thenearshore | You're like 90% of my self-control

Who: Hibari and You
When: July 13th, after Hakkai's disappearence
Where: The Far Shore
What: An almost mingle-post for anyone involved in Hibari's quest for destruction.
Warnings: Violence and Hibari. Fires.

It was only a few hours after Hakkai had disappeared, and the rage hadn't abated. The heavens were always having the last laugh, after all. Hibari at this point did not care about the consequences to himself any longer; the only thing came to his mind was vengeance and destruction. And he was very good at both.

For the proceeding hours until he ended up at Izumo's bar, a shadowy figure would be seen running around the Far Shore, setting large fires in his wake to burn any vegetation that happened to get in the way. If the smoke and flames didn't catch anyone's notice, then perhaps the sudden destruction of some temples would.

OOC: This is the place to go if you want to thread with Hibari during his violent quest, or just thread out the effects of his rampage in general. Anyone is allowed to tag in and around to offer their assistance.

~A~ Temple Run

Several temples volunteered in here are getting some new renovations to their place. They might need help cleaning up some of the rubble or healing, and maybe some of the owners aren't exactly happy their place is being destroyed.

~B~ Fire

There's fire all over the place; even if it isn't close to your temple, it wouldn't be too hard to see the smoke. Thankfully, it's only trailing in Hibari's path, but some effort needs to be put in to stop it from spreading and endangering more areas.

~C~ Direct Conflict

Some people have noticed Hibari before he got to his final destination; and the teenager isn't exactly happy about that. This option is reserved to those who have directly stated they want to fight or attempt to stop him physically.

ooc note: the final events of his rampage will be taking place at Izumo's bar, on his open thread.

~D~ Something Else?

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Right. She's communicated with me and other gods a few times to try and get the old and new gods on the same page.

[While Shun still doesn't quite trust her given how reserved she tends to be about her own motivations, he still considers her reasonable as the older gods go.]

Oh, someone is actually trying to do that?

[Color him surprised.]

Yes, surprisingly enough. But there's only so much one person can do when a lot of the older gods still aren't interested in working with us.

[Including the other two advisors, as far as he can tell.]

They have quite the sense of superiority despite all that's happened.

[Enough that the world might be better off without them, but he holds back on saying that aloud right now.]

There are some people who need the superiority torn from their hands before they'll give it up.

[Unfortunately, slapping some sense into the worse older gods kind of comes behind dealing with the more prominent problems here.]

Apparently someone else has that idea.

[He's referring to what happened to Amaterasu's temple, of course, although he doesn't explain that. He only nudges Mukurou off of his shoulder to another spot of fire, although it's not as big as some of the ones before.]

And from how they've been handling it, they'd be even worse in a position of power. [While Shun isn't really a peaceful revolution sort, not giving a damn about collateral damage or innocent lives tends to get people on his shit list quite fast.

While he eyes up the fire himself, ready to jump in if it seems likely to need more effort to get rid of, he figures the owl can probably handle one that small.]

>[Another splash of Rain Flames, and Mukurou comes flying back to Chikusa's offered shoulder. In the meantime, the teenager continues to talk.]

Anyone back in Greece couldn't remember the figures who put up the fliers. So they're prepared, which is more than I can say for any of us...

All I heard while I was in Egypt was that a couple of locals had seen suspicious-looking people in brown cloaks with their faces painted. So that's not a lot of use to anyone.

[That's pretty much a generic description of shadiness, and doesn't give them any more specifics on where this might be coming from.]

Cloaks in this day and age.... They really must be part of the established Heavens somewhere.

[That kind of old-fashioned thing, really... Everyone knows if you want to not stand out, you dress in completely normal and uninspiring outfits with no facepaint.]

Did you hear if there were any particular patterns or colors used for the paint...?

[The concept of cloaks for use as disguise is actually not outdated or particularly rare where Shun comes from, and he just shrugs a little.]

They could be, but it's not an uncommon idea. People still do it. [He'd probably agree with the blending in through normal outfits method working better, but still.]

Nobody mentioned anything specific. Just that it was hiding their faces.

[Just a blank stare for a second.]

....People do that in your world, then...?

[~~Yugioh world is a trip.~~]

I've seen it often enough. It's not subtle, but it works if you want to conceal your identity without minding what attention you draw.

[At least he admits it's impractical for not drawing attention, given Yuto is one of the people who did it back home.]

Well.... Perhaps that will backfire on them eventually.

[After all, he's curious in his own way about whoever is opposing Amaterasu. Is it something meaningful, or is it simply a powergrab that started it all? Is it personal, or is Amaterasu merely a convenient target that represents all of the Heavens and not just the local gods?]

But those not part of the Heavens will have to do work on their own if they want to find out anything.... Considering how little we're trusted.

The fact that they're managing to keep a low profile despite being that obvious isn't reassuring.

[While Shun wants a face to put to their enemies, at this point he suspects that whenever they're revealed, it's going to be on their terms. After their lack of concern about what damage their attacks do and to who, Shun's not particularly inclined to give them the benefit of the doubt in any case.]

Given how few of the old gods have even tried to respond to the attacks, they might not have a choice here. People suddenly get a lot more trusting when it's their lives on the line.

They might know magic and abilities we don't know yet.... Especially if they're gods themselves.

[As far as Chikusa is concerned, it explains a lot- the lack of evidence at Amaterasu's temple, being forgotten so easily by some people, how the fliers were able to get so far...]

[But they don't know enough about the history of this place to guess who would have reason to do this.]

[Pausing at a juncture, he glances to shun.]

...We'll see if they change their minds. In the meantime... I'm going this way to see the damage in this direction.

Exactly. I can't see anyone but other gods or at least beings on that kind of power level having reasons to pick a fight with her yet.

[They haven't really heard of any other major powers in this world other than things like gods and demons, so it seems like a safe assumption that if they're dealing with that level of power, it's probably other gods.

As it is, when they reach the juncture, Shun peers down the other path before turning towards it.]

I'll head the other way. Looks like there's another fire a bit further down.

You're like 90% of my self-control

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