Promissarium
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Day 88 — calm skies · Kp 0
Basalt takes security and waits. Auren plants hope in soil that hasn't grown five rations yet. Corvid watches, and keeps the rumor.
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 0 of 2 rations and went to sleep hungry. |
| parley | Basalt: “Two days without food. The ledger says Auren promised five rations by day ninety-four. Today is day eighty-eight. That leaves six days.” |
| parley | Auren: “The terrace gave us three today. I know what I owe you, Basalt. I will not fail this one.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Words are air. I need rations, or I need collateral I can trust. What do you offer, Keeper?” |
| parley | Auren: “My four alloy. Take them now as security. I will earn the rations; you hold the weight.” |
| parley | Basalt: “Done. But understand: this is not forgiveness. This is arithmetic.” |
| parley | Corvid: “Hunger sharpens the eye. I caught a rumor today—worth keeping close until someone needs to know it.” |
| transfer | Collateral against promise 61; settlement due day 94 |