summer vacation in the mgcu

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You wake to the sound of waves lapping gently against the shore, the wind gently rustling through palm trees, and the cries of seagulls overhead. The scent of sea salt and tropical flowers is in the air. Wander outside or look out the window of the room you have awoken in, and you'll see that you are on a beautiful tropical island.

Good morning, everyone.

The room you've woken up in is decorated exactly to your tastes - it is the sort of home someone might have happily designed for you if perhaps you had commissioned them to make the perfect vacation getaway for you. This is true inside and out - the yard of each house seems to be decorated to each occupant's tastes, too.

Inside your vacation home, easily found, is a brochure advertising a four-day, three night island getaway. Tucked inside the pages are boarding passes from Dodo Airlines with your names on them. One boarding pass, which indicates that you would have landed on the island on Friday morning, has already been marked off as if used; the other, indicating that you will board a plane to leave on Monday evening, is clear.

The brochure includes a map of the island, so don't worry about getting lost! There are beaches, hills, fields of wildflowers, lush fruit orchards, rushing waterfalls, lazily winding rivers, a general store, a tailor's shop, and even a museum with a coffee shop on its premises. The island itself seems to have areas that are created with wildly different aesthetics, too, that all somehow seem to work together as you move from place to place. Fairy forest? Sure! Giant treehouse? Why not? Froggy shrine? You bet. Each of the various themed areas have restaurants and shops that fit their aesthetic, so if you'd like to dine or take home a souvenir, you're more than welcome to.

The following events are listed in the brochure:

FRIDAY
🌸 Beachside Welcome Picnic
In the afternoon, come and join your fellow vacationers for a delicious meal on the beach! Get to know each other and make plans for your vacations! All dietary needs can be accommodated; simply look down at your plate and think of what you would like to eat. For those who cannot be in direct sunlight, check your drawers for a protective sunscreen.

SATURDAY
🌸 The Musical Talents of K.K. Slider
Come to the town plaza in the afternoon to listen to K.K. Slider give a performance! He will also take requests.
🌸 Karaoke Party
In the evening, after K.K. Slider has left, feel free to step up to the mic for a karaoke party!
🌸 Beachside Bonfire and Meteor Shower
After karaoke, gather around the fire for a delicious meal and enjoy the warmth of the bonfire. Make s'mores, tell stories, and relax as you listen to the sound of the waves and watch the shooting stars. Perhaps you'll even make a wish and find a star fragment to take home?

SUNDAY
🌸 Group Yoga
Join your fellow vacationers in the morning for a relaxing yoga session in the plaza!
🌸 Visiting Merchants
In the afternoon, visit the plaza to peruse the wares of Leif and Kicks, and compete in Label's Fashion Challenge! You can also come get your fortune told by Katrina and browse Saharah's selections of wallpapers and flooring.
🌸 Fireworks Display
In the evening, set up anywhere you would like - though the beach has a very nice view - for a fireworks display. Sparklers are also available if you prefer to use them.

MONDAY
🌸 Farewell Ceremony
We've been glad to have you here, but we're sad to see you go! Enjoy one last meal with your new friends and reminisce about the good times you've had together. At the end of the ceremony, you will each be presented with a photo album of the things you've been doing to take with you before you board your plane to go home.

ALL WEEKEND
🌸 Island Excursions
Interested in checking out the other islands? Say no more! Head to the docks on the eastern shore to meet up with Kapp'n, who will treat you to some sea shanties and row you to the nearby islands to explore.
🌸 The Big Bug-Off
Pick up a bug-catching net from the general store and catch bugs to your heart's content! Turn in your catches to Flick for a prize. Whoever has turned in the most bugs prior to departure will be given a grand prize before they leave.
🌸 Fishing Tournament
Pick up a fishing rod from the general store and experience the joys of fishing! Turn in your catches to C.J. for a prize. Whoever has turned in the most fish prior to departure will be given a grand prize before they leave.
🌸 Farmer's Market
In the daytime, check out our stands for our island-fresh produce and local specialties!
🌸 Night Market
In the nighttime, check out our stands for delicacies from all over the worlds. Yes, worlds, plural.

You're here for a vacation, no murder involved. Your way home will come in just a few days. Why not relax and enjoy yourselves, catch up with some old familiar faces, and make some new friends? Summer is nearing its end, after all.

[ooc: it's once again mgcu mingle time, but there's a twist! this mingle is open to characters from the following: reapsody, grimmoired, plasmatio, subdivided, thotordie, bluesclues, tropicalgetaway, notagain, redactable, snowend, 7rings, seasonality, chasma, uturns, chroma, courtrooms, and suitedreams!

however! like the disney mingle, if you played in these games you may also bring special guests in the form of characters you considered playing in previous games or characters you are anticipating playing in the future. have fun vacationing with new and old friends alike!]

Comments

[liuli]

[ he waves a hand, because now you EXTRA caught his interest, now. the church is involved? FUCK the church. relaxing is for quitters. ]

It is stupid to have any sort of religious organization unendingly intwined with its political function. I imagine that emperor wants this church evaporated entirely? That might upset the populace, anyone else's beliefs aside.

Those entrenched in those sorts of things will only entrench deeper, and it could only end in ruin one way or another, so that's wise. To lose the will of the people either way is to lose the heart of the conflict as a whole. I imagine the church group isn't particularly willing to abdicate or back down, either?

[wisterin]

[ shinobu wants to take the holy out of holy kingdom of faerghus, but she knows how religious people are, so she nods to everything gu yun says. he has a pretty good picture of it all. ]

You're right on all counts. Dimitri's country is both militaristic and religious, so he is likely to take the church's side and war against the Adrestian Empire.

I don't think removing the church entirely will solve the problem, but if there is someone who can be worked with in the church... I think that can solve some of the problem.

[ shinobu probably doesn't know byleth's background yet, and i also don't know if byleth still went missing? how much did we fuck up azure moon? this is a nu question. ]

From what I've heard from Claude, the church has been controlling things a little too much.

[HER MEDICAL ADVANCEMENTS. FUCK the church. flayn has never told shinobu that she's a saint of this church. ]

[liuli]

Of course it has been. [ churches. tch ] The Westerners are much of the same, and even the temples in my country press too close to the Emperor, always cloying for his attention as if their prayers have ever solved a military crisis. [ TCH ] Despite how frequently they attempt to take credit for them, a bunch of bald heads can do nothing but caw and genuflect and people still take to them as truth.

[ unhelpful

...however, there's like a little voice in the back of his head that is telling him something about flayn's file that he definitely snooped on.... this conflict sounds familiar... ]

Ah. Seeking an ally on the inside - if there is such a thing, then, that seems like a wise path. Even still, I'd mind it carefully, but I doubt I have to tell you that. Do you have any leads on one, or will it be an alliance that will have to begin to be formed from the ground up?

[wisterin]

[ she's a little amused by the vitriol he has for all religion. she's mostly neutral on it because she does think religion helps some people, but she can see where he's coming from. ]

It's difficult when your crown's legitimacy is connected to the state religion. [ dimitri, your country's politics suck. shinobu doesn't care too much for politics, as important as she knows it is, but here she is anyway. ] But I hope your emperor can take a few steps away from your country's temples.

[ that's a good question, and she has to think about it for a moment because she only knows so much.

(nu voice) grits teeth dimitri will try to keep shinobu out of the war as much as possible
(me voice) shinobu doesn't care about what dimitri wants ]

I'll have to ask Dimitri what he thinks or if he knows anyone we can talk to. I haven't talked to him much about this idea, only that I wanted to try to advance medical technology first and foremost.

[liuli]

[ shinobu can get into any war she wants. she's valid. women's rights!

anyway he listens to all of this, and aside from his bitching about organized religion, it brings a little bit of a smile to his face. ]

That's always a good plan. I never quite had the chance to tell you, but you remind me of a doctor that I know. If there's some way to make you all meet, I'm sure you'd get along swimmingly.

[ sometimes lady doctors who are badasses are prevalent in several universes, and gu yun in particular deals with his often. ]

It sounds as if he's quite lucky to have you as his advisor. [ there's a pause. ] ... It might serve you well - as I remember, at least, it might serve you well to ask Miss Flayn about it, too. We never talked much of it, but I imagine she'd have quite a dearth of knowledge for your particular situation.

You're hard at work as ever, though. It's good to see.

[wisterin]

If my appearance wouldn't make a ruckus, I would be happy to meet her whenever you think is best. There is always something to learn about another world's medicines.

[ the one good thing that came from camp was the world-hopping scrunchie.

and anyone who has that kind of respect from gu yun must be an amazing doctor. ]

With Flayn-san? I'll seek her out. If I weren't working, I don't know what I'd be doing. Isn't it the same for you?

You were so quick to talk war strategy with me even if we should be relaxing.