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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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catpiper: (what the fug)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-06-07 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Baseball and tag.

[Not just one. It's gotta be both, at the same time, right now. Because she presses a finger against his cheek and bolts in the opposite direction, holding a honeystick like a bonafide bat.]

Throw something-hurry, hurry!
devilstongue: (🔮 109)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-06-09 12:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright!

[ He has... no idea what baseball is. She tells him to throw something, though, and all he really has to throw is one of the red rocks she's given him. Not one from his horns, though - just one he has in his pocket.

...thankfully he gets that he's supposed to throw it at her when she backs off like that, otherwise he'd lob it in a random direction.

Molly's fairly careful when throwing it, but it is a rock and not a ball. ]
catpiper: (orla orla hypothesis)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-06-09 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[With the precision and finesse only a horrible goblin can manage, she abruptly stops, clutching the small stick with both her hands and eyes the rock as it gets closer, closer, closer, closer-

And she swings that tiny stick with all the power she can muster, right into the thin air because that shining, red rock makes its way past her, falling directly into the grass.

And because the main rule to this game is there are no rules and also change every rule every two seconds, she lobs the honeystick towards him with surprisingly good force, while she drops to the ground to check for the rock.
]

Make it a home run!
devilstongue: (🔮 106)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-06-13 06:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know what that means!

[ Molly hollers back at Ren, having ducked out of the way of the honey stick. He makes a good attempt of just... running in a random direction, though. This is peak calvinball. ]
catpiper: (pic#12601927)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-06-15 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
That means you throw something so hard no one can reach it!

[Running is only half this terrible game so start throwing stuff!!

Because she is!! Mostly leaves that don't flutter anywhere near him, but the Intent is there.
]

You're still it so you have to do that.
devilstongue: (🔮 80)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-06-15 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay!

[ Damn, playing was hard. He's really not used to energetic kids, Toya was more withdrawn.

Still, he likes Ren and he promised some fun, so he does what she asks and rounds a hexagon to grab the honey stick she threw... and then throws that as far as he possibly can, up on the honeycombs. That should be enough not to be able to get, right?

...didn't that mean the game was over, though? ]
catpiper: (goodnight bonuts donuts)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-06-16 09:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's the power of an adult, she guesses. The stick flies up, up, up and out of her reach. It doesn't matter how far she stands on her tiptoes-that was definitely a home run and she spins in a circle, moving away from the honeycomb with a delighted laugh.]

You did it!

[But is the game EVER really over? Probably not.]

Come here, come here!

devilstongue: (🔮 19)

then I was sick for 2000 years

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-07-01 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Coming, coming!

[ He'll hurry over to the little girl (which is surprisingly fast for all his flowy clothes) and then stops next to her to admire his stick-throwing handiwork. ]

Does this mean the game is over or do we have to climb after it now?
catpiper: (hot water and joy eater are side by side)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-07-05 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
We have to climb and whoever gets it first, wins.

[Right now. At this moment, but something will change between here and there and-

She points in the opposite direction of the stick and says-
]

Look at that!
devilstongue: (Default)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-07-06 07:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, he gets what she's going for, but he'll look over where Ren is pointing politely as the girl is most likely grabbing a head start. ]

Oh no! You tricked me!
catpiper: (pic#13117572)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-07-09 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[She looks too freaking proud of herself for that horrible attempt at deception. But in her eyes, it worked! Amazing! She's trying to climb up as fast as she can.]

You have to trick me first next time! You have to cheat-that's what you do.
devilstongue: (🔮 56)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-07-15 09:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's such a smart kid, and Molly does his best to not actually catch up with her as they 'race' to get the stick. He's no Beau, but he could have beaten a kid easily. Why would he want to, though?

Ren was too cute. ]


Oh yeah? I'll remember that for the next round!

[ Molly's caught up by now to the fact that they're making up the rules as they go. ]
catpiper: (what is coral anyway)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-07-17 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's so kind of Molly. And the second she gets that stick in her grubby palms, she holds it high in the air and-]

This is the gold stick now! I won!

[Like a gold star, but better and because she's not going to share in this joy alone-]

Here, when you hold it, it'll become a silver stick. That means you won too.
devilstongue: (🔮 19)

[personal profile] devilstongue 2019-07-20 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
Now that is a nice stick.

[ He's smiling, despite himself. Normally he wouldn't get into this as much as he did, but it's easier to like Ren than it was with Kiri. He's stuck here, after all. She's not going anywhere soon... plus she obviously can take care of herself. Smart little cookie, honestly.

Molly accepts the stick graciously and holds it over his head. ]


Winners of the honeycomb!
catpiper: (if i was one with the earth)

[personal profile] catpiper 2019-07-20 09:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[And with a cry of her own, she jumps in the air, tapping the stick with the tips of her fingers when she gets high enough and-]

We're winners! We won the whole thing-now it's ours.

[The entire HONEYCOMB is their prize now.]