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Entry tags:
Event || Holidaze
Who: Open
When: May 15
Where: The Islands of Perpetual Holidays
What: Abonus level new location is now available. The world is (probably) safe, so relax and go check it out!
Warnings/Notes: Unseasonal holiday celebration.
With the Heroes of Light providing directions, Biggs and Wedge manage to navigate their ship to the Islands of Perpetual Holidays. The pilots are incredibly confused, and also reluctant to step foot on them for fear of finding a Wookie Life Day island. They'll wait on the ship, thanks.
There are boats and ferries aplenty to take you from one island to another, so you can explore freely. The islanders are all incredibly friendly and eager to share their holiday with you. You just need to tell them where you'd like to go.
The Island of Christmas:
The largest of the Holiday Islands. The historians of the island tell of a war that once raged between the Christmas and Halloween Islands, but that animosity has long since been forgotten.
On this Island, snow falls perpetually, but somehow never accumulates more than about a foot or so on the ground, and not at all on the roads or pathways. The trees are evergreen and strung with lights. Toy shops and post offices line the picturesque streets, and even though the people of Vaikuntha don’t know it exists, the letters of their hopeful children somehow find their way here.
Popular activities are flying-chocobo racing, snowman building, snowball fights, chestnut roasting, caroling, decorating, wrapping, rapping about wrapping, and making figgy pudding. Figgy pudding is serious goshdarn business.
(Also, somehow, swearing is filtered out on Christmas Island. Have fun with that!).
The elves are always watching you. ALWAYS. But once you get used to them, it’s really a wonderful place to visit.
In the center of the main town on this island, there is a temple. It might be worth checking out?
Along one coast, you can also find the New Year’s Peninsula, where champagne and confetti flow freely. Here, you can celebrate beginnings and endings, comings and goings, resolutions and resignations. Just know if you drop anything, the tipsy residents will count down for whatever it is to touch the floor, then cheer.
The Island of Valentines:
A red and pink landscape of love! On this island, the people here are focused on love in its various aspects. Of course, most sing the praises of romantic love, but there are also frequent celebrations of families and friends.
Music plays constantly, and there are many restaurants with candlelit tables for two. Candy shops, card shops, and florist shops are their primary forms of businesses.
If it can be considered romantic, you can find it here. Take a swan boat down the tunnel of love. Spar in a training arena of love. Fly a kite on the field of love. Confess your love under the constantly blooming cherry blossom trees. Experiencing a change of heart or averting a tragic breakup? Run to your departing loved on in the rain! (It rains for about 5 minutes each evening just for this occasion.)
Beware, though! The moogles here will try to match-make you, and they are convinced they know best. Best travel with at least one other person and maybe pretend to be dating when they fly by to avoid the moogles’ meddling.
The Island of Easter:
For some reason, this Island has a lot of statues? Also, eggs, bunnies, candy, and so many floral print and pastel outfits.
This island benefits from constant spring (though they are thankfully spared from pollen), and baby animals abound. Flowers are in bloom, and birds sing. Watch where you step, though, or you may trod upon an easter egg! Most contain chocolate, candy, or coins, but occasionally you’ll find something like a picture that looks like a pixel version of someone you know, or helpful tips like ‘Long thread? Use Control F’ + your journalname (minus 1) to easily tally up your comments for AC!’. Weird.
The Island of Halloween:
The next largest of the Holiday Islands, and the creepiest one. Everyone is friendly here, freely offering candy, but they will look at you oddly if you are out of costume, and they will take the opportunity to scare you if they get the chance. Some of them might be actual monsters, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be nice.
A crisp fall breeze blows, rattling the drying leaves in the trees. Black, orange, and purple are the colors of choice here, and you can get pumpkin-flavored anything. Tailors can make you the finest of costumes, and prop-makers will outfit you with nonfunctioning versions of whatever you can dream of.
There is an odd energy in the city square, though. A giant gilded cage is empty, and the citizens of the island don’t seem to know what to do as they pass it. Around the square are wanted posters of a moogle in a crown. They are marked DANGEROUS, BEWARE, NOT A TRICK!!!
The Island of April Fools:
Strangely enough, you can’t find this one. The residents of the other islands insist it exists, though. If asked about it, they will point you in a directionIt may be different every time. ‘Just keep looking!’ they encourage with a wink.
The Minor Isles:
For every major Holiday Island, there are ten small islands that are oft overlooked. While they are rarely celebrated, much like the regional holidays, they have their devoted followers. Small boats traverse from major islands four times a day, and the locals are immensely happy to see someone visit. Without much of a special presence across the world, these islands have little magic, but the residents are dedicated to having small neighborhoods for quiet celebrations.
Perhaps you'd like to visit Ground Hamster Day Island? The legend goes that a Hamster on Hamster Island burrows out of its home once a year not for blood, but to predict doom. No one wants to get close enough to the island to test this theory, but the locals have plenty of hamster memorabilia. On Vaikuntha, these are more 'metal' than 'cute', so there are more grim fans of the legend than people who love small animals.
There are small isles of respite dedicated to parents and one for children. They say that there should be holidays for all mothers and fathers to be appreciated, and one for children. More pop up and people think of other groups that deserve a break: women, grandparents, workers.
Perhaps by exploring, one can find minor isles dedicated to the most obscure regional holiday, and some that don't make any sense. What is the Village of Pizza Day supposed to mean?
When: May 15
Where: The Islands of Perpetual Holidays
What: A
Warnings/Notes: Unseasonal holiday celebration.
With the Heroes of Light providing directions, Biggs and Wedge manage to navigate their ship to the Islands of Perpetual Holidays. The pilots are incredibly confused, and also reluctant to step foot on them for fear of finding a Wookie Life Day island. They'll wait on the ship, thanks.
There are boats and ferries aplenty to take you from one island to another, so you can explore freely. The islanders are all incredibly friendly and eager to share their holiday with you. You just need to tell them where you'd like to go.
The Island of Christmas:
The largest of the Holiday Islands. The historians of the island tell of a war that once raged between the Christmas and Halloween Islands, but that animosity has long since been forgotten.
On this Island, snow falls perpetually, but somehow never accumulates more than about a foot or so on the ground, and not at all on the roads or pathways. The trees are evergreen and strung with lights. Toy shops and post offices line the picturesque streets, and even though the people of Vaikuntha don’t know it exists, the letters of their hopeful children somehow find their way here.
Popular activities are flying-chocobo racing, snowman building, snowball fights, chestnut roasting, caroling, decorating, wrapping, rapping about wrapping, and making figgy pudding. Figgy pudding is serious goshdarn business.
(Also, somehow, swearing is filtered out on Christmas Island. Have fun with that!).
The elves are always watching you. ALWAYS. But once you get used to them, it’s really a wonderful place to visit.
In the center of the main town on this island, there is a temple. It might be worth checking out?
Along one coast, you can also find the New Year’s Peninsula, where champagne and confetti flow freely. Here, you can celebrate beginnings and endings, comings and goings, resolutions and resignations. Just know if you drop anything, the tipsy residents will count down for whatever it is to touch the floor, then cheer.
The Island of Valentines:
A red and pink landscape of love! On this island, the people here are focused on love in its various aspects. Of course, most sing the praises of romantic love, but there are also frequent celebrations of families and friends.
Music plays constantly, and there are many restaurants with candlelit tables for two. Candy shops, card shops, and florist shops are their primary forms of businesses.
If it can be considered romantic, you can find it here. Take a swan boat down the tunnel of love. Spar in a training arena of love. Fly a kite on the field of love. Confess your love under the constantly blooming cherry blossom trees. Experiencing a change of heart or averting a tragic breakup? Run to your departing loved on in the rain! (It rains for about 5 minutes each evening just for this occasion.)
Beware, though! The moogles here will try to match-make you, and they are convinced they know best. Best travel with at least one other person and maybe pretend to be dating when they fly by to avoid the moogles’ meddling.
The Island of Easter:
For some reason, this Island has a lot of statues? Also, eggs, bunnies, candy, and so many floral print and pastel outfits.
This island benefits from constant spring (though they are thankfully spared from pollen), and baby animals abound. Flowers are in bloom, and birds sing. Watch where you step, though, or you may trod upon an easter egg! Most contain chocolate, candy, or coins, but occasionally you’ll find something like a picture that looks like a pixel version of someone you know, or helpful tips like ‘Long thread? Use Control F’ + your journalname (minus 1) to easily tally up your comments for AC!’. Weird.
The Island of Halloween:
The next largest of the Holiday Islands, and the creepiest one. Everyone is friendly here, freely offering candy, but they will look at you oddly if you are out of costume, and they will take the opportunity to scare you if they get the chance. Some of them might be actual monsters, but that doesn’t mean they can’t be nice.
A crisp fall breeze blows, rattling the drying leaves in the trees. Black, orange, and purple are the colors of choice here, and you can get pumpkin-flavored anything. Tailors can make you the finest of costumes, and prop-makers will outfit you with nonfunctioning versions of whatever you can dream of.
There is an odd energy in the city square, though. A giant gilded cage is empty, and the citizens of the island don’t seem to know what to do as they pass it. Around the square are wanted posters of a moogle in a crown. They are marked DANGEROUS, BEWARE, NOT A TRICK!!!
The Island of April Fools:
Strangely enough, you can’t find this one. The residents of the other islands insist it exists, though. If asked about it, they will point you in a direction
The Minor Isles:
For every major Holiday Island, there are ten small islands that are oft overlooked. While they are rarely celebrated, much like the regional holidays, they have their devoted followers. Small boats traverse from major islands four times a day, and the locals are immensely happy to see someone visit. Without much of a special presence across the world, these islands have little magic, but the residents are dedicated to having small neighborhoods for quiet celebrations.
Perhaps you'd like to visit Ground Hamster Day Island? The legend goes that a Hamster on Hamster Island burrows out of its home once a year not for blood, but to predict doom. No one wants to get close enough to the island to test this theory, but the locals have plenty of hamster memorabilia. On Vaikuntha, these are more 'metal' than 'cute', so there are more grim fans of the legend than people who love small animals.
There are small isles of respite dedicated to parents and one for children. They say that there should be holidays for all mothers and fathers to be appreciated, and one for children. More pop up and people think of other groups that deserve a break: women, grandparents, workers.
Perhaps by exploring, one can find minor isles dedicated to the most obscure regional holiday, and some that don't make any sense. What is the Village of Pizza Day supposed to mean?
Naoto Shirogane | OTA
It's Christmas on the Island alright, but... strange that it's Christmas specifically considering the holiday was supposed to be Starlight. So these islands were from or related to Earth in some way? How did that happen? Part of Vaikuntha's creation? Well, there had been other strange things that slipped in after the past Heroes stepped forward.
Taking in the sights and somewhat still shivering in her coat, ignore the fact that there's no real destination in mind... until the center of the main town was reached. That building... she had to narrow her eyes upon approach because that couldn't be.
But it was?
"... A Temple?"
[The Island of Halloween]
She couldn't be convinced to Valentine or Easter Island, and no chance was she about to try April Fool's Island and end up pranked upon success or just continuing failure to find it, but Halloween? It wasn't even a holiday popularly observed in Japan... nor was it really a holiday she would look forward to.
She just... didn't like horror things.
Still, standing in a hastily put together cat costume to go on top of her Summoner attire, her eyes narrowed at the wanted poster: that Moogle with the crown.
"Not him again..."
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[OOC: Suggest an island, maybe a Minor Isles, and let's gooooo!]
CHRIMBUS
It wasn't far from where he'd heard the rumor. To see a short, familiar, shivering form brought him momentary relief: Good, he didn't need to call her. As he approached, he shrugged his cloak off his shoulders and draped it over hers, drawing the hood.
"Yeah, I heard, too. If ya don't mind it bein' the two of us, we could go check it out. What if Santa Claus is an eidolon?"
He sounded perhaps a bit too eager just then.
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"Santa Claus? Perhaps... we still haven't found Hades or Odin..."
But would either of them be here on Holiday Islands?
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Odin was fascinating, really. What did they mean by different forms...?
"At any rate, eidolons were what saved our skins. It wouldn't hurt to at least check in with whoever's in the heart of that temple."
Not that... h-he wanted anything for Christmas. Shush.
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"... Yes. And, with a little more experience, and I shouldn't require a crystal to summon one of the Great Eidolon."
So, she took a step forward towards the temple.
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"You're a badass, y'know that? Whoever's in there's gonna see it, too."
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Her face flushed, she sent a smile his way. Really, many of her accomplishments had been obtainable because she had help.
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A shy smile. "So let's call it a draw, yeah?"
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She can do that. Holding out a hand to him, was he ready to enter the temple?
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Shit. If he knew it was the latter he would have worn his tackiest christmas sweater!
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On the walls, there are murals of the eidolons together, interacting peacefully (Ultros is conspicuously left out of these depictions). One figure is a bearded, cloaked figure upon a six-legged horse. Spears hang from decorative racks, and there are sprigs of mistletoe all along the ceiling.
A fire burns in a gigantic hearth, warming the room. In the center, long wooden tables with bench seating are laden with food for a feast. Roasted meats, nuts, puddings, imported fruits, breads baked into incredible shapes, all sorts of cakes and pies… There are goblets of wine and horns of mead. Elves come and go freely to dine and take a break from their duties.
At the head of the room, there is a statue that bears the description: “Allfather Christmas”. The figure is of a grizzly bearded man with one eye closed, seated upon a throne. He wears a floppy hat and a cloak, and ravens from the trees often circle the hall, and on his shoulders, and caw into his ears.
At the foot of the statue are various wrapped gifts.
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fah lala..., Naoto had to look around everywhere. The trees were actually growing into the temple itself, not brought, and there were quite a number of ravens."Hm..."
Noticing the mural, of course her eyes have to narrow because - surprise surprise - no Ultros. But, this one with the six-legged horse...
She maintained her place beside Kanji, making sure not to get in the way of the elves coming and going, tilting her head at the feast, but they're not here to eat. Something about this was so grandiose for just being a Christmas Feast. And seeing "Allfather Christmas" with one eye closed and again, the ravens... Could this be?
She looked down at the gifts.
"... Maybe we should've brought presents."
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"Presents?" Oh. Like the ones at the foot of the statue. As he scratched his chin, he considered what he had on him.
An idea struck. He reached into his bag, pushing his way through things he'd brought for the trip and his haul from the shops. Naoto was handed a tin and a thermos: The butter cookies he'd bought for himself, and hot chocolate he'd brewed to keep things festive for the visit.
"It ain't milk, but cookies n' cocoa should hit the spot."
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Halloween
Damnit, not here too. Like this guy wasn't enough of a problem back on Crystallis too!
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[But it sounds like this individual was fortunate not to recently encounter him.]
We either encountered him or a specter at the Doll Museum several months ago.
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[Like that giant Staypuft Marshmallow Mog they summoned... Ugh.]
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[Which she has yet to return to... and would not make an effort to approach.] Dare I ask what he's followers are like?
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[Also dear god marshmallow everywhere she does not want that...]
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God, yeah. Time loops happened in Crystallis too! Vaikuntha just likes to act like Crystallis's lame sequel, I swear. Was worse there, though. It was a 10-hour period that looped for months.
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