>>6287834The warmth of the lake wrapped around Tahlra, luring her deeper. She let the vent’s current draw her into its narrow throat, her hands tracing the smooth, volcanic walls that pulsed faintly with heat.
The shaft widened suddenly into a great underwater cavern, lit in flickers by molten seams in the stone. Steam curled in ghostly ribbons from the vents, swirling in strange, deliberate patterns.
From the largest vent, a figure began to take form not solid, but a living dance of embers and light. Two bright coals marked its eyes, and its shape wavered between human and flame. Tahlra felt no fear, only a deep, quiet recognition, as though the lake itself had been expecting her.
The spirit did not speak with words. Instead, warmth blossomed in her mind an unspoken pact. In return for respect for the lake and its breath, the spirit would lend its guidance. A single ember drifted from its body into her palm, warm but not burning.
When she finally broke the surface, steam rose in plumes around her. The ember still glowed in her hand, pulsing faintly like a heartbeat. She said nothing of what had happened, but from that day forward, the settlement would find the fires in their hearths burning cleaner, hotter, and for longer and a few of the young began to dream of voices in the steam.
>Tahlra encourages those that hear voices to follow them. (Lose workers) >Forbid others from going into the lake.>Forbid Tahlra and other from journeys into the lake.It's Mid-Winter what do you focus on.
>Focus on fishing the lake.>Focus on finding more food sources like herd animals. (Requires leaving lake)>Focus on make bamboo/stone/obsidian tools and weapons>Focus on scouting (Requires leaving lake)>Build fortifications at the entrance of the Crater.>Write in 