https://rentry.org/GreatBulkInter3Makuhita-anon here, here's another interlude to keep you all busy while I work on Part 6. This focuses on Nickel again; his greed leading to a most unusual mission and a new recruit for his gang.
Shoutouts to Tropius-anon, the cafe in Halcyon was what inspired me to write Thicket in the first place. The stuff in the barrel Cobalt had to lug back to Capim was full of a Cheri Bomb mixture - a combination of Blast Seeds and Cheri Berries, fermented together.