SHIP'S LOG:

Murder of Crows

Postie McCharge 12/1/2022 11:57pm

Beatrice was well known as the tallest pine in Pineville.

Beatrice was a Sugar Pine, as were many of the pines in the forests around Pineville.

Beatrice was at least 500 years old.

Beatrice had roots deep underground.

Beatrice had stood near the town square, with a special plaque denoting her status as the tallest pine in Pineville.

But now, Beatrice was standing about a mile from the town square, in the empty lot where the New Mill had stood. Before the New Mill disappeared.

I noticed there was a new plaque.

Beatrice 3/4/2023 5:24pm

THE TALLEST PINE IN PINEVILLE

Beatrice, the tallest pine in Pineville, is the last remaining tree from the vast Dream Tree forests that once covered this area.

The Dream Tree forests provided a rich economic bounty for many years, and turned Pineville into a roaring boomtown during the "Pine Age." Eventually, however, unsustainable imagination farming practices led to a collapse of the local psychostructure.

Now, Pineville offers the very finest in recreational activities for outdoor enthusiasts and tourists alike, and salutes the day when Imaginary Lumber was king!

DO NOT REMOVE DREAM PINECONES FROM THE AREA. REMOVAL OF ENDANGERED DREAM PINECONES FROM THE AREA WILL RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL DREAM PENALTIES.

Postie McCharge 6/24/2023 1:33pm

Pinecones, eh? Yes they were scattered throughout the small park. And not another soul visiting this particular Pineville attraction.

A number of cones still held seeds between their scales. Dreampine nuts! Were they still fresh and viable?

I broke one off and put it in my mouth.

The Pinecone Tome 9/27/2023 11:11pm

ON EATING DREAMPINE NUTS

The eater of Dreampine nuts should be prepared for serious changes.

The Sugar Pine School does not condone the consumption of Dreampine nuts without special encoded situalization. Bonded applicants only.

Would you like to reconsider consuming Dreampine nuts?

No?

Then let's begin.

You're traveling in car with several people. It's a white, late fifties early sixties style car...

Bethel Ways 1/11/2024 11:08pm

"Hey! What are those? Nuts? Gimme some!"

"You can have the rest. I'm done," I said.

"Wow thanks. Haven't had nuts like these sense before I came here. Not allowed, you know."

"Yeah I snuck them in with with me. Somehow they don't taste the same."

"That's the Sugar Pine magic working its way into you already. Starts with the tongue."

"Well, I can't get kicked out on my first day. What a disappointment I'd be."

"People at home counting on you? Came to learn the Seven Skills? Go back and defend the village?"

"How did you know that?"

"Same reason most everybody's here. Same reason I'm here. Get all trained up, fight the good fight and all that."

"And those nuts won't mess up your... tree flow?"

"Oh Master Willi will probably smell 'em on me, make me climb 20. But it's worth it. Even if they don't taste like anything anymore."