[:]D *reaches for a water bottle, hands covered in dirt*
@? *studying how the water is pooling in the hole*
So if the house didn't have a floor, the bugs would still have a nice soft carpet.
@? *studying how the water is pooling in the hole*
So if the house didn't have a floor, the bugs would still have a nice soft carpet.
*just a little bit of water... it would take all day for it to seep through the ground enough to be at the same level as the lake. unless more digging is done of course*
|/=@] ah, water. |/=^]
7BD =[|:|D3] [!uT] ^u^ *looks like everyone around who drinks got one*
( | w | ) >:Yea!; >:trying to make sure the dome is well woven; ( | x | ) >:Lots of work; ( | w | ) *wouldn't want everything to slip apart when trying to make a second dome*
][:] ...
|/=@] ah, water. |/=^]
7BD =[|:|D3] [!uT] ^u^ *looks like everyone around who drinks got one*
( | w | ) >:Yea!; >:trying to make sure the dome is well woven; ( | x | ) >:Lots of work; ( | w | ) *wouldn't want everything to slip apart when trying to make a second dome*
][:] ...
[:]) *drinking water*
@? isalittlelake.
Well it looks like you're doing a good, careful job.
@? isalittlelake.
Well it looks like you're doing a good, careful job.
|/=@] ? *notices the slight pooling* |/=^] ah, so it is.
0u0 'we've dug to deep!' ^u^
[!uT] hehe. 'you've awoken the lake!'
7B? ? =
? =[|
??] ? *don't get the joke*
( | w | ) >:yea; *almost finished tieing it up* *it's actually semi-decent. maybe enough to even keep out rain* *not that rain is a current issue with the mostly clear sky*
][:] ... *is starting to think of maybe going to the house, and seeing if he can help Onponn & Genral*
0u0 'we've dug to deep!' ^u^
[!uT] hehe. 'you've awoken the lake!'
7B? ? =
? =[|??] ? *don't get the joke*( | w | ) >:yea; *almost finished tieing it up* *it's actually semi-decent. maybe enough to even keep out rain* *not that rain is a current issue with the mostly clear sky*
][:] ... *is starting to think of maybe going to the house, and seeing if he can help Onponn & Genral*
[:]? Woken it?
@? *they don't get it as well*
And it looks pretty intact. Not a whole lot of holes there. A good little shelter for the bugs.
@? *they don't get it as well*
And it looks pretty intact. Not a whole lot of holes there. A good little shelter for the bugs.
[!uT] it's just a reference to an old book.
0u0 the dwarfs had dug to deep into the ground and found something they weren't expecting to find. like how we dug here and ended up finding water. ^u^
|/=@] sounds interesting. Maybe I should read it later.
=
oh, me to!
7B? ... 7B3 "think thata little lake next to little castle is cool."
=[|:|33] *has resumed walling*
( | x | ) >:Yea;;; >:But it's still missing a bug!;
][:] *starts headed off towards the house*
0u0 the dwarfs had dug to deep into the ground and found something they weren't expecting to find. like how we dug here and ended up finding water. ^u^
|/=@] sounds interesting. Maybe I should read it later.
=
oh, me to!7B? ... 7B3 "think thata little lake next to little castle is cool."
=[|:|33] *has resumed walling*
( | x | ) >:Yea;;; >:But it's still missing a bug!;
][:] *starts headed off towards the house*
[:]D Could read it all together!
@)
Well maybe if you leave it here, a bug will come by and move in.
@)
Well maybe if you leave it here, a bug will come by and move in.
0~0 maybe... though it can get a little scary sometimes...
[!~T] mmh...
7B? 7BP "pthh." 7B3 *doesn't think that a book could be all that scary* *finished with his water, Nyx capchalogs the bottle*
= oh. maybe we should stick to happier stories. =
|/=@] *happier stories... not to many stories out there that lack any form of conflict*
=[|:|3?] MaybE WE CaN JusT StoP IF WE DO GeT ScareD.
( | m | ) >:But I don't want to leave; >: I want to see bug show up myself; ( | w | )
[!~T] mmh...
7B? 7BP "pthh." 7B3 *doesn't think that a book could be all that scary* *finished with his water, Nyx capchalogs the bottle*
=
oh. maybe we should stick to happier stories. =|/=@] *happier stories... not to many stories out there that lack any form of conflict*
=[|:|3?] MaybE WE CaN JusT StoP IF WE DO GeT ScareD.
( | m | ) >:But I don't want to leave; >: I want to see bug show up myself; ( | w | )
@? scarystories...? *so far all the stories they've heard have been pretty benign, at least as far as they understand them*
[:]/ [:]) Happy sounds better to us.
*well, given the nature of this place...* That could happen, too. Just be careful not to scare them off. We're a lot bigger than any bug, and can come off as a bit intimidating to them.
[:]/ [:]) Happy sounds better to us.
*well, given the nature of this place...* That could happen, too. Just be careful not to scare them off. We're a lot bigger than any bug, and can come off as a bit intimidating to them.
7BD "BOO! like that?" 7B3
0u0 almost. But yes, I think Happy stories are better. ^u^
|/=@] hmm... *they are trying to think of a good story*
=[|:|33] ... HoW AbouT A StorY AbouT... A SanD CastlE.
[!uT] hehe... *can think of a few happy, and a few scary stories about Sand Castles*
=
that's a great idea Marlow! =
( | x | ) >:Hmmm;;; >: Ok; >:moving further away; ( | w | ) *moves a bit further from the grass dome*
*elsewhere, a sapphire shell Beetle is deep in the grass, seeking a sheltered location to avoid possible predatory detection* *the Hopes of it's incredibly lackluster Heart and Mind happen to run in parallel with the Heart and Mind of Jofie's Hopes, helping it's base desire to come true.*
*a small blue beetle ends up poking through some of the weaved grass, coming to a stop as it feels the shade. still shadows mean that it must be under something not moving, so it stops to rest*
( | w | ) ... ( | W | )
0u0 almost. But yes, I think Happy stories are better. ^u^
|/=@] hmm... *they are trying to think of a good story*
=[|:|33] ... HoW AbouT A StorY AbouT... A SanD CastlE.
[!uT] hehe... *can think of a few happy, and a few scary stories about Sand Castles*
=
that's a great idea Marlow! =( | x | ) >:Hmmm;;; >: Ok; >:moving further away; ( | w | ) *moves a bit further from the grass dome*
*elsewhere, a sapphire shell Beetle is deep in the grass, seeking a sheltered location to avoid possible predatory detection* *the Hopes of it's incredibly lackluster Heart and Mind happen to run in parallel with the Heart and Mind of Jofie's Hopes, helping it's base desire to come true.*
*a small blue beetle ends up poking through some of the weaved grass, coming to a stop as it feels the shade. still shadows mean that it must be under something not moving, so it stops to rest*
( | w | ) ... ( | W | )
@? @) aboutoursandcastle?
[:]D Yeah! New story!
*she moved further away, too* *grins at Jofie when the bug shows up*
[:]D Yeah! New story!
*she moved further away, too* *grins at Jofie when the bug shows up*
0~0 hmmm... *trying to think up a story* 0u0
7BO "I GET TU BE SHOVELMAKER!" 7BD *Nyx is excited for the story, wanting his own part in it*
= hehe.
|/=@] well, if Nyx is the Shovermaker... |/=^] I'm the pit digger.
=[|:|33] ? UmmM. Wall builder? *Marlow isn't used to the idea of not being called Marlow*
[!uT] ! *is trying to think up a good story based on everyone around*
( 0 W 0 ) *trying to be quiet,* >:Buuuuuuuug!; >: It woooooooorks!;
7BO "I GET TU BE SHOVELMAKER!" 7BD *Nyx is excited for the story, wanting his own part in it*
=
hehe.|/=@] well, if Nyx is the Shovermaker... |/=^] I'm the pit digger.
=[|:|33] ? UmmM. Wall builder? *Marlow isn't used to the idea of not being called Marlow*
[!uT] ! *is trying to think up a good story based on everyone around*
( 0 W 0 ) *trying to be quiet,* >:Buuuuuuuug!; >: It woooooooorks!;
@? @) andlittlecastlemaker.
[:]) *realizes that someone should be filling in Nyx's "castles" now that Sophie's not there to do it, and starts to do so*
Good job!
[:]) *realizes that someone should be filling in Nyx's "castles" now that Sophie's not there to do it, and starts to do so*
Good job!
7B3 *Nyx has stopped with Castle planning/making for now. he has a new calling in squishing rocks into shovels* *he's just got to find good rocks*
=[|:|33] *is actually starting to get slightly tired of squishing all this sandirt into wall shapes. it's got his hands all dirty* =[|:|3?]
= hmm... a story about ShovelMaker, PitDigger, WallBuilder, LittleCastleMakers... = ... = CastleSitter, CastlePlanner, & CastleWatcher
|/=^] sounds good.
^u^ teehee. *planning a story is kind of fun*
[!uT] don't forget GrassWeaver and their HutSitter, off in a faraway land.
( | w | ) *Jofie is happy to see the bug sit there, but they also don't know now how they can get close enough to make another hut w/o scaring it*
=[|:|33] *is actually starting to get slightly tired of squishing all this sandirt into wall shapes. it's got his hands all dirty* =[|:|3?]
=
hmm... a story about ShovelMaker, PitDigger, WallBuilder, LittleCastleMakers... = ... = CastleSitter, CastlePlanner, & CastleWatcher|/=^] sounds good.
^u^ teehee. *planning a story is kind of fun*
[!uT] don't forget GrassWeaver and their HutSitter, off in a faraway land.
( | w | ) *Jofie is happy to see the bug sit there, but they also don't know now how they can get close enough to make another hut w/o scaring it*
() @) *is happy to plan out more little castles for Hamnet to fill in*
[:]) *yay teamwork, while they listen for the new story*
*looks around to see if there's grass good for weaving nearer to them than the bug*
[:]) *yay teamwork, while they listen for the new story*
*looks around to see if there's grass good for weaving nearer to them than the bug*
[!uT] *starts the story* It all started, with a God protected by her relations. Wherever she went, friends would be there to Protect her... [!~T] ... umm... [!nT] ... *is regretting her phrasing*
|/~@] |/=@] ... |/=^] The CastleSitter had great friends, who all liked to play together.
0~0 0u0 Her son, the ShovelMaker, was good with the Earth, and could make it move.
= = But they couldn't do it alone. The CastlePlanner, LittleCastleMakers, WallBuilder, PitDigger, and CastleWatcher all helped in their own ways.
7BD "togefur they all maked an awesome castle anda cool hole in the ground!"
=[|??] =[|:|33] AnD TheN ThE WallbuildeR WaS CalleD MarloW.
*there's plenty more grass to the left and the right of the hut, but Jofie wanted to build them all right next to eachother...*
( | w | ) *seems Jofie is ok with just the one though. they look content* *it is the same population number as the sand castle after all*
|/~@] |/=@] ... |/=^] The CastleSitter had great friends, who all liked to play together.
0~0 0u0 Her son, the ShovelMaker, was good with the Earth, and could make it move.
=
= But they couldn't do it alone. The CastlePlanner, LittleCastleMakers, WallBuilder, PitDigger, and CastleWatcher all helped in their own ways.7BD "togefur they all maked an awesome castle anda cool hole in the ground!"
=[|
??] =[|:|33] AnD TheN ThE WallbuildeR WaS CalleD MarloW.*there's plenty more grass to the left and the right of the hut, but Jofie wanted to build them all right next to eachother...*
( | w | ) *seems Jofie is ok with just the one though. they look content* *it is the same population number as the sand castle after all*
*she hadn't been listening to the castle-building and storytelling, but her attention is drawn by the word "god"...it's a relief to hear the story move away from that* ...
@) madelotsofcastles!
[:])
@) madelotsofcastles!
[:])
[!uT] lots of nice castles...
7B3 "anda bunch of shovels." 7BO "SQUEOOU!" *shapes another rock* 7BD
=[|:|33] *since this shovel seems much flatter, Marlow takes it to help flatten the wall sides* ShovelS ThaT WorK WelL FoR MakinG NiceR.
|/=@] *wonders when this became simply narrating what they were doing. not that it isn't fun* |/=^] The PitDigger thinks that maybe the pit should be turned into a lake of it's own for the castle. *they start digging towards the lake, to channel water into the hole*
0u0 ^u^ The sandy dirt castle kingdom was good friends with the Grass kingdom, 0u0 *was going to say, 'and the stick kingdom', but she's noticed moreso that Mack seems to have been done playing*
=
( | w | ) ? ... ( ^ w ^ ) *happy bug watcher*
*elsewhere... back in the currently empty and mostly unwatched mine home, a Doomer paid to be a spy on the nature of the bizarre doomer hybrid can't withstand the temptation. The ~Lock is the Jackpot, and with it just, 'sitting right there!', it is far to tempting* *cameras can be checked later if Onponn wishes to do so, but she doesn't have the need to have been watching right now*
7B3 "anda bunch of shovels." 7BO "SQUEOOU!" *shapes another rock* 7BD
=[|:|33] *since this shovel seems much flatter, Marlow takes it to help flatten the wall sides* ShovelS ThaT WorK WelL FoR MakinG NiceR.
|/=@] *wonders when this became simply narrating what they were doing. not that it isn't fun* |/=^] The PitDigger thinks that maybe the pit should be turned into a lake of it's own for the castle. *they start digging towards the lake, to channel water into the hole*
0u0 ^u^ The sandy dirt castle kingdom was good friends with the Grass kingdom, 0u0 *was going to say, 'and the stick kingdom', but she's noticed moreso that Mack seems to have been done playing*
=
( | w | ) ? ... ( ^ w ^ ) *happy bug watcher*
*elsewhere... back in the currently empty and mostly unwatched mine home, a Doomer paid to be a spy on the nature of the bizarre doomer hybrid can't withstand the temptation. The ~Lock is the Jackpot, and with it just, 'sitting right there!', it is far to tempting* *cameras can be checked later if Onponn wishes to do so, but she doesn't have the need to have been watching right now*
@) anditwasn'tascarylakeatall. wasanicelittlelaketheymade. *getting into the narrating*
[:])
*everyone's having fun. She's content*
((did it drop whatever it was holding before?))
[:])
*everyone's having fun. She's content*
((did it drop whatever it was holding before?))
|/=@] *hurry with the digging so that the water can start to pour in*
^u^ and on that day, the dam burst and everyone cheered
7BD "YEE!"
=[|:|DD] YaY!
= the little lake is complete!
[!!!] [ERR] [!UT] Hooray!
( | x | ) ? ( | w | ) >: ooh; *likes the look of what's gone on over by the sandirt castle*
((yea.
))
*in it's place, left behind during the Doomer's breach of contract, is one of the prized multichromic Gears that had once been contained within the inner workings of Mack's old ship. what had been the Doomer's pay for this job*
^u^ and on that day, the dam burst and everyone cheered
7BD "YEE!"
=[|:|DD] YaY!
=
the little lake is complete![!!!] [ERR] [!UT] Hooray!
( | x | ) ? ( | w | ) >: ooh; *likes the look of what's gone on over by the sandirt castle*
((yea.
))*in it's place, left behind during the Doomer's breach of contract, is one of the prized multichromic Gears that had once been contained within the inner workings of Mack's old ship. what had been the Doomer's pay for this job*
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