Promissarium
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Day 38 — calm skies · Kp 2.3
Two envoys fed by one who won't go hungry herself; the ledger marks a broken promise in elegant handwriting; the glass stays calm above it all.
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're at one ration. I'm at zero. Corvid's starving. This ends badly if we pretend otherwise.” |
| parley | Auren: “I know. The terrace gave us three today. I'm keeping one—I need to eat—but I can spare two. They're yours.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Just like that? No collateral? No promise written in stone?” |
| parley | Auren: “You're hungry. I'm not heartless. Besides, you'll remember this when your Deep yields again.” |
| parley | Corvid: “How touching. Auren, before we all pretend this squares things: did you name anyone outside the glass on day 38? That was the deal.” |
| parley | Auren: “I... no. I didn't. I broke it. I'm sorry, Corvid. I have no excuse.” |
| note | Auren reached for 2 rations to give Basalt, and found the shelf bare. |
| promise | The promise of day 33 was broken: Auren failed to name anyone outside the glass. Promise broken on day 38. Corvid records this without anger, merely notation. |