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Who: Nanako and anyone inclined to be out exploring or who might notice a new mountain looming in the Far Shore.
When: July 12
Where: Nanshe's newly-discovered Temple
What: Nanako has discovered she has god powers after all! Now it's led her to finally discovering she has a temple here and it gives her the perfect place to try out some of the new things she can do.

A; To Find Shelter

[ It's been a little over a week since Nanako had discovered that she did indeed have a god power of her very own. Even if it had taken her awhile to get the hang of it. It was still taking her a while to get the hang of it, but today she's taken a break from practicing in the backyard of Souji's temple to go investigate something for herself.

Because she's felt a pull that's been growing stronger over the past few days, insistent and niggling and new. Since it hadn't faded or gone away, she'd decided this morning to follow it and see what she found.

Which is how she ends up at the base of a mountain not that long a walk away from Souji's temple. A mountain which she's very sure she's never seen before. She thinks? But there's a walled gate around its base that feels vaguely familiar to her, even if she doesn't know why. The gate stands wide open and welcoming, however, so she proceeds inside, heading up a long stone staircase to the shrine she finds at the top, brightly colored with banners waving and surrounded by a hillside full of blooming azalea bushes. The shrine itself is set beside a huge lake full of fat and lazy fish swimming within its depths.

And the more she explores of this place, the more certain she is - she's finally found Nanshe's temple. Her temple. Delighted, she starts poking into every inch of the shrine she can find, exploring all over it and seeing everything hidden within this new place. Eventually, she'll go looking for her brother and Homura, wanting to share with them her newest discovery, but if anyone else happens by in the meantime, she might excitedly show them around as well. ]

B; To Rise

[ The discovery of her very own temple means one thing for certain - it's given her a wide open space to keep practicing her new abilities. And since she now knows how to look for that tiny flicker of power that seems to blossom brighter each time she uses it, it's easy to flit back and forth between normal and the form her god power seems to give her - that of a halo and tiny wings and a bright cheerful glow that surrounds her every time it manifests.

She hasn't figured out yet if her power will allow her to fight evil spirits any better - especially when she doesn't know how to fight in the first place. But there are other uses to this power she's learning about. Like the fact that the tiny feathered wings on her back actually work, and as long as she can keep her focus steady, she can even manage to float for increasingly longer periods of time.

So of course this is what she's practicing, once she finds her own private mountaintop filled with colorful flowers, trees, and banners. Although it's with dubious success at first, she's determined to get better at it.

So, throughout various points of the day - and possibly the next few days - there's a tiny girl with angel wings floating, bobbing, and sometimes zooming around her shrine and occasionally even venturing outside her temple to see how far she can fly and how long she can manage it. Sorry, friends, her control isn't all that great yet... ]

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[ Kairi's out jogging when she wanders by the new temple and takes a look up at it. What a gorgeous place! When she sees Nanako, it doesn't occur to her that this is Nanako's temple, just that Nanako might have made another friend she's hanging out with, the same way she stays at Souji's temple a lot already. ]

Nanako! Hey! How's it going? Whose temple is this?

[ Nanako had been exploring the grounds and she glances up when she spots Kairi, lifting a hand in an exuberant wave. ]

Hi, Kairi! It's mine! Isn't it pretty?

... No way! I thought you were living with Souji...?

[She just blinks for a bit.]

Did this just... recently appear or something?

I am! I'll still live with Souji - he would be sad if I left. But this one is mine, too!

[ Kairi's question gets a decisive nod. ]

Yeah. I think it's cuz I finally figured out what my powers are. Maybe I needed to do that before I could find this place?

Oh... you didn't just know what they were?

[As far as she can tell that's how it was for Sora and Roxas.]

Well, I'm glad! I can believe that Souji would be pretty sad if you didn't get to live with him.

[After all, Roxas and Sora go back and forth all the time.]

[ She shakes her head, looking a little sheepish. ]

No. It took me a while to find them, even though I tried really hard.

Yeah, I don't want to make onii-chan sad. I like living there with him and Homura and Kanji and Naoto.

I've met Kanji and Naoto, you know! They're very nice. I'm glad you like living with them since I know they're your brother's friends. Some people might try to keep a younger sister away from hanging out together with their friend, but they don't seem like the type.

[Even Kanji, who's shown enough of a kind heart to her already for her to understand he's just a boisterous personality like many of the boys she enjoys hanging out with.]

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