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

[kurukuruchan]

Well, it's "Pina."

[ That this remains her logic ten years later clearly speaks to its soundness. ]

Your panda is still really neat, though.

[ripplesoflosttime]

[A blink.

He's. Not going to argue since it seems a little troublesome.]

...Thank you.

[kurukuruchan]

This ticket's ready whenever you are.

[ She waves hers around but isn't gonna snap it until he's all set. ]

[ripplesoflosttime]

[Lavi finishes soon enough, holding out his ticket.]

I'm done.

[kurukuruchan]

Great! You snap it here.

[ Or, well, since this is paper, they'll have to rip. Hibiki holds hers carefully to make sure it only splits along the line she drew. ]

Then let's trade!

[ripplesoflosttime]

[Lavi carefully does the same, splitting the paper along the line.

He soon offers the other part to her for the trade.]

[kurukuruchan]

[ Oh boy, oh boy. Hibiki accepts the ticket and hands him hers in exchange. She holds onto her new friend's Friend Ticket like it is her most precious treasure. Because, right now, it is. ] Now there's proof!! You're a forever friend.

Isn't that great??

[ This castle doesn't feel so empty anymore. ]

[ripplesoflosttime]

Forever friend?

[But even so, his fingers curl around the Friend Ticket.

He smiles now.]

Yeah, it is.

[kurukuruchan]

Let's go to PriPara together someday!

[ Because obviously there is PriPara here. And everything is gonna work out okay even if she hasn't seen anybody she knows. And PriPara will let him in despite him being a boy, because it can tell she wants him there, and what she says, goes.

All of this will work out exactly the way she wants it to. ]

[ripplesoflosttime]

[Lavi raises an eyebrow.]

PriPara?

so s2 of pripara is basically "hibiki vs youtube culture"

[kurukuruchan]

You really don't even know PriPara??

[ That ought to transcend amnesia, but whatever. ] PriPara is where real Friend Tickets come from. It's a special place where you go with your friends! There's concerts, and shops, and lots of stuff to do!!

[ A dreamy sigh. ] Performances in PriPara are just the best....

[ Little does she know she's growing up in a Golden Age of PriPara where a trio of Divine Idols is active. Once they retire, the whole place will just be

nobody tell her

amateurs. ]

...Hibiki would be going against that

[ripplesoflosttime]

[Look, he doesn't know anything about entertainment okay.

He's more familiar with wars, deaths, and just battles in general.

Though, his interest is piqued now.]

I don't know if they have that here.

dratted populists

[kurukuruchan]

They better.

[ Or she'll make them get it back!! Who wouldn't want to have PriPara???

Still, there's fun stuff here, too, so she shrugs. ]

The snacks are good, though.

there's nothing wrong with youtube

[ripplesoflosttime]

[Heaven wouldn't have it.

But he's not going to argue.

So, a simple nod of agreement before he offers her a strawberry macaroon. Here.]

reeeeevvvolluuuuuutionnnnnn

[kurukuruchan]

Thanks!

[ Here's her plate. ] Take any of this, too.

[ Hibiki has never had a friend that shared with her before. But she's shared food with Shaye now, and Friend Tickets, and done a bunch of talking one on one. All of this is new.

All of this is fun. ]

[ripplesoflosttime]

[This is definitely fun.

It's new to him, too, so he smiles and takes a pastry from her plate.

Being with other kids...it's fun. Even if he can't exactly remember why he's so against actually making friends.]

[kurukuruchan]

[ Hibiki enjoys watching him take her stuff. She wants to share more, and more, and more of her stuff with her friend.

Which gives her An Idea. ]

You wanna stay here?

[ripplesoflosttime]

You want me to stay?

[Confused look.]

[kurukuruchan]

Well, you were wandering earlier, right?

[ She's making this up as she goes along, but it feels right, so whatever. ]

If you want, you can stay in the castle.

[ripplesoflosttime]

[There's half a mind to refuse.

After all, they barely know each other and...isn't it odd to ask a boy to stay over, anyway?

At the same time, he doesn't want to go to Cardia yet or go back to the misfit group of kids he's come to know either. Besides, this castle is big enough where him actually running into other kids won't be a problem.]

...Sure, I'll stay.

[kurukuruchan]

It's gonna be lots of fun!

[ Hooray! He said yes!

Hibiki always knows what's best. ]

[ripplesoflosttime]

[You're so happy, Hibiki.

Lavi doesn't know how to deal.]

How big is this castle, anyway?

[kurukuruchan]

Um.

[ How big. She went over a lot of it while looking for people earlier, but... ]

Smaller than Father and Mother's home, bigger than the Persailles one.

[ripplesoflosttime]

That's huge.

[...Rich kids.]

[kurukuruchan]

More room for fun stuff that way.

[ She also doesn't think it's anything out of the ordinary. Don't most houses have this many rooms?

The castle is cool, though, for having all kinds of other things. ]