013 | How To Save A Life

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Investigating suicides
When: Afternoon June 16
Where: The Near Shore (Tokyo)
Summary: Investigation and reporting
Warnings: Talk of suicide/suicide ideation.



There has been a very sudden, very disturbing increase in the number of suicides committed in Tokyo recently. While this sometimes happens for naturally occurring reasons, the Heavens have a suspicion that something is wrong here. So they are enlisting the help of any gods and shinki that are willing to give their time, including newly arrived gods and shinki who will be informed of their situation before being directed anywhere.

It's up to you whether you are interested in helping the Heavens out, they only want those who are willing to lend a hand. Though if your god/shinki forces you along with them, that should be fine too.



Briefing

The briefing of the situation will be happening at the Meeting Hall of the gods, orders coming directly from Suijin herself. After the explanation is given, gods and shinki will be given supplies to help them, including books on how to help people in bad situations, water bottles, and some light snacks to take with them. This could go all night, so make sure you stock up on what you need before you take off.

The Streets

Streets that are usually bustling and loud are somber and awkward now. Many of the people seem to be down in the dumps and those who aren't are so put off by the situation that they are keeping mostly quiet. When approached, the ones who are obviously depressed will talk only of how life isn't worth it and how they wish it was all over. Others will comment on how confusing this all is coming from the people that are depressed. NPC interaction with mods will be available, but you are welcome to control your own NPCs as well.

Ayakashi

Perhaps unsurprisingly, those who spend enough time talking to the people in Tokyo will suddenly realize that there are a number of ayakashi attaching themselves to each of the affected people. That's right, multiple ayakashi connected to each person. They will have to be destroyed to free the person from their depressing thoughts, but there sure are a lot of them around. And, to make matters worse, a very aggressive, noisy kind of ayakashi will show up randomly to interfere with everything. They require teamwork to defeat and are hell-bent on attacking gods and shinki rather than humans.

Reporting In

Reports about what you have seen and who you have saved and what you have destroyed can be taken back to the Meeting Hall where Suijin will be waiting to be briefed. Those who bring her information are likely to be rewarded, though they might not realize just what kinds of rewards they are receiving.

In Summary:

• Get informed
• Go do some fieldwork
• Find and defeat some ayakashi
• Save some lives
• Report back in to Suijin
• Have fun~

Comments

[reformedsinner]

Very! Thank you, Lara, I appreciate the help.

[He returns her smile with his usual blankly cheerful expression, but lets the bright smile fade after a moment for a more sincerely amused sidelong glance. The ayakashi is beginning to slump into lifeless ectoplasm, and dissolve from there further into steam at the very edges of its corpse; at least they don't take any additional clean-up work, he thinks, and glances around.]

Did the young woman get free?

[adventurology]

[Shaking the ax to get some of the goop off of it, Lara steps back and lets the monster dissolve with an almost casual look of disdain on her face. These things are gross, and they die pretty hard. But, she's getting used to this.]

She did. Yes.

[Holding out the weapon, she lets Ingrid take her human shape. A tall blonde woman in a black business suit, looking for all the world like a valkyrie appears, dusting herself off and going about the task of collecting the bits of shell from the shotgun blasts.]

Ingrid...you don't have to do that. Seriously.

[But the woman does it anyway.]

No injuries, Hakkai?

[reformedsinner]

No.

[Hakkai inclines his head to her shinki.] It's a pleasure to meet you, Ingrid...

[There's something about the reserve in her eyes that reminds him abruptly of Banri -- of Asshole, that is. Whatever was left of Banri. It's a fate he takes a small amount of mean pleasure in, in that case, but he doubts all of the "soulless" shinki actually deserved it.

He may as well be courteous. She's continuing to collect shell fragments; he steps over, and begins helping out. There'll be enough of a fuss about this without leaving evidence that guns were being fired in alleys.]

Well, that didn't answer anything, but at least it's a few ayakashi down.

[adventurology]

[Ingrid looks back at Hakkai, acknowledging his greeting with a grunt and a nod of her head. Lara rubs the back of her head and stoops to help, scooping up bits of casing and shot along with the two of them.]

Sorry, she's not terribly talkative.

[The golden haired woman chuffs a laugh of agreement and keeps on working.]

But you're right. The only new thing I learned was that there were multiple ayakashi attached to one person. That felt weird, and unordinary.

[reformedsinner]

There are an unusual number about.

[He looked around.] I've heard there was a massive ayakashi attack a few weeks before my arrival. I wonder if it looked like this?

[adventurology]

Maybe.

Are there any gods or shinki who've been here longer? Perhaps we could ask them about all of it?

[reformedsinner]

Bishamon and her shinki, or Yukine and Yato?

[Hakkai glances away, back down the alley, shading his eyes against the afternoon sun as he looks for any hint of additional ayakashi. It's probably a coincidence that it hides his expression.]

Possibly Izuku, as well, but he's the only newcomer I can think of who's been here as long as I have without disappearing.

[adventurology]

Those would be my first picks. Bishamon's been helpful. And Yukine is a good guy.

[Lara focuses on getting the shells dealt with first. Anything else is secondary.]

And Izuku? The boy, right? I didn't know he'd been here that long.

[reformedsinner]

Yes, the boy. We first met a few months ago, and he'd been here for a while at that time, though I don't know exactly how long.

[He shrugs, slightly, and straightens back up. Not all of the evidence is gone -- there are some new scratches on the brick, and probably a few embedded fragments, but it's enough not to be obvious.]

[adventurology]

He seems nice enough. Clever, too. Perhaps him. And Yukine, of course.

[Yukine has an inquisitive mind, and that...goes a long way in her book.]

I think we've got things as good as we're going to get here. Perhaps we should get going.

[reformedsinner]

[Hakkai nods to her.] That's a good idea. Thank you for your help, Lara.

I think I should check on Yuri. There are more ayakashi about than I'd been expecting.

[And she's already exhausted from the volume of prayers she's had lately. He should be with her, in case anything comes along, and if not, then at least to convince her to go back to her temple. The other gods here do seem to be bringing the situation under control.]

[adventurology]

Indeed. She's going to need you now for sure.

[Lara wasn't about to keep people from Yuri. She was in a bad way, that's for sure.]

[reformedsinner]

Yes, I'm afraid so.

[He smiles briefly at her, inclines his head, and turns to go.]