[EVENT | TAVIMBI] HAPOYELA'S BLESSINGS

[ironwood]

Characters: Come one, come all!
Date: March 5th
Location: The Sabonile Temple, in Hatal
Situation: The Foreigners, as well as many prominent kedan, have been invited to the great Temple of Hapoyela in Hatal, where the Sabonile priest class wishes them to participate in a celebration!
Warnings/Rating: Character nudity in the after-feast comment. Indicate content warnings in subject headers as applicable.

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According to the Sabonile priests, Hapoyela wishes to properly welcome the Foreigners and the kedan to the full scope of Tavimbi's hospitality, and has instructed the clergy to organize a suitably impressive celebration for the citizens of the oldest living Great Turtle. All Foreigners, as well as many notable kedan including the Family heads, are invited to attend a grand feast and celebration at the Sabonile Temple, one of the largest buildings in all of Hatal.

The clergy has promised an evening of good food, lively entertainment, and the magnificent blessings of Hapoyela. At the same time, the Sabonile will be hosting a soup kitchen in the Temple's courtyard, feeding the hungry and the poor, as dictated by their religious tenets and beliefs.

While those who receive an invitation to the event, which the Sabonile consider a sacred charge from Hapoyela, are not required to attend... it could be seen as a disrespect to their deity.

MOD NOTE: For the naked after party section, soul gems are still allowed to be worn. If your character isn't up for stripping down, they can excuse themselves from that segment of the evening, which will have no negative repercussions with the Sabonile. In this case, they will simply do a wave-over blessing from Hapoyela around the person, and bid them a pleasant evening before they go.

Comments

[purered]

Klaus was an excellent judge of character. Steven was a nice man and Zapp was just a diamond in the rough.

...Very, very rough.

"I would have been surprised if there had been anything more untoward than the brief inconvenience. Most are fine within a week. Still, thank goodness for the small miracles."

He finally removed his glasses which had become terribly fogged from the steam and perched them atop his head.

"I will be glad to introduce you then. I haven't met anyone quite like Zapp here, so I think you're in the clear."

[omnivident]

Steven was weird at his best and somewhat unsettling at the worst (that Leo knew of). Zapp...Leo was sure that he's been mugged by people who have a better sense of morals than that guy does.

Or was that too cynical? "I'm pretty sure that Zapp is just a one of a kind guy." Leo chuckled out. "Could you imagine him meeting someone like himself? That would be horrible."

But that was enough of that subject. "So..." He hesitated, unsure of how to continue the conversation, "what have you been up to during your time here?"

[purered]

One of a kind was definitely the sort of careful phrasing Klaus would use because he really did subscribe to the turn of phrase 'if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all'.

"Largely working on solving the issue with Tu Vishan," Klaus explained. "The landing has gone better than expected - my worst fears that whatever inhabitants of this land that there were would be hostile have largely been put to rest. The next stage is to find some means of waking him."

He smiled a little, hands folded in his lap. "For that, I believe there is a way, though I will have to look into it first."

[omnivident]

The idea of waking up a giant turtle that acted as an entire landmass was something a little too big for Leo to fully comprehend. Sure, he nodded to Klaus' words, but in truth, he just wondered if pressing a loud alarm clock to the turtle's ear would do anything.

Wait- do turtles even have ears?

Another thing he would have to think about when he's not bathing in a relaxing hot spring. "What's the plan that you have in mind now, though?" Might as well hear his boss' idea, even if he didn't completely understand the whole situation.

[purered]

"It's barely a plan," Klaus said, shift his head back. He was boiling already, but he really did not feel like getting out and walking around naked.

"But I believe the Xunetane may be key in waking Tu Vishan. Really it's more a gut feeling than anything, but sometimes it's better to chase a false hope than fumble around blindly."