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>The civilisation gets -60 Population.
>The civilisation gets -5 Cohesion and Happiness.
The demands of the sealskins are refused – the Vuvovic shall be allowed to revel alongside everyone else and if that makes the Toprocravic uncomfortable, they are welcome to remain in their territory while the other tribes of the Croglatol enjoy the feast. They shall not participate in the festivities.
As for the tree-dwellers, they shall have their hostages. The blood-drinkers oversee the collection of sixty tribespeople from the territory that once belonged to the Glachovic and escort them to the land of the Scagravic. The families of these captives are outraged and upset by this, but they are assured that their loved ones will come back safe and sound. In exchange, the tree-dwellers agree to attend the feast.
On the day before the moon is at its fullest and its brightest, the delegates of the other tribes start to arrive in the Protavic heartland. The representatives of the tree-dwellers are escorted across our tribe's territory by the Vuvovic, while the other clans arrive by boat. They don't just bring their elders and leaders either – they bring gifts as well.
The Rodac bring plenty of dried goat meat, which is considerably tougher than the pork that our tribe is used to and has a much bolder flavour. The Drocravic bring conical loaves of bread, which apparently demonstrate of the transformative power of fire. As for the Bodravic, they bring pots full of viscous black <span class="mu-s">topran</span>, the substance that they use to burn trees. As the wood-burners do not produce any foodstuffs that our tribe does not, they hope that this will suffice as a gift.
As for the Scagravic, they bring bags full of glistening red berries. Just as the leaders of the Protavic are about to thank them for this contribution to the feast, one of them recognises what type of berry it is. It is one of the varieties that the tribe's gatherers are taught to avoid, due to its poisonous nature. When confronted with this revelation, the tree-dwellers are terribly confused and insist that it is not toxic at all. These berries are apparently a staple of their diet – or so they claim.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">reject the gift</span>. The tree-dwellers should be admonished for trying to bring poison to a feast.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">test for poison</span>. Have someone sample the berries and see how his body reacts to them.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">limit consumption</span>. Only the Scagravic should be allowed to eat these berries.
Our tribe could <span class="mu-s">accept the gift</span>. It would be wrong to offend our guests before the feast has even started.
>Reject the gift.
>Test for poison.
>Limit consumption.
>Accept the gift.
