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Challenge #04995-M246: Herd of Ranching?

Some Alliance members want to experience what it's like on a ranch. Riding, herding, and the foods that are enjoyed there. -- BKF

[AN: Farming doesn't have to be a tourist activity, no matter how advanced the civilisation]

It's not that cattle farming is extinct. It's just that tube-grown meat is cheaper and more economical in space stations and long-haul vessels. Since most of Alliance interactions occur in those environments, it's simple to presume that cattle farming is a bygone art.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

On planets, nutrition is a lot easier to obtain. The price is still steeper than the cloned stuff, but not as exorbitant as it would be on a station. After all, the Time taken to raise the meat must be paid for. The people who invest their Time in raising food in natural environments care about the work they do and the results from their efforts. Nevertheless, there is always some time to educate the curious.

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Challenge #04994-M245: Complex Organic Processes

You have the answers you were seeking, but can you handle what you have learned? -- BKF

The pursuit of ethical food sources has to stop somewhere. There is a line that should not be crossed, no matter what. Unfortunately, Humans do not like lines, drawn in sand or otherwise. A barrier that must not be crossed is a challenge to their egos, or something of the sort.

So, when Humanity was told that there was no purely ethical nourishment, they established

Challenge #04993-M244: All a Part of...

"You are a Healer, a doctor"/ Yes I am.

"Yet you are a devout follower of Mistress Dark"/ Yes I am

"But you fight Her constantly."/ No I don't.

"I don't understand."/ I do what I can to save my patients, alleviate pain, treat illness and injury. But when She comes, and there is no way back, I can at least give them comfort in knowing they do not journey to the next world alone. -- BKF

Hospitals do double duty as

Challenge #04992-M243: Noncogniscent Haptic Therapy

A great way to help a bunch of students preparing for Final Exams in school? Rooms full of cute and fluffy to cuddle with, talk to, and, in doing so, de-stress enough to handle Exams. -- BKF

Much has been done to improve education within the Alliance. Reduction of class sizes, multiple teaching methods, the reduction of varying crisis factors. Nevertheless, exam time ends up putting many students into a mental spiral where their best effort could be better, and doing it

Challenge #04991-M242: Remember the Fairy Bread

Several of Sensei Twii's students plan a surprise birthday party for hir! -- BKF

"How old is ze anyway?" asked Lynn. "I tried searching, but nobody has an accurate number."

"I think there's a few one-way wormholes involved and temporal confusion[1] in there somewhere." Jem laid out all her research on her datareader. There was a lot of conflicting information. "We could ask, but... That would spoil the surprise."

"We couldn't get the small fire permit anyway," sighed Keit as he

Challenge #04990-M241: For What Ails You

Poor Scramble catches a cold. -- BKF

Temporal magic can do a lot of things. It can help with so much in the everyday adventures of life. What it can't do is prevent illnesses. Scramble could be forewarned, and therefore fore-armed of events in hir immediate future. Ze could dodge any material missile thrown hir way, or catch it if it was food.

Nobody had thrown something at Scramble for months, but ze caught a cold nevertheless.

The best remedy, no matter

Challenge #04989-M240: Incorrect Theory in Practice

It's a beautiful evening, camping is going well. Nice fire, yummy food... now if only the mosquitoes weren't such a pain in the tail! Thank goodness for repellent! Need some? -- BKF

"I'd love just one that flakking works," grumbled Companion Xia. "I altered my diet to change the taste of my blood. I'm wearing the repellent bracelets, and the cream, and the spray." They sighed, swatting at a whine in the air. "And I'm still too delicious for my own good.

Challenge #04988-M239: Trafficking Hazardous Materials

A coughing fit spreads throughout the ship. They find out a deregger smuggled in several pollinating plants instead of the seeds in stasis pods they said they had. -- BKF

It never would have happened if the scanners weren't down for maintenance. Later analysis would reveal that there was sabotage on them to manufacture a maintenance flaw.

It's amazing what malicious people can do with magnets, thumb drives, and a complete disregard for anyone's safety.

Slow Cruiser Vessel, the Idle Hours, took

Challenge #04987-M238: I Wanna Be Just Like You

"I want to be a Hellkin."

Why?

"Because they're the only ones who ever showed what real kindness is." -- BKF

Everyone thinks 'Hellkin' when they hear the phrase "Unwelcome People". The thing is, they're not the only Unwelcome People. It alters according to realm, politics, and local prejudice. But you can rely on Hellkin being among that number[1].

They accrete in ghettos or spend their years wandering from one locale to another. Trying for the most part to find somewhere

Challenge #04986-M237: Friendly Filter on Reality

They found a way to help a young who is dealing with severe social anxiety be able to get out a little at a time. A set of augmented reality goggles that gave everyone a friendly capybara look. And if crowds get too loud, it muted the noise to a soft muffle except, of course, for anything that might be dangerous. --BKF

When the demolition crews were carefully pulling the place to pieces, they called it Rabbit Warren Station. Not that it

Challenge #04985-M236: De-Escalation Tactics

people often yearn for what they loathe. It makes for good business opportunities for the beloathed, but you have to watch your back- or have other unwelcome watch it for you. -- Weirdlet

They called her Passion, though her name for herself was Reprieve. A statuesque beauty, even though she was a Hellkin. Poems had been written about her hair. Odes dedicated to her singing voice. People who would rebuke and revile Hellkin like her leaped to grovel in mud lest she

Challenge #04984-M235: Post Trauma Trauma Comfort

Sometimes you just need a teddy bear. -- Knitnan

Triage is a simple formula. Help is focused intensely on those whose condition could be improved by it. Those who would mend on their own and those who would fail no matter what were the ones left to bide. In triage, few are available to pick up or comfort a crying child.

Dar, youngest survivor of the Pelichant Incident, understood none of this. All they knew was that they were frightened and all

Challenge #04983-M234: Humble Little Sanctuary

She is only able to bear Hellkin despite being human. She doesn't care. She loves all of her children deeply and makes sure they know that, despite the prejudice far too many have toward them, they are innocent souls. And she, in turn, is very much loved by her children, both born and adopted. -- BKF

The nursery rhyme starts, There was an old woman who lived in a shoe... and it's nearly accurate. The 'shoe' was allegedly an ossified footbag that

Challenge #04982-M233: Redemption From Horror

Despite what the legends say, the boogeyman is very real. And instead of living underneath your bed or inside of your closet, this creature rests comfortably within your very own home. -- Luna

Superstition is very easily held in a world filled with magic. Especially when your species' default state is having none. Cross your fingers. Cross your heart. Hold your breath when passing the estates of the dead. Never step on cracks if you can help it. Be very careful with

Challenge #04981-M232: Trade With Strangers

Odd comics with no words circulate on this polluted world. It shows people giving ones wearing colorful clothes of red, yellow, and black a wide birth, and yet give them aid when asked. The other images were of the ones with those colors, and people wearing more soothing tones, opening cage doors where people can run free. -- BKF

It had rained paper again. It had also rained rain, staining everything a muddy yellow. Muddier than the yellow of the clouds or

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Challenge #04995-M246: Herd of Ranching?

Challenge #04994-M245: Complex Organic Processes

Challenge #04993-M244: All a Part of...

Challenge #04992-M243: Noncogniscent Haptic Therapy

Challenge #04991-M242: Remember the Fairy Bread

Challenge #04990-M241: For What Ails You

Challenge #04989-M240: Incorrect Theory in Practice

Challenge #04988-M239: Trafficking Hazardous Materials

Challenge #04987-M238: I Wanna Be Just Like You

Challenge #04986-M237: Friendly Filter on Reality

Challenge #04985-M236: De-Escalation Tactics

Challenge #04984-M235: Post Trauma Trauma Comfort

Challenge #04983-M234: Humble Little Sanctuary

Challenge #04982-M233: Redemption From Horror

Challenge #04981-M232: Trade With Strangers