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Challenge #04776-M027: Words of Peace

They were an ordinary human, and loved to learn languages. They even learned the elven tongues, some fae language, the native tongue of kobolds, even voulspeak. Which allowed them to make quite a few friends, and helped otherwise distrustful to accept their kindness. -- Lessons

They should have been a Bard, and everyone said so. They insisted that Peony should sing... until she did. Unfortunately for Peony Black, they had the singing and musical instrument talent of a duck.

Peony's talent was languages. Not just translating the words, but also the cultural meaning. It was truly a gift.

They could learn a language new to them at record speed. At first speaking a broken version of it and, by the end of the week, speaking it like they were born to it. Of course, people wondered how Peony managed to get that gift in the first place.

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Tuesday, Patreon and Problems

Someone left the Promptcast [as is their right] and took their wordcount with them. I read it as leaving in a huff and throwing a tanty about things they weren't allowed to say or do. Especially some of the things said about Generative AI.

I don't know what their bugbear on that is, and it's ultimately not important.

The issue is that the person who did that has moved over to the Archive. Bad habits and all.

I've warned the Archive's presenter/

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Challenge #04775-M026: Show Me What You Got

The entire species' culture was that of raiders and conquers. The humans challenged their champions... to a dance-battle?? -- Anon Guest

The cool thing about warrior cultures is that they have honour codes. Once you know the honour code, you're halfway towards gaining an understanding. Understanding is one of the keys to friendship and peace.

Humans will also pack-bond with ANYTHING.

When these two factors join, you get interesting encounters. Such as the confrontation on DF9405YJ-5 between the Humans and the Dolravyn.

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Monday, Backup Reads and More Promptcast

There's stories being read out all over the interwebs today. I'm just trying to keep ahead of all of it.

And I'm being spectacularly loquacious as I have been filling in prompts all weekend.

The Promptcast has given me mod powers so I have to pay attention to the chat. That's why today's tale would be later than normal. Well. What passes for normal with me.

In the meantime, I keep treating my dang ankle and working on things whenever I can.

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Challenge #04774-M025: Waste Nothing

The human had two massive malamutes that required regular grooming. They washed the loose fur a second time after it was shed, dried it, fluffed it, and stored it. Several species bought the fur for projects, or lining for clothing, or for nesting material. -- Anon Guest

Human Uyn had two massive dogs which, according to hir, were "ninety percent fluff by volume". Whenever ze gave them their "weekly spa treatment", ze wound up with more fluff than dog. Carefully contained in

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Sunday, Streaming Stuff and Nonsense

As I type, I'm listening to the Archive reading the selected entries for the prompt, Problem Child. In a few more moments, the Promptcast will be reading the anonymous entries from the assembled maniacs including my good self.

The prompt for next week is "Love Bites" so Compte Dragomyr is reappearing in the Archive. He has a type and it's looking like an Operatic Primadonna and thinking like Machiavelli.

I dunno if he's ever going to get a whole story. Time, as

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Challenge #04773-M024: The Unlikeliest Hero

The storm winds were so strong that wraithvine's hat blew off faster than ze could hold it down. Inside the sheltering cave a mixed species family soon hurried in, with a little kobold hatchling proudly prancing with the pointed thing in hir maw. -- Fighting Fit

In all other ways, it was just a hat. To Wraithvine, it was hir hat, a most special hat. Ze had made it when ze first decided to be a Wizard and ze had been repairing

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Saturday, Light Duties I Guess

I am taking a day of ease, today. Step one: do the daily tale. Step two: faff around with games. Probably working with the QPP on Hytale.

I've been learning independently on that but not nearly fast enough. Bleh.

Of course I'm still babying my ankle, but the good news is that it is only hurting on one side. Improvement? I don't freaking know.

But I only have to ice one area and I am taking that win.

Onwards to the fantastical.

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Challenge #04772-M023: Read the Instructions

The sign is easy to read, with pictures. No fee via coin. Just leave a bit of honey, or some wool fluff, or split some wood, etc, and the place welcomed you.

Refuse even a small kindness for thanks? You will pay another way. And it's humiliation. You'll live, but the mortification is horrible. -- Anon Guest

It looked like any other roadhaus. Neat, clean, and orderly. The little farm attached to it was enough to support many visitors. The beds were

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Friday, Expedition Ahoy

I have money, so I'm going on a supply run to stock up on this, that, and random stuff. As you do.

Because one of my stops is Costco, I'm working here until half-past nine, just to be certain everything's open when I go.

My right wrist has decided to hate me before coffee, so that just makes everything more complicated because wrist brace. Hooray.

And I have to chill my ankle down while the time windows allow.

Today is going to

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Challenge #04771-M022: Kindness to Strangers

Not all hunts go according to plan. This one went sideways almost from the start. Several young teens find the unconscious Jay and Sunshine, and help them recover. The two make very sure these kids are protected afterwards. -- Anon Guest

They were lucky to be alive when the gang found them. Generally, the enforcers were lazy enough to just shoot until the perp stopped moving. These two had somehow caught enough ire to get beaten to a pulp. There was one

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Challenge #04770-M021: You'd Better Watch Out

While one spirit god gives gifts to all human children and other "welcomed" children, this spirit ensues all "unwelcome" children around the world also get gifts no matter who they are, or where they are. -- Anon Guest

Charity sighed and scooped up her child as ze came home crying. On one hand, the formalised schooling system allowed for a decent education, and allowed children to socialise with their peers. It also, unfortunately, enforced socialisation with bullies.

She wrapped up Wit in

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Wednesday, Rants, Reviews, and Randomness

I think I might have a strategy for when, like this week, I have no idea what I'm going to rant about. I have other fictions with few places to go. They can go to my rantspace with some small explanation to the fore.

When I fall in love with something or get a hair up my butt, then the entertainment is put on pause.

Whenever that happens to happen. We shall see.

And at some point in the day I must

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Challenge #04769-M020: Not Infallible

It's not often the immortal wizard gets sick. But no one is perfect. Fortunately, hir dragon friend, and pet cat, are there to cheer hir up. -- Anon Guest

There are worse places to fall ill than the middle of nowhere. A forbidden temple, a rift between worlds, doorways to other planes, for example. Thus, Wraithvine was lucky that ze always had hir portable tower. No matter where ze was, ze could have a hearth and a comfortable bed. Unless it was

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