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♥ June (Dianir) Event Log
June (Dianir) Event Log
Ainea's time has ended and now Diacht's months have arrived. Dianir marks the beginning of the hot summer months with a rise in temperature as well as humidity. With each passing day, spring gives way to summer, and the natives of Havenwell are enjoying the blue skies along with the newly expanded barrier. With the most dangerous of the beasts gone thanks to offworlder help last month, researchers and conservationists head out on occasion into the newly opened areas to continue the work of cataloguing and preserving what they can find. Some take time to study the barrier and some just seem to enjoy being outside the walls for the first time in centuries. Meanwhile, the city within seems to have calmed from Ealom's excitement, settling into its usual routine with only a few…"hiccups."
❥ PROMPT I: Hana-hack-i
With the turning of the seasons, the weather warms up and Diacht's influence grows in strength. 'Tis the season to be honest with one another, because if you aren't, you may begin to feel a tickle in the back of your throat…
For those who have feelings repressed, secrets unaddressed, or maybe just won't confide in a friend when they're feeling depressed, the gods work in mysterious ways. Specifically, in the fact that the offworlders may find themselves coughing up flower petals. Whether petals of plantlife from Havenwell itself or another world entirely, the longer one goes without confessing their troubles or sentiments the more insistent their condition until they might even have trouble getting through a whole sentence without finding a corsage's worth stuck in their mouth. Speaking minor truths will lessen the effect a little at a time, while larger or more impactful ones will work to cure it completely.
While not painful or otherwise physically harmful, the affliction does feel awkward and very likely doesn't taste all that great. Not to mention it's going to be difficult to keep secrets when everyone can see you have a mouthful of flower.
For those who have feelings repressed, secrets unaddressed, or maybe just won't confide in a friend when they're feeling depressed, the gods work in mysterious ways. Specifically, in the fact that the offworlders may find themselves coughing up flower petals. Whether petals of plantlife from Havenwell itself or another world entirely, the longer one goes without confessing their troubles or sentiments the more insistent their condition until they might even have trouble getting through a whole sentence without finding a corsage's worth stuck in their mouth. Speaking minor truths will lessen the effect a little at a time, while larger or more impactful ones will work to cure it completely.
While not painful or otherwise physically harmful, the affliction does feel awkward and very likely doesn't taste all that great. Not to mention it's going to be difficult to keep secrets when everyone can see you have a mouthful of flower.
❥ PROMPT II: Uproot of the Spirit
Those offworlders that have been present in Havenwell since the previous June may remember an outbreak of traits and desires not necessarily their own, reflecting the dominion of their associated god instead. With the return of the early summer season, so too do such urges begin to resurface--but not quite in the same fashion.
This time around, things are a bit different--adherents to one god may find themselves with any other god or gods' traits, with one or more applying at once, one and then another on different days, any multitude of combinations apart from those of the deity to which they belong. For example, one under Diacht may have the effects of Rawna one day and Ainea the next, or perhaps Ainea and Ohma both at once, but never contend with Diacht's influence. And while the previous year seemed to deal with the gods' animal natures, it seems this time things are a little different as people begin manifesting extreme versions of their gods' emotional domains.
Ohma: As the god of wisdom, Ohma's influence becomes a desperate and insistent need to exchange knowledge. The affected may ask friends and strangers all manner of questions, ranging from 'where did you get that shirt' to 'how do you like your eggs' and everything in between. In exchange, the affected also wish to share their own information on just about everything they know, whether the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow or the entire plot of a book they read that one time. They simply have to give and seek knowledge to and from whoever they can find.
Ainea: The influence of the god of compassion leads the affected to be almost aggressively kind. Complimenting every little thing those around them might say, do, wear--if it can be spoken kindly about, those under Ainea's influence will do so excessively and well past the point of obnoxious. So too might they feel a compulsion to give gifts to others--specifically, giving away the affected's own possessions. Once the effect wears off, one might even have to track down their new and old friends to get their more important things back...
Diacht: Honor and honesty being Diacht's domain, those affected by them will be incapable of lying. They will be compelled to not only speak the truth, but do so out of obligation no matter how awkward for them or the other party. Even if it means speaking a brutally honest opinion or divulging a carefully hidden secret, so long as the words are true to the affected speaker they will have the urge to share it. To tell a lie or general untruth will make them feel suddenly ill, dispelled only by speaking something truthful instead.
Rawna: Rawna's reasoning takes the forefront of their influence; anyone under their affect will be insistent upon hearing and soothing the emotional hurts of others. They are certain they need to be a listening ear or comforting shoulder to the absolute best of their abilities and beyond--that is to say, they will not only go out of their way to find others' problems, but potentially assume ones exist where they do not. Some dear friends haven't spoken in an entire day? Clearly they had a terrible fight, and it's up to Rawna's affected to fix it.
This time around, things are a bit different--adherents to one god may find themselves with any other god or gods' traits, with one or more applying at once, one and then another on different days, any multitude of combinations apart from those of the deity to which they belong. For example, one under Diacht may have the effects of Rawna one day and Ainea the next, or perhaps Ainea and Ohma both at once, but never contend with Diacht's influence. And while the previous year seemed to deal with the gods' animal natures, it seems this time things are a little different as people begin manifesting extreme versions of their gods' emotional domains.
Ohma: As the god of wisdom, Ohma's influence becomes a desperate and insistent need to exchange knowledge. The affected may ask friends and strangers all manner of questions, ranging from 'where did you get that shirt' to 'how do you like your eggs' and everything in between. In exchange, the affected also wish to share their own information on just about everything they know, whether the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow or the entire plot of a book they read that one time. They simply have to give and seek knowledge to and from whoever they can find.
Ainea: The influence of the god of compassion leads the affected to be almost aggressively kind. Complimenting every little thing those around them might say, do, wear--if it can be spoken kindly about, those under Ainea's influence will do so excessively and well past the point of obnoxious. So too might they feel a compulsion to give gifts to others--specifically, giving away the affected's own possessions. Once the effect wears off, one might even have to track down their new and old friends to get their more important things back...
Diacht: Honor and honesty being Diacht's domain, those affected by them will be incapable of lying. They will be compelled to not only speak the truth, but do so out of obligation no matter how awkward for them or the other party. Even if it means speaking a brutally honest opinion or divulging a carefully hidden secret, so long as the words are true to the affected speaker they will have the urge to share it. To tell a lie or general untruth will make them feel suddenly ill, dispelled only by speaking something truthful instead.
Rawna: Rawna's reasoning takes the forefront of their influence; anyone under their affect will be insistent upon hearing and soothing the emotional hurts of others. They are certain they need to be a listening ear or comforting shoulder to the absolute best of their abilities and beyond--that is to say, they will not only go out of their way to find others' problems, but potentially assume ones exist where they do not. Some dear friends haven't spoken in an entire day? Clearly they had a terrible fight, and it's up to Rawna's affected to fix it.
❥ PROMPT III: 'Cause I'd Get A Thousand Hugs
Yet another indication that the world is recovering is the reappearance of the Fairy Lights. As the weather turns warmer, these beautiful little insects take to the air for their mating dances at night, dimly and softly glowing like Earth's fireflies or lightning bugs. These tiny little bugs float through the air, flitting about as their bodies pulse with light. The Fairy Lights come in a multitude of colors from red to purple, turning the night into soft rainbows of light. They make their triumphant reappearance in two locations: the botanical gardens and the green belt that grew up where the old wall used to be. Their beautiful displays start once the sun goes down and stop at sunrise, and natives are delighting in their return by taking walks among them.
If offworlders follow suit, they'll notice that the Fairy Lights are attracted to those who come in pairs or more, especially those who engage in sustained positive contact with each other while among them. The Fairy Lights seem to enjoy it when people are touching and will land upon them, one of each color until a rainbow has formed - usually in a crown around the head. Once the rainbow crown of Fairy Lights is complete, that character will feel a pleasant calmness and a feeling of peace and happiness wash over them. For as long as you and your partner(s) are in contact, the Fairy Lights will stay and so will the peace they confer. Once contact is broken, one by one the little insects will fly away, off to find a new perch.
If offworlders follow suit, they'll notice that the Fairy Lights are attracted to those who come in pairs or more, especially those who engage in sustained positive contact with each other while among them. The Fairy Lights seem to enjoy it when people are touching and will land upon them, one of each color until a rainbow has formed - usually in a crown around the head. Once the rainbow crown of Fairy Lights is complete, that character will feel a pleasant calmness and a feeling of peace and happiness wash over them. For as long as you and your partner(s) are in contact, the Fairy Lights will stay and so will the peace they confer. Once contact is broken, one by one the little insects will fly away, off to find a new perch.
This event will run from June 15 to June 30th. Click on each prompt's title to see the text. If you have any questions, feel free to direct them to the FAQ or to the Mod Question thread. You can also use the Havenwell Status page or the General Plotting Comment to give you other ideas for original prompts!
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She can smell what's offered and, while she appreciates it, she has to reject it for the moment.
"I'll faint," Era tells him, faintly.
Ideally she would have elaborated—that lifting her head would be the cause—but is short on breath, and assumes Tony can put two and two together.
"I just need a minute."
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At her answer, he sighed. "That bad, huh?" He remarks sympathetically. "Don't rush it then." He spotted a thin, flat piece of metal that had been discarded haphazardly in the alley and went to pick it up. Dusting it off, he came back to sit next to her. Gently, he used it as a fan to give her some more air. "We're not far from my house. When you feel well enough, would it be alright if I helped you there? Or we can go to my bar. That's close by too. You need out to get out of the heat and something to drink."
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"My house is actually. I've actually just moved over here at the beginning of the month, so you're in luck." Or not, depending on how happy she was to see him. He wasn't going to judge one way or another on that one as he couldn't imagine she was his biggest fan.
"Here, hun. Put your arm around my shoulder. I'm going to carry you, if that's alright. We can give your husband or someone a call once you have some juice." He picked up the package she'd obviously been carrying, but waited patiently for her to decide if she trusted him enough to carry her. "Is your friend here okay around kittens?"
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Era hazards a joke as she reaches her arm up, aiming for his shoulder without lifting her head.
"Give the box to Carbuncle. It'll finish the delivery," she tells him. "It'll follow us after it's done, and it likes kittens."
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He smirked at her joke and carefully gathered her up. He passed the package to the critter and let it run off. It'd find that Regis' house was only about two or three away from where they were going anyway- not that Tony knew that's where the delivery was headed.
"Faint if you have to, just try not to throw up on me," he pleaded jokingly. He gently carried her to the new home he'd recently bought. The furnishings were fairly sparse still, but right inside the foyer was a spacious living room with a sofa, loveseat, arm chair set. Tony was careful to set her down on the sofa to give her the most room and an easy view of the open kitchen where he'd be headed next.
"Are you okay for a minute while I go grab something for you from the kitchen?" He asked as he perched on the arm of the loveseat.
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"No dairy, please."
Era may have been lacking in psychology textbooks, but she has enough medical textbooks to have a good idea of how expedite her recovery. (Not that she does everything she should, as that would require copious amounts of rest.)
"Carbuncle is finished its delivery. Will you let it in?"
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From there he went into the kitchen and plucked a few of Kaito's oranges and some of Regis' strawberries from the refrigerator. With a banana to tie it together, he quickly made her a dairy-free fruit smoothie.
Carrying it out, he had a few extra strawberries in his hand. "I'm not sure what Carbuncle's like, but if nothing else, consider this a garnish." He passed the glass and the fruit over to her. "When was the last time you ate anything substantial?"
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Carbuncle is quick to make a beeline for Era, jumping up onto the sofa with her and snuggling in. She manages to maneuver around it enough to accept both the glass and the fruit with a small murmur of thanks.
"A few bells ago," she answers around the berry she pops into her mouth. "Had some juice before I left... Thought a walk would be fine, with Carbuncle to help."
The smoothie is very tempting, and she would love to drink it (or at least drink enough to ensure her shaky hands don't cause any spills), she does need to ask—
"No avocado, right?"
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"What would Carbuncle have done if you'd fainted?" He asked. From his perspective, the animal hadn't been doing anything that useful but he knew it was magical too. "Would it have gone and gotten some help for you?"
He scrunched his nose at the question and shook his head. "In a smoothie? No, just fruit." That sounded gross. "Why? Do those have a bad reaction with iron too?"
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Though she summoned its larger form to help as something to lean against for support when she needed it, Carbuncle had many other uses. Plus it was adorable.
"Avocado is a fruit," Era points out. "They have a bad reaction with my immune system."
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The point about the avocado got a bit of an eyeroll, but the friendliness in his demeanor didn't change. "Strawberries, oranges, and bananas only. Any of those a problem? I can just get regular fruit juice from the replicator if you'd prefer and enjoy that smoothie myself. If you want a creamier, non-dairy kind, I would've probably gone with silken tofu over avocados since it actually has iron in it."
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"...No, it's fine." Era takes a small sip of the drink now that the strawberries have been devoured. "I'm not picky with food. Anaphylactic shock is just kind of shite."
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"I'll bet!" he agreed with her view on allergic reactions. "I've never had one myself but I can't imagine that would be a fun experience. I witnessed my wife after eating strawberries once and I don't know which one of us had been more freaked out." He shook his head with a chuckle and then focused back on her with a reassuring smile. "So, I wouldn't want you eating anything that might cause that or any other discomfort. The goal is to make you feel better not worse."
He might have missed initially that his comment had sounded like he thought she was being too picky, but he was trying to make it clear now that it'd been to make certain of the ingredients. "I'll try to remember avocados are a problem if you ever come by the bar."
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Era was lucky she hadn't died that day, and was quite paranoid about trying new foods in Deerington after that. Fortunately her healing magic is functional in Havenwell, meaning she likely wouldn't be in true danger... Still, it was a shite experience.
"I won't, but I keep telling Ardbert to. He knows to keep away from it, but he's a lightweight and might forget."
She drinks more of the smoothie. It makes her feel cold, though Carbuncle is more than capable of keeping her warm, and the growing stability of her hands is more than worth a bit of a chill.
"He liked pubs and taverns when he was young. It would be nice for him to make more friends to drink with."
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He muttered a 'wow' and picked up his communicator. "Shall I call your husband or a taxi?"
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"...May I finish the smoothie first? It should just take a few minutes more, and then I can leave with Carbuncle. I'll be gone quicker that way."
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He sighed and set the communicator down. He tried again, this time with a calmer tone. "I don't actually want to rush you out of here. I was wanting to let you stay here till you felt better and then help you get home. I'm reacting because what you said was very rude. Have I done something unintentionally to deserve that treatment just now?"
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"What was very rude?"
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"When I said I'd be careful not to serve you something harmful at my bar. I realize things got messed up the last few times you and I spoke, but I'm trying here. Wouldn't a more respectful answer been to say something positive back or 'thank you' rather than say you definitely won't be going to the place I just invited you to."
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"Yeah." He paused at the question and simply shrugged. "Why not?"
He didn't have a very good answer besides life was too short and this city was too small. Since she hadn't vanished into thin air following their fights, he couldn't simply ignore her presence entirely. She was still here in town and someone his friends and acquaintances were also connected to.
"It's only one of four non-native businesses in the city. Seems a rather waste if it isn't a place for people like us."
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And she truly doesn't. Perhaps it's her current condition adding to her confusion (she wouldn't be surprised if it were), but Era is fairly certain it still wouldn't make sense to her regardless.
"I promised to refrain from initiating any communications with you. I have kept my promise and I have no intent to break it," she tells him. "You seem much happier now. I do not want to risk messing that up somehow."
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He offered a cautious smile. "Alternatively, you can not make decisions for me and we can try this again. You're the girl who is allergic to avocados and seems to like strawberries. I'm the guy who doesn't want you to go into Anaphylactic shock and has promised to remember so you can have a nice time should you ever come to his bar."
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She says nothing about the veracity of his past accusations, and her expression does not shift from that small, confused frown.
"It isn't some 'silly rule', and I am not holding a grudge. I am simply not allowing myself to forget that I caused you pain and distress you did not deserve."
And it wasn't just Tony who was caused distress by her actions. Era hasn't forgotten her last communication with Gladio, either. After that, keeping her distance seemed like the best choice for everyone. Seeing Tony again, months later and doing so much better, Era can only assume it was the right choice.
"Thank-you for the promise not to poison me if I were to visit your bar. It is a sentiment not everyone I've met has held."
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