014 | A Whole New World

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Exploring the world
When: All day June 26
Where: The Near Shore (All Over)
Summary: So many shrines have popped up! Go visit your homelands!



The Heavens have received reports of many shrines to the "new gods" they are harboring appearing all over the world. These shrines seem to be additional, new shrines to those gods. Older shrines to those gods still exist, but these ones are shiny, new, and way more compatible with the "new gods". God characters, as well, will have felt the sudden pull towards their homelands and be compelled to travel to them. But the Heavens have taken it a step farther, offering the Meeting Hall as a place for gods and shinki to group up and go out for the day to the various places that are now calling out to them.

Please ignore the fact that they are mostly doing this so that you all will collect information for them without their begging for it or having to reward you.



Meeting Hall

The Meeting Hall is being used as a sort of hub right now. Any groups that are planning to meet up and travel together can meet here, but you might also find someone who's going somewhere you'd like to and tag along with them. Additionally, the Heavens have provided packed lunches for everyone to take with them, should they desire to. This also serves as a meeting place for all of the new gods and shinki.

Locals

Local pantheons have been alerted to the impending visitors. They are happy to welcome their brethren home and are likely to make a big fuss about their brothers and sisters staying with them. Local gods are welcome to be interpreted however you would like, just be sure not to NPC any god that is already taken by a god player. Also, you may find yourself running into some local spirits during your sight-seeing - including local ayakashi and various folklore spirits.

Flyers

They may not stick out at first, but those who are paying attention will notice that there are a large number of flyers being left around at their new shrines. Heck, even walking through the human towns, you will find flyers scattered on the ground and pinned to cork boards and nailed to telephone poles. All bear the same message: "Down with the Heavens. Down with Amaterasu." The locals gods are well versed in the flyers, saying that there have been some strange characters around throwing these flyers at anyone who will give them the time of day. Even humans will note that some shady-looking people have been putting up these strange posters.

Destruction

Whether you return early because of boredom, never left because you're uninterested, or late because you've been having fun, the middle of the night will bring an interesting sight to all. The Heavens will find themselves under attack - in the form of a large fire set at the temple of Amaterasu herself. The entire home is going up in flames and no one knows where Amaterasu is. They're asking for help in dousing the fire or even entering the burning home to find the small goddess and possibly look for the saboteurs, though the only people who are still around are Amaterasu's shinki, in varying states of distress and consciousness.

Note: Who will discover Amaterasu will be decided randomly on 3/20/17 OOC. At that point, a follow-up post will be made by Amaterasu herself.

In Summary:

• Explore the world
• Get to know your homelands
• Investigate insurgents
• Deal with a riot
• Save Amaterasu
• Have fun~

Comments

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[changeanddie]

[There's one of the new gods who had trotted along with the pantheon from the Far Shore, and he's not only bought an embarrassing T-shirt, he was already wearing it. On top of his already strange outfit, even. Now he was searching for his own role on one of the books.]

That's just a paragraph about him! This guide leaves much to be desired.

[kokuyoyo]

[Don't worry- Chikusa is flicking through some embarrassing t-shirts himself, although he doesn't plan to wear one himself. He barely glances over, only long enough to confirm it's a god he saw while with the rest of the pantheon, before going back to what he's doing.]

Which god?

[changeanddie]

Hermes! For an Olympian and a major deity, they sure were lazy with his profile. 'Tis not a tweet or a Pedia of Wiki, you knaves.

[kokuyoyo]

If they’re doing poorly on Hermes, I can only imagine the lack of decent information on Hestia… You need to get a better book.

[changeanddie]

Indeed I do. I don't think she's even on the list of Olympians, even if she was part of the original lineup. Doesn't she keep getting retconned by future writers in favor for demigods of newer generations?

[It's the Twelve Olympians, not a comic book team like the Avengers.]

Are you Hestia or their shinki?

[kokuyoyo]

Probably... I can understand the theories that she steps aside for a fellow god like Dionysus in order to keep peace in Olympus, but things like that... Sacrifices go to her first, but people forget that in days like this...

[Something he supposes he'll have to work on spreading.... Or at least bring up to Axel.]

Hestia's exemplar, actually...

[changeanddie]

I know at least Dionysus and sometimes Hercules. [He lights up when he hears about the sacrifices.] Aha, I didn't know about that fact! Seems like it's turned into old obscure canon, which is a pity.

Exemplar, huh? The word is a bit pretentious but I'm no one to judge. That's pretty cool anyway. I'm the new Hermes, in case it wasn't obvious.

[kokuyoyo]

As a hearth goddess, she's arguably the most important.

[And Chikusa isn't biased at all. Nah. All he can do is shrug in response to the pretentious observation.]

Tell the Heavens that. Anyway.... Then I guess I might be seeing you often. Do you have a proper shinki...?

[changeanddie]

It would depend on the civilization, but Greeks do seem to like fires and houses so that makes logical sense. Forgive me, my culture is more into the badass type of godhood.

[He sighs deeply.]

Nay, there seems to be a shortage. I'll be assigned a soulless partner in the meantime.

[kokuyoyo]

Without a home or somewhere to stay... Then everything else falls apart.

[At least, that's what he's decided on after becoming Axel's shinki. It feels- strange to say on his tongue, and he knows that the idea of being in such a nice place bugs him on some level, but... None of that matters.]

[His god is the best, and that's a fact Chikusa won't budge on.]

...Well... Whatever works, then.

[changeanddie]

That's a wise observation. It should be tattooed to my world's All-Father's forehead. More importance on the house itself, on the foundation and bricks, and not where it is or its neighbors.

I'm a bit disappointed I got the short end of the stick here as well, truth to be told.

[kokuyoyo]

Have you tried getting it there?

[chikusa no]