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<blockquote data-quote="Serpenteye" data-source="post: 1352849" data-attributes="member: 1492"><p><strong>Asveh, the vast grassland, halfling tribe.</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>He looks deep into Asurin's eyes and nods solemly in reply. <span style="color: Gold">"I greet you Asurin, and you Hesaras, Osera, Esarin and Larar </span> (ooc: he knows their names from the dreams). <span style="color: Gold">You will keep your places as the leaders of your families, and make my commands come true."</span></p><p></p><p>He then turns to adress the whole tribe. His voice is strong and slightly mesmerising</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"I have seen you range far across the plain in your cycles from field to field. I have seen you fall to predators in the wilderness, and grow weak and sick from hunger because of fields grown poor or crops eaten by animals before you could arrive. I have seen you hunted and restless, just another species of prey in the food-chain. I would have you fulfill the potential I see in you, the potential to live better, safer and richer lives."</span></p><p></p><p>He pulls a young corn-plant out of the ground and turns it over. Holding it in front of the elders so that they can see it in detail he directs their attention to the seed the plant is growing out of. </p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"You recognise this seed, this grain of corn? One of your tribe dropped it here when you arrived a few days ago. It was trampled into the ground, and started growing. Soon it would have grown into an adult plant, with dozens of yellow seeds of corn. You planted this seed here, and you made it grow." </span> </p><p></p><p>He/She/It looks at them gravely.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"You realise now what it is I propose? The logical conclusion of my speach. Where you have planted one seed by accident you can plant a hundred seeds by design. Not all of them will survive and grow, but if enough of them thrives you will have created a new field. </span></p><p><span style="color: Gold">You will no longer have to walk your long and dangerous cycles. You can now plant your food where ever you want, and you can all live together by your fields, protected by your numbers and permanent defenses."</span></p><p></p><p>He speaks in more conviction, his voice pounding his message into their minds.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"This is what I would have you do. Travel to your richest field, the one near the great river where the soil is deep and black. Leave two families there with as much food as you can spare, then the rest of you will continue on the cycle to gather more grain and return to the black fields when the cycle is complete.</span></p><p><span style="color: Gold">Those of you left behind will clear the fields of undesired plants to allow the grains more room to grow. You will expand the fields in the late autumn and the winter and sow more seeds in the spring. Plant all the fruit-trees and vegetables you usually eat, let those plants that thrive remain among the species you plant and sow. When the fields have grown ripe you will harvest and store your food for the year."</span></p><p></p><p>He kicks a tuft of wiry tough grass, clinging to the soil with strong deep roots.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"I know what you are thinking. Clearing new fields will not be easy by use of force alone, but fire can kill everything that grows and, if used right, can make your work easy. Care must be taken, of course, so that the fire doesn't grow too far."</span></p><p></p><p>The tuft of grass rolls into the fire, prodded by a light kick. Soon nothing is left of it but ashes.</p><p></p><p><span style="color: Gold">"In a few cycles time noone will longer have to range far afield in search of food. Soon you will all live by the black fields and the great river, and food will be plentiful. Then you will have enough food for all the children you can breed, for that land can feed thousands. So breed, then. Clear and plant more and more fields, for there is greater safety in numbers and there is nothing more precious than children."</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Serpenteye, post: 1352849, member: 1492"] [B]Asveh, the vast grassland, halfling tribe.[/B] He looks deep into Asurin's eyes and nods solemly in reply. [COLOR=Gold]"I greet you Asurin, and you Hesaras, Osera, Esarin and Larar [/COLOR] (ooc: he knows their names from the dreams). [COLOR=Gold]You will keep your places as the leaders of your families, and make my commands come true."[/COLOR] He then turns to adress the whole tribe. His voice is strong and slightly mesmerising [COLOR=Gold]"I have seen you range far across the plain in your cycles from field to field. I have seen you fall to predators in the wilderness, and grow weak and sick from hunger because of fields grown poor or crops eaten by animals before you could arrive. I have seen you hunted and restless, just another species of prey in the food-chain. I would have you fulfill the potential I see in you, the potential to live better, safer and richer lives."[/COLOR] He pulls a young corn-plant out of the ground and turns it over. Holding it in front of the elders so that they can see it in detail he directs their attention to the seed the plant is growing out of. [COLOR=Gold]"You recognise this seed, this grain of corn? One of your tribe dropped it here when you arrived a few days ago. It was trampled into the ground, and started growing. Soon it would have grown into an adult plant, with dozens of yellow seeds of corn. You planted this seed here, and you made it grow." [/COLOR] He/She/It looks at them gravely. [COLOR=Gold]"You realise now what it is I propose? The logical conclusion of my speach. Where you have planted one seed by accident you can plant a hundred seeds by design. Not all of them will survive and grow, but if enough of them thrives you will have created a new field. You will no longer have to walk your long and dangerous cycles. You can now plant your food where ever you want, and you can all live together by your fields, protected by your numbers and permanent defenses."[/COLOR] He speaks in more conviction, his voice pounding his message into their minds. [COLOR=Gold]"This is what I would have you do. Travel to your richest field, the one near the great river where the soil is deep and black. Leave two families there with as much food as you can spare, then the rest of you will continue on the cycle to gather more grain and return to the black fields when the cycle is complete. Those of you left behind will clear the fields of undesired plants to allow the grains more room to grow. You will expand the fields in the late autumn and the winter and sow more seeds in the spring. Plant all the fruit-trees and vegetables you usually eat, let those plants that thrive remain among the species you plant and sow. When the fields have grown ripe you will harvest and store your food for the year."[/COLOR] He kicks a tuft of wiry tough grass, clinging to the soil with strong deep roots. [COLOR=Gold]"I know what you are thinking. Clearing new fields will not be easy by use of force alone, but fire can kill everything that grows and, if used right, can make your work easy. Care must be taken, of course, so that the fire doesn't grow too far."[/COLOR] The tuft of grass rolls into the fire, prodded by a light kick. Soon nothing is left of it but ashes. [COLOR=Gold]"In a few cycles time noone will longer have to range far afield in search of food. Soon you will all live by the black fields and the great river, and food will be plentiful. Then you will have enough food for all the children you can breed, for that land can feed thousands. So breed, then. Clear and plant more and more fields, for there is greater safety in numbers and there is nothing more precious than children."[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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