The falling star
Chapter 1. Every village has a beginning. Ours fell out of the sky.
The falling star#
A long time ago, before anyone had invented the watering can, a small star got tired of hanging around. It let go of the night and dropped into the sea with a very undignified plop.
Inside the star was a seed. The seed liked the sea even less than the star did, so it grew. And grew. Its roots wrapped around a scoop of seabed and lifted the whole lump up into the clouds, where it still floats today.
That lump is Puffcrumb Isle. The soil on it is star soil, and star soil has one strange habit: it remembers the sky.
The first gardeners#
The first villagers arrived by accident. A family of cats was chasing a kite, the kite went up, the cats held on, and nobody let go until they landed in a very soft cabbage.
- They planted carrots, because carrots are polite and grow fast.
- The carrots came up wet, then frozen, then one morning, sparkling.
- The cats decided this was normal. It is not normal. It is Puffcrumb.
Over the years more folk floated in: a frog in a teacup, a fox who followed the clouds, and one very old owl who was simply there one day and refuses to say how. The cluster of crooked houses around the star soil became Bloom Village.
The village today#
| Place | What happens there |
|---|---|
| The Seed Hut | Where you buy seeds. Smells like dirt and toast. |
| The Ember Well | Where spent coins go. They fall in and turn into sparks, forever. |
| The Village Chest | Shared savings with many locks and many keyholders. |
| The Notice Tree | Weather warnings, rankings and gossip. |
| Your plot | A little patch of star soil with your name on it. |