So, the center of this worldlette is actually a small yellow dwarf. The pieces of this world are separate; chunks of different sizes orbit this sun at close range, although this isn't such a bad thing as the sun is so small. A large breathable gas cloud is also encircling the worldlette. The landscape chunks all rotate at different rates and some not at all. Some are a lot easier to live on than others. Consequently communities have been set up on the ones that are most comfortable. The life forms on this worldlette are all anthropomorphic, and their species appearance is dictated by their inner personality, along with their gender. They travel between the landscape pieces via magic, and with bridges between the more stable ones. Gravity is always local to each landscape piece, as in despite their size they still pull things towards themselves. This also keeps the water down. Water clouds pass through the gas cloud around the sun, closer to the worldlette than the sun though, so it rains on occasion, usually the places that rotate more get more rain and are surrounded by more clouds than the still landscape chunks. The legends of this worldlette tell of a time when the sun was huge, and the worldlette was as one, with many others of different kinds circling the sun at different distances. Although despite these documented legends, there is still a religion based around similar ideas.
The air god broke apart his body so that the inhabitants of the worldlette might breath. The sun god shed his skin so that the inhabitants might come closer and stay warm from the eternal night of the sky outside. The god of water sacrificed itself onto the goddess of earth, so that plants might grow and the inhabitants might drink and eat. The goddess of earth rendered herself apart at the sight of the sacrifice of the others, and so the lands were divided and created. Schooling on the larger and easier to live on land masses teaches a bunch of rudimentary magic abilities to aid in every day life, such as the ability to cross between land masses, how to shield yourself in an emergency, and of course there are a number of little tricks that are passed down during lunch time between students that aren't taught in class, such as how to craft a magic sword, how to push or pull objects, and the best way to wedgies other classmates when their magic shields are down. How to create a light source, and how to enhance your body to shift larger objects are just some of the more common ones that everyone gets taught by their parents.
The political system is largely based in a city-state style of way. Usually there isn't enough land for more than one large city per land mass. The mayor or king is either successive to the previous one, inherits the responsibility of the city from their predecessor, or is elected by a majority vote. Language and arithmetic are all core schooling subjects. Money is universal across the worldlette, although trading of goods and magic knowledge are also means to gain things you want. Depending on how religious someone is, or how culturally sensitive they are, they may call the worldlette the Earth Goddess, Isya (the legendary name of the worldlette), or just The World.
Miayuki had just arrived in this city, and was staying at one of the slightly cheaper inns near the outer part of the city. It's a dis interesting wooden building, log cabin-style construction as it's so close to the cities surrounding forest. The inn keeper is an old bear, who tends the place by himself. There are three bedrooms, although one of the other occupants left yesterday shortly after she had arrived, so she was the only one there. The room she was in is rather generously large, although sparsely furnished with just a chest of draws and 2 single beds, along with 2 bedside tables. The windows of the room look out down the hills, with few houses along the street the inn is on, and the forest down the hill growing thicker.
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