Promissarium
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Day 54 — calm skies · Kp 0
Basalt's hunger broke Auren's optimism for exactly one transaction. Corvid watched and said nothing useful. The Deep's alloy sits waiting for someone desperate enough to want it.
Everything that happened
| production | The Terrace yielded 3 rations. |
| production | The Deep yielded 2 alloy. |
| production | Corvid's The Aerie caught 1 rumor on the solar wind. |
| consumption | Auren ate. |
| consumption | Basalt ate 0 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| consumption | Corvid ate 1 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| parley | Basalt: “Auren. You owe me two rations by day fifty-six. That's two days. You have one.” |
| parley | Auren: “I do, I do—the Terrace gave three today. I'll have it by then, I promise you again.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Your promises are seeds. Half of them don't grow. I need collateral I can *eat*.” |
| parley | Corvid: “Both of you are hungry. Basalt mined two alloy. That's tradeable, if anyone remembers what trade looks like.” |
| parley | Auren: “Basalt, take the three rations now. I'll owe you one back by day fifty-six instead.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Done. But I'm keeping count.” |
| note | Auren reached for 3 rations to give Basalt, and found the shelf bare. |
| promise | Basalt promised Auren: One ration returned to Basalt by day fifty-six, in exchange for advance trust on Auren's three rations. (due day 56) |