The world’s tiniest dragon must defend his hoard, a single gold coin, from those who would steal it.
Suggestion: The dragon’s definition of “steal” is somewhat loose. It still allows the coin to be used and bartered and change hands–but on one condition: the dragon must be with it at all times.
They become a familiar sight in the marketplace.
“Here’s your change, ma’am. One gold piece.” The merchant holds out a palm, on top of which rests a tiny, brilliantly colored creature clutching a single gold coin.
“That’s a dragon,” you say dumbly. “One piece… and a dragon.”
“Yes.”
You cautiously reach out and attempt to take your change. You tug. It holds. You tug harder. The dragon lets loose a tiny, protective growl.
“Ma’am–no, ma’am, you have to take the dragon, too.”
“Sorry?”
The seller notes your dubious expression. “Not from around here, are ya?” They shrug. “Them’s the rules. Take the coin, take the dragon.”
They wait expectantly. Wondering how the world has so suddenly gone mad, you slowly, slowly hold out your hand.
The dragon perks right up. It scampers from their palm to yours with the coin clamped in its jaws and scales your sleeve with sharp little claws.
“Have a nice day, ma’am,” the merchant says. “Spend him soon, now, you hear? At another booth, if you can. He likes to travel.”
From its perch upon your shoulder, the dragon lets out a happy trill.
Bonus: the coin eventually passes to the rogue in a group of travelling adventurers. The dragon becomes the mascot of the entire group, and they lay out a small pile of coins for him to sleep on every night, clutching his coin like a teddy bear.
So my friend and I were wondering about how new emojis are born. Turns out you gotta write a proposal and submit it to the Unicode Consortium. I was looking into it and found the proposal for the broccoli emoji (link). It’s just so wholesome:
You gotta justify that the new emoji has multiple uses.
Then again, maybe not so wholesome:
By now, I’m like 5 pages into this proposal and I’m like, “why did someone take the time to write an 8 page document on why we need a broccoli emoji?” Then I saw this:
These guys just really like broccoli.
I look forward to our new healthy vegetable / weed emoji.
Broccoli 4 lyfe
The broccoli fandom is a precious cinnamon roll
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#tbh I still don’t really understand how to emoji but this is #adorable #I went to the link and read the whole proposal #(broccoli stems are fine but I don’t like the florets) #(although it might have been the kind of dislike that goes away with the tongue rewiring at puberty?) #(so it might taste better now I should check) #(spinach definitely tastes a lot better when you use adult sensory receptors to taste it with) #food
The Bali myna is a medium-large bird, almost wholly white with a long, drooping crest, black wing-tips and tail tip. It has a yellow bill with blue bare skin around the eyes and legs. The Bali myna is restricted to the island of Bali in Indonesia, where it is the island’s only endemic vertebrate species. The bird was discovered in 1910, and in 1991 was designated the faunal emblem of Bali, its local name is jalak Bali.
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