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Entry tags:
- final fantasy xiv: castor westmoore,
- npc: harvest,
- original: erika fisher,
- red vs. blue: agent washington,
- red vs. blue: leonard church (alpha),
- voltron: keith kogane,
- voltron: takashi shirogane,
- ✖ good omens: aziraphale,
- ✖ good omens: crowley,
- ✖ my hero academia: izuku midoriya,
- ✖ red vs. blue: agent carolina
Returning Island: Nuidan
RETURNING ISLAND: NUIDAN
Who: Everyone!
What: Nuidan returns to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: Backdated to November 20th, and onward
Where: The harvest island of Nuidan
Warnings: Nothing of note; please mark if anything comes up!
What: Nuidan returns to the archipelago of LifeAftr
When: Backdated to November 20th, and onward
Where: The harvest island of Nuidan
Warnings: Nothing of note; please mark if anything comes up!
Looking for Clear Water
Welcome back to Nuidan, adventurers.
For many of you, however, this might not be such a familiar experience. You might not have been here before. If you haven't, you'll probably be happy to know that the island of Nuidan is largely a peaceful one. New explorers can read up on the resources, dangers, and ephemera of the island here, but the most important part is that it is an island divided into quarters, each representative of a static and unchanging season. The north relates to spring, with rain-swept, windy hills; the east to fall, with orchards heavy with fruit and fallen leaves carpeting the ground; the south to winter, full of snowy plains and fields of ice; and the west to summer, blanketed with warm sand and ripe with the lazy drone of bees. At the island's heart is its temple, where the local avatar of harvest, known most commonly as Harv, can be found.
The last time you met them, they took the form of a hardworking sheepdog, determined to not let a single moment go to waste. Now, however, you'll find them looking and acting a little...different.
Nuidan's lush woods, blustery tundras, sun-warmed sands, and rolling fields are still the same as they ever were, and it seems as if the whole island has been waiting for a triumphant, colorful return. As all of you managed to rack up an impressive number of crystals - around 135 total - the island can be assumed to be in splendid health. An air of anticipation lies mantled across the entire island, and the orchards, fields, and animals you worked so hard to tend, maintain, and corral the first time you were around are ready for harvesting in whatever way you see fit. No longer are fences unmended and decrepit, or orchards choked with weeds.
You're more than welcome to go combing the island to take in the spoils, as long as you don't mind the presence of the occasional, noisy nirnroot that can be found speckling the topography of Nuidan. That's right - you can find them here, too, those pesky things. But your attention might also be eaten up by the wooden stands and display tables set up around Harv's temple, like those you might see at a farmer's market. Because this is a time of harvest, and also a time to share in that harvest.
And after harvest comes celebration.
Playing It All For Gods Yesterday
The avatar who holds sway over this island has been waiting for many hands to make light work. Pitch in a little here and there, and you'll find that when the crops have been taken in, the food all stored, and the animals bedded down, the quite literal fruits of your labor and efforts will be transformed into a feast that beggars belief.
We do recommend that you exercise some caution, however - some food and drink might make you a tad more open-hearted or open-minded than you expect. All kinds of harmless but entertainingly strange effects might happen to those who are brave enough to sample some of the products on display.
[ ♆ ] Caramel Apples: These treats come in all sorts of varieties - sprinkled with peanuts, candied sprinkles, or drizzled with chocolate. They do have some unusual side effects, however. Anyone who eats one or more of these caramel-coated delights will discover that they now have the ability to levitate about a foot or so off the ground. And, by concentrating hard, you'll find you can also go zooming about at high speeds. Careful not to go colliding into any tables of goodies, or any of your fellow party-goers!Other than these, you'll find that almost everything else that can be consumed and otherwise interacted with will have no additional effects. What a relief!
[ ♆ ] Deviled Eggs: Sprinkled with chili powder, sage, and chopped shallots, these appetizers can easily be scarfed down by the pound. It's recommended that you take care with how many you eat, however. These deviled eggs will make you incredibly proud of yourself. Eat one or two, and you'll find that your self-esteem has been massively boosted, and you'll feel like you deserve to celebrate your accomplishments! But consuming too many will almost certainly inflate your ego, and quickly make you more prone to bragging or making up outrageous exaggerations of your accomplishments which, while not fundamentally dangerous, might put you at a higher risk of getting decked in the face.
[ ♆ ] Pepper Poppers: Peppers that have been breaded and stuffed with cheeses and spices can make a delightfully spicy treat, though these come at a small cost. Eating just one of them will make you more predisposed to verbal quirks - making bad puns, indulging in copious alliteration, sesquipedalian loquaciousness, and so on. You can wash out this effect by drinking just about anything...but when you're cracking jokes that good, why would you?
[ ♆ ] Maple Bars: A doughnut topped off with a silky maple glaze can make for a delightful treat, though most don't tend to cause the people who eat them to exhibit a soft glow. Nonetheless, you'll find that the more of these desserts you eat, the brighter a glow you'll emit. What's more is that this glow can and will change its color depending on your mood. Don't think you can hide how blue you're feeling when the color itself is streaming right from your skin!
[ ♆ ] Butternut Squash Fritters: These fritters are hot, crispy, sprinkled liberally with salt and sage, and also have the fun side effect of making you far more complimentary than you might be otherwise. Did you mean to insult that guy over there? Too bad! Instead, you're telling him how much you love his hat, or how good he is with his words. The good news, nay, the better news, is that this effect is double-edged; after eating just one of these, you also can't insult yourself. You have no choice but to be wholly complimentary of anyone and everyone, your own good self included!
[ ♆ ] Pumpkin Pie: A staple of any kind of harvest-based celebration, of course, and a perfect example of it. Flaky crust, silky custard, topped off with nutmeg and whipped cream...and prone to making almost everything around you seem unbearably funny. Eat one slice of this, and you'll find that you just cannot seem to stop laughing! It might just end up being the best abdominal workout you get in years.
[ ♆ ] Leafy Crown: For those of you who aren't predisposed to eat anything, don't worry. You can still participate in the fun, if you want! Some tables carry crowns of colorful leaves that you can wear to showcase your festive spirit. It will also increase your festive spirit, and make you far more inclined to break into song and/or dance. What's that? You're not particularly talented in either of those areas? That's a shame! Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, self-consciousness isn't likely to affect you once you've put one of these things on. No matter how poor a singer or dancer you, in actuality, are.
[ ♆ ] Harvest Candle: A table full of all sorts of beautiful candles invites you to light one as the day grows dark and the sun sinks over the horizon. You're certainly welcome to, but be warned: lighting a candle from this table will vastly increase your confidence, to perhaps a dangerous extent. While you'll feel less inclined to any shyness or second-guessing of yourself that might ordinarily plague you, you'll also be less susceptible to any sort of fear or warning signs that maybe you shouldn't be doing things that might be considered, ah...foolish. Like, for example, deciding you're going to trek out into Nuidan's southern region to ride a popo. Things like that.
Looking for Clear Water
Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to explore any other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. You are also 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!
Of course, there's a lot going on in the background as well. You're free to explore any other minor events listed on our Monthly Rundown post. You are also 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!
( CODED BY BOOTYCALL )
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[ His expectations need to be adjusted, clearly, but at least he learned something. He thinks. ]
So, hum. [ The angel fishes for some other questions to ask. ] Is it...going to stay here? I've heard islands tend to be a bit, hum, mobile.
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Of course it will stay. Why would it not? It has been here for so long already, has it not?
[It's said with perfect confidence.]
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Oh. Hum. Well, I was given the impression that...
[ Had he just missed an entirely island? He would have thought someone would have brought it up.]
I suppose I may have misunderstood...
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[Harv seems genuinely puzzled by whatever Aziraphale intended to say next.]
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I was given the impression that...some islands tend to...disappear?
[ Sounding very, very hesitant. ]
Or perhaps we may simply not be able to reach them. I can't say I really had any method to, ehm, check any of the information I was given.
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I certainly haven't disappeared in my memory. Perhaps we are merely made inaccessible to you.
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[ Probably. He thinks. He really has no way of knowing. ]
But why, exactly? This one in particular seems rather useful. Certainly eases the struggles of survival in the wild.
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[There's a disruption in the word there, like a glitch that tears it apart and reforms it incompletely, obscuring it utterly.]
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The angel stares at Harv in polite confusion. ]
I'm sorry, what was that?
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[Again, a fuzz of something staticky and strange rips across the word before it fades again, just as fast.]
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He stares some more.]
Hum. That. That sound.
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[Harv doesn't seem to have gathered whatever it is to which he's referring. If they can detect those strange, glitch-torn words...they don't show it.]
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You were saying someone else was hiding your presence? Do you mean the Storyteller?
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[A flicker of unease arrests the wolf's features.]
Haven't I?
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I’m afraid I have no way of telling. I’ve only arrived here rather recently.
I was hoping to get some answers, in fact, but it sounds like I may have to seek them elsewhere.
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[They really do sound sorry.]
My memory is...not what it used to be, it seems. I hadn't realized.
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I do apologize if any of this caused you distress.
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[And, indeed, they seem quite fine now that they're not remembering...things.] [Things better left unremembered.]
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[ But, now, he's out of questions.
He didn't really get what he wanted. He's nowhere close to the truth, he feels, but...he did learn some things, he does suppose. He'll have to give the library another check, maybe have a talk with Kravitz. ]
Well, best be going now, I'm afraid. Thank you for answering my questions. And thank you for...well, for providing your island for our aid.
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[Harv bobs their head politely.]
You may make use of this bounty for as long as you need. Plenty is always available for you and yours.
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That is very kind of you.
Have a lovely day.
[ And off he goes, back down the steps and on his way. ]