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July Intro: Dancing in the Dark

INTRO LOG: JULY
Who: New arrivals, and you!
What: New souls arrive to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: July 4th - July 10th
Where: Primarily Io, as well as Ensō
Warnings: Mark as needed!
Last month, the island of Io saw a massive overhaul, as Eleu reunited with their lost half, Zum, to take their rightful place as the island's Avatar of Fun. Eleu'zum is aware that Io will not be remaining in the archipelago for much longer, and thus have opted to go all out in the celebration of their rejuvenation.

New arrivals may awake at any of the locations listed below.

Waterslides: Don't Let Me Get Down
For this week only, the waterslides threading throughout the bathhouses of Io have been equipped with some special new features, namely the light-up water jets laid out across the outdoor areas, as well as diving boards placed at extreme heights for thrill seekers. Sure, you could just sit around and relax in the heated water, but where's the fun in that?
The supplies at the bathhouses have also been outfitted with wide varieties of inflatable tubes and pool toys, pool noodles, beach balls, dive toys, and squirt guns of every shape, size, and color. And yes, we really do mean every possible type you can imagine.

So have a blast, get soaked, shoot off of high-speed waterslides, or try and avoid the chaos to get a little relaxation time - the choice is yours. But enjoy the bathhouses and pools while you have access to them, before Io disappears.

Go-Karts: Don't Lie Me Down
That new go-kart track by the vineyard is in dire need of some test drivers. With corkscrew turns and twisting roads, those tracks look very much like they might be a tad hazardous, especially if your kart goes off-track...but don't fear! No matter how badly you spin out, you'll find that your kart will never leave the road, thus keeping spectators safe from any and all roadside dangers.
However, just because they're safe from you doesn't mean that you're safe from them. You've got plenty of items to use against your fellow racers, but you've got nothing to protect yourself against the turrets mounted at the sides of the tracks, placed for the enjoyment of spectators who feel like getting a little more participatory. The roadside turrets are capable of spitting all sorts of additional threats upon racers: banana peels, balls of fire, jets of water, and so on.

However, bear in mind that this feature is a two-way street; climb onto one of those turrets to target racers, and they'll find that they'll have no difficulty targeting you in retaliation.

Whether you're here to watch, here to race, here to make things difficult, or simply here to place bets and keep score, you've still got plenty of drinks to wash away the shame of defeat, or celebrate your first place victory.

Hedge Maze & Butterfly House: Back into the Easy Days
Newly mounted atop the tea gardens is a brand new butterfly house, hosting a spectacular abundance of gloriously colorful specimens. With jewel-bright wings and unusually bold dispositions, one will find that these butterflies are very, very easy to behold up close. They don't seem to mind visitors at all, and will happily flutter down to light on the hands, head, and shoulders of whoever draws near, assuming they don't swat them away. The butterfly house comes equipped with small dishes of sugar water to feed them, if you desire, though you could just as easily simply spend time here to relax and look out across the island. From up here, you have quite the spectacular view.
The tea gardens have also gained a rather grandiose hedge maze threaded around the tea trees. The paler pathways are for leisurely, scenic strolls, or playful games of who can reach the finish line first. The darker pathways, on the other hand, are for the more competitive, as well as the more daredevilish; those who take those pathways will quickly find themselves racing to reach the exit before some rather large bees catch up to them.

Despite their potentially fearsome appearance, these creatures are quite harmless, but there's still nothing quite like turning around and seeing that buzzing loudly after you. If they catch you, the bees will promptly burst into a large cloud of multicolored glitter that will coat you from head to toe. And if anyone has any experience with glitter, that can be quite a pain to get rid of. You'll probably be shaking it out of your hair and brushing it from your joints for weeks.

Rollercoaster & Carnival: Overlooking Trouble Gone Bad
The rollercoaster is the newest addition to the Honeycomb, and it's as much a thrill to behold as it is to ride. There are no lines, no tickets, and no entry fees; simply climb aboard! Once the cart is full, or if no further passengers enter, it will take off at breakneck speeds, twisting and loop-de-looping in a breathtaking series of physics-defying turns and arcs.

That's not all, however. The campsites on Io have also opted to make some slight alterations to celebrate the Avatar's return to form. Those large, colorful tents have gone from mere sites of sleeping and relaxation to a full-blown carnival. There are booths where you can play simple ring-toss games and the like, as well as stands for the acquisition of cotton candy, popcorn, and just about any snack you'd find typical of a carnival...as well as a few flavors that might seem a tad bit unconventional. But, hey - as long as it's here, why not sample what's free to eat? Even if you might run into seaweed ice cream, squid-ink sundaes, crab-cake kettle-corn, and many more besides, peppered among your more ordinary flavors.
A small collection of rides have also been provided, of course; what carnival would be fit without them? A carousel with cariborn- or beowolf-styled mounts might be a bit strange to behold at first, but it rides just as well as any other. A small ferris wheel allows you to oversee the sights of Io at the peak of its curve, while whirling teacups can make for a delightful if potentially nausea-inducing escapade.

The island of Io will be disappearing from the archipelago as of July 10th, so you'd better enjoy these additions while you can! For once, there will be no strings attached!



All new arrivals will awake with knapsacks, their names stitched to the front. The contents of said knapsacks can all be found in your acceptance notices!

As a final note to those who participated in the Test Drive Meme, bear in mind that those threads, if all parties involved would like, can be game canon in the form of dream-like memories involving a place very much like this one, though the layout is considerably different.



Feeling a tad adrift? Make sure to check the Locations Page, which has details regarding the starting areas and a handy map for those who feel better with a bird's eye view!


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taxusbacatta: (lets get real)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-07-14 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yellowfang mlems aggressively, trying to get the grit out of her teeth.]

All I can manage.

[She tries to groom herself and re-enters that same hell again.]

Fox dung! Curse this place! Curse that hare! I wish it had stung us! I wish it had! Zidane, do you know the way to the entrance? I've no interest in completing this twisted path to its end.

atailoftwoworlds: (pic#13237510)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-07-16 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
I think some it will come off while you're walking. Don't worry, some of it will shake off while we're walking. I'm sure.

[And he glances behind him.] Well.....I'm not sure actually. It's the first time I've been here and it is a maze, after all. But I did come from there? [He points in the direction.]
taxusbacatta: (lets get real)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-07-16 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[With her tattered little ears squashed down flat against her skull, Yellowfang starts stalking in the direction he pointed in. The glitter in her fur catches the sun and it is just beautiful.]

It's as good a way as any. All we need next is to start sprouting vines and blooms.

atailoftwoworlds: Reckless (What does this button do?)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-07-21 03:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Come to think of it, it does look pretty but Zidane gets the feeling Yellowfang might get a little mad if he said so.] Well, let’s try it then! [And then he starts moving. Not long after, he points in another direction.] Uh....I think we go that way too? [And he will beckon her to follow as he pushes ahead.

Suddenly, he stops.]


Hang on......did I really go this way?
taxusbacatta: (lets get real)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-07-22 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
[She veers away from him to let him lead but stops as soon as he does. She lets out a little sigh.]

You keep an eye out for more of those bees. I'm going up.

[And with that she crouches, does a little butt wiggle, and springs upwards. A few leaves fall as she clambers up the wall of the maze to perch and calmly lick her shoulder as though it didn't make her hips ache.]

Now then let's see...ah! I can see the temple. We should be heading toward the sunset...the sunset!

[Yellowfang hisses. She doesn't want to be out here all night! Not when the Twolegs set off those blasted fireworks as soon as the sky turns lavender.]
atailoftwoworlds: (someday)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-07-25 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well to be fair it’s his first time in the maze and he spent too much time trying to get away from bees so he wouldn’t know his way back easily. But he’ll do as Yellowfang suggests.]

Gotcha. [And he keeps an eye out. So far, so good. When he thinks the coast is clear, he looks up.]

You can see the route back? Great! Hey, how bout you stay up there and lead the way? That way we can get out faster.
taxusbacatta: (golden glow)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-07-26 01:27 am (UTC)(link)
I can see where we're meant to go but this trail is like nothing I've ever seen.

[Not even false trails laid to fool enemy Clans or foxes!]

All we can do is start walking I suppose.

[And with that, she starts them on their long quest back to the temple. And that leaves them with time to think. And for Yellowfang to wonder. SORRY ZIDANE SHE HAS TO ASK.]

What sort of Twolegs are you to have a tail?

[It's a breezy question. You can't blame a cat for being a cat. She's seen upright creatures like Ginko who had a tail but his looked like it was part of the rest of him.]
atailoftwoworlds: Confused (pic#3026609)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-07-29 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
I guess you’ve never gone to a maze before? [But at least she now knows the way. He starts to follow her. Hopefully it won’t be too long until they are out. He’d like to get the glitter off before some pretty girl comes along and sees him because he bets he looks really silly at the moment. PRIORITIES.]

Hmmmm? [Oh boy. More tail questions. But she isn’t doing it to be rude. She just sounds honestly curious. Not that Zidane wants to tell her everything since he doesn’t know her well. But he can give some answers without mentioning the humanoid vessel or angel of death parts. That might weird her out.] Oh, uh.....I’m a Genome. They all have tails and hair like mine.
taxusbacatta: (golden glow)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-07-29 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Hm. As good a reason as any.

[She waves her own tail as though shooing away her own question. So a Genome. There were so many types of upright creatures, it doesn't occur to her that she could question him further.]

[Instead she hops the gap between the edge corner of the wall she reaches and lands neatly on the other one.]


We should be there before the stars come out if we keep going at this pace.
atailoftwoworlds: (Concern)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-08-05 06:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Good. I don't wanna be here too long. [And. as he is still walking, he glances down at the glitter on his body. Ugh. There's so much of it.] Man, it looks like it's gonna take a while to get all this stuff off. I just sure hope some cute girls don't walk by before I get home. [Which is clearly the WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN!!!!]
taxusbacatta: (golden glow)

[personal profile] taxusbacatta 2019-08-08 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[One stubby ear turns his way as she listens to him complain. Oh, of all the things to worry about! She lets out a little purr of amusement.]

You do not know, they may find you very beautiful now.