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

[nibelungvalesti]

"Your lesson is appreciated and I thank you for it."

Lenneth was, as a rule, so imperious that this statement could potentially seem sarcastic, but no -- she meant it. She was just bad at being, well, anything less than herself.

"Are there limits to it I should be aware of?"

[welcome_home]

[ That just makes her frown more. ]

I guess no one knows who's mad either, so we could ask them?

[welcome_home]

Yeah! He shared his firecrackers with me and showed me how to do it!

[welcome_home]

[ That goes over Nanako's head, alas.

She squints at him. ] That wasn't an answer.

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako hides a smile and reaches out to clasp Homura's hand in hers instead. ]

Okay, if you want. Come on, let's go see what else is here, okay?

[welcome_home]

I hope you have fun, then! Will you tell me about it when you get back? You should take pictures!

[welcome_home]

[ She remembers a little. But not much. But she and Souji have talked about it, so there's that, too.

Still, she grins at his words, giving a cheer of encouragement. ]

Yeah! We'll be the best team!

[toremainbehind]

[Izumo shakes his head.]

There's not much any of us knows right now, unfortunately.

[timeshields]

[She takes Nanako's hand and squeezes it gently.]

Lead the way. I'm counting on you.

[latentforlife]

That would suck. I'm not sure if I have but fighting comes pretty naturally to me so I must have been in a few.

[But...]

I'm also pretty quick so I bet I could get away if things got bad.

[blizzardrock]

[In other words, the people spreading this have enough of a force to spread it to other regions, too... Now he's starting to see it.] Hm... [Maybe he should scope it out.]

Doesn't mean they won't have new tricks, though... [But that much was obvious.] Should I take precautions? [Singular because he doesn't want to encourage Shun to do more things while he looks like that.]

[alchemists]

It somewhat answers my question.

[shiitan]

[His expression took a sudden turn for the unimpressed.] I'll explain later. Now's not the time for this.

[A logical question would have been to ask Senri to help him out, but instead he wasted no time in trying to step back the blaze himself.]

[fizzipocus]

Uh, well... I guess I kinda am. [Her smile turned a bit sheepish. Okay, maybe a lot sheepish.]

But if I worry about it too much, then it definitely won't be fun.

[put_a_ring_on_it]

[By comparison, Luna looks the same as when they'd parted before. Refreshed, even. But that's mainly because her trip to Venice consisted of strolling around looking at streetside shops, riding the gondolas, eating gelato, and going to a Catholic mass. She barely manages to hide a laugh as she sees what has become of Noctis, bringing a hand up to cover her smile.]

What about yours? It looks like you had quite an adventure.

[clothes_make_the_man]

[Forrest doesn't see the shadow until the very last second, too late to pull the offerings away. It gets hold of one of the necklaces, looping its spindly fingers around it and pulling Forrest to the ground with it.]

Psyche...!

[He cries out as he falls to the ground, still clutching the offerings but hitting the dirt hard. For as gaunt as this creature is - aside from the distended stomach - it's quite strong.]

[clothes_make_the_man]

You don't have to go out of your way to make anything special on my account. I'm sure whatever you bring will be fine.

[clothes_make_the_man]

She was born from the waters, so there's a strong association there. But in general, the Ganges River is sacred to the Hindu pantheon as a whole.

[He's been doing his homework. Trying to be a good replacement and all.]

[onedrinkwithme]

[...he really should get a phone. For reasons. But he notices the pictures for Knights and Paladins, pointing to both]

Those two deal with sword skills.

[As the looks of 5 stars go over his head. Are those stats?]

However we call them knights; there is also dragoons, the ones that deal in lancework.

[pure_radiantics]

Yes, exactly-

[Meanwhile Nimbus has finally made a full circle around her.]

Nimbus, come on, stay still so he can at least see what you look like up close. ... Sorry, not my cloud and all. Sometimes it listens, sometimes it doesn't.

[pure_radiantics]

So you see what I'm thinking too? Oh good, I'm glad it's not just crazy talk.

[ Because to be fair, these nymphs are far older than the both of their ages... probably multiplied. Kairi meanwhile is just as new to the idea of Love, never mind kinds of Love, as Shouto is. This is her trying to reconcile the ancient wisdom of another language's words for things with her own understanding of the world. ]

I realize I didn't introduce myself, though... I'm Kairi. Shinki to Artemis, or Roxas if you know him better that way.

[ She comes over to offer her hand for a shake. ]

[pure_radiantics]

... Oh! Well, I guess if they're scary because they're powerful, I understand that... but how can someone be scary if they're cool?

[Those two things don't seem to go together to her at all.]

[bussounoshima]

[Come on, Dokugakuji, abandoning Gojyo and leaving him alone and helpless worked out great last time. ]

I won't comment on the rest of your lives. [Because that's none of her business and not something she's informed about, though she has to question how wise it was just from what little she's heard so far. Still not her business.]

If you can keep it that way, go ahead. I'm sure we'll all be watching him anyway. [Him, her, Hakkai, probably other friends Gojyo accumulated last time.] But if it gets to be too much, back off. I can keep you informed if it's that important.

[pure_radiantics]

I like hair decorations too! [She tries to keep on the more upbeat topics since Oona's so down.] And I know Urashima! He's the one who taught me borderlines the very first time.

[Thankfully Kairi doesn't care too much about god or shinki issues, just that it's nice to know Oona has her memories and so they can talk openly about things like Oona's father.]

If you're not too busy, maybe we can go into town and find a cute hair decoration too? Or find someone who can put the ruby in a necklace, if you'd like. [Kairi's pretty sure people like that exist... and she just doesn't normally visit them when she's in the Near Shore, but today is one big exception.]

[pure_radiantics]

It doesn't feel all that weird!

[She laughs a little.]

At least, not in all the times I've felt it. I hope it's not any different for you... being not human... but it shouldn't be, I don't think! I hope not. I hope to see you around a lot more.

[Maybe it's obvious now how excited she is to meet Celestia.]