TEST DRIVE MEME ⚔️️ 5

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{ QUICK NAV } Premise ⚔️️ Rules ⚔️️ FAQ ⚔️️ Taken ⚔️️ Reserves ⚔️️ Apply ⚔️️ Locations ⚔️️ Bestiary ⚔️️ Top-Levels Only ⚔️️ A ⦿ Soaking in Your Arrival KERPLUNK, SPLASH! Regardless of what you were in the middle of, you and your familiar have been magically pulled into the world of Avalon just above the Bay's slightly chilled waters. After a brief plunge into the Bay, the rush of water filling your ears and soaking up into every creak and crevice of your body, you may need to cough to clear your airways when you rise above the surface. It's still chilly, but not enough that you can't manage on your own. The Lady of the Lake is swimming around under the water, but seems to be focusing on coordinating a band of chia manatees to help rescue any wayward new arrivals. Chia manatees are a special Avalonian manatee that is green in color and has what appears to be a patches of grass or other short plantlife growing on its back. While some are fully green, others sport small flower blossoms that haven't yet grown in or various types of mushrooms. If anyone tries to ask the Lady of the Lake for directions, she will direct you to Archimedes at the Rent-a-Ride. Those with animal magic may get their info from the manatees, though may notice that they're really overly friendly and have zero concept of personal boundaries. Everyone may notice they have no concept of personal space, as they will happily run right into someone's belly for a snoot squishing. The shores themselves are littered with new arrivals complaining their way up a staircase carved into the walls of the White Cliffs. There is no railing, so be careful, but if you do fall, be prepared for a mysterious sand hand to reach out of the side of the cliffs to catch you. The hand will pat you atop the head twice before retreating back into the wall. This is the Cliff Beast; despite the name, he is quite friendly. *Reminder: Your character's familiar may or may not be with your character in their initial plunge. If the familiar isn't partial to water, it may meet your character on the beach or sit atop their head while they swim. Or if they are, they might splash about and swim alongside your character. Familiars have different personalities and body specs and we leave those up to the players. B ⦿ The Caravan to Camelot Once everyone is wrangled up to the top of the White Cliffs, the handsome owner of the Rent-a-Ride, Archimedes, will distribute smart phones and a pair of earbuds and tell them to "Check the Shit Box." The "Shit Box" refers to wardrobe more formally known as the Wardrobe of Finding, a hammerspace-like wardrobe that opens to each person's items and pets when the person touches the handle. It was recently enchanted by Merlin to prevent people from having to fish their waterlogged possessions and pets out of the water with them. From there, Archimedes directs everyone to settle in groups into modernized carriages pulled by horses and gives them a basic explanation of why and how they've been brought to Avalon: The rest of the universe is frozen in time and your character has been brought here by a familiar that was able to bond with them. They'll have to learn magic to help save their own world from destruction, but first they've got to get them to Camelot. It is here that you have the first opportunity to decide who they will be in their new home. You'll have about an hour to wander around here, meet and greet, and pet the horses before it's time to go. These carriages use fae technology that combats weight, so your character will be able to get in regardless of whether they're light as a feather or weigh two tons. The carts have air conditioning when it's hot, heating when it's cold, and a mystical shield to protect from bugs. There is also a mini-bar that pops out of the console with nip bottles. Characters can use their smartphones to connect to Camelot's internet service, avalononline (AOL), to chat with other characters, watch dumb videos, learn about the world, contact Camelot Support (they'll answer any questions they can for you, from how to use a smart phone to where to find quests and resources to learn more about your magic). Be careful if you decide to use your phones while in the caravan-- if you don't use those earbuds and start forcing everyone to listen to your nonsense, Archimedes may make you walk. C ⦿ The Red Spring The journey from the White Cliffs to the City of Camelot is a long one, and the first evening you arrive you'll end up spending at the Red Spring, a booming resort town. Because of the volume of new arrivals and vacationers, inn rooms are assigned two-to-a-room. The rooms have two twin beds, a bathroom, a mini-fridge and microwave, and a TV equipped with a couple of entertaining video games and a few free movies. If you don't want to relax in the room, try taking a dip in the spring for another chance to meet your fellow travelers. The waters have restorative properties that help horses and travelers recover quickly when drunk. It is known to relieve stress, improve energy levels, and mildly accelerate healing. It may be a little chilly when you get out though, so make sure you don't slip rushing back indoors when you get out! The springs are also home to a large training grounds just outside town limits, where there are teachers who will teach basic magic safety and help you discover what kind of magic you have together with other new arrivals. Try target practice, obstacle courses, meditation circles, and other ways to try to figure out just what you can do... if you didn't already have an accidental discovery on the ride there. The Isle of Avalon is abuzz with excitement for the upcoming Spring Equinox (though some of the more posh citizens will insist it's the Vernal Equinox, tut tut). Unlike the very specific rituals of the Winter Solstice that require much preparation, the Spring is welcomed throughout the month through a variety of small rituals to help the world along as it renews itself, growing new plants and allowing nature to make new life. A ⦿ The Lesser Banishing of Frost Fairies Throughout February, the Frost Fairies were running amok and keeping things chilly, even awarding those who gave them treats last month. These fairies create ice crystals on contact and can be spotted by the beautiful ice crystal patterns that form in their trail. They cause frost bite if you physically touch them, so capture isn't recommended. They seem to be sticking around a little too long this month, as they're normally supposed to leave at the end of February. No one seems alarmed, as it seems that this happens from time to time. It's easy enough to deal with-- and so, people throughout town are being asked to perform a ritual called the Lesser Banishing of Frost Fairies. It's perfectly safe, and lets these invisible little creatures be sent on their way until the next winter. The first step: create bait. Fill a planter with dusty miller and silver sage, with a night-blooming flower at the center. The silvery-white leaves pique the curiosity of the Frost Fairies because they look snowy, yet when they see the flower bloom, they know it cannot be. The plants won't be damaged at all in the ritual, so you'll get a moon garden out of it, which can be incidentally draw adorable little moon rabbit kits in to play inside your home while the moon is out. They're friendly, though they do tend to enjoy pack-sized snuggles-- you may find yourself stuck with no fewer than 15 rabbits attempting to climb on you for attention and need someone's help to pull them off. You may need to get them under control before you continue with the ritual. Once you've assembled your miniature moon garden, you'll need to find a stranger to perform the ritual. You need to bring a new energy into your home in order to let the Frost Fairies know that it's time to meet something new. Take hands with the new person and dance in circles around the miniature moon garden. The plants will start to glow and the Frost Fairies will become visible-- short, fat, all-white penguin with flamingo-length legs and icicle crowns. They will immediately challenge you and your summoning partner to a duel! Though, you can pick what kind of challenge it is as their culture dictates. They're pretty overconfident, just remember not to pick something that involves touching them unless you want to end up needing a healer. B ⦿ The Language of Flowers Once the Frost Fairies are properly banished, flowers are starting to crop up all around Camelot, the Broceliande, the fields in between, and those who come back to the White Cliffs after arrival will even find the Cliff Beast in a pleasant mood from all the lovely little flowers hanging off of his clifftop. (No one's quite sure how a cliff seems happy, but that's the sense everyone gets.) Wherever you may be, there are flowers starting to crop up. Normally, this would be when people would start gathering decorations to cover the buildings and make flower altars, but a lot of the wild flowers normally accessible... well... It looks like a brood of dragons hatched a little early and, upon seeing all the flowers start to crop up, decided that these flowers are the treasures that they want to hoard. The baby dragons didn't fly too far down from their mountain, but once one of them flew past the Lands of Rot and found the fields of flowers, it got its siblings. Now there are a handful of baby dragons claiming different areas as their hoard and making it impossible to get around without being attacked by an admittedly cute fire-breathing menace. No one wants the baby dragons slain, but the baby dragons need to be brought back to their mother's cave in the Ash Mountains. The safest way is through the half-dead area between the Dusklight Woods and the Lands of Rot. The dragons will attack anyone who comes into their area but seem to be friendly toward anyone wearing a flower crown, as they seem to accept them as a part of their hoard if the flowers send the right message. Use the language of flowers to communicate with the dragons and try to get them to follow you by wearing a flower crown that matches one you offer to the dragon. A flower crown that says sympathy and sadness might not be as effective as something that says virtue and bravery. Just be careful not to woo them the wrong impression with something that says eternal love and devotion, or you might have a different kind of dragon problem... Regardless, since the dragons are guarding the flowers you need to make the crowns out of, you'll need to find a way to get past their attacks to gather flowers to begin with to find the flowers you want to make your crown with. Flower crowns need at least two types of flowers to communicate with the dragons, so it's recommended you work together with others to try to gather as many flowers as you can to find the flowers you need. Thankfully, since dragons are sacred, most of the Dusklight Woods creatures will leave you alone, so it's best to hug that side of the mixed path. You and whoever you're working with only have to worry about fighting alongside the baby dragons to fight off the Land of Rot creatures that hang around the edge: Skeleton warriors that can only be scattered but not killed, Fogueria (a lion made of fire that likes to play with its food in sadistic ways), and rattlesnakes. Once you're at the foot of the Ash Mountains, the baby dragons will fly back up to their cave on their own. With the baby dragons returned to their nest, you can head home, and the townsfolk can start decorating for the Spring Equinox. C ⦿ Spiritual Cleansing The frost is gone, the flowers are free, and rabbits are running around town like they own the place. All of the physical and symbolic spring equinox preparations are made, now it's time to look within. As the season of renewal and rebirth, a huge part of that is personal reflection and growth. As such, outdoor meditation and yoga flash parties are all the rage right now. Get caught it one and you and anyone around you will be stuck in a barrier until you complete at least 5 yoga poses and hold them for 30 seconds each. Some of them are a little challenging.. thankfully, no one is going to stop you from getting help holding them from someone else who's stuck with you. A plague of smoothie hockers has also cropped up around town, which means portable carts offering different magical smoothies is going around selling their fruity and flowery spring flavors for a refreshing boost of your spirit. No, really boost it. The magical effects are in small text underneath the flavors, so they may be easy to miss. Hibiscus-Berry: Vanity Spirit (person may become temporarily obsessed with appearance, finding cute clothes, getting their hair and nails done, needing to be their ideal of attractive) Strawberry-Rose: Romantic Spirit (flirtiness, desire to be romantic with someone) Jasmine-Peach: Friendship Spirit (go out of your way to make new friends, make grand friendship gestures to people you've already befriended or have known for five minutes and want to befriend) Lavender-Mulberry: Distrusting Spirit (paranoid, may start fights because they think someone is out to get them) Butterfly Pea-Lemon Tea: Meditative Spirit (fall asleep easily, peaceful/relaxed about alarming things, sudden penchant for Big Thoughts about the universe) Dandelion-Apple-Banana: Surivival Spirit (sudden desire to do everything yourself, whether that's hunting/gathering food, getting really into DIY projects like making your own soap or building your own chicken hutch because you're going to get your own eggs, or really wanting to live outside for a while) The effects only last for an hour or two, so it's unlikely any real damage can be done (hopefully) but it'll certainly give you a new outlook on life! Spring is in the air, the Equinox is coming, and prep is underway. But all work and no play can get a little boring, right? Avalonians have come together and set up a few activities for Adventurers. While all of these activities can be completed and enjoyed without using magic, participants will be encouraged do to so, don’t worry if it goes a little haywire. There are magical force fields around the play zones to contain any mishaps. A ⦿ Keep it Rollin' Rollin' The first area set up for fun and games is a barrel rolling contest. Participants are split into pairs to compete against each other to see who can roll their partner inside the barrel down the hill and across the finish line the fastest. Springtime is when geysers start bursting around the bottom of the hill though, so you'll have to watch out for those and any boulders to make sure your barrel doesn't burst before you reach the bottom! To make things a little more interesting, the planners had a bit of mischief with the barrels... As barrels reach a quarter of a way down the hill, the outside will burst into flames. Surprise! While they are enchanted so that the flames aren't actually hot, participants are not aware of this. Sorry, the guys running this game aren’t that big on explaining; after all, it’s just rolling a fire barrel down the hill; what’s so complicated? Fire makes it look like it's going faster and is way more exciting to watch! B ⦿ Hop Skip and a Jump Everyone loves hopscotch, right? Well, whether you do or don’t, that next zone is all about the hop, the skip, and the jump. Two hopscotch boards about the size of a basketball court each are laid out side by side for participants. The object again, to see who can complete the task that fastest. If you reach a spot with a magic symbol, you have to cast a spell at your opponent or you can't proceed. This is combat hopscotch! Of course, once more, the folks running the show forgot to mention one tiny thing, a quarter of the way into the board, random spots will drop away as you go, leaving holes in the ground! Yikes, better take that leap! Don’t worry, if you miss, the bottom of the hole is filled with marshmallow fluff in bright pink, yellow, and pastel purple. (Kind of reminds you of something, huh...?) Down in the hole are rungs and footholds to get yourself back out, but boy, will that put you behind the other guy if they didn’t fall. Well, guess victory will have to be a little sweeter than you planned! C ⦿ Gettin' Brewy With It Now, this activity probably seems a little safer. Welcome to the “Brew” tent. Participants will be given ingredients, space, and set up in pairs to brew up a tasty drink! A variety of ingredients are available and with it, participants will be taught the Recipe: Brewery. This spell can be used to accelerate brewing and distilling processes for alcoholic drinks. Of course, if someone who is too young to drink according to their world's rules, any alcohol in the drink will evaporate, so it's really only a spell that's useful for adults... but everyone can participate in making drinks. You can pick any ingredients you want, but all participants are instructed that a sprinkle of that magic at just the right time will make it perfect. When asked what the right time is, all they will be told is they’ll know when. Some may get it right, depending on instinct. Others might sprinkle too much and cause the drink to burst all over them and their partner, and their workstation or have some other silly side effect, like make them hiccup uncontrollably or catch a case of the giggles. Or maybe they cast for too long or too short a time and the drink turns sour, turns to ash, grows wings on the cup, and flies away. Brewery magic can be fickle, so there's lots that can go wrong.. but get it right, and you can have one heck of a drink to enjoy! 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[uncle_iroh]

"Allies, huh?" he asked, tugging on his beard as he considered what he had been told. "Boss?" he asked, because he didn't expect anyone brought their job with them. But he supposed odder things had happened. This week, even.

[rediscovering]

"Yeah, their boss. I can’t really explain. Gokudera and Yamamoto are like the Tenth's, um, bodyguards..." Not entirely inaccurate, but the way he casts his eyes aside shows there's clearly more to it than that. Why does this teenager need bodyguards?

"A-Anyway, Taichi is an actor. The twins are both artists; they sew clothing and do flower arrangements and a bunch of other stuff. And Tamaki, uh—"

Oh, god, there's a shiver that goes down his spine, finally reaching this moment. This moment that had come up so many times in conversation, a sore topic for over half a year, and now burnt on his tongue.

"Tamaki, uh, makes tea. But bad tea, Uncle! He has this sick obsession with these particular kinds of peasant teas. It's like an addiction. He's even starting his own tea business here now that he has alchemy magic!"

He says this like it's a really bad thing, though... But he's so suddenly animated about it that it's a bit comical. And certainly shows that at least Zuko's own investment in the quality of tea in his life has been raised if only apparently out of desperate need.

[uncle_iroh]

"Whoa whoa. Slow down, prince Zuko. Let us take this in order of importance. It sounds as though this Tamaki fellow may need medical help." If even Zuko said the tea was bad, then it had to be truly terrible. And for anyone to like tea that bad... clearly this poor soul had taken a blow to the head. Or twenty.

[rediscovering]

"That's what I thought, Uncle, but— he doesn't even like the taste! He thinks it's gross, too! It's like— symbolic," he laments, brow knotting in troubled confusion that's plagued him since his first day spirited away so long ago.

"It's, um, kind of my fault..." which Hikaru never let Zuko forget. "I bought the tea first — my first night. And it was awful, I don't know how something can taste like nothing and taste bad at the same time! There's this sweet syrup in it, Tamaki's even learning how to alchemize that... It said it's green tea with ginseng, but it definitely wasn't. They're called Arizona, they come cold in cans — don't try it, Uncle."

He speaks this warning with a conviction Iroh should be proud he's finally inherited. Zuko'd been spoiled all his life with good tea, which he knew, but took for granted. It took him until he'd finally experienced bad tea to understand the difference even marginally. He continues with another nervous cast of his eyes to the side.

"Anyway, Tamaki and the twins are from aristocratic families, so he has this— fascination with 'commoner culture.' He was obsessed with other cheap commoner snacks, too. So when I gave him the tea — because I didn't want it — he told me... What did he say...—" He pauses, eyes searching upwards with a grimace to remember exactly the ridiculous words that this flamboyant stranger had used to draw a rare real laugh out of Zuko right off the bat. But after six months of being haunted by this Arizona, he found it less amusing now — but still just as ridiculous.

"He said it 'tasted like the layman's determination, passion and hopefulness,' or something like that..."

No, really. That's what he said. This is the company he's been keeping, Uncle. Can you see how it's worn him down?

[uncle_iroh]

"Fault lies also with whoever sold this abomination in the first place." He hasn't even taken it, he's tired of fighting, and yet he sounds almost ready to go to war against this Arizona person. Zuko might need to warn Tamaki if he plans to share his creations, going forward.

"Being inexpensive does not mean a thing has to be bad. A lot of things that poor people can purchase are actually quite tasty. A lack of money is no excuse for bad tea."

[rediscovering]

"It's normal — they're in all kinds of shops. The stores here sell ten thousand things, Uncle!" he says, still quietly amazed. The twins and Tamaki had also taken him to his first supermarket. It was... an overwhelming experience. He sustained himself from the alien 7/11 by their house for a good long while in the beginning, too. Zuko's had a rough go of it. Lots of hotchips.

"There are lots of different flavors of the Arizona teas. Tamaki used to collect them — even the special limited edition flavors. The worst is Mucho Mango. The Diet Blueberry Green Tea is probably second worst for tasting like— like the ghost of a fruit!"

Zuko's established strong opinions about these teas, clearly. Be proud, Iroh; and ashamed, maybe, that he's associated with such abysmal swill at all, but be proud he can distinguish on his own that it's abysmal swill. Because Tamaki almost had him sold on the concept of 'instant' tea and coffee before he knew better than to trust him.

I would argue that mucho mango A - isn't tea. And B - is super yummy. LOL

[uncle_iroh]

"Cleary they must be stopped at the root then and the creators of these things must be made to see what actual proper tea tastes like!"

Their war was started by the Fire Lord of the time thinking the rest of the world had to be civilized and brought up to their standards. While Iroh has seen the light in a lot of ways and has come to not only accept other cultures, but appreciate and learn from them... he still was raised in that mindset as much as Zuko and Azula were. Possibly more for being closer to the source, as it were.

He wouldn't be proud of himself later, of course. But for the moment he might be trying to plan - with limited tactical knowledge - how to storm whatever place could make tea by the thousands. Who could even think that was acceptable! No wonder it does not taste good! Tea needed to be made with care! With love! Producing tea like armored vehicles was an insult to tea that could not stand!

lmaooo you're not wrong! i personally have no vendetta against Arizona, but Zuko was traumatized lol

[rediscovering]

"I don't think there's Arizona here, or at least I haven't seen it — although, I haven't looked for it, either," he admits with a grimace, glancing to the side. "I think that's why Tamaki is trying to recreate it. If you can just stop him first, Uncle, I think that's a step in the right direction."

Something about Iroh's reaction is funny even to Zuko, though, although he may not show it plainly. Living with the zany hosts, his sense of humor has vastly improved, and he's endeared to get the exact reaction he'd kind of expected to, but with even more vitriol and vigor than he'd counted on. His only hope is that Iroh doesn't eventually try the tea and get on board with Tamaki's poeticism thinking it's not so bad for what it is. If Iroh can taste the drive and spiritedness and ingenuity of the masses, alchemizing their own luxury in a certain sense, the way the host club's prince can, then Zuko will feel such shame he won't be able to speak. He will lose all his own tea credibility in one steep fall.

Paid ran out, please excuse the limited icons.

[uncle_iroh]

"Yes, we will stop this Tamaki before such a vile thing can spread to this world. We will make him proper tea and he will see what he clearly has been deprived of for far too long!"

[rediscovering]

Zuko's somehow at once relieved and strangely worried.

"Uncle, he's had the opportunity! I always shared my tea with him, too!"

Wait, wait, Zuko had his own nice tea, he's implying?! But he just glides right over that.

"He thinks of it like, um— like a cultural experiment..."

He can't decide if that's worse or better, absolves him from his bad taste or accentuates a whole new angle on it... Kind of all of the above?

Same icon for three posts >.<

[uncle_iroh]

Iroh has... doubts... about that actually being GOOD tea. But he doesn't need to bring that up, just now.

"He has not yet had tea made by me," he said, firmly.

always appropriate tho lol

[rediscovering]

"Please help him, Uncle," Zuko nods in agreement, looking his uncle in the eye with an earnest look. "He needs your influence. He's very kind. And the weirdest person I've ever met in my life. But he's got, um— a spark... It's been wasted on Arizonas and Doritos."

He ain't saying shit about Doritos, though. He totally stole Doritos from Tamaki all the time when they lived together. He's not about to go flaunting how he's been eating since living fully on his own spirited way. He's an expert on hotchips.

Heh

[uncle_iroh]

"I do not think that I want to know what... doritos... are. But come, let us meet this foolish person so that we might educate him properly in the ways of tea."

[rediscovering]

“I’ll tell him you’re here. I’m sure he’ll be very, um— eager to study with you.”

He pauses for a drink of his own tea. There’s something worth explaining...

“Tamaki and the twins and Taichi are all very, um— flamboyant, Uncle,” he says gingerly with a strange look on his face, casting his eyes to Zun instead of Iroh. “They’re not immediately the kind of people you’d expect me to spend time with, I think. Just— as a warning. But... I dunno. They’re nice. And funny. ”

There’s that word again. Funny. He’s found friends who make him laugh. Even if they sound questionable, regardless.

[uncle_iroh]

"Is there some reason that we cannot deal with this issue now, prince Zuko?"

[rediscovering]

"Right now?" Zuko's surprise is clear on his face and voice, but he smiles weakly after a beat.

"Uncle, I want to introduce you to my new friends, but I want to talk to you myself first... You just got here!" He's weirdly tickled by Iroh's gumption, and feels privately vindicated already that the man may well be on he and Hikaru's side of this debate; Zuko secretly had worries that Iroh may end up Team Arizona with Tamaki, truth be told, but this vigor promises otherwise. Promises sense. Validates all that Zuko's been saying for the past how many months?!

"I'll text Tamaki and let him know you're here, though. He knows about you already. All my friends do." And he intends to text all of them to let them know Iroh's here. This is big news. This is his own happy moment. Tamaki can't rain on his parade with Arizona right now, that's what's up!

[uncle_iroh]

All his friends. He took a deep breath, and forced himself to find calm. His nephew needed him. He could explain what real tea actually was to fools later. Zuko wanted time with him, and he would not deny the boy that. Not now, not ever.

"Very well then. I do not know what you mean by the word text in this context, but I can be content to wait, if that is what you wish, prince Zuko."

[rediscovering]

“Ah— that’s right. Uncle, I’ll come over to your room tomorrow morning so I can explain how phones work. These things.”

He fishes his own out of his pocket to illustrate.

[uncle_iroh]

"I look forward to learning from you, nephew."

[rediscovering]

"I might not be the best teacher... I don't understand how this stuff works. But I'll help you as best I can with all this stuff, Uncle. Phones and anything else."

[uncle_iroh]

"I will let you in on a little secret, my boy," he said, before pausing to refill and sip his tea.

"No one fully understands the whole of anything. In teaching we also learn. In learning, we also teach."

[rediscovering]

"...That's right," Zuko says with a soft smile, chewing the old man's words over.

"Uncle— back home... I was teaching the Avatar firebending ever since the Day of Black Sun. I didn't get the chance to tell you everything at the White Lotus camp. So much happened. I've learned a lot since leaving the Fire Nation again."

[uncle_iroh]

"We have the time now." He refilled Zuko's tea and passed it to him. "And there is nothing stopping us from catching up."

[rediscovering]

Zuko smiles, holding eye contact with the man a moment, before collecting his breath and his thoughts, and continuing after a short, deliberative sigh.

"Uncle. I met the dragons. And the Sun Warriors. With the Avatar."

[uncle_iroh]

"Then you know, now." He sipped his tea.