All men are loyal [Semi-Open]

[fontechnician]

Who: Guy and various
What: Meeting various gods who replied to this BBS post
When: June 4th
Where: Various places
Warnings: None at the moment, will edit if necessary



Specific scenarios in comments below

Comments

For Forrest/Lakshmi

[fontechnician]

[Lakshmi isn't a deity Guy's met or even heard of before, so he has little idea what to expect going to meet them. A quick online search tells him that 'them' is actually a goddess belonging to the Hindu pantheon. Which makes him a little hesitant to meet Lakshmi, but he did agree and so he goes anyway.

He's supposed to meet her at her temple's gates, and the directions he's been given have led him to a set of such gates, but there's no one in sight yet. It's not the wrong temple is it?]

[clothes_make_the_man]

[Forrest emerges from the temple proper a few minutes later, smiling softly.]

Hello. You must be Guy, is that right?

[fontechnician]

[Oh good, he did get the right place.]

Hello! I am, yes. I wasn't sure if I had come to the right temple, but it looks like I did. It's good to meet you.

[clothes_make_the_man]

It's nice to meet you too. Please, come inside.

[Forrest smiles, gesturing for Guy to follow. He leads him through the temple's halls - all bright and gleaming gold with Hindu iconography decorating the passageways - until they reach the inner chamber. There are velvet sitting pillows on the floor, and Forrest takes a seat on one as he waits for Guy to do the same. He is notably not sitting in the throne that presumably exists for the goddess Lakshmi's use.]

[fontechnician]

Oh...okay.

[Forrest's temple is very nice, and Guy can't help but admire it as he follows--making sure not to lose Forrest in the process. It'd be extremely embarrassing to get lost in the temple of someone he'd just met. The iconography on the walls looks familiar, but he can't place where exactly he's seen it.

He's surprised that the throne isn't being used, and while he doesn't say anything, he's not really trying to hide the surprise on his face. He'll also take a pillow.]

[clothes_make_the_man]

[Forrest thinks it would be more than a little presumptuous to sit on Lakshmi's throne. He's only here as a substitute, after all. He turns to Guy with a soft smile as they both get comfortable.]

So... what is it that made you decide to become a nora? Is your god mistreating you?

[fontechnician]

[Hmm. He could make up a reason, but it seems a bit silly to go through the effort of meeting the god and then wasting it by being dishonest. But he's also not actually trying to put his current god in too bad a light.]

No, I'm not being mistreated. Ignored would probably be the best way to put it.

[Though that makes it sound like he doesn't pay attention to his shinki.]

I'm sort of looking to see if I'd be more useful to another god, besides doing secretarial-type work.

[clothes_make_the_man]

[Forrest isn't really in the business of judging people, especially since he recently made a nora himself.]

Ah... I see. Your god doesn't call on you, then?

[fontechnician]

He doesn't. I didn't really mind, at first, but I've changed my mind lately...

[It may or may not be partly Hakkai's fault.]

For Schuldig/Loki

[fontechnician]

[It would be great if shinki could also teleport. Unfortunately, unless he's missed something vital, they can't and thus Guy must get into the city under his own power. Fortunately, while a motorcycle tends to attract attention just by existing, it's small enough to get through traffic with relative ease and as long as he doesn't go through the red lights...

It takes him a bit to get to the bar he mentioned, but eventually he does, and then it's time to wait. It's not terribly crowded yet, so he shouldn't be too hard to find.

He doesn't know who he's looking for, though; there's not even a name to go by in this instance. Oops.]

Re: For Schuldig/Loki

[volksdaemon]

[He's there much faster than Guy but he'd been expecting as much. That's why he's at the bar down the street and just casually sweeping the bar they agreed to meet at for his new 'friend.' When the shinki shows up, Schuldig spends a full minute just verifying who it is - that he's looking for a god to meet up with and doesn't know the anonymous's identify because he was anonymous too - without being able to go much deeper. Yet.

That's enough to put Schuldig in motion though, so he gets up and heads over to the bar. He dutifully sits right at the bar and makes a show of looking around. He catches the bartender's attention to order a beer and then sips on it before making eye contact with Guy - an 'I can see you' sort of look - before he goes back to his beer.]

[fontechnician]

[He'd be opposed to having someone poke around in his thoughts if he knew it was happening, even though it is a bit more useful than not. Oh well.

Schuldig is the only person to even acknowledge that he's entered the bar, establishing eye contact long enough for Guy to decide that it wasn't an accident nor was he looking for someone behind Guy, so he heads for the bar as well, getting the bartender's attention for a drink as well.

Then he takes a seat next to the god.]

Hello, sorry I'm late.

[volksdaemon]

[Schuldig's glad to get confirmation that this is the person he's looking for - at least that's the expression he gives Guy. Of course he already knew.]

Late?

[He chuckles a bit.]

The prayer I had in mind doesn't exactly have a timeline that I'm aware of.

[Feed the homeless. Not exactly something a god of Mischief is going to be able to solve, but it's a prank shop owner requesting, so that was the first god that came to the man's mind.]

Skylar. Nice to meet you.

[And he offers his hand to shake.]

[fontechnician]

I didn't want to keep you waiting, I mean. If you've been waiting very long...

[Or whatever. Clearly it's not an issue and he'll just pay attention to his drink while 'Skylar' talks. At least until Skylar holds his hand out to shake and he accepts it.]

Guy. Nice to meet you, too. What sort of prayer is it?

[volksdaemon]

[He shakes his head, bangs shifting around his sunglasses.]

Gai? I'm glad you said that or I'd have read it first as Gee like the French name.

[It makes him chuckle anyway. He knows Guy's a shinki so even if he's from this world it may not make sense as a joke.]

Anyway, would you rather cook or figure out a way to get prepared food for a large crowd of people?

[fontechnician]

[The joke unfortunately goes over his head. He's not familiar with France, French, or variations of his name, so the small smile he manages in response is clouded by confusion.]

Um...I'm not confident in my ability to cook for a large group of people...collecting prepared food would probably be easier.

[Assuming those are the same prayer.]

[volksdaemon]

[Schuldig shrugs, still sitting.]

Just thought I'd ask, first meeting off the board and all.

[He takes another sip of his drink.]

Seen some people with these super-cooking powers, so who knows. Anyway, there's this event going on at a prank shop, and they're tight on funds so they're hoping they have enough food to go around, but I'm thinking of just... dropping off some extras, you know what I mean?

Prayer #20

[volksdaemon]

[Following their escapades setting up and serving the group of his followers - really just waiting to make sure the food was actually delivered, not setting place settings - Schuldig teleports with Guy up to the rooftop above the little party.]

Well then. I've just about pinned our real adventure down to one of two ayakashi. So...

[He turns to look at Guy again.]

You ready to get named, however temporary?

[fontechnician]

[Schuldig will have to excuse him for a few seconds, as he's busy wandering over to the edge of the rooftop to check out the gathering from the higher vantage point. It's slightly disappointing to be basically anonymously helping, but helping is helping nonetheless.]

Huh?

[Something about one of two ayakashi, right?]

I'm as ready as I think I'm going to be. I'm still here, so there's that.

[volksdaemon]

Nothing to be done about them, you know. If they succeed they succeed. They'd forget about us within a few days anyway.

[Then he holds up a hand to begin the spell. He can say it from memory now, he's done this so many times. The words he has to say feel different now. The sarcasm and spite he normally conveys with the naming isn't there. He can't change the phrasing without risking the Naming process going wrong, but this is yet a second time he doesn't particularly want to. It's a rote memorization he can rattle off now, and he remembers this is another shinki who more or less came to him - even through the anonymous meet-up. This is a voluntary and mutual partnership between god and shinki, his first in all of the Far Shore. He holds onto the spiral of colors a bit longer than strictly required, to give Guy time to mentally prepare. Flecks of yellow and orange light appear around them as Schuldig speaks.]

Spirit, you are lost and adrift
You have nowhere to go and nowhere to return to
Thus I grant you a place to belong!

[His eyes glow brighter blue than they already are.]

My name is Loki!

[That's when, instead of random swirls, Schuldig starts to draw the soon-to-be-nora's second character in midair.]

[fontechnician]

[Cool light show. This never happened with Ukoku; he'd apparently already been assigned a name when he was assigned a god. The words aren't entirely accurate to the situation, but it's probably just a formality.

He only gets to see the character--忠--for a second after it's drawn before it disappears and the bright light envelops his body. That's a familiar feeling, at least.]

[volksdaemon]

[There we go, that's what he wants to see - the human form disappearing and giving way to the vessel form, then pulling the shinki into his hands to see what they'll become. Alright, and what's behind Door #1? ... Okay it's not Door #1, it's up to #6 now, if he's counting correctly. It's hard to keep track, really! But when the form eventually solidifies, it's a rifle - specifically, an M16 assault rifle. Huh! American. It's practically nostalgic for him.]

Well! How'd'ya like that?

[He doesn't have to cock it at all, but he does lift it into the air and pretend like he's cocking it old western style, complete with a tch-tch noise.]

I like it. This'll make both our lives easier - this ayakashi's going down fast.

[fontechnician]

A gun...

[It's a lot better than clothes, that's for sure.]

It's better than my previous form; I'm not complaining.

[It feels less weird being held versus being worn, and while he doesn't really like either sensation, the former is preferable to the latter. And the motions with the sound effects are sort of amusing; hopefully Skylar doesn't mind him laughing a little.]

[volksdaemon]

[He did do it to be a bit ridiculous, that's for sure. He had a rocket launcher before and a handgun, but not a rifle. This will keep him at long range, which is his second-favorite distance in a fight after very long range.]

Must have been one hell of a previous form.

[As if he can't figure out through his telepathy what that was for Guy. He can definitely tell how weird it was though.]

I'll start trying to nail down where this ayakashi actually is.

[fontechnician]

[Don't go creeping through his head, those are HIS awkward personal thoughts. But on the plus side, at least there's not a lot of memories to go through.]

Sure, something like that. What are we looking for? I can help.