A return home

[Anastasia]

Thus from there...

Next move?

[Ebiris]

I'll go and appoint Marie as my second proxy and start making avatar #2!

365 days to go before avatar #2 is functional! Mark it in your calendars!

For proxy Marie she gets a bunch of goodies. She takes Alter Size as her salient divine ability for obvious reasons.

The new avatar will be put in a hidden and heavily warded/trapped cave somewhere to grow without anyone bothering it.

Then I guess barring anything that demands attention there's just Latha's celebration.

[Anastasia]

Go ahead and keep a count of who your proxies are on your sheet somewhere.

Syala is likewise going to start her avatar and surround it with a dungeon. Hey, she needs her entertainments.

The sun is warm and glorious, at high noon despite the hour. Alicia can feel it on her skin, a gentle caress that soothes and rejuvenates her senses. The lagoon itself is a rough circle, with the inside end coming against a horseshoe beach. The beach itself is white sand untouched by anything else and beyond it is gentle grasslands and then a mountain, though no sign of a volcano.

The water is a clear blue, pale and beautiful as it laps against the shore. On the beach a firepit has been set up, where a fire merrily burns, roasting away meats for later. Savory and sweet smoke rises from the fire, the smell of it spreading all over the beach. Jessica is already there and tending to the food, brushing a whole pig with a dark colored marinade. Just beyond that is a grass hut, where a long bench and bar is set up. Bottles of various drinks sit on ice there, a great chest of them open to overflowing.

Near the water line several game tables have been set up. Games and entertainments there and laid out to play, each inviting you to idle in the sun and play with a friend.

"Sister, Syala," Jessica looks up and waves, "Come down, the others will be here soon. Latha went to get Marie and Antenora, they'll be here any moment. "

'I set up privacy magic and severed the astral links around the island save for a single point,' Syala sends, 'All the mundane work is taken care of.'

[Ebiris]

Given Syala's fondness for lava, Alicia wouldn't be surprised if there are volcanoes strewn elsewhere through Sylica's new growth. Actually Antenora likes it too, but for different reasons, so even more reason to expect it even if she herself doesn't care for the aesthetic.

"You're so dilligent," she murmurs, giving Syala an approving smile as her bare feet gently land on the white sands, a gauzy blue sarong dress worn and her hair loose with a festive pink-petalled flower set above her ear. "Hello Jessica. Will Roald be alright with the children or do you want my avatar to go lend a hand?" she asks, walking over to give her sister a hug.

[Anastasia]

"Naeys is babysitting," Jessica returns the hug, wearing a simple grass skirt and nothing else. She's already showing signs of tanning, the sun's warmth caressing her skin.

Syala lands and stretches, clad in light as is her habit. Yet that light fades, revealing a matching sarong as yours, save in green instead. "I like the skirt," she says, "Going for an island native look? What outfits do you think the other three are going to pull out, dear?"

[Ebiris]

"Marie will probably be naked," Alicia says, parting from Jessica. "She still has that problem of clothes falling off when she goes incorporeal, and she's got a brand new body to show off. I can see Latha in the grass skirt, though Antenora will probably just copy Marie."

[Anastasia]

"Marie probably will be, though I'll disagree and say Antenora will dress up nicely," Jessica nudges you, "How about a small wager on it, sister?"

[Ebiris]

"Oh alright, if it's just for fun," Alicia allows. "What are you putting up for it, then?"

[Anastasia]

"Finishing marinating the meat? It should take about an hour," Jessica says, "Oh, and if you lose, use a bit of divine magic to pick up the trick of how and when to marinate just so."

[Ebiris]

Alicia looks at the hog Jessica's been working on. "Alright then," she nods. "Lets see who Antenora surprises when they show up, then."

[Anastasia]

Go ahead and intro Marie appearing, as they're about to arrive, and then I'll describe the other two. Just Marie, since she's new and still in the spotlight for that.

[Ebiris]

The three of them teleport on in at the one safe spot Syala left, and contrary to Alicia's expectations Marie is not in the buff. She's wearing a pair of clamshells over her chest and a glittery green skirt that only goes down above the knees at the front and towards the calves at the back. "Hi!" she waves, flouncing on over. "I really like what you've done with the place, Latha!"

[Anastasia]

Surprisingly, it's Latha that's gone all natural, save for a lei of red and yellow flowers.

Antenora is wearing a grass skirt like Jessica along with clamshells like Marie, stretching as she steps into the sunshine. "Lovely," she declares, "Good morning, everyone. Mmm, is that roast pig?"

[Ebiris]

Alicia wordlessly takes over from Jessica at marinating the pig. "Yes, it still needs a little bit," she tells Antenora, adding, "You look nice."

[Anastasia]

Jessica smiles and pats your back, "Let's go swim," she invites, all of them going off - save for Latha, who lingers with you.

"You lost a wager," It's not really a question, Latha standing behind you and watching you work.