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The Mods of LifeAftr ([personal profile] lifeaftr_mods) wrote in [community profile] lifeaftr2019-03-09 08:58 pm

March Adventure: I Can Move Mountains

NEW ISLAND: CAHYPDO
Who: Everyone!
What: Cahypdo appears!
When: March 10th and onward
Where: Cahypdo
Warnings: Tag as you go!


We Turn the Tide
As of March 10th, the mana pools on Ensō and its islets will now allow for travel to Cahypdo.

There is a mana pool situated on E5, to the island's south.

Most of E5 is overcome by a crooked sprawl of coastal cliffs, rocky bumps and swells that make the area a prime spot for tidepools. If one ventures to the region's eastern areas, they're certain to find all manner of marine creatures dwelling in the miniature ecosystems: crabs, clams, starfish, anemones.

If they go east, they'll be greeted by a soft expanse of warm sand. In the distance, the lumpy presence of buildings might be visible on just the next square over. But the local population are more than a little startled to have visitors, and you're bound to see a few curious members of their village wandering out to say hello. None of them, one will note immediately, are armed; either it doesn't occur to them that visitors might be hostile, or they have perfect confidence that hostile visitors aren't a concern.

You can find more information on the Roaka, the inhabitants of Cahypdo, on the island's OOC information. In the meantime, there will be a top-level below for NPC interaction, for those interested in making first contact!

And May Death Find You Alive
Now, we did mention on the island's introductory info post that Cahypdo's landscape isn't altogether stable. The soft sands and soils are prone to sinkholes and even quicksand in dire instances, and those who scale either of the mountains risk being overtaken by landslides and avalanches.

Which is why, on March 15th, there will be a rather sizable earthquake. Sizable enough to cause both mountains to shed heaping piles of slag and debris which may very well wipe out any brave traveler who was currently scaling either peak...or crush any innocents below who don't get out of the way quickly enough.
The Roaka will, at this point, politely ask for your help in repairing and rebuilding any structural damage that has been done their buildings, as well as the general clearing of debris from the farmland at the island's heart. In return, they will gladly offer you some of their food and shelter, assist you with island exploration, and even extend an invitation to certain upcoming festivities they have in mind. Perhaps a celebration for surviving the earthquake...?

You may also use this log as a catch-all for reactions to the earthquake and what assistance you might offer, if any. Or if you simply end up getting in everyone's way. Not that we'd expect that of anyone here, oh no. Not us.



Welcome to the island of Cahypdo! As the island is now accessible, feel free to create new logs of your own, or use this post as a catch-all for exploration! You may also use this log as a reaction to the events on the [DATE] and subsequent efforts to help, if you wish. For further information in regards to the island, or plotting, the following links may prove handy:
[ ♆ ] OOC info and introductory post
[ ♆ ] Trade post with the Roaka
[ ♆ ] Cahypdo on the Locations page
[ ♆ ] Search Requests page

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bitch4bitch: (don't make eye contact with me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-15 12:24 am (UTC)(link)
Mm-hm. [Just two, huh.]

How many not living with you, but that you're low-key obsessed with and gotta check in on all the time?
postictal: (u like eating so much??? eat shit)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-15 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not obsessed with anything.

[Obsessed. He's not Jay. He actually pays attention to things outside of a singular tunnel-vision end-goal, god.]

Like you're one to talk.
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-19 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Um, excuse me, I'm not obsessed with anything, either! I'm just reasonably protective.
postictal: (cool the sass boy)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-19 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, you're also living with a kid and learning how to full-time parent, so don't give me that.

[She is NO BETTER.]
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-23 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Okay, well-- listen. [Listen.] First of all, they're related, so it's totally different.

Second, I'm not full-time parenting! I'm, like-- full-time cool-aunt-ing, or something, you're the only parent here.
postictal: (we have horses)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-23 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
You're definitely full-time parenting. You're the only adult they live with.

[If he's gonna get that crap, then so are you, okay.]

Being related doesn't really have any bearing on it one way or another, anyway.
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-27 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Plenty of kids live with people that aren't their parents - or any kind of parents. I'm not a parent.

It does! Because it means it'd be even shittier if I wasn't willing to look after them. Meanwhile,it seems like you're just kinda collecting random kids because they're here. Which, to be clear, isn't a bad thing. That's probably objectively great, actually. [Not that that means she won't make fun of him for it.]
Edited 2019-04-27 01:24 (UTC)
postictal: (how many stinkeyes can tim have)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-27 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
There's only something like sixty people on these islands, and at least a sixth of those are kids. Statistically, that's unavoidable.

[The islands probably have like, ten kids on them, right? It's a vague estimate, but his conceptualization of how many people are actually on the islands is also vague, thanks to the ever-changing number.]

So why're you making a thing out of it?
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-27 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Erika... sort of makes a face, like it hadn't occurred to her that this might be annoying. Which, it kind of hadn't, actually.]

I mean, one, because actually, one guy looking after that many of them does seem statistically avoidable. If it's unavoidable, it's just... you. Not the number of people here.

Second, 'cuz it's... a joke? Y'know, the whole joking thing, that I'd figured we were doing here.
postictal: (facial equivalent of jazzhands)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-27 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
I have a sense of irony, not a sense of humor.

[That's a lie. He actually has both; he just fails to recognize the latter most of the time. It's a killer sort of gallows humor, though, when he manages to recognize it.]
bitch4bitch: (ya hair is stupid)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-04-28 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Irony's a kinda humor. [Not a great one, in her opinion, but it still counts.]

Anyway, now you know: I was joking. 'Course, I take it this means you were totally serious about me being a parent now.

[She really doesn't like that word.]
postictal: (that hurt all 3 of my feelings)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-04-29 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[The deadpan delivery might make it hard to tell if he's joking or not, which is a fair concern. Tim's mastery of an utterly flat tone of voice has saved him from many a side-eye in his lifetime.]

By definition, yes.
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-05-04 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh, no, absolutely not. By definition, no, because they're my cousin's kid.

[That really is an impressive deadpan, though, whether he's joking or not. She feels like she should be taking notes.]
postictal: (an even bigger mood)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-04 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Cousin's not here. You're parenting by proxy.

[He'd say that this is the stupidest argument he's ever gotten into, but it's not, really, he's pretty sure. That would be ignoring every single shitty argument he's ever gotten into with Jay, ever.]
bitch4bitch: (ya hair is stupid)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-05-12 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
Nah, I'm... aunt-ing. I'm their aunt, so there's a pre-established relationship there, so there's no need for any claims of me being any kind of a parent here!

[She's PRETTY sure that sums it up ok!!]
Edited 2019-05-12 03:18 (UTC)
postictal: (im saving that for later)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-12 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
Suit yourself.

[He apparently isn't committed enough to this exchange to start splitting semantics.]

What was your point, anyway?
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-05-15 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
[Fair enough, given that it was dumb as hell to begin with.

Erika lets out a breath and shoves another chunk of debris aside - just with her foot this time, she'll pick it up properly in a bit.]
I dunno. Maybe just like, a reminder not to bury yourself in children and work.
postictal: (uh huh sure | smoking)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-15 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
What do you propose I do instead?

[If the answer is "his version of fun," he's not sure he has one. Not really. Not one that he could manage here. Day to day survival is proving more important, is all.]
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-05-18 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Make sure you have some kinda time to yourself? To just... not worry about other people's shit. Like, yeah, this place is pretty rough, but I think by now you can probably afford to go read a damn book, or whatever you do for fun.

[Yep, there's that word, alright.]
Edited 2019-05-18 02:01 (UTC)
postictal: (this shit'll kill you | smoking)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-18 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
Fun. Yeah. That's your problem, right there.

[Assuming he's ever really given a shit about his own sense of fun. Can't remember the last time he had fun for its own sake. It slips in here and there, happens of its own accord, but he's not about to go seeking it out.]

[How do you explain that you have genuine, medical difficulties experiencing happiness or pleasure without making it sound weird? You don't. So he doesn't even bother.]


I'm good.