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May Adventure: I Want to Go Where Everyone Goes

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?



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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a_shadow: (Attentive)

[personal profile] a_shadow 2019-05-18 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
She's glad he understands. "I don't plan to either," she replies. "And for now I'm going to keep hovering around. Just to watch and see how people are doing."

Sooner or later, though, she'll have to make her way back to Enso in order to eat. Any other questions about what happened to him are not to be forthcoming, as Tex figures he would have shared more details if he had wanted to.

semistableman: (★ i am so homesick now for)

[personal profile] semistableman 2019-05-18 05:48 am (UTC)(link)
"I don't blame you," Bucky says easily. He looks around again. What's it like, being able to trust anyone you come across? He doesn't even want to get near the damn bees. "I keep expecting something to go wrong," he says after a while, shrugging a little. At his side, Petunia the flower-covered sheep makes a snorting noise, which momentarily distracts him before he turns his attention back to Tex.

"Did you and the others get outta the situation?"
a_shadow: (Calm)

[personal profile] a_shadow 2019-05-18 05:08 pm (UTC)(link)
She glances over at Petunia too, giving a faint smile. The animal is pretty cute, she has to admit.

"Yes," she replies in answer to his question. "There were a couple of immunes and they were able to get everyone an antidote."

She shakes her head.

"The aliens there were confused, they thought we'd be grateful. So it wasn't exactly malicious. Mainly in that it was thoughtless."
semistableman: (❅ focus in on all things you say)

[personal profile] semistableman 2019-05-20 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Thoughtless," he repeats, frowning even as he seems to be considering something. "I guess that's something. Glad you all got out of it," Bucky says, and he sounds like he means it, even if his expression is still a little vague.

"In my case, they definitely knew what they were doing. Wasn't anything that wasn't malicious about them." But it was also a long time ago. Well. Not that long ago. But long enough. "Still, at least cooking your own food cuts down on the chances of things going south around here."
a_shadow: (Ready)

[personal profile] a_shadow 2019-05-24 04:15 am (UTC)(link)
"Exactly the way I see it," she says. "And don't get me wrong, I'm willing to have a drink, but only when I know what I'm putting in my body."

She frowns slightly, considering it, and his words about what had happened to him.

"It's in the past now," is how she chooses to address that.
semistableman: (✪ maybe you're a sinner)

[personal profile] semistableman 2019-05-26 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"At least the restaurant is a reasonably safe place," Bucky says with a shrug. He offers her a sympathetic look, though he doesn't smile. He knows what it's like, considering he's been mostly subsisting off of things that are easily found and prepared.

But he needs to focus on the present, because it won't do him any good to think about all the things that could have happened. "Yeah. When the deities aren't messing with people, this place isn't as bad as it could have been."
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[personal profile] a_shadow 2019-06-13 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"So why are the deities messing with people now, I wonder," she says. "What's changed?"
semistableman: (☔ someone to crawl into)

[personal profile] semistableman 2019-06-17 06:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know," Bucky admits with another shrug. "It might not be that at all; I don't think they're a malicious bunch, at least not intentionally. But I don't trust 'em." It's just one of those things.