Our Little Island

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Aug 5, 2025 9:24 am
Being the first mate, Moon Prince gets right to it! "Uhm.. This one is the main sail, right?" They say pointing to the big sail. "Right. I'll hoist while someone turns it the right way." They start to whistle a tune to make the work even more fun.

"You know what? I think I'll call it the moon sail from now on." They chuckle as they winch it up to catch the wind.
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Bingo: Make myself useful.
Aug 5, 2025 1:37 pm
Amelie marvels at the sight of the bell tower protruding from the water.

"Why do I not take a picture so it will last longer?"

Amelie uses her drone-cam to take photos from different angles.

"Say minestroneeeeeee…"

The drone-cam snaps a shot of the boat passing the bell.

"And now for a point-five—"

The drone cam moves toward the bell…

🔔BONG

"Whoopsie. Too close."
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BINGO! 📸 Look closely with your zoom lens.
Aug 6, 2025 10:26 am
As Amelie snaps pictures of the tower, Viv sits on the edge of the boat and casts her fishing line into the water. After a bit, the hook snags on something. "Oh! A bite?" she asks, eagerly reeling in her line. Once it clears the water, it quickly becomes apparent that she's snagged one of the library's books instead of a fish.

"Hmm... Is this quality literature? It seems a bit... immature... Though I do like all the sports it seems to feature."

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Whoopsie: Dredge up something best forgotten. In this case, a very dated "humorous" book from the mid-1990s.

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Aug 8, 2025 10:53 am
Amelie wonders if the sea breeze is a bit much for a prince whose castle always faces the sun. She uses her pyromancy for warmth.
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BINGO 🔥 Start a warm and comforting flame.
"Where to?" Amelie asks the captain and first mate.
Aug 8, 2025 3:36 pm
"Chart a course around yon tower. One of our quests may yet lie to the North" he calls out to the crew.

As they set about directing the boat, Parish flips through the book Viv fished out.

"Preposterous! Where is the chapter on courtly etiquette and honorable duelling?! And why is there so much minutiae on acceptable physical contact between men??"
Aug 8, 2025 6:19 pm
"Aye, aye, captain," Viv says as she quietly eases the sail boat's passage north.

You sail on, approaching the northern edges of Veilridge. Suddenly, a flotilla of ramshackle vessels approaches: an shopping cart lashed to inflatable pool toys, a pirate ship cobbled together from lawn furniture and duct tape, and a suspiciously buoyant fridge door serving as a boarding raft. At their helm stands a grinning, glitter-dusted fey rogue with a plastic trident and a crew of equally mischievous sprites, all armed with stolen Nerf guns and an alarming amount of craft store gemstones.

"Avast, landlubbers! Prepare to be mildly inconvenienced!" the fey pirate declares!
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A hazard appears! We each lose a token to navigate the danger. Amelie and Viv are out of tokens so they must do a Whoopsie about it instead.
Aug 8, 2025 6:28 pm
Amelie dives in front of the captain! She says, "No0O0o0O0o0O0o0O0o0O0o0O0o…" in a very deep voice while blasting her vacuum arm in reverse to keep herself afloat in the air as she passes Parish is slow motion.

Dozens of tiny chartreuse Nerf cylinders strike Amelie! Some bounce off the maid-bot; others cling to her by their neon-orange suction cups.

"Oh. You got me."

Amelie reaches for the sky, but doesn’t play dead so no one will be fooled by her acting (which Demi says is "not bad").
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BINGO ⭐️ Download a new skill via floppy disk.
Aug 8, 2025 7:08 pm
"Oh my moons!" The Moon Prince says when they see the approaching vessel. "You all have such amaaaaazing guns! I absolute LOVE that color." They are so enthralled by the glitter and cuteness of this ship that they don't even notice Amelie get riddled with darts.

"You have to tell me where you got those star stickers. And that sign post of a whale. I've never seen that before!" Hopefully the pirates will be nice people. "I come from the moon, you know. I have so much knowledge about the stars I can share with you guys."
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Whoopsie: Try way too hard to make someone else like me.
Aug 9, 2025 5:46 am
As Amelie goes down in a hail of foam darts and Moon Prince engages the fae pirates in diplomacy, Parish quickly pops below decks to emerge a short time later carrying a tray brimming with tall drinks of shimmering purple swirls, each with a bright green leaf on top!

"Would anyone like a drink? Sailing is thirsty work! I call this a Moonpetal Fizz. Moonpetal nectar, sparkling starlight water, blackberry dew, and a sprig of fresh mint. Please, take one!" he says, passing glasses around.

He winks at his crew and whispers to them, "Not to worry! They are non-alcoholic to keep this delightful detente civil."
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Bingo: Lift everyone's spirits with the perfect drink
Aug 11, 2025 6:42 am
Viv simply yelps and scurries away from the edge of the ship. She ducks down low and tries to make herself small, her long hair covering her face.
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Whoopsie: Hide behind my hair.
Aug 11, 2025 6:48 am
The fey pirates' aggressive demeanor quickly cools off as Parish offers them some tasty refreshments. They sip the drinks and chat amiably with the Moon Prince about all of their favorites shapes: hearts, stars, horseshoes, clovers, and blue moons.

"Hey, you guys are alright. Sorry about the darts," the lead pirate says to Amelie. "Perhaps we'll meet again on stranger tides..." They wave and gesture, and the makeshift fleet sails away!

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Aug 11, 2025 2:07 pm
Amelie replies to the fey, "It was all in good fun."

She takes a picture of the fey enjoying their drinks before they take off.
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BINGO!
📸 Look closely with your zoom lens.
Aug 11, 2025 4:43 pm
"Oh, Amelie, you are covered in darts!" Moon Prince comments, now suddenly seeing the result of the attack. They put aside their drink and head over to help. "Here, let me help you get rid of them."

A bunch of ooh's and ahh's and whoops' can be heard while they try to get Amelie back in tip top shape. After a few minutes the result is that both Amelie and Moon Prince are cover in about half of the darts each. "Sorry Amelie, I don't know what I did wrong. These things are REALLY sticky!"
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Whoopsie: Mess up something I thought I could handle.
Aug 12, 2025 4:35 am
"Enough sea monkeying around, stout shipmates! The open sea calls and I intend to answer. Let us make for the west! Erm, which way do I turn the wheel to go west... Ah yes, it's this way!" Parish says as he proceeds to grab the wheel and turn the ship to sail east instead!
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Whoopsie: Blunder headfirst into a terrible mistake
Aug 12, 2025 10:35 am
Viv wonders if she should tell Parish he's going the wrong way. Surely he would appreciate the help. But isn't it mutiny to countermand the captain's orders? Would Parish make her walk the plank? Does this ship even have a plank? And does it matter when she can swim and breathe underwater too?

Caught up in indecision, Viv simply says, "Aye, aye, captain," and helps ease the ship's passage again.
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Whoopsie to get a token and Bingo to move the ship.
Aug 12, 2025 10:38 am
As the sailboat moves east along Veilridge's borders, something floats by. It looks like a Wilson brand volleyball with a red handprint on it...

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Aug 13, 2025 11:15 am
Amelie exclaims, "A ball. What potentially wholesome fun."

She uses her vacuum arm to reel it in, and her sponge arm to make it shiny.

https://i.imgur.com/ikAFxvi.png"There, clean as a whistle," the maid-bot says of the now-faceless ball.
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WHOOPSIE! ⚡️ Sweep up something that needed to stay put.
"Cleaner, in fact. Whistles can never be germ- or odor-free after use. The only way to truly clean a whistle is to melt it down and start over."
Aug 13, 2025 5:32 pm
Moon Prince, still standing next to Amelie and still covered in dots, asks her a question. "Can I have that for a second?" They take the ball from the robot maid and turn in around, looking at every angle. "Wow! I reminds me of my home." They smile. "But it's so well made! Those lines just seem to work together perfectly. Who created such an engineering marvel?" They ask nobody in particular.

"I wonder if it has a moon bounce!" They say as they chuck the ball at the ground. Unfortunately, it hits a ledge and bounces off the side of the boat again. "Oh no! Quickly, Parish, Sail that way!" Moon Prince points south.
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Bingo: Question or Examine something earthlings take for granted.
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Aug 14, 2025 2:51 pm
As the bright, freshly whitened ball careens overboard, Parish turns the wheel hard to follow the ball South. But the prow of the boat surges water forward and pushes the ball forward as well. Unwilling to let the ball elude him, Parish grabs a BBQ fork and throws it at the ball like a harpoon, heedless of the danger of popping it!

"Avast! Full speed ahead, lest this white Wilson evade us and be forever the 'one that got away!'"
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Whoopsie: Refuse to let go
Aug 15, 2025 12:26 pm
You set sail after the volleyball, but a strong current quickly carries it away and out of reach. Perhaps you'll find it again...
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Whenever we leave a place with a "?" we put it face-down again and swap it with another face-down card, if any. Swapped it with the card to the right.
For now, though, you can see the B&B rising up in the distance ahead of you again. And between you and your home, an enigmatic obelisk looms large--the Ptisilith, last seen rocketing off into the sky in pursuit of fireflies! The strange rock seems inert, the runes adorning its surface dim, the hum it emits even lower than usual. Maybe it is sleeping. Or waiting...
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