to Wrangle a Toddler

Challenge #04796-M047: Pathogen Paranoia

Challenge #04795-M046: Survived a Year

Challenge #04794-M045: Old or Bold

Challenge #04793-M044: Honourbound Duty

Challenge #04792-M043: Graceful Assistance

Challenge #04791-M042: Unfamiliar to Some

Challenge #04790-M041: Deathsbane

Challenge #04788-M040: One Kharmic Realignment