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 Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:41 pm
In a quiet corner of the lands, there is a colony where Everybody Smiles. On the surface, it looks like a paradise, but things are not always as they appear...
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:43 pm
Territory
The Furaha call a patch of land hugging the hills home, a place just temperate enough to remain lush and green and perfect all year round. Prey is plentiful, with large herds of non-migrating beasts staying fat off the grasses, ready for a hungry Ma'ome to pick them off.
A bit higher in the hills, out of reach of the danger of mud slides, are the dens. The den area, while rocky, is pocked with holes for dens of various sizes. Running eastward, directly south of the dens, is a river, fast and swift and heading toward the sea, fed by a spring coming out of the council's cave.
Dominating the western skyline of the Furaha lands is a craggy jutting of rock the pride refers to as The Smiling Peek. Pride members are strictly forbidden from going there without the escort of the Joy Guards.
Curious cubs who are quick enough and stealthy enough to sneak behind the crag, though, may find particularly RED rocks, and a lot of bones...
History
Once, long ago, the world was so full of Sadness and Anger that Ma'ome were dying from it, left and right. Some Ma'ome, though, didn't agree with this and wanted to have a home where everybody was Happy.
So they traveled as a group for many miles, always trying to keep positive, never frowning even as some of their own were picked off by the Unhappy and the Angry. Eventually they found a mountain, and the elders of the group saw a vision of a smiling goddess from the craggy peek.
It was here the colony settled, their own little nestled land of happiness and joy. They called themselves the Furaha, the Happy, and vowed to never be Sad or Angry again, nor would they allow the Sad or Angry into their lands.
And thus the happiest utopia in in the lands was made!
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:47 pm
Beliefs and Traditions
Beliefs and traditions for the Furaha tend to get mixed up and mingled by the locals, so it's hard to separate what's a belief from what's a tradition.
The whole colony worships the Goddess of Happiness and no others.
There is only happiness in the world, and none may feel sadness or sorrow. Any Ma'ome caught being sad, or expressing dissent, will be taken to be assisted in finding their happiness again.
Repeated offenders, of course... Tend to mysteriously vanish. Hm, curious...
There are no single-parent homes, unless one parent dies or... Vanishes. Cubs may only happen between mated partners, so if two Ma'ome have cubs, it's assumed they are mated. If cubs happen between a pair that's NOT mates with each other, but between two Ma'ome that already have other mates... Well, the parents tend to vanish, and the cubs are taken in by the Joy Guards. (Multi-parent homes are fine, though! After all, that's far more joy and happiness shared in the family! A pair who already have mates may make an appeal to the Council and Joy Guards, too, that their families are blending into one bigger family full of happiness)
The whole colony has one major prejudice besides against unhappiness and dark thoughts, and that's unhappy and dark coats. Coats should be bright and cheery versions of colors, from straight versions(Such as pure bright red, blue, or yellow) to pastel versions(Pink, that soft mint green, etc.). Dark and sad colors, like blacks and greys, are frowned upon and not tolerated, as are menacing colors, like dark blue and purple. Cubs born with such colors will... Vanish. That said, dark and grey MARKINGS are okay, as long as they cover no more than 15% of the Ma'ome. Samples to come!
Laws
Keep in mind that this pride is a dystopia - While everything APPEARS happy and peaceful and perfect, many colony members do NOT, privately, believe in the doctrine or the laws. They're just smart enough to NOT vocalize about it.
All citizens must smile - After all, the Furaha is a HAPPY pride! NOBODY frowns in the Furaha. Even pain must be smiled through. Always remember to smile, it's important!
There are no unhappy thoughts - One unhappy Ma'ome leads to many unhappy Ma'ome, and many unhappy Ma'ome means an unhappy colony. Nobody wants an unhappy colony! Always think happy thoughts!
There are no unhappy names - Unhappy names tempt fate and lead to unhappy cubs. Unhappy cubs don't Smile Enough, and thus parents are Strongly Discouraged from giving their cubs names that mean things like Storm or Distress or Blood. Those who join the pride from the outside and have such names are asked Politely to Please Change Them or be taken for Proper Educating. This is not to say all names must have joy and happiness as MEANING, they simply need to be Very Pleasant and evoke pleasant feelings when you say or hear them.
Only Ma'ome are allowed in the Furaha lands - Competition with other predators means unhappy Ma'ome... And we don't want unhappy Ma'ome, do we? All intruding non-Ma'ome will be taken to The Smiling Peak.(This is probably about the only one most of the pride doesn't mind abiding... Well, mostly. They don't agree with the methodology of dealing with them - They'd rather non-Ma'ome be chased out to live another day, than to... VANSIH. But they're smart enough to Say Nothing)
Citizens are STRICTLY forbidden to climb The Smiling Peak - Any caught doing so will be joined by the Joy Guards and escorted the rest of the way. They are also forbidden to go into the Smiling Cave, where the river comes out and the Council resides, unless invited in by the Council.
If you see something, say something - Is your neighbor not SMILING enough when the Joy Guard's not around? Then please report them to your nearest Joy Guard! They may need some re-education!
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 5:50 pm
RanksThere's very few ranks in the Furaha. To divide the citizenship means to think somebody is UNHAPPY, and unhappy thoughts are NOT tolerated. The Smiling Goddess - This is a Ma'ome who is seen as the physical embodiment of their Goddess. When the old body dies, a new is found among recent cubs and from then on they are raised by the Council as the physical and living embodiment of their Goddess. Please note that the title is gender-neutral in application Council - The Council is the all-seeing leadership of the Furaha. They decide on new laws, if they should remove an old one, and if somebody may not be Happy enough. They also Re-educate any straying members of the pride. Joy Guard - They do not protect the colony. They are not here to help you. The Joy Guard is here to make sure everybody is Happy, and thinking Happy Thoughts, and always smiling. Smiles are important! If somebody is thinking Not Happy Thoughts and caught frowning, they take them before the Council. They take particularly naughty Ma'ome up to The Smiling Peek. They don't usually come back with those Ma'ome... Citizens - There is no cub rank, there is no adolescent rank, there are no other special ranks. Everybody who has not joined the Joy Guards, or been elected onto the Council, is a Citizen. All Citizens are happy! Their only duties are to hunt, raise families, make friends, and Smile! Always remember to smile! Smiling is VERY important. Members:The Smiling Goddess[ url=]Name - Owner CouncilSunshine - Andranis [ url=]Name - Owner [ url=]Name - Owner [ url=]Name - Owner Joy GuardBlythe - Andranis [ url=]Name - Owner Citizens[ url=]Name - Owner
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2025 6:02 pm
Joining, births, and rank changesYou wish to join the Happy Folk? Welcome! Come right in! [size=20][b][color=cornflowerblue]I have a smile on my face and in my heart![/color][/b][/size]
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