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an excerpt from Lady Boyle's Travel Guide: Serkonos, Chapter 4 - Surviving the Serkonan Sun:


1. Wear loose, lightweight fabrics. Leave the wool in Gristol if you want to survive your summer holiday by the crystal blue sea. Cotton and linen will become your new closest companions.
2. But not too close! Those poufy blouses and wide sleeves on the women and men of Karnaca aren't just for style - the more air flow you can get, the happier you'll be.
3. Think twice before baring everything. You may see a Cullero dockworker going shirtless all day and think "I shall abandon my wardrobe entirely!" without considering that your delicate Dunwall skin is not inured to the heat and the sun's constant rays. Take it from a lady who has suffered sunstroke: keep covered or weep.
4. Hats have not been the fashion in Dunwall for some time, but they are a practical necessity if you must be about on the southern isle. A broad brim will provide much-needed shade for the face no matter where you may find yourself standing.
5. Time your activities according to the sun! If you wish to take a hike on Shindaery Peak, start at first light and finish before the sun reaches its zenith. If you want to enjoy the food stalls in Cyria Gardens, venture out at sunset and enjoy your fried plantains as you watch the lantern-lighting that come with dusk. What to do in the afternoon? Enjoy the lovely local tradition of the afternoon nap.
6. Water and juice will serve you far better than champagne in the heat (though I must recommend the champagne and peach cocktail they serve at the Grand Karnaca Hotel). Keep drinking to keep yourself in enough sweat to cool your body as it evaporates.
7. Enjoy smaller meals with only moderate amounts of meat (if any). The work of digestion raises the heat of the body! Spread it out over the day as much as you can; there's a reason Serkonos invented Small Plates!
8. Not one place in any town will be running the ovens or stovetops in the heat of the day, and you shouldn't, either. It's hot enough without creating extra sources of it.
9. Treat yourself to a basin of cool water for soaking your feet at the end of the day. It will cool you off for sleep and feel positively divine!
10. And finally, when choosing a hotel room, look for one on the ground floor. Heat rises, and accordingly upstairs rooms are particularly upsetting in a Serkonan summer. For maximum beauty sleep, stay low and shaded.

Hope that helps. Complain less, nap more.

Goodness, the weather is still not pleasant (not to state the obvious). I'll be outside the Art of Expression in a chilly sort of bubble though - air pocket, maybe? But there will be a popsicle station, since one of my projects with the kids has included making those and turning them into colorful, rainbow, fruit-laden works of art. Please come by if you're in a popsicle mood.

And I'm going to send Gale out to do some cooling too so if you want a wind spirit to give you a nice breeze, let me know.

PSA: Quit calling the firehouses and asking for firemen to come cool you off. You're tying up the lines for actual emergencies, assholes! (Outlander businesses, if you could please post similar notices on your doors to remind people that "sweating my ass off, call the firefighters to hose me down!" is not cool, we'd be grateful. Actual medical emergencies, call it in.)

On that note, there may or may not be a fire hydrant on Rockwell and Melrose that's spewing water for the next twenty minutes. Kids get priority, so don't be a jerk.

Is there anyone who is not yet participating in the Outlanders and Animals calendar who would be willing to fill in on short notice? Margo Hanson was to pose with the simurgh pups this week, and Xu Shang-Chi was to model with the hedgehogs. No nudity is required. The "vibe" is "saucy, not scandalous" and in some cases simply adorable. Please reach out directly to me if you're potentially available.

[Filtered to Prompto]
This makes me sad. Would you be so kind as to get another one of Elsa's popsicles for me?

This weather reminding anyone else of home or am I alone in that particular feeling? Wouldn't call it nostalgia but there is a certain familiarity.

[ PJO DEMIGODS ]

Going to be out for awhile. Not sure when I'll be back. Nico, Percy, can you please handle taking care of the dogs if I'm not home by dinner time?

[ JAMES ]

[ coordinates ]
So you don't have to chase me this time.

[FAMILY FILTER (includes FF + Thalia & James & Torunn)]

Noctis, I'm on my way home right now. I'm going to check on the farm first.

Anyone is welcome to join us at the house, I'll cook or serve drinks as needed. Or if there's no appetites to be had, we can simply sit in silence.

I'm sorry. Truly.

[FILTERED TO ABI & NICK]

Daily check-in - how are you two holding up? I'm afraid we had a bit of a rocky start today so I can't promise the mood will be the same at our household, but you're invited for dinner nonetheless.

Fuck this. I’m going back to drinking.

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Um Hey. My nam I'm uh new here? My name's Nick. Nick Furcillo. It's-- I'll be honest, I'm still not really sure that this isn't just like, I hit my head really hard and am imagining all of this, but it's-- whatever. It's better than what was happening back home? So sure.

I'm staying with a bunch of p Iggy and Prompto and Gladio and Noct? And Abi. She's from my world; we arrived toget at the same time. But I wanted to thank them for having us, especially now, when I know things are shite. I don't understand how people just disappear b

Anywho. I'm from Melbourne. Australia. If that means any Was in New York for the summer - family stuff. I've been working as a camp counselor? Specifically I was the head of the kitchen. I might do something with that here, but-- I heard there was a school as well? Which is good. Fuck I sound like an id Does anyone know anything about how to not be a werewo I guess that's about it.

[ Filtered to Abi ]

I'm sorry. There's really no other words than I'm sorry. Back home, Bucky is doing good tossing around his trademark sass as much as he can... but it's not the same as having him here and it just can't compare.

Past that, what I can offer is food and an ear over at the Wilson house, or wherever you wish. If you want solitude, there's a quiet river near here, a Rottweiler that loves cuddles, and spare rooms for when you don't want to drink and portal.