wizard in the lighthouse
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creatures by the sea: lover-o-ships, debtor, and otters
lover-o-ships
The ink in the pen you use comes from the days we hunted this great silver squid to near extinction. In the spring, the males would rise to the surface of the water and paint patterns to attract a mate. You could spot them from a mile away.
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creatures by the sea: selkies, clams, and finfolk
selkies
Semen is a powerful seal-lure. Sometimes, a seal may eat it and become pregnant with a human child. The child outgrows its mother, crawling through her insides, killing her in the process; its mother’s skin becomes its own.
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creatures by the sea: saltqueen, radio angler, & barnacled
saltqueen
Grandmothers tell stories of a land where eels were once woven in the hair of girls deemed too beautiful. Then, they were buried in salt. So none would love them, even in death, any who looked upon them were cursed to join them in their grave.
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creatures by the sea: prodigal afterbirth, giant, & falselight
prodigal afterbirth
A firstborn child given freely to the sea is said to bring its father home.
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there is no such thing as flavor
Everything can be held, smelled, and tasted. It exists to be investigated, and destroyed, and changed. It exists and it matters – even when nobody knows why yet. Nothing is only in the background.
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death is not the end
Someone broke death. It doesn’t work for you anymore.
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a few weird wandering merchants
They appear in the most unlikely places. You cannot escape these spirits of commerce and coin. They always have something to sell.
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d100 things a monster can threaten that aren’t your life
The world does not want to kill you. She made monsters to scare you from her wonders. They keep you in the village, and out of the woods. The monsters know a hundred colorful ways to scare you. Death is only the last one.
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