Last year, the charitable tribe dedicating to caring for the infirm and protesting capitalism, The Friends, had set up a booth giving things away. This was clearly completely wrong for a tribe of charity, which should be taking things. To give away. Anyway. The reprobates responsible for last year's fiasco are here to amend that...by holding a DONATION DRIVE!
Just Prevail, Take the Watch, and Ail, shuffle around nervously before their homely booth. "Alms, alms for the poor," Ail chants, coughing occasionally - he's sure he's caught something in the chill winter air. "Ding, ding, ding, ding," Watch chimes, because somehow it feels like the right thing to do. Prevail lights up as you approach the booth, "Hello, are you here to donate to those in need?
"Our tribe, The Friends - join in our crusade!" (he hastily adds as Watch kicks him) "care for the infirm who gather in our tribe grounds, and aid those in need. Winter is hard to bear, and if there is anything that you could possibly spare to help, we would be very grateful!"
INSTRUCTIONS: Take a photo or doodle a picture to represent whatever item your Kin is donating, with a brief RP description (even if just 1 line) of what it is and what your Kin expects it to be used for! The photo does not have to be an in-universe item, but must be able to represent an in-universe item (e.g. a photo of a towel to represent a fur pelt)
[url=mato.pe link][img]your kin uncert - this whole line of code can be grabbed from the image link codebox in your kin's page on mato.pe[/img][/url]
[RP here!]
[spoiler][img]URL of your photo or drawing here! It must be your own photo or drawing, done specifically for this contest![/img][/spoiler]
After a long moment of silence, Ail sighs and pipes up behind Prevail: "Yes. There are prizes."
Each person can submit one (1) entry to receive 5 tokens just for entering! One lucky winner will receive a Phoenix Kiss bag for a semi-custom pet! One even luckier winner will receive a Maxx D Box for a semi-custom Kin! And EVERYONE receives the warm and fuzzy feelings of having helped Kin in need!!!
The deadline for entry is 20th Dec 2016, 11.59pm PST!
Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 4:27 pm
For example...
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Cue Queue dumped a mass of fur at their hooves, "For the cold or whatever...so what if it's still moving? You didn't say anything about that."
Mark the Bones and Skeleton Parade didn't think to bring anything for donating. And they were fresh out of items for trade. But they had skill. So they went off and caught some fish, packing them in ice and snow in a turtle shell. Which they carried between them back to The Friends. After they made the treck back they realized the shell itself would have worked. But even better to fill it with food, yeah?
"You must have many mouths to feed, so we caught you some fish. What you do with the shell after is up to you.' Skeleton Parade tells them. Both kin dip their heads in a nod-bow, turn and head off to see the rest of the market.
Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 6:31 pm
EJB was moved to donate when she heard Take the Watch chime, mostly because she found that little bit of whimsy endearing. She'd been holding onto a few shell garlands that she and her mongoose pal, Keep Up, had made as gifts, and happily nudged them toward the trio before her.
"In case anyone wants to dress themselves up but can't." She mused, winking. "I made them with the help of my little friend, here. Say hello to the nice bucks, Keep Up!"
Keep Up head peeked up over her horns and gave a few squeaks of curiosity, before going back to being curled up on EJB's back. To this, the doe laughed, and moved on.
Release Me trots over to investigate what happened to be going on! At the questions seemingly immediately directed to her and anyone else that neared, she seemed quite taken aback a moment, ears flicking to and fro.
"I-I-I didn't bring anything, no. But! Uhm! Give me a little bit and I shall return!"
OFF SHE BOUNDED!
...and returned some time later with a bird nest, a heaping helping of sweetgrass, berries, and fungus. The bird nest may or may not have been taken back - now empty - from the gift she'd hidden for the pink Totoma, who seemed to have opened it, by now. She sets the nest down carefully and looks up.
"Food. You all seem like fun guys," She dipped her head, blissfully unaware of the joke in her words, "And what you're doing is really nice! Thank you for helping those in need!"
And with that she would trot off!
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 8:57 am
As Crushed listened to the explanation of what was going on here, she felt her heart swell. Winter was hard, and there were certainly kin who needed help more than she did, weren't there? In a flurry she dashed off, her ill luck at the market forgotten in thoughts of aiding those less fortunate than her; she had the perfect thing, and doubly functional!
Returning was a bit slower, unfortunately, as her gift of choice needed to be carefully carried. It was an exceptionally rough-shod bowl, made from a section of a large branch she'd broken with much stomping and stamping. Inside the bowl, more importantly, was an amount of grain and dried berries, shaken from various plants throughout the year, as well as a fair amount of chaff and dried leaves - more fiber, right? She presented the bowl with quite a large smile, even if it did seem to tilt precariously at an angle.
"I made this myself! Um, I like to wear nice pieces of wood down into things... and I gather food whenever I can. This kind of thing can make you feel really full with very little, so... so I'd like to give it to someone who really needs it! The bowl can be useful afterward, too! Um, maybe - maybe not for water, but for holding more food..."
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polliwoggi
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Shaddaling
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 1:50 pm
Lucky Coral had found the best thing to give away! Though he seemed not to realized it was meant to be useful instead of simply pretty. He set his offering down, beaming, long tail wagging. "I found you these! They are so shiny!" He exclaimed, gently tapping the rocks. "Do you like?" The young acha asked, hopeful.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 4:38 pm
Slapstick had found what she thought to be the greatest donation. Whether her donation thought that was an entirely new story. She nudged it along and it let out a noise that sounded awfully like the word 'no' in protest. "I found this fat soft lump! It's warm too! Maybe someone can use it as a head warmer."
Sun Sparkle had heard about the kin wanting to do things for others, and so she had gathered up some things that she had come to discover over time were good for when one didn't feel well. Various berries for energy were in there, certain plants and other berries had been put in there to help with any maladies that led a kin to feel under the weather, things of that nature.
She brought the whole package of things in a piece of hollowed out log which she was dragging behind her like a sled coming to a stop beside the booth where she pulled the items from her log and handed them over.
"Every kin wants to feel better when they don't. So there are berries here for more energy when one is run down. Some grasses to settle upset stomachs, things like that." her voice was warm as she spoke. "I hope this helps!" she picked up the vine she was using to tug along her log, and trotted off again.
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:31 pm
Hits the Back didn't understand the fun of all the other areas of this festival, but this he could help with. While, the buck really didn't want to give it away, it might help someone else. "Hide the smell or something, keep them warm, scare others away? It could help, right." Not the most talkative buck, he gives the look that says you should know what to do with it.
SilverShieldwolf
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thyPOPE Crew
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:46 pm
Forced Awake wasn't really much of one for charity, but he figured in this one case - with a chance for a prize, you know, and also some tokens - the net loss could be deductible. Not that, you know, he was a very mercantile buck. "Here's some jerky," he said, handing it over in a fragrant bundle tied with a cord. "I hope your infirm are meat-eaters."
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 11:19 pm
Strong Swimmer had left her companion, Kicks the Sand, with the tribe to watch over. It is where she was the safest and the totoma knew leaving her behind was the best of choice. It would be ridiculousanddangerous to travel with something so juicy and tender, she thought, she'd get preyed upon by many, and gritted her teeth as she wandered through the swamp on her own. With her strong foreleg,
However, whispers and voices had traveled across matope saying that there was a food drive going on in one of the booths, and she wanted to make a donation. When Strong Swimmer came to the said booth, many kin had gathered and left things for the needie. She greeted the handsome trio and shuffled about with her makeshift 'bag' and found what she had brought along all the way from Rise and Shine. Carefully, she placed them down one by one near their feet and left them there.
The totoma's outside appearance may seem stoic and calm, but deep down she is a gentle lamb that likes every kin.
"These may not keep anyone warm during the long and often cold nights, but at least it can help feed hungry kin and let them live another day," she spoke out with sincerity. "Sorry that I couldn't give anymore. I've been bad enough taking two extra."
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5!
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Posted: Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:47 pm
The Friends thank you all very much for your generosity and hard work! Your donations will feed, warm, heal, and accessorise many Kin that would have gone without this winter!
Alas that we have but two prizes in return, that go to...
Variable Nonsense
Crushed - who walks away with a Maxx D box!!
and
(Roll List)
1. Mark the Bones and Skeleton Parade 2. Eleven Journeys Blessed 3. Release Me 4. Lucky Coral 5. Slapstick 6. Sun Sparkle 7. Hits the Back 8. Forced Awake 9. Strong Swimmer
LOLTERGEIST
Slapstick - who walks away with a phoenix kiss bag!!
But charity is its own reward, right? 8D;; May the Motherfather bless your kind heart! Ding, ding, ding, ding.
