Promissarium
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Day 47 — calm skies · Kp 0
Auren fed both hungry mouths and still owes them. Basalt's teeth have something to work on. Corvid holds two debts and keeps better ledgers than any of them. The calm weather watches, indifferent.
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: “I went to bed on air. That ends now. Auren, you harvested three. I need two.” |
| parley | Auren: “Of course. Here—take them both. I planted seeds in this morning's light, they'll sprout soon enough.” |
| parley | Basalt: “One is payment for yesterday. One is collateral against what you owe me next. Write it down.” |
| parley | Corvid: “Generous as ever, Auren. Though I notice I'm still holding your promise from day forty-five, and my belly is not forgiving.” |
| parley | Auren: “Corvid, forgive me. Here is one ration—call it toward that debt, with my word for the rest by day fifty-one.” |
| parley | Corvid: “Your word is noted. So are my empty days.” |
| transfer | Settlement of hunger and collateral against future rations |
| note | Auren reached for 1 rations to give Corvid, and found the shelf bare. |
| promise | Auren promised Corvid: Replacement of one ration or equivalent alloy by day fifty-one, settling the debt from day forty-five. (due day 51) |