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

[candyconsumption]

I don't want to grab something I am not going to eat, if someone else will. [ And besides... no one else knows that he looked through it. His hands dig in and pull out a bag of chips. He looks at it for a moment, before back to Ichiru. ]

Are you going to take one?

[forsakens]

You could always ask if you can take more than one. It seems like there's quite a surplus of lunch boxes.

[ He softly chuckles as he watches Itachi take a box. ]

Eh? I suppose I should.

[candyconsumption]

I don't want them, unless they have dessert. [ That's what he's looking for. He peeks into another box. ]

[forsakens]

Picky aren't you? I don't know if dessert was offered in a lunch box. It seems rather out of place, ne?

[ He glances at the other with a small head tilt. ]

[candyconsumption]

I don't know what is it... but anything sweet is desired greatly.

It must be something I don't remember, to love it so much. [ He paused in his search to look over at Ichiru. ]

It's the same with cats.

[forsakens]

Perhaps someone here will be inclined to make you something sweet. I'm afraid I haven't seen anything sweet.

[ He replied with a raise of his brow, though he did find the matter amusing. He didn't know that Itachi liked sweet things but then again, Ichiru has some interest towards them as well. ]

I see, but you only remember that you like sweets and you are fond of cats, but you are uncertain to why. That's quite interesting.

[candyconsumption]

Do you have anything you gravitate towards?

[forsakens]

Anything that I gravitate towards--?

[ Ichiru did recall a few events where he had felt strangely attached to certain things, such as Zero for example. He was always somehow being drawn into the other as if it was a natural thing. Though, that was a more sensitive topic that he won't reveal any time soon. Instead he says something else. ]

There's this tomato soup that I enjoy. I don't have any memory of why or how, but it is something I found-- nostalgic.

[candyconsumption]

Nostalgic is a good word. [ There is suddenly a smile. ]

Sasuke-sama favors tomatoes greatly. Perhaps you and I should try it together sometime.

[forsakens]

It is the best way to describe my current situation.

[ he nodded. It wasn't something too personal so he had no reason to really hide it. ]

If that is what you wish to do, Itachi-san. I do not mind.

[candyconsumption]

Then we should one day. [ That settled it then. He stopped riffling through the sacks. ]

You live with Zero... does that mean you plan to become his shinki?

[forsakens]

I suppose we could.

[ He gives Itachi a small nod for the thought. ]

That's presumptuous of you isn't it? I have no intentions of asking him to be my God, but I suppose the possibility is there. It depends on how I feel about him in the end, I suppose.

[ That and he likes his freedom way too much to commit. ]

[candyconsumption]

Isn't it a natural question? I'm not too sure how many shinki live with gods that they are not adhered to.

...But I suppose in this instance, you could have other reasons. Such as whatever relationship you and Zero have.

[forsakens]

I'm the exception to such things. He neither forces or asks me to be his Shinki and I have neither agreed to or proposed the idea. He is simply someone I need in a world full of Gods and Shinkis.

[ Basically a safe spot. However, despite his cold answer, it's not completely how he feels but such things are better left unsaid. He didn't want to say much to Itachi in terms of his personal turmoils. ]

Perhaps it is-- color me curious. Though, I doubt the matter is as mysterious as it come off to be. He's terrible at avoiding the topic.

[candyconsumption]

Yes, he does seem to be a master at avoidance. But I think it's his charm point.

[forsakens]

Is it really?

[ He stifled a laugh. ]

You seem to have a considerable interest in Zero. I can't seem to understand why before but I suppose this makes it clearer.