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

[onegreeneye]

[Oh THAT'S a mood.]

Pokemon are, uh... [He's definitely heard the word here and there, from others on the island, even if he can't remember ever getting the Full Rundown on what those are. He nods at Nebby.] Like that guy, right?

That would track, alright. There must be a range in the growing techniques developed in different places, too - oh, and different worlds would have different resources to create a variety of flavors, wouldn't they? [Like maybe those Pokemon things could help??]

[flower_of_innocence]

Haha, yes, Nebby is a pokemon.

[From very far away. But aren't they all far away from home right now?]

That makes sense! Pokemon, for example, can contribute leaves, oils, or other byproducts of their bodies to human cuisine. [Alright so it sounds a little gross when you put it that way, but it's the truth.] That must create very different flavors than, say, plants and creatures from other worlds, right? And that's not just applicable to teas, but a wide variety of food and drink...gosh, even non-food products often come from or are influenced by pokemon, come to think of it.

Your world probably works together with it's native inhabitants in similar ways, right?

[onegreeneye]

[Well, he guesses it's not any grosser than any other animal byproduct. Definitely not grosser than the occasional nymphs back in Ryslig that would use their leaves for tea.]

We do; a lot of animal products are used in food and the like in my world, too, and I would assume they'd be different from what pokemon produce.

Now and then, we also make use of mushi, which seem to be unique to my world. [He snorts softly, then adds,] Usually, though, their inclusion is either accidental or medicinal.

[flower_of_innocence]

Mushi? Hm...I've never heard that term before. Well, I suppose that's obvious, if they're unique to your world, of course. What are they, if you don't mind my asking?

[It's interesting that he says their inclusion is "Accidental", she thinks, but she figures she should at least know what they are before she asks how they work.]

[onegreeneye]

[Speaking of things he is glad to explain literally any time!]

Mushi are a type of organism that exists closer to the origin of life in my world than most - essentially, they’re made of a higher concentration of life force to physical matter than things like plants or animals are. Because they’re less rooted in the physical world, they can have a wide, somewhat strange array of effects on the world around them - at least strange by the standards of most people in my world. [He doesn’t know, of course, how the abilities of some mushi would stack up against what Lillie is used to - and he’s getting the impression it wouldn’t be quite as shocking.]

Since not everyone can see life force, they were also invisible to most people; many didn’t know they existed at all. Out of those of us who could see them, some - including myself - made a living studying and handling them.