Handy Pockets

Happy Birthday

I would like to add what I wrote within a few days of my return, upon the suggestion of Awiiya, so it would be fresh in my mind. I kept notes. [spoiler]Seeds of the East Handy Pockets Day 255 Year 4 Awiiya planted the seeds of the Oak, Maple, Willow and the Spruce on Day 143. He told me about them the night before he left on a short trip. He asked me if I would water his seeds while he was away. I agreed and struggled with my heavy watering pail, spilling water on the paths every night. When at last he was home, I had the opportunity to witness his magical watering can. Night after night he watered, and never refilled his rusty can. Phantom Orchid joined us his first day back, she helped set up the schedule, with stories for the Oak, Day’s Happenings for the Maple, a poem for the Willow and secrets for the Spruce. Without fail, we did this every night. Friends, Pamplemousse, and Keith Moon, were the ones who joined us most often. Rendril Revant, Guybrush Threepwood, Innocence and Fenrir Greycloth and many others joined us on occasion, telling their own stories or poems. At the end of July, Awiiya came to me and said Akasha would need our help, but he did not know when. Soon after this he went away again and I cared for the seeds in his stead. “Invite others to join you, it can be a lonely task.” he said. That is when I asked if he would lend me the watering can while he was away? Little did I know that taking ownership of the watering can would lead me on my greatest adventure. Awiiya was away for just a few days when I received a message from Akasha. -- Can I kidnap you? --I paced the Main Land, back and forth running into people as I paced blindly. Akasha was looking for me? I knew there was a reason for this meeting, I did not understand how exciting it would be. July 25, Day 205, Akasha messaged me to wait for her, that she was not sure of the upcoming events, that I should be ready for her at anytime. My pacing brought me into Loreroot, it was not long after that I found myself in a concealed room, teleported by Akasha for our secret meeting. She explained that she needed me to find a seed in a dry arid place, and that I should ignore the voices. I told her I would be ready when she needed me. July 25, Day 205, I sent a scroll to Clock Master asking whether he would tend the seeds if he did not see me during the day, he agreed to my request. July 26 Day 206 I found myself teleported to Stone of Twisted Souls. I blinked and there was Akasha, Liberty and Mur. Mur frightened me, I could not find my voice. Mur talked to Akasha and Liberty and I just listened. Akasha made it very clear that I was not to leave the area, one step to the left or right and the mission would end. Liberty was to protect me at any cost. Harm could not come to me or the mission would end. Akasha told us we had to make five tools before Day 210. I told Akasha that I already had Awiiya’s watering can, and that it never ran out of water, but she said we had to make what we would need. She explained I had a spell. A heal spell, to help heal if there was any problems with the Shades. July 26 Day 206 After Akasha left the two of us there, Liberty promptly helped me set my defense. He said to me, you have the Head Contest Trophy, this is good. But when he saw what I had for creatures he was upset. “How did you win the Head Contest? You are so weak“. I explained that I was in the process of sacrificing creatures and training for stats. Finally he had a defense for me to set that he felt comfortable with. It was time for Liberty to attend to matters of another kind; his departing words, --I will make sure it is secure before you wake up. Akasha would visit us everyday to see our progress. July 27 Day 207 Ever vigilant Liberty fought off many Shades before I woke up, he said there were over 20 but now only 4 remained. (I see over 20 shades, but he said all were taken care of, everyday I see over 20 shades at our spot) He felt safe that we were not in danger from the four. We started our task of looking for the tools. First we made a list of the tools we would need. I said to Liberty to look at the stone wall, that maybe we could find something hidden there. Liberty said yes, he found a handle. He picked up a large stone and smashed it against the wall, we now had odd shaped slivers of rock and after a bit of work, Liberty made our first tool. I suggested that the principles would be important. We talked of principles, and with the trowel being the only tool the next day, we realized we had to physically make them. July 28 Day 208 Again, Liberty battled the Shades that were a threat, then gave the ‘all clear‘. This is the day we worked very hard on making tools. We knew we would need wood for more handles, but we were stuck, no fallen tree branches, we looked behind rocks for whatever we could find. Finally, I ask Liberty what was the stand near Deathmarrow. His first reaction was not favorable, after he gave it some thought, he realized the possibilities and chops off large long “slivers” of wood. The first tool we made with the wood handle was the hoe, Liberty made a slit in the end and stuffed another piece of shattered rock into the groove. Now we needed a rake, this proved to be the most difficult to make. I looked at the four rectangle pieces at what Liberty said was the Land weapon, I suggested we use one piece, just one to make more tools. It took some convincing that we could use part of this land marker. Liberty was chopping thin slices, I watched in amazement. I asked what he used to cut the nice thin strips off of the metal piece, Liberty said to me “It is my hatchet” I said “ What hatchet?”(we were not given any extra supplies) then it dawns on me as he growls, “did you buy all your weapons?” The next day we had more tools in our inventory. The water pail was all the was left to make. Liberty took one large piece of wood from the stand, he started to carve out the inside and then I carved, we past it back and forth until we thought it was carved out deep enough to be used as our pail. July 29 Day 209 We had all our tools, and Awiiya's magical watering can. We spent the day looking for the seed. Out on the outer shelf there was something that looked like a seed, Liberty said he would watch for Shades so I would have time to see what it was. On the left side of the shelf towards Deathmarrow, very close to the cliff, was what appeared to be a seed. After, crawling to the edge, and avoiding the urge to look over the side of the cliff, I see it is not a seed. I continue to crawl further along the edge, I think I see the seed. After an attempt to reach it, and I can not, Liberty suggests I use the hoe. I grab the hoe from the pile of garden equipment and crawl back to the edge. I use the hoe to reach further, the first time I miss, the second time I gently pull back the hoe dragging the dirt with it, then I push the dirt away and I find a seed. I place it carefully in the cubic pot. July 30 Day 210 Akasha dropped in to see how we were coming along on finding the seed. I tell her I found it. She says it was not what we were looking for. During this time the Shades are still there for me to see, to Liberty he sees just the four left each day. Akasha asked me to get the seed from the orb, as I walk towards the orb, the Shades start to move around unsettled . Akasha told me to stop what I was doing and walk back to her. I did this. It was obvious that the orb was very hot as I walked towards it. Liberty asked Akasha to send for Lifeline and Jtz, the request was sent. While we wait for Akasha to return, Liberty talks of battles with Jtz Champion. I had a conversation with Jtz Champion and Liberty, Liberty told me he is the General in his Army. I knew I was well protected. Akasha returned with Ailith. Ailith and I are told to work out some plan to get the orb down, without burning ourselves to ashes. The shades were growing restless. Ailith and I discussed how we would protect the orb as I pulled it towards me with the hoe, it would fall to the ground and we needed to be careful. Ailith says she can use powers to protect the orb. Akasha laughed at our naiveté. Lifeline and Jtz were there to help control the shades. Someone noticed that the Orb stopped glowing when the shades were killed. I remember someone mentioned the Summons Army was there. Lifeline spoke of his powers. Lifeline is very strong, even Liberty is amazed at his strength. Ailith is very strong and with Akasha force joining in to control the Shades, the Summons Army and what ever the forces that cause the sky to grow dark, we were ready to begin. There was yelling back and forth, I remember Ailith saying she was hit, then Liberty, and Jtz, the confusion was intense. Akasha told me that when the orb is cool enough, from the Shade army dying, I would need to work fast to get the orb. It was time. I ran over to the Orb with my hoe, and I started to pull it towards me. Very slow I pulled, I do not want the orb to crash to the ground. When I had the orb on the ground, I fell to my knees and started to reach for the orb. Akasha ran up to me and opened a bottle of red liquid and shook out a few drops onto my hands. I looked inside the Orb, found what I was looking for and quickly set it into my cubic box and closed the lid. I stood up. Akasha tells me to run to Marind Bell Gates. I looked around, I did not know which way to run. The sky was darkening. Akasha yelled again. “RUN” I asked which way. Liberty yells, “LEFT.” I ran. I knew most of the way out from my one visit to Necrovion. I have to stop once maybe twice to look at my map. ‘Run’ I hear in my ears. I am at the Well of Tears and I ran out the gate, almost running into Liberty. He was right with me. We wait at Marind Bell Gate. Finally, there is a message to meet at the Plains of Deceit. I hear Guybrush speak to me. I do not understand him. I ran to the Plains of Deceit. I see Akasha, everyone is there, but I only see her. She asked me to get the ground ready for the seeds. I asked where to plant them. Akasha said “you are the seed master,”. I dig and get the ground ready for the seeds. Akasha said firmly, “Stop, Stand up I must give you the seeds”. She told me about each seed, one by one. I planted the seeds. Ailith is there, she was panting from running, she hand me Awiiya’s Watering Can. I watered the seeds. Akasha asked me to give the watering can to Ailith so she may care for the new seeds while I am away. I hand the watering can to Ailith. I hear Akasha yell “HANDY” I feel her grab and hold onto me. I look up and I see frightened faces and Morpheus. I feel fear spread through me. That is the last I see of the seeds. I was put in a dream by Morpheus. Morpheus asked me questions. Did I know who he is? I don’t remember him, I knew who he was, but I was still breathless from the running and planting. He asked me two questions. How many seeds are there to close the realm, and name the color of one of the missing seeds. (and explain why) When I return a few days later, I see two growths where I planted the seeds. Everyday Ailith waters the seeds when Akasha asks her to water. One day I witness Akasha add a red liquid to the water, and then she added remains of some leaflets. This is what I record: Bored wants to know color of liquid she poured on plants. Akasha starts to search in her bag. “they are leaves that grow from a tree that has been touched by Shades or from the ground in Necrovion where Shades inhabit. The touched tree would die outside of Necrovion, rather quickly. The tormented souls, their blood is what you see on them but it is black as Shades” I also recorded this from Akasha at the new plants. Red bottle, red dust in the watering can, puts red bottle back in the bag and takes out a strange tube containing some remains of leaflets. Pours the liquid leafs in the watering can, shuffles a bit and then waters the plants- you see this is not a normal plant. (Akasha’s words) The day after Awiiya asked Ailith to send the watering can back to me, I am summons by Akasha to water the plants. I watered them. Akasha took out the bottle of liquid and pours it on the roots of the plants, she touches the roots and a tear is in her eye, Akasha--black tear rolls down her face, catches the tear into her tube. Within minutes the Gate appears before my eyes. [/spoiler] [spoiler]Appendix I We will need five garden tools to help with the care of the seeds. Hoe, a long-handled implement with a thin flat blade used for cultivation, and loosening the dirt for gardening. Rake, a long- handled garden tool having a crossbar with prongs, to rake rocks and debris away from the seeds. Trowel, a small , flat or scoop like implement used in gardening, to dig the hole to plant the seeds. A small box to carry the seed. Water container, to carry water to the seeds to water them. Before we use our tools, if water is available we will soak the tools in water to make the wood in handles expand and hold better. Rocks found on floor of cavern, were thrown against the rock wall to break them into smaller pieces. Shaping them with other rock to make scooped shaped rock. Entropy principle used when rocks lost original shape when they broke into pieces, when sharpening them against each other. Trowel --Two pieces of wood sliced off the massive pillars from stand in front of Deathmarrow. Groove made in one end, with broken and shaped rock pieces. Scooped shaped rock pushed into groove of one handle to make trowel. Rake --With Liberty's axe he was able to cut one of the blades at hole, after cutting off four tines; Handy Pocket walked over to the stand in front of Deathmarrow and found two more pieces of wood to use for rake; The shorter piece four holes were made and the four tines were put in hole, with an extra piece of wood smashed into each hole to hold the tines in place; Then a hole for the handle was made and the longer piece of wood was added as a handle and small flat shard of rock was pushed into the hole to hold the handle in place Hoe-- Liberty cut another piece of wood from pillar and we pushed it into the hole at end of wide shard of stone blade which was smashed before to make the tines for rake. The wood handle needed very little carving at end to help it fit the hole in blade. It is a very snug fit. Box for seed. Liberty cut a piece of square wood from the pillar stand and Handy Pockets carved the inside of the square to make a place to hold the seed. With one piece of thin wood used as a cover to the wooden box. Water pail - Liberty cut a 30cm piece from pillar for Handy Pockets to start scraping out the inside. After taking turns with scraping, a hollow log, big enough to carry water for seed, is finally finished. Before we fill it with water, we will add a layer of sand to help hold the water a little longer. The Seed On the left side of the arrow pointing towards Deathmarrow, very close to the cliff, is what appears to be a seed. Handy Pockets thinks this is the seed we are looking for. After, crawling to the edge, and avoiding the urge to look over the side of the cliff, the first place Handy Pockets looks , it is not a seed. Handy Pockets continues to crawl further along the edge, carefully avoiding looking over the edge, until she thinks she sees a seed. After an attempt to reach it, and can not, Liberty suggests she use the hoe. Handy Pockets grabs the hoe from the pile of garden equipment and starts back to edge. After crawling close to edge, she uses the hoe to reach further, the first time she misses, the second time she gently pulls back the hoe and grabs the dirt from hoe and looks through the dirt and finds a seed. She puts it carefully in the cubic pot. Yes, we found A seed, it is not the correct seed. We need to do some planning on how to get to seed. The orb is the seed, we must take a piece of the orb. It looks like a difficult task. We will find a way to get this seed. [/spoiler] Now that I see what Liberty experienced in the days after, I am looking for some more notes I have. (how can I fix this so it is single spaced? this is not easy to read)

I would like the PM's, when I am off line, to be sent to my email. The forum messages are sent there now and I like to keep up with what is going on when I am away from the computer. It should be off by default.

phantasm, my thoughts and heartfelt condolence (this is first time I could reply in awhile, seems my pc has its own agenda and tried to make all reply's as twitter)

Happy Birthday

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Enjoy your holiday.

Happy Birthday Peace

Awiiya has not moved from his place at Awiiya's Way for over a year.

Happy Belated Birthday . I hope it was a good day.

Happy Birthday BFH Lightning

Clock Master is the new Leader of the Knights of the Bell Alliance. I am very pleased with his new position in this Alliance.

Chewett Thank you for this ceremony. Thank you to all who were there. I am happy to be walking Marind's Bell land again. QHP

I never posted here before, it seems nothing I did was unique to others, until today: I had a dream. I can not even write of my dream. Let's Just say it was real like *looks around to make sure she is awake* and I don't remember my dreams normally. and yes I am being vague. it is just too weird, my dream that is.

redmyth I missed your Birthday. I dont' know how. Happy Belated Birthday I hope it was a great one. Happy Birthday Yala This too is a belated Birthday Wish I hope it was great.

Happy Birthday Awiiya I hope it is a wonderful day.

There is a scythe in game somewhere.

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I am finally home. I am resting at Angien's Ferry thanks to nadrolski. It is good to be on Marind's Bell soil once agian.

Thank you I loved getting my feet wet. Even if just for one day. I hope to get back to gathering water resources soon. The time I have now to think, with being dead and all, has presented me with the beginning of an idea for a paper for the SOE.

Chewett How long did it take for this group that gathered , at the Ferry, to be noticed by Mur and found themselves in theAdventure Log? I especially noticed this part of AL [Page 131 [2008-07-16 05:28:55 - The Shade Ballance - Others],now that you have it separate from the rest of the Adventure Log. Kets

Happy Birthday Akasha

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