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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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yourattention: (but i should tell you that)

[personal profile] yourattention 2019-05-20 09:35 pm (UTC)(link)
I have to make up for being a filthy Muggle somehow.

[That's pretty much how he thinks of it: he's extremely, incredibly average and normal. He has no combat skills, there's no such thing as magic where he's from, he has no experience with the supernatural - anything he contributes has to be weirdly specialized and specific, otherwise what's the point?]

How else am I supposed to be a contributing member of society?
postictal: (uh huh sure | smoking)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-20 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
A what?

[He never read Harry Potter, Connor, sorry. He missed a lot of key fiction in his formative years that every kid should know.]

Look, you can sail, you can weave baskets - you were helping me out when we were both kids, and I'm pretty sure all I could reliably do at that point was start crying on command.
yourattention: (every night after dinner)

[personal profile] yourattention 2019-05-20 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Normal. I can't do magic, I can't fight for shit, I don't have special abilities.

[He shrugs. It's not a huge deal to him, now. It used to burn like failure, but he's realized there's more than one way to be useful.]

All I have is the fucks I don't give about anything.
postictal: (begging for help im screaming for help)

[personal profile] postictal 2019-05-21 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
Neither can I.

[Well. He does have an ability. Kind of. It's certainly not normal, but he's not going to put it in the pros column. No goddamn way.]

I'd say you're contributing a whole hell of a lot, is all.