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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Comments

[assoverelbow]

That is a shame. The tea here is quite nice.

[He's not enough of an asshole to make a point by taking a sip, but he comes close. Instead, he takes a closer look at Legion.]

I've never seen an omnic quite like you before.

[forwearemany]

Define: Omnic.

(Wrong type of robot, buddy.)

[assoverelbow]

Omnic is a kind of robot from back home.

[He cocks his head.]

It became a word for robots with sentience, that weren't just mindless drones.

[forwearemany]

...Slang?

(Interesting.)

This unit is not of Human origin.

[assoverelbow]

Yes.

[Not of Human origin...interesting.]

Where are you from, then?

[forwearemany]

Both the Geth and our creators originated from the planet known as Rannoch.

(They chatter.)

[assoverelbow]

[With everything that's happened - showing up on a weird magical island with strange creatures - it's not so hard to believe that there are planets that aren't Earth out there capable of producing sentience.

Aliens are real. That's not something Genji would have ever expected.]

What's the planet like? Is it like Earth?

[forwearemany]

It is more arid, and the biosphere utilizes biochemistry of opposite chirality to that of Earth based lifeforms.

(So if a Human tried eating anything there they either wouldn't benefit or would be poisoned.)

[assoverelbow]

[To be honest, Genji doesn't know what all of those words mean. He's no scientist.

But it sounds like it's about as far from Earth as it could possibly be.]

Huh. Yet you can operate outside of its atmosphere with no issues?

[forwearemany]

(Not that far. Air and water, for instance, don't have chirality.)

Geth are capable of functioning in multiple environments, including outer space.

The atmosphere is not dissimilar to that of this location.

(They can parade around naked on worlds that would kill unprotected Humans with their lack of atmosphere, temperature, and/or toxicity.)

[assoverelbow]

I suppose that makes sense.

[He laughs softly.]

Robots don't have the limitation of men, after all.

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

(They don't get tired, or hungry, or experience pain.)

We also do not posess organic advantages.

[assoverelbow]

What would those advantages be?

[He's honestly curious. He's spent so much time with omnics who would say they are the same as humans. They are a part of this world the same as any other man, that he's interested to see what Legion believes sets them apart.]

[forwearemany]

We cannot heal over time, do not experience physical pleasure, and lack access to the perspective granted by organic experiences.

(They have many more advantages, but this does not make them stronger than organics as would be expected.

Their people were destroyed by organics, after all.)

[assoverelbow]

But you can be repaired, experience things no human could, and have your own unique perspective on the world by the experiences you've had.

[It's just a different sort of life. Genji shrugs - this robot is no omnic, has not experienced the struggles of an omnic, but they have had their own life and their own struggles, it seems.

He wonders how many people have treated them like just a machine.]

[forwearemany]

Yes.

(Legion is well aware that synths have their own set of advantages and disadvantages.)

However, organics also display the capacity to defy expectations, achieve statistically unlikely outcomes.

[assoverelbow]

[Genji cocks his head.]

Anyone can defy expectations and do the unexpected. It doesn't matter if they're organic or synthetic.

[Expectations are placed on everything, after all.]

[forwearemany]

(...Headtilt.)

You misunderstand. We are not stating that organics are superior, or that these abilities are exclusive to them.

However, they show an unusual capacity for it.

[assoverelbow]

[Hmmm.]

I understand, though I do not think their capacity is any more than the capacity of any thing with sentience. Such things are a marker of what makes something more.

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

...Our ability to understand was limited prior to undertaking missions in organic space.

[assoverelbow]

Nobody understands everything they could when they're limited in who or what they surround themselves with. New perspectives, new experiences, all of that is what helps people, even organics, understand.

[forwearemany]

Yes.

Alliance between organics and synthetics is likely enriching to both forms of life.

[assoverelbow]

I would agree with that. My life would be lesser without the omnics I've met.

[forwearemany]

Yes.

(They cannot say their own life would be lesser without organics: their betrayal has destroyed them.)