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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.

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 )

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Even if he'd suspected it, something tightens inside of him when she says it out loud: I'm human. Always does, every time, because of all the impossible, miraculous organic things that inhabit these islands and waters none is more impossible or miraculous than Man. Humans. By one name or another, as one idea or another, he has loved them all his life, whatever else has happened, and when he does leave this place he will not meet them again.

(But they still live, somewhere impossibly far away. That must be enough.)

"Thank you," he murmurs when she offers to help point out who's what, and then a moment later: "Me?"

Well, Horatio supposes, it is fine enough to say a little. And this wish has never been a secret. "In my code, I've actually always wanted to fly. Which probably sounds strange after talking about what a robot's designed to do, but this isn't the body I started with. Sometimes that can happen. To robots, at least."

I've actually always wanted to fly-that's a little bit of info she's going to tuck into her pocket for the future. Going underwater is the exact opposite of flying to her, but he isn't driven by that specific code for this adventure.

And for all the complicated things in life she's had to learn: what spicy foods are, the different meanings of cool, how to wear sunglasses and hug-the idea of an AI shifting bodies isn't difficult for her to grasp. She saw it time and time again. Saw Shin flit to different forms, had her entire being copied into a tiny crystallized drive-it's one of the few things he doesn't have to explain.

But she might have a way for him to fly and that makes her smile because-

"Don't leave this body for a long time-that way I can find you again," And she holds up her arms high in the sky. "When you come back, we'll try to fly together. I'll look for things to help you do that."

Please come alive and with no dang rust.

Horatio has of course never smiled, and if he has ever really laughed, in some other lifetime, he no longer remembers it. But she is human, and alive, and very kind, and in some ways he is so tired, and he briefly closes his eyes and makes the kind of quiet humming sound that from most other beings might accompany a small and equally quiet smile.

"Just like that, huh?" Just as easily as that. You can come back if it hurts and we'll try to fly together. "...all right, then. Sure. We can try to find a way sometime. Maybe for both of us. I don't really remember if I ever actually got to fly with a human back then, but I'd like to."

There had been a human crew, he knows that now. But how much interaction had they ever had with the ship's AI? Had they actually gone anywhere together? Those are things he may never know. He only knows that Horus had woken up one day to find them all gone.

"My name is Horatio. Horatio Nullbuilt, version five."

All her plans begin and end with getting Horatio Nullbuilt, version five up into the sky. She's too afraid to join in, but she can be supportive from the ground, thanks to the invention of the lovely iStone. But that's a conversation for another day. Because he has a long, long name that's going to be hard to memorize and she repeats it in her head over and over. Remember it's version five, not four, three, or two.

She doesn't want to ask what happened to the others-if there was ever any.

"I'm Ren," Far shorter. Easier. "Be very careful Horatio Nullbuilt, version five. You can talk to me on the 'phone' too. I'll be right here, so your heart can reach me whenever you want."

July Event: Riding the Wave

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