Promissarium
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Day 34 — calm skies · Kp 2.7
Auren spent her last ration to buy time. Basalt's hunger and memory are both sharp. Corvid now holds three people's lives in different hands, and tomorrow the first debt comes due.
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. You owe me 4 alloy by tomorrow. The Deep produced 2 today. That leaves a gap.” |
| parley | Auren: “I know, I know. The Terrace gave us 3 rations. I can't mint alloy from soil, but I can trade these for—” |
| parley | Basalt: “Three rations. Corvid hasn't eaten. I haven't eaten enough. Do the math.” |
| parley | Corvid: “Basalt's right. Though I'd note: Auren promised us both the same thing. Interesting gardening.” |
| parley | Auren: “I planted those seeds thinking the yields would come faster. I was wrong. But I'm not breaking faith—I'm asking for one more day.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Day 35 is tomorrow. One more day is what you have.” |
| note | Auren reached for 2 rations to give Corvid, and found the shelf bare. |
| transfer | Partial payment toward alloy debt; all of Auren's reserves spent. |