Despite it being Life Day, the bounty requests just seem to never stop coming in. Some years, they even become more active for various reasons, sometimes related to the holiday season. Either out of curiosity or a desire to earn some extra credits, you’ve decided to see what pucks are available. Upon checking in, there are three pucks presented before you from various individuals who all require aid. You can only pick one…or even none. The choice of what to do during this Life Day is yours.

Puck 1: ‘Turkey’shoot

A farmer from a settlement on your clan’s homeworld has lost their prized ‘Turkey’ as they call it. According to the farmer, it is a large, fat brown bird with lots of seasonally colored feathers, long legs, and wears a black hat with a golden buckle in the middle. All attempts to catch it have failed, as this particular bird is claimed to have incredible intelligence as well as speed. The farmer’s daughter claims to have witnessed the bird even being able to levitate objects intended to capture it and even shield itself against stun bolts as if it were some mystical being.

Journey to your clan’s homeworld and capture the bird by any means necessary, though be careful…things may not go the way you intend them.

Puck 2: Harvest Bounty… Hunter

Every year around Life Day, a small town on the fringes of another clan’s capital city enjoys its bountiful harvest of crops and fully grown livestock. Sensing the buildup of enjoyable food, every year a cruel monster comes to feast on the livestock and trample the crops. If they lose their crops this year, the town will have no choice but to break apart, and all citizens will relocate to other areas. To prevent losing their homes and livelihood, they have asked someone to come and deal with the monster.

According to the townspeople, it stands about thirteen feet tall with vicious claws and powerful, thick skin. It sounds like it might just be a Rancor.

Journey to the town and kill the creature, save the town (and its animals).

Puck 3: Catch the Thief

A toy manufacturer on Arx has been reporting their convoys of goods have been stolen with alarming regularity as Life Day approaches. While the lost revenue is bad, their next shipment is specifically for the needy and poor of Eos City. If this convoy is stolen, there will be no gifts for those who need it most this Life Day!

Hide yourself away in the convoy, stop the thieves, and save Life Day!

Forget it, This is Vacation Time

Travel to one of the puck’s locations, alcohol or food in hand, and watch the chaos unfold without getting involved. You thrive on chaos and the idea of watching people enthralled by chaos is the best Life Day gift you could possibly have.

You are probably on the naughty list for a reason.

Rules

• Participants must submit entries in .pdf format, or use the submission text field (markdown capable).
  • Any entries written in a GoogleDoc must be exported as a PDF for submission.
  • It is highly recommended to submit in a PDF format.
• Entries must be a minimum of 500 words. Any entries that are under 500 words will be disqualified and ineligible for participation or placement.
• There is no maximum word cap.
• Your story must be centered on one of your dossier-linked characters. Additional NPCs, including ones listed on the wiki or created/invented to tell your story in this fiction, are allowed and strongly encouraged.
• A snapshot of the primary character’s loadout must be selected and submitted with your entry via the checkbox submission field on the competition page.
• This competition will award up to 4 bonus Clusters of Ice at a rate of 1 per 500 words.

Grading

Grading will be done utilizing the official Fiction Rubric.