胡
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古
+
月
:
Helga Horse (hu) visits the old and wise moon (月) in the space station's kitchen (Ø2). She wants to join his cloister (古), but the moon rejects and says that first she has to get a very long Confucius style mustache (胡) such as his own.
(bound form) to divine / to forecast or estimate / (of a place to live etc) to choose
卜
=
丨
+
丶
:
Mnemonic symbol from "to divine" and the shape of the character: a voodoo staff.
Bruno Bear (bu-) tries to divine (卜) the future in the space station's living room (Ø3). He places a petal (丶) in the middle of the room as an offering and starts a magic ritual with his voodoo staff (卜). The staff transforms the petal into a dinosaur bone (丨). Bruno divines that the staff was trying to tell him that all things are mortal and must come to an end.
raw silk / white / plain, unadorned / vegetarian (food) / essence / nature / element / constituent / usually / always / ever
素
=
龶
+
糸
:
Susan Saint Bernard (su) has decided to become a vegan (素) and to let everyone know. In the space station's bathroom (Ø4) she manufactures a fancy headdress (龶) in the form of a vegan flower (素) out of her own spider silk (糸) so that everyone who sees her instantly knows that she's vegan (素).