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Crog
Story 1 - Marton

Once upon a time, there was a lonely wizard. He was an okay wizard, known for being helpful to other creatures - no matter the race. One day, the wizard was passing through a pond. It had a lot of weird and abnormal creatures. The wizard plans to keep one and teach it the ways of magic.

He saw a lot of eccentric creatures; A spider that had the face of a horse; A fairy that had the wings of a bee. But there was one that caught the eye of the wizard. It seemed like a tadpole, but it already had mature fins while fashioning a crocodile mouth. It seems to be a creature of paramount rarity, they had moss-smooth skin, they grew fairly quickly, and they were called "Crog". The wizard took it in, seeing its value.

He then came back to the town he lived in, named "Dinsville", and went inside his house, a stone tower. It was a bogged down place; Containing with a peanut table, wet stones for walls, and half-melted candles. He knew a fair bit of magic, but he'd just recently learned how to create objects with it. He wanted to create a house, a container, for his little Crog friend. He wanted it to resemble his previous home, pond-like in nature, filled with moss, lily pads, and tasty beetles. He also wanted it to be "open" to some extent, so that he could observe the little creature's well-being.

"A hole in the ground!", exclaimed the Wizard, "That will do the trick!"
But then he realized that beetles would crawl all over his floor, so he scrapped the idea.
"Inside a lamp!", thought the wizard, "That will keep it off my floor!"
But then he realized that the Crog would sit atop a lily pad, so he won't be able to see it. And that he had no lamps, only candles, and so scrapped the idea once again.
But then he remembered his studies, his newly learnt spells.
One of the beginner level ones was called "How to summon glass".
"A box made of glass!", decided the wizard, "That will solve my problem."

And so he pulled out his magic wand, blew upon it, and a shiny bubble came out. It flew around, landing on his table, popping like a balloon, and behold a little fish tank! Finishing the tank, he thought it fitting to give his little Crog friend a name. And so, he named it "Akesi", its container becoming "Akesi's domain".

"Hello, Akesi", said the wizard, "My name is Marton."
"You have a lovely domain!", complemented the wizard, "Do you like it?"
Akesi then squeeked, it does like it.

To be continued in Story 2 - Family

Together with Marby and Symon, we wrote this with love.

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