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

[thankgods]

[ A bee settles on the earbud. They don't move until the song is entirely finished.

They hum, thoughtfully, lifting off the earbud so Connor doesn't have to keep holding it up. By the way the swarm of bees drifts around him, buzzing pleasantly, they sound quite content. ]

So this is jazz! What a wonderful sound. How generous of you to show me!

So yes! I like it, very much so.

[ Question...answered? ]

[yourattention]

[Mental note: bees like jazz. That's definitely going to come back in a weird way later.]

My sister is in jazz band. [It's offered sort of like an explanation.] I did - I was on swim team.

[Can't say you did swim if you quit before the first meet! But he sure was on swim team.]

[thankgods]

There are many pools here, if you wish to continue.

[ The concepts aren't entirely foreign to them. They have enough context to puzzle out what he means.

But what's more important is... ]

Did you enjoy it?

[yourattention]

I like swimming, yeah.

[Like most things Connor says, the actual information is in the way that he phrases things. Here: he liked the idea of swim team, of being good at something. But mostly he liked the burn of oxygen running out in his lungs.]

I also like diving.

[thankgods]

Then that is a good thing. Very good!

[ Another pleased, light hum. ]

Is this island to your liking?

[yourattention]

[It's not, not exactly, but that seems unwise to say.]

I'm having a good time. [That's neutral enough.] It's, um. It's nice. I like it here better than when we met Bliss.

[Not that such a thing is hard.]

[thankgods]

[ Humans sure are complicated. But it's not their place to question, to probe, to ask overmuch. That has always been the Storyteller's lot, or perhaps Anbaki.

They hum, thoughtful and soft. If the mention of Bliss distresses them any, they don't overtly display it, though the humming undertone in their voice is more subdued, more mournful. ]

Then I am glad you find this island more to your liking than some.