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

[welcome_home]

I bet you'll learn how in no time. [ Nanako laughs softly as the girl blushes. ] You've already got the very cute smile down, after all.

[minibeauty]

[She likes her smile too. Help, she can't handle this!]

Th-... Thank you.

[Her voice gets so small and quiet for a second. But soon she's cranking up her most adorable smile again, beaming up at Nanako.]

Um, my name's Natsuru! It's nice to meet you!

[She wants to be friends with this nice girl! Naturally, that means she should introduce herself properly!]

[welcome_home]

Natsuru, is it?

[ Does that sound familiar? Nanako tries to think back and remember if she should know who that is. ]

It's a pleasure to meet you then, Natsuru-chan. My name is Nanako.

[minibeauty]

[Ten years is a long time, for someone who feels as if they've aged that much. For Natsuru, all her memories have to adjust to the loss of so many years. So the name is immediately familiar, but she doesn't connect it to the younger Nanako she met.]

Oh! Like my friend! Except she's little, like me.

[She perks up, talking about the Nanako she remembers almost as if she expects this Nanako to know exactly who she's talking about.]

So you're Nanako-neechan...

[She tries out the name with the honorific, hoping that Nanako won't mind the '-chan' variation. It feels right to her.]

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako doesn't mind at all, although there's a faint flush to her cheeks at the nickname, enjoying it. ]

Yes, I am, you can call me that. Do you have a friend named Nanako? [ That's a little surprising, but as she can't currently remember being younger, she doesn't immediately connect the clues. ]

[minibeauty]

[Ah, she did it! She made another friend!]

Uh-huh! She's really nice.

I think she's a goddess, too. She remembers people like her brother, but I don't know anything about that kind of stuff 'cause I'm a shinki.

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako blinks because that... can't be right? She's never been little here. maybe this little girl is remembering wrong. Or perhaps it's just some really weird coincidence... ]

Are you? I imagine you must make a very fine shinki. Who is your god? Perhaps I know them?

[minibeauty]

Thank you...

[So many compliments! Every one keeps making her blush.]

I live with Maria-neesama. She's a grownup too.

[Maria's actually just old enough to be noticeably older than a teenager. But to a girl this young, they're both equally grown up.]

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako blinks and suddenly the realization clicks as to why this girl is familiar. Even if she looks very different now than the last time Nanako had met her. ]

Ahh, I see! Do you like having her as your god?

[welcome_home]

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