May Adventure: I Want to Go Where Everyone Goes

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NEW ISLAND: IO

Who: Everyone!
What: Io appears!
When: May 10th and onward
Where: Io
Warnings: The possibility of drug use and alcohol may come up. Otherwise, tag as you go!

Things Are Shaping Up to Be Pretty Odd
As of May 10th, the mana pools on Ensō and its islets will now allow for travel to Io. Though you could always opt for sailing, if you wanted. As we mentioned on the island's introductory post, no exploration is necessary! The island is small enough and easily traversed, and with a minimum of dangers, you have plenty of time to visit each of Io's six draws.

The temple is the easiest place to get in touch with the local avatar, though you can contact them just as easily by striking up a conversation with just about any honeybee you see in the vicinity. The lazy drone of them can be heard all over the island, though they're quite complacent, and not at all prone to disturbing adventurers. The temple itself is twined with grapevines and smothered with inlays of rubies, proud and sparkling. Inside, it smells of honey and wine, and seems to exhibit a naturally contented glow. Just outside, numerous fruit trees sprout all about the temple's courtyard, to be sampled at your leisure.

The bathhouses are located just south of the temple, and are prime locations for some rest and relaxation. Bathe, swim, take a spa day! There are innumerable rooms to do exactly that, and more space than be reasonably filled by some sixty-or-seventy people. Or maybe you're interested in getting absolutely sloshed instead. The vineyard is perfect for that, located to Io's northeast on one of its long, tapering peninsulas. Rows upon rows of grapevines lead up to the crown jewel of the region: a proud winery with enough goods to satisfy even the most parched.

For those less keen on mind-altering substances, the tea gardens are a far safer bet. They practically emanate tranquility, with their soft paper lanterns, thickets of tea trees, and a tea room with a seemingly endless supply of every supplement to your drink that you could ask for. And if none of the teabags or tea leaves in there suit your preference, you're free to wander about the gardens yourself and sample whatever you like.

The Honeycomb at the island's heart is much more akin to a play structure or jungle gym than anything else, but its interlocking passageways and erratic, hexagonal architecture aren't for nothing. It's an ideal spot for play or exercise, if you're into that kind of thing - or for getting positively sick on honey sticks.

The campsites ensure that you don't truly have to depart from Io, if you don't want to. Tents full of chairs and cushions and blankets make it a wonderful place to spend the night if you're so inclined, and the lockers full of food and drink are assurances that you won't go hungry. And with all these massive bonfires and firework cannons, why would you ever want to leave?

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Welcome to the island of Io! Please, enjoy your stay and make full use of this island's many faculties! For further information in regards to the island, or plotting, the following links may prove handy:

[ ♆ ] OOC info and introductory post
[ ♆ ] Io on the Locations page

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( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )

Comments

[catpiper]

[The invitation she was about to extend dies on her lips, abruptly ending once she she remembers who this is and sees his vast size. He probably can't fit.

And it's hard to forget, really, the children he encountered in the maze, how he perished because he couldn't confront him and understanding why that was so hard.

It was a lot and he's here now, so-]

Yes, it's very fun.

[And he may not be able to hole up in this small fort, but she has a better idea anyway.]

Do you want to be a tower?

[journalname]

Why, certainly! What would you like me to do?

[If Ren is happy to move on from that whole incident, then certainly he is. Let's never discuss it again!]

[catpiper]

[Talking about your problems is for scrubs!!!]

Stay there, I'll fix it-you'll be a very good tower.

[journalname]

[Who needs emotional health?]

Very well. [He'll stand very still.]

[catpiper]

[And so begins the reconstruction efforts, as pulls back chairs and grabs blankets from other tents to work him into this fort.

At one point, she stands on a stool and throws the blanket completely over his body, like she's trying to create a low end ghost costume for him. Incredible. But it's all according to plan apparently, as she says-]

Now you can sit down, but don't move that thing yet.

[journalname]

[He does so, just sort of allowing this to happen. Yep, he's a ghost monster now.]

How is this?

[catpiper]

[You're doing amazing, sweetie.

Which is to say, he's doing great and she's not done yet. She pulls at the sheet around his head, letting it drape over a chair so he can at least see around him. He's just a part of the fort now. One with the machine and all that.]

That's very good. You're a very cool tower.

[journalname]

[Asgore laughs.]

Well! I am glad to be helpful! So, what do you do in this fort?

[catpiper]

You play pretend and hide. You can be 'someone else' in here for as long as you want.

[She's gone through the gambit of options on her end. From wizard to chef to space pirate because this is her fort. Gonna do what she wants.]

What do you want to be?

[journalname]

[9999999]

Being somebody else does sound nice. What are you being right now?

[catpiper]

A wizard.

[She says with confidence, as if she believes it enough, it'll be true.]

A pizza wizard.

[journalname]

[Asgore chuckles.]

Golly! Is that a wizard who makes pizza? Or a wizard who is pizza? [he's a monster, pizza monsters have to be a thing]

1/2

[catpiper]

[What the hell.

She has-

She doesn't know.

She has no idea. Ren.exe has stopped working. Reboot.]

[catpiper]

I want to be pizza, but you can't eat me, okay? I'm not actually food.

[journalname]

Of course not! You are a wizard!

[HE GETS IT]

[catpiper]

[She's so glad. It makes life so much easier when people don't mistake her for food.]

Who do you want to be?

[journalname]

[idk, a good person???

Asgore considers this in the context of a child's game, and answers:]

Perhaps some sort of calzone creature?

[catpiper]

Calzone?

[Please enlighten her, Asgore. Tell her about this Calzone Being he is becoming.]

[journalname]

[Holy crap, a reference knows about that someone else doesn't? Even if she's a little kid, this is unprecedented!]

Oh! It is like a pizza, but in a bundle with the cheese and sauce on the inside. [He gestures to describe a calzone.]

[catpiper]

Okay, that's very good. Since you're that kind of thing, you can live in this fort too.

[Everyone Must Become Pizza.]

[journalname]

Is this a food fort, or a pizza fort?

[where do the other foods live]

[catpiper]

[Asgore's just out here asking all the real qs isn't he? She can't, like, deny other foods a home, so-]

It has to be food fort, so everyone can live here.

[journalname]

[Asgore nods sagely.]

Ah, of course. You are a very good food leader.

[catpiper]

Now we have to find more people who want to be food too.

[journalname]

That should not be hard! Who would not want to be food?

[l-lol]