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

[barberian]

Bees don't speak, do they?

(She's eyeing up one of the little trees now, just off the path out in the gardens. Hmm. She hasn't pulled one up by the roots before, what if she kills it?)

Do you just... (She gestures, a grabbing and pulling motion.)

[postictal]

I think the local, uh, god? Takes the shape of a lotta bees, so...there's that.

[Oh. Well, if she wants to literally dig up one of the things - ]

To move these, you're gonna want a pot and a trowel, at the very least. Couple people here are better at gardening. Could probably tell you how to do it.

[barberian]

I haven't met them yet.

(Seems dangerous...)

Oh. (Yasha looks a little disgruntled at it not being that simple. She doesn't want to harm the tree, though... better do as he says.) Okay. Where are these people, do you know?

[postictal]

Uh...Asgore's probably around in the gardens somewhere, since he's kind of a tea guy. [Kind of. Little bit. Just a smidge.]

If not him, then...Chara, maybe. Or Frisk. Or the little bug, I dunno if you've seen them around, but they've been helping with gardening, so they could probably give you some pointers.

[barberian]

Okay.

(She'll make a little mental list.)

I didn't know Asgore liked tea, too. (Honestly, he sounds a lot like somebody that Yasha already knows. Funny that.) What kind of things are you good at?

[postictal]

...uh, lighting fires, mostly.

[No, actually - he's not even very good at that, either, huh?]

Well, I spend most of my time over at Denny. Trying my hand at building shit too, which is kind of a work in progress but, yeah. [Work in progress. Tim, you built Denny.]

[barberian]

I haven't been to Denny yet.

(Beau has talked about it a few times but Yasha has never actually set foot in the place before. Mostly because it hasn't really interested her at all.)

What are you trying to build now?

[postictal]

Well, doors're open whenever.

[Plenty of people don't really go there, for varying reasons. But then, it's not like attendance is ever mandatory.]

Right now, I'm trying to learn how to make bed frames.