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PRESS ▲ TO SORA ([personal profile] oathkeeper) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-02-08 10:18 am

[open] Look for the bare necessities~

Who: OPEN OPEN OPEN
What: People teaming up to check out a giant abandoned temple and look for hidden treasure, clues or just want to get into some trouble
Where: An abandoned temple ruin in the heavens
When: June 13
Warnings: TBA
Note: This is a create-a-top-level or open/closed prompts or tag around log (mod approved!) it was first mentioned on this post!


[ Outside the Temple ]

The temple is located deep inside a heavily forested part of the heavens. Outside of the temple is littered with overgrown plants and roots and crumbling rocks and rubble. Most of it seems undisturbed and serene like no one has been this way in hundreds of years. Occasionally monkey and spider spirits can be seen crawling over cracked pillars or hiding in dark corners. Looking around you might find pictures of nameless faces etched into stone or old brass and copper coins under rocks or in the dirt. Beware of pitfalls.

[ Outer Sanctum ]

Immediately inside the temple is the Outer Sanctum which is filled with spots of sunlight. The place glitters with light from the sun trickling in from the broken and cracked roof. Pillars and walls gleam with jewels and precious stones ripe for the taking. If certain gems are disturbed you might hear slight rumblings in the distance or the floor might shake but nothing else of interest happens.

If you stay here long enough you might hear the chirping of bird spirits but there are none in sight. The birds will chatter and whisper in your ear with sing song tunes. Call back to them and they might just swoop and attack you. If killed they turn into sapphires.

[ Left Wing ]

The left wing is dark and many doors are locked or set with traps. Broken furniture litters the wing like a massive fight happened here. Dust settles on everything like a thick fog. If you enter some of the rooms you will find libraries and study halls. Most of the books crumble into dust when you touch them. There are tapestries all along the walls of a young Amaterasu. They can be taken off the walls and do not crumble like the books do. The ones that might catch your eye are the ones depicting her hiding in a cave from dark looming figures.

Dig enough through these rooms and you might find some strange trinkets:

- A branch that shakes when it is going to rain soon
- A jar of yellow ink that slowly turns black over several days
- A small leather book with several names of hafuri shinki inside
- A brass lamp engraved with a map of the heavens in ancient times when lit
- A leather bracer that gives you monstrous claws when worn
- A ring which if you put on you can’t remove but your godly power seems slightly enhanced

[ Right Wing ]

The right wing makes it hard for you to breathe inside. Some sort of shade or haze fills these halls and your head starts to hurt the longer you stay in this wing. The rooms that you find are all open and no door is locked but there are several puzzles to be found. You will find abandoned weaponry rooms and storage rooms. The strangest room you might find is the room filled with opened and empty human caskets. Many jars and old boxes scatter the halls in which some of them are broken some of them are intact.

Dig enough through these rooms and you might find some strange trinkets:

- A necklace with red jewels that seems to slightly enhance shinki borderlines
- An amulet set with a carved carnelian that makes you feel warm when you wear it
- A sealed box with no openings that sounds like there might be bugs crawling around inside
- A pouch with several mix matched diamond and gold earrings inside
- A golden statue in the shape of a praying Amaterasu
- A katana with no sheath that is broken and chipped but has a gold chain wrapped around it

[ Inner Sanctum ]

First you are met with a giant set of sealed doors that seem nearly impossible to open. The doors are covered with ancient characters that are unreadable unless you have a way to decipher it. The doors seem immovable by normal strength or magic and only by god or shinki powers once you are lucky enough to stumble on this fact or have a way to read the doors. Once you find this fact or have a way to read the messages, use a god or shinki power (of any sort) and the doors will slowly crack open to a dark Inner Sanctum.

The Inner Sanctum is one large chamber with several chairs and a large table in the center. There are melted down candles everywhere. Inside you find absolutely nothing else of interest. Hope you didn’t spend too much time trying to get the doors open, Wanderer. But does this mean someone got here before you?

Someone with a keen eye might notice the small box tucked away somewhere. Inside the box is a large glowing amethyst. If it is removed the monkey spirits outside the temple will attack everyone on sight.

[Any questions or ideas? Ping me at [plurk.com profile] michrure! Be creative and have fun!]
mylanceisbiggerthanyours: (Ever curious)

[personal profile] mylanceisbiggerthanyours 2017-02-08 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Outside the temple:]

...Whoa.

[That's the first thing Nephenee can really say about this place, as she takes it all in. It reminds her of some places back home...including the idea she should be careful. Places like this tended to be rickety at best. Lots of light steps, which might be surprising considering she's wearing at least twenty pounds of armor, it seems.

When she's not testing the floor with a lance butt, she's trying out her powers to see if those plants are hiding anything.]


[Outer Sanctum:

Once they make their way inside, Nephenee's more than a little struck by all the sparklies around. Who the heck sticks gems on walls?? While she's interested in those a bit just for the purposes of getting to where she's not worrying about cash frequently, the birds catch her ear more.]


What a nice song...

[She whistles back a tune of her own, wondering if the birds will respond in kind.]

[Left Wing:

Oh, hey it's kind of dark in here. Let's put that lantern on her belt to good use...and once it's on, she's frowning at the mess in here. Not because it's a mess really, but because this place got trashed.]


Goodness...what the heck happened here?

[Besides what seems to be blatantly obvious.]
Edited 2017-02-08 20:32 (UTC)
toremainbehind: ([80])

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-08 09:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[Outer Sanctum]

[Izumo can be spotted in the Outer Sanctum, peering up at the cracks in the roof before he decides to look at everything else. Jewels and gems that were seemingly up for the taking?

He’s not buying it.

He lights a cigarette, tendrils of smoke curling in the air. When he hears the bird calls, Izumo instinctively tries to search for them. When he sees nothing, he blows up a ring of smoke into the air and whistles.]


[Left Wing]

[He crouches down beside a fallen tapestry, eying the other items in the room.

It seems nothing of interest, but Izumo couldn’t help but feel a spark of curiosity upon seeing so many different tapestries depicting Amaterasu.

It made him curious enough to go farther into the room, hoping to find something of further interest.]


[Inner Sanctum]

[Izumo has a thoughtful look on his face, cigarette hanging from his lips as he places a hand on the sealed doors.

It doesn’t seem to be anything remotely special other than the fact it won’t open.

He scans the room, trying to find something that would help him in opening the doors, but nothing seems to be of use. Izumo hums, pulling his hand back as his Aura decides to flicker, a dim red illuminating the room.]
missingache: ([38] I’d probably only sell one)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Locked to Sora]

[The Outer Sanctum… sure was shiny and glittery. At least the jewels were. So many of them, too. Why and how were the pillars and walls covered in them? It was overkill.]

You think some kind of god of jewels lived here?

[Was there someone like that? Roxas can’t remember at the top of his head. Sora probably wouldn’t know either. One of the few times that the blond chides himself for not paying more attention to other religions. Chirping catches his ear after a moment and he looks up.] Birds?


[Right Wing - OTA]

[Coming into this part of the temple one his own after parting with Sora after their exploration was a mistake. It was like the Pejite Mines of Koriko all over again. Roxas’ head was slowly hurting more and more, but no, he’s determined to find something in one of these rooms. The jars and boxes in the hall are largely ignored because what is the fun in exploring obvious things. The first storage room he comes to catches his attention.

If you come across him, Roxas will be rummaging around, trying to see if there’s anything of worth something anywhere in this room. Who cares if something gets broken along the away. He’s not an archaeologist… doesn’t even know what one of those is if asked.]



[Outside the Temple - OTA]

[Resting out here was the smartest decision to make after that monster headache from the right wing. Roxas is resting against a wall outside, ignoring the monkey and spider spirits around him. It wasn’t hard seeing as he’s used to spirits. The part bothering him? All those faces…]

This place is kinda creepy.

[As he feels better, he’ll start walking around, looking under rocks when he finds a few coins. No, he’s not too aware that there might be pitfalls around here. Just that there’s things to find if one looks hard enough. In a way pitfalls are interesting to if you’re looking to watch someone fall into one. Or maybe warning him might be a smarter idea.]

[Wildcard]

[Hit him up with anything!]
toremainbehind: ([77])

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[He glances back at Sora, a grin appearing.]

I'm already dead; I don't think smoking is going to damage my lungs too bad.

[But if Sora shows discomfort around being the smoke, Izumo will put it out.

He looks back at the doors.]


Not much. I've been trying to find out how to open these doors.
toremainbehind: ([67] The majesty and)

Outer Sanctum

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
What are you whistling?

[It does sound like a good tune, though he's not sure whether or not birds will appear.]
missingache: ([14] And I care what you think)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I don't even know what some of these are.

[Roxas steps up beside Sora, leaning in to check out a deep red ruby. It reminds him a little too much of a bloodstone, so he quickly looks at another one.]

If they are, I wonder what they're eating. There's plants, spirits, and rocks.
missingache: ([10] All my fears would shrink)

Left wing!

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
[The tapestries interest Roxas enough to make him look them over. There's two Amaterasu's in the Heaven's now, and he's wondering just which one was the more commonly depicted.

So far there's no wolf in any of these. Noting there was someone else in here makes him blink and look over.]


Find anything?
toremainbehind: ([53] Will you just let it all burn down?)

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Izumo looks back when he hears the voice and he blinks.

Sora? No, not Sora.

But he does resemble him a bit.

Izumo shakes his head.]


Other than the tapestries? So far, not much.
missingache: ([14] And I care what you think)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Please don't call him Sora, he will be so offended.

Roxas lets out a sigh.]


Me either. I can't find one with a single wolf on it.
toremainbehind: ([73] The stations of breath)

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
[It's not as if Izumo knows who this guy is, but he won't call him Sora.

He's not as energetic as the other god.]


A wolf? Why would you find one with a wolf on it?
missingache: ([33] Where it’s coming from)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Energetic is for when Roxas becomes friends with someone.]

There's an Amaterasu here who is a wolf! I wanted to know if there's anyone here who knows that one.
countingthecost: on anywhere but here (I've got my heart set)

Right Wing

[personal profile] countingthecost 2017-02-09 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Are you alright, Sora-kun?

[Sannan almost didn't want to show up today, not after his shinki had disappeared. But he told Sora he'd be here, and honestly he would probably spend the day worrying to the nines about the kid.

Still, it wasn't pleasant to explain to Sora that his shinki had vanished. But true to form, he'd kept his sadness hidden with a smile. Yamato wouldn't want him to linger on the past either.

He's been exploring rooms with others or by himself, and it so happens that he stumbles on Sora about to explore the Right Wing.
] Be careful. There might be pitfalls in there, just like the outside.
toremainbehind: ([69 I shall not murder)

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Izumo blinks.]

Well, this is my first time hearing of it.

[A slight frown, thoughtful.]

Maybe if we venture in further, we might be able to find something.
missingache: ([46] Out of student loans)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 04:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Roxas mulls it over before nodding.]

That's a good idea. I bet she'd be happy if we find something.

[Ammy is a good puppy.]
toremainbehind: ([78])

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
Are you close to her?

[He'll start walking farther into the room, keeping his pace slow enough in case Roxas follows.]
missingache: ([45] Of when nothing really mattered)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
She's a wolf, so I don't know... she can't really talk, but she was pretty happy when I spent time with her. I showed her how to use a phone.

[Definitely going to follow. Supposed to be sticking to pairs anyways in case of traps.]
toremainbehind: ([02] Is neither strong nor free)

[personal profile] toremainbehind 2017-02-09 02:41 pm (UTC)(link)
That's interesting. I didn't think there can be two Amaterasus in one place, though.

[They rarely see the one living in the Far Shore.

He inspects the room, though, trying to see if anything sticks out.]
missingache: ([23] To the good old days)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-09 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Some. Jewelery was a pretty big thing to the Witch because of their worth. Most of the red ones here are either garnets or rubies. There's no bloodstones here.

[Oh... Roxas smiles a little sadly when he sees Sora do that. He misses the marbles he had. Sadly one thing that was left behind in Koriko.]

They must have. You think they'll do anything if I whistle?
missingache: ([10] All my fears would shrink)

[personal profile] missingache 2017-02-10 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
They have magical properties and look like drops of blood. We had to mine them for her... and jewels mean money. She loves money more than anything.

[Should Roxas take one, too? He's not sure yet, squeezing Sora's hand in return.]

Hmm... [He looks up and whistles a few notes.] Did that work?

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