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

July 16 (Teenaged)

[royaltyloyalty]

[As Goku's running around, he'll be able to catch sight of Dokugakuji. He'd only just gotten over the shock of seeing Goku here again, but an even younger Goku... wow. One surprise after another. He assumes the same rules apply as do with Gojyo, but it's not like he knows that much about Goku's past anyway - just don't touch the limiter.]

Hey to you too. How'a it going?

[Start out simple, try to figure out how old the kid actually seems. He still feels the same age, after all, just looks younger.]

[solaris9]

[ The guy looks very tall and friendly. Goku thinks he must be like fifty. Only because he looks lots younger than Sanzo, who was one hundred and nine. ]

I'm okay! [ He smiles. And since he's a very polite boy, he says: ]

What about you?

[royaltyloyalty]

Oh, been better.

[He answers honestly, but still reaches down to ruffles the kid's hair, like he used to do to Gojyo when they were kids.]

You know what helps, though? Getting a snack together.

[He laughs pre-emptively, knowing that food should be an easy go-to, but hey, he's actively trying to earn some trust here.]

Unless you've got plans with someone? A god or shinki maybe?

[solaris9]

Oh.

[ Been better must mean he's not as good now, which is sad. But Goku thinks getting a snack together is a great idea, and of course it has to make the man feel lots better too.

Goku ducks his head and giggles when the man ruffles his hair. ]

I wanna snack! An' I don't really know anyone. [ So no plans! ]

[royaltyloyalty]

Really, no one?

[ That's a little worrisome. He knows it's not that safe for him to spend much time around Goku, for fear of slipping up on something that could trigger a memory. Much like he had to give up the Protector role for Gojyo to Ekko, he expected that Goku would have someone too just like last time... except last time it had been Gojyo. ]

I thought you'd have woken up in someone's temple. [ Based on his own experience. ] Well, snack it is then. Might need a buffet sorta place. You know what a buffet is?

[solaris9]

I woke up in a bed! But I didn't see anyone else.

[ Not that he really looked around much... But he decides that the conversation about food is much more interesting, so he moves on. ]

What's a buffet sort of place?

[royaltyloyalty]

[Dokugakuji certainly understands why young Goku would be much more interested in food. He's happy to explain: ]

A buffet is where we pay one flat fee to go into a restaurant, and they let
you eat as much as you can.

[3... 2... 1...]

[solaris9]

Oooooooooh.

[ That sounds like the best place in the whole world. Why wouldn't you spend your life there, like all the time? ]

Where's this place?? I wanna go!

[royaltyloyalty]

[Dokugakuji laughs and reaches out to put a hand on Goku's shoulder.]

No problem. Here we go.

[And he teleports them in front of a restaurant as described - a buffet.]

It'll take me a little effort to get their attention, but then I can pay for the buffet.

[The only benefit being that Doku was pretty sure no one would notice just how many times that Goku went up for another plate of food.]