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]

*He shifts back to his human form, dabbing a bit on his finger to appease her.*

See? I'm trying it. I expect my metabolism to burn through whatever is affectin' you, but you never know.

[myfayevalentine]

Oh good!

*Faye smiles and looks at him closely*

Then maybe you should have double what I had.

[alwaysgrumpy]

I think I've already got a good pace going. You let me worry about how much I need.

[myfayevalentine]

Yes, sir. Wouldn't want you getting impaired, would we now?

*She giggles as she looks at the tree, trying to decide if she should have any more*

[alwaysgrumpy]

...Go ahead. You might as well.

[myfayevalentine]

*So she does, spooning some more onto her finger tips, and putting them into her mouth, enjoying the sap*

Yum!

[alwaysgrumpy]

*He leans against another, nearby tree, watching her enjoy herself for a bit.*

You're gonna' get a sore belly if you have too much.

[myfayevalentine]

*That made Faye stop, and she wandered on over to where he stood and poked him in the chest*

What are you? My dad?

[alwaysgrumpy]

I'm must watchin' out for you. I'm naturally paranoid about everything on strange islands.

[myfayevalentine]

Fine. I'll just stand here looking at you like a good girl. Would that make you feel less paranoid?

[alwaysgrumpy]

A bit, yeah.

*He looked around them for a moment.*

...So do we stand around all day, or find a place to rest while the sap drains?

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye grinned at that and looked around too*

I don't mind! So long as no one comes along and steals my sap!

[alwaysgrumpy]

Got anywhere you wanna' go?

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye smirks slightly and gives him a wink*

Where do you want to take me?

[alwaysgrumpy]

I mean, I can sit anywhere. You strike me as havin' stricter standards.

[myfayevalentine]

*She's trying not to smile, keeping a straight face*

Akira... It doesn't matter where I am, so long as I'm with you...

[alwaysgrumpy]

Thank you for the compliment. I'm sure I'll write it in my diary in big sparkly text.

[myfayevalentine]

Oh good! With a sparkly love heart too, right?

[alwaysgrumpy]

Absolutely. You know me so well, already.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye laughed at that and tapped him gently on the nose*

I know, I know. It's truly romantic.

[alwaysgrumpy]

Well, when in Rome, right?

[He sniffed at the sap before lapping up a good portion for himself, still trying to place exactly where he'd tasted it.]

I have to admit, it is rather strong.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye appeared behind him, watching him taking some more. So she figured, what the hell, and had some more herself*

But you like it, don't you?

[alwaysgrumpy]

I guess it's pretty good. It certainly makes you want to have a lot more of it.

[myfayevalentine]

*Faye laughed at that and nodded, again helping herself*

Then dig in! I bet you're good fun when you're...'impaired'.

[alwaysgrumpy]

I wouldn't know. I'm not even sure it's possible.