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

[hyperlit]

limits current productivity

[They have a shorter lifespan, made shorter still by the limit their illness places on it. They don't have time for anything that be construed as a waste.]

[forwearemany]

Continuous productivity is not possible.

(Espescially not for small, frail creatures who require food, drink, and rest.)

[hyperlit]

perhaps not
no reason to not be productive when possible

[As productive as possible. This is why the Drifter is essentially always doing Things.]

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

Perhaps when you are not otherwise occupied.

(It is clear the Drifter would prefer to do whatever they are currently doing, regardless of the purpose of it.)

[hyperlit]

always occupied

[If they are not occupied, it is because they are sleeping. Or dead.]

[forwearemany]

(Headtilt.)

You are continuously performing productive tasks?

(Can you hear the doubt?)

[hyperlit]

whenever possible

[Hence their mapping of this place. That's IMPORTANT. It's difficult to parse, geometrically, so they are helping.]

[forwearemany]

Is this your preference?

(They headtilt.)

Current activity?

[hyperlit]

[A nod, firm and resolute and unhesitating. They will eventually achieve rest - all the rest they need - when they are dead. They have a limited time on this world, in the living realm. They may as well be useful while they can.]

mapping honeycomb

[forwearemany]

(...Headtilt.

Their headflaps ripple momentarily. They are uncertain of the use of such an endeavor, but reach consensus not to question it at this time.)

May we accompany you?

[hyperlit]

if desired

[They're not sure how helpful company would be in mapping, but they're not about to begrudge Legion for that choice.]

[forwearemany]

Acknowledged.

(They put their console in their backpack for now.)

[hyperlit]

[The Drifter sets off without much more warning, trotting along. They don't seem to have any particular method for attacking this structure, other than to outline which corridors they take and then see if they link up with anything that they've traversed before.]

[But they are very determined, as always. That's the one credit they have.]

[forwearemany]

(They follow, chattering occasionally.

Eventually, they speak.)

You enjoy mapmaking?

[hyperlit]

["Enjoy" is not a term they use easily. There's the slightest of hesitation before the Drifter issues a response.]

a useful skill

[forwearemany]

Affirmative.

(They think about the Drifter's unwillingness to consider their own joy, only their usefulness.

They think about how the Drifter's experience of joy likely never mattered to their creators.

They suspect, however, that the Drifter does enjoy this activity, and so choose not to interrupt with topics shown to cause distress.)