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title: noogle
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created: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:21 -0700
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updated: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 18:04:21 -0700
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<dt>Noogle</dt>
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: A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them hover in
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mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of fortunes around
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their necks. When they are standing still, their default facial expression
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makes them look as though they are either asleep on their feet or aghast at the
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sight before them. However, a smirking expression directed at a non-bird is a
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sign of trouble for their target: the latter is about to become catnip.
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While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear to lost
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travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune can be obtained
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from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or small, usually to be
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completed by the requester within a year of receiving the fortune. If the
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counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the deed, or completes it with ill
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intentions, a significant misfortune may befall them.
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It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year will
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bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.
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: <details></details>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<p>Total length: 78266 words / 334 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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<p>Total length: 78449 words / 335 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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just the story.)</p>
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just the story.)</p>
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<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 201 days since the first
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<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 202 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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email.</p>
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email.</p>
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<dt>Noogle</dt>
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<dd>
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<p>A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them
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hover in mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of
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fortunes around their necks. When they are standing still, their default
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facial expression makes them look as though they are either asleep on
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their feet or aghast at the sight before them. However, a smirking
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expression directed at a non-bird is a sign of trouble for their target:
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the latter is about to become catnip.</p>
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<p>While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear
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to lost travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune
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can be obtained from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or
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small, usually to be completed by the requester within a year of
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receiving the fortune. If the counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the
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deed, or completes it with ill intentions, a significant misfortune may
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befall them.</p>
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<p>It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year
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will bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.</p>
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</dd>
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<dd>
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<details>
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<figure>
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<img src="noogle.png" alt="noogle" />
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<figcaption aria-hidden="true">noogle</figcaption>
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</details>
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<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
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<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
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A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp
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A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp
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<title>BASEMENT QWEST</title>
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<title>BASEMENT QWEST</title>
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<link>https://tilde.town/~dozens/quest/rss.xml</link>
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<description>Friends having ADVENTURES! Huzzah!</description>
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<description>Friends having ADVENTURES! Huzzah!</description>
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<title>59</title>
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<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>
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<h3 id="00059">00059</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Alex procures from a pocket of his trenchcoat a tiny vial.
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On the vial is a small strip of parchment which reads:</p>
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<pre><code>#!/bin/ash
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sleepy=true
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sleep() {
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done
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trap sleep INT EXIT</code></pre>
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<p>He empties the vial into a glass of warm milk and hands it
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to bread.</p>
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<p>“Drink up friend, this’ll relax and soothe you. You’ll
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probably have the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had”</p>
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<p>Over the radio Alex provides a quick reminder to
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Marvelo.</p>
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<p>“7, remember, should you need to wake bread to get us out
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you can interrupt or cancel the sleep script, Ctrl + C should
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work for the disruption work. Or if you need to you can set
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sleepy=false, if it gets crazy and you need to modify the
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metavarbalic properties of the enchantment.”</p>
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<p>Turning to Inky, “Eight bells and all’s well, lets get this
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show on the road”</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Bread smiles and thanks you for the milk. They down the
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glass, smack their lips a few times, and wipe their mouth with
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the back of their hand. Their eyelids grow heavy and close,
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and they slump down on the cushions. They’re already asleep by
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the time their head hits the pillow.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Inky nods once at Alex’s words and finishes off their own
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cuppa steeped with calea and thyme, and blended into osmanthus
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matcha. Lucida, Protege, Aware, Perfume. A meaningless
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mantra.</p>
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<p>They glance to their owlish accomplice (who, she will
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remind you, is well-trained and needs no sleeping aid, thank
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you very much, unlike her impish charge) and silently mouth
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the words “Dude 215R” with a wink. Then they settle for a nap,
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chin pillowed on their forearms, which are propped atop
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drawn-up knees. A walking stick rests on their lap. A herb
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bouquet of pink blooms becomes an owl cushion.</p>
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<p>Inky dreamforms of a cream noogle. Puko. And Fuko is, well,
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still Fuko.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>You light the Nyxmaer. The flame crackles and dances. It
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smokes darkly, and the scent it gives off is thick and
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heady.</p>
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<p>You breathe deeply of it and settle down to sleep.</p>
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<p>When you open your eyes you are standing on the branch of
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an enormous white tree. It’s as wide as a narrow street. Its
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leaves are silver blades that uncurl in the dappled light from
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below.</p>
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<p>One of the first things you notice is that gravity is
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reversed here. The branches below you reach down, grazing an
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endless sky. Small iridescent jellyfish medusae drift lazily
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far, far below, catching and reflecting the light. And the
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trunk thickens as it reaches up overhead, where its roots
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drill into the ceiling above.</p>
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<p>Because of dream logic, you know that in some way this tree
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represents Kelsun Peak, Bread’s home. And also because of
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dream logic, you know that the branches furthest away from you
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in some way represent the great dragon Lucin who lives deep in
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the mountain. And they are just as dangerous. They sway in the
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breeze and seem to be aware of you, and are for now satisfied
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at the distance you keep from them.</p>
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<p>There is a chipmunk sitting cross-legged before you on the
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branch. It looks curiously up at you and says, “The Red
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Squirrel stole my acorns! Are you going to get them back for
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me?”</p>
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<p>You can feel a metaphysical tug in your gut as your orient
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yourself to dreamspace like the needle of a compass. “Inward”
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you can feel a tug toward Bread’s deep unconscious. To their
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core memories. “Outward” you can feel a tug away from Bread
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toward the shores of the Sea of Dreams, where you may continue
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your journey through the Collective Unconsciousness to the
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pocket dimension of the Wandering Bazaar. You need not move
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physically to travel in either direction. It’s more a matter
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of choosing a destination, and letting the winds blow you in
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that direction.</p>
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<p>“My acorns!” insists the chipmunk, wringing its hands. “The
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Red Squirrel has taken them all! Are you going to help
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me?”</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<![CDATA[
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<h3 id="00059">00059</h3>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Alex procures from a pocket of his trenchcoat a tiny vial.
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On the vial is a small strip of parchment which reads:</p>
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<pre><code>#!/bin/ash
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sleepy=true
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sleep() {
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while sleepy; do
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sleep(10)
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done
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}
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trap sleep INT EXIT</code></pre>
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<p>He empties the vial into a glass of warm milk and hands it
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to bread.</p>
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<p>“Drink up friend, this’ll relax and soothe you. You’ll
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probably have the best night’s sleep you’ve ever had”</p>
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<p>Over the radio Alex provides a quick reminder to
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Marvelo.</p>
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<p>“7, remember, should you need to wake bread to get us out
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you can interrupt or cancel the sleep script, Ctrl + C should
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work for the disruption work. Or if you need to you can set
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sleepy=false, if it gets crazy and you need to modify the
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metavarbalic properties of the enchantment.”</p>
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<p>Turning to Inky, “Eight bells and all’s well, lets get this
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show on the road”</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>Bread smiles and thanks you for the milk. They down the
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glass, smack their lips a few times, and wipe their mouth with
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the back of their hand. Their eyelids grow heavy and close,
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and they slump down on the cushions. They’re already asleep by
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the time their head hits the pillow.</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Inky nods once at Alex’s words and finishes off their own
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cuppa steeped with calea and thyme, and blended into osmanthus
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matcha. Lucida, Protege, Aware, Perfume. A meaningless
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mantra.</p>
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<p>They glance to their owlish accomplice (who, she will
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remind you, is well-trained and needs no sleeping aid, thank
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you very much, unlike her impish charge) and silently mouth
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the words “Dude 215R” with a wink. Then they settle for a nap,
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chin pillowed on their forearms, which are propped atop
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drawn-up knees. A walking stick rests on their lap. A herb
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bouquet of pink blooms becomes an owl cushion.</p>
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<p>Inky dreamforms of a cream noogle. Puko. And Fuko is, well,
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still Fuko.</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>You light the Nyxmaer. The flame crackles and dances. It
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smokes darkly, and the scent it gives off is thick and
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heady.</p>
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<p>You breathe deeply of it and settle down to sleep.</p>
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<p>When you open your eyes you are standing on the branch of
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an enormous white tree. It’s as wide as a narrow street. Its
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leaves are silver blades that uncurl in the dappled light from
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below.</p>
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<p>One of the first things you notice is that gravity is
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reversed here. The branches below you reach down, grazing an
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endless sky. Small iridescent jellyfish medusae drift lazily
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far, far below, catching and reflecting the light. And the
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trunk thickens as it reaches up overhead, where its roots
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drill into the ceiling above.</p>
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<p>Because of dream logic, you know that in some way this tree
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represents Kelsun Peak, Bread’s home. And also because of
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dream logic, you know that the branches furthest away from you
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in some way represent the great dragon Lucin who lives deep in
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the mountain. And they are just as dangerous. They sway in the
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breeze and seem to be aware of you, and are for now satisfied
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at the distance you keep from them.</p>
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<p>There is a chipmunk sitting cross-legged before you on the
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branch. It looks curiously up at you and says, “The Red
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Squirrel stole my acorns! Are you going to get them back for
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me?”</p>
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<p>You can feel a metaphysical tug in your gut as your orient
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yourself to dreamspace like the needle of a compass. “Inward”
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you can feel a tug toward Bread’s deep unconscious. To their
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core memories. “Outward” you can feel a tug away from Bread
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toward the shores of the Sea of Dreams, where you may continue
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your journey through the Collective Unconsciousness to the
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pocket dimension of the Wandering Bazaar. You need not move
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physically to travel in either direction. It’s more a matter
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of choosing a destination, and letting the winds blow you in
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that direction.</p>
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<p>“My acorns!” insists the chipmunk, wringing its hands. “The
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Red Squirrel has taken them all! Are you going to help
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me?”</p>
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<p>WHAT DO YOU DO</p>
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<author>dozens@tilde.team (dozens)</author>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<h2 id="stats">Stats</h2>
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<p>Total length: 78266 words / 334 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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<p>Total length: 78449 words / 335 minute read. (Mind you, that’s the
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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length of this entire page, including all the extra bits and bobs. Not
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just the story.)</p>
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just the story.)</p>
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<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 201 days since the first
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<p>There have been 210 messages posted over 202 days since the first
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.04.</p>
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post on July 13, 2022 for a daily post rate of 1.03.</p>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<h2 id="about">About</h2>
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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<p>This is a game that me and the kids in the basement are playing over
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email.</p>
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email.</p>
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<p>A cat with owl wings. They wear a propeller hat, which helps them
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hover in mid-air, as well as a bell and a cloth pouch with slips of
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fortunes around their necks. When they are standing still, their default
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facial expression makes them look as though they are either asleep on
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their feet or aghast at the sight before them. However, a smirking
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expression directed at a non-bird is a sign of trouble for their target:
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the latter is about to become catnip.</p>
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<p>While not rare, noogle sightings are uncommon. They sometimes appear
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to lost travellers or people seeking an oracle for counsel. A fortune
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can be obtained from a noogle in exchange for a good deed, large or
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small, usually to be completed by the requester within a year of
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receiving the fortune. If the counsel seeker neglects to fulfill the
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deed, or completes it with ill intentions, a significant misfortune may
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befall them.</p>
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<p>It is said that dreaming of a noogle on the first night of a new year
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will bring good fortune to the dreamer for the year.</p>
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<details>
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<img src="noogle.png" alt="noogle" />
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<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
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<dt>Tardigrade</dt>
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A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp
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A water bear. It has eight jointless legs, each tipped with four sharp
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