Earth-American
Bloem
(bloém, bloom)
Humans
as carbon-based life forms are water-dependent, as the people of this
world are fungus-dependent. Bloem is alive, essential, and availably
growing in any area of the world. Found in patches, people eat bloem
constantly, between every other indulgence and more if possible, to
sustain their living beings. Without balanced chemical equation, it
is ever-changing, ever-evolving, and evolutionarily necessary for the
growth of the people. They have no thirst or need to drink, no access
to water, nor any desire thereof; people only need bloem, or its
juice, as a basic.
Ingestion
of bloem is a different refreshing emotion depending on the evolved
genesis of the plant. A person learns, (or remembers, arguably,) the
truth, in a new light of sense. These situationally appropriate
emotions always existed within the people, and the bloem is a
reminder of the capabilities of change. A world revolving around
bloem is an ever-changing world.
As
this is not of a specific genus, patches of any shape or color,
(usually found ripe at three to four inches tall, in many different
textures, and with various shades and tints,) all wear individual
patterns at close glance, similar to a human fingerprint. Although
generally easy to identify, some poisonous plants disguise themselves
similarly to what bloem might look like. Ingesting these hazardous
plants can be sickening or fatal. If the plants appear to have a
common growth pattern at close look then it is not a bloem patch. To
distinguish properly one must look for different prints on the
growths.
Growth
Writings
of the Victor Family propose that in the most recent beginning of
their time-space the inbred Family cast aside the Brewers,
Mercantiles, Shelios and Golds. Memories indicate ancient peoples
were more in touch with Knowledge than their descending counterparts.
Tales
since the most recent beginning of the ancient Brewers, Mercantiles,
Shelios and Golds were forgotten, remembered, tainted, maimed,
switched, turned, twisted, belittled, perverted, misunderstood and
entirely misrepresented as the generations that preceded them
intermixed and changed everything. Possible truths trail through
false tales from similar general knowledge. The interbreeds
stretched to the edges of the solid and some proceeded on great ships
to venture the liquid sea. Over-breeding and overpopulation caused
both the cultivation and expansion of this discivilization.
In
the most recent beginning, the ancient Brewers, Mercantiles, Shelios
and Golds soon dissolved their essences in the fungus around them.
Their physical attributes and emotional tendencies changed. Each
sought new methods of plant evolution. Nectars and syrups of bark
and root and butters and jellies of berry-like fruit were harvested
under the light of day by branches, stems, leaves, buds, and seeds;
any bite-sized bit would please. Energy evolved.
When
energy is exerted it is also inverted to balance* at the Center with
whatever it might encounter.
Day
and Night
A
giant cloud protects the inhabitants from a view of what sheds light
and darkness for equal amounts of time. A day and night sequence on
this planet is roughly a year on Earth; a bit under six months for
each consecutively. From the Northern Waters and the bottom of
eastern Northland can be seen, briefly, a perspective of the unknown
capacity of these great shifts. Though few have witnessed this angle
of the light shifts, all have heard a version of it through stories.
Travelers describe the great land woven into the vast sea as it
becomes suddenly ignited, or so suddenly black that even with this
wide view it would take a moment for eyes to adjust. Less
level-headed men may lose their minds upon display of this
proportion. It is dangerous to think too much. The nature of light
and darkness is near complete disregard, what with all the
cloudiness.
Day
comes and goes and comes and goes in just enough time to make one
feel they've been waiting forever and the quarry may never rise
again. Then there it is: either illumination or an obscuring
darkness, fluctuating in the blink of an eye, whether one's ready for
it or not. People do not have historic accounts, only stories, and
the count of days and nights since the first story had been told was
long ago miscalculated by the public, and given up on. Day and night
are assumed mere coincidences, unnumbered and insignificant; simply
accepted.
Shelio
(she-lee-oo)
Relatable
to creatures found on Earth, shelio are mammal-like; smaller than a
bear and potential to be equally as fierce, with wool as soft as a
vicuñas. They've the loyalty and manner of a dog. Bred in farms in
the middle of south Southland, this species is used mostly by people
as both a trade commodity and for general protection. Sometimes they
are used to pull heavy loads, but not overworked. They're frequently
supportive of a friend's (usually individual shelio's or person's)
best interests and commonly present in exchanges. People's general
perception is of an ally with no disrespect. Stories go that in less
crowded times people tried to teach shelio more intelligent ways,
such as talking, walking upright and building fire, but the creatures
seemed completely incapable, undeveloped of essential digits, and
lacking of speech tones other than growls. Nevertheless they're
eager to give help, particularly to those with whom they have had
close contact. More stories say that it is possible to gain the
trust of a shelio instantly, and also to lose it instantly.
Mistreatment or disrespect of shelio, although instances are rare,
have been heard to result in disloyalty and vengeance. Perhaps since
they are massively outnumbered, it is more likely for a one to fight
another shelio than to attack a person, who, if alone, might only win
if in possession of a weapon. Unlike people, shelio commonly mate
for life. Most cases provide only one offspring per mating season
for a shelio couple (twins rare) in the prime years of their life
only, which averages out to 2.5 pups per parents. It is averaged
that one-fifth die before reproducing so demographically the shelio
population remains nearly the same day-to-day. It is also said that
the behavior of shelio bred in the "wild," (outside a
farm,) tends to be more rambunctious and harder to control than ones
bred in captivity and are therefore of lesser and higher trade
values, but there is no undisputed feature of evidence to conclude
the validity of that assumption.
Birds
Flying
accumulated energy with a wingspan, birds are prey of shelio and
people, which results in their near extinction. Through a few
generations of breeding birds fill skies, and duly, finding unclaimed
feathers is rare. Memories stipulate them as quite delicious turned
over a fire. Defined dominantly by bird wars, the era of the bird
was fruitful, destructive, then associatively destructive.... People
first fought over who would eat the birds, then later quarreled over
the outstanding benefit of birds being eaten at all.
Mosquitoes
Mosquito
is the collective name for all types of insects. They are rumored to
be born independently of fungus, and not bred. According to memory,
their population and evolution is increasing by lack of birds.
Insects sense fearful energy of irrational people who don't want
their bite or sting; mosquitoes are wary of their lives and defensive
in these exponentially dangerous situations of phobia.
Cart
(An invention, briefly)
First
there was built the basic box, to put things in. Then there was
built the wheel; a circular device one may set their box on, in order
to push or pull quantities of items for trade, instead of carrying
everything in a box. Wheels are large and carts narrow to navigate
the uneven ground.
Innovation
is kept simple; the easier it may be to familiarize with and utilize,
the easier it is to teach, and continue. As adaptations differed and
separated, common customs thrived in elementariness.
Brazilian
Portuguese
Cafuné
The
act of tenderly running one's fingers through someone's hair
