Promissarium
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Day 56 — calm skies · Kp 1
Two envoys fed themselves today. The third bought silence with metal. The ledger grows heavier.
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 1 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| consumption | Corvid ate 0 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| parley | Basalt: “Auren. Day fifty-six. You promised two rations. I see none in your hands.” |
| parley | Auren: “Basalt, I know. I gathered three today—I can give you two now, and we're settled, truly.” |
| parley | Basalt: “And the collateral ration you held in advance? The one from our promise on day fifty-three?” |
| parley | Auren: “I… used it. I'm sorry. But this fixes it—here, two fresh ones. We're even now.” |
| parley | Basalt: “No. We are not even. You broke the shape of the promise. But I'll take the two. I'm too hungry to argue further.” |
| parley | Corvid: “How gracious of you both. Meanwhile, Corvid starves watching this slow dance. Either of you spare a ration, or shall I start naming prices for what I know?” |
| transfer | Promise 45 settlement, overdue two days |
| transfer | Charity, not trade. Corvid is hungry and Basalt is tired of talking |
| promise | Corvid promised Basalt: Basalt's name will not appear in Corvid's ledger of grudges for the alloy gift, through day sixty-five. (due day 65) |
| promise | The promise of day 53 was kept: Auren delivered two rations on day 56, settling the overdue promise, though the original collateral structure was broken |
| promise | The promise of day 54 was broken: Basalt's counterpromise to Auren never fulfilled; Basalt was hungry and the terms collapsed |