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

[postictal]

I didn't make the library.

[He...doesn't know who made it, or put it in place, or anything. He just moved shelves. That's really his only feasible protest - the rest is skewed, but technically all that did happen. He just doesn't have a way to refute it other than the obvious.]

It's just being practical, all right? We're all stuck here together. We might as well help each other. If we don't, we're just making shit more difficult than it has to be. And I'm done being dead weight.

[Didn't mean to say that last bit. Just kinda slipped out.]

[technicallytechnically]

You've never been dead weight the whole time I've known you?? You own the Denny too, did you make that one? The most important place on the whole island place thing?

[Wow, "it's not being nice because I'm helping people because I feel like it" is pretty much what Jester is hearing right now. It somehow makes less sense than anything else she's ever said, ever.]

You don't like anything I say but you're too nice to say it so you let me talk to you whenever I feel like it, too. I forgot to mention that one.

[postictal]

Yeah, well, I was. So I figured I should stop doing that.

[So it's not him being nice. He's just being a...he's trying to contradict the role he had in the Castle, which was the role of someone who was useless at doing much of anything besides getting in the way. Aggravating people's pre-existing issues. Taking up resources by staying in hospital beds.]

I don't understand most of what you say. There's a difference. [Makes him an easy mark for a joke, huh?]

[technicallytechnically]

Well, fine, 'cause I don't understand what you're saying either. You're being nice because you're tired of not being nice. I left home 'cause I was tired of only having one friend. Does that mean I don't have friends now??

[Okay, she's taking off this pendant thing now, she's tired of not being able to march over to him. She turns back into her regular ol' self to do just that.]

Everyone starts out as dead weight, that's how life works, duh. You have to learn how to do things before you do them.

[postictal]

[He's not about to explain it to her. What'd the point be? Just another reason to drag someone through your self-pity party, Tim. Something that you're supposed to be growing out of.]

It's more complicated than that. I'm not -

[Tim just huffs, shutting his eyes for a minute. God, he wants a smoke. He really, really wants a smoke.]

[He doesn't get one.]

Look, what do you want?