[EVENT] ONCE MORE TO THE OPEN SEA

[ironwood]

Characters: ALL
Date: Throughout August
Location: Hatal from 1st-16th, Keeliai all month
Situation: With Tu Vishan once more awake, hurried preparations are made for the departure from the continent.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings in subject headers as needed.

August starts much the same way as July ended, cold and stuck, but within a day or so a change is evident: at night, the bioluminescence of Tu Vishan's shell begins pulsing, in a bright, specific pattern.

Deciphered, the pattern counts down, pointing to the 16th. The citizens of Keeliai have that long to prepare, to finish their business and make any farewells they need to, before Tu Vishan resumes the itinerant lifestyle to which he was so long accustomed.

The waking of the turtle means, broadly, joy in the city, and also a bustling sense of busyness, as people who had grown comfortable in the patterns of Tavimbi-and-Keeliai find it's time to go their separate ways and rush to get affairs in order. For all that it's a departure, it's hopeful, coming as it does at a time when the state of the city is shifting as well, toward something perhaps more unified.

Tu Vishan is awake. The turtle moves.

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LINKS
Asti Child Visions | Securing for Departure | Crime and Protests | A Budding Government | Turtle's Head | Setting Sail

 

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SETTING SAIL

[ironwood]

As of the 16th, Tu Vishan slowly pushes back from the coast of Tavimbi. Having been anchored so securely, even though most of those obstacles have been removed, it provides a full 24 hours of minute quakes and jolts that run through the city and surrounding shellside. In fact, for quite a bit of the day, the entire surface of the shell seems decided not even keel, as if Tu Vishan is having a bit of a time remembering how to swim on the level.

Not unsurprisingly, this is many people's first experience with sea sickness, not used to what has always been solid land swaying back and forth on them!

The Great Turtle seems to get a better hang of things once they've retreated from Tavimbi however, and turning westward provides some truly spectacular sunsets to sail toward, as if Konryu itself is welcoming Asti back to the living.

Open!

[purrns]

Adrien's heard stories of when the turtle moved, and could only imagine what it felt like. He's thrilled to finally get the opportunity- and throughout the entire buildup had been helping as much as he could as Chat Noir. He's been breaking up riots, helping cast anchor, gather supplies. He's been a busy kitty.

But this. This is something he's going to experience without the mask. Mostly because no one will think twice about Adrien Agreste having a quiet moment, while with Chat...well, that's a little more questionable.

And so, Adrien moves to the turtles head to watch them move away from Tavimbi, thrilling in the pitch and sway of the turtle as they go. This is so very different to sailing on the Seine. It's exciting! He has absolutely no idea where they'll end up, and that's honestly where most of the thrill comes from. This is what freedom really feels like.

He can be found at the turtle's head for a while, enjoying the feeling of peace emanating from the place and looking out into the horizon. He's talking quietly with looks like a black blob sitting on his shoulder. But as soon as someone comes close enough to make out the shape of it, it vanishes away like it was never there to begin with.

[dislocked]

[ Bucky catches the vanishing blob quickly enough, raising his brows at the phenomena. Had it only been a trick of the light? He doesn't know. But he chooses not to comment on it as he comes up beside the young stranger. He looks like he'd know a thing or two, right? ]

Any idea where we're going?

[purrns]

[Adrien, deciding not to bring attention to Plagg at all, turns and grins widely at Bucky. He looks completely and utterly delighted.]

Nope! I haven' got a clue. Isn't it exciting?

[Too bad, Bucky, he knows nothing. ]

[dislocked]

[ He reminds Bucky of a younger version of Steve; only a lot more excitable and happy. ]

It is?

[ Because what if the turtle decides to go on a kamikaze mission? ]

[purrns]

Well, yeah! I mean, I've heard stories about the turtle moving, but when I got here, he was still in a coma. Now he's awake and free to go wherever he wants.

[That happy beam sure isn't going anywhere. ]

We could end up absolutely anywhere! Meet a whole new sort of people. See a whole new country. I think that's pretty cool.

[dislocked]

[ It's something else, witnessing that kind of unbridled enthusiasm, that wide-eyed wonder. He's lost all of that a long time ago, but seeing it in action never fails to make him pause. ]

It could be exciting. But if they mean this turtle harm?

[purrns]

Well, that's why we're here, right? That's why Foreigners were brought to the turtle originally, and I'm sure we can keep doing that now. Keeping Tu Vishan safe.

[Of course, he'd plan to do that as Chat Noir, but he could still help people as Adrien, too, so it's not a complete lie.]

[dislocked]

[ He's got a pretty honorable, protective soul, doesn't he? Bucky nods at length, then looks out again. ]

What's your name?

[purrns]

[So much so that it's sickening. He smiles, offering a hand.]

I'm Adrien.

[dislocked]

Bucky.

[ He reminds him of someone else, it's uncanny. He pauses. ]

How long have you been here?

[purrns]

It's nice to meet you.

[He genuinely means that, too. Meeting strangers wasn't exactly something on the cards for him before he came here. Not without great difficulty, anyway. ]

About seven months, now.

[dislocked]

[ Polite, too. Bucky smiles faintly at that and nods, quietly acknowledging that sentiment. ]

Same. [ Seven months. He can't imagine being here for that long. ] You don't miss home?

[purrns]

[That's...always a tricky question for Adrien. He misses his friends, his school, even his father. What he doesn't miss is his father controlling every tiny aspect of his existence. Here he's given far much more freedom than he ever thought he'd get.

And Ladybug is here. She makes everything much easier. Much brighter. But he knows they have a duty back home. That they have to go back and defend it.]

I miss Paris a lot, and the people in it. But this place has its perks. It's not all bad.

How about you?

[dislocked]

[ Good question. Bucky has to think about his answer -- he has mixed feelings about where he came from, but he had been on a mission to take back all that had been taken away from him. Here, however, it's easier to be out of his own head sometimes. ]

Can't complain. [ He says simply, looking out into the horizon. Anything else is just unnecessary. ] Has there been stories of the worlds this turtle's been to?

[purrns]

None that I've heard. Though I'm sure people who have been here a while have plenty to talk about.

[He's admittedly been so focused on learning about the evil that befell the turtle, that learning about past locations slipped him by. ]