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<blockquote data-quote="MacConnell" data-source="post: 8105745" data-attributes="member: 6855223"><p>[ooc]"There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief. "There's too much confusion. I can't get no relief..." -- Bob Dylan[/ooc]</p><p>"<span style="color: green">Mita</span>," which was the Shimadow word for mother, "<span style="color: green">why are we so different from the Ansylins</span>?"</p><p></p><p>From a child who was just old enough to have lost the pudginess from when he was a toddler, it was not a malicious question. Of course, what he really meant was look differently, since the variations of personalities spanned the gambit through all three species and all 27 tribes of people.</p><p></p><p>"<span style="color: blue">I do not know, gito</span>," which was the Shimadow word for son, not the boy's name. The woman was a mere mud grubber, as all in the Flats were derogatorily deemed. Prejudice is dictated and taught based upon station of birth, not specific tribe or appearance. The woman was still young enough to be pretty, despite the hard labor and terrible living conditions, which was how she found herself giving birth to a son four and a half seasons after an amorous occasion with an unscrupulous javelineer.</p><p></p><p>She never ceased harvesting rice while she spoke with her boy. "<span style="color: blue">I can tell you that many, many cycles ago, the Ansylin people left the Burning Sands to found this city, here, where the river that flows from the cliffs that hold the Western Jungle in place empties into the sea. Without this river, there would be no city."</span></p><p><span style="color: blue"></span></p><p><span style="color: blue">"Our kind, the Shimadow, came later, from the Western Jungle, following the river. At first there was war</span>."</p><p></p><p>She sighed. "<span style="color: blue">Our kind always fights first and negotiates later. Seems backward to me, but I am just a slave. What would I know? Anyway, about 100 cycles back the Shimadow joined the Ansylins in expanding the layout and function of the city. It was a joint effort to form its systems and regulations, but you are too young to be interested in all of that, and I could not competently explain it. I am just a slave</span>."</p><p></p><p>The boy grew. The mother died, young. The Flats was the worst place in the city to have been born. Criminals who were not put to death were remanded there. The labor was hard, it was constant, and the pay terrible, especially after all the fees. Laboring residents are paid 5 clams a day, of which 1 coin is returned for wildlife protection, 1 coin for voting dues, 1 coin for guild dues, and 1 coin for water rations, leaving each resident with a single coin per day. It made little since to Antapkos. "<span style="color: green">Why tell a worker he is earning five clams a day when he is only getting one</span>?"</p><p></p><p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]127275[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacConnell, post: 8105745, member: 6855223"] [ooc]"There must be some kind of way out of here," said the joker to the thief. "There's too much confusion. I can't get no relief..." -- Bob Dylan[/ooc] "[COLOR=green]Mita[/COLOR]," which was the Shimadow word for mother, "[COLOR=green]why are we so different from the Ansylins[/COLOR]?" From a child who was just old enough to have lost the pudginess from when he was a toddler, it was not a malicious question. Of course, what he really meant was look differently, since the variations of personalities spanned the gambit through all three species and all 27 tribes of people. "[COLOR=blue]I do not know, gito[/COLOR]," which was the Shimadow word for son, not the boy's name. The woman was a mere mud grubber, as all in the Flats were derogatorily deemed. Prejudice is dictated and taught based upon station of birth, not specific tribe or appearance. The woman was still young enough to be pretty, despite the hard labor and terrible living conditions, which was how she found herself giving birth to a son four and a half seasons after an amorous occasion with an unscrupulous javelineer. She never ceased harvesting rice while she spoke with her boy. "[COLOR=blue]I can tell you that many, many cycles ago, the Ansylin people left the Burning Sands to found this city, here, where the river that flows from the cliffs that hold the Western Jungle in place empties into the sea. Without this river, there would be no city." "Our kind, the Shimadow, came later, from the Western Jungle, following the river. At first there was war[/COLOR]." She sighed. "[COLOR=blue]Our kind always fights first and negotiates later. Seems backward to me, but I am just a slave. What would I know? Anyway, about 100 cycles back the Shimadow joined the Ansylins in expanding the layout and function of the city. It was a joint effort to form its systems and regulations, but you are too young to be interested in all of that, and I could not competently explain it. I am just a slave[/COLOR]." The boy grew. The mother died, young. The Flats was the worst place in the city to have been born. Criminals who were not put to death were remanded there. The labor was hard, it was constant, and the pay terrible, especially after all the fees. Laboring residents are paid 5 clams a day, of which 1 coin is returned for wildlife protection, 1 coin for voting dues, 1 coin for guild dues, and 1 coin for water rations, leaving each resident with a single coin per day. It made little since to Antapkos. "[COLOR=green]Why tell a worker he is earning five clams a day when he is only getting one[/COLOR]?" [CENTER][ATTACH type="full" alt="D7A38E90-6182-4687-A671-9DAD2243A6EB.jpeg"]127275[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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