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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Ginko | OTA

[onegreeneye]

Bathhouse

Even back in his own world, actually having the chance to take a warm bath, in a public bathhouse or otherwise, was a rare privilege for Ginko. Passing up the opportunity now is out of the question, especially given the availability of swimwear.

Not that Ginko can actually swim, exactly. He knows how, but he was never very good - and now he's got over twenty kilograms of dead weight in stone growing from his torso. So he settles instead for sitting on a ledge at the edge of the heated bathing pool, with… well, he's got soap, that should work on it's own. It's not like he's too concerned with the condition of his hair (or fur), so long as it's clean.

...Speaking of fur, no sooner has he sat down than a few clumps of fuzzy white undercoat come loose in the water. Ginko swears under his breath, pushing his damp hair away from his good eye. "And here I thought I was done shedding for the year."

Wildcard

(( OOC: If you want to talk to Ginko elsewhere on the island, feel free! He’ll probably be just about everywhere at various times. If you wanna plot something, hit me up on the game discord or at omixgirl10. ))

[solperierat]

Ed doesn't have the same worries at Ginko does in regards to sinking in the water, and so he slips right into the water to dunk his head and get nice and thoroughly soaked. (Just be glad he doesn't have birdbath instincts.) When he comes back up and hears Ginko, he glances over to see the spreading bits of white and laughs.

"What, 'round here? Good luck on that." Tufts of red and black are drifting away from Ed as well, and he shrugs. "Better hope this place has a decent filtration system."

[onegreeneye]

"Hey, just because it's tropical doesn't mean that spring lasts forever. Or that my fur will."

Actually, come to think of it, if this keeps up maybe he will shed away all his fur. That would almost be a relief, if it weren't for the fact that... then he guesses he'd have a weird naked tail, and also everyone would have to deal with seeing right where the rocks grow out of his back? Gross.

He makes a face at that. "We'll probably get kicked out if it doesn't."

[solperierat]

"Kicked out with what, stings?" Ed snorts derisively and starts scrubbing at his arms. That this incidentally starts letting even more loose fur into the water is...probably just coincidence.

Probably.

"But yeah, fair. At least we didn't actually grow in the full winter coats--I'd've died of damn heat stroke." Then the thinks for a few moments, before: "Would the rest of the fur grow back in just like my beard, you think?"

[onegreeneye]

"Maybe. You can't deny that would be pretty awful."

He raises his eyebrows and leans back against the wall of the pool as best as the rocks on his back will allow. "Good question. Maybe you should try shaving it sometime." He suggests it so seriously, maybe one could almost believe that he's not saying it to be an asshole.