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Welcome Festival | Day 03 | Water Sector | OPEN
Characters: You! And you! Even you!
Location: Water Sector
Situation: It's the third day of the Welcome Festival and things are becoming a little more waterlogged!
Warnings/Rating: Splooshing and splashing! To be updated if actual warnable material occurs.
OOC Details:
>The IC festivities begin at dawn and close two hours after sunset, at which point the kedan clean up the Sector while the next is being prepared.
>Each major area/activity has a header thread started that you can tag into in. People can then respond to you and the party can begin!
>A header thread for OTHER is available for any festival-related interactions not covered by the rest.
>No one is limited to starting just one thread! If you want to have your character partake of the food and the lanterns? Start a thread in each!
WATER SECTOR:
The third dawn of the festival sheds light on the Water Sector, where the canals have been skimmed of surface debris and underwater walls scrubbed until the sunlight that reflects off their polished surfaces adds to the glimmering effect of the gentle current in the water. Walkways have been swept and patched so that those prefer overland travelling have clean and clear paths with which to navigate the sector.
Festivalgoers seeking a tour better have their sea legs (canal legs?) for today's guides will be rowing them down the open canals on boats strongly reminiscent to the gondolas associated with Venice, Italy. The sights focus on the beautiful fountains visible from the waterline and the deep waters that the canals move through, including one narrow passage with kedan-built coral display artistically arrayed beneath the surface in tribute to the colonies that grow in the ocean waters. A few guides can be teased into telling stories about waterbound forms they have taken, for the atmosphere is relaxed and no to tours follow the exact same route.
The most peaceful sector in all of Keeilai happens to be the Water Sector. With no active gangs and citizens that believe in a philosophy of loving thy neighbour, the Alderwood Commander is extending a degree of good faith in the people's ability to behave. No additional police forces have been dispatched today and no sightings of Evandau have been reported. Criminal activity is at a minimum today with the majority of issues being misunderstandings rather than self-serving intent. Still, the regular police patrols are active and any festivalgoer with a problem is encouraged to sort it out themselves or file a report.
Continuing with tradition, should two or more characters get into an large-scale altercation, be it with NPCs or one another, please advise Alex (![[plurk.com profile]](https://plurk.com/favicon.ico)
reignsdown or gmail or aim) for intervention/dispersal.
FISHING FAIR:
After the market of Earth and the demonstrations of Metal, the merchants of Water have come together with an entirely different sort of fair at which attendees can acquire goods made and themed to the Sector. Rather than a browse-and-buy layout, they've cleared and netted off two ends of a canal block mid-sector and scattered over one hundred brightly coloured and sized fish forms with varying buoyancy that hang in the water. Shoppers then pay between one and three juulan to "fish" one to three times with specially designed fishing rods. The goal? Snare the hook on one of the fish (a skilled fisherman might snare two with the large hooks) and haul it in.
Each fish size and colour represents a different category of merchandise that the shopper can peruse and make one selection from (per fish). More game than actual market experience, participants are rewarded for successful catches with items that are worth at least their initial investment. One might walk away with nothing, or they might walk away with coral jewelry, vouchers for free boat rentals, or bags filled with some of the more eccentric groceries that the sector has to offer.
FOOD:
Don't care to take your chances at winning culinary oddities with the fishing fair? Then wander the sector's walkways to find dozens of haphazard stands set up by the ma-and-pa restaurants to get samples of the dried fish, strange sea greens, and no less than a half-dozen varieties of root vegetables and meats that have been preserved in brine. You don't know unique eating until you've had a meal in this sector, trust us.
Grog is the popular term for the liquor made widely available in barrels and at bars lining the canals, but no two areas serve the same combination. One glass may be a mixture of rum and beer, the next rum with sugar and nutmeg! There are also some suspiciously virgin concoctions masquerading as grog, so mind your tankards and where you fill them up!
Minors, once again, are discouraged from requesting drinks, as one can never tell when an officer will wander by and catch the unlawful serving of an underaged party. While there is a virgin drink on tap, the odds of finding it are somewhat unreliable.
Food and drink are, for the most part, free. Customers found to be returning frequently or abusing the gifts will be charged minor amounts to recoup the unexpected additional costs that comes with feeding hardier metabolisms.
LANTERNS:
Ranged along the canals and in the alleyways are small tables manned by one or two kedan. Here is where the lanterns for the festival are being made, often by a festivalgoer stopping by for a handful of minutes to produce a cylindrical "rolling paper" lanterns. This activity is open to kedan and foreigners alike, with a great deal of creative freedom allotted to each. All are encouraged to lend a hand in the production of hundreds of lanterns to light up the area at the conclusion of the Welcome Festival.
These stations are some of the most laidback of all Water Sector activities and the kedan supervising each is just as likely to help out with the construction as they are to sit back and chat throughout it.
ACTIVITES & CHALLENGES:
The theme today is, you guessed it: Water sports! (...not like that.) Skill, strength, and speed come together with great breath capacity for those willing to brave the wet for the sake of friendly competition.
Most popular of the events is the underwater scavenger hunt, wherein Lieuen commissioned twenty kedan to each weigh down and toss in the canals twenty bottles with sequential clues as to the location of the next bottle in the sequence. Participation in this is largely informal and accidental, with the person who finds the greatest number of bottles declared the winner at the end of the day and given bragging rights as a marine detective of the highest skill level. However, the kedan aren't keeping the best track and some predict two or three parties to claim this title as their own by sundown.
Second are the swimming competitions, with four canal blocks netted off and drawn into four separate lanes for competitors. Swimming heats of all manner, from the breaststroke to the doggy paddle, will occur periodically throughout the day. Bragging rights (and a small seashell bracelet) goes to the winner of each race, with no limit set to the number of times one may compete.
Third and last of the major events happens above the water level... barely. Four more canal blocks have been netted off and three row boats have been built specifically for teams of two to row their way to victory in heats occurring every hour on the hour. Champion teams may re-enter to their heart's content, with the prize being those enviable bragging rights!
PRIZES:
Lieuen has tasked two dozen kedan to wander the festival, dispensing prizes to all characters that participate in the activities outlined above or who simply make an appearance in the Water Sector today! Identified by the necklaces of seashell and coral weighed heavily about their necks, they can be seen giving out (at random) the following:
>Mesh/net bags dyed sea green and meant for carrying groceries
>Palm-sized envelopes filled with dried seaweed snacks
>Cord bracelets with polished coral beads woven into the band
>Juulan (1)
This is not a long or involved process to obtain, believe it or not! Characters that appear during the Water Festival, be it in this post or another IC means (example: network posts), are eligible to receive one of the prizes listed above. No mod approval or intervention required!
(Stay tuned for each sector's festival, as it is rumoured the prizes will change for each sector. Characters that participate in one festival and received a prize can receive prizes in the other sector festivals as well!)
Location: Water Sector
Situation: It's the third day of the Welcome Festival and things are becoming a little more waterlogged!
Warnings/Rating: Splooshing and splashing! To be updated if actual warnable material occurs.
OOC Details:
>The IC festivities begin at dawn and close two hours after sunset, at which point the kedan clean up the Sector while the next is being prepared.
>Each major area/activity has a header thread started that you can tag into in. People can then respond to you and the party can begin!
>A header thread for OTHER is available for any festival-related interactions not covered by the rest.
>No one is limited to starting just one thread! If you want to have your character partake of the food and the lanterns? Start a thread in each!
WATER SECTOR:
The third dawn of the festival sheds light on the Water Sector, where the canals have been skimmed of surface debris and underwater walls scrubbed until the sunlight that reflects off their polished surfaces adds to the glimmering effect of the gentle current in the water. Walkways have been swept and patched so that those prefer overland travelling have clean and clear paths with which to navigate the sector.
Festivalgoers seeking a tour better have their sea legs (canal legs?) for today's guides will be rowing them down the open canals on boats strongly reminiscent to the gondolas associated with Venice, Italy. The sights focus on the beautiful fountains visible from the waterline and the deep waters that the canals move through, including one narrow passage with kedan-built coral display artistically arrayed beneath the surface in tribute to the colonies that grow in the ocean waters. A few guides can be teased into telling stories about waterbound forms they have taken, for the atmosphere is relaxed and no to tours follow the exact same route.
The most peaceful sector in all of Keeilai happens to be the Water Sector. With no active gangs and citizens that believe in a philosophy of loving thy neighbour, the Alderwood Commander is extending a degree of good faith in the people's ability to behave. No additional police forces have been dispatched today and no sightings of Evandau have been reported. Criminal activity is at a minimum today with the majority of issues being misunderstandings rather than self-serving intent. Still, the regular police patrols are active and any festivalgoer with a problem is encouraged to sort it out themselves or file a report.
Continuing with tradition, should two or more characters get into an large-scale altercation, be it with NPCs or one another, please advise Alex (
FISHING FAIR:
After the market of Earth and the demonstrations of Metal, the merchants of Water have come together with an entirely different sort of fair at which attendees can acquire goods made and themed to the Sector. Rather than a browse-and-buy layout, they've cleared and netted off two ends of a canal block mid-sector and scattered over one hundred brightly coloured and sized fish forms with varying buoyancy that hang in the water. Shoppers then pay between one and three juulan to "fish" one to three times with specially designed fishing rods. The goal? Snare the hook on one of the fish (a skilled fisherman might snare two with the large hooks) and haul it in.
Each fish size and colour represents a different category of merchandise that the shopper can peruse and make one selection from (per fish). More game than actual market experience, participants are rewarded for successful catches with items that are worth at least their initial investment. One might walk away with nothing, or they might walk away with coral jewelry, vouchers for free boat rentals, or bags filled with some of the more eccentric groceries that the sector has to offer.
FOOD:
Don't care to take your chances at winning culinary oddities with the fishing fair? Then wander the sector's walkways to find dozens of haphazard stands set up by the ma-and-pa restaurants to get samples of the dried fish, strange sea greens, and no less than a half-dozen varieties of root vegetables and meats that have been preserved in brine. You don't know unique eating until you've had a meal in this sector, trust us.
Grog is the popular term for the liquor made widely available in barrels and at bars lining the canals, but no two areas serve the same combination. One glass may be a mixture of rum and beer, the next rum with sugar and nutmeg! There are also some suspiciously virgin concoctions masquerading as grog, so mind your tankards and where you fill them up!
Minors, once again, are discouraged from requesting drinks, as one can never tell when an officer will wander by and catch the unlawful serving of an underaged party. While there is a virgin drink on tap, the odds of finding it are somewhat unreliable.
Food and drink are, for the most part, free. Customers found to be returning frequently or abusing the gifts will be charged minor amounts to recoup the unexpected additional costs that comes with feeding hardier metabolisms.
LANTERNS:
Ranged along the canals and in the alleyways are small tables manned by one or two kedan. Here is where the lanterns for the festival are being made, often by a festivalgoer stopping by for a handful of minutes to produce a cylindrical "rolling paper" lanterns. This activity is open to kedan and foreigners alike, with a great deal of creative freedom allotted to each. All are encouraged to lend a hand in the production of hundreds of lanterns to light up the area at the conclusion of the Welcome Festival.
These stations are some of the most laidback of all Water Sector activities and the kedan supervising each is just as likely to help out with the construction as they are to sit back and chat throughout it.
ACTIVITES & CHALLENGES:
The theme today is, you guessed it: Water sports! (...not like that.) Skill, strength, and speed come together with great breath capacity for those willing to brave the wet for the sake of friendly competition.
Most popular of the events is the underwater scavenger hunt, wherein Lieuen commissioned twenty kedan to each weigh down and toss in the canals twenty bottles with sequential clues as to the location of the next bottle in the sequence. Participation in this is largely informal and accidental, with the person who finds the greatest number of bottles declared the winner at the end of the day and given bragging rights as a marine detective of the highest skill level. However, the kedan aren't keeping the best track and some predict two or three parties to claim this title as their own by sundown.
Second are the swimming competitions, with four canal blocks netted off and drawn into four separate lanes for competitors. Swimming heats of all manner, from the breaststroke to the doggy paddle, will occur periodically throughout the day. Bragging rights (and a small seashell bracelet) goes to the winner of each race, with no limit set to the number of times one may compete.
Third and last of the major events happens above the water level... barely. Four more canal blocks have been netted off and three row boats have been built specifically for teams of two to row their way to victory in heats occurring every hour on the hour. Champion teams may re-enter to their heart's content, with the prize being those enviable bragging rights!
PRIZES:
Lieuen has tasked two dozen kedan to wander the festival, dispensing prizes to all characters that participate in the activities outlined above or who simply make an appearance in the Water Sector today! Identified by the necklaces of seashell and coral weighed heavily about their necks, they can be seen giving out (at random) the following:
>Mesh/net bags dyed sea green and meant for carrying groceries
>Palm-sized envelopes filled with dried seaweed snacks
>Cord bracelets with polished coral beads woven into the band
>Juulan (1)
This is not a long or involved process to obtain, believe it or not! Characters that appear during the Water Festival, be it in this post or another IC means (example: network posts), are eligible to receive one of the prizes listed above. No mod approval or intervention required!
(Stay tuned for each sector's festival, as it is rumoured the prizes will change for each sector. Characters that participate in one festival and received a prize can receive prizes in the other sector festivals as well!)
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[Curious Yelena is curious!]
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Where I'm from, bending is when someone can control and work with a certain element. There are firebenders, waterbenders, earthbenders, and airbenders. [Because saying "an airbender" and describing the Air Nomad genocide would be a bit awkward right now.]
But waterbenders are people who can control water, essentially. There are many waterbenders in my tribe, although I'm not one of them.
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More and more it seems common here. Accepted. Yelena can't help but wary of it considering how it's regarded in Ixia, and how magicians are treated...how she would be killed for having magic herself.]
Are there any earthbenders or firebenders or airbenders in your tribe as well? Or is there other magic people can do in your world as well?
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And no, only waterbenders are in the Northern Water Tribe. Each nation has a different style of bending - the waterbenders are from the Water Tribes, the airbenders are all Air Nomads, earthbenders are from the Earth Kingdom, and firebenders are from the Fire Nation.
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It sounds very all very organized...
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Perhaps when you return you'll have an opportunity to go other places.
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Maybe. It would be nice to see more.
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Would be nice for me too.
[She's got to hope she'll go back to Ixia and have a chance to get to Sitia...]
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What's your home like, if you don't mind me asking?
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Ixia's divided into military districts. Everyone has a job, everyone has a uniform that can tell a person at a glance what district they're from and what job they have.
[She exhales.]
It's strict, but...fair.
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But if it's fair, then I think that's good for everyone.
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For the most part. It would be more fair if it was flexible but...I think the Commander would worry that people would abuse that.
[Still toying with the fish in her hands, Yelena decides to forge on.]
No one's really talked to you about any laws here, have they?
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No, not really.
Why?
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