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

Yoon (Shinki to Itzpapalotl/Ran) | Far Shore

[handsome_genius]

Meeting Hall, aka WHAT EVEN ARE THESE PACKED LUNCHES?

[ Yoon is completely appalled at the quality of the packed lunches if only because he's always had to go with trail rations and cooked food on the fly, not that he can remember it, but the concept of a meager meal you take with you and expect to still be good in several hours instead of just snacks like fruit and other non-perishables doesn't make sense. He'll be off in one corner fuming about it near the Mexico / South America crowd. ]

Destruction aka Why is this so familiar

[ This feels like his first day in the Far Shore all over again, except that time it was the Near Shore and it was zombies, not fire. He's not afraid of the fire, but something in him is definitely leaving him stalled at the edges of the flames and a little less useful this time. He can't grasp why. There shouldn't be any difference, he knows innately, but there is. He should be breaking out his healer's kit from his bag and helping people but every once in awhile he still ends up just staring like a moth to, well, a flame. ]

destruction

[socials]

[ Souji can't say he's too thrilled by the fact that he's greeted by a fire the moment that he and the Sumerian crowd return to the Far Shore. After the one at the festival, and the following issue of the zombies, it's... quite a lot. But this, this could've been prevented. People will be in pain, and scared, and for what?

After making sure Nanako is safe and away from the flames, he's been going to try and quell it with Isis' Bufudyne. But he notices Yoon, out of the corner of his eye, and the Persona fades in blue light as he comes over to where he's just staring, reaching out but not touching him right away. ]

Hey, are you all right?

Re: destruction

[handsome_genius]

[He looks over at the stranger, eyes still far away from the current situation.]

I... don't know?

[Yoon didn't see the Persona appear or even disappear but he takes a step further away from the burning temple anyway.]

Are people.... still in there?

[That's suddenly his primary concern.]

[socials]

[ He doesn't take his eyes off of him, not right away, as he steps away from the burning temple, even if that's a bit of a relief. Someone in a daze shouldn't be near the chaos, so hopefully he can recover before he goes closer to it again. ]

We're not sure, so some people are still going in to make sure it's cleared out.

[ Souji then looks back to the burning structure, brow furrowing further. ]

But I hope it is. We've got people that've come out that aren't doing great, and they weren't in there nearly that long.

[handsome_genius]

Oh. Well, uhm, where are they?

[ Yoon starts look around slowly, the intonation in his voice starting to pick up along with the speed. ]

I can maybe - well, I don't know, it's just smoke inhalation, I'm not sure if I can do anything...

[ He's tugging at his satchel though, like he probably SHOULD do something and he's just trying to force his feet to move in that direction. ]

[socials]

[ He's starting to look better - good. Souji inclines his head a little when he looks back at him, a wan smile pulling at the corner of his mouth. ]

There might be some injuries to treat, beyond smoke inhalation. Fires cause panic, and panic causes more than burns, like scrapes and bruises. And I'm sure having someone around that has medical knowledge will be a comfort all of its own.

[ One hand moves, gesturing away from the temple. ] This way?

[handsome_genius]

... I'll do what I can. Lead me there.

[ He's not even convinced that his level of medical knowledge is enough to support burn victims, but scrapes and bruises and general kinds of injuries he's figured out by now. ]

After all of this is over... I'm going to have to start reading. A lot.

[ It's the only way he knows how to learn so far, but the comment is mostly a mutterance to himself and a kind of a promise. ]