by hazilnut » Sat Apr 25, 2020 8:45 am
username; hazilnut
primal's name; Cladonia "Donna"
gender; female
how do they feel about Simas?;
Donna likes simas well enough, if she didn't she certainly wouldn't have left her tribe to settle permanently in a primarily-sima town. Running the migratory resource center means that Donna engages with her culture on a regular basis, but since the primal tribes only show up for a few weeks each year, not counting the few scattered primals Donna sometimes helps find jobs or visit friends in the off season, she only really regularly interacts with simas. There are times living among simas leaves Donna feeling desperately out of place. Simas are so small, practically cub sized, and their buildings are not built with a primal's size in mind. Donna can only walk comfortably around her own center and the town hall, and only because both were built to impress with their vaulted ceilings and wide entrances. There's also the matter of sima jewel magic, which thankfully isn't an everyday necessity in the way small bone structure seems to be, though Donna does find herself mildly jealous of those who don't need to carry a flashlight every time they have to go fix a busted fuse box. Greater than her feelings of discomfort, though, is Donna's curiosity. It's why she decided to leave the migratory life and work in interspecies relations instead. The ways that sima culture has integrated magic and technology to create better standards of living entranced her and each day spent learning about her little cousins continues to justify her decision to live among them.
Favorite food (extra);
Donna's favorite types of food to make and eat are soups and stews. As a primal, Donna's body requires a much higher calorie count than most simas and it can be hard to prepare large enough portions without spending her whole day cooking. There is a reason why many primals still spend most of their time catching, gathering, and preparing food. Soups, on the other hand, are extremely easy. Get a big enough pot and keep it on a constantly-simmering fire and you can just eat when you wish and stock more ingredients as need be. Donna usually uses caribou as the base protein, its the easiest to get and reminds her of home, and adds seasonal vegetables and wild greens. Though they don't grow well in the permafrost, Donna keeps a stock of imported potatoes in the cellar as an easy high-calorie soup addition. Another staple for her soups is reindeer moss, which, despite the name, is actually a lichen native to the arctic tundra. Because reindeer moss is a certain percentage acid, Donna makes sure to steam it with baking soda overnight to avoid an potential stomach troubles. With the constant boiling and steaming, Donna's indoor-outdoor kitchen always smells of delicious goodies.
Job responsibilities (extra);
As event-coordinator, visitor information specialist, head of sima resources, and director of city council relations, Donna does practically everything in the migratory resource center. She did establish it after all, so while she has a small number of assistants both hired by her full-time and loaned part-time from the city council when preparations for the migration festival are being made, Donna is responsible for everything from leading field trips to organizing the migration festival. The migration festival is her favorite event to coordinate, and largely the reason for the migratory resource center's existence. The town Donna lives in is one of the few sima settlements that intersects the migration paths of the local primal tribes. For decades the tribes and town had been setting aside a few weeks every year to celebrate their friendship and trade goods and knowledge, but when Donna was an adolescent the tradition had lost its spirit and instead become a time when the town begrudged their outside visitors and the tribes groused about limited hunting and grazing land. Donna's choice to set up the migratory resource center and revitalize the festival was met with resistance at first, but gradually she paved the way to a smoother and once again enjoyable celebration that all parties looked forwards to rather than dreaded.