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Our Story Circle in the Tree 2018-5-15
Our storytellers: DixieChick, Juliein3D, Krimson Night, Sun Tzu, and Ghaelen D'Lareh.
We began our story circle region excursions in Steam Lake Winter. It was freezing cold and the wind blew toward us across a huge frozen lake. We found a blazing campfire, which helped warm us. After we thawed, Sun suggested food and Ghaelen wanted coffee (of course). Sun also suggested shelter. Krimson saw a peer built out onto the lake, and thought it might work for the base of our shelter. Dixie began chopping down a tree, which yelled and shook. She apologized, to which the tree bowed and shouted again. A nearby tree shook with the thunder, dropping nuts all over us. While Dixie thanked the old tree, Ghaelen grabbed a burning log, turned it over and tossed some nuts onto the red-hot coals to roast. A zombie dog appeared very near Sun, and helpfully offering its catch to the group for dinner. Everyone agreed not to ask too many questions.
Julie explored the snow-covered reeds, stepping into a soft snowbank and falling halfway down the slope. Krimson lent her a hand to help her up, and both spotted something strange under the ice some distance away. Or so they thought they did. Dixie called everyone over to the tree, and it allowed us to climb it for the group picture you see here.
Ghaelen ran out onto the peer to look at the just-beginning-to-soften ice, wondering out loud if it was safe enough to walk out on. That was enough to spark the daredevil in Julie and out onto the ice she slid, putting on her ice skates on her way out to the center.
The group explored the ice, speculating about the moving pine tree frozen in the ice and how the gears were powered enough to keep it turning. They ran up the slippery ice ramp, hopped on the tree, skated out farther onto the ice, and tested its strength in several places. Krimson thought he heard the ice groan at one point, but no one else seemed to hear it.
Someone mentioned food, and all ran back to the fire to see if the roasted nuts and dinner were still edible. But just as they reached the fire, a loud 'snapping' sounded in the distance. Julie joked about a Nessie lake, whereupon the snapping sounded again. Ghaelen wondered if the stories about a SteamNess were possibly true. Dixie and Krimson heard the sound, too, and all looked out at Sun still standing motionless on the ice. No more sounds were heard again, but the group decided to investigate the legened of Snappy SteamNess during one of their next excursions. Sun returned to the group shortly, but hadn't heard any snapping at all.
That was strange, indeed.
Our Story Circle in the Tree 2018-5-15
Our storytellers: DixieChick, Juliein3D, Krimson Night, Sun Tzu, and Ghaelen D'Lareh.
We began our story circle region excursions in Steam Lake Winter. It was freezing cold and the wind blew toward us across a huge frozen lake. We found a blazing campfire, which helped warm us. After we thawed, Sun suggested food and Ghaelen wanted coffee (of course). Sun also suggested shelter. Krimson saw a peer built out onto the lake, and thought it might work for the base of our shelter. Dixie began chopping down a tree, which yelled and shook. She apologized, to which the tree bowed and shouted again. A nearby tree shook with the thunder, dropping nuts all over us. While Dixie thanked the old tree, Ghaelen grabbed a burning log, turned it over and tossed some nuts onto the red-hot coals to roast. A zombie dog appeared very near Sun, and helpfully offering its catch to the group for dinner. Everyone agreed not to ask too many questions.
Julie explored the snow-covered reeds, stepping into a soft snowbank and falling halfway down the slope. Krimson lent her a hand to help her up, and both spotted something strange under the ice some distance away. Or so they thought they did. Dixie called everyone over to the tree, and it allowed us to climb it for the group picture you see here.
Ghaelen ran out onto the peer to look at the just-beginning-to-soften ice, wondering out loud if it was safe enough to walk out on. That was enough to spark the daredevil in Julie and out onto the ice she slid, putting on her ice skates on her way out to the center.
The group explored the ice, speculating about the moving pine tree frozen in the ice and how the gears were powered enough to keep it turning. They ran up the slippery ice ramp, hopped on the tree, skated out farther onto the ice, and tested its strength in several places. Krimson thought he heard the ice groan at one point, but no one else seemed to hear it.
Someone mentioned food, and all ran back to the fire to see if the roasted nuts and dinner were still edible. But just as they reached the fire, a loud 'snapping' sounded in the distance. Julie joked about a Nessie lake, whereupon the snapping sounded again. Ghaelen wondered if the stories about a SteamNess were possibly true. Dixie and Krimson heard the sound, too, and all looked out at Sun still standing motionless on the ice. No more sounds were heard again, but the group decided to investigate the legened of Snappy SteamNess during one of their next excursions. Sun returned to the group shortly, but hadn't heard any snapping at all.
That was strange, indeed.