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thenearshore2017-03-25 02:33 pm
erogappa) wrote in thenearshore2017-03-25 02:33 pm
Hello! My name is Elder Sha (open log)
Who: Gojyo and whoever he runs into!
What: Snooping around the Far Shore to try and learn more about why they're all here
When: The days following the temple fire (March 27-31ish)
Where: All over the Far Shore and select spots on the Near Shore
Warnings: will update
Gods and shinki both are disappearing, the priest had said. And nobody knows why. As if being told that he was a) dead, and b) a shape-shifting monster hunter wasn't bad enough (although, to be honest, he was really on board with the monster hunter thing. How cool was that?) Without any memories to draw on -- without even really knowing what he knew and didn't know -- he didn't see a lot of options available to him.
(open to anyone:)
1. He could go talk to Amaterasu. She was the head god around here, as far as he'd been able to determine, and given that somebody had just set her house on fire with her in it while papering the neighborhood with DOWN WITH AMATERASU flyers, he was going to go out on a limb and guess that she knew something about the whole mess he'd found himself in the middle of.
Now if he could just find her.
(Open to anyone:)
2. He could -- and he really loved this word -- crowdsource. Whoever was responsible had to be watching the network -- they'd be a fool if they weren't -- so in-person conversations was the best bet. And yeah, okay, he felt a little stupid at the idea of walking up to one random temple after another and asking the gods and shinki there what they knew about the disappearances, but he also turned into a goddamn staple remover, and there was nothing stupider than that.
(Locked to Yuri and/or Neji and/or Hakkai:)
3. He could feel out the resistance. Sharak Sanzo had all but dumped an invitation into his lap, and she'd made it pretty clear that the swamp elf was a part of it, too. Confronting the guy seemed like a potentially dangerous way to spend an afternoon, but he was already dead, right? What harm could it do? And eventually, if he asked around, somebody would have to know where the creepy smiling guy covered in plant tattoos lived.
(Locked to Sharak:)
4. He could blow the whole goddamn plan off, and go find someplace to get a drink.
(ooc: If none of these prompts work for you, feel free to wildcard and make your own!)
What: Snooping around the Far Shore to try and learn more about why they're all here
When: The days following the temple fire (March 27-31ish)
Where: All over the Far Shore and select spots on the Near Shore
Warnings: will update
Gods and shinki both are disappearing, the priest had said. And nobody knows why. As if being told that he was a) dead, and b) a shape-shifting monster hunter wasn't bad enough (although, to be honest, he was really on board with the monster hunter thing. How cool was that?) Without any memories to draw on -- without even really knowing what he knew and didn't know -- he didn't see a lot of options available to him.
(open to anyone:)
1. He could go talk to Amaterasu. She was the head god around here, as far as he'd been able to determine, and given that somebody had just set her house on fire with her in it while papering the neighborhood with DOWN WITH AMATERASU flyers, he was going to go out on a limb and guess that she knew something about the whole mess he'd found himself in the middle of.
Now if he could just find her.
(Open to anyone:)
2. He could -- and he really loved this word -- crowdsource. Whoever was responsible had to be watching the network -- they'd be a fool if they weren't -- so in-person conversations was the best bet. And yeah, okay, he felt a little stupid at the idea of walking up to one random temple after another and asking the gods and shinki there what they knew about the disappearances, but he also turned into a goddamn staple remover, and there was nothing stupider than that.
(Locked to Yuri and/or Neji and/or Hakkai:)
3. He could feel out the resistance. Sharak Sanzo had all but dumped an invitation into his lap, and she'd made it pretty clear that the swamp elf was a part of it, too. Confronting the guy seemed like a potentially dangerous way to spend an afternoon, but he was already dead, right? What harm could it do? And eventually, if he asked around, somebody would have to know where the creepy smiling guy covered in plant tattoos lived.
(Locked to Sharak:)
4. He could blow the whole goddamn plan off, and go find someplace to get a drink.
(ooc: If none of these prompts work for you, feel free to wildcard and make your own!)
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His question makes her hesitate though, going over the information she does know.] I'm not sure about six months ago, but... Amaterasu, the goddess in charge of-- Everyone, as far as I know, she died or was killed and reborn before the new gods and shinki started showing up. Apparently the old gods can do that. [Just be reborn like it's nothing.] She just appears as a little girl now and doesn't remember anything before she was killed, I think.
I'm pretty willing to bet that the two are connected somehow.
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The part about Amaterasu, though... this is new information, and fucking disturbing new information. He roughly combs his hair back with both hands, scrubbing at his scalp as he tries to think through this. ]
She died?
[ And came back. So if she'd died in the fire a few days ago, would she have been found in the ashes as an infant? Like a... a what's it called. Phoenix.
But there's no way she set that fire herself, and it doesn't sound like she meant to die the first time, either. So somebody is killing gods. ]
Who the hell could kill a god?
[ There's a little fear in his voice, and for good reason. ]
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[She runs a hand through her hair] The old gods come back as children, but I haven't seen any of the 'new' gods coming back like that. Or... Usually coming back at all.
[She glances to him and then away, frowning. She pours the coffee to distract herself and sets one mug down in front of him, curling her fingers around her own to feel the heat of it. It burns her fingers, but it grounds her at least.]
But for someone as powerful as Amaterasu? Either someone even more powerful than we could imagine, or someone who managed to take her by surprise.
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Like someone close to her.
[ It's happened twice now, hasn't it? First time she died, and then the fire where she almost died. ]
If it was somebody super powerful, I think we'd know it. They'd be taking her throne for themselves, wouldn't they? [ He blows on his coffee again. ] Or at least putting their own puppet ruler on the throne.
[ But the fire started in Amaterasu's temple. Who has access to the temple? Is it just her and her shinki? ...Damn, there's just too many questions he needs answered. ]
Do you know how she died?
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[She rests the edge of the coffee against her mouth, just breathing and thinking.] Maybe they were trying to see if they could permanently put her down. If the gods come back, there's no way they could have killed her and set themselves up as a rule right away, knowing she'd just come back.
But if she dies and is reborn without her memories of before, and that person tells her, 'I'm a trusted person you can rely on, just follow what I say...' Amaterasu might be the 'puppet ruler' herself.
...At least, it's a theory. [And so far just that, really. She's not sure they really have any solid evidence to point to anything. At Gojyo's question she shakes her head after a moment of thought, expression apologetic.]
Sorry, I don't know for sure. I didn't think to really ask, actually... [He might not like this next bit of advice, but:] You could try asking Hakkai, if you get the chance. He's been investigating for longer than I have, he might remember more details.