Innverse Stats | Interlude – Food and Growth

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The Last Tide	(The Last Tide is now available for purchase! Please consider buying the comic, and thanks for making this possible!)
Erin Solstice	The sack of flour was nondescript, but marked by a…city with a tree growing out of it? Erin Solstice peered at it.
Oteslia	“Oteslia’s symbol. It must be what you ordered, Erin.”
Erin Solstice	“Oteslia’s symbol. It must be what you ordered, Erin.”
Lyonette du Marquin	Lyonette du Marquin paid the Street Runner who’d brought it into the inn. Erin Solstice stared at the bag.
Erin Solstice	Lyonette du Marquin paid the Street Runner who’d brought it into the inn. Erin Solstice stared at the bag.
Oteslia	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
Salazsar	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
Pallass	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
Ferris Thycarl	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
Manus	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
Erin Solstice	Oteslia? She didn’t know much about it. About the other cities, beyond Salazsar and Pallass, really. That dude Ferris kept talking up Manus, but Erin had heard it was called the ‘City of War’, so it wasn’t high on her to-see list.
[Innkeeper]	Yet—here it was. The [Innkeeper] opened the sack and found…flour. But instead of being some shade of white, it was dark as night.
Erin Solstice	The flour was beautifully black, devoid of color. And to look at it—Erin felt, instinctively, that this wasn’t just dyed. It even smelled a tiny bit different than normal flour. And who went around smelling flour?
Erin Solstice	Erin looked around. It was one of her cooking experts who answered. Palt and Imani had come to investigate the groceries, some of which they’d ordered, like the rice. Long grains, short grains, purple grains…purple rice? Erin shook her head.
Palt Fenrisol	Erin looked around. It was one of her cooking experts who answered. Palt and Imani had come to investigate the groceries, some of which they’d ordered, like the rice. Long grains, short grains, purple grains…purple rice? Erin shook her head.
Imani	Erin looked around. It was one of her cooking experts who answered. Palt and Imani had come to investigate the groceries, some of which they’d ordered, like the rice. Long grains, short grains, purple grains…purple rice? Erin shook her head.
Erin Solstice	Erin looked around. It was one of her cooking experts who answered. Palt and Imani had come to investigate the groceries, some of which they’d ordered, like the rice. Long grains, short grains, purple grains…purple rice? Erin shook her head.
Imani	The Centaur looked pleased as he and Imani sorted through the shipment.
Oteslia	“Not much. Oteslia does these regular deliveries to all the Walled Cities. It’s pricier of course, but they are the City of Growth.”
Walled Cities	“Not much. Oteslia does these regular deliveries to all the Walled Cities. It’s pricier of course, but they are the City of Growth.”
[Druidess]	“Ooh. That’s what that [Druidess] said. The kidnapping jerk with the spiders.”
Erin Solstice	Erin frowned. But then she looked at the flour again.
Terandria	“I thought this was from Terandria?”
Noelictus	“It’s from Noelictus—they export the stuff. Ashwheat, Gloomwren eggs…but Oteslia grows everything, and I mean everything. They must have a few gardens. In Oteslia—everything is available that comes out of the earth, Erin. It’s like your garden actually; they have different biomes. Very beautiful. I’ve never been, but I used to buy, er—supplies from a guy there.”

The Last Tide

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Erin Solstice

The sack of flour was nondescript, but marked by a…city with a tree growing out of it? Erin Solstice peered at it.

Oteslia

“Oteslia’s symbol. It must be what you ordered, Erin.”

Erin Solstice

“Oteslia’s symbol. It must be what you ordered, Erin.”

Lyonette du Marquin

Lyonette du Marquin paid the Street Runner who’d brought it into the inn. Erin Solstice stared at the bag.

Erin Solstice

Lyonette du Marquin paid the Street Runner who’d brought it into the inn. Erin Solstice stared at the bag.

Oteslia