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A Dance with Dragons
Who: You!
Where: Li Yu Tiao
When: May 24th - 31st
What: The Festival of Dragons!
Status: Open!
That special time of year has arrived when the Typhoon Grips allow safe passage to the Sky Islands. Here on Li Yu Tiao, the Festival of Dragons is about to begin. During this time, the villagers celebrate the koi that pass through their island to spawn and the great dragon that guards their land with its powerful magic.
From the opening, the streets will be filled with music, dancing, and indulgence. Grab some incredible local food and sample the fine alcohol brewed on the island. The hot springs are open to adults in the evenings and offer both separate and communal baths.
From May 25th until the 27th, the Dragon's Judgement Tournament will take place. The tournament is single-elimination, in which combatants can win either by amassing points by connecting with their hits, or by submission. Only nonfatal weapons are allowed and killing is strictly forbidden. The winner of the tournament will gain the title of the "Dragon's Hand" for the next year, and will be gifted with a crimson robe and a golden dragon statue.
On the 30th, a large stage is erected in front of the Dragon Gate. At sundown, the woman decided to be the most beautiful on the island will perform a dance on the stage. She will be dressed in a robe of glittering gold and a headpiece resembling a koi's whiskers. The dance is said to entice the koi into the next stage of their lives. During the dance, a single koi will leap through the gate and be transformed into a great dragon with impressive rainbow-colored scales. It is said this dragon's magic keeps the island tethered to the Dragon Gate and is the source of its wonderful weather. As the dance completes, the dancer's dress transforms into a pair of brilliant wings, and she takes into the air to live as the dragon's bride and protector. The two will then depart together for the mountain's summit. While the dancer is almost exclusively a local villager, it is not unheard of for an outsider to be selected for the role.
Where: Li Yu Tiao
When: May 24th - 31st
What: The Festival of Dragons!
Status: Open!
That special time of year has arrived when the Typhoon Grips allow safe passage to the Sky Islands. Here on Li Yu Tiao, the Festival of Dragons is about to begin. During this time, the villagers celebrate the koi that pass through their island to spawn and the great dragon that guards their land with its powerful magic.
From the opening, the streets will be filled with music, dancing, and indulgence. Grab some incredible local food and sample the fine alcohol brewed on the island. The hot springs are open to adults in the evenings and offer both separate and communal baths.
From May 25th until the 27th, the Dragon's Judgement Tournament will take place. The tournament is single-elimination, in which combatants can win either by amassing points by connecting with their hits, or by submission. Only nonfatal weapons are allowed and killing is strictly forbidden. The winner of the tournament will gain the title of the "Dragon's Hand" for the next year, and will be gifted with a crimson robe and a golden dragon statue.
On the 30th, a large stage is erected in front of the Dragon Gate. At sundown, the woman decided to be the most beautiful on the island will perform a dance on the stage. She will be dressed in a robe of glittering gold and a headpiece resembling a koi's whiskers. The dance is said to entice the koi into the next stage of their lives. During the dance, a single koi will leap through the gate and be transformed into a great dragon with impressive rainbow-colored scales. It is said this dragon's magic keeps the island tethered to the Dragon Gate and is the source of its wonderful weather. As the dance completes, the dancer's dress transforms into a pair of brilliant wings, and she takes into the air to live as the dragon's bride and protector. The two will then depart together for the mountain's summit. While the dancer is almost exclusively a local villager, it is not unheard of for an outsider to be selected for the role.
Whoops! Forgot about this thread.
I've been really inconsistent about tagging back, so it's understandable. Thank you for remembering!
Well, that's not actually why. It's because of the Devil's Fruit he ate as a child. It takes away his Ability and saps all strength from his body when he's submerged in water.
[She gives Akira a pointed look. He may be drunk, but hopefully not too drunk to make the connection between Luffy and herself.]
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[He scratches his chin for a moment, mulling it over.]
Wait, you and your friends are pirates even back home, right? Why would you eat something that makes water hazardous, if your entire job revolves around the ocean?
That's like barbecuing if you sweat fuel.
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[She tries to move again- but this time winds up inching herself further into the water rather than out of it. Hnnnn.]
-they felt like the benefits would outweigh the drawbacks.
[Or so she would assume. She doesn't remember eating her own fruit. As far as she knew she'd simply always been that way.]
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[Akira rose from his seat, before hopping out. He wordlessly grabbed a large rock, hefting it up and carrying it back, before moving over by her.]
Please pardon the intrusion.
[He lifted her up from under her arms, keeping his eyes closed as he sat her on the edge. Then he bent down and shifted the rock over, putting several towels down over it to soften the surface. After that, he gently lowered her back down. Once she was seated, his eyes opened again.]
...Well? Better?