a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Will do!

Show me what you mean!

Welcome to Cryptic Stitching!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Cryptic Stitching is an interactive fiction game based on the StoryNexus engine. In order to progress through the game, you draw "cards" from the deck that will appear on the screen before you, and choose your response to each card.

Click the "Onward" button down in the corner. You'll see an empty row of cards and a deck. Click the deck to draw a card.

Only one card will appear this time, but in the future, you'll get up to three cards when you draw.

You are experiencing the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


I'm familiar with these games already.

Get me out of this tutorial!

You know, I spent ages writing this thing.

I labored over a hot keyboard...sniffle...and it was uphill, both ways...and there were wolves...

Nah, you're good. Carry on!

You have completed the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Finally...

Unlocked when experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial! is:

One last thing.
<br>
You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this...

Always

Always


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Yeah, but I have it in writing that I asked you not to.

We call that plausible deniability.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun and thank you for playing!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


You Have Arrived!

Unlocked with a stranger 1 - you have 1; Unlocked when experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial! is:

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe...

Always

Always


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


It's A Girl!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Female!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Brave and Loyal

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a stuffed dog

You have been known to herd things occasionally. Ducks. Small rocks. Other stuffed animals.

Man's best friend, if there were any men, which there aren't because it's not that kind of world.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

Woof!

0 change points, 3 more needed to reach level 3.

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

0 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 2.

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 2!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Rootless and Roofless

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Outcast

Not that you're going to tell HIM that.

You were outcast from your tribe for--well, no need to get into the details, really. There was the incident. And the other incident. And...um. Well.

You smile at the guard and say "Just looking for a change of view."

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

An occurrence! Your 'Outcast' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

You're wearing a cloak!

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

You can make friends!

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You have moved to a new area: Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You're a newcomer to Moon-Stuffing Camp!

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Click this card!

See? It's easy!

Now, some cards will appear in a row at the bottom of the screen. These cards are semi-permanent--they may change when you move between areas, but you can always get them back by returning to the original area.

You may sometimes find that you cannot use one of the choices on a card, because you lack the requirements for one of the options. Or you may find that new choices have unlocked, allowing you access to different responses. Check back often, particularly on permanent cards, to see what has changed.

Sometimes

Sometimes

You can click this one because it has no requirements.

(Don't worry, there's nothing exciting on that other card anyway.)

But you cannot access this choice.

If you hover your mouse over the little box with the feather to the right, you'll see that you require a Cloak of Feathers to access this choice.

            1
            You need 1 x Cloak of Feathers  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Cloak of Feathers


Look Around The Camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


A note about action points...

Click this card!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Clicking this choice cost you no actions, as a mouseover should have informed you. It costs one action point to click the deck and draw three cards, which can then be played without costing action points.

Permanent cards, on the other hand, usually require an action point to play. You can click the cards at any time to read them, then select "Perhaps Not" if you don't wish to use that card right away.

If you have a card in your hand, however, it will stay in your hand until you play it or move to a different area.

You are experiencing the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Speaking of Action Points...

...you may notice that you only have twenty of them! (Actually you should have nineteen right now.)

You get twenty turns to begin with. These turns gradually refresh, on a timer visible over top of the draw pile.

Once your turns are exhausted, you must wait for the turns to refresh before playing any more, or purchase more turns with the Storynexus currency, "Nex." (If you wish to do this, it's between you and StoryNexus, and I have nothing to do with the transaction.)

There is currently no content in Cryptic Stitching that requires Nex to access, it's just a matter of patience and waiting for the turns to refresh.

Always

Always

Got it!

Action points. Timers. Nex. I'm on top of it.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

You haven't been here long...

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you...

More Yurts Than Expected

Unlocked when learning about the Ones Who Came Before is:

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered...


I had total faith that you would be.

By the way, if you go over to the little sidebar on your left, you'll see three tabs, which say "Me," "More," and "Items." Click "More."

This will bring up a box with the words "Accomplishment" and "Story." If you hit the little plus-mark, it'll show you your current list of accomplishments.

You've only got one accomplishment at the moment, but you'll rapidly acquire many more. Visit this sidebar to keep track of skills, quests, items and goals.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


You haven't been here long...

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you. She's a plump Tangerine Rabbit, and she looks delighted to see you.

"Welcome!" she says. "I'm glad you found your way here. So many haven't, you know." She waves to the yurts surrounding the central fires. "Please, make yourself at home. We have an empty guest yurt---the one down on the end, with the blue hide drape---and you're welcome to use it as long as you like."

Sometimes

Sometimes

They're giving you a yurt?

Well, they're certainly welcoming.

            1
            You need Outcast 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Outcast 1 - you have 1


Always

Always


Not like your old tribe.

They're giving you a yurt?

Well, they're certainly welcoming.

            1
            You need Outcast 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Outcast 1 - you have 2

Not after the unpleasantness, anyway. Your old tribe wouldn't let you sleep in one of their longhouses if it was on fire.

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Home is where the hearth is.

You've gained 1 x Outcast (new total 2).


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


How to Play

So now what do you do?

Well, that's up to you. Click the deck of cards to deal out events. Playing those will cause things to happen. You can practice skills, gain items, or simply advance the plot. The choices you make will often influence what cards, exactly, will come up.

Other cards, down at the bottom, may also cause the plot to advance, so check those occasionally to see what new options have popped up.

Some cards will show up only once, while others will show up repeatedly. If you find yourself getting the same cards over and over, or if the challenges are too difficult for your current skill level, it may be time to move to another area.

Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


More Yurts Than Expected

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered.

Not to mention the cliff-dwellings built into the overhanging rock wall...

Sometimes

Sometimes

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A high-risk challenge


Moving to another area is fairly easy.

Got it.

How to Play

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Once you have the "Travel the Valley" card at the bottom of your screen, you can use that to move around, go hunting, and visit new areas.

You have completed the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


"Oh, we didn't build those."

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Savage-Buttons, one of the Teddy-bears, laughs. "We're good, but not that good. No, a lot of this was here when we got here. The cliffs...about half of the yurts..." He shakes his head. "All standing empty."

 "Wool-Stuffing Tribe, across the water-meadow, has some legends about the area being inhabited, but they don't remember what used to be here."

Just who WERE the Ones Who Came Before?


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


We call that plausible deniability.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun and thank you for playing!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Your New Yurt

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes

You're not ready to be tied down to a yurt.


Always

Always


Once you have a semi-permanent address, people can find you. They start showing up with casseroles and house-warming presents and junk mail. You're just not ready to face all that.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Talk to the plushes in camp

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush...

Earn Some Amber

Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

A Yurt you've never seen (you have this)

The Guest Yurt

The Guest Yurt--Now With Indoor Pool

The Guest Yurt--Now With Pool & Love Nest

A Yurt of Your Own

; Unlocked when Newcomer to Camp is:

The Tangerine Rabbit needs someone to scrape hides to make leather...


It's A Boy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Male!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Earn Some Amber

The Tangerine Rabbit needs someone to scrape hides to make leather.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take an armload back to your yurt.

Hey, it's money.


Not glamorous work...

Hey, it's money.

You sit in front of your yurt with a scraper and a pile of hides. By the end, there's a blizzard of fabric fur everywhere and your arm is tired, but the Tangerine Rabbit is very pleased.

You've gained 3 x Amber (new total 6).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Weasel Invicti!

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a patchwork weasel

Brightly colored, if well-worn, your senses are keen, your teeth are sharp, and your attention span is nonexistent.

Patchwork Weasels tend to wander around a lot, easily distracted by the next adventure, the next shiny object, or the next meal.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

You're a weasel! Weasels are awesom--HEY, LOOK, SHINY THING!

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

0 change points, 4 more needed to reach level 4.

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 3!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Talk to the plushes in camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush. There are many different species represented here, from the fierce Teddy-bears formerly of Sun-Stitch Clan to small, fierce Hummingbirds from Jewelwing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Keep your distance.

Have they heard of you? Do they know?


Rootless and Roofless

You Approach The Path

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Outcast

Not that you're going to tell HIM that.

You were outcast from your tribe for--well, no need to get into the details, really. There was the incident. And the other incident. And...um. Well.

You smile at the guard and say "Just looking for a change of view."

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

An occurrence! Your 'Outcast' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Apparently not.

Keep your distance.

Have they heard of you? Do they know?

            1
            You need Outcast 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with Outcast 1 - you have 3

If anyone here knows about the...unpleasantness...they either aren't talking or don't know it's you.

Changing your name was probably a good idea.

You've gained 1 x Outcast (new total 3).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


The Little Pink Hedgehog

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

You haven't been in a gathering this large in awhile. There's a lot of unfamiliar faces. You begin to wander from campfire to campfire.

Well...that was the plan. Actually, you make it about ten feet when the Little Pink Hedgehog descends on you. This small fuschia dynamo barely comes up to your collarbone and is carrying a plate full of stuffing steak.

"Have you eaten?" she demands.

Sometimes

Sometimes


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 1. This will unlock more stories.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Weasel' Quality has gone!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


"Surely you've got a little room..."

The Little Pink Hedgehog is an excellent cook, and apparently thinks you are on the edge of dying of starvation. You finally crawl away after your fourth helping, clutching a bag of leftovers to your chest.

People are starting to recognize you around the campfire...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Cleaning the Catch

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing have gone fishing in the nearby stream, and come home with a load of trout...

Your New Yurt

Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

A Yurt you've never seen (you have this)

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid...


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


Cleaning the Catch

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing have gone fishing in the nearby stream, and come home with a load of trout.

Fish is on the menu tonight, but they could use some help preparing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help clean the fish

You have to get the nasty bits out, or it fouls the stuffing.

Offer to help with the fire

You'd like to help, but...ew. Fish guts.


It's Fuzzy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

It's nobody's damn business is what it is.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Fuzzy!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


There's plenty of work to do...

You manage to avoid the ickier tasks while still being useful digging the firepit and wrapping fish filets in fresh hay. A long slow cook atop hot rocks, and you've got a feast fit for Plushthanga himself.

One of the fisherman gives you a couple of the more attractive sequined scales by way of gratitude.

You now have 1 x Fish Scales.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Probably Not An Ostrich, Anyway

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a vaguely stuffed-animal shaped...thing.

...I don't know, is that a seal? Maybe a marmot? Something, anyway.

Either from long wear or inept stitching, nobody's quite sure what species you are. And that's just fine with you.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

You're...um...possibly a seal? Maybe a wolf?

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Vague

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Your New Yurt

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes


A little cleaning and it's good as new.

You spend a not-unpleasant hour beating rugs and cleaning ashes out of the firepit. The smokehole is clear of cobwebs and you convince the dust lemmings to migrate somewhere else for the moment.

Home is where the hearth is.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Fish Scales

Made of extremely sturdy sequins.


Wandering Plush

You Approach The Path

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Wanderer

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

The urge to travel is in your blood. Or whatever passes for blood in stuffed animals.

You've traveled all over, from the burning deserts of the south to the ice-wall of the far north.

To the guard, you say "Just one more place I haven't been yet."

He nods, satisfied.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

An occurrence! Your 'Wanderer' Quality is now 1!

Your 'Outcast' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Vague

You're...a rabbit? Maybe a bear? Something like that?

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Your Yurt

Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

The Guest Yurt (you have this)

The Guest Yurt--Now With Indoor Pool

The Guest Yurt--Now With Pool & Love Nest

A Yurt of Your Own

The howling winds off the glacier don't penetrate the walls of your yurt...

Always

Always


Your Yurt

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The howling winds off the glacier don't penetrate the walls of your yurt. The fire is warm. You can roast stuffing over it and make a nice cup of tea and settle in, secure against the elements.

Always

Always

Feed the birds

There are small, finch-like birds that hop around outside your yurt. Maybe they'd like some grain...

            1
            You need 1 x Grain  (you have 0)

            1
            Unlocked with 1 x Grain


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Will do!

Show me what you mean!

Welcome to Cryptic Stitching!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Cryptic Stitching is an interactive fiction game based on the StoryNexus engine. In order to progress through the game, you draw "cards" from the deck that will appear on the screen before you, and choose your response to each card.

Click the "Onward" button down in the corner. You'll see an empty row of cards and a deck. Click the deck to draw a card.

Only one card will appear this time, but in the future, you'll get up to three cards when you draw.

You are experiencing the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


I'm familiar with these games already.

Get me out of this tutorial!

I labored over a hot keyboard...sniffle...and it was uphill, both ways...and there were wolves...

Nah, you're good. Carry on!

You have completed the awe-inspiring tutorial!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Always


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


Click this card!

See? It's easy!

Now, some cards will appear in a row at the bottom of the screen. These cards are semi-permanent--they may change when you move between areas, but you can always get them back by returning to the original area.

You may sometimes find that you cannot use one of the choices on a card, because you lack the requirements for one of the options. Or you may find that new choices have unlocked, allowing you access to different responses. Check back often, particularly on permanent cards, to see what has changed.

Sometimes

Sometimes

(Don't worry, there's nothing exciting on that other card anyway.)

But you cannot access this choice.

If you hover your mouse over the little box with the feather to the right, you'll see that you require a Cloak of Feathers to access this choice.


Thank you.

Really, I hope you DO love the game and want to tell people about it, I just don't wanna be That Person.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


A note about action points...

Clicking this choice cost you no actions, as a mouseover should have informed you. It costs one action point to click the deck and draw three cards, which can then be played without costing action points.

Permanent cards, on the other hand, usually require an action point to play. You can click the cards at any time to read them, then select "Perhaps Not" if you don't wish to use that card right away.

If you have a card in your hand, however, it will stay in your hand until you play it or move to a different area.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


Speaking of Action Points...

...you may notice that you only have twenty of them! (Actually you should have nineteen right now.)

You get twenty turns to begin with. These turns gradually refresh, on a timer visible over top of the draw pile.

Once your turns are exhausted, you must wait for the turns to refresh before playing any more, or purchase more turns with the Storynexus currency, "Nex." (If you wish to do this, it's between you and StoryNexus, and I have nothing to do with the transaction.)

There is currently no content in Cryptic Stitching that requires Nex to access, it's just a matter of patience and waiting for the turns to refresh.

Always

Got it!

Action points. Timers. Nex. I'm on top of it.


You Have Arrived!

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


I had total faith that you would be.

By the way, if you go over to the little sidebar on your left, you'll see three tabs, which say "Me," "More," and "Items." Click "More."

This will bring up a box with the words "Accomplishment" and "Story." If you hit the little plus-mark, it'll show you your current list of accomplishments.

You've only got one accomplishment at the moment, but you'll rapidly acquire many more. Visit this sidebar to keep track of skills, quests, items and goals.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


It's A Girl!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...female?

You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Female!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.


Always

Always


How to Play

So now what do you do?

Well, that's up to you. Click the deck of cards to deal out events. Playing those will cause things to happen. You can practice skills, gain items, or simply advance the plot. The choices you make will often influence what cards, exactly, will come up.

Other cards, down at the bottom, may also cause the plot to advance, so check those occasionally to see what new options have popped up.

Some cards will show up only once, while others will show up repeatedly. If you find yourself getting the same cards over and over, or if the challenges are too difficult for your current skill level, it may be time to move to another area.

Always


Sometimes it's better to be small

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a velveteen mouse

Smaller than other stuffed animals, you are often underestimated. Plus you're adorable.

You're not very good at outright battle, but you can go places that others can't. Enemies sometimes overlook you.

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 3!

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

You're a mouse!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Mouse

You're small and sleek. People often underestimate you.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Moving to another area is fairly easy.

Once you have the "Travel the Valley" card at the bottom of your screen, you can use that to move around, go hunting, and visit new areas.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


Rootless and Roofless

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Outcast

Not that you're going to tell HIM that.

You were outcast from your tribe for--well, no need to get into the details, really. There was the incident. And the other incident. And...um. Well.

You smile at the guard and say "Just looking for a change of view."

An occurrence! Your 'Outcast' Quality is now 1!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Finally...

One last thing.

You may see on this card, there's a little button that says "Like this." And then, down at the bottom, when you've selected a choice, there's another button that says "Like this."

If you want to Tweet what's happening in your game, you can hit one of those buttons, and it will tell the entire universe.

Please use this sparingly.

I'm thrilled you like the game, but if you spam everybody you know with tweet after tweet about it, people will hate it. And because the universe is unfair, they will decide they hate me.

So...moderation. That's all I ask.

Always

Always

To heck with you!

I don't care if my friends hate you! I shall spam where and how I please!


We call that plausible deniability.

Now! You're up to speed, you're ready to play--have fun and thank you for playing!

CREATOR'S NOTE: The game you are about to play goes only to the end of Act 1. There are cliff-hangers, and alas, as Failbetter Games is no longer developing this engine, there is likely not to be an Act 2 in this particular format.

This does not mean that this story will never be resolved, but it may be somewhere else, or a comic, or a book, or Great Plushthanga only knows what. I say this now so that you go in with your eyes open and do not send me hate mail when you reach the end.

I love this world and there are things I'd like to do, but...we'll see what happens.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Always

Always


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 1. This will unlock more stories.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Mouse' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Outcast

You were exiled from your tribe after the....unpleasantness.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


It's Fuzzy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

It's nobody's damn business is what it is.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Fuzzy!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed


Always

Always


You Have Arrived!

Always


Brave and Loyal

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a stuffed dog

You have been known to herd things occasionally. Ducks. Small rocks. Other stuffed animals.

Man's best friend, if there were any men, which there aren't because it's not that kind of world.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

Woof!

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 2!


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sleek and Sly

A guard steps forward

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

...a fuzzy fox!

Bright-eyed, sharp-toothed, and fuzzier than a really fuzzy thing!

Your senses are sharp and your teeth are gleaming. Unfortunately for you, you're mostly made of fur, but you make up for that in cunning.

You're very much a fox!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Seeking Safe Haven

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Refugee

You are fleeing from something. Perhaps the same thing that brought Moon-Stuffing Tribe to this Valley.

The Eaters-of-Plush were not kind to your tribe. You are the last survivor of your clan, hoping to make a new life here. Or somewhere.

The guard nods sympathetically at your explanation. "Welcome, friend," he says.

Memories of your homeland are never far away.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.


experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Dog

It's a dog-eat-plush world out there...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Wandering Plush

...Wanderer

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

The urge to travel is in your blood. Or whatever passes for blood in stuffed animals.

You've traveled all over, from the burning deserts of the south to the ice-wall of the far north.

To the guard, you say "Just one more place I haven't been yet."

He nods, satisfied.

An occurrence! Your 'Wanderer' Quality is now 1!

Your 'Outcast' Quality has gone!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


That was a close one!

Reconsider your life

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

Wait! Hang on! I filled that out incorrectly! I want to be something else!

(Selecting this option will return you to the beginning where you may re-select your species.)

You nearly went through life as that one thing, instead of that other thing! That'd give somebody a complex, it would.

Your 'Gender' Quality has gone!

Your 'Dog' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You Approach The Path

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Always

Always


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You have moved to a new area: Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You're a newcomer to Moon-Stuffing Camp!

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


You Have Arrived!

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

After a long and wearying journey, you arrive in the Valley of Roon, the new homeland of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe.

It is a large, prosperous valley on the edge of the great Patchwork Steppes. Moon-Stuffing fled here to escape the depredations of the terrible Eaters-of-Plush.

The inhabitants are wary of strangers, but sympathetic to those also displaced from their homelands.

Before your adventure begins, a few questions are in order...

Are you...

Always

Always

...fuzzy?

(Seriously, we're all stuffed animals here, so it doesn't really matter, except for pronouns.)


It's A Boy!

What Manner Of Beast Are You?

As you approach the outskirts of Moon-Stuffing Clan's encampment, the guards look up at you. What manner of stuffed animal do they see?

...probably.

An occurrence! Your 'Gender' Quality is now Male!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 2. This will unlock more stories.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Look Around The Camp

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weasel Invicti!

A guard steps forward

"What brings you here, stranger?"
<p>
You consider how much of your history to tell him.

...a patchwork weasel

Brightly colored, if well-worn, your senses are keen, your teeth are sharp, and your attention span is nonexistent.

Patchwork Weasels tend to wander around a lot, easily distracted by the next adventure, the next shiny object, or the next meal.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 3. This will unlock more stories.

You're a weasel! Weasels are awesom--HEY, LOOK, SHINY THING!

An occurrence! Your 'Fierce' Quality is now 2!

An occurrence! Your 'Keen' Quality is now 3!

An occurrence! Your 'Cuddly' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Sturdy' Quality is now 1!


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Refugee

You've fled from something terrible.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

The Bread Oven

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


You haven't been here long...

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you. She's a plump Tangerine Rabbit, and she looks delighted to see you.

"Welcome!" she says. "I'm glad you found your way here. So many haven't, you know." She waves to the yurts surrounding the central fires. "Please, make yourself at home. We have an empty guest yurt---the one down on the end, with the blue hide drape---and you're welcome to use it as long as you like."

Sometimes

Sometimes

Well, it's a nice thought.

You really don't stay anywhere long enough to need a permanent residence.

            1
            You need Wanderer 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Wanderer 1 - you have 1


A Plush Without A Past

You Approach The Path

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

A cold breeze swirls around you as you approach the pathway down. It is soft, but chilled by the glaciers.

...Confused

Wait, are you from around here?  Mommy? You're getting confused again. Better play it cool.

You're from--somewhere. Over there, maybe. By that rock. Or not. You were doing...something. Have you suffered a blow to the head, or have you chosen to forget your past for inscrutable reasons of your own?

The guard has seen crazy plushes before. Apparently you seem harmless, because he lets you in anyway.

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 4. This will unlock more stories.

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

An occurrence! Your 'Mysterious' Quality is now 1!

Your 'Refugee' Quality has gone!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


"Wanderlust, eh?"

Well, it's a nice thought.

You haven't been here long...

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

            1
            You need Wanderer 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Wanderer 1 - you have 2

The Tangerine Rabbit smiles fondly. "I knew a fine young Rabbit like that once. Years and years ago...well, never mind that. You're welcome to use the yurt as long as you're here, and when you move on, we'll see that someone else gets the use of it."

Home is where the hearth is.

You've gained 1 x Wanderer (new total 2).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Fuel for the Fire

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires...


The Clothes On Your Back

Enter The Valley

The guards nod to you and allow you to pass into the valley below. Your adventure begins now!

It's Warm. Ish.

You draw your cloak more tightly around you.

You have only the cloak on your back and a few amber beads strung in your fur. Will it be enough to make your mark on the Valley of Roon?

You're wearing a cloak!

An occurrence! Your 'Tattered Cloak' Quality is now 1!

An occurrence! Your 'Amber' Quality is now 3!

You started with a quality called "A Stranger", which has just changed to level 5. This will unlock more stories.

You can defend yourself. Hopefully.

You can make friends!

You could probably wear something at your waist, if you had a belt...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

experienced the awe-inspiring tutorial!

Are you awed? I'm awed!

a stranger

A past yet to be revealed

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Act I: A Stranger Comes To Town

Descend into the valley

Enter The Valley

Entering The Valley

You've just arrived in the Valley of Roon...

The path down is broad and easily navigated. You smell the smoke of cooking fires below you.

You have arrived at the main camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe. Yurts circle a central gathering area, dotted with firepits. Stuffed animals of various species look up with interest as you enter camp.

You have moved to a new area: Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

Your "A Stranger" quality has gone. Welcome to the world!

You're a newcomer to Moon-Stuffing Camp!

You've begun Act I

You have entered the Valley!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


The Bread Oven

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay.

They're kept running at a low level all the time. The chimneys heat several of the cliff rooms and the camp uses the ovens to warm up cold food or to cook things that require a long, slow heat.

The downside, of course, is that somebody has to check the fires regularly.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A high-risk challenge

It's not all that hard. It's just boring.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


You can watch a fire all day long.

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge

Somebody wants a fire watched, you are <i>there.</i>

2 change points, 2 more needed to reach level 4.

Keen has increased to 3!

You succeeded in a Keen challenge! (Risky challenges mean you learn more.)


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Sometimes

Sometimes

Get Your Bearings

Check out those yurts!
<p>

Take a look around. See what you can see.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


That's A Yurt, All Right.

Get Your Bearings

Look Around The Camp

Check out those yurts!
<p>

The Camp of Moon-Stuffing Tribe consists of dozens of yurts of various sizes, arranged around a central area like spokes of a wheel. The stony wall of the valley rises behind the yurts. A few campfires flicker inside the cliff-dwellings there.

Most yurts have their own firepit inside and the smoke from the smokeholes fills the air with a pungent aroma.

(Yes, they're burning woolen mammoth dung. Wood is much too valuable to waste on cooking. And you hardly notice it on the meat. Honestly, some people prefer the flavor.)


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Your New Yurt

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Once you have a semi-permanent address, people can find you. They start showing up with casseroles and house-warming presents and junk mail. You're just not ready to face all that.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


More Yurts Than Expected

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

Moon-Stuffing Clan has been in this valley for about two years now, if you understand correctly, but you can't help but notice that there are a lot more yurts than you'd expect, and many of them look surprisingly weathered.

Not to mention the cliff-dwellings built into the overhanging rock wall...

Sometimes

Sometimes

Ask someone

"What's up with the cliff-dwellings?"

Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge


Fuel for the Fire

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires.

They invite you to come with them.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Oh no.

You know what they burn in the fires here. No way.

Sure!

You're glad to help.


Make your own observations...

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge

Your observational skills aren't worth much.

Eventually you give up and ask someone.

Savage-Buttons, one of the Teddy-bears, laughs. "We're good, but not that good. No, a lot of this was here when we got here. The cliffs...about half of the yurts..." He shakes his head. "All standing empty."

 "Wool-Stuffing Tribe, across the water-meadow, has some legends about the area being inhabited, but they don't remember what used to be here."

Keen is increasing...

Keen 3 failed in a challenge! (When you try a challenge that's difficult for you, you learn more even when you fail.)

Just who WERE the Ones Who Came Before?


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


"Maybe next time!"

They leave without you, waving cheerfully.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Making Beds

Most of the yurts have dirt floors, which is sensible, since there's a lot of dirt to go around. Unfortunately, when you live in a permafrost zone, dirt floors are either really cold or really squishy. A layer of sod and hay keeps everything useable, but it's still better to keep your bed off the floor, which is why most of Moon-Stuffing sleeps on raised platforms, on pallets stuffed with dried grasses and hay.

Some members of the camp are turning out the old bedding and collecting new.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Offer to help

They're giving you a bed, the least you can do is help make it!

Undoubtedly there is something else you can be doing.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Offer to help

Making Beds

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

"Great! Take an end, and I'll take the other one..."

Between you and the Lime Rabbit, you turn out a half-dozen beds, evict small, squeaking dust lemmings, and freshen them up with armloads of new bedding.

Some of the grasses had dried seed heads attached. You pocket a handful.

You now have 1 x Grain.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


Talk to the plushes in camp

Moon-Stuffing Clan is only a clan in the loosest sense, made from the stragglers of many tribes that have joined together in their flight from the Eaters-of-Plush. There are many different species represented here, from the fierce Teddy-bears formerly of Sun-Stitch Clan to small, fierce Hummingbirds from Jewelwing.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Plushes from many backgrounds...

You recognize many from your travels, but others are new to you.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


You're always interested in new lands.

Plushes from many backgrounds...

            1
            You need Wanderer 1 (you have 3)

            1
            Unlocked with Wanderer 1 - you have 3

Several of the members of Moon-Stuffing Clan are from places you've never visited. A Belligerent Hummingbird from Jewelwing is happy to tell you all about his homeland, in more detail than even you desire.

You've gained 1 x Wanderer (new total 3).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!


The Bread Oven

At the base of the cliff dwelling, there are two large outdoor ovens built of clay.

They're kept running at a low level all the time. The chimneys heat several of the cliff rooms and the camp uses the ovens to warm up cold food or to cook things that require a long, slow heat.

The downside, of course, is that somebody has to check the fires regularly.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A tough challenge

It's not all that hard. It's just boring.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Ack!

Take your turn watching.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

A very chancy challenge

You dozed off! Fortunately, there's still a few embers and you hurriedly build it back up before anyone notices.

0 change points, 5 more needed to reach level 5.

Keen has increased to 4!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Your New Yurt

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes


You haven't been here long...

...when one of the Elders of Moon-Stuffing Tribe comes bustling up to you. She's a plump Tangerine Rabbit, and she looks delighted to see you.

"Welcome!" she says. "I'm glad you found your way here. So many haven't, you know." She waves to the yurts surrounding the central fires. "Please, make yourself at home. We have an empty guest yurt---the one down on the end, with the blue hide drape---and you're welcome to use it as long as you like."

Sometimes

Sometimes

They're giving you a yurt?

            1
            You need Mysterious 1 (you have 1)

            1
            Unlocked with Mysterious 1 - you have 1


A little cleaning and it's good as new.

You spend a not-unpleasant hour beating rugs and cleaning ashes out of the firepit. The smokehole is clear of cobwebs and you convince the dust lemmings to migrate somewhere else for the moment.

Home is where the hearth is.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

The Little Pink Hedgehog

You haven't been in a gathering this large in awhile...


You remember yurts!

They're giving you a yurt?

            1
            You need Mysterious 1 (you have 2)

            1
            Unlocked with Mysterious 1 - you have 2

Or were those hogans? Or maybe it was just a yurt-shaped rock...no, definitely a yurt.

Unless it was a longhouse?

The Tangerine Rabbit waits patiently while you puzzle through this and hardly rolls her eyes at all.

Home is where the hearth is.

You've gained 1 x Mysterious (new total 2).


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Fuel for the Fire

A party of plushes is going out to collect fuel for the many campfires.

They invite you to come with them.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Oh no.

You know what they burn in the fires here. No way.

Sure!

You're glad to help.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


"Great!" says the Tangerine Rabbit.

Sure!

You're glad to help.

"Here's a bag for your dried mammoth dung!"

...Ah. Yes.

It's a cheerful bunch and you enjoy the company of the others, but you still feel absolutely filthy afterwards.

The Tangerine Rabbit thoughtfully provides you with some soap when you get back to camp.

You now have 1 x Soap.


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Earn Some Amber

Camp of Moon-Stuffing Clan

The central camp of the Moon-Stuffing Tribe

The Tangerine Rabbit needs someone to scrape hides to make leather.

Sometimes

Sometimes

Take an armload back to your yurt.

Hey, it's money.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


You beg off, pleading carpal seam syndrome.

The Tangerine Rabbit winks at you. "Oh, don't worry. I know it's boring work, honey."


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Your Yurt

The howling winds off the glacier don't penetrate the walls of your yurt. The fire is warm. You can roast stuffing over it and make a nice cup of tea and settle in, secure against the elements.

Always

Feed the birds

There are small, finch-like birds that hop around outside your yurt. Maybe they'd like some grain...


Your New Yurt

The guest yurt needs a little cleaning, but the walls are solid. It's at least ten degrees warmer inside, out of the wind.

Sometimes

Sometimes


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always

Earn Some Amber

Unlocked when Your Hearth is:

A Yurt you've never seen

The Guest Yurt (you have this)

The Guest Yurt--Now With Indoor Pool

The Guest Yurt--Now With Pool & Love Nest

A Yurt of Your Own

; Unlocked when Newcomer to Camp is:


The Little Pink Hedgehog

You haven't been in a gathering this large in awhile. There's a lot of unfamiliar faces. You begin to wander from campfire to campfire.

Well...that was the plan. Actually, you make it about ten feet when the Little Pink Hedgehog descends on you. This small fuschia dynamo barely comes up to your collarbone and is carrying a plate full of stuffing steak.

"Have you eaten?" she demands.

Sometimes

Sometimes


Once you have a semi-permanent address, people can find you. They start showing up with casseroles and house-warming presents and junk mail. You're just not ready to face all that.


Cloak

Stuffed animals don't go in for a lot of clothing, but everybody needs a good cloak to keep the rain off.

Tattered Cloak

Its protection is more psychological than practical.

Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Belt

It would hold your pants up. If you wore pants.

Companionship

Do you have a friend? Alternately, do you have a pet?

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

learning about the Ones Who Came Before

Who were those mysterious people?

Mysterious

Your past is a mystery, even to you. Perhaps especially to you.

Weasel

Patchwork! Colorful! Extremely twitchy!

Gender

Your gender. Such as it is. Given that you're a sentient stuffed animal and all.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Amber

Bits of fossilized tree sap. The currency of Roon. Oooh! This one has a bug in it!

Grain

Part of a balanced breakfast!


The Hedgehog's eyes are round with horror.

"Oh, you poor thing! You must be starving! Let me feed you!"

The Little Pink Hedgehog is an excellent cook, and apparently thinks you are on the edge of dying of starvation. You finally crawl away after your fourth helping, clutching a bag of leftovers to your chest.

People are starting to recognize you around the campfire...


Weapon

Equip your pointy things here.

Newcomer to Camp

You're new in town...

Wanderer

You're eager to see strange new lands! Well...fairly strange, anyway.

Fox

You're as sly as you are fuzzy.

Your Hearth

Home is where the hearth is. Particularly in the middle of an Ice Age.

Keen

How sharp are your senses?

Fierce

Just how dangerous are you?

Cuddly

So huggable!

Sturdy

How much pounding can you take before your seams give out?

Soap

Essential to keeping your fabric clean.


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always


Sometimes

Sometimes

Always

Always