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thenearshore2017-08-30 04:23 am
fortune_detective) wrote in thenearshore2017-08-30 04:23 am
Business Round the Far Shore
Who: Naoto, Izumo, Shizuo, Hibiki, AND YOU!
When: August 18-20
Where: Various locations around the Far Shore
What: Naoto inquires about receiving further training from her shinki senpai, and also confronts a certain someone about a certain phantom thief incident
A. Shinki Spellwork (closed to Izumo)
[Recently, it's become more and more obvious to Naoto that she needs to beef up her repertoire of skills as a shinki. While her borderline training has been rather fruitful, she knows she can't keep relying on them forever as the only tool in her belt. She has her vessel form, yes, but that requires being with her god. She wants more capability to defend herself when she's out on her own.]
[Given how helpful Izumo was in training her borderline, he is one of the first people she thinks to approach about possible further practice and education on what shinki can do. She decides to ask him in person, and so goes to visit him at his bar. It's a location she's been to a few times, but she still feels compelled for some reason to knock on the door to announce her presence before entering.]
Izumo-san, are you in? May I trouble you for a moment?
B. How to Fisticuffs (closed to Shizuo and his temple's residents)
[In addition to building on her abilities as a shinki, Naoto feels it would also behoove her to perhaps work on just basic self defense in general. At the very least, she figures it will constitute a good, physical workout. And a healthy mind needs a healthy body.]
[Again, while there are a few people she can think of to approach about learning how to fight, there's one person in particular who's made a bit of an impact on her as someone who likely knows their way around a brawl. And so, Naoto arrives outside Shizuo's shrine of residence one day, knocking on its front door.]
Hello? Is Heiwajima-san available?
C. A Playful Game of Cat and Mouse (closed to Hibiki and her temple's residents)
[Her errands completed for the day, Naoto makes her way home, quite content with how the day's events panned out. And although she's ready to retire for the afternoon, perhaps enjoy a good book and the sunshine out on the back deck of the Izanagi temple, she instead decides to stop and visit one last temple. It was more or less a spur of the moment decision, as her path home brought her across the front of the temple. It was one she'd visited a while ago, back during the strange fluctuations in Far Shore residents' age. She'd actually been meaning to visit again for a few days now, but other plans had gotten in the way at the time. Right now, though, she has plenty of time.]
[With a slight smirk on her face, Naoto walks up to the temple's entrance and gives it a knock. If its resident god was absent, it was of no major concern, but, if she was in, then perhaps she'd be up for a chat. Naoto will greet anyone who answers the door with a polite smile and bow in greeting.]
Good afternoon.
D. Look Like You've Been Through the Ringer (Open)
[Over the next few days, anyone who happens to cross paths with Naoto will likely notice she's looking a little more bruised up lately. Yet, despite the black and blue, she seems otherwise cheerful. She greets anyone she meets with her typical soft smile and wave. Happy to stop and chat with anyone who wishes to talk or inquire as to what exactly she's been getting into to give her such injuries.]
When: August 18-20
Where: Various locations around the Far Shore
What: Naoto inquires about receiving further training from her shinki senpai, and also confronts a certain someone about a certain phantom thief incident
A. Shinki Spellwork (closed to Izumo)
[Recently, it's become more and more obvious to Naoto that she needs to beef up her repertoire of skills as a shinki. While her borderline training has been rather fruitful, she knows she can't keep relying on them forever as the only tool in her belt. She has her vessel form, yes, but that requires being with her god. She wants more capability to defend herself when she's out on her own.]
[Given how helpful Izumo was in training her borderline, he is one of the first people she thinks to approach about possible further practice and education on what shinki can do. She decides to ask him in person, and so goes to visit him at his bar. It's a location she's been to a few times, but she still feels compelled for some reason to knock on the door to announce her presence before entering.]
Izumo-san, are you in? May I trouble you for a moment?
B. How to Fisticuffs (closed to Shizuo and his temple's residents)
[In addition to building on her abilities as a shinki, Naoto feels it would also behoove her to perhaps work on just basic self defense in general. At the very least, she figures it will constitute a good, physical workout. And a healthy mind needs a healthy body.]
[Again, while there are a few people she can think of to approach about learning how to fight, there's one person in particular who's made a bit of an impact on her as someone who likely knows their way around a brawl. And so, Naoto arrives outside Shizuo's shrine of residence one day, knocking on its front door.]
Hello? Is Heiwajima-san available?
C. A Playful Game of Cat and Mouse (closed to Hibiki and her temple's residents)
[Her errands completed for the day, Naoto makes her way home, quite content with how the day's events panned out. And although she's ready to retire for the afternoon, perhaps enjoy a good book and the sunshine out on the back deck of the Izanagi temple, she instead decides to stop and visit one last temple. It was more or less a spur of the moment decision, as her path home brought her across the front of the temple. It was one she'd visited a while ago, back during the strange fluctuations in Far Shore residents' age. She'd actually been meaning to visit again for a few days now, but other plans had gotten in the way at the time. Right now, though, she has plenty of time.]
[With a slight smirk on her face, Naoto walks up to the temple's entrance and gives it a knock. If its resident god was absent, it was of no major concern, but, if she was in, then perhaps she'd be up for a chat. Naoto will greet anyone who answers the door with a polite smile and bow in greeting.]
Good afternoon.
D. Look Like You've Been Through the Ringer (Open)
[Over the next few days, anyone who happens to cross paths with Naoto will likely notice she's looking a little more bruised up lately. Yet, despite the black and blue, she seems otherwise cheerful. She greets anyone she meets with her typical soft smile and wave. Happy to stop and chat with anyone who wishes to talk or inquire as to what exactly she's been getting into to give her such injuries.]
B!
Stepping into view, she beckons for her to enter. ]
Hello! You're looking for Shizuo?
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Hello. Yes, I was hoping to ask Heiwajima-san for a favor. I don't wish to take up too much of his time though if there are other matters which require his attention.
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I'm sure it will be no trouble at all. He should be home soon, I think, if you'd like to come wait for him? Would you like some tea?
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Tea would be very nice, thank you. You don't mind my loitering around here until Heiwajima-san returns?
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Not at all. Come in, make yourself comfortable. The company would be nice, to be honest. I am Yona, by the way. Shizuo's god. Although my official role here is Áine, if you would prefer. [ Some gods and shinki in this place were particular, although she's noted that's more common with the older ones who were native to this place. ]
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It's very nice to meet you, Yona-san. Or Aine-san. I'm honestly never sure which one I'm supposed to use whenever I meet a new god.
My name is Naoto Shirogane. I'm shinki to Kanji Tatsumi, or "Ptah" I suppose.
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[ She leads her into the room she'd been using before where a low table is set in the middle of the room. A tea set is already prepared and it's obvious Yona had been having a cup of her own before company arrived. A book on Tokyo is opened up nearby. ]
I'm not sure I have met him yet. What sort of god is Ptah? [ This world has so many strange and unknown religions for her to learn about. ]
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I know very little about his divine namesake, but Kanji himself is... [Naoto smiles fondly for a moment, closing her eyes as she pictures him in her head.] Well, he's rather brash, and he could often stand to choose his words more carefully. But he's dependable. He's been very supportive and loyal to both myself and others. He treats me like a true partner and not simply as a tool for him to rend ayakashi with. He... he has a big heart.
[By the end of her little description, her cheeks of turned a light pink. It's clear she cares for him very much.]
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Oh, he sounds like he makes a very good partner to have! You sound very fond of him.
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He is. I'm very lucky to have him as my god.
[She takes a sip of her own tea, and her eyes go wide with delight.]
Wow, this is very good. What sort of tea is this?
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Ahh, do you like it? It's a tea I often drank in my world, I was very excited to find something similar to it here. It's made from daechu.
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[Naoto takes another sip, sighing contentedly as she lowers the tea cup back down.]
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Yes, we've been staying at his temple. Kanji his own, of course, but, for the time being, we've been staying with Souji-san, his shinki, Homura Akemi, and his sister, Nanako-chan. Apparently, Kanji and Souji-san know each other from before coming to the Far Shore.
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In that case, I really should be thanking you for taking two of them in. It was becoming quite the challenge properly caring for them all.
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Did he find homes for most of them? I know a friend of mine received one as well. It will be good for him. [ Kija needed something to fuss over. Other than her, anyway. ]
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They're certainly always good for either of those instances. I'm glad to hear they've found such a good home here.
Most of them, yes. There are still several back at the shrine, but the number is much more manageable for the five of us. To be honest though, I think Souji-san truly misses all of them. He's certainly glad he found so many a new home, but I think it was also hard for him to let them go.
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