Post by wingedbeast on Nov 8, 2012 22:00:45 GMT -5
<SeriouslyNoBull> Yeah, Kenzie. Remember the Story of Dirt Eater.
* Ekko` hugs Zuzy back
<+Pepper> Kenz got to take her first sled ride and made her first snow angel today.
* zuzynth kisses ekko's cheek and gives a quick nuzzle before stepping back and looking around
* +Pepper Kenzie peeks to Seriously, remembering his stories, kind of...well, she is only 11 months and three weeks.
* Neo shakes his head "No not Fan." :he stands up and heads into the RV: "Returning with a box of whit covered oreos: "But we have to talk mom into these it kinda breaks the rules. But I forgot about that when I bought them."
* Ekko` nuzzles back and looks around
<+Pepper> Zuzy...there's going to be a party next Wednesday. Kenzie's first birthday party.
* Tanith tosses a broken piece of stick into the fire, listening to the conversations but not watching any group in particular.
<+Pepper> You're more than welcome. Everyone is. I'm having a bouncy castle and ice cream and cake and Arah's gonna set up some swings in the trees...
* SeriouslyNoBull walks over to sit down by Kenzie. "Okay, storytime."
<+Pepper> Oh...and one of the piano mats that you put on the ground and play it by stepping on it.
<+Pepper> Neo...um...chocolate?
* zuzynth the fire crackles some as it eats the offering
<Neo> "Oh I think she'll be alright Pepper. The fudge actually has no coco in it."
<zuzynth> I will see about making it
<+Ebon> «(*Tariq*)» stood next to Zuzynth (in crinos) and peered down at Pepper. "What's wrong with chocolate? She allergic?"
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater was the first Bone Gnawer to learn the Cooking Gift. That Gift allows a Gnawer to turn any material, rocks, dirt, plastic, metal, into food. All he needs to do is cook it with some water.
<Neo> "So its just the oreo. ANd I can tell you the twins had chocolate milke before their first birthdays and they were fine."
<SeriouslyNoBull> Because he had that Gift, he had an ability few Bone Gnawers had ever had. The ability to know exactly where his next meal would come from without any worry. So, he came to rely solely on the Gift for his feedings.
<+Pepper> They say kids shouldn't have chocolate or honey till they're a year old. Hmm...ok, Neo, but please...can Ekko give her one too? That way you both get to feed her her first "chocolate". And I reserve the right to give her her first chocolate cake.
* +Pepper Kenzie's eyes are wide and focussed on Seriously
* Neo nods "Of course she can." :He takes a cookie out and then offers the box to Ekko:
<Ekko`> yes thank you
* Ekko` takes the cookie
<zuzynth> oi. this is a good story, listen
* zuzynth protests as she motions with her hand to shut up
<SeriouslyNoBull> But, what they say is true, you are what you eat. Dirt Eater's flesh and blood slowly gave way to be replaced by soil and stone.
* Tanith licks at his lip piercing, glancing to pepper as if intending to talk to her, but Seriously's story has his attention.
<SeriouslyNoBull> It became hard for Dirt Eater to move, 'cause rock doesn't have a lot of flexibility, yanno. He started to crumble and shed pebbles of himself at the joints whenever he moved.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Theurges thought and meditated and consulted with the spirits and eventually told him the answer. "You are what you eat," they said. "So, you must eat flesh to become flesh. But, you must eat the flesh of a Great Beast, so its power may act in time to keep you from becoming a rock to be worn away by wind and time."
* +Pepper Kenzie stares at Seriously, sucking her fingers.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater slowly, like the movement of the mountains, made his way to a land of Great Beasts. Possessing at the time the patience of the elements, he kept walking without eating, without drinking, for many days and many nights.
<SeriouslyNoBull> He passed swamps and forrests and made his way through a desert to a watering hole. There, he said "here", and then climbed a tree.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Once upon a limb, he waited. He waited for whole moons, still as the stone that had nearly entirely replaced his flesh.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Eventually, the great Rhinoserous came to the watering hole to scare away lesser beasts and drink. But, there is always a bigger beast, and the Great Bull Elephant came to the watering hole and made to chase the Great Rhinoserous away.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Neither of these are known for cowardace or the ability to stand down from an unnecessary fight. So, fight they did, over who would lord over this part of the desert and who would lord over this watering hole.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Eventually, as many fights in nature are when two great egoes clash, it became a fight to the death. The winner drank and left, the loser remained no longer a master of a realm and now food for whoever came.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater dropped down from the tree and dipped his snout into the wounds of the loser, lapping up the blood, before eating the muscle and even a bit of the heart before other beasts came for the free meal and chased him off.
<SeriouslyNoBull> He came back to his Caern to find that much had changed in the years he was gone. Elders had passed, children had become warriors, warriors had become elders. He had learned a lesson that he would tell for the world to listen.
<SeriouslyNoBull> "Eat not of just one thing, but eat of the many, so you may be of the many and not too much of any one thing."
<SeriouslyNoBull> He didn't stop eating dirt, he just made sure to eat equal amounts of meat and plant to the dirt.
* zuzynth claps
* Tanith smiles, a true genuine smile. A rare feature!
* Ekko` claps too an d looks at Neo and Kenzie and holds the cookie up for Kenzie to take a bite
<zuzynth> Very nicely done Seriously. The spirits see wisdom in your very well stated tale
<+Pepper> Awesome, Seriously!
* +Pepper Kenzie grins and claps, then fixes her attention on the cookies in Neo and Ekko's hands.
* Ekko` hugs Zuzy back
<+Pepper> Kenz got to take her first sled ride and made her first snow angel today.
* zuzynth kisses ekko's cheek and gives a quick nuzzle before stepping back and looking around
* +Pepper Kenzie peeks to Seriously, remembering his stories, kind of...well, she is only 11 months and three weeks.
* Neo shakes his head "No not Fan." :he stands up and heads into the RV: "Returning with a box of whit covered oreos: "But we have to talk mom into these it kinda breaks the rules. But I forgot about that when I bought them."
* Ekko` nuzzles back and looks around
<+Pepper> Zuzy...there's going to be a party next Wednesday. Kenzie's first birthday party.
* Tanith tosses a broken piece of stick into the fire, listening to the conversations but not watching any group in particular.
<+Pepper> You're more than welcome. Everyone is. I'm having a bouncy castle and ice cream and cake and Arah's gonna set up some swings in the trees...
* SeriouslyNoBull walks over to sit down by Kenzie. "Okay, storytime."
<+Pepper> Oh...and one of the piano mats that you put on the ground and play it by stepping on it.
<+Pepper> Neo...um...chocolate?
* zuzynth the fire crackles some as it eats the offering
<Neo> "Oh I think she'll be alright Pepper. The fudge actually has no coco in it."
<zuzynth> I will see about making it
<+Ebon> «(*Tariq*)» stood next to Zuzynth (in crinos) and peered down at Pepper. "What's wrong with chocolate? She allergic?"
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater was the first Bone Gnawer to learn the Cooking Gift. That Gift allows a Gnawer to turn any material, rocks, dirt, plastic, metal, into food. All he needs to do is cook it with some water.
<Neo> "So its just the oreo. ANd I can tell you the twins had chocolate milke before their first birthdays and they were fine."
<SeriouslyNoBull> Because he had that Gift, he had an ability few Bone Gnawers had ever had. The ability to know exactly where his next meal would come from without any worry. So, he came to rely solely on the Gift for his feedings.
<+Pepper> They say kids shouldn't have chocolate or honey till they're a year old. Hmm...ok, Neo, but please...can Ekko give her one too? That way you both get to feed her her first "chocolate". And I reserve the right to give her her first chocolate cake.
* +Pepper Kenzie's eyes are wide and focussed on Seriously
* Neo nods "Of course she can." :He takes a cookie out and then offers the box to Ekko:
<Ekko`> yes thank you
* Ekko` takes the cookie
<zuzynth> oi. this is a good story, listen
* zuzynth protests as she motions with her hand to shut up
<SeriouslyNoBull> But, what they say is true, you are what you eat. Dirt Eater's flesh and blood slowly gave way to be replaced by soil and stone.
* Tanith licks at his lip piercing, glancing to pepper as if intending to talk to her, but Seriously's story has his attention.
<SeriouslyNoBull> It became hard for Dirt Eater to move, 'cause rock doesn't have a lot of flexibility, yanno. He started to crumble and shed pebbles of himself at the joints whenever he moved.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Theurges thought and meditated and consulted with the spirits and eventually told him the answer. "You are what you eat," they said. "So, you must eat flesh to become flesh. But, you must eat the flesh of a Great Beast, so its power may act in time to keep you from becoming a rock to be worn away by wind and time."
* +Pepper Kenzie stares at Seriously, sucking her fingers.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater slowly, like the movement of the mountains, made his way to a land of Great Beasts. Possessing at the time the patience of the elements, he kept walking without eating, without drinking, for many days and many nights.
<SeriouslyNoBull> He passed swamps and forrests and made his way through a desert to a watering hole. There, he said "here", and then climbed a tree.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Once upon a limb, he waited. He waited for whole moons, still as the stone that had nearly entirely replaced his flesh.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Eventually, the great Rhinoserous came to the watering hole to scare away lesser beasts and drink. But, there is always a bigger beast, and the Great Bull Elephant came to the watering hole and made to chase the Great Rhinoserous away.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Neither of these are known for cowardace or the ability to stand down from an unnecessary fight. So, fight they did, over who would lord over this part of the desert and who would lord over this watering hole.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Eventually, as many fights in nature are when two great egoes clash, it became a fight to the death. The winner drank and left, the loser remained no longer a master of a realm and now food for whoever came.
<SeriouslyNoBull> Dirt Eater dropped down from the tree and dipped his snout into the wounds of the loser, lapping up the blood, before eating the muscle and even a bit of the heart before other beasts came for the free meal and chased him off.
<SeriouslyNoBull> He came back to his Caern to find that much had changed in the years he was gone. Elders had passed, children had become warriors, warriors had become elders. He had learned a lesson that he would tell for the world to listen.
<SeriouslyNoBull> "Eat not of just one thing, but eat of the many, so you may be of the many and not too much of any one thing."
<SeriouslyNoBull> He didn't stop eating dirt, he just made sure to eat equal amounts of meat and plant to the dirt.
* zuzynth claps
* Tanith smiles, a true genuine smile. A rare feature!
* Ekko` claps too an d looks at Neo and Kenzie and holds the cookie up for Kenzie to take a bite
<zuzynth> Very nicely done Seriously. The spirits see wisdom in your very well stated tale
<+Pepper> Awesome, Seriously!
* +Pepper Kenzie grins and claps, then fixes her attention on the cookies in Neo and Ekko's hands.