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highseasooc2014-02-01 09:05 pm
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~Island Spotlight~
The island for the month is...
[Distance from Isla Empieza]: 5 days.
[Direction from Isla Empieza]: East.
[Terrain]: The first thing one notices upon arriving on Sweetwater isn't the water, it's the trees. Tall trees with branches only near the top create walkways throughout the island, each path seeming like an eternal lover's lane, picturesque enough to seem planned. There is no ominous darkness here, however, always just enough light filtering through to make a pretty picture rather than a creepy one.
The next feature that one will notice is the water. Ponds rest at various intervals among the paths, the water always very clear and bright. Some are small enough to barely be more than puddles, while others are certainly big enough to swim in. There are no fish in the ponds, but animals do come to drink there, now and then. Any woodland animal one might think of may be seen here, but they have a strangely cartoonish quality to them: large-eyed, a little friendlier than most wild creatures, and quite curious about humans.
[Weather]: There are two types of weather on Sweetwater: cheerful warm summer day and cheerful warm summer day with light rain. The leaves are perpetually green, and there's never really a serious need for shelter. Even the light rain is warm enough that few travelers would feel a need to hide from it.
[Is the island inhabited?]: Only by a few scattered mystic types. There's no evidence of any real homes or settlements. The few humans seen wandering will typically drink from the pools, speak little, and give away little information besides the fact that anyone who drinks needs nothing more.
[If so, what is the culture like here?]: he few inhabitants are too solitary to create much real culture.
[Island peculiarities]: The water in the ponds has some very special properties. First, anyone who drinks from any of the ponds on Sweetwater will find it tastes very fresh, pure, and sweet. Hunger will be slaked along with thirst and - no matter how tired the drinker was before - they will feel as refreshed as if they had a full night's sleep.
Of course, this isn't the only effect of the water. Each pool also has secondary effects, some of which will be more noticeable than others. Some may act like wine or spirits, causing intoxication. Others may cause visions, many of which will seem to show the individual's own past or future. Yet other ponds might cause great feelings of joy, affection, kindness, or cheerfulness.
There are no purely "negative" effects such as violent urges or hatred, but consuming too much of the water could cause a sort of backlash of negative emotion after it wears off.
Leaving the island after drinking the water there will cause great thirst for the first few days afterward, no matter how much regular water one drinks. Any water taken from the island will taste very bitter when drunk elsewhere, and likely make the drinker quite nauseous.
[Direction from Isla Empieza]: East.
[Terrain]: The first thing one notices upon arriving on Sweetwater isn't the water, it's the trees. Tall trees with branches only near the top create walkways throughout the island, each path seeming like an eternal lover's lane, picturesque enough to seem planned. There is no ominous darkness here, however, always just enough light filtering through to make a pretty picture rather than a creepy one.
The next feature that one will notice is the water. Ponds rest at various intervals among the paths, the water always very clear and bright. Some are small enough to barely be more than puddles, while others are certainly big enough to swim in. There are no fish in the ponds, but animals do come to drink there, now and then. Any woodland animal one might think of may be seen here, but they have a strangely cartoonish quality to them: large-eyed, a little friendlier than most wild creatures, and quite curious about humans.
[Weather]: There are two types of weather on Sweetwater: cheerful warm summer day and cheerful warm summer day with light rain. The leaves are perpetually green, and there's never really a serious need for shelter. Even the light rain is warm enough that few travelers would feel a need to hide from it.
[Is the island inhabited?]: Only by a few scattered mystic types. There's no evidence of any real homes or settlements. The few humans seen wandering will typically drink from the pools, speak little, and give away little information besides the fact that anyone who drinks needs nothing more.
[If so, what is the culture like here?]: he few inhabitants are too solitary to create much real culture.
[Island peculiarities]: The water in the ponds has some very special properties. First, anyone who drinks from any of the ponds on Sweetwater will find it tastes very fresh, pure, and sweet. Hunger will be slaked along with thirst and - no matter how tired the drinker was before - they will feel as refreshed as if they had a full night's sleep.
Of course, this isn't the only effect of the water. Each pool also has secondary effects, some of which will be more noticeable than others. Some may act like wine or spirits, causing intoxication. Others may cause visions, many of which will seem to show the individual's own past or future. Yet other ponds might cause great feelings of joy, affection, kindness, or cheerfulness.
There are no purely "negative" effects such as violent urges or hatred, but consuming too much of the water could cause a sort of backlash of negative emotion after it wears off.
Leaving the island after drinking the water there will cause great thirst for the first few days afterward, no matter how much regular water one drinks. Any water taken from the island will taste very bitter when drunk elsewhere, and likely make the drinker quite nauseous.