Rose Picking: Bloody Roses v. Straw Hats

[allendsmeat]

Who: The Straw Hat Pirates v. The Bloody Roses
Where: Isla d Quarzo Rosa
When: 12th-13th
What: Finding that token! hopefully not in bird poo
Warnings: The usual
Status: Closed



The officiant here says a bird ate our token. Good luck getting it. B|

Also info on the island:

♦ ISLA DE QUARZO ROSA

[Direction from Isla Empieza]: Somewhere in the South.

[Terrain]: Clouds and rose quartz gemstones. Wild twisted thorn jungles and cities built out of crystal pillars.

[Weather]: Crystal clear. It’s always warm and bright, thanks to the sunlight reflecting off the stones. It’s best to wear a pair of tinted sunglasses the entire time you are here. Light storms hover over the jungles once in a while but otherwise the island floats high enough that it’s almost always perfect weather.

[Is the island inhabited?]: Yes!

[If so, what is the culture like here?]: The people of the island are very short, the tallest standing around four foot tall, rounded faces, feet flat and duck like, body rounded but human. They are all slightly pink tinted in hair, like everything else around this place. The people here have learned to carve out huge villages in the centers of rose courts crystal pillars. They hunt for food, mostly birds, in the twisting thorn forest.

[Island peculiarities]: The jungles are light brown, pink to green and roll round and round in thick loops, twisting around each other. When tapped the sap inside the twisted tree like roots and thorny vines are sweet and almost intoxicating if you’re not raised on the stuff. Traders will sometimes come and collect sap for sale on the seas.

The island is made up purely of crystal stone, rose colored, jutting out here and there. There is a large deep patch of earth in the far northern side of the island that grows a forest, but nothing else will actually grow there. No crops are made here. This jungle however is FULL of birds. The larger crystal pillars can be hollowed out to build homes in.

The clouds under the city keep it hidden from the seas below, but the vines in the north have gotten so large and so wild that through the clouds thick spiny arms seem to grow and twist under the island as well.

The only food here is some form of bird or another, or strips of baked vines from the forest.

Full jars of sap tapped from the trees of this place fetch a nice price on the "below seas".


Have at, guys!

Comments

[alwaysgrumpy]

*Akira moves closer, craning his neck down. His muzzle perches just off her hand, sniffing deeply at the substance. A thick tongue slips out, giving it a few licks.*

Hm. It's...Well, it's hard to really pin it down, what it is.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye giggles a little, his tongue tickling her fingers*

Does it taste good? Or not?

*She glances at the sap, wondering if maybe she should try some*

[alwaysgrumpy]

It's not bad. I can honestly say it's not like anything I've ever tasted.

[myfayevalentine]

Huh. It's supposed to be the best thing ever.

*Faye takes her turn then to try the sticky substance*

That is... I don't know what that is.

*She seems happy enough to try more of it though*

[alwaysgrumpy]

See what I mean? It's unique, right?

[myfayevalentine]

Want some more?

*Faye seems rather hyper now, excited about the weird stuff in her hands. She offers her hand palm up to Akira, licking her lips*

It's weird but..nice.

[alwaysgrumpy]

*He shifts back into his human form, leaning forward for another taste.*

It's like one of those flavors where you MIGHT have had it before, and it's right on the edge of your mind, but you still can't decide what it was.

[myfayevalentine]

Exactly!

*She giggles as she tries some more, seeming a bit more enthusiastic about the stuff*

Whatever it is, I like!

*Or maybe it was just having its intoxicating effects on her already*

[alwaysgrumpy]

...Are you okay?

[myfayevalentine]

Great! Are you okay?

[alwaysgrumpy]

You seem a bit different than you were just a second ago.

[myfayevalentine]

Do I?

*She steps a bit closer*

How so?

[alwaysgrumpy]

More...I don't know, bouncy. Energetic. I also think your voice just rose an octave.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye licked a little more of the sap from her fingers and tilted her head*

Is that so bad?

[alwaysgrumpy]

It's not really a matter of bad or good, but it is very sudden. My experience here tells me that sudden shifts in personality aren't a good thing. You almost seem tipsy.

[myfayevalentine]

Oh...

*Faye smirked at little when he said that, then leaned closer to the tree to get more sap*

Tipsy? I've not had anything to drink.

[alwaysgrumpy]

That doesn't mean that you're not impaired.

*He leans in to sniff at the sap on the tree.*

Are you sure this stuff is safe?

[myfayevalentine]

Oi! Who are you calling impaired?

*Faye blinks at Akira as he sniffs it*

I don't know. You tell me. You were the first one to try it, with all your wolfy senses.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Yeah, but I know what ALCOHOL smells like. It's not the only thing that'll mess you up.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye doesn't look especially happy about this either*

Are you saying I'm all messed up?

[alwaysgrumpy]

I'm sayin' that you seem under the influence of something.

[myfayevalentine]

Are you sure? Could just be that I really like your company...

*Then she stuck a finger in the sap, and held it up to Akira's lips*

[alwaysgrumpy]

...Yeah, you're definitely affected by something. I think you might want to limit your use of this sap.

*Akira gave a nervous cough, then slowly pushed her hand to the side.*

Though I suppose there's no harm in collecting it.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye pouted at that and brought her finger back to where it was, though not without licking a little of the sap herself*

Aww, go on. I thought you liked it!

[alwaysgrumpy]

It's better for me not to take any chances with something that might impair me.