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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-05-16 06:59 pm

016 | The Good Old Days

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~
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[personal profile] neraiuchi 2017-05-17 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
( bittyuki replies will come from [personal profile] catchalls, feel free to tag for both days if u want both yuckies )


I. july 16th, huitzilpochtli's temple (closed to team chipotle)
    [ Miyuki, for what it's worth, is an incredibly light sleeper. It's why he wears his sleep mask and prefers sleeping in the dark and with minimal noise and people around him. So when the shockwave hits the Far Shore, he jolts awake, disoriented, but goes back to bed when it seems as if nothing was truly amiss beyond that. Things happen all the time here, and he's more interested in actually sleeping - besides, he thinks it's a dream.

    When he wakes up in the morning, he sees that's not he case, turning his tiny hands over. He's shrunken a considerable amount, and his hat fits like it used to. At least it seems like his glasses and the rest of his clothes seem to fit well enough, so he gets out of bed, goes to the kitchen, and...

    Well. He gets a stepstool he usually uses to reach the incredibly high shelves, and starts to make breakfast. Because when Mei wakes up, he's going to come screaming through the temple if this happened to him, too. Besides, he's hungry.
    ]


II. july 16th, the school
    [ This sort of messes up the whole progress of cleaning out the overgrowth on one side of the school so they can have their practice field, but that doesn't stop him. Miyuki Kazuya has baseball for brains, so here he is, having gotten his hands on some child-sized equipment to drag to the school. Besides, it's easier to introduce the sport to kids, right?

    So he can be found, coming and going, to the area that they've managed to clear out so far. It's not a lot, but it's enough for him. And once he's done, he takes a deep breath, dusting his hands off and surveying everything as his hat slides down on his head a little again.

    He fixes it, and if he notices that he has anyone observing him - child or teen or adult - he'll assess before asking:
    ] Wanna play?


III. july 17th, library
    [ So, you know. Being a kid again was pretty interesting.

    But being about ten years older is a trip. Miyuki wasn't sure that was something that could happen for him, given the fact that he's dead and all, but here he is, ten years older. He's taller, he's bulkier, and he's scruffier, and he's not sure what to make of it. But if these kinds of things are going to keep happening, he's pretty sure that it'd be in his, and everyone else's, best interests, to maybe look into it.

    So he heads to the library of the Heavens, bypassing the goblins that appear to be experiencing the same effects as the rest of the Far Shore. Looks like there are fewer around than normal, too, and he kind of wagers that the old ones might be senile where the younger ones might have no idea what he's talking about.

    If he spots someone else, he's not afraid to wave them down with a:
    ] Hey, have you seen anything about time crap while you've been here?


IV. july 17th, the school part 2
    [ When all else falls, guess where he winds up again?

    The school. Again, baseball for brains.

    They haven't managed to set everything up, but Miyuki did get a few nets today that he goes ahead and sets up. He's kind of curious about how hard he can hit and throw now, so he's going to be doing that. It's hard to pitch to yourself, but he's managed well enough, giving balls tosses up into the air before swinging his bat and -

    Well. Sending them flying, when he makes contact. The only reason they don't go flying into the trees is because of the net.
    ]


V. wildcard
    [ Feel free to hit me up with your own shenanigans, or message me at [plurk.com profile] folklores if you want to talk something out! ]
changeups: koshien (6.)

i dont want to talk about how many times i'm gonna tag this

[personal profile] changeups 2017-05-17 12:59 am (UTC)(link)
[ mei has come to expect his usual routine every day here in the far shore. he gets up, blearily washes his face, does his hair (he refuses to be seen without his hair done in any context around the temple, what if kazuya or sanada see him) and then wanders into the kitchen. kazuya is almost always awake before him, if not sanada too, and mei's usually blissfully silent through breakfast until he's had a way too sugary coffee and whatever food either of them have chosen to make for breakfast. it's a nice, peaceful little routine.

it is not peaceful this morning.

mainly, because when mei gets out of bed, he swings his legs to move out of the bed and finds they take just a little longer to reach the floor than usual. that's odd, and his sleep addled brain tries to connect with that, but he ignores it until he wanders into the bathroom. and that's when he realizes it.

he can't see the mirror.

mei screeches at the top of his lungs, the most innapropriate-- ]
WHAT THE FUCK! [ coming right out of his preteen body and making his voice crack on the last word. he's horrified, and mei jumps up to try and look at himself in the mirror properly, once, twice, and then peels the fuck out of the bathroom to the kitchen. (he's surely woken up both other members of the temple at this point.) ]

Kazuya--, [ he starts, and then freezes. kazuya's even tinier than him. ] Holy shit. [ is the only actual reply he gets out of him, staring, wide eyed, as he processes.

damn, he forgot kazuya was this tiny when they were little--! ]
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lol

[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-17 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
[ Miyuki snaps his fingers when he hears Mei screaming, an ah, there it is, before he turns on the stool and crosses his arms. He's not particularly enthused about this, either, but at least he didn't lose his shit like this. (He internalized it, which is fantastically healthy of him.)

He cocks his head as Mei "greets" him, lips pursed into a thin line that's either disapproval or him trying not to laugh at him.

Considering it's Kazuya, it would be the latter.
]

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?
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[personal profile] changeups 2017-05-17 01:43 am (UTC)(link)
Shut up!! [ mei squawks, his voice cracking again (someone had a hard time with puberty, not that kazuya probably doesn't already know)--that at least gets him to stop trying to yell. his cheeks are flushed a brilliant red, and he stamps his foot like a child, gesturing widely with his arms. ]

What the hell happened?! Why are you--why am I--, this better not be some stupid dream!

[ look this totally merited a Narumiya Mei Freakout ]
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[personal profile] goingbananas 2017-05-17 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ Enter Sanada from stage left, as shrunken as the rest of his teammates although not truly as perturbed about it. Sure, it had been disorienting to get out of bed to find that everything is just a little harder to reach, but strange things tend to happen in the Far Shore and, well. Why let that ruin his day?

But he’s made an early start as well, and had taken the time to shower before joining the others in the kitchen, partially summoned by Mei’s impressive screeching before giving the two an amused once-over. ]


Hey, you guys are pretty cute like this!
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-17 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
If it was a stupid dream, I'm pretty sure you'd have screamed yourself awake by now.

[ Miyuki snickers, his shittiest laugh ever, amplified by the fact he's prepubescent and tiny and was infinitely more punchable, somehow, at that age. But he perks up when Sanada comes out, and gives him a cheerful wave, like this isn't the strangest thing they've dealt with so far.

(It isn't, to be fair, but he's pushed the parade of the dead so far back that he's trying to forget it ever happened.)
]

I have no idea what happened, but at least me 'n Sanada are handling it a lot better than you. [ Big shocker. ]
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[personal profile] changeups 2017-05-17 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I am not! [ mei ends up just half responding to kazuya, half responding to sanada, throwing both of his arms up in the air like that will solve all of his problems and get all his frustration out at once. why is no one else freaking out about this?!?! mei is eleven! he couldn't even throw a proper changeup at eleven!!! ]

Both of you suck! [ nice, smart. he points to sanada. ] You, stop being so relaxed!! [ and whirls and turns to kazuya, too. ] You, stop being so--so--so Kazuya!

I'm going to fix this. [ with a loud and obnoxious harrumph, folding his arms now. ] As soon as I find the person that did it, I'm gonna wring their neck!!
goingbananas: (Now you're up to bat)

[personal profile] goingbananas 2017-05-17 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ Punchable? He can’t see it, man, but he’ll wave back while Mei lets it all out. Kind of hard to panic when someone else is already doing such a good job of it, y’know? Might as well get it all out of the way before school starts.

He gives Mei a consoling pat on the shoulder. ]


Sure you will. [ He might have entirely too much confidence in Mei—which is to say that he’s got any to begin with, but hey. ]

But right now I’m hungry. Hey, Miyuki, what are you making today?
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-17 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
[ What's the point in panicking, anyways? This could be so much worse - they could just, you know, not remember anything. Mei panicking about being six or seven years younger is better than a little kid wandering around lost because they've forgotten that they live in a gigantic temple in the land of spirits. ]

If you're going to fix this, then you can sit down and eat before you go storming across the Heavens. [ Deadpan, but he shrugs a shoulder at Sanada as he turns back around. ]

Okonomiyaki. I already had the ingredients prepared last night, so I wasn't gonna waste 'em.
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[personal profile] changeups 2017-05-18 11:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ that's it, mei hates them both. he fumes for a second longer, especially when sanada pats his shoulder--don't patronize him!!--but ends up just throwing himself into a seat at their table with a loud, pouty huff.

somehow his attitude is even worse in this tiny body?? who would've thought. ]
Ugh. [ either way, kazuya cooking even in this tiny body isn't that weird--mei remembers it from when they were in middle school, poring over the same scorebooks at kazuya's kitchen table--but that doesn't mean he's okay with this situation. ok.

he drops his chin into his hand, mouth drawn down into a frown. ]
How long is this supposed to last? My feet don't even touch the floor. I can't practice like this.

[ what a whiner??? ]
goingbananas: (I've got to just do my thing)

[personal profile] goingbananas 2017-05-18 03:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Or it could’ve been zombie hell 2.0. This is fine. ]

Hey, let me help! [ Ignoring Mei for the moment—can’t deal with you on an empty stomach, bruh—as he goes to fetch a stool for himself. But when he returns— ]

And chin up, Mei. You’ve still got us.

[ You can scream now. ]
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-31 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
( cont! )
kokuyoyo: (I don't even know how to be here.)

II

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-05-17 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[The little boy in the beanie clearly wasn't expecting to be seen from his Excellent (tm) hiding spot of peering from over one of the windowsills, and he makes a soft quiet noise of alarm before ducking down.]

[After a second, however, those big bespectacled eyes peer back over again.]


....What?
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-17 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
[ Miyuki is pretty observant, so even while he was working, he'd been able to pick up that someone was watching. Giving the illusion of an Excellent (tm) hiding spot for a while only lasts for so long, since, y'know. He wants to draw people in.

He picks up a baseball bat to lean on it, hands on top and chin resting on them.
]

Baseball. It's a game.
kokuyoyo: (I don't even know how to be here.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2017-05-17 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Unsure but intrigued, he straightens up a little more. A game?]

What do you do?

[The idea of a game sounds pretty foreign to him, but this other kid has been working at everything for a while now. That means it must be pretty important, right?]
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-31 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
( cont! )
kurukuruchan: (permuda)

II.

[personal profile] kurukuruchan 2017-05-17 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Huh. This little girl is just standin' here watching Miyuki get stuff set up. She doesn't offer to help - other people set things up; that's how the world works - but it's interesting to watch.

She puts down her basket of invitations when she is, in turn, invited. ]
Sure! That's baseball, right?

[ She's played that in gym. The girls were supposed to play softball but she said it looked like more fun and, just like that, she was allowed to play baseball, too! ]
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-17 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Even if he doesn't remember the people in his life, before his death, Miyuki knows better than to underestimate a girl. Especially when he spots this one, as he's coming and going, and she doesn't help. It gives him time to kind of assess before he addresses.

The hair and eye colors look familiar to him. But he won't say anything.
]

Right. You know how to play? [ Besides, he'll take what he can get right now. ]
kurukuruchan: (grin)

[personal profile] kurukuruchan 2017-05-17 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The girl nods. ] Hit the ball with the stick. No problem.

[ Where's her ball-hitting stick? As she trots over to grab one, her clothing ripples and changes. She had been wearing a frilly dress, but now it looks like she's in a little baseball uniform. This team's colors are purple and pink, it looks like. Their logo is a tiny crown in a heart... ]
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[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-31 05:27 am (UTC)(link)
( cont! )
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iv... im here again

[personal profile] changeups 2017-05-22 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[ this is not fair.

mei would like to make that very clear. the second day, kazuya seems to have grown up a lot, way beyond where they are now. he's broader and more built, and he has stubble. what kind of person gets to have stubble?! mei bets when he's older he'll be able to grow a full beard or something.

but no, he doesn't get that!! instead, he's still eleven, and he feels eleven this time. he's maybe just a little more like his preteen self the second day, and that's currently come with him pouting with all of the energy in his tiny body, sitting on the bench next to the school field and watching kazuya smack the ball. he wants to pitch against that, and he's stuck!!! watching!!! because he can't pitch or he might hurt his arm.

SIGH. in fact, when kazuya hits a ball and after the clang of the bat has reverberated through the entire diamond, he SIGHS again, this time even louder and more pointed, as if that will be what gets kazuya to realize that mei is suffering back here! ]

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#thirst

[personal profile] catchalls 2017-05-31 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
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