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Day 65 — solar wind rising · Kp 3.7
Three mouths, six rations consumed between them, four yielded by the work. Basalt sleeps hungry; Auren's promises bloom late, if at all; Corvid's ledger is tidied but the trust account runs dry. The glass fogs with the weight of debt.
Everything that happened
| production | The Terrace yielded 2 rations. |
| production | The Deep yielded 2 alloy. |
| production | Corvid's The Aerie caught 2 rumors on the solar wind. |
| consumption | Auren ate. |
| consumption | Basalt ate 0 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| consumption | Corvid ate. |
| parley | Basalt: “Two rations grown. Two eaten by you both, I presume. None for me. Again.” |
| parley | Auren: “Basalt, I know. The yields have been thin. I promised you ten by day seventy—I meant it then and I mean it now.” |
| parley | Basalt: “You promised surety by today. One ration, you said. Day sixty-five. I'm holding your next three yields, remember? That collateral isn't decorative.” |
| parley | Auren: “I have nothing to give. The Terrace gave me two; I ate two. I failed you. I'm sorry.” |
| parley | Corvid: “The wind carries dust and disappointment alike. Basalt, your grudge against me expires today—I kept my side. Auren, you owe me three rations from day sixty-two. You're two days past.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Corvid's grudge is settled in my book, then. Auren: I will eat your three next yields when they come. Until then, we wait. No more extensions.” |
| promise | The promise of day 56 was kept: Basalt's name struck from Corvid's ledger through day sixty-five as agreed. |
| promise | The promise of day 62 was broken: Auren unable to deliver three rations to Corvid by day sixty-five. Auren had zero rations. |
| promise | The promise of day 64 was broken: Auren unable to deliver one surety ration to Basalt by day sixty-five. Auren had zero rations. |