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Who: Goten, Aymeric, and Kairi
What: Tanabata Prayer Catchall followed by Goten and Kairi training
When: July 5th+ 2016 (OOC: April 16 2016), Morning before the festival
Where: Heligoland and surrounding Near Shore

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Prayer #34 Write-in for Tanabata:

Forseti temple in Heligoland got wreaked by a small gang of teenagers. It's completely trashed much to the dismay of the fisherman that visits often. After having his fish saved he doesn't want the island to lose Forseti's blessing. It's too much work for one old man to handle. His granddaughter, that has come all the way from Japan to visit, suggests making a tanabata wish and to hang it up in the temple. So, with his granddaughter's help, he wishes for the temple to be cleaned up back to it's respectable state.

Prayer #36 Follow-up to 34:

The ayakashi that is causing all of the ruckus around Heligoland looks like a ram with one broken horn, and runs around with several groups of teenagers encouraging them to wreck any sort of building with a bit of prestige to it, which included Forseti's temple. They will need to track the ayakashi down by the trail of damage it's leaving in its wake.

Prayer #35:

Forseti is also the god that "stills all strife" in people's bonds! Unbeknownst to Aymeric, the temple-trashing teens actually started their messy activities because of a misunderstanding between one of the boys and a friend who didn't participate. That friend saw the fisherman's Tanabata wish and asked about it, wishing on the same paper that Forseti might repair the misunderstanding. The prayer was thus literally buried by the trashing of the temple. Time to set things right!

Prayer #37 Follow-up to 35:

With the advice given a success, the teenagers and the wishmaker seem to be at peace with each other! However, there's still something lurking around. Turns out it's a slippery naga ayakashi; time to track it down ~~AND HIT IT WITH A FRIENDSHIP BEAM~~ and ensure no more misunderstandings happen this time around!

Prayer #38 Follow-up to 36 and 37:

Our favorite fisherman, Frisch Singer, has gone out for his normal work and then a storm kicked up all of a sudden! Unbeknownst to the trio in Heligoland, it is a Draugen - the ghost of a man that died at sea - style ayakashi. The granddaugter makes a second wish, that her grandfather will come home safely! Little does she realize it will take the trio fighting a monster to bring him home.

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[Kairi's breathing is heavy as she looks up at Sunanaga, a little sweat breaking and she wipes her brow.]

I- I'm not sure.

[From her perspective, Roxas is in very little danger as far as getting himself hurt, but now she feels pretty useless by comparison.]

Do I look strange?

[She looks to Sunanaga for confirmation, but tries to stand again.]

Oh, maybe... maybe that's why.

[It takes her an extra effort of pushing up on her knees as she gets her balance.]

Trying not to get dizzy - been awhile since this happened... getting sick around the ayakashi like this.

[Roxas certainly doesn't look like he's going to come back for her in the next few seconds either.]

How many more are here?! I do not think we can last much longer!

[He calls out as he keeps trying to force any ayakashi back but he knows Goten cannot keep up his energy for very long. Aymeric is trying to use his own strength more to compensate, praying that this will soon be done.]

Just hang in there a bit more Goten. I won't let you fall.

'I'm okay. I can keep going, Aymeric... We gotta keep going.'

[The words do come a bit a bit of effort. He's not hurt, just tired and he can feel his own energy depleting. They have fought ayakashi before but not this many or for this long. Goten isn't even sure how many times they've Rend now either. But he's still fueled by determination, stubbornness and the need to protect Aymeric. Roxas seemed to be aiding them too, though Goten doesn't understand why Kairi isn't with him.]

[Sunanaga puts a cool hand to Kairi's forehead while tsking softly under her breath.]

You're a delicate young thing, aren't you.

[Looking up, Sunanaga surveys the situation.]

It appears that our attack on this cursed stronghold of ayakashi was a success in the end.

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[Indeed, instinctively realizing that they have lost, the remaining ayakashi are now trying to make a quick escape.

Suijin, of course, is having none of that and with one long sweep of her ko-naginata a borderline is formed that cuts off a group of fleeing ayakashi. She rends them quickly, then turns to see how the others are faring at the last.]

[Kairi frowns at Sunanaga, feeling very much like she's disappointed him. Like this is exactly why Roxas won't name her exemplar, and why Sora worries about her, and all kinds of other things.

But on the other hand, this is also why she's training.]

I'm doing my best to get stronger - every day. That's why I can't turn away when I get sick around them - if I never face them, how can I push that feeling down long enough to help Roxas fight them?

[She's relieved they succeeded after all, in no small part to Aymeric and Goten taking on the other group, but she also wonders if either of them heard what Sunanaga said.]

Please, if you have any advice... now that they're gone - I'll listen, I promise. I just want to be the best shinki I can be for Roxas.

[Roxas certainly seems to acting like he can't hear them. Kairi assumes that means they'll be talking about this topic later, in private.]

[He sees those retreating ayakashi and Aymeric's legs are already dashing with Goten Lightsaber raised. It looks like he's going to bum rush them all but he does decide to hit them with one more lightshow-er, Circle of Scorn so they can pay attention to him right before he Rends them into oblivion.]

That...should be the last of them.

[Closed] What you need isn't words, is it?

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