Pahuuden Maa Event Catch All Log

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Who: You and everyone else
What: Exploring Pahuuden Maa, the newly expanded universe
When: Pre-dated Dec 15 - but all events in this thread happen Dec 21 - Jan 4
Where: Pahuuden Maa
Rating/Warnings: Please add approprite CW/TW labels to your threads if necessary when necessary
NOTES: Solstice Plot Dec 2020: Pahuuden Maa


Welcome to a new universe, everyone.

Please use this as a Catch All Log Event post for all your winter adventuring needs. You may use the link above to remember all the various things you can do in this new space. But below, we've listed a summary

1. Visit the Ice Palace

• The Ice Palace has gardens with ice and snow sculptures
• There is also the ice maze to have fun in.
• The Ballroom
• Fine dining

2. The outdoor ice rink

Spend a day skating the whole way around, there are skate rentals and food all the way around the rink.

3. Visit the Ski Lodge

• For skiing and snowshoeing
• Rent a room for a night or week, or whatever
• There's the dining room for a good warm meal
• The saunas
• The hotsprings

4. Explore the Mountains and Forests

• Go for a walk
• Take note of the unique plants (get high?)
• Take a picture of the unique animals
• Run into a wild Energy Burst

5. Visit the town

• Go shopping!
• Go for a sleigh ride
• Remember, there's a big trolley pulled by a team of reindeer that is essentially a bar on wheels
• Visit the reindeer stables
• Run into/capture some mischievous Energy Bursts

6. Generally marvel at the magic in this place

7. Have fun!

Comments

[seawalled]

"Well, you can always say it came to you in a dream and you're saving it for a future project, yeah? Not completely a lie if you put it that way." She gave Lisa an encouraging smile, but it faded a bit as she realized what they were actually talking about, here. "So ... wait. You have ... your bass ... from this other life? Here?"

[traceofeffort]

Ah. Had she not-? Lisa let out a soft breath and shook her head softly, her hair loosening from the motion and flopping a bit. "Mm, I do. Just found it by my desk a few months back, in its gig bag, a little wear on the strings like I'd been playing it." Her tone was a little distant, as she remembered the morning and the wonder of finding something both hers and not hers at once. "A few picks in the pockets, with our band's logo on them. We had merch. That almost surprises me more, y'know? We were good, but... other people thought we were good enough to want stuff with our names."

...unbidden, the thought of her own image on a wall scroll came to her. She shuddered at the idea, pushing it out of her mind.

[seawalled]

"That's so surreal!" Ellie's eyes widened. She wasn't thinking about it in the moment, but later, once she was back in her room, she'd realize that there was something about the way Lisa spoke to her that made her feel so much younger, like a teenager again. Maybe it was because she didn't feel like she was bringing herself down to a younger level like she did with a lot of kids, she wasn't conscious of curating her responses.

"I haven't found anything like that. If I did, I don't know, it'd probably be a police hat or a jacket or something. I'd feel a bit odd wearin' it."

[traceofeffort]

"Isn't it?" It felt really strange for a while there, but... at a certain point, when one leaned into their other self so much, well.

Her eyebrows went up a bit at the mention of what Ellie might have for herself. "Police, huh? Well, then again, you see a fair number of NYPD jackets around from people that were never officers. Treat it like memorabilia, maybe, and only you would know the difference?" She brought a hand to her cheek as she thought for a moment. "Would it be anything local enough for people to call you on?"

[seawalled]

Ellie sank a little deeper into the water to let the bubbling current hit a sore spot on her shoulder as she thought. "I hadn't thought of it that way, that's a fair point. ... Especially since I was a DI in Wales, and no one would mistake me for actually being in law enforcement around New York. The jackets are completely different. We've got black and white check on ours. Really a bit sharp."

[traceofeffort]

Lisa nodded. "That sounds very striking. And yes, also very not local, so I don't imagine you'd have too many comments on it. You'd want a cover story ready in case someone does ask, though..." It'd be fairly nasty if she were caught unprepared.

[seawalled]

"Yeah..."

She let her voice trail off like the steam dissipating off the water into the night sky, looking up at the stars. Lisa had a point, but she wasn't in the mood to come up with cover stories at the moment. She could do that at home, where everything was what she was used to.

"God, it's so gorgeous out here. Nice to be able to see the sky so clear, in'nit?"