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♥ June (Dianir) Event Log

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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

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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.

❥ PROMPT II: Uproot of the Spirit

hearts made of different colors of yarn laid out on a wooden table

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.

❥ PROMPT III: 'Cause I'd Get A Thousand Hugs

a painting of trees backlit by a full moon and covered in small lights

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.

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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Hey!!!! Don't do that!

But Tamaki's not in any position to scold him about it, focused solely on navigating them out to one of the breaks in the wall, where a blanket of greenery can be easily seen around the corner of the stonework.

"Mmm, right! We just gotta go through here!"

Okay, Sougo is definitely getting more and more curious about what exactly Tamaki wants to show him. And he's already fairly delighted by knowing that they're gonna be around the greenery!!

"Hmm, are you bringing me here to show me something that's growing maybe...?"

So he's turned it into a bit of a guessing game, WHATEVER.

"Bzzt bzzt, not something that's growing."

Not like they won't be able to see roughly 10,000 things that are growing anyway, but that's not the aim of this trip. But, since he's already in such a good mood, he'll entertain the idea of making this a bit of a guessing game until they finally find what he is after.

Count on Tamaki to play along with something like that. Sougo can't stop smiling, oh geez.

"Not something growing... Then, is there maybe an animal you found?"

Knowing Tamaki, he would befriend any animal that was chill enough, so it's not too far-fetched.

Give him a second to think about the answer here, giving an audible "Hmmm," as he does. Do bugs? Count as animals? Maybe?

"You're getting warmer."

That's a good compromise.

Well now he's just confused.

"Warmer? Um, is it a person then?"

A person would be less a growing thing and more an animal but not quite. Right?

Ohh, that's a good guess!

"Colder."

Not a good enough one, though. Especially since, upon stepping past the threshold between the outskirts of Havenwell and the green belt that's sprung up beyond the walls, there don't seem to be any other people around as the sun begins to slip past the horizon. Just the two of them, and so, so many plants. Tamaki looks around a bit, before settling on what is apparently the correct direction to head from here.

"You can guess one more time." Oh there's a limit now, okay.

Since when is there a limit? Geez, now Sougo has to think extra hard, he's suddenly very invested in this little game.

It's a little hard to concentrate on that when he's also looking around because wow it's pretty out here, with the sun setting and the fresh greenery.

"...oh! Is... it a bug?"

It just came to him as he was admiring the plants, most plants came with bugs after all.

The limit mostly came from the fact that they'd see what Tamaki was leading them to pretty quickly now that they're out in the wilds, honestly, but he hadn't expected Sougo to actually nail it with that last guess!

So, he purposefully stalls on confirming that guess for a few moments, just long enough for some of those twinkling lights to come into view.

"Yes!" He finally says, pointing enthusiastically over to them. "Bugs!"

The moment the fireflies start flickering, it's like they've been transported into a whole new dimension. It's not like Sougo's never seen lightning bugs before, but there's something about the otherworldly flora, the blinking lights, and maybe the fact that Tamaki looks so radiant about it all that just pierces Sougo's heart.

It all comes out in a small gasp. "Tamaki-kun... this is ... amazing!"

And then a tightness in his chest. He has to actually clear his throat to get rid of this tickle. He probably just looks really emotional though.

It's probably fine, nothing to worry about at all.

Certainly it won't be made worse if Tamaki were to, say, reach for Sougo's hand to both pull him in a little closer, as well as play into the bugs own penchant for hanging out around people getting touchy feely.

"Isn't it? And, look-!" With that hand-hold securely in place, a pair of bugs appear to have noticed already, and are lazily drifting their way over. Here they come!

Sougo can't help it, he sucks in a sharp breath at the contact before he allows himself to relax and grasp Tamaki's hand back. It feels like something is stuck in his throat, so all he can do is stare as the fireflies approach them, his eyes wide and his mouth slightly open.

His hold on Tamaki's hand tightens the tiniest bit as he begins to smile, softly and earnestly.

"Oh... they like the physical contact..." Just like literally everything else here, but still! Having fireflies come so close because of it is kind of exhilarating. Sougo feels a bit like he's going to burst...

"No real surprise there, right?" He says with a tiny laugh. Of course they do, everything in Havenwell seems to like physical contact.

It doesn't make it any less of an experience, though. It's pretty magical to see those little bugs drift on closer to the pair, closer and closer until a couple of them finally reach them, one landing weightlessly upon each of their heads. Tamaki squeezes Sougo's hand back as they do, a warm, delighted smile on his face.

"I wanted to make sure you got to see it at least once while they were still around."

Tamaki wanted to make sure Sougo specifically saw them? That's... so sweet. And that feeling of filling up to bursting just keeps getting more intense. Because as enraptured as Sougo is by the fireflies slowly coming to rest on them now, he feels the heat of Tamaki's hand with an intensity that is honestly a little bit frightening. But he's so, so happy to be here with Tamaki...

"This is really amazing, I'm... I'm so glad you brought me, Tamaki-kun." He turns his eyes away from the sight to smile up at Tamaki.

And it's ethereal how pretty Tamaki looks covered in the soft lighting of the bugs. Sougo's breath stutters and then...

A sudden cough causes him to double over, ripping his hand out of Tamaki's grasp to cover his mouth with both hands, the coughing growing in intensity. And now it feels like he's starting to cough something up???

Oh, Sougo, everything so going so nicely until you went and started coughing out of nowhere! That wouldn't have been too bizarre, except for that doubling over and letting go of his hand business. Tamaki startles, the fairly lights on his head jolting back and floating a short distance away while Tamaki bends over to make sure Sougo hasn't, like

died

or anything.

"S-Sou-chan?!"

Here comes Tamaki's hand on his back, careful in all his worry despite the surge of panic that shoots through him. "H-hey, what's wrong?"

The cough tears through Sougo a few more times before the feeling of Tamaki's hand on his back slowly starts to settle him. He tries to heave in a breath and nearly chokes on what is suddenly in his mouth.

Frowning, Sougo opens his mouth and into his palm fall a few white flower petals. Which is pretty concerning in and of itself, huh?

After pulling in a few deep breaths, Sougo manages to calm his racing heart and speak.

"S-sorry, Tamaki-kun. I'm alright..." And clutching onto flower petals I just coughed up, no big deal!

What... what is going on here?

Tamaki's not entirely sure if he can trust his eyes right away, the dim light of the evening creeping up on them, most of the illumination coming from the bugs silently dancing around the area, makes it hard to tell what's in Sougo's hand right away. He squints a little, worry still clear on his face, before he incredulously asks,

"Did you eat flowers, Sou-chan?"

why? would you do that? Why.

Sougo is honestly just as baffled as Tamaki about it. He licks his lips and gives the petals a very uncertain look as he straightens up, clearing his throat almost like he's trying to make sure there aren't any more petals stuck in there.

"N-no! I didn't... why would I eat flowers?? I... I don't know why I coughed these up..."

Though... he does have a small feeling about it. Because his traitorous little heart was being really vocal just before this happened...

"I don't know why you would do it!"

They put real flowers on fancy desserts and stuff, don't they? Sougo isn't a huge sweets person, Tamaki knows, but maybe ? it's an option ? He just doesn't know, okay!!

"Are you sick? Should -- should we try to get you to a doctor?"

His voice trembles a little bit as he suggests it, like he doesn't really like the idea, but it's probably necessary, right?

Somehow Sougo always forgets just how scary illness in general is to Tamaki. He forces in a deep breath before letting out a sigh and smiling at Tamaki, trying his best to make it a super believable smile.

"I'm okay. I promise."

He actually uses his free hand (the one not clutching petals) to grab onto Tamaki's hand and squeeze it softly.

"And I'd really hate to miss out on spending a little more time with you here, since you went to all that trouble to surprise me."

Tamaki doesn't look... completely convinced. He wants to believe that Sougo wouldn't just promise him that without there being some kind of truth behind it, but he doubts that anyone would really blame him for continuing to be worried.

"Yeah, but..." But!! "If you're sick, then staying out is probably a bad idea, isn't it?"

Dammit, why did something like this have to happen?? Sougo just wants to enjoy the surprise that Tamaki prepared for him! Ugh, feelings are so annoying.

He does his best to smile totally normally though.

"I guess... you're right... I'm sorry, Tamaki-kun. I really wanted to enjoy this a little longer with you..."

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