July Event: Riding the Wave

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JULY EVENT: RIDING THE WAVE

Who: Everyone!
What: The Jormun reappear to allow some transformative fun...and potentially some underwater exploration as well
When: July 10th and onward
Where: Ensō and the ocean floor around it
Warnings: Potential (and fully optional) body/transformation horror may arise when undergoing shifts from land-based to sea-based shapes, and vice versa. Otherwise, tag as you go!

I'll See You on the Other Side
The Jormun resurfaced to greet their old allies on July 8th, bringing with them the offer to explore the ocean floor alongside them. They're not the only old friend that's made a return, however. The kaleidoshells, placid, rainbow-tinted creatures reminiscent of sea turtles, have also made their way to Ensō's shores for their nesting season. For much of the month of July, you'll have to tread carefully around mounds of sand hiding delicate heaps of kaleidoshell eggs. Those of you uninterested in sea exploration can remain on the surface, if you like - the kaleidoshells can make for a stunning sight if you're glimpsing them for the first time as their shells throw off vibrant rainbow swirls of light reflected into the ocean waters.

Predators are always keen to feast on easy prey, and kaleidoshell eggs are no exception. If you feel like protecting them from any hungry slypers or pterax, you'll find that some of the Jormun are happy to stick on the surface with you and assist. They'll even lend you a schlacknorkcvic, which is the Jormun equivalent of a simple driftwood training staff, to help keep any thieving creatures away from the nests of kaleidoshell eggs - though they recommend that you do so peacefully, if possible.

Get Carried Away
Or you can brave the sea waters with the Jormun, instead. With the help of the sne'akleriad pendant, your new, aquatic shape will allow you to navigate the waters just as easily as they. Whether you intend to make use of this new skill to go roaming about and explore some of Ensō's uncharted ocean squares, take a look at that underwater structure that's been sighted before, or just have a joyous time beneath the waves with your new scaly, tentacled, flippered, or be-gilled form, the choice is yours.

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In the meantime, the following links may prove handy:

[ ♆ ] OOC Event Info and Plotting Post
[ ♆ ] Underwater City Exploration Page
[ ♆ ] Jormun NPC Information
[ ♆ ] Ensō's Locations Page

Event Timeline

[ ♆ ] July 8th: The Jormun and the kaleidoshells return to Ensō's shores
[ ♆ ] July 10th: Underwater exploration begins
[ ♆ ] July 17th: Part Two of our second year anniversary Test Drive Meme goes up
[ ♆ ] July 20th: Monthly Storytelling occurs
[ ♆ ] July 22nd: The final island in this voting round appears
[ ♆ ] July 25th: The Jormun return to their home beneath the waves

LOGS ● OOC ● STORIES ● MAIN NAVIGATION

( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )

Comments

[devilstongue]

[ He feels bad immediately when she hears that, cursing himself for not making sure there were nobody around to notice him being scary.

Molly pat-pats the sand next to him, moving a tail of his coat so she can sit on it if she wants to. ]

Sorry, I was telling that gull to fuck off.

[ He gestures at a panicked animal flapping away from the eggs.

The fact that he dropped an f-bomb isn't really concerning him. Toya had been a little too sweet for it, but Kiri's best mimics were profanity (in his opinion). Nothing Ren couldn't handle. ]

How's it going?

[catpiper]

[The f bomb is a word she's learned three times over at this point, so it doesn't phase her. Usually it makes people happy when she says it?? Usually. Not in Guzma's case, but he's the outlier and also not here so-]

I was telling things to 'fuck off' too.

[But in a nicer way because she doesn't know Infernal, even though she tries to mimic the word?? the sound?? now?? Tries, because it's pretty much just a gurgle and a sssss noise, as she moves to sit beside him. It's not great. Her mouth isn't cooperating.]

How do you make that sound?

[devilstongue]

[ Ren has the weirdest family and it's amazing. ]

Oh, yeah? Sounds like these eggs are real protected.

[ The way she tries to mimic the Infernal is endearing and absolutely horrible at the same time, and it ends up sounding like someone saying nonsense that might be close to 'red red no beans' in his language if their mouth is full of marbles. ]

It's my language. I like to use it to scare things, and if I put some magic in it, it even hurts.

[ 'Go away, and take your nasty unkempt feathers with you, you disgrace to birds.' was kind of lame mockery, but still. ]

[catpiper]

[That's a scary sounding language for this gentle man and she looks surprised that he can even make words come out like that. But it worked, incredibly. She's never heard of putting magic in words prior too now. There are magic words though, so maybe it's the same thing. Please and thank you and indescribable angry garbling.]

Can you say more words in that language?

[She wants to copy him. If it helps scare of the predators, she can protect the turtles from farther away.]

[devilstongue]

Alright.

[ He doesn't put any magic in it this time, and his voice is gentler - if still strangely dark. ]

, Mollymauk.

It means 'Pleased to meet you, my name is Mollymauk.'

[ A more literal translation would be 'Stay your blade, I am an ally. The name you may use is Mollymauk.' ]

[catpiper]

[To her credit, she tries.

She really, really tries. It sorta comes out as something?? She probably gets my name is Ren correct. The rest sounds a mixture of the crackly noise the grudge girl makes and wheezing.]

Can you do it again?

[devilstongue]

Alright. Just for you.

[ Smiling at her, Molly then repeats the sentence a bit slower. He isn't sure if it's even possible for humans to speak infernal, but she's kind of getting there? It's sounding a little less like random gurgling. ]

[catpiper]

[She barely knows her own language, but it won't stop her from gurgle trying to learn this one. And for the next few minutes, she really makes an attempt to get this Infernal thing down.

But it's pretty hard.]

Did someone teach you this language?

[devilstongue]

[ She sounds like a really drunk person with a lisp and a few teeth missing, but it's kind of understandable, which is as far as they'd get, in his opinion. No need to press it to much and make it not fun. ]

Lovely. You're a natural.

[ That's mean, Molly. ]

Oh, it comes with the blood. I just suddenly knew it out of nowhere, as if it was magic!

[ ...well, he has no idea, but he likes that lie. ]

[catpiper]

[That encouragement has pretty much sealed the fate of anyone that tries to talk to her in the next few days. She's gonna sputter counterfeit infernal at them.

Your blood knows that kind of thing? Is it talking for you?

[Because that's WEIRD but whatever. Magic beings are wild.]

[devilstongue]

[ He's definitely taking her to Jester and showing off his corruption of a sweet child. See, he can do it too! Kiri who? ]

Well, I think so? I honestly don't know. My family didn't tell me much.

[catpiper]

[Hell yeah, let her practice infernal with people. She does another little gurgle, but mostly ends up saying Ren, Ren, Ren. Whatever, she's trying.]

You're very good at a lot of things, so your blood knows more. That's something I can tell.

[She cannot tell this. Not one dang bit.]

Can you speak lobster?

[devilstongue]

That sounds fair, I'll take it.

[ No, really. It's as good an explanation as any, if he's honest. (He doesn't like being honest, but sometimes...)

Her question, though? It has him grinning. ]

Lobster? Oh, definitely not. Can you?

[catpiper]

No, I tried very hard to talk to them, but my blood doesn't let me do that.

[The casual conversation is just that-quiet and nice. A peaceful moment she craved after all the chaos. She reaches for his hair and, if he doesn't pull away, starts to weave the strands into loose braids around his horns.]

Uncle Kravitz could while he was a fish, but no one else can.

[devilstongue]

[ It is a really nice conversation to have on a beach while guarding eggs. With the two of them here, it seemed like no predators wanted to come close. ]

Your uncle Kravitz was a fish?

[ Was that Hot Guy™ Kravitz? The shy disaster? ]

[catpiper]

Yes, he went into the water and had a tail and-

[She holds up a hand, spreading her fingers out pushing them back together.]

He had something weird between his fingers, so he could swim better. That's what it was for.

[devilstongue]

Oh? Is that new new thing, or does he do that a lot?

[ He heard that the fish guys had some kind of thing going on, so now he's interested. Were they turning others to fish people as well? ]

[catpiper]

I think it's very new. He couldn't become a fish before.

[Or maybe he could?? It's a mystery what these Adventurezones can do, honestly. She learns something new about them every month.]

[devilstongue]

Well, that definitely sounds like something I should get in on. Maybe it' another island bullshit thing?

[ Who knows? Not him. ]

What kind of fish would you be?

[catpiper]

I think it's a 'Jormun bullshit thing'-they let everyone do that with their special treasures.

[But ya know, semantics.]

I want to be a lobster. What fish would you be?

[devilstongue]

I get it, it's another game of this place.

[ Pardon him as he tosses a stick after an encroaching seagull. Leave the eggs alone! ]

Is a lobster a fish? [ He has no idea. ] I don't know much about fish. I never saw the ocean before I got here. What do you think?

[catpiper]

They have to be.

[She's not a lobster expert, but also she is, actually. Thanks. She's raised one for two years-that's got to mean something. Lobster baby to lobster teen to lobster adult. They're fish. Related to fish. Deal in some kind of fishcraft.]

Do you like the ocean now? Do you like swimming?

[devilstongue]

[ He stretches a bit with a sigh, and then gives Ren a small shrug. ]

I don't know. It's beautiful, sure, but it also traps us here on these islands.

[ Molly looks out over the water, red eyes watching the glint of the sun in the blue ripples. Maybe he'd like it more if he had seen it in another circumstance. Maybe as an idiot, stealing a boat with his friends. ]

[catpiper]

You feel trapped?

[It's a hard pill to swallow that her home is a curse to some of the other islanders. She never wants to leave and lives with a freedom she never had back on her world.

The same can't be said for others though and it's hard to hear, especially from the people she cherishes.]

Do you miss your home?

[devilstongue]

Yeah.

[ Molly admits freely, looking at the sea. ]

Not... particularly because of the island itself. I can't go back, so existing in some way is nice. I just don't like the games it plays.

[ He can understand the beauty of this place and the fun and exciting things, but it always came with a catch that just wasn't worth it. ]

It hurts people. My friends.