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

[fadingsunshine]

[She's not entirely sure if Zeno would have welcomed her, with all that effusiveness put into that hug. She had thought he had been so overly friendly to her when she arrived, his hand grabbing hers, but it just paled to that spark in his eyes when he was looking at Yona and cuddling against her.

Maybe it would be better to stop thinking about it altogether. She ached just by remembering it.]

Ah, it's Kaya. You said you were Yona, right? And you're his, uh, friend from before being gods?

[darkestbefore]

[ Yona nods, her smile bright and warm. ]

Yes! We've been traveling together. Although I haven't known Zeno as long as some of my other companions, but we've quickly become friends. He's a very kind person, isn't he? I'm very happy to meet you, Kaya.

[fadingsunshine]

I've only known him for about a month now, but he's one of the nicest people I've met here. [Even if he insists he's not.] Zeno's never told me about himself or his old friends from before, but Kija mentioned something about travelling. You also know Kija, right?

[darkestbefore]

[ Yona smiles brightly as she nods again. ] Yes! We've been on a journey together. If there's things you'd like to know, I don't mind sharing.

[ Although she's a little surprised Zeno hasn't already. Maybe it hasn't come up? ]

To tell the truth, I don't know what I'd do without either of them, or the others we travel with. Where we come from, there's many rumors circulating, of war to break out. It is a dangerous time. I'm grateful to them. I sought them out to ask for their help and they've been kind enough to lend me their strength. Perhaps that's what the Heavens saw when they selected them to come here and take up the responsibilities of this world's gods.

[fadingsunshine]

Oh, okay. I'll ask you if I need to know anything. [She's okay with not knowing Zeno's story, and she wouldn't push into learning about it unless Zeno wishes to share. It hadn't bothered her before since as a shinki she couldn't tell him about herself, and it made things more equal. However, in her state of mind she can't help but wonder right now why he's been so silent about it. Maybe he didn't trust Kaya, maybe she had to earn it as their friendship gets better. But if she considers that, her sorrow just gets worse. So she goes back to Kija.] When you see Kija, please call his name! He seemed worried today about hurting a newcomer friend by accident, but he has nothing to fear because you know him!

Oh no, a war? That's awful! And just when you were in a journey! I hope you guys got to your destination safe. Here... I was told it's dangerous to even leave the temples, but people help each other, too.

[darkestbefore]

Worried? [ Yona looks perplexed for a moment before she pieces together the reasons why and relaxes again. ] He feared I'd been brought here as a shinki and wouldn't know him?

[ She supposes she can see how that would be a frightening prospect, especially for Kija, or any of the dragons. Absently, she wraps her arms about herself as she frowns. ] Don't worry, when I see him I will reassure him. I wouldn't want to make him fret over it. [ He seems to do that more than enough already, at times. ]

Is it so dangerous here? Everyone I have met does seem very friendly and helpful so far. I'm very grateful for it.

[fadingsunshine]

Yeah, that's it... It seems it's something that can happen over here and it really bothers him. So I'm relieved it's not the case this time!

People have told me that ayakashi are really scary and evil, and sometimes things can get weird. But my experience is just like yours so far. Everyone has been so kind and patient to me!

[darkestbefore]

As am I. [ Yona smiles fondly. ] I'll be sure to make sure he's not still worrying about things when I see him. Thank you for letting me know about it. I suspect he might not have told me.

Evil spirits do sound rather frightening. Even in my world people are taught to be cautious of such things, although I've never heard of them to be a problem there like they seem to be here? Or perhaps we just spend our days unaware of them, like the humans do in this world.

[fadingsunshine]

I think that issue will always worry him, but this does help.

Ah, that's actually a good question. I can't say how it is where I'm from since I'm a shinki, but it could be like this. It would be pretty sad, though. [She shakes her head. Now she probably looks dumb because she has no recollection of wherever she comes from.] Does your world have a lot of gods, too?