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title: noogle
created: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:21 -0700
updated: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:21 -0700
public: yes
---
<dt>Noogle</dt>
: A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them hover in
mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of fortunes around
their necks. When they are standing still, their default facial expression
makes them look as though they are either asleep on their feet or aghast at the
sight before them. However, a smirking expression directed at a non-bird is a
sign of trouble for their target: the latter is about to become catnip.
While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear to lost
travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune can be obtained
from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or small, usually to be
completed by the requester within a year of receiving the fortune. If the
counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the deed, or completes it with ill
intentions, a significant misfortune may befall them.
It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year will
bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.
: <details>![noogle](noogle.png)</details>

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</ul>
</nav>
<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
<p>Total length: 78266 words / 334 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
<p>Total length: 78449 words / 335 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
just the story.)</p>
<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 201 days since the first
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 202 days since the first
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
<h2 id="about">About</h2>
<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
email.</p>
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</dl>
<dt>
<dl>
<dt>Noogle</dt>
<dd>
<p>A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them
hover in mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of
fortunes around their necks. When they are standing still, their default
facial expression makes them look as though they are either asleep on
their feet or aghast at the sight before them. However, a smirking
expression directed at a non-bird is a sign of trouble for their target:
the latter is about to become catnip.</p>
<p>While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear
to lost travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune
can be obtained from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or
small, usually to be completed by the requester within a year of
receiving the fortune. If the counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the
deed, or completes it with ill intentions, a significant misfortune may
befall them.</p>
<p>It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year
will bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<details>
<figure>
<img src="noogle.png" alt="noogle" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">noogle</figcaption>
</figure>
</details>
</dd>
</dl>
<dt>
<dl>
<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
<dd>
A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp

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<title>BASEMENT QWEST</title>
<link>https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</link>
<description>Friends having ADVENTURES! Huzzah!</description>
<item>
<title>59</title>
<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>
<guid isPermaLink="false">59 - Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:41:56
-0700</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:41:56 -0700</pubDate>
<description>
<![CDATA[
<h3 id="00059">00059</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Alex procures from a pocket of his trenchcoat a tiny vial.
On the vial is a small strip of parchment which reads:</p>
<pre><code>#!/bin/ash
sleepy=true
sleep() {
while sleepy; do
sleep(10)
done
}
trap sleep INT EXIT</code></pre>
<p>He empties the vial into a glass of warm milk and hands it
to bread.</p>
<p>“Drink up friend, this’ll relax and soothe you. You’ll
probably have the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had”</p>
<p>Over the radio Alex provides a quick reminder to
Marvelo.</p>
<p>“7, remember, should you need to wake bread to get us out
you can interrupt or cancel the sleep script, Ctrl + C should
work for the disruption work. Or if you need to you can set
sleepy=false, if it gets crazy and you need to modify the
metavarbalic properties of the enchantment.”</p>
<p>Turning to Inky, “Eight bells and all’s well, lets get this
show on the road”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Bread smiles and thanks you for the milk. They down the
glass, smack their lips a few times, and wipe their mouth with
the back of their hand. Their eyelids grow heavy and close,
and they slump down on the cushions. They’re already asleep by
the time their head hits the pillow.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Inky nods once at Alex’s words and finishes off their own
cuppa steeped with calea and thyme, and blended into osmanthus
matcha. Lucida, Protege, Aware, Perfume. A meaningless
mantra.</p>
<p>They glance to their owlish accomplice (who, she will
remind you, is well-trained and needs no sleeping aid, thank
you very much, unlike her impish charge) and silently mouth
the words “Dude 215R” with a wink. Then they settle for a nap,
chin pillowed on their forearms, which are propped atop
drawn-up knees. A walking stick rests on their lap. A herb
bouquet of pink blooms becomes an owl cushion.</p>
<p>Inky dreamforms of a cream noogle. Puko. And Fuko is, well,
still Fuko.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You light the Nyxmaer. The flame crackles and dances. It
smokes darkly, and the scent it gives off is thick and
heady.</p>
<p>You breathe deeply of it and settle down to sleep.</p>
<p>When you open your eyes you are standing on the branch of
an enormous white tree. It’s as wide as a narrow street. Its
leaves are silver blades that uncurl in the dappled light from
below.</p>
<p>One of the first things you notice is that gravity is
reversed here. The branches below you reach down, grazing an
endless sky. Small iridescent jellyfish medusae drift lazily
far, far below, catching and reflecting the light. And the
trunk thickens as it reaches up overhead, where its roots
drill into the ceiling above.</p>
<p>Because of dream logic, you know that in some way this tree
represents Kelsun Peak, Bread’s home. And also because of
dream logic, you know that the branches furthest away from you
in some way represent the great dragon Lucin who lives deep in
the mountain. And they are just as dangerous. They sway in the
breeze and seem to be aware of you, and are for now satisfied
at the distance you keep from them.</p>
<p>There is a chipmunk sitting cross-legged before you on the
branch. It looks curiously up at you and says, “The Red
Squirrel stole my acorns! Are you going to get them back for
me?”</p>
<p>You can feel a metaphysical tug in your gut as your orient
yourself to dreamspace like the needle of a compass. “Inward”
you can feel a tug toward Bread’s deep unconscious. To their
core memories. “Outward” you can feel a tug away from Bread
toward the shores of the Sea of Dreams, where you may continue
your journey through the Collective Unconsciousness to the
pocket dimension of the Wandering Bazaar. You need not move
physically to travel in either direction. It’s more a matter
of choosing a destination, and letting the winds blow you in
that direction.</p>
<p>“My acorns!” insists the chipmunk, wringing its hands. “The
Red Squirrel has taken them all! Are you going to help
me?”</p>
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
]]>
</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>56</title>
<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>
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]]>
</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>59</title>
<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>
<guid isPermaLink="false">59 - Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:41:56
-0700</guid>
<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2023 21:41:56 -0700</pubDate>
<description>
<![CDATA[
<h3 id="00059">00059</h3>
<blockquote>
<p>Alex procures from a pocket of his trenchcoat a tiny vial.
On the vial is a small strip of parchment which reads:</p>
<pre><code>#!/bin/ash
sleepy=true
sleep() {
while sleepy; do
sleep(10)
done
}
trap sleep INT EXIT</code></pre>
<p>He empties the vial into a glass of warm milk and hands it
to bread.</p>
<p>“Drink up friend, this’ll relax and soothe you. You’ll
probably have the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had”</p>
<p>Over the radio Alex provides a quick reminder to
Marvelo.</p>
<p>“7, remember, should you need to wake bread to get us out
you can interrupt or cancel the sleep script, Ctrl + C should
work for the disruption work. Or if you need to you can set
sleepy=false, if it gets crazy and you need to modify the
metavarbalic properties of the enchantment.”</p>
<p>Turning to Inky, “Eight bells and all’s well, lets get this
show on the road”</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Bread smiles and thanks you for the milk. They down the
glass, smack their lips a few times, and wipe their mouth with
the back of their hand. Their eyelids grow heavy and close,
and they slump down on the cushions. They’re already asleep by
the time their head hits the pillow.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Inky nods once at Alex’s words and finishes off their own
cuppa steeped with calea and thyme, and blended into osmanthus
matcha. Lucida, Protege, Aware, Perfume. A meaningless
mantra.</p>
<p>They glance to their owlish accomplice (who, she will
remind you, is well-trained and needs no sleeping aid, thank
you very much, unlike her impish charge) and silently mouth
the words “Dude 215R” with a wink. Then they settle for a nap,
chin pillowed on their forearms, which are propped atop
drawn-up knees. A walking stick rests on their lap. A herb
bouquet of pink blooms becomes an owl cushion.</p>
<p>Inky dreamforms of a cream noogle. Puko. And Fuko is, well,
still Fuko.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>You light the Nyxmaer. The flame crackles and dances. It
smokes darkly, and the scent it gives off is thick and
heady.</p>
<p>You breathe deeply of it and settle down to sleep.</p>
<p>When you open your eyes you are standing on the branch of
an enormous white tree. It’s as wide as a narrow street. Its
leaves are silver blades that uncurl in the dappled light from
below.</p>
<p>One of the first things you notice is that gravity is
reversed here. The branches below you reach down, grazing an
endless sky. Small iridescent jellyfish medusae drift lazily
far, far below, catching and reflecting the light. And the
trunk thickens as it reaches up overhead, where its roots
drill into the ceiling above.</p>
<p>Because of dream logic, you know that in some way this tree
represents Kelsun Peak, Bread’s home. And also because of
dream logic, you know that the branches furthest away from you
in some way represent the great dragon Lucin who lives deep in
the mountain. And they are just as dangerous. They sway in the
breeze and seem to be aware of you, and are for now satisfied
at the distance you keep from them.</p>
<p>There is a chipmunk sitting cross-legged before you on the
branch. It looks curiously up at you and says, “The Red
Squirrel stole my acorns! Are you going to get them back for
me?”</p>
<p>You can feel a metaphysical tug in your gut as your orient
yourself to dreamspace like the needle of a compass. “Inward”
you can feel a tug toward Bread’s deep unconscious. To their
core memories. “Outward” you can feel a tug away from Bread
toward the shores of the Sea of Dreams, where you may continue
your journey through the Collective Unconsciousness to the
pocket dimension of the Wandering Bazaar. You need not move
physically to travel in either direction. It’s more a matter
of choosing a destination, and letting the winds blow you in
that direction.</p>
<p>“My acorns!” insists the chipmunk, wringing its hands. “The
Red Squirrel has taken them all! Are you going to help
me?”</p>
<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
]]>
</description>
</item>
<item>
<title>57</title>
<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>

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</ul>
</nav>
<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
<p>Total length: 78266 words / 334 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
<p>Total length: 78449 words / 335 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
just the story.)</p>
<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 201 days since the first
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 202 days since the first
post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
<h2 id="about">About</h2>
<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
email.</p>
@ -7369,6 +7369,36 @@ blubber to keep it warm. Bottom half fish.
</dl>
<dt>
<dl>
<dt>Noogle</dt>
<dd>
<p>A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them
hover in mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of
fortunes around their necks. When they are standing still, their default
facial expression makes them look as though they are either asleep on
their feet or aghast at the sight before them. However, a smirking
expression directed at a non-bird is a sign of trouble for their target:
the latter is about to become catnip.</p>
<p>While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear
to lost travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune
can be obtained from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or
small, usually to be completed by the requester within a year of
receiving the fortune. If the counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the
deed, or completes it with ill intentions, a significant misfortune may
befall them.</p>
<p>It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year
will bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.</p>
</dd>
<dd>
<details>
<figure>
<img src="noogle.png" alt="noogle" />
<figcaption aria-hidden="true">noogle</figcaption>
</figure>
</details>
</dd>
</dl>
<dt>
<dl>
<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
<dd>
A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp