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Orleron at 20:15, 31 May 2020

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Frogmella: link correction

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	<b>From the writings of [[PCs:Sun-and-Moon\|Sun-and-Moon]]		<b>From the writings of [[PCs:Sun-and-Moon\|Sun-and-Moon]]
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Frogmella at 14:59, 18 July 2006

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Frogmella: change to Preamble

2006-07-17T07:24:45Z

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	~~<font size="3"><b>Note: This is an entry for the wiki contest.</b></font>~~
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	<b>From the writings of [[PCs:Sun-and-Moon\|Sun-and-Moon]]		<b>From the writings of [[PCs:Sun-and-Moon\|Sun-and-Moon]]
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	=== Preamble ===		=== Preamble ===

			Miss [[PCs:Sun-and-Moon \| Sun-and-Moon]] takes [[GrandMaster Chipmunk]]’s beginners’ class for their weekly field trip. Today, they visit [[Braegan Pond]], spread their mats well away from the sirene haunt and lay into their packed lunches. Eventually, edibles exhausted, they fall silent and turn, one-by-one, to look expectantly at Sunny. “You promised us a story, Miss Sunny*</font> </b>

	=== The Price of Prosperity ===		=== The Price of Prosperity ===

	A very, very long time ago, when there was no nation of [[Ferrell]], this was an arm of the Great Lake of [[Eridanus]] that reached inland to here, where the pearls flourished and the fish were fattest. In those long-ago days, Halflings were not as civilised as we are now, but one of the biggest tribes lived here in a fishing village whose prosperity was the envy of all others for many leagues around. Little did the foreigners know that the good fishing and priceless pearls came at a terrible price, a guilty secret which no one -- no one -- would ever talk about except in whispers, and never to outsiders.		A very, very long time ago, when there was no nation of [[Ferrell]], this was an arm of the Great Lake of [[Eridanus]] that reached inland to here, where the pearls flourished and the fish were fattest. In those long-ago days, Halflings were not as civilised as we are now, but one of the biggest tribes lived here in a fishing village whose prosperity was the envy of all others for many leagues around. Little did the foreigners know that the good fishing and priceless pearls came at a terrible price, a guilty secret which no one -- no one -- would ever talk about except in whispers, and never to outsiders.

Frogmella: /* Rice Balls and A Coin */

2006-07-16T17:52:41Z

Rice Balls and A Coin

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	=== Rice ~~Balls~~ and A Coin ===		=== Rice Dumplings and A Coin ===

	So off they went – the headman and Braegan behind, thinking of all the families lying awake (except Autumn’s) thinking of them, alone, plodding down the old cliff path, step by step down the ancient stair, down to the beach and the cave that was the antechamber to Pharo’agraphynax’s kingdom. There he was chained, by a dank cave closed with salt-encrusted gates. Beside him, the headman placed a bowl of rice ~~balls~~ -- you know, the ones with a pickled radish filling -- and into Braegan’s hand he pressed the single gold coin by custom decreed. Then, by the cliff path, the old man returned, sad to leave the brave boy, sad to be telling his family the heart-breaking news, disappeared from view.		So off they went – the headman and Braegan behind, thinking of all the families lying awake (except Autumn’s) thinking of them, alone, plodding down the old cliff path, step by step down the ancient stair, down to the beach and the cave that was the antechamber to Pharo’agraphynax’s kingdom. There he was chained, by a dank cave closed with salt-encrusted gates. Beside him, the headman placed a bowl of rice dumplings -- you know, the ones with a pickled radish filling -- and into Braegan’s hand he pressed the single gold coin by custom decreed. Then, by the cliff path, the old man returned, sad to leave the brave boy, sad to be telling his family the heart-breaking news, disappeared from view.

	Braegan waited, too numb to think as the awful nature of his predicament dawned on him, as Berryn’s Blessed Smile lit up the world for the last time for him. Time passed and as he had not thought to have any breakfast, his tummy rumbled, his eyes turning towards the rice ~~balls~~		Braegan waited, too numb to think as the awful nature of his predicament dawned on him, as Berryn’s Blessed Smile lit up the world for the last time for him. Time passed and as he had not thought to have any breakfast, his tummy rumbled, his eyes turning towards the rice dumplings

	It seemed like an eternity that he waited, as the morning mist burned off and clouds scudded, as clouds do, overheard. Suddenly the dawn chorus fell quite, and in the silence he heard the gates squeal and scrape as they opened for the first time in a year. A very old kobold peered out at Braegan; around his neck the golden seal of Pharo’agraphynax. At the kobold’s gesture, the chains fell away and Braegan stepped forward, rubbing his aching wrists. From tales, heard since babyhood, Braegan recognized Pharo’agraphynax’s Chamberlain and, without a word, held out the coin and the bowl. The kobold ate the spicy ~~balls~~ with their sweet radish filling, and pocketed the coin, then gestured to Braegan to follow him through the gates.		It seemed like an eternity that he waited, as the morning mist burned off and clouds scudded, as clouds do, overheard. Suddenly the dawn chorus fell quite, and in the silence he heard the gates squeal and scrape as they opened for the first time in a year. A very old kobold peered out at Braegan; around his neck the golden seal of Pharo’agraphynax. At the kobold’s gesture, the chains fell away and Braegan stepped forward, rubbing his aching wrists. From tales, heard since babyhood, Braegan recognized Pharo’agraphynax’s Chamberlain and, without a word, held out the coin and the bowl. The kobold ate the spicy dumplings with their sweet radish filling, and pocketed the coin, then gestured to Braegan to follow him through the gates.

	Into the cave they went, into the darkness that smelled of salt and seaweed. Then down they went, down and ever on, to a cavern lit by softly glowing fungi, and to stone steps that lined the edge of a strange pool. The Chamberlain went down the steps, into the depths, as though the water did not exist, but Braegan stopped there, fearing he would drown. The kobold did not get angry, or use force or summon mephits with prongs (as kobolds sometimes do in these stories) to force him go down. Astonished, Braegan saw him reach out toward him and, with one scaly hand on his golden seal, with great gentleness touch Braegan’s forehead with the other.		Into the cave they went, into the darkness that smelled of salt and seaweed. Then down they went, down and ever on, to a cavern lit by softly glowing fungi, and to stone steps that lined the edge of a strange pool. The Chamberlain went down the steps, into the depths, as though the water did not exist, but Braegan stopped there, fearing he would drown. The kobold did not get angry, or use force or summon mephits with prongs (as kobolds sometimes do in these stories) to force him go down. Astonished, Braegan saw him reach out toward him and, with one scaly hand on his golden seal, with great gentleness touch Braegan’s forehead with the other.

	=== The Water World ===		=== The Water World ===

Gurky Bogglewig: /* Preamble */

2006-07-13T21:39:21Z

Preamble

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	~~''''''~~		</b>

	=== The Price of Prosperity ===		=== The Price of Prosperity ===

Gurky Bogglewig: /* Preamble */

2006-07-13T21:38:59Z

Preamble

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	~~<b></b>~~		''''''

	=== The Price of Prosperity ===		=== The Price of Prosperity ===

Frogmella: minor grammar

2006-07-13T20:28:59Z

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	=== Running for his Life ===		=== Running for his Life ===

	She ran – or rather a reptilian figure that was ~~half human~~		She ran – or rather a reptilian figure that was humanoid

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2006-07-13T10:54:28Z

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	=== Preamble ===		=== Preamble ===
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	?>* Sunny’s countenance adopts a comic grandeur as she puffs herself up. *</font> And I, Sun-and-Moon, vouch for the truth of this tale, as Braegan Brighteye and his half-dragon Halfling were my great great great (and so on) grandfathers.		?>* Sunny’s countenance adopts a comic grandeur as she puffs herself up. *</font> And I, Sun-and-Moon, vouch for the truth of this tale, as Braegan Brighteye and his half-dragon Halfling were my great great great (and so on) grandfathers.

	=== Postamble ===		=== Postamble ===

	<b>* It began to rain. Sunny helped the kids pack up their picnic things and urged them to dash to Huntingcreek. She chased them, pretending to be a sirene, flapping her arms and hooting, causing them to shriek all the way back to the dojo. *		<b>* It began to rain. Sunny helped the kids pack up their picnic things and urged them to dash to Huntingcreek. She chased them, pretending to be a sirene, flapping her arms and hooting, causing them to shriek all the way back to the dojo. *

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2006-07-13T10:43:05Z

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