Haircut + Family Lore Dump + Art

Jul. 18th, 2025 01:16 am
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All I've been wanting this week is to come here and yap but life happened a lot this week! I'll be back later to catch up but I need to unload brain soup a little.

1. I went to get a bob-like haircut. It's the shortest it's been since college. heart kaomoji smiling with sparkles

๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿป haircut. we bob now. ๐Ÿ’‡๐Ÿป )

2. I went with my MIL, who is a very cool fellow bi. She is in a happy WLW relationship and I love'em both. But she dropped some Lore (with a capital L) when she drove me back home. It's not my story to tell all haphazardly, but I'll just say it was full of heartbreak, queer yearning, US south-flavored religious trauma, internalized lesbophobia, sorrow, tragedy, and an untimely death. :(
But I've barely gotten to process all that because...

3. The next day, I had to scramble because I completely forgot my I had agreed with my friend to reschedule our body doubling meetings to Wednesday. She kindly waited for me on Discord, and we got to hanging.
I fear I've been yapping too much during what's supposed to be work time. :( I would like to be a bit more mindful of that.
Either way! I finished a Litleo for [personal profile] javert who was a darling and released some super cute Trubbish icons to the world.
I posted the art with bg color in my art journal, but~

๐ŸŽจ here's the transparent PNG version! ๐ŸŽจ )
Will I ever figure out how to properly make images responsive is the question... angry kaomoji with fire and steam


4. ANYWAY, THAT SAME DAY (at night)... after I was done with the drawing... I got a migraine!! :(
I started feeling funny but I thought a gummy was hitting me weird. Then I closed the office room and by the time I went to bed I had a ~gnarly~ headache on the right side of my head. I was also dizzy, sound-sensitive, light-sensitive, and all that jazz.
I only started getting migraines in adulthood. My mom has gotten pretty bad migraines occasionally, though I don't remember having any as a child. Mom says I need to talk to my doctor about it. Which, yes, I know I do. I just need the executive function to make an appointment with the doctor's office in the first place.
Either way, MIL is helping me with that so hopefully I get to go soon to address stuff. Maybe before the orange overlord's Medicaid Cuts kick my ass. :(

5. Same Body Double Friend and I videocall on Thursdays for Baldur's Gate. But we decided to turn this day into "movie time." We watched KPop Demon Hunters. I posted my thoughts about it on letterboxd but I'll add them here.


๐Ÿ‘น Thoughts on KPop Demon Hunters ๐Ÿ‘น )

6. Then I finished the day with a 4 hour phone talk with my mom. I hadn't talked to her in over 2 weeks, and she was too sick to answer my calls this past week so we had much to catch up on. I've missed her dearly so I'm glad we chatted. I'm happy that she's trying to take better care of her health. We both have the type of ADHD that we kind of leave things be for too long. Hearing her want to try to do better is motivating though. I was already trying to eat a bit better, so I'm more inspired to do so. We have to mind our sugar and kidneys.

Omg, I wanted to be done with this in 20 minutes but the yappin' just don't stopppp (and HTML learning curves... hmph mad kaomoji)

Okokok good night!! After I get some rest, I want catch up with Sunshine Revival and some very sweet comments I've been spotting from my e-mail! :^) I love it here in dreamwidth btw. People are so nice and attentive.

xoxo!

Permaculture

Jul. 18th, 2025 01:42 am
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We crossed 25 watermelon varieties and got this!

These are landrace watermelons grown in a food forest permaculture.  David the Good is one of the few people other than myself who seems to grow what I would consider laissez-faire permaculture, which turns the yard into a messy but productive jungle.  :D

Remember that when you're growing landraces or even open-pollinated crops that you save, your plants will adapt to what you do.  If you don't want to weed or water, then select for plants that can beat the competition.  I throw garlic chives and other alliums all over the place.  Comfrey can take care of itself.  The vegetables are still in pots to minimize weeds, but I'm hoping to get a sunflower landrace going eventually because I am having crap luck with commercial ones.  I get a few that bloom but not many.  I'm getting a few volunteers, though, so I'm encouraging that.

Volcanoes

Jul. 18th, 2025 12:35 am
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The Deadly Cascade Volcanoes Are Waking Up! Is A Mega Eruption Coming?

The Cascade Range, stretching from Northern California to British Columbia, is home to some of the most dangerous volcanoes in North America. Towering over cities like Seattle and Portland, these volcanoes sit silently now—but silence, in geology, is never a guarantee of safety. In 1980, Mount St. Helens erupted with the force of hundreds of atomic bombs, flattening forests, choking skies, and shocking a nation. That was just one volcano. There are over a dozen more. And recently, subtle signs—swarms of earthquakes, shifting ground, whispers of gas from hidden vents—have begun to stir beneath their surface. Could this be a sign of what is to come? Are the Cascade volcanoes waking up? Let’s find out!

Well, that's alarming -- especially in context of the Cascadian Subduction Zone with its ability to cause earthquakes and tsunamis.

Follow Friday 7-18-25: Homestuck

Jul. 18th, 2025 12:15 am
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Today's theme is Homestuck.


[community profile] 100quadrantedships  -- Because We Don't Have Enough Of Quadrants
Quadrants, homestuck, shipping.
[Somewhat active with last post in May.]

[community profile] addme_fandom  -- addme fandom
Find friends who share your fannish obsessions.
[Active with one post in July.]

[community profile] unconventionalcourtship  -- Unconventional Courtship
Brooding Strangers! Secret Pregnancies! Enigmatic Rakes! All those tropes (or conventions, if you will) you love to hate (until you discover their secret, tragic backstory and fall head over heels for them) are here, ready to be used for humour and awesomeness in a new fic about your favourite star-crossed lovers. 'Unconventional Courtship' is a panfandom challenge that aims to produce fics longer than 1,000 words based on a Mills & Boon/Harlequin novel summary.
[Active with multiple posts in July.]

Sunshine Challenge 5: Carnival Barker

Jul. 17th, 2025 11:52 pm
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Sunshine Challenge 5: Carnival Barker

Journaling prompt: Be a carnival barker for your favorite movie, book, or show (or any other of your choice - game, comic, anything else)! Write a post that showcases the best your chosen title has to offer and entices passersby to check it out.

Creative prompt: Write a fic or original story about a character reluctantly doing something they are hesitant about.

Post your answer to today’s challenge in your own space and leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so
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Hobbies: Makeup Art

Jul. 17th, 2025 08:38 pm
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Folks have mentioned an interest in questions and conversations that make them think. So I've decided to offer more of those. This batch features hobbies.

Makeup art is a hobby that spans branches such as facepainting, bodypainting, cosplay, special effects, theatrical makeup, drag, kink, otherkin, gyaru, boudoir, glamour, and more. It all depends on what you want to make up yourself or a playmate as.

On Dreamwidth, consider communities like [community profile] daily_gyaru, [community profile] edgoreyanfashion, [community profile] justcreate, [community profile] sw_costumes, and[community profile] thefreaksclub.

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I should have taken a few pictures of Caitlin Starling, I got her at the worst moment. Also, my cell phone could not handle the deep colors and it didn't focus in that one shot?

Oh well. Maybe someday I'll proper book club aesthetics post.

The event was fun! I barely got the book done in time. She talked about her upcoming vampire novel and also what the sequels to a few books would be like if her publisher greenlights them. Part of why I grabbed pics is because when I say 'it's a bar that's a converted house' people often seem confused by that idea. We have a decent number of bars like that here. Book club gets the second floor when we are there. IDK if this is just a Portland thing, but yeah, houses make good bars.

...I could have made like an actually really nice mood board if I'd used my real camera, but bringing that would have been a bit much

World Anvil Summer Camp MasterPost

Jul. 1st, 2025 12:00 am
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Goal: 10 [Copper] /16 [Silver]

Week 1 (3/4)

Week 2 (4/4)

  1. A myth about a legendary food or drink
  2. A substance known for its unique smell
  3. A profession related to spirituality or philosophy
  4. A charity dedicated to helping those in need
  5. A ritual related to agriculture
  6. A species that feeds through a symbiotic relationship
  7. A condition you can get from eating specific foods
  8. A delicious staple found on every dinner table
  9. A city many people want to visit
  10. A place people aren't supposed to go
  1. An organization rooted in controversial principles
  2. A myth surrounding the birth of an important person in your world
  3. A character known for their numerous progeny
  4. A foundational document for a country, religion, or other organization
  5. A garment traditionally associated with a culture
  6. The place of origin of a people in your world
  7. An ancient tongue from which many common idioms spring
  8. A war that resulted in the creation of something new
  9. A symbolic building
  10. A diaspora spread around the world

Week 3 (3/4)

Week 4 (0/4)

  1. A settlement that has been rebuilt several times
  2. An ever-changing location that requires its inhabitants to adapt
  3. A subculture that appeared due to social changes
  4. A transformation caused by a celestial body
  5. A formation known for its adaptability
  6. A technology invented to prevent or delay a transformation
  7. A ritual that's changed meaning throughout the years
  8. A species that undergoes a metamorphosis
  9. An animal celebrity
  10. A job many people aspire to but few achieve
  • A recently created title or honor
  • A building that hasn't been finished yet
  • A visionary that changed the course of history
  • A new condition unknown in olden times
  • A cutting edge technology expected to change the future
  • An idealist manifesto published by a movement, political party, or other organization
  • An organization seen as the next superpower
  • A vehicle hailed as the transport of tomorrow
  • A resource with an alternative or secret application
  • A tool used by a nomadic culture


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Kutzk Gang Wars

 
1518 - Alpin MacJohn abducts street workers to 'work' his extravagant parties, some willing, many not, and all drugged against their will to keep them easy to manipulate, and many having issues remembering what happened to them at all. Victoria is one unwilling participant, and even drugged, she doesn't play along, leading her to be raped and murdered, and then her body dumped in the Scrap Yard to later be found by Kidd. In an effort to find out who was responsible, Killer (as Kira) infiltrates one of the next boss parties where she confirms Alpin was directly involved in Victoria's death. While she too is attacked, she is prepared for it, and she kills Alpin and his body guards, as Kidd scrambles to try and find out where she'd been taken - having gone to Boss-mhòr Heat for help as the clock ticks away. Even with Alpin dead, it becomes clear that Boss-oyabun John MacWilliam knew what was happening this whole time and didn't make any efforts to curb his son's predatory behavior. Most small bosses have no interest in Kidd's quickly approaching war with the head of the underworld, But Killer, Heat, and Boss-mhòr Wire at with him. By the end of the onslaught, the Family is completely destroyed and the Kid Boss finds himself in charge of the entire island.
 
Conflict Type
Civil War
Battlefield Type
Land
Start Date
1518 April 3
Ending Date
1518 May 8
Conflict Result
the decimation of the under world hierarchy, and the formation of the Kidd Pirates, who soon set sail for the Grand Line
Location
 
 

Casualties

  • the death of Victoria starts the collective off to seak revenge for her murder
  • Alpin MacJohn and his father Boss-oyabun John and his entire criminal empire


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Fortress

 
 
Center of the city, head of government. The nation of Kutsukku makes an effort to look like a oligarchic republic like many thalassocracies in the southernmost seas, and once there was a true established government, but it was dismantled when the W.Government made a play for the island. Organized crime and their wealthy backers spend their time playing politicians, but the lower classes know its a farce, and that the ruler's of the city changes hands easily. Today, it's constantly being fought over by the families running the city. The original walls of the Fortress had been torn down by early occupation, but Boss-oyabun Anndra a'Penrimond spend a good deal of the start of his reign reinforcing the city walls, and then rebuilding the casemate walls of the fortress at the center of Kutzk city. He spend three years - and all the good will the people had once given him - making the area a stronghold imposing enough to inspire the people to continue to resisting the W.G. Unfortunately, not everyone was happy with the new walls - and the resources and money it took to build them - leading to a violent uprising and the rise of Boss-oyabun John MacWilliam. To draw Anndra out, John set fire to the east docks outside the new walls, completely decimating the old wooden structures, docks and most of the legit merchant fleet Kutsukku was allowed to pass the marine blockades in the open seas. The open area around it the main markets and leisure areas of the upper class.

History

  • 1503 Nov 30 - Anndra has the marines run off the island and is accepted by the city as Boss-oyabun by the people
  • 1503 Dec 6 - Boss Anndra moves to reinforce inner city walls
  • 1506 Jul 6 - John MacWilliam overthrowns Anndra while the city burns
  • 1518 - Alpin MacJohn is discovered to be the serial rapist/murder and the lower gang bosses rise up against him and his father Boss-oyabun John. the Family is completely destroyed and the Kid Boss finds himself in charge of the entire island.
  • 1518 Boss-oyabun Eustass Kidd, Boss-mhòrs Killer, Heat & Wire all dissappear from Kutzk at the same time


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Coastal Wrecks

 
The cove that separates Bright Tower and the very edge of the Night Market has filled with shipwrecks of those trying to navigate the west coast and the ever expanding Scrap Yard. The worst of the toxic waste has been deposited to the north, and the loam soils of the cove almost make the water potable - at least as far as any water sources on the Trash Side. In a place people should not be, there are still many young people that grow up in the Bright Tower, and the coastal wrecks have become an almost safe place for them to play; still dangerous and one wrong step from a slow and painful death, but the closest most will ever get to a playground. On the broken ships, children will play out everything from 'House' to 'Navy and Pirates' to games of 'hide-and-seek' and 'tag' There is a quiet consensus even among the gangs to stay hands-off the cove wreckage, even if violent confrontations still happen at its edges regularly; ironically the playground with all its own hidden dangers is one of the safest places for the very small. A place where imagination and adventure haven't been lost yet, where gangs and backgrounds and family ties don't matter. Today, its a fleet of merchant ships trying to outrun pirates. Tomorrow its far away fantasy village fighting off a dragon.

Playground of Trash Side

Type
Cove
Location under
 


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Mob Boss

 

On the surface, Kutsukku looks like a oligarchic republic like many thalassocracies, but right along side those voted into power are those who rose up to take power for themselves though violence, bribery and intimidation. The city of Kutzk harbors a vast criminal underworld, one that outsiders might miss but those living under the nation's flag are all too aware of. Gangs are common in the city, though most are often no more then a gaggle of thugs and delinquents that have come together as a 'family' for survival. But the title of Boss comes with a heavy weight, and few are willing to risk claiming it for themselves without the muscle to back it up. Generally, those who do are laying claim to a whole district. Above Bosses are the Boss-mhòr - three* in total, one for each region, with the district bosses under them operating only with their blessings. However, failure to find common ground could spell the end for a boss-mhòr if the small time boss had the drive and the backing to usurp them.
*the Kid would claim the title for himself as the first Boss-mhòr of the Scrap Yard bringing the total to four for a short period in the late 1510s.
This role would not be refilled once he vacated.
At the top of all of them, leading from inner most walls of the Fortress - sometimes even sitting in the official seat of power in the Citadel, is the Boss-oyabun themself. Even if the boss-oyabun was not the official city leader, those voted into power still cannot stay in power with out their cooperation, and vice-versa, meaning more often then not - to secure their position, inevitably, one person will take on both roles, typically though a bloody confrontation.

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Gaels

 
The gaels languages, spoken in many of the southern most nations like Kutsukku, went almost completely extinct, their written alphabets lost to time. After freeing themselves from the reach of the W.G., many have since repurposed the Mandate
alphabet to take advantages of typewriters and the like, but otherwise still refuse to use mandate as its intented purpose. In the city of Kutzk, pockets of gaels survived with tight-knit communities, and once they reestablished their independence, the different surviving branches spread to other communities. Most of the city speaks at least three of the languages of their city to some degree; inner city folk speaking all three languages from inside the walls, the outer wall regions speaking at least one inner city language, while the crafty and well connected speak at least one from all three regions.
"Couple hundred years ago - our island told the World Government to fuck off, see. Whole shit ton of islands in our part of the Blue did. World Government didn't take kindly to it, and came in and tried to undermined our whole way of life. For a while, it worked- they hijacked our schools, took our stories and our words away from the kids. Took away our Gods. Got them thinking everything would be better if the World Government could come in and run everything. But backfired - it was like the more we lost, the less we trusted anyone. Them, Ourselves. Just kinda had a system collapse. When they got run off the island finally, the Marines cut their losses and just isolated us instead. Kept garrisons on our waters, nobody in or out. Tried to starve us out."
"They made our languages illegal. Enforced Mandate
on everyone. My mother's language technically is dead. There isn't anyone left who learned it as a first language. I only learned a few words from her, and she was the only I knew who still spoke it growing up. Most every written language we had was wiped out. Its the same song and dance all over the South." "So... you don't actually have a written language..." "It's complicated. Some of our languages never did, to be fair. And most use the Mandate alphabet these days, but as an island, we refused to learn Mandate, so it's kinda a grab bag on how a letter is going to be pronounced. Makes learning Mandate later in life a right nightmare, and then trying to read anything in it? Not likely." Wire shrugged.
— Wire and a pirate captain talking about literacy on Kutsukku in a tavern off island

Writing System

Uses 18 of the Mandate letters
 
 

It is believed by some in recent years that the many oral traditions of gaels reference the void century, and thus islands that spoke it were targeted specifically to be eradicated.

curiously, the island of kutsukku is called slieau kutsukku, and it was believed to have had songs of a great sprawling continent stretching as far as the eye can see that it's people once lived on. unfortuatly, there are only small fragments of these songs that still survive

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Ninsun MhacDouglas- NicAlpin

 
Hailing from the northern most rocky shores of Kutsukku, Ninsun was the daughter of shepards, tending to one of the few successful flocks growing up. However, the call of the city was too strong, and she home and found work in the feilds jsut outside the city walls. There she fell in with with a man named Fergus, son of Douglas & Margaret. For better or worse, she got pregnant, and they ended up getting married, living in the settlement of New Borough to the north of the city walls. For as shaky of a family as they formed, Ninsun loved her children dearly. Unfortunately, she was very visibly pregnant when the Gol child genocides swept the South Blue and she refused to be detailed for testing. She was among the hundreds of women to be murdered during the occupation just in Kutzk alone.

Personality Characteristics

Representation & Legacy

Traditionally, Ninsun would have stayed with her family until marriage, where her sister would have made her a Straw Mother. But instead she moved to the city of Kutzk alone, wanting to go her own way. Her mother would still make her a Mother to take with her, as to not forget her home, and to give a way for Cailleach to find her. This doll would pass on to her own daughter Forbflaith, where it would watch over her grandchildren. Decades after her death, her daughter Forbflaith would sneak the Mother into Ciara's ship before she sailed away from Kutzk forever, in an effort to make sure someone would continue to look after her estranged sister

Social

Family Ties

Daughter of Alpin MacEoganan & Forbflaith NicOgilvie, married to Fergus, son of Douglas William & Margaret of Mar

Children

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  1. 1487 - 1512 Alpin MacFergus
  2. 1493 - 1503? Fergus MacFergus
  3. 1495 - 1502? Ninsun NicFergus
  4. 1499 - 1501? Áine NicFergus
Life - 35 at death
1465 Kaienreki - 1500 Kaienreki (November)



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KidoKira Collective

 
Another gang to rise up in the underbelly of Kutzk, Kidd and Killer of the Scrap Yard took the trash side by storm by both the level of violence they responded to conflicts with and sheer young age of the both of them.   Kidd was a genius when it came to finding treasures in the trash funds, and Killer joined up with some of the madams to work with the brothels to get better, safer conditions for the sex workers and places to go for those who didn't want that life anymore.   It doesn't mean living under them was fun and roses; Kidd was short tempered and prone to impulsive acts of violence, and Killer was ultimately little better. They were not the type to be open to negotiations, and defended what was theirs with a murdourous drive.

Demography and Population

Crewmates who would leave Kutzk after the Wars

Heap Kids / Scrap Rats

  1. Ska
  2. Boogie
  3. Mosh
  4. Hip
  5. Hop

City Workers / Refugees

  1. Quincy
  2. Bubblegum
  3. UK
  4. Papas
  5. Compo

Territories

The Scrap Yard had been a no mans land since the first toxic waste started to wash ashore, long before any current residence to the island where around. Even so, there where always people who found themselves there when there was no where else to go.   From city walls to the ever expanding shore line of debris, the Scrap Yard would come to align under the Kid Boss, a violent Scrap Rat whose ability to find value in the trash lead him to being one of the wealthiest small time bosses on the island. Along side him, was Killer, a street worker with her own trigger anger whose loyalty to the Kid Boss inspired others to turn to him.   Kidd and Killer would build up the old light house as a base of operations, with Heap kids and of the Scrap Rats showing up for shelter and safety as the violence in he city ramped up

Foreign Relations

Wire
Kidd had started an uneasy alliance with a man named Wire in the Northern Slums who was a reliable purchaser of precious metals; Wire would warn him about raids from the inner city, and would give the group reasonable prices on grains and crops being farmed in the north - before they passed into the city to be taxed.  
Heat
Heat was the Boss of the Night Market - the underbelly of Kutzk to the south east. He and KiKi had the longest beef, Killer having been caught trespassing years ago and the two coming to nearly fatal blows again and again over the last decade. In a moment of weakness and fear, Killer found herself teetering on the edge, and Heat had the opportunity to end the feud and let Killer die on her own and found he didn't have it in himself to walk away.  
Victoria
 
Athair
   

Kutzk Wars

With the death of Victoria, Kidd declared war on the city, Killer supporting him fully in what could very well be a suicide mission. All either wanted at the moment was to watch it all burn. Several other low bosses heard the whispers but either supported the statues quo or didn't think they stood a chance. Only Heat and Wire showed up, and the the four lead their combined crews to a bloody conflict that ended with Kidd sitting on the throne of the city.

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A place people aren't supposed to go

Jul. 11th, 2025 08:34 pm
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Scrap Yard

 
Aritifcal land on the west side of the city, created by trash dumped from other islands. Besides a high concentration of metal refuge, toxic waste is often washed ashore - sometimes in barrels, other times just flouting free on the currents. Illness runs ramped in those who spend too much time in the yards, and few live to old age. Yet, there are several pockets of communities still trying to live in the heaping piles, many of them orphan children or runaways turned out of the city known as Heap Kids. Because of the exposure to so many chemicals and high rates of diseases, many of them are never allowed inside the city walls at all for fear of spreading illnesses, and without medical care, die in their first year or so of living there. Scrap Rats are others who try and survive in the Yard, scavengers who pick though new and old trash, looking for anything that can be sold, repurposed, melted down. All metal from the yard is illegal to remove, coming at great risk for the scrap rat, their buyer, and those unfortunately enough to come in contact with the potentially contaminated materials unknowningly.

Natural Resources

While nothing is natural about it anymore, the scrap yards are a wealth of expensive metals, from construction to precious. Gold, Silver, Copper, Bass and Bronze are regularly mixed in the unfinished and discarded projects, smaller in quantity, harder to find, but worth far more than the steel and aluminum that makes up most of the yard. The Scrap Rat Kid-King (later known as the infamous Kidd MacEustace) had an eerry, inhuman ability to find these precious metals, and as he grew up, he'd gain a following from other rats who'd try and failed to rob him over the years. Real rats and sea birds also live in the Yard, but birds who nest there tend to have small broods and few survive long enough to grow feathers. No fish have been seen in the waters around the yard's faux-coast line in at least three generations.

History

Once, before the wars and before the walls, the gentle slopes to the west of the city where carefully tailored woods and gardens, leading down to lazy beaches with groyne reaching out into mellow waters. A strong shipping current lays not to far off shore, leading to the building of at the rockiest point, warning ships away from the shore. Unfortunately, this side of the island gathered sediment from the current easily, and as the world started marching toward progress, the trash and waste of wealthier islands began to accumulate along the shoreline. The build up got out of control quickly, and the island unfortunately had to direct rescourses elsewhere - having come to war with the Marines as it tried to strong arm them into the World Government that was slowly taking control over the remaining unaffiliated nations. When the Marines finally did get run off the island, to save face they reported the island nation as having nothing of value to contribute to the world, other than being a literal dump. And so, they began purposely dumping trash off the west shore, knowing full well it would collect on the beaches. Other islands began to follow suite, and the beaches disappeared under a massive land mass of garbage. Most notable, up current was a island specializing in metal based manufacturing, and soon their scraps and castoffs formed the west side's new coast line, along with the area's moniker 'Trash Side'


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Oatmeal Caudle

 
While much more popular in the chill winter months, oatmeal caudle is enjoyed year around with most family's final meal of the day, and a stable of most taverns for its hearty filling nature.

Oats
is easily the most stable crop on Kutsukku, and thus has made it way into nearly every dish, and drinks are no differnent. Beaten oats, soaked in warm ale and spice, making a thick and tasty addition to any meal.

Significance

Caudle is a popular drink to begin with, but when made with the addition of egg yokes, it is a commond drink for both the infirmed and mothers who have just given birth. The drink was believed to add need nutrition for the sick, and to help stimulate a new mother’s milk production. Additionally, it is quite popular for a new mother's friends to visit her with cake and caudle after a healthy birth for a 'Caudle Party.'
"Often when the Doctor's skill has saved the life of his patient [...] it remains for the diligent nurse to prepare the cooling drinks and restorative foods [...]. Everything which is prepared for a sick person should be delicately clean, served quickly, in the nicest order; and in a small quantity at a time."
— Anne Cobbett
Item type
Consumable, Food / Drink
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A caudle is a warm drink made from ale or wine which has been thickened with almonds, oats or eggs. They are often seasoned to taste from family to family.
  • 1.5 cup (3/4 pint) of well beaten Oats
  • 1/4 quart of ale (warm to a low simmer)
  • Season with pounded spices. The most common ones:
    • allspice
    • cinnamon
    • cloves
    • ginger
    • mace
    • nutmeg
    • ginger
  • drizzle of honey
Boil it half an hour and sweeten to taste.


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