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❪ introlog: #2 ❫ THE CALM. -- the overflow.

You have spent the last few days on Thesa Station, taking in the knowledge that your world is no more. Perhaps you’ve made some friends (or maybe an enemy or two). Either way, you aren’t expected to spend all of your time on the Station. El Nysa needs you, after all, and you promised you’d help the planet thrive. Are you ready?

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TRAVEL LIGHT

You're really lucky, new refugee. Because of the efforts of those that came before you, your own descent into El Nysa will be quick and relatively painless. You get to reap the benefits of others' experience. Those that came before you are all well-versed in the art of teleportation now, and descending into El Nysa is simply a concentrated thought away.

A teleporter has been placed in the common areas to help the new refugees descend, but for this first time, you're going to need a little guidance. You're going to need to take the hand of someone who has been on El Nysa for a while now and learn the ropes. Hold on tight, Refugee, and don't be afraid when the blinding light hits you.

The actual journey will feel like a sudden whiplash— painless, but sudden, and maybe a little nauseating. Keeping your balance may be difficult, and it’s possible you might end up toppling onto your poor partner. Hopefully you’re at least thankful.

You have landed in a back alley in the Residential District of Olympia.

HOME SWEET HOME

Immediately, you notice that everything you've been told about El Nysa is true. There are people of all races here, and although no one bats an eye at your appearance as you enter the district, a member of the Royal Guard asks for your passport. They have a keen eye, and can tell that although you may be a new refugee to their city, they've never seen you before. Certain rumors of an outside force making preparations to do some major damage has them particularly on edge.

It's a good thing the Orbiters made sure you have an Olympian passport ready to go. You present it, and with a small nod, the Guard says nothing more and slaps a patch on your chest; to your surprise, it reads:

Hello! My name is
________________!

I am in House #___!
Are you my housemate?

... No matter how much you try, there's no removing this sticker. "It'll come off tomorrow," says the guardkeep. "Lots of refugees here, limited housing. It's an easy way to get to know the people you're living with. Though, if you ask me, why are we accepting so many foreigners when so many want to watch this city burn? Well, I don’t give the orders."

If someone greets you, the message on the patch will magically change:

Secretly, I _____, _____, and _____!
What are yours?

There's no telling how they'd known these things, but it likely has to do with Zasere. AGAIN.

It may be a good idea to get situated in your new home and set down some ground rules with your roommates. There is also, of course, much of Olympia to explore.

FLONA COVE

Word around the city is that one very cute and enthusiastic Olympian, You Watanabe, has been asking around earnestly for the nearest place to find some coastal fun. It didn't take long before a few locals pointed her in the direction of Flona Cove. Maybe it’s a good idea to check out the area. There are only a few more days left of summer, after all. Even if you're not the beach type, exploring a new area certainly can't hurt your understanding of El Nysa. Flona Cove is just a quick train ride away.

BEACH PARTY: Chances are, you've heard about the beach party being organized by You Watanabe, whether it be from her directly or someone who knows her. A lot of careful planning has gone into it, and it looks like a great time, so why not check it out?

Full speed ahead towards a great time! There's plenty of food for everyone, and plenty of watermelons that need splitting!

1. Various food vendors from around Flona Cove have agreed to offer free food for the new refugees, and they line the shoreline near the harbor, enthusiastically offering goodies such as seafood kabobs, ice cream, fresh fruit (including whole watermelons!), and hot dogs. You Watanabe herself has a grill where she’s cheerfully serving up her trademark "Niceoodles" yakisoba as well as other Japanese food like takoyaki and rice. What makes her noodles so nice? It’s obviously the cheerful smiley-face sun drawn on the omelette.

In exchange, the chefs and vendors only ask that you spread the word, though most of them have buckets for donations if you want to help chip back in. After the party is all done, however, there seem to be plenty of dishes that need doing, all in a big pile. You herself is working on getting through the mountain of dishes, but maybe you could lend a hand?

2. It's just not a beach party without the traditional watermelon splitting! For those of you who don't come from modern Japan on Earth, it might be perplexing at first seeing the literal mountain of watermelons grown with the help of Keyleth, another recent Olympian. If the bat-like sticks and blindfolds next to them don’t explain the purpose, though, you might just sit back and watch as a brave competitor sets a watermelon on the sand, ties a blindfold around their eyes, and has people start yelling at them which way to go. They consider the shouts of the crowd, take a swing... and strike nothing but sand. Perhaps you can do better?
There are beach activities galore. Now's the time to build the sandcastle of your dreams or play a game of beach volleyball. Maybe you're brave enough to surf the waves, or you’d just like to enjoy a swim. Mom friends who just want to lounge in the sun and read a book while working on their tan are welcome too, of course.

BENEATH THE SURFACE:
1. Diving beneath the waters in Flona Cove yield a whole new world on its own. Rent a scuba suit and take a trip to explore the corals, and you may even be lucky enough to run into a playful school of dolphins. Be careful-- they tend to get carried away and will happily drag swimmers for a wild ride.

2. You might want a boat for this scuba adventure, unless you're a strong swimmer. Venture deeper into the ocean, farther away from the coast, and adventurers will find some interesting stuff. Two miles southwest of the harbor, deep, deep into the watery abyss, lies a shipwreck. Exploring through the various rooms of the ship yields a few knick-knacks here and there-- rusted spare parts, cracked tea sets... a surprisingly well-preserved pin-up painting of Koralle?

The real treasure awaits for those who have the courage to swim beneath the ship's hull. Here, covered in algae and debris, lies the skeletal corpse of a winged, fanged, clawed beast. This is only a distant memory of its former glory, as nothing but bones are left, but something— something brilliant, catches your eye. Those hundreds of teeth are not bone, but a material so lustrous and pure, it nearly blinds. It will take some work, but with persistence and strength, it is possible to extract a tooth. Those that work in Simwe Institute or The Sanctuary may find it beneficial to take an extra for their boss— this is definitely something that is of interest to study.

3. Olympians love their luxury. There's nothing more luxurious than a secluded lagoon, the water at just the perfect temperature and pristine. This is one of the most sought-after spots for the natives, but when you come across it, it is completely peaceful and empty. For the tourists? Well, this place simply gets overlooked due to its distance from the main beaches. It's also relatively hidden.

Soon you start feeling oddly friendly?

Cupid’s Pool is also described by the people of Olympia as the touchy-feely pool. It has an inherent property that makes those who soak in it crave physical affection. Chances are you probably wanted to know this before you decided to take a dip, huh? (Please warn for threads appropriately)

EARN SOME SILVER

1. While many of the locals came together to offer their hands to provide a bit of entertainment for the surge in tourism, that isn’t to state that they’re fully staffed. Have a few hours to spare? They're willing to pay for your help. Maybe you’re just the cooking champ they needed? The lifeguard who showed up just in time? Or the star salesman at their humble accessory shop so desired?

2. The man who approaches you is even offering more than most of the vendors down the street. Sure, the guy and his entourage look kind of shady, but money is money, isn't it? If you accept, he’ll shove a strange swimsuit or two your way and lead you to the dressing room. What kind of job is this? Modeling, he says. Hopefully you aren’t camera shy!

Hey there, hot stuff. I like your look. Or maybe it's your... aura? Either way, I like what you're working with. How about you flaunt what you've got for some fat silver stacks?

He also wants to be able to test your charm, and is willing to pay a whopping 400 silver in exchange. He may even ask you to go "talk" (did you hear him say "hit on"?) to a couple of people, and “sell” yourself. Whatever that means... Incidentally, he says he’ll give you a signal once you get a pass. Feels like forever, doesn’t it?

3. Once night begins to fall and the people gradually begin to clear out, you’ll notice something... odd. There are some shady looking people around, and maybe you’ve been hearing whispers all day about a certain "fight club." Initially, no one will tell you a time or location, but if you are persistent, your efforts will pay off. Perhaps in light of helping a vendor clear out their stall or assisting that one Olympian native in distress, they’re willing to tell you a few things about this exclusive club.

They explain to you that it’s been a long-standing tradition of Olympia. Secret fight clubs. A place for people to stretch their wings and their fists. Moreover, the pay off seems to be pretty good! Though, they warn you that there are some aggressive competitors out there this time around. Things have been tough politically for a while now, and there is much unrest among the people. What better way to blow off some steam than to beat someone up and make a bit of bank! Fights are not to the death, simply until a knock out, but accidents (and "accidents") do happen.

Finding the crowd of people will take some searching, even with directions. They meet along the northern coast of Flona, by following a path leading underground, well away from any civilization. Once you’re there, why not participate? You may find yourself facing off against a fellow refugee.

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[Original toplevel here! Also open to new threads! :3]

[Continued from here!]

[Waver may not be able to see Riku roll his eyes, but given the face he is making he can certainly assume that Riku is rolling his eyes. They are definitely off to a great start already.]

If you are done being childish, let's go find the house they put us in.

[With that he turns, and starts walking; the other will catch up he expects. …Or if not, they'll inevitably see another again once they both found the house anyway, he figures.]

I'm not being childish, you are!

[ Waver huffs and tugs his shirt down before starting to follow the other. At least he isn't the one wearing a blindfold when he can see perfectly fine! He doesn't even know why it bothers him so much. Maybe he just needs the distraction from everything else. ]

Wait up, I'm coming!

[What a great comeback, Waver.

Still, Riku stops walking for a moment, waiting for the other to catch up. He knows they should be trying to get along, given that they are going to be sharing a house for the next while, but he can't quite help a flat reply.]

You don't see me being nosy about other people's business and then making assumptions without any base, do you?

[ He's, like, pretty awesome at comebacks, it's true.

He huffs at the words once he catches up, resisting the urge to ball his hands up into fists. ]

Well? What reason could someone possibly have for wearing a blindfold they can see through? Especially a reason they can't tell other people about? I can't think of anything. It just seems silly to me.

[And even better at sarcasm, isn't he? Riku shrugs, unconcerned.]

It's not my problem that you lack in imagination.

[Because clearly, that's the problem here.]

[ he tries... ]

Why should I have to use my imagination?! You should just tell me what the reason is.

[ so there. He glares and then starts moving forward. ]

[Continues here!]

[ from here! ]

[ He chuckles to him, and Jade tilts her head, confusion painted clearly on her features. It's a joke that she isn't privy to, so she swivels at the hip to face him properly, the grey hood over her head slipping a tad, too. It stays in place, if only because of her ears, but it hadn't concealed much to begin with, anyway. ]

That is... pretty interesting to say, I think! Can you see things when you are sleeping?

[ She wants to ask what's so funny, but the prospect of meeting someone who might have a dream self that was awake is exciting, too; if only because there's nothing Jade wants more than to share the memories of Prospit with someone. It was the only place she ever had freedom, and friends. ]

[Well, even if she asked Riku isn't sure if he could really explain… his thoughts before had been with the last time he had drifted in sleep, when he had been trapped between light and darkness after closing the Door with Mickey and Sora, when DiZ had approached him and cautioned him to stay in the safety and peace of sleep.

"The truth will bring you pain," he had said then, but Riku then and now would rather know the painful truth than stay trapped in deceptive safety of sleep.

He thinks about her question, then shrugs. He hadn't seen anything in his sleep between the realms, but he had seen things now, dreamed of being of an entirely different world, of cold and snow and familiarity of it even though he's never seen either in his life before.]

Well, there's dreams. You can see dreams in your sleep, can't you?

[And dreams are rather deceptive too, he may one day learn (or would have learned?).]

Hmm.

[ He's right, but that's not an answer that implies anything but normal dreams. The way she smiles, impish, like she knows a secret she won't tell, probably tells him enough about her response. But Jade only shakes her head, still smiling, before leaning back on the balls of her feet and then forward again. Clasping her hands together, fingers laced between one another, she continues, ]

Yep! What kind of dreams do you have?

[ Before, her dreams told her the future. She kind of misses that - knowing what to do next... it brought some kind of stability to her life. ]

[Well, he's not from a time yet where he could tell her anything about the Realm of Sleep. Sorry 'bout that.

Riku raises an eyebrow when she leans forward – he knows that kind of expression from Kairi and it usually implies her knowing something that he doesn't… though what that's supposed to be, he doesn't know. He ponders the question for a while… once upon a time, he had dreamed of the Outside World, the pale illusion of his imagination of it (reality had shaped up to be very different, he had found), but nowadays…

Nowadays, Riku usually dreams of Darkness, of Ansem's voice whispering and trying to tempt him, about the destruction of the Worlds, about the Heartless and endless Shadows in the Dark Realm… and sometimes, rarely… sometimes he dreams of:]

…Home. I dream of home and my friends.

[Sora and Kairi, both asleep in the Stasis Unit, both waiting for the Natha to wake them or their Worlds to be restored. They are his Light in the Darkness.]

captcha claimed us again. cont'd here.

[Continues from here!]

[Riku snorts and tilts his head faintly as he says:]

It's not exactly the kind of thing you tell people when you introduce yourself, wouldn't you say?

[True enough, the sticker is exaggerating a lot – Riku doesn't has no love for the things he had done while working with Maleficent, but watching the Organization and Roxas has been a necessity that he doesn't care to explain himself for. And well… it really doesn't matter much here anymore anyway.

…Though maybe he should stalk that Organization guy he met up in the stasis unit for just a little to make sure that he isn't up to no good.]

Definitely not.

[ Not missing a beat in that reply. ]

But, I’ve gotta say, you don’t seem too upset about that kind of secret getting out...

[ He adds, scratching his cheek in thought as he watches the name tag some more. Yep, that definitely says ‘stalk and kidnap’, there’s no denying that... ]

There is little I can do about it now. [The name tag has already changed and has been read by who knows who else. Besides…] It would be more suspicious if I tried to hide it away.

[So, the best he can do is deal with this as it comes up, Riku figures.

And anyway, they are really due a change of topic.]

You were among those that came with the first wave that was woken?

[ There’s little point in suspicion now, anyway--

But, topic change! ]

I was, yeah. [ His weight shifts on his feet, posture changing. He’d make eye contact with Riku, but uh. That’s a bit of a challenge. ]

What did they tell you about all of that?

[Continues here!]

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