#a1 task completion

[goingferalapparently]

Ai Li on La Lune. 26th (?) August 2023.

Quick thing as I take a break from drawing house interiors. Wow I hate drawing any sort of background detail.

[qsmp-a1-updates]

I know tasks aren't required until Sunday's update comes around again but I wanted these two to have at least one task done today, so, fishing trip! ^-^

[galaxy-poupee]

Mais do meu ovo favorito !

more of my favorite egg !

Task: Feed the baby a fruit juice.

[cattonicdragon]

Ai/a1 and hope have completed the task “Feed the baby a food that starts with C”

I literally completely forgot what foods start with c and I wanted to incorporate that into the drawing lol

[this-is-a-name-dont-worry]

25/08 - Sing the baby a lullaby in another language

Xir parent looks at the task dumbfounded. They then turn to xem.

"Ok. so. I know lullabies in french and english, but in other languages than that? All I can give is approximate japanese from an anime opening, or mumblings until we reach 'oh bella ciao bella ciao bella ciao ciao ciao'. Sorry."

Ai stares at his parent.

"Listen I'm trying my best here! I guess there's also that one song that's actually a lullaby even if I dont remember the name of the language? but then you'll only have the first two words then mumbling."

Ai keeps staring.

"What? No, I don't know simlish. Oh, could Smurf count as a language? It's more of a jargon I guess, but you know it could work..?"

Ai sighs. Then, starts writing.

"Your native language is french. I'm sure singing in english counts as another language, mom."

".... ok maybe you're right actually. Also, aw, you just called me mom!'

"....."

Her parent laughs.

"Ok, well, we'll go with London Bridge is falling down, then we can use your dragon magic to see if we can find that lullaby I mentioned, because it was really sweet."

Ai nods.

Xir parent starts to sing.

"London bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down..."

Ai falls asleep before the end, likely tired from a busy day. Her parent smiles softly, kisses her good night.

"I guess I'll use my own 'dragon magic', then," they chuckle, then turn around and wink at you, a finger on their mouth. Don't tell anyone, ok?

(they say at the start the language is lingala btw!)

[tallsc]

Technically not a task for today or I think any time recently but I know stargazing is a task at times and I wanted to draw it, plus getting to mess with an almost entirely blue and purple color pallet. Used some qsmp island features in the background, the wall and Foolish's dragon.

[idfk-im-bad-at-names]

08/23/2023: Feed the baby [Icarus] something sweet.

Notes: I wanted to stick with the slice of life tasks and leave the food ones to others but I really wanted to expand on my headcanons so-

"I'm supposed to feed you something sweet today. Do you have anything in mind, Ica?" They stare intently at me, then scrunch their nose in thought. They shake their head before putting their arms in the air.

"Alright, I got you," I chuckle out. I pick them up, my hands going beneath their arms. I set Icarus down on the kitchen counter. "I remember you don't have a gluten allergy but you're not allergic to nuts or fruits, are you?" They shake their head, their straight hair getting in their face. They huff in an attempt to get it away but it doesn't work. Their face breaks out into a pout as I bring my hand to tuck the hair behind their ear, giving them a small smile.

"I'll get to work on your sandwich, then." I head towards the pantry to grab some peanut butter and bread. I get to work on spreading the peanut butter on one of the slices of bread while Icarus plays with their jacket's zipper.

As I reach in the fridge for some grape jelly, I'm startled by the sound of something tumbling over and a gasp from Icarus. I nearly strain my neck looking over to them and see a bottle of honey on its side, honey slowly leaking onto the bread. I rush over to it and shut the bottle before more damage can be done.

"You wouldn't happen to like honey, would you?" I ask with a smirk on my face. Icarus shrugs their shoulders. I grab a spoon from the drawer and squeeze a tiny amount into it, before putting it in front of their face.

Icarus opens their mouth and licks the honey off the spoon. Their face instantaneously shows joy, their eyes twinkling. "I'll take that as a yes." I spread the honey that was spilled on the bread and head back to the fridge for the jelly.

"Funny how this happened," I chuckle, "This was my childhood sandwich but this was made by pure accident. I really hope you enjoy it." I hand over the sandwich. Icarus eyes it for a second before picking it up to take a hesitant bite. Their eyes light up again and Icarus takes quick bites out of the sandwich.

"Hey, hey. Slow down there, lil guy." I pat their back and they do slow down. When they finish the sandwich, they sigh contently.

I think I found their favorite food.

[pupstim]

Got Another task done, featured is Hope (left) and Ai (right), I got Ai a blueberry muffin afterwards because they don't like blueberry jam toast.

Trying out new designs for the lil kiddos and think I got one nailed down.

[azhamdrety]

[jar0jelly]

Made them lemonade. Though, it was mostly sugar by the time they were done since neither liked how sour it was.

[qsmp-a1-updates]

I'm doing one :) A1 taming an animal, since it seems like A1 liking axolotls has become a general consensus. I know you can't fully tame an axolotl but close enough, they're still getting a new pet.

Also, my A1 outfit! C'mon as the updates account we gotta have a theme.

[astrarift]

friday - 25/08/2023 - feed the baby a food that starts with R

Tallulah was upset about something. She was crying to Phil off to the side. Allie was trying not to pay attention, it was rude to eavesdrop. Ae and Chayenne were sitting, quietly eating their raspberries. Allie had discovered they really like raspberries, they've liked most of the food ae has had the past week but this was even better. Chayenne promised to make xyr raspberry ice cream at some point in the future. He would make it today but it was apparently too hot and he said it would melt. Allie wasn't sure what ice cream was but Chayenne said it was good. When Allie was done with their berries, ae licked at aer fingers to get the rest of the juice. Their hands were stained with the red of the raspberries. Allie did not like that and stood up to go wash their hands in the washing area of the house. Tallulah was there, with her arms folded over each other, looking very grumpy. "Are you okay?" Allie asked, reaching xyr shaky hands into the water to clean the red stains off. "I don't want to take a bath but abuelito says I have to." Talullah frowned. "Why don't you want to bathe? You really wanted to earlier." Allie was confused. "Because then I'd have to take my hearing aids off and I don't want to right now." "So later then?" "Yeah but I want to be clean now." Tallulah was pouting even harder. Allie did not know what to do so they just brought Tallulah into an awkward hug, patting her lightly on the back. "Tallulah, I have a solution." Phil returned to the washing area with Chayenne, a smile on his face. Allie was glad someone knew what to do. Phil was very good at knowing things.

[cattonicdragon]

*place interesting long story about the hidden world*

Art block is kicking my ass rn and I am totally not taking the eggs disappearing in a healthy way

I love drawing these two little sillies

Also I completely forgot to add this but ai is drawing what they think the hidden world looks like :3

Edit:this is task completion for the quest “Tell the baby a story about a journey.”

[this-is-a-name-dont-worry]

21/08 - Tell the baby a story about warriors

drawing was done yesterday, but it was night so I waited daylight for the pic

"Uhm, so.... Once upon a time, there was a peasant. He was the seventh son of a seventh son and seventh daughter, which immediately made the king interested in him. Deciding to become his godfather, the family of the peasant lived well, and their seventh son was able to learn with the princes and princesses.

The second prince, third princess, and the seventh son became best friends, and because the seventh son was charming, cunning, and quite well mannered for his origins (and because a third princess is not much to worry when you have five of them), the king and the queen offered their third daughter's hand to the seventh son.

Back then, it was well accepted that the first son becomes the heir, the first daughter becomes the one with the good wedding, the second son becomes a warrior, the second daughter weds the son of an ally, and the third children become religious. The others, they don't matter as much, even if more hands to work is always good. Because of these well thought rules, the first son of the peasants became quite upset with how his little brother would be marrying in the royal family, by doing nothing but being born, and the fourth princess was frustrated to realize she'd become a nun instead of her sister. And so, the first son and the fourth princess started to scheme together.

Strangely, the second prince, the third princess, and the seventh son seemed quite unhappy with the arrangement too. Indeed, the third princess didn't want to marry, and preferred the company of other ladies that the covenant would offer her; and the seventh son fancied the second prince more than he fancied the third princess.

Unfortunately for them, their jealous siblings heard of this, and pretending to help them, tricked them into being found out. The third princess was sent to the covenant to punish her, the second prince was told to leave and never come back, and the peasants stopped receiving gifts from the royal family, even showing harsher judgement of them. The seventh son, knowing his family's problems cane from him, decided to leave.

The seventh son and the second prince, who kept in contact through letters, arranged to meet outside the capital city, and live on the road together; after all, the second prince was trained to lead armies since childhood, and the seventh son received lessons to fight in the same way the other princes would. As such, they could be traveling warriors, maybe even become heroes, and never have to leave each other's sides again.

And so, they went together, happy."

Ai stares at xir mom.

"What?" she asks with a smile, looking just a tad bit too wide to be only comforting. "It's a story about warriors! Well, warriors in the making, but it still counts!"

Ai quickly writes on their tablet.

"Where's the rest?"

His mom chuckles, and pats her hand on the top of his head.

"I guess you'll have to imagine it!"

Ai stares.

"Fine, I'll tell you the rest next time. But for now, it's late, so I think we should both go to sleep, ok?"

Xe is not fully satisfied with this, but Ai says nothing, knowing she's right. Xir mom laughs again, seeing xir annoyed face, and gives xem a good night kiss.

"Next time I can, I promise," she tells him.

Ai nods, impatient already.

"Sleep well, pitchoune, and may your dreams be filled with warriors, princes, and princesses."

[q-morning-crew]

"Come on, Ai," Rose called as she sat down on the bed, "let's tell you a bedtime story."

"Let's see... tell the baby a story about culinary. Culinary. I can do that!"

She picked Ai up onto the bad and tucked them in.

"Okay, so this is not really about culinary, but it is about food, so that's close enough, right?"

Rose smiled mischievously at Ai, as if her telling an ever so slightly off-topic bedtime story was a crime she was getting away with. Ai giggled.

"Yeahhh. So! You know how with all of your parents, you eat a lot of different types of food? You must be the least picky egg out there!

So when I was little, was the complete opposite. I did not eat ANYTHING that my mother or her mother didn't cook, and even out of what they cooked, I only liked some!

Until one day- you had pasta today, right? That- that was in the tasks for today."

Ai nodded.

"Did it have sauce on it?"

They nodded again.

"Ooh! What kind of sauce?"

Ai pulled out their makeshift notepad, (badly) handmade out of a book-and-quill.

tomato!!!

I made a mess :<

Rose chuckled softly. "Aw, did you like it?"

Ai nodded fervently.

"So, you see, I didn't like pasta with sauce on it. ANY sauce. Even tomato," she added, wagging her finger playfully.

"That was until I decided to start opening up to more foods. One day- one day! It was Purim. Do you remember what I told you about Purim?"

Ai nodded fervently again and mimed spinning a gragger*.

"Yeah! So my family and I went to a restaurant to celebrate. And for her meal, she ordered pasta with sauce! But not tomato sauce like yours, cream sauce! And as a joke, she asked me if I wanted to try some! And you know what I said? I said YES!"

Ai gasped in feigned shock.

"And then I tried it, and guess what? It wasn't bad! In fact, it was really good! And that's the story of how I started liking pasta with sauce."

Ai clapped.

"So did you like the story, was it good ?"

They gave Rose a double thumbs up.

"You don't have to lie to me, you know."

The sound of a quill scratching on rough parchment. Ai held up their notepad.

it was very good!!!!

promise :>

"Well, if you promise... I guess I can't refute that! Now it's time for bed. Sleep well, little ouchy**! Sweet dreams!"

THE END

*idfk how to say רעשן in english I went to wikipedia for that

**"ai", at least the way I pronounce it, is a common way of saying "ow" in hebrew

[idfk-im-bad-at-names]

08/21/2023: Teach the baby [Icarus] how to tame an animal

Notes: I did mention Bad and Dapper in this. For the sake of this short story/task, the raccoon story isn't real. Also gotta admit, not my best work. I haven't written a story in nearly four years so I'm pretty rusty.

"Hey, my lil guy! Are you ready for today's adventure?"

Icarus nods their head while bouncing on the balls of their heels, causing their shoes to light up. I ruffle their frog hat and blonde hair.

"You've got plenty of food, right?" They nod and lightly shake their container filled with fish to indicate that it's been filled by their other parents. "Then it's time to go to the forest! Let's go."

Icarus begins to head in the direction of the nearest forest, walking ahead of me with a pep in their step, all the while looking back towards me with a gleam in their eye.

Once we reach our destination, we take a break beneath one of the oak trees. With both our backs against the tree, little Icarus plays with their boots by tapping them together to see the lights jump around.

"Do you know what's on the agenda today, Ica?" I ask with a small smile. They shake their head while still gazing at their boots. "I'll be teaching you how to tame your new pet! I know how much you enjoy watching the raccoons near Bad and Dapper's home so I figured you'd like one as a companion."

Hearing this causes Icarus to jump up and pull my arm, trying to bring me further into the forest. "Okay, okay," I giggle, "Let me grab the chicken eggs from my satchel."

I open the zipper compartment to find two chicken eggs. Thankfully they weren't damaged on the walk here.

We wandered around the forest for a couple of hours, Icarus picking some flowers to add to their garden as we searched. Until finally, we find three raccoons near a small pond.

I crouch down near Icarus. "There they are," I whisper, "Do you see how they're washing things in that pond?" Icarus slowly nods, keeping their eyes on the raccoon near the water.

"That's how you'll tame them. I'll show you what to do and you follow, okay?" I hand them one of the eggs then slowly approach one of the raccoons away from the water. I sit myself down and let the raccoon get used to me around. Once its curiosity is piqued, I gradually lower my hand to the ground and open my palm to reveal the egg. The raccoon cautiously approaches, then stops when it hears Icarus let out a small gasp.

I look over to them to mouth, "It's okay." They place their free hand to their mouth and I feel small, soft fingers against the side of my hand. Without turning, I let the raccoon be and I feel the egg slowly slide off my hand. The raccoon scurries along the ground to wash the egg.

I stand up to walk to Icarus. I place my hand on their hat and tell them, "That's how it's done. Now watch what it does once it eats the chicken egg."

After enjoying its snack, the raccoon hesitantly walks towards me and stands next to me, looking up and tilting its head.

"It's your turn. Try it with the one by the water." I point to it and Icarus slowly nods. I see hesitation in their eyes. "Hey, it's okay. It won't hurt you. And even if it did, I promise that I will protect you. Always." I crouch down and hug them, rubbing their back. When we separate, they watch as I outstretch my hand towards my raccoon for it to sniff, and then I pet its ears.

With newfound confidence, Icarus cautiously approaches the raccoon near the water. They follow everything that I did, though they did stumble once while trying to sit. They looked towards me when it happened and I just smiled at them and gave them a thumbs up. They smiled back.

When the raccoon finally grabbed the egg from them, Icarus slowly made their way towards me. They look like they're holding in so much excitement, which causes me to chuckle. Which then causes Icarus to giggle and bounce a bit in their toes.

The raccoon, instead of being cautious, scurries towards Icarus and stands on its hind legs, begging for more food. They look at me for help and I dig in my bag, finding some berries. I hand them to Icarus.

"There ya go. When it finishes, we can bring our new friends home." Icarus grins widely, revealing their missing tooth and newly acquired fang.

Before we leave, Icarus tugs on my shirt. I look down at them and they have their arms outstretched, asking for a piggyback ride, while their raccoon sits around their neck. And who could say no to a face like that?