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[b]Saurians[/b]
	[b]Population:[/b] [color=8fff3d]68[/color]
	[b]Important Figures:[/b] [color=8fff3d]Sithalin[/color] [b](Chief) |[/b] [color=8fff3d]Senith[/color] [b](Chief's son)[/b]
	[b]Semi-Important Figures:[/b] [color=8fff3d]Syera[/color] [b](Huntress) |[/b] [color=8fff3d]Serthal[/color] [b](Expert crafter) |[/b] [color=8fff3d]Sithel[/color] [b](Hunter)[/b]

[b]Technology[/b]
	[b]Stone Tools:[/b] [color=8fff3d]4/4[/color]
	[b]Construction:[/b] [color=8fff3d]4/4[/color]
	[b]Map Making:[/b] [color=8fff3d]1/4[/color]
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Sithalin sat at the edge of the lake, his feet touching the water. He examined carefully the square of bark he was holding in his hands. After a moment, he looked up and patted the young saurian's shoulder. "Very good job. I'd like to see you join me on a hunting trip when you're an adult. What do you call this again?"

"Its a map," Said the child brightly. He was grinning widely, clearly overjoyed at being complemented by the chief and even being invited to a hunt in the future.

Sithalin handed the map back to the child. "Good job. Run along now, youngling."

The child nodded cheerfully. "Thanks, chief!" He said, then ran off.

Sithalin gave a little chuckle, then turned his attention back to the lake. He slipped into the water, submersing himself completely, and began slowly swimming along the lake's floor. He wasn't sure what fish ate, but he assumed they were like most of the other land animals. They either ate meat or plants.

This couldn't be the problem however. The lake seemed perfectly habitable. At least to fish. There was nothing that seemed different to  when the fish were still around.

Still under the surface of the water, he spotted a few of the other Saurians swimming about. As he had asked them, they had started searching the lake, trying to find any hint that would explain why the fish departed. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful as well. It was inexplicable.

Starting to feel uncomfortable, Sithalin finally swam up and stuck his nose out of the water. As he did, he saw a lot of bubbles suddenly rising from the water. He could also very faintly hear something below the water's surface. He ducked his head and searched for the source of the disturbance. One of the Saurians was acting strange, flailing around and swimming after something. Looking more closely, Sithalin finally noticed that the saurian was chasing after a small grey shape. A... fish?

Sithalin swam faster through the water than he had ever before. His arms, his legs, and his tail; all pumping furiously to reach the fish. He eventually managed to catch up to the saurian. He pushed past the saurian, almost disregarding him entirely. He had his eyes locked intensely on the fish.

The fish, however, was faster. Sithalin was certainly swimming fast, but he couldn't stand against a creature designed to live entirely underwater. When the fish was obviously far too far away to catch, Sithalin, defeated, started swimming back to the surface.

A few moments later, his head burst out of the water. As the others followed him to the surface, he slammed his fist down on the water. He opened his jaw wide and let out a furious saurian roar. His own raging voice combined with a vicious hissing made everyone cringe and shy away.

After a few deep breaths, Sithalin finally managed to calm down. "I'm sorry," Was all he could say. he was so furious with himself. He had let the fish get away. It was the first fish they seen this close to the village in such a long time, too. Surely this must have been a good sign though. Could the fish be coming back?

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Sithel cracked his eyes open to see morning light. He tossed the fur blanket off of himself and stood up. He stretched, letting out a long yawn. He snatched one of the few remaining cooked fish from last night and chewed it silently, hoping the others would start waking up soon. Much to his luck, most of them were starting to stir already.

Everyone took a moment to wake up and discuss their plans for the day. They were hoping to make real progress today, considering the amount of hours they had lost at the lake. A couple started working on a fire while a few others dived back into the water to fetch breakfast. Sithel himself decided to take a break from the fishing and sat with the others to discuss the day.