Still working on the honey thing, not entirely sure how well each part is working and the bees have to actually make all the honey. It is likely we won’t begin actually harvesting until after winter as to make sure we don’t over harvest the bees. Its a good chance to see how much they actually need to get through a winter and all.
As for griffons, they tend to live in mountains. Though we also know the Chanai tend to seek them out for their own mounts. Which might explain why we didn’t really see any visit pride rock recently. I had one of the flyers go look around the mountain but there wasn’t much sign of any of them.
As for the Halik, it would be a hard argument to make given that the Chanai are actually protecting them from the Crow Folk which is a significant threat to those still down below. Especially now that they’ve been more active. Kaya hasn’t been able to find any convenient damning evidence or anything.
With the return of Coszacatl we have a bit of a discussion going around. In her time away from the Huanacan she has become one of the great monsters of the plains, having killed several clans of humans; women, children, and all. As the general adjudicators of the tribe its worth considering how to handle this. We could simply enact a punishment on her for such sins, or we could make a hero of her in some fashion or another. However we handle the return of Coszacatl will likely set a precedent and expectation for the tribe that we haven’t really had.
Either way, the tribe is still not completely unified in outlook. Some are fine with ‘us versus the world’ and Coszacatl’s actions as a mass murderer, others are wary that this could push us towards becoming the true villains of the plains. Not to mention some are perhaps concerned that Coszacatl is precisely what people think of when they say ‘monster’. It leaves some of the villagers uneasy to know they share the island with a potentially random killer of men. If the tribe takes an official stance on Coszacatl and her actions it will at least let the people know what to expect going forward, especially if we put a bit of a spin on it.
Of all the people to come by while the chief is absent, they sent the child chief? Bizarre choice.
In regards to the orcs, we still haven’t moved over the camp to pick everyone up. More importantly we still haven’t solved how to bring everything up, utilizing the basket over and over could take over a week with how long the trip up tends to be.
Whats a xylophone?
We found Coszacatl, since bringing her back she has been in the woods eating bushes after almost killing half of us by way of slime hug. She hugs kind of tight.
The only slime we’ve ever known to become self aware, or at least capable of communicating that awareness. While others in the clan share that feature, they are her direct children so they didn’t become sapient, they just were born that way. They call her “The Mother” for some reason, not sure why they don’t just say “my mother” or “our mother” but I guess they like to hype up her importance. Either way she is the most powerful member of the clan barring yourself, but if left to her own devices she will just sit in the woods all day eating plants. She can be a little lethargic sometimes. Coszacatl is extremely difficult to kill not only due to her slime body but her intelligence allows her to come up with rather crafty plans when needed.
It is worth noting that she has a maximum size she can sustain before she splits and creates more slimes even if unintentional. Despite her abilities to consume everything, whatever slimes are made of definitely strains their ability to control their body if they grow too large. She can get a bit bigger than she is now but don’t try to turn her into a slime rhino or something.
Also our own demon knows very little of the demon clan. Honestly we didn’t even know they actually existed until Elder Hakenu’e informed us about the details of them. That was probably why she settled into living with us in the first place. So instead I shall divert the question to the Elder Chief.
The demon clan is reclusive due to a general inability to get along with others. I suspect they would be easy to convince to join the tribe as the island suits their isolationism. We could just offer them to place their own village slightly further away if they want some space. The deal should suit them well, but it is a matter of convincing them that we won’t cause them much trouble. I had originally invited them but they refused. They generally fear prolonged interaction with any other clan after years of being generally disliked, and I think the idea of living in a larger tribe of multiple clans warded them off. They can be a little short sighted sometimes. I do not think it is my clan nor yours that concerns them. They have gotten along well with Coszacatl judging by her story, and I have dealt with them in the past on good terms. It is a matter of soothing their worries about the others.
In regards to the bushes the oozes like, they like literally any bush. you can just let them grow and the oozes will eat them. I suppose they prefer leafier ones or fruit. The tend to eat fruits and berries that might be poisonous to others. Its also worth noting they will eat rotting meat with little complaint. Though if given their choice, their favorite food is blood. I’m told its because its liquid enough to provide the liquid they need to keep their body from solidifying and rich enough in substance to act as a food anyways. We can try to cultivate the bushes I suppose, though they kind of spring up on their own anyways.
We had the oozes continue to scout the caves, they aren’t too elaborate. This is probably fortunate because we definitely don’t want this island to be hollow. Though with your visit to the basilisk, its worth noting the caves are not large or extensive enough to house such a thing comfortably. Even if you say the basilisk is at least willing to chat, such creatures do not like cold or wind. Which is why they live in caves. That is of notable abundance here on the island.
As for the black stones we’ve mixed them with some other things, though we’ve observed no other interactions of note beyond fire. They definitely didn’t clean the lake by being thrown in there, a problem we still haven’t really found a fix for.
Ragash and Avonaco have successfully brought back the orcs to the base camp to help set up there. They seem quite happy to find some of those from the previous group had already been moved there. Now we have quite a few orcs adding to our tribe’s collection.
Since our last experiment, Sawiri has worked on the bone charms a little more. It seems six is the ideal number for jumping off the island. He has reworked the concept into singular tokens, he also noted that they lose a lot of their power once used. We’ll need to harvest more birds to make more. Getting back up is still an issue though. Sawiri has also mentioned a potential solution to that. But he needs the bones of a large creature of the skies, or one with electrical aptitude. Something about the essence of a storm.
Also we don’t have oil to soak a rope in. Not the kind that burns particularly well anyways. So we just threw the whole jug in a fire, close enough. The end result is that when the black stones burst pretty much nothing happened. Grinding them up caused them to do very little, so far its only been the larger stones that burst violently.
Also we found Coszacatl, so our trackers are freed up to work on other projects now. Though the demon clan is on the south east side of the region, whereas the rebellion group the orcs were looking for would have been in the western side leaning north. So yes, opposite sides would be correct. I am impressed you kept track of the map that well given we have no map.
The orc Shaman is still down at the camp so he can’t come to see them, though he is not sure what to make of it based purely on description. Hopes aren’t that high in that regard, the shamans deal with spirits and the like not trees. Also have to hold off on the green stone idea for now because they’re still at the Huanacan camp in the woods. We’ll need to find a way to bring all these orcs and supplies up once the island passes over as originally planned. While the ability to jump down has gotten better, the ability to bring things back up has not.
Blue and gold rocks do not make green rocks. At least not when we smack them against each other. Grinding them up would be difficult and we spent the week grinding down the black one for the jug experiment instead.
Sawiri points out that bone magic tends to depend on what he manages to inscribe. The ones he harden stay hard, but things like Chants by Moonlight’s sneeze ring can be activated at will.