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Aukai Oceansoul rolled 1 20-sided dice:
9
Total: 9 (1-20)
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 Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2022 11:27 am
Umen 1
It was a fine day and he and his lovely wife were going about their business, exercising the animals, sharpening swords and tending their garden. The boys were out somewhere else, he didn't know the details. They quite often went galivanting who knew where as young boys in a safe community were wont to do.
At least they had each other.
He yawned it was almost time for morning tea. He sidled over to Rista and sneakily tickled her sides.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 2:48 pm
Rista 1
She was just standing up to wipe her brow, the autumn sun was still fierce when it was out in Matori, soon the time of storms and cuddles would arrive. It would be so good to snuggle with her mate and watch them.
She shrieked when said mate snuck up behind her and startled her.
"Umen!" she needed say more as he had the lecture on sneaky sneaking memorized.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:14 pm
Umen 2
He grinned at her and picked her up for a twirl. They had been busy for a long time raising two young boys and it felt great to have some alone time again for once!
"Rista, my love, the world awaits! Lets have tea and then go disturb the neighborhood. My sword fighting skills could use polishing and I haven't seen you train for a while so what say you come beat me into the dust huh?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:16 pm
Rista 2
Well how could she possibly say no to a day of fun and swordplay? Her weapons indeed needed the workout the poor neglected darlings.
"Fine I look forward to working up a sweat beating your butt!" She scurried inside to wash up and make the tea and small snack that would power them through the sword ring.
The boys were over playing with a mutual friend in a nearish town so she had nothing to worry about today except Umen sneaking up on her, no one should be that quiet.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:32 pm
Umen 3
A rumble in the distance startled them mid tea break.
"What on Tendaji was that?" He stood abruptly, mind unconsciously going to the kids who were not there. They were safely away, he had to remind himself before pure parental panic set in. But what had happened? It wasn't a sound he was familiar with.
"Rista?" He asked wondering if she would have some sense of what had made the giant rumbling noise.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:33 pm
Rista 3
"I don't know." She sighed looking down at the carefully prepared food. "I guess we will have to go look and see." She stuffed some of the vittles down, she would not be very impressed if this messed with her scheduled sword sparring. It was rare to get it and now that it had been proposed she was eager to sink her teeth into it.
"Its too close to be the ranch so that is also a relief."
They went outside to head in the direction of the sound.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:36 pm
Umen 4
They did not have to wander far. The rush of onlookers was a dead giveaway. An embankment had slumped down near the local market, cutting off one of the roads that the merchantmen regularly took to get to the small seaside town.
"Well isn't this just a huge mess, how do you even clean up that much mud?" It appeared that no one had been hurt during the slide but supplies might be short once the current market stock ran out.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:40 pm
Rista 4
"I suppose it would involve carts and shovels? Maybe if any folks needed some extra clay to combat sandy soil in their gardens? Then it wouldn't go to waste after all the work that will have to be put in here."
She had a feeling she was going to miss that sword fight what with the twinkle currently in Umen's orange eyes. It still shocked her how handsome he was and that he had chosen her of all people to be his mate.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:41 pm
Umen 5
He grinned at Rista. "That is a great idea love! That one beachy corner of our own garden could use a little help."
He started organizing those around him naturally as befit someone who could tame wild beasts. People were not so hard usually after all.
He and Rista brought some of their stronger critters down to help pull carts that were readily available around the market to be repurposed to get mud out from the pathway.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 3:44 pm
Rista 5
They led critters down from their home and Rista strapped her favorite critters in. They had four snaptrotters in total, so that they could all ride. The kids beasts were younger and were assigned to carrying people back and forth to the town and work site as opposed to hauling mud like her adult trotters.
It had been a fun day when Umen brought them both home for her with a bow wrapped around each scaley neck.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:12 pm
Umen 6
He worked with the snaptrotters clearing the mud and Rista took charge of ferrying people back and forth.
It felt good to organize something that was of a bit larger scale than two small boys. He was so proud of his kids and Rista and her hard work in this disaster relief effort. He was happy that no one had been hurt in the incident.
It was a long day but by the end most of the mud was cleared and the first traveler, albeit without a cart made the crossing. They did their best to shore up the walls so that another slide was mitigated.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:14 pm
Rista 6
She slumped into a pile beside her snaptrotter Lady. Lady nuzzled her mistress and made hungry noises.
"Umen its time to go home, Lady is hungry, I'm hungry and I'm sure Laddy is too."
Laddy was Umen's snaptrotter. The younger two were still full of energy as they were unhitched from their carts though, they were still young after all.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:16 pm
Umen 7
"Aye, I hear you, lets go home." He helped unhitch the rest and they walked slowly home. It would be a day of rest tomorrow for them all.
He was going to sleep like a log. "Maybe we should pick some food up at the market, unless you want to cook when we get back.
His stomach growled loudly.
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Posted: Sun Sep 25, 2022 4:18 pm
Rista 7
"Good point." They turned their party around and got some Matori style takeout.
She really had not wanted to cook after a day of organizing and hauling people and mud around. The community had come together though so that was a great thing and she and Umen got to participate in something that was not run of the mill for them.
It might be a day or two before they could practice with swords though.
She tugged on his clothes until he leaned down slightly and she planted a kiss on his cheek. "I love you."
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