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

[technicallytechnically]

"YASHA'S GONNA GET ALL THE WEED!!!" Yasha uses her barbarian speed to... gently move Jester closer to her targets, as Jester just flails and laughs maniacally.

But also Jester's only horse in this race at this point is getting to naked wrestle with Molly and Beau, so like, she's already won her prize here. So she goes right for it, not caring one bit about Beau's threat against the joint, and starts grabbing Beau by the shoulders to try and push her over.

Or, well, it starts on the shoulders. And at some point may upgrade to the face.

[devilstongue]

"Get her!"

Molly isn't quite as gentle as Yasha is, but he also has a trash person on his shoulders and not a precious blueberry. He lunges forward to grab Yasha ins the most useless chest bump, steadying himself against her so the top fighters can duke it out.

"Hello, love. Come here often?"

He winks at his best friend, definitely not planning to trip her with his tail if Beau looks like she's losing.

[barberian]

"Jester is going to win me all of the weed."

She's not entirely sure what's going on up there because it's hard to look and also because she's kind of aware that Beau is naked up there on Molly's shoulders but she's trying not to think too hard about it-

"Hello."

Molly has chest bumped her, right on cue. Yasha lets go of Jester's legs to grapple him by his shoulders, but lovingly so. She smiles. "If you trip me with your tail, I will drag you under by the horns."

[lesbeau]

Of course it's gonna upgrade to the face. On one hand, Beau has a lot of wiggle power- it's hard to unsteady her, even on another person's shoulders. On the other, she absolutely doesn't have the raw power that Jester does to push back. So she focuses on slapping away Jester's wrists, wrapping her hands around and redirecting the force back at her. She's basically entirely forgotten if there was any point to this, because it's so much more fun to just try and win.

"You're gonna have to do better than that, huh!" Man, sure hope Molly can handle all her movements on his shoulders. Go ahead Molly, take another one for the team and hold it together, huh?

how many times will i drop links in one thread

[technicallytechnically]

Unfortunately for Team Strong Girls, Beau is at an advantage in a slapfight and Jester may have been relying a little too much on Yasha keeping her steady while she goes ham with her entire upper torso. She's about to try to shoulder check Beau after she's realized her wrists are being easily deflected by the person who actually does fight with her hands for a living.

So the shoulder check, being delivered with an excess of gusto and a lot of forward flailing, mostly ends with Jester stumbling straight into Beau's entire self with her entire self. There's naked flailing involved, and not the fun kind. Well, maybe the fun kind.

At least Jester is sturdy enough for a full body flail to like, be somewhat effective, probably. The horns might also help.

Also the wordless, ecstatic yelling might throw the other team off their rhythm. Jester clearly has the upper hand here.