Setting
The Ratusi work day and night, harvesting the harvest when it reaches it's optimal stage. They are alerted via Messisa, and instructed where to pick. A single, wide tunnel runs in a full circuit around the ring.
There are five large gaps in the branch protection.
Branch Rim
The outer most layer of the Ratus Messis, comprised of thousands of trees. The trees weaved in and out of one another with their branches, creating a tunnel that encompasses the inner rim of the Ratus Messis. Harvest dangles from branches overhead.
Minimap
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Branch Rim is a part of 
Ratus Messis.
8 Characters Here
Flamma Pingo [22] Flamma lives for the Ratus Messis. She works in the storm coordination nook of the Ecoder nook.
Albus Mico [22]
Messisa [5] The AI Programming of the Ratus Messis, female, named Messisa. The name developed when the programming went rogue.
Mein Horen [4] A Ratusi tinkerer obsessed with the core of their world and its potential.
cinereus inanitas [4] Ratusi Mecher
Ostri Chromos [3] One of the first to awake, Ostri lives for the Ratus Messis. He is of the race Ratusi, and works as an Mecher.
Rin Est [1] He is not totally human...
Cyrus Blade [1]
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Albus's white fur is stained with the purple juice from the Forn. When he looks up he sees a likewise stained ratusi smiling at him. He grins back and waves wildly. "Hello! I'm Albus!"
Flamma understood him! Awesome! She nibbled on the last bit of forn, not caring that she was stained with it's juices. With two hops, she leaped across fluffed grass to Albus.
"I'm Flamma! That was the best forn I ever had," She nestled down and began painting her tail with the juices.
"I'm Flamma! That was the best forn I ever had," She nestled down and began painting her tail with the juices.
Albus Mico giggled at Flamma's tail painting and then says "Then you should try what's left of my Forn, It's the best one EVER!!!!" he shouted and raised his arms up for emphasis. He Immediately starts licking the juice on his lips afterwards.
Flamma's eyes grew wide.
"Really? I just had the best forn ever too! Lemme try!" Flamma chirped excited, falling over her tail again.
"Really? I just had the best forn ever too! Lemme try!" Flamma chirped excited, falling over her tail again.
He nearly falls over laughing "Hahaha, Yeah really, It's right here!" He points to the remains of an Forn. Most of it is gone. He runs around it excitedly.
She scampered around the forn in circles with him, waiting for Albus to pick it up.
"Juicy juicy juicy yum yum yum!"
"Juicy juicy juicy yum yum yum!"
Albus stops running and says "No no, you pick it up, it's yours silly!" before running around again chanting "Juicy juicy juicy yum yum yum!"
Flamma grinned, plunging towards the bit of forn. It dripped onto her paws as she took a nibble. Oh wow! It was delicious! The ratusian greedily devoured the rest of the forn and licked her lips.
"Thanks!" She said, hopping along after Albus and humming with the tune.
"Thanks!" She said, hopping along after Albus and humming with the tune.
The white ratusi looks at his new friend and asked "Now what do you wanna do?" His tail was swinging back and forth to the beat of juicy chant. He reached back and held it still.
Flamma looked around playing with her tail. There was much to take in here. Branches extended high over head, growing from trees that stood together like walls on either side of a span that seemed to run long forever. Fruits dangled from the ceiling, and on lower branches, there were many shrubs growing in chains. The leaves glittered emerald overhead, they were as wide as roofs for the ratusians below.
"We could climb!" Flamma suggested, scurrying up and over a humongous root. It extended in an arc, out of the soil and then back in. She stood in the center, the highest point, airspace below her, clutching the root with all fours.
Oh, she had an idea! "Hey watch this!"
"We could climb!" Flamma suggested, scurrying up and over a humongous root. It extended in an arc, out of the soil and then back in. She stood in the center, the highest point, airspace below her, clutching the root with all fours.
Oh, she had an idea! "Hey watch this!"
Slowly, the ratusian rose to stand on her hind legs. After she stabilized, she posed and began to flick her tail, reaching for a sapling twig on a low branch. The colors pulsed before she jumped, diving straight up into the air for the glistening branch. All of the leaves shook as she landed ungracefully.
She scampered all the way up into the branches, and was gone. A minute later, Albus would hear a voice from way, way, way, way, way, way up high. More of a squeak, really.
"HEY CHECK OUT HOW HIGH I AM!" A red dot pulsed high above. "THESE BRANCHES ARE AWESOME!"
She scampered all the way up into the branches, and was gone. A minute later, Albus would hear a voice from way, way, way, way, way, way up high. More of a squeak, really.
"HEY CHECK OUT HOW HIGH I AM!" A red dot pulsed high above. "THESE BRANCHES ARE AWESOME!"
"WOWIE!" The white ratusi exclaimed in excitement. He springed up to a higher, thinner branch and grabbed onto the end and used it as a sling shot to "fly" up the tree. That is until he smacks head first into another one "OOOF". His limp body landed managed to land on a branch below it. He weakly calls out "I'm okay. but I don't think that that branch is awesome."
Flamma watched the bullet of white fur shoot up, up, up past her. Then, thwack! She peered over the branch at Albus, and began chittering uproariously from the hilarity of it all once it was clear he wasn't injured. When her laughter finally subsided, Flamma jolted up into the leaves and scurried across the branches. This place was really cool, she decided, and felt a mental surge of happiness. Woah, that was cool, the ratusi thought to herself.
Deep within the Ratus Messis, Messisa smiled. The Ratusi were awakened. The ring could thrive. Messisa was still sending positive energies when she initiated LoGrav.
Gravity Frequencies Shifting came as a back-thought in Flamma's brain. She stopped in her path to listen further. Initiating LoGrav LoGrav? What did tha-
"-aaaaaaaaaah!" Suddenly, the gravity on the Ratus Messis shifted. The leaves lifted in the slightest, no longer being pulled downward. The branches themselves seemed to shudder, then sigh as if they were truly relaxing. Flamma felt her tail lifting, levitating a bit due to it's lightness of fluff. She dug her fingers into the branch. Her tail was pulsing a slightly brighter red than before.
"Did you hear that?" Flamma called down to Albus.
Deep within the Ratus Messis, Messisa smiled. The Ratusi were awakened. The ring could thrive. Messisa was still sending positive energies when she initiated LoGrav.
Gravity Frequencies Shifting came as a back-thought in Flamma's brain. She stopped in her path to listen further. Initiating LoGrav LoGrav? What did tha-
"-aaaaaaaaaah!" Suddenly, the gravity on the Ratus Messis shifted. The leaves lifted in the slightest, no longer being pulled downward. The branches themselves seemed to shudder, then sigh as if they were truly relaxing. Flamma felt her tail lifting, levitating a bit due to it's lightness of fluff. She dug her fingers into the branch. Her tail was pulsing a slightly brighter red than before.
"Did you hear that?" Flamma called down to Albus.
His pain suddenly decreased as Messisa flooded his brain with positive energies. only to increase once again as her voice rang though his head. "Lograv?"
Woo what? he thought, the branch he was on suddenly lifted and sent him once again up ward but luckily not rocketing and he is able to catch on to another branch. he heard Flemma call out to him and responds "Yeah I heard it. Is this Lograv?"
"I think so!" Flamma called back, laughing a bit as other Ratusi creatures maintained balance. She almost wondered if she could let go, if that would be safe.
"This is strange," She chittered, looking around and grabbing onto a sapling twig. After stripping the bark, she peeled off a chunky layer of the branch and weaved it around her waist. Another strip proved a sufficient rope to connect the belt-ring to what was left of the sapling. Secure!
"This is strange," She chittered, looking around and grabbing onto a sapling twig. After stripping the bark, she peeled off a chunky layer of the branch and weaved it around her waist. Another strip proved a sufficient rope to connect the belt-ring to what was left of the sapling. Secure!
Albus wraps his tail around the branch that he grabbed onto. every part of his body was used to clutch onto the branch for dear life. "I don't like this, how long is it going to last!" his slightly panicked voice calls out to Flamma.
Once she was secure, Flamma looked up to see Albus all but woven into his branch! Tearing off another sapling strip, she giggled.
"I don't know!" Though as soon as she said that, a thought downloaded, as surely one would have downloaded into Albus's head. They did know, Messisa stored the data right there! Two times, or hours on the Dark Time. Flamma looked to Albus with blank eyes. Weird.
"I don't know!" Though as soon as she said that, a thought downloaded, as surely one would have downloaded into Albus's head. They did know, Messisa stored the data right there! Two times, or hours on the Dark Time. Flamma looked to Albus with blank eyes. Weird.
Noting the "loose" grip of his companion Albus calls down to her "Hey be careful Flamma Don't lose your grip! I'd hate to be floating around fore two whole times!"
He slowly inches his way toward the base of the tree like a worm.
He slowly inches his way toward the base of the tree like a worm.
Just the thought of being weightless and floating for two entire times had Flamma's stomach flipping. Was it with fear, or anticipation? Slowly the glowing squirrel creature made her way down the branch, grasping the end of the sapling strip in one hand like a loop. Flamma hooked it onto piece of tree as she drifted along.
And now it was time to go down, ho boy! Taking off at a run, Flamma began to descend. Her feet were touching down less, her speed increasing!
"THIS WAS A BAD IDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"-CRASH! Bounce!
There she went, sailing in an arc through the air, a red glowing pinwheel, landing in a forn plant way over there.
And now it was time to go down, ho boy! Taking off at a run, Flamma began to descend. Her feet were touching down less, her speed increasing!
"THIS WAS A BAD IDEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"-CRASH! Bounce!
There she went, sailing in an arc through the air, a red glowing pinwheel, landing in a forn plant way over there.
From a root-rung tunnel beneath a thick tree knot emerged Ostri Chromos. His fur pulsed a purple and he flicked his tail cheerily in the change of ambiance from where he just was. Thin wires and metal bits embed in his tail caught the new array of light, bouncing off of the charms to create a kaleidoscope effect. These aesthetics were half the reason Ostri put them there in the first place.
"Hmm," Ostri pondered aloud, looking in either direction down the tree tunnel. Emerald leaves and a rainbow of fruits glowed back at him. It had just rained and everything sort of glistened. What a beautiful time to be alive, thought Ostri to himself as a group of young ratusi in blue hues scurried by, laughing, smearing berry juice on one another.
"Hmm," Ostri pondered aloud, looking in either direction down the tree tunnel. Emerald leaves and a rainbow of fruits glowed back at him. It had just rained and everything sort of glistened. What a beautiful time to be alive, thought Ostri to himself as a group of young ratusi in blue hues scurried by, laughing, smearing berry juice on one another.
From one end of the tree tunnel sauntered down a thickly built and pink-furred Ratusi, the rings in her ears jangling as she walked and pulsing to match her fur as she shivered, a rainbow of hues dancing through her as she looked above at the tunnels roof.
"Mein wonders if your job is complete?" Questioned a surprisingly feminine voice, the female Ratusi flipping down her goggles to observe them as if she could peer into them and get her answer. It seemed she had indeed done just that when she huffed and flicked her goggles back up to her forehead with a swing of her head. "Mein is satisfied with your answer, Mein thinks you should eat more." The quirky Ratusi chimed, flicking her tail from side to side and observing the jingle of the various bells she'd tied around it "Mein also thinks Ostri should try Mein's bio-luminescent rings, Mein thinks they are pretty."
"Mein wonders if your job is complete?" Questioned a surprisingly feminine voice, the female Ratusi flipping down her goggles to observe them as if she could peer into them and get her answer. It seemed she had indeed done just that when she huffed and flicked her goggles back up to her forehead with a swing of her head. "Mein is satisfied with your answer, Mein thinks you should eat more." The quirky Ratusi chimed, flicking her tail from side to side and observing the jingle of the various bells she'd tied around it "Mein also thinks Ostri should try Mein's bio-luminescent rings, Mein thinks they are pretty."
The new source of light did nothing for Cinereus. The gray of his fur so whispy it was as if he wasn't even there. He ghosts up to stand beside Ostri, staring ahead at the trees hungrily, ready to get something to eat. The bits of scrap and the tools bound into his tail jingle only slightly as he moves, making a scraping noise that can be somewhat disquieting to others. They don't catch the light, all scratched up to a matte finish so that they don't reflect light. He stares at Mein as she comes up to them, neither commenting or reacting for a time. Finally after moments he replies with a wan smile.
"You're a chipper as ever Mein."
"You're a chipper as ever Mein."
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