016 | The Good Old Days

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Ageswapping
When: July 15-17
Where: Everywhere
Summary: A breach in the space-time continuum is messing things up.

Edit: OVERFLOW is here!



The Far Shore has been dealing with a lot of space-time pulsating through the past week or so and everything is culminating on the night of the 15th, even though the Heavens are preparing for an all-out Obon bash. They had planned to have the celebration on the 15th itself, but Amaterasu asked to postpone a day due to the horrible feeling that is permeating the Far Shore.

And it turns out she was right to postpone everything. In fact, it will have to be postponed another whole month at this rate...



Before

Late in the day on July 15th, the new batch of shinki will arrive to a Far Shore with a thick, tense atmosphere. All night on the 15th it feels like something is about to happen - and it's difficult to tell whether that something will be good or bad. Any attempts to contact the management of the Far Shore have fallen on deaf, slightly harried ears and so everyone is left to their own devices to try and figure out why things are so tense.

July 16

Just after midnight, an explosive shock wave rips through the Far Shore, bringing on the age changes with it. Even the spirits of the Far Shore seem to be affected - for example, the library goblins are either toddling around on wobbly legs or are dragging themselves from place to place and looking decrepit. There are a few gods and shinki that seem to have been exceptions from the change, though it is not clear why.

July 17

Another wave of energy comes in the early morning of the 17th. Fewer people are affected this time and it seems to alter those people's ages a second time. There is no rhyme or reason to who is being affected further. Several of the library goblins have just dropped dead from severe old age. Oops.

Aftermath

Late on the 17th brings about one final burst from the energy that has been plaguing the Far Shore. For a short moment, every new temple glows with a soft light, seeming to beckon to their owners. But the light is gone quickly and everyone will find themselves back to normal with complete memories of everything that happened during their age adventures. The goblins that died, though, are still very dead. Looks like the library will need to get some new help soon.

In Summary:

• Meet the newbies
• Get aged or de-aged
• Deal with other too young/too old people
• Try to handle the consequences
• Have fun~

Comments

[mostsuitable]

Well, in that case...

[Upon finding whatever he needs, Reisi properly sets up and begins making tea in ceremony style. He does so as elegantly and refined as a sea anemone could possibly be.]

[mostsuitable]

[Look, some twelve year olds find this kind of thing interesting, ok?

Either way, Reisi still manages to be amused. Especially since he can appreciate the boy's honesty.]

Is that so? This look is quite normal for a sea anemone...

[papas_bunnydoll]

Can you do any other tricks?

[That's probably rude to ask, but she couldn't help it.]

[papas_bunnydoll]

Oh, Tot's Papa works at home in his lab so he's always around.

[Unless they're at one of the other labs.]

You must have a lot of time to play then.

ooc

[redmare]

I continued it over here!

[eternalshield]

http://thenearshore.dreamwidth.org/185514.html?thread=36089514#cmt36089514

[minibeauty]

[This time, the something is a huge ad display for a popular female idol singer in the local area. Posters show the girl posing in cute outfits, above a lineup of her most recent album, a photobook, and a concert video. And Natsuru is enthralled.]

Up there! See?

[She points and calls Soleil's attention to the display, bouncing excitedly on her feet.]

Isn't she pretty?!

[nibelungvalesti]

As if you didn't know! What are you planning for him?

[No. No it is not.]

Re: July 17 - Age 4

[little_wave]

[Well at least he's nice... so Kairi goes along with it and just toddles up towards him.]

Sure! Can you cook an egg? I don't know if I should touch hot things.

[She has an idea in mind of a great breakfast, but they're both kinda little...]

[little_wave]

[Both of her hands come up to her face when he says that, but then she returns the hug with her face against his cheek.]

Don't be sad.

[Because if she brightened his day, obviously he's sad, right?]

Frienten should smile alllllll the time.

[She pokes the corners of his mouth since he's smiling so wide already.]

[nibelungvalesti]

[This is a girl who'd been so brutalized by what had happened to her in the past few hours (as far as she is concerned) that she'd simply slipped into death from a poison she might otherwise have been able to escape. And yet nothing had improved.]

[Platina blinks up at her, a few times because her vision is hopelessly blurred.]

...Where is there to go? Do you know this place?

[thehandhungers]

[Odin doesn't seem to mind the question, instead he runs with it.]

It is an item of unique importance. It may hold the aura of events that surrounded it, the impression of emotions of many who've touched it, or even empowered by the belief of those who seek it. Those that settle in places of great magical power also find themselves imbued with magic and thus are useful tools in the arcane arts!

[thehandhungers]

[Nope, not falling for that one. He's not going to call them magic tricks after he already associated those with charlatans.]

The magic I cast are no mere tricks. They are destructive forces, charms and enchantments beyond those of paltry chicanery.

[thehandhungers]

Then you may not be the one I seek, though your aid will be appreciated none the less. I dread that whatever forces are behind this are of a power beyond the strength even a shinki could posses. My charms and enchantments may enhance your abilities though to aid in shattering this curse.

[heartshutter]

Aah, I see. You do have a point! While they’re well-meaning, they’re also.. [ an awkward, sheepish chuckle ] ...pretty exhausting.

[ With such boundless exuberance, Tatara has to wonder: was he a similarly hard-to-handle child? Perhaps not. He was always very prone to independence, after all, never requiring much hands-on attention from his parents -- either set of them, really.

He sips at his drink a moment. ]

As odd as it sounds, yes. [ Now that he’s older, seated in his early thirties, he can absolutely confirm. ]

I definitely remember being less than half this age yesterday. [ And if he didn’t, his wallet certainly does, after buying all that ice cream. ]

OOC

[little_wave]

Cont. over here!

[mostsuitable]

Oya? [More than surprised, Munakata seems amused about Totsuka's response.]

I doubt anyone could tell by looking at you now.

[That... sounds like a cross between a compliment and a simple statement, going by the way he delivers it.]

Though I'm curious about this incident, I have to ask: have there been similar occurrences in the past? If so, then how often do they happen?

OOC

[little_wave]

Cont. over here!

[heartshutter]

[ Tatara being Tatara, he’ll take it as a compliment. Always the silver linings with this one. And being flattered by the Blue King? It’s... interesting, to say the least. Though Reisi Munakata, despite being a newer king, has always been a cordial, affable one. A reasonable man, Tatara would say. ]

I’m not the best one to ask, since I haven’t been here too long. But in my time, no, we haven’t had anything like this happen.

[letteropener]

[Her feathers shiver slightly as he touches them, though she stays otherwise quite still. The compliment, though, is a little embarrassing.] Oh... thank you. I try to take care of myself?

[thehandhungers]

[Bear fight? Uh, oh. Wait, didn't he promise someone he would not fight bears not too long ago?

Moving right along.]

Well met and good tidings Hiyoko, barer of the title Mielikki, goddess of the hunt.

I am Owain, hero beyond life and death, fated champion of the heavens and master swordsman.

[little_key]

[Sora tugs, suddenly forgetting that it's suppose to be tag but whatever.]

I caught you!

[letteropener]

Oh, I know! [She's immediately all regrets and sheepish smiles.] I didn't mean it as if you could. It's just how it is here.

[letteropener]

It isn't a trick. It's magic. And I have a horn, so I can do a lot of magic. [The faintly chastising tone in her voice is one of an older sister, quite familiar with a reckless or occasionally rude sibling.]

[mostsuitable]

I see.

[He'd somehow assumed that Totsuka had been here longer than that. In any case, he might ask more about that later.]

Back to the subject at hand, then. Aside from having reverted to a younger version of yourself, what else do you remember about yesterday?