Long live Queen Duchess and King Rarity!

Stankysteve · 2018-05-22 10:09:57

It was one of my most fun fulfilling lives in awhile, thank you so much. Duchess, Rarity (Or Duchess II or Rarity II or Rarity III...any of my relatives, offspring, neighbors)

I was born a little lass in a developing town. It was actually my third time living in this area, and the explosive growth and development that had occurred prior to my being born (compared to previous lives) there was astounding. Clearly the development was prospering under the benevolent rule of Queen Duchess and King Rarity, my beloved parents. As a child I saw a town operating with incredible efficiency. I recall Dad directing everyone to dye there freshly sheared fleece coats. I was given my name, "Jewel", and the adoring love of a family you don't often get to feel in this game of short lives and hard work.

Drama picked up right away, while meeting my father, King Rarity, a strange man picked me up from my mother's feet (I love YOU more, mom!) and ran off with me. Kidnapping is the easiest form of murder to prevent, so I went along with the ride to see if he actually had a plan. After a minute I lept from his arms and returned to see my parents, the king and queen, chasing right behind him. He tried to come back and run off with me a few more times, but seeing he had no plan, I was staying safe in mommy's arms. They quickly decided he was a threat to be killed. I felt bad for him though. I don't know why. I just wanted to talk to him and understand the strange man. Father, if I could've done anything different, I wouldn't have warned the strange man to run. It was one of my biggest regrets. You were so dedicated to protecting the family, and wouldn't let him get away. If I hadn't warned him to "run" you wouldn't have turned old and grey chasing him down. I am so sorry..." I tried asking "What? Why? Where?" often to him but only after a few minutes he replied "no english" shortly before father finished the deed.

- Of course, someone always doesn't know the full story, I had to rapidly explain with my child's mouth to an angry armed lady that he was protecting me from a kidnapper. I think if she had killed the king the village would've killed a lot of eachother in the aftermath. Score 1 for diplomacy!

I grew, I farmed a bit, I baked a bit more, I had a brother named after the king, Rarity II. The future of the royal line was secured. There was a sister who did not last long. Eventually hitting my teen years, the King himself passed the crown onto me as the beloved firstborn, with my proud mother Duchess watching, mouthing "I love you more".

Now sure, being the firstborn of an apparent royal family is always a fun ride! But I got the core experience of OHOL in there too! I knew nothing about managing sheep when I was born, that changed. Eventually someone pointed out mutton stopped coming in for pies. I poked around for a bit foolishly in the sheep pen before mother, Queen Duchess, had returned from an errand run! She was the master herder! I got some sorely needed info on how things were done in the sheep pen from Mom! Awesome! And to make it official she passed on the knife to me.

And shortly after my first child was born. A girl! There was no other choice. Duchess II she was named. Mom was touched! It was a wonderful learning experience that gets harder to have in this game as time goes on. (Don't shear last sheep, only feed babies, etc. Thank you so much!) And soon after Rarity III, my son was born. He didn't last long, nor did Aaban (auto generated weird name, I believe I actually named her "Scrambles the End" because "Scrambles the Deathdealer" wouldn't fit. Also had a nameless son I didn't even realize - I am so sorry my child.

Rarity, Duchess - err, mom and dad. I was not the fierce warrior King that you, my father, were. I was not the efficient master herder of sheep, composts, and berries and pie supplies that you, my mother, was. But goshdangonnit, we kept on going strong! I would make jokes as we all baked together "Faster pie slaves! Teehee!" - What would you say watching four people plus yourselves all bake together? While I was learning, I wasn't the most efficient, but I made damn sure morale stayed high and happy, and made sure someone would take up your herder mantle after me Duchess. I think it was a young cousin who I immediately told the things you told me, as he also needed to know. Learned knowledge AND passed it on in one life! Full experience! And to make it official, seeing he was spending 90% of his time around the pen, I deemed him trustworthy amd gave him the knife. I'm happy to say he took up the torch well! You would've been proud but... some time later Rarity II, my brother visited and told me the inevitable "Mom is dead". I was in shock, but not surprised. Such is the tragedy of life.

Some time had passed and at this point my bright beautiful crown was contrasted by my own soft graying hair and skin. It was soon time, and what perfect timing it would be, Duchess II, my daughter proudly approached me saying "Mom! Look what I made!" I was still working in the pen, and barely noticed, glancing up at her,
"The hat? Oh that's nice!!" I said.
"No!" she replied, "The kid!"
And it was now full circle! I was oblivious to the new heir cradled in her arms - "My mistake! Well give that hat to your kid...because I'm giving mine to you". And the torch was passed to the next generation. She said she couldn't wait to pass it on herself, and the babe in her arms grew excited! While I wanted to hang around a little longer, my pack had rotted without me noticing, and I had placed myself a bit far from the food supplies. While running back to the town's center, I knew either way it was my last chance for last words. I forsook my last shot at food to declare to the heavens, "I love you all!". And then I collapsed, a contended pile of bones surrounded by the peoples of a loving village.
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http://lineage.onehouronelife.com/serve … _id=103495
https://imgur.com/a/GguNc5I

Duchess II went on to have a couple of kids, however her only daughter died age zero. If it was suicide then I am sad I could not give her the warmth, love, and care, you provided me that empowered me to go on. Her son, Power lived a good life though! I can only imagine what his reign as king was like. I hope to revisit this wonderful little city again!~ Every revisit so far has been a joy, and this by far takes the cake.

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Stankysteve · 2018-05-22 10:23:50

Oh boy, its late. Like 6 A.M. late. I did a quick proofread on that but it came way way longer then intended. I'm sure typo fixes and revisions are abound. After sleep.

EDIT: Duchess, I only just noticed your final words. I am so sorry I didn't see you off from this world. For context, my first words were "i"l"y". I love you. She replied "Aww, love you more!". I would've like to say "Love you most" but being a baby all I could say was "no" "u". And a few times throughout life we repeated this to eachother. Seeing those as your final words got me feeling some kind of sad.

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happynova · 2018-05-22 19:46:27

Stankysteve wrote:

It was one of my most fun fulfilling lives in awhile, thank you so much. Duchess, Rarity (Or Duchess II or Rarity II or Rarity III...any of my relatives, offspring, neighbors)
I was born a little lass in a developing town. It was actually my third time living in this area, and the explosive growth and development that had occurred prior to my being born (compared to previous lives) there was astounding.

As your direct ancestor and the sole reason that family line didn't die out four generations earlier -- I was the creatively named "Hope," and told part of my own story on the "missed connections" thread with a note to my mom, Opal -- I will take full credit.

In all seriousness, I had a great life in that town, and I'm really happy to know that the lineage continued as long as it did and that it made for a good experience for someone else, too. It's always fascinating to hear what happened somewhere after you died. When I expired, that crown was being worn by my little granddaughter Uma, who was the only child there, so it's fun to see how it got passed down over the generations. (I was a humble farmer and baker, myself, but being the last ones left in the town, our branch of the family inherited it by default.) I don't suppose you know what happened to my mom's snakeskin boots, though? They had great sentimental value to me, although I'm not sure my daughter appreciated them quite as much.

By the way, since you mentioned it... I don't know as much as I should about sheep, either. What's the reason behind not shearing the last one?

Stankysteve · 2018-05-23 06:25:13

happynova wrote:

Stankysteve wrote:
It was one of my most fun fulfilling lives in awhile, thank you so much. Duchess, Rarity (Or Duchess II or Rarity II or Rarity III...any of my relatives, offspring, neighbors)
I was born a little lass in a developing town. It was actually my third time living in this area, and the explosive growth and development that had occurred prior to my being born (compared to previous lives) there was astounding.
As your direct ancestor and the sole reason that family line didn't die out four generations earlier -- I was the creatively named "Hope," and told part of my own story on the "missed connections" thread with a note to my mom, Opal -- I will take full credit.
In all seriousness, I had a great life in that town, and I'm really happy to know that the lineage continued as long as it did and that it made for a good experience for someone else, too. It's always fascinating to hear what happened somewhere after you died. When I expired, that crown was being worn by my little granddaughter Uma, who was the only child there, so it's fun to see how it got passed down over the generations. (I was a humble farmer and baker, myself, but being the last ones left in the town, our branch of the family inherited it by default.) I don't suppose you know what happened to my mom's snakeskin boots, though? They had great sentimental value to me, although I'm not sure my daughter appreciated them quite as much.
By the way, since you mentioned it... I don't know as much as I should about sheep, either. What's the reason behind not shearing the last one?

Thank you Hope. Thank you Opal. I started digging through the family tree and I realized I had missed a connection. I was also one of the twin sisters of generation 6. Rosie and Posie. I remember getting so excited having never seen twins before. I was Rosie, unfortunately Posie didn't make it to adulthood. Opal was my grandaughter. Hope was my great grandaughter. And living as Jewel I was my own great (x6) granddaughter. Thank you for making sure we carried on. It's turned into a wonderful town. I don't think I got to see much of you as your great grandmother. I might have already been dead. But I feel like it rings a bell, the name Hope. Maybe you were newborn as I was dying. Scratch that. Rosie died at a young age but managed to have kids first.
http://lineage.onehouronelife.com/serve … _id=102392

I don't recall a particular set of snakeskin boot, not a pre-existing set anyways. But I think the spirit of your shoe loving was passed on to one of your later descendants. I remember an interesting fellow working very very hard to ensure he would get his fruitysnakeskinbooties. And when he completed them I was so happy to see fruit on feet again. I didn't know about the snakeskin boot aspect, you used to just be able to wear fruitshoes raw. He happily spared me one, and there were a few of us happily running around in one single fruitysnakeskinbooty. Later someone tried to give me another plain regular shoe claiming "the fashion has changed. two shoes are in now" I put it on and instantly protested "I feel dirty and gross." I think I quickly passed on that second shoe to a child instead so he could have his own single shoe.

For what I understand about the sheep, its certainly no law, but its just inefficient. Sheep can regrow wool if you feed them. But don't do that. Shear them, kill them, and feed their lamb offspring instead. This way you get poop for compost, meat for pie, and fleece for clothes in one feeding. If you end up trying to refeed sheared sheep you're probably wasting carrots and berries. As for the last one? I think sheared sheep don't reproduce lambs?? I'm not 100% sure on that, but if you keep feeding as you should, it should never come up to be a problem.

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happynova · 2018-05-23 06:56:39

Stankysteve wrote:

Thank you Hope. Thank you Opal. I started digging through the family tree and I realized I had missed a connection. I was also one of the twin sisters of generation 6. Rosie and Posie. I remember getting so excited having never seen twins before. I was Rosie, unfortunately Posie didn't make it to adulthood. Opal was my grandaughter. Hope was my great grandaughter. And living as Jewel I was my own great (x6) granddaughter.

Oh, wow! Now that is the OHOL circle of life!

And I'm glad to know the love of snakeskin footwear carried on down the generations, even if the legacy of individual boots was lost. It must be genetic.

Also, thanks for the sheep info. I've got to learn some animal husbandry skills at some point...

YAHG · 2018-05-23 07:54:41

Don't forget you can also kill and skin sheep for skins!

Atm sheep skin doesn't rot afaik:
https://kazetsukai.github.io/onetech/593-Sheep-Skin

22.75% warm

https://kazetsukai.github.io/onetech/585-Wool-Sweater

24.5%

Difference is marginal and you get one skin per sheep vs 3 wools for one sweater (yes you can also make nice hats and booties)

Stankysteve · 2018-05-24 04:49:24

YAHG wrote:

Don't forget you can also kill and skin sheep for skins!
Atm sheep skin doesn't rot afaik:
https://kazetsukai.github.io/onetech/593-Sheep-Skin
22.75% warm
https://kazetsukai.github.io/onetech/585-Wool-Sweater
24.5%
Difference is marginal and you get one skin per sheep vs 3 wools for one sweater (yes you can also make nice hats and booties)

Woah! Thank you for pointing that out. I'd always noticed the two different items and wasn't sure the difference in their acquisition

YAHG · 2018-05-24 06:24:12

Plus the floof... It is glorious when you live in a tribe of floofs and you are the one with the original muflon skin...

bwhahaha :$

Mirelli · 2018-05-24 12:42:35

I was your mum Queen Duchess! It's always so nice to hear the family story from my child's perspective and you wrote it so beautifully It was a wonderful life and I'm glad I was able to give you some knowledge to pass on. You were a wonderful child! I made sure those were my last words since they had me feeling some type of way too <3 Love you more!

mulgara · 2018-05-24 18:55:14

I'll repost from the other thread, so the whole family story is in one place:

I was King Rarity. Your mother and I were fated lovers and our story started generations before you.

We were Todd and Celine, who met while working the carrot field in that very town. Todd was a
peasant then, but Celine still loved him and married him. Todd ventured out to gather stones, for the
town had plenty of ponds, and he thought creating cisterns would ensure that the people would have
water for centuries to come. When he returned, his Celine was nowhere to be seen. He lived out
his life improving the city's water system, always hoping he would catch one last glimpse of her.

Generations later, Todd was reborn as Rarity. It was beautiful to see his cisterns being utilized, the
one next to the pie station, another next to the berries, and three more near the carrot farm. Rarity
donned the crown as a young man, and immediately caught the eye of Duchess. On that same carrot
plot all those generations ago, Duchess asked to marry the King.

"My Celine asked to marry me, exactly where you stood."

"I am Celine. LOL."

Rarity looked into her eyes and knew it to be true. They were soulmates, destined to meet again and
again, in this life and all the next. But this life would be a good one, Duchess would not meet the same
fate as Celine, the King made sure of it. He knew his life's work was complete when he first laid eyes
on Jewel. She was the future that Todd and Celine never got.

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