event } lime, coconut, explosions

[seeingyou]

WHO: All y’all
WHAT: A nice vacation to ease everyone in
WHERE: Various locations on Alkonost Island, including Navi
WHEN: Sept 12-30
WARNINGS: Use ‘em in your threads if needed!

Welcome to Alkonost, the beautiful tropical island on the planet Tetagari where you have just made an emergency crash landing! You’ll be here for a while, so settle in and get cozy with your new shipmates until Navi is repaired and ready for takeoff.

Alkonost is a small island with an eponymous beachfront village, with the rest of the land covered in tropical rainforest, dry forest, and grasslands. Most of the land is still wild, as the Alkonost population is centered at the beach, though ancient ruins can be found a bit more inland. Alkonostians are a humanoid, amphibious people, with light green skin, gills, and webbed fingers; they are friendly and welcoming to tourists, business contacts, and intergalactic refugees alike.

Speaking of business, the main exports of Alkonost are various types of fish, shell jewelry, and a unique, dark red pearl that is only cultivated in the waters surrounding the island. These red pearls are highly prized on other islands and provide the bulk of income for the Alkonost population. They’ve also recently attracted a band of pesky pirates, which has taken to raiding export ships and even the pearl farms themselves, on occasion. Warning signs are posted near the shoreline and will be explained by locals if asked.

While visiting, you can elect to work as part of a fishing or pearl farming crew, or with one of the island’s fruit collection squads, and you’ll be paid daily in fresh fish and equally fresh fruit. For necessities of the non-consumable sort, the village open-air market is open every day for all of your shopping needs. Otherwise, grab some sun on the beach, dance and sing around bonfires at night, get to know your fellow passengers, or just chill on the ship and get to know Navi.

Comments

[albatrossomen]

I have grown... unaccustomed to such genuine forthrightness.

[Mortals were dishonest, Celestials were dishonest, everything was dishonest. It was refreshing to have some degree of trustworthy reliability in something in the universe. Stars didn't lie, but they also didn't have much going on in their lives. Burning away, as one does.

He did offer something of a reassuring smile at the concern rolling off of Navi, he understood her impressions better than most might as angels typically communicated in a similar format. They needn't worry, he wasn't lying about his ability to handle the pain.]

I assure you I am uniquely qualified to endure. [It came with the territory of his visions, of being who and what he was. The burden of agony had always rested on his wings.]

Yes, I believe that is a sufficient enough definition. Being organic, I should be able to assist you in your mending process if you'd like. Direct me to somewhere you'd like a focus and I can do my best to urge things along. I am not the most powerful healer among my brethren, I believe that distinction falls to Raphael, but I should still be reasonably competent.

[seeingyou]

[navi blinks slowly at murmur, with light confusion. it’s an entirely unexpected offer.]

You can interface with me here, if you’d like. I appreciate the assistance, but why would you make this offer?

[albatrossomen]

[He does actually look a bit perplexed about Navi's confusion.]

You are not accustomed to offers of assistance in your repairs? A simple answer would of course be our survival presently depends upon yours. A more complex includes I am able, and you are in need.

[And all of the various complexities that lie within the decision to make altruistic acts.]

[seeingyou]

No ... most passengers I've encountered have mainly been concerned with their own affairs. Many fail to see what you've concluded - that we are all connected.

[so that explains the confusion, at least. but it's a refreshing change to encounter a passenger who understands this and is willing to work together with navi instead of against them.]

... Thank you.

[albatrossomen]

[Ah, yes, it is just like them to be that way isn't it? He does offer an understanding look before turning to settle his attention on a nearby wall. Well, this should suffice, so long as it is part of Navi.]

The idea of being connected to something larger than themselves does tend to be both off-putting, and perplexing to them. It is a foreign concept, so instead they default to a focus upon their own survival.

[Especially in times of uncertainty and panic, such as those caused by waking up on a space ship torn away from their tasks and homes. He places his now gloved hands on the wall.}

The pleasure is mine.

[With that, a soothing warmth flows from him and into the Navigator's walls. There's no fancy lightshow, nor fanfare, though there does seem to be the faintest glow emitted from just beneath his hands. The gentle healing energy will fill them, trying to seek out the worst of the damage to focus on.

Though Navi is much larger than any being Murmur has yet attempted to heal, so there's no telling how effective his magic will be. Even so, it's worth the effort.]