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November Undercurrent: And We Give Thanks

NOVEMBER UNDERCURRENT
Who: Everyone!
What: Have you told someone you loved them yet?
When: November 3rd to November 20th
Where: Everywhere!
Warnings: Nothing of note; please mark if anything comes up!


Take Me Back to the Reasons Why
The Water wishes to demonstrate their power to you, as well as just what they mean, when they suggest that they require your cooperation. They are going to bring back the harvest island of Nuidan, a generally fondly remembered island that explorers have encountered in the past. What's more, they're going to require your help to do it.

Starting November 3rd, characters will discover a simple strip of dark leather among their belongings, meant to be worn around the neck or wrist. They can disregard it, of course, but if they attempt to discard or destroy it, it will always find its way back to them, no matter how improbable this might seem. How strange...

Perhaps even stranger is the sudden appearance of a smooth slab of stone, half-submerged in the waters just off of Ensō's coast. It's an altar, and around its edges are a series of deep notches, as though something is meant to be inserted into them. In its center is a pool of water, though it curiously doesn't seem to reflect anything.

The purpose of this will only really become obvious once the month goes on. Characters will find themselves to compelled to be honest with the people around them as to why they care, why they appreciate them as people, or what they like most about them. This compulsion can vary wildly and at the player's discretion, from a gentle mental pressure to an unstoppable force, and anything in between!

The bottom line is that every time one admits to some feeling of gratitude, no matter how small or big, their little plait of leather will receive a crystal from the interaction. All crystals will be roughly the same shape, but they may vary in color, pattern, and texture. Some might be simple sticks of quartz, while others might be comprised of myriad, ever-changing swirls of color. Again, the only limit here is your imagination.
Now the presence of that strange, altar-shaped stone in the water might make a bit more sense. Those notches in its sides are the perfect size and shape to fit a crystal smoothly into any one of them. The more grateful interactions one has with others, the more crystals they will gather, and the more they can fit into the altar. As more crystals are fed to the altar, it will start to glow. The pool of water at the altar's top will start to reflect the likeness island of Nuidan in increasing clarity, as though one is peering at its likeness in a snowglobe. What's more is that the number of crystals in the altar will very obviously affect Nuidan's state: very few crystals will make the island look as though it is mostly wilderness only a handful of structures in dire need of repair, while a great deal of crystals will cause the island to look as though it is thriving, in full bloom, and in more need of harvest than maintenance.

But, ultimately, the state in which Nuidan returns to you is up to you...and how far you're willing to go to express a little gratitude. Don't worry if you don't know anyone, either - this marks a great opportunity to start doing nice things for people, even if you don't know them! You've got most of the month to get to know each other, after all.

Don't think you can get away with heaping compliments on your closest friends and companions, however; variety is the name of the game here. While you can collect all sorts of crystals for personal use from repeat interactions, you can only feed one crystal to the altar per person. That is to say, Character A can be as grateful to Character B as they like, but only one crystal from each character can be delivered to the altar. If they want to procure more for the altar's purposes, Character A will have to have a positive interaction with Character C, and so on.
Take Me Back to That Big Sky

Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to use this log as a catch-all for the duration of November's Undercurrent Event, as well as the other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. You are very, very free to let your dreams about creepers and baby lorbies become reality, and you are always free to create your own individual logs and posts as needed.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask them over on our Monthly Rundown post!
November Timeline
[ ♆ ] November 3rd: "And We Give Thanks" begins and lasts until November 20th
[ ♆ ] November 4th: "Aw, Man" begins and lasts until November 12th
[ ♆ ] November 11th: "The Lorblings" begins and lasts until November 25th
[ ♆ ] November 20th: Nuidan returns to the archipelago
[ ♆ ] November 21st: "Return to Your Roots" begins and lasts until November 30th
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atailoftwoworlds: (Just......not taking you seriously.)

No worries I've been slow with work and sick!

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-11-30 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[He swears he didn't mean to throw it out of the window this time but when he sees it coming....] Shit! [And he ducks but it still manages to smack his tail.] Owwwwwww.....

Geez. Didn't duck low enough.

[Well there's your answer, Erika.]
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-12-04 07:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh for real. Erika goes to lean through the window and scowl at him.]

Th'hell are you doing?
atailoftwoworlds: (Made by sharp_pastels on LJ)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-12-08 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[As soon as he sees her, Zidane puts his hands up in protest.] Alright, alright! I'm sorry! I wasn't aiming for you.
bitch4bitch: (i'm not saying it looks better on me)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2019-12-20 06:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Good! Wanna tell me why you were throwin' shit around? [Someone could get hurt, JEEZ. Or vaguely inconvenienced, more likely.]
atailoftwoworlds: (Is that her voice?)

[personal profile] atailoftwoworlds 2019-12-24 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I was actually trying to get rid of a piece of junk I found my bag. [And then, completely out of the blue...]

Hey, do you have a moment?

....Dammit.
bitch4bitch: (got no fuckin steps.)

[personal profile] bitch4bitch 2020-01-02 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe try a method that doesn't get other people smacked in the head, huh? [Though... that does sound familiar. She didn't get a good look at the thing that hit her, but it was definitely leather, and there's no denying it similarity to the cord she found in her own bag.

She set that aside, though, at his question, and leans against the wall with a slight frown.]
...Sure, I can spare one for ya. What's up?

[That was... more than she initially planned to say. Uh.]