3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: SkylerKarashi
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Tell me a dad joke: what do you call a cow with no legs?

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GROUND BEEF!

I'm the captain of this ship...
Username: SkylerKarashi
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Number of steps: 9 steps total!
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3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: Scaramouche Fandango
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Tell me a dad joke:What's a pirate's favorite letter? You might think it's ARR, but actually, a pirate's only true love is the C.

3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: Scaramouche Fandango
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Tell me a dad joke: What did the pirate say on his 80th birthday? Aye matey!

3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: Scaramouche Fandango
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Tell me a dad joke: Where does a pirate keep his buccaneers? Under his buccan hat.

I'm the captain of this ship...
Username: Scaramouche Fandango
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Number of steps: 0 and oh my god girl can you not stop to look at EVERY SINGLE CRAB 6 thank you helpers!
RP? "Tree daddy? Tree daddy????" Strange Creature could not hold in her laughter, and in fact, was not even going to try. Tree daddy. Amazing. She was going to have to use that sometime. But for now, she was going to climb a pile of rocks with her pet lizard, because that was the kind of activity you did when your best friend was a lizard.

Together, Strange Creature and her troublesome double began to haul themselves up the pile. However, it didn't take long for her to realize that the lizard's eyes were on a very different prize- a tiny little crab! It was wedged into the place she was about to put her hoof, and she marveled at it; such a tiny thing, so cute, so intricate. The blue carapace was studded with rust-colored spots, and its pincers waved about as it -

Crunch.

She'd forgotten, momentarily, how much her favorite tegu enjoyed shellfish. After the senseless crab murder (she wasn't hungry she'd been fed less than an hour ago, Strange Creature composed herself and began to climb again while trying to keep an eye on her lizard. This didn't go particularly well; between her troublesome friend and the noise of kin around her, she completely didn't notice the accumulation of algae on the rocks. She planted her hoof squarely... and fell right back down the mound, spinning a bit as she fell. She found herself on the ground, facing away from the pile of stones. Rising to her feet, she flicked off the algae and hopped back up to where she'd been before, to where Trouble Double was... asleep, belly full of crab. She nudged the tegu, and the lizard merely yawned at her. No, it was not the time for moving. It was time for napping.

And perhaps she was right. Strange Creature had been running around all day, tending her booth, playing at others- maybe she could just curl up and take a little nap here. The stone was a smooth slab right here, and the sun had warmed it perfectly; a lizard or kin could be perfectly content on this rock. She stretched, then sank to her knees and curled up. Just a quick rest. The tegu roused and climbed up on top of her head, her favorite nap spot, and the two of them rested for a bit, until something walking past tickled Strange Creature's nose. Dreamily, slowly, she blinked her eyes open to see another little crab scuttling sideways, on its way to do whatever it was that crabs do during the day.

As the crab skittered, she felt claws press hard against her head as the creature napping there was also awakened.

Crunch.

She didn't even have time to try and stop her murderous pet. The tegu licked her lips, using her tongue to wipe her snout clean of crab juice, because she was a lizard and sometimes lizards are gross murderers. Shaking her head, she lifted the big reptile and started to trek back up the hill of stone. The salt spray and sunshine were lovely things! Emboldened by the sweet music of birdsong, she continued her trek up... until she was faced with an entire group of little crabs. She was transfixed- look at them, circling each other! Were they dancing? Playing? Fighting? She didn't know. But one thing was certain, she absolutely had to hold onto her lizard this time. This was a family, maybe! She couldn't let her eat an entire family! Maybe she'd already eaten two of their family members! Instead of climbing the hill, she wrestled with her overeager tegu, trying to keep the lizard from committing some kind of crab war crime. She wrangled her around to a smooth stone parallel with the spot they'd just been. They had made exactly no progress, but importantly, the crabs were safe.

2 - You find a nice little notch in the rock to use as footing, but a tiny lil crab is in there! It's so cute! You don't move for awhile.
1- The chaos around you distracts you and you misstep right into some particularly slippery sea slime. Lose 2 steps
19 - The warm sun is maybe a little too comfortable and you find yourself needing to take a minute to rest your eyes. A lil crab walks past.
15 - The wind sprays you with salt water and a little bird sings off in the distance. It's so pleasant and encourages you to keep going. + 2 steps
7 - You find a group of little crabs doing little crab things. Where did they come from? Where are they going? You get distracted and go nowhere.

You're my new best mate!
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SkylerKarashi wrote:

Number of steps added: +1

As she tried to calm down her lizard, Strange Creature started singing. It usually worked pretty well, and as the tegu stopped fussing, she could hear what sounded like a kin further up the pile join in. "Keep going!" she sang out. "You'll make it!"

I'm the captain of this ship...
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Number of steps: 7
RP? Yes

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4 9 12 2 16
You find a lovely little notch in the rock to use as footing, and this one doesn't have a little crab- You're good to go! + 1 step
Nothing particularly exciting happens. You keep on moving on. + 1 step
The rock in this spot is so warm, dry, and even. If only the whole climb were this easy. + 4 steps
You find a nice little notch in the rock to use as footing, but a tiny lil crab is in there! It's so cute! You don't move for awhile.
You take another step. You're very proud of yourself. +1 step

Balanced wandered among the bright loudness of the first days of the Market. Kin were running and laughing, oohing and ahhing over new familiars and hinting at gifts made for another. Of course, there were tricks too - it cant be all treats!

"Climb a mountain? I can climb a Mountain. Im *very* good at climbing!" he stated quite boldly and headed on towards the path. Muttering softly, "Im sure its not dangerous. Or messy. Who would be so reckless?"

Hearing a bit of scuttling over lose sand, he saw... horrible little critters with even more horrible little claws! "No thank you!" he declared as he hoped to a little rock, perfect for his height. "That counts as climbing, surely."

He stood and looked around, ears up. Searching for danger. Breathing out checking for traps. Takign little tiny hoofsteps to make sure all was well.

And...... well. It was. He tossed his head as if very clever to avoid surely dangerous and dastardly traps, he moved up another step. This was SO EASY!

The next step was clean, and broad and he moved along but... EEEEP! He froze, staring, at the tiny, adorable, bright pink baby crab that danced along the edge, claws snickersnacking. He did not move a muscle til it danced on out of sight.

"Escaped that horrible monster! Im a hero!" And he hoped up and swanned through the next step, goodness, this is a treat walk. He puffed up, sure he was in the lead. He was going to WIN.

Wait... what was he going to win... was it familars.... "OH NO, what if its CRABS?!"

You're my new best mate!
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Starrydance wrote:

Number of steps added: +1

Would Strange Creature's singing bolster another kin? Yes! Would it stop her lizard from committing more unspeakable violence against the crab populace? Unknown!

You're my new best mate!
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Scaramouche Fandango

Number of steps added: 3 steps!

You give your friend a push from behind and put more force into than either of you expected. +3 steps

You're my new best mate!
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Scaramouche Fandango wrote: ↑Mon Dec 02, 2024 2:45 am

Number of steps added: +3

Perched on his winning rock, he heard a happy little song behind him and he couldnt help but sing along, and hopped up to the next rock to belt out the chorus.

Calling back before they came into view, he encouraged them to be strong and fast like the mountain itself!

Should have stated this in the rules, and I will amend those soon, but if someone helps(or hinders) you please update your post with your new step count!

Thanks!

Also, the opossum goes home with you if you decide to win one over - I made sure that was clear in the opossum adoption post as well.
You get opossum art.

I'm the captain of this ship...
Username: Astoria
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Number of steps: -2 steps
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Gurl lmfao. Rp to come .

3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: cashmeresky
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Tell me a dad joke: Why can't you give a cow a pedicure? Because they... lactose

3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: cashmeresky
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Tell me a dad joke: Why did the pirate go to the gym? They wanted more booty.

I'm the captain of this ship...
Username: cashmeresky
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Number of steps: 5
RP? gimme a bit tba

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The climb is harder than last year, but you've got this! Baby steps, friend. Baby steps. +1 step
Nothing particularly exciting happens. You keep on moving on. + 1 step
The wind sprays you with salt water and a little bird sings off in the distance. It's so pleasant and encourages you to keep going. + 2 steps
You find a nice little notch in the rock to use as footing, but a tiny lil crab is in there! It's so cute! You don't move for awhile.
Nothing particularly exciting happens. You keep on moving on. + 1 step

3.14% of sailors are Pi-rates!
Username: Astraea
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Tell me a dad joke: How do ye turn a pirate furious?

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Take away the “p.”