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018 | Season Spirits
Who: Everyone!
What: Season spirits and spooky things
When: IC August 1-15
Where: The Near Shore and Far Shore
Summary: It's the time for spirits to get a bit more 'lively'.
August is a spiritual season in Japan with many people preparing for the Obon festival but many others get into the spirit in another way. All across Japan, people have begun to share their favorite summer ghost stories. Movie theaters advertise the hottest horror flick of the season, teenagers challenge each other to do trials of courage, haunted houses begin to pop up, and it feels like you can't change the channel without switching to some ghost hunting urban legend special. All of this talk about spirits comes at a cost, though.
July comes and passes easily enough but it's almost as if as soon as August begins, so do the incidents. There's an increase in spiritual activity and shenanigans on both shores. Some of them are harmless spooks but others are much more sinister. Arm yourselves with all of the ofuda and omamori you can find and get out there and restore peace!
Possessed Possessions
Inhabitants of the Far Shore may awaken to find their sheets trying to strangle them and shoes stomping on the floor around them. Others may go about their day and find out their teapots suddenly only serve lukewarm tea or their weapons are trying to take swings at them. They're just playful spirits that will abandon their hosts if you shove any ofuda/omamori at them or yell loudly enough. They aren't malicious spirits... they were only just trying to have some fun.
Spirited Festivals
There's a festival every weekend and some of them have set up haunted houses for patrons to visit. You have your standard haunted house thrills... costume make up, jump scares, special effects smoke, the usual! But it looks like some real ghosts have made themselves at home here. Visitors are going in and emerging hours later absolutely traumatized. It looks like once you enter, the real spirits walk you around in circles and give you real scares. There are some spirits here just to have fun thrills and these are spirits that can be chased away with regular ofuda. But it looks like the more violent ones are actually ayakashi out for vengeance. Be careful in there!
Cursed Charms
There sure are some weird trends out there, huh? The latest one is buying cursed trinkets off the internet and passing them off as gifts to unsuspecting victims whether it be to prank a friend or get revenge on an enemy. Cursed mirrors, dolls, fake ofuda, VHS tapes, and so on are being passed around the Near Shore and spreading all sorts of curses.
Haunting Hour
There are reports of violent attacks at night-- people being pulled into alleys and attacked, school children being chased by slashers while walking home from school, homes being broken into-- and all of it is done without a single clue left behind to explain who did it. People are warned to be careful at night and as the sun begins to set, something happens. The hour between sunset and dark is supposed to be the scariest hour them all. At this time, the shadows are suspiciously bigger and darker and you constantly see things just out of the corner of your eye. Suddenly, the wind blows cold and there's a rotten smell in the air like blood. It's Oumagatoki, the hour evil spirits meet. Small time ayakashi and spirits on the verge of becoming ayakashi spill into the streets and begin to terrorize others. Protect the people of the Near Shore and watch your own backs.*
* These are just generic ayakashi! Nothing special, nothing specific. Feel free to make up and NPC your own two-bit ayakashi.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
In the evening, everyone will receive a set of coordinates and a message from an Anonymous sender,
Wildcard
Choose your own adventure! Feel free to make up your own prompts. Ronald Knox's player (diehardreaper) has offered up their temple as a test of courage in the Far Shore for those who want to try their luck. Check out their description under the Baron's manor.
In Summary:
What: Season spirits and spooky things
When: IC August 1-15
Where: The Near Shore and Far Shore
Summary: It's the time for spirits to get a bit more 'lively'.
August is a spiritual season in Japan with many people preparing for the Obon festival but many others get into the spirit in another way. All across Japan, people have begun to share their favorite summer ghost stories. Movie theaters advertise the hottest horror flick of the season, teenagers challenge each other to do trials of courage, haunted houses begin to pop up, and it feels like you can't change the channel without switching to some ghost hunting urban legend special. All of this talk about spirits comes at a cost, though.
July comes and passes easily enough but it's almost as if as soon as August begins, so do the incidents. There's an increase in spiritual activity and shenanigans on both shores. Some of them are harmless spooks but others are much more sinister. Arm yourselves with all of the ofuda and omamori you can find and get out there and restore peace!
Possessed Possessions
Spirited Festivals
Cursed Charms
- Bad luck. As long as you're in possession of the cursed item, you'll be followed by bad luck to varying degrees depending on the quality of the charm.
- Fear. Holding onto this charm results in intense, crippling fear. The fear can manifest as an intense paranoia at all times or being frozen with fear in the face of danger. Some say you can even die of fright...
- Sickness. This charm is pretty straightforward. Having this charm just makes you feel incredibly under the weather and your health will worsen the longer you have the charm.
- Evil. Holding onto this charm results in you being followed attracting evil instead of warding it. Suddenly, you feel as though you are always being followed, as if something is stalking you and clearly out to get you. You begin to run into smaller ayakashi at first but they keep growing in strength and number until you can't fight anymore.
- Bad romance. Someone's meddled with a romance charm so it ends relationships instead of making them! People stuck with this charm are suddenly hyper aware of the faults of others. Everything gets on your nerves and you can't stand being around that person because they're just that annoying. It doesn't just work on couples! It also works on friends and relatives too.
- Bears? An oddly specific curse. It looks like someone has taken a protection from bears charm and made it so now you attract bears where ever you go. Some of them are nice but others...
Haunting Hour
* These are just generic ayakashi! Nothing special, nothing specific. Feel free to make up and NPC your own two-bit ayakashi.
THEN WHO WAS PHONE?
I want to talk about theEveryone receives it and there is no way to track where the message came from. If you follow the directions, you'll arrive at a small temple on the outskirts of a city. A sacred fire is lit on the grounds for people to dispose of any cursed or old charms they may have collected. Hang around a bit and it'll become obvious that no one knows who has gathered all of you here tonight. The only ones around are gods and shinki. It doesn't look like any evil spirits are around so other than being invited to the middle of no where at night... there's nothing to worry about. If you wait around, nothing will happen. So while you're here, you might as well discuss the strange happenings! Or tell ghost stories around the fire.
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Wildcard
diehardreaper) has offered up their temple as a test of courage in the Far Shore for those who want to try their luck. Check out their description under the Baron's manor.In Summary:
- Beat the heat by feeling a scary chill
- Deal with cursed and spirit-imbued items
- Keep the Near Shore people safe
- Chat about your scary encounters
- Have fun~
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[ Is he bitter about it? Maybe. But all he ends up sounding like is sarcastic. ]
Perfectly honest though, things show up all the ruddy time, really. Happens randomly, least that's what I wager.
[ He takes them around the plantation house, stopping by the porch and placing a hand on the handle of a shiny red lawnmower. ]
Here she is, exactly as I remember her! Had a bit of a time getting the paperwork squared away but it was worth every bloody moment.
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[Stare.]
[Sir, that looks nothing like a scythe. This is a joke right?]
[How do you even reap with that?]
[Though this does explain why he mentioned a motor.]
That is a lawnmower. [Just pointing out the obvious to make sure we're all on the same page.]
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[ Patting that handle. He's rather proud of his crimson beauty, really. ]
You should see Miz Sutcliffe's. They gave that chainsaw back but before that, it was a pair of scissors during probation.
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[A chainsaw at least makes a bit more sense.]
Do they hand out any gardening tool now?
[Have they really gotten that desperate??]
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[ And despite the fact he only has one arm, there's power in it yet as he lifts the mower over his shoulder to give Emizel a good view of the underside. It's also as stereotypically mower as you can get: wheels, blades and everything. ]
S'long as the blades get close enough to the body, it'll get the Record out without a hitch.
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...Record?
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Yeah! The Cinematic Record! The bit where their life flashes before their eyes? You lot do it another way, then?
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[ Is it the scythe that does it? But he thinks it'd be rude to tell him he has to reap souls before demons get to them... ]
Anyroad! Since you're about, fancy some tea?
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Tea is...fine. [It's too fancy, too watered down for his tastes, but can't really complain about free things.]
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How've you been going on, though? Found your shinki yet?
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[Opposed to just borrowing one right now. It doesn't really do a whole lot of good. Emizel is still nervous about what sort of shinki gets appointed to him.]
[Once the door opens he takes a peek inside, almost shamelessly so. The inside and outside of his temple is a bit deceiving, he's not sure if all temples were like that.]
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[ He heads in without hesitating and even as he walks through the door, something seems to be holding it open almost as if waiting for Emizel to enter. ]
Make yourself at home, by the way. It's a bit more'n what I'm used to, honestly!
[ It's a normal manor, the front door leading to a receiving area with a sitting room next to it but Ron's heading through it to a modest kitchen and rustling around for a pot to boil water in. The only thing deceptive about it though is likely the way the shadows shift and move, almost as if wanting to get a look at the newcomer. ]
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[Well, that and he kept having a eerie feeling he was being watched. Considering he has no idea what other temples are capable off, it's wiser just to stay put, for now.]
You don't have another shinki anywhere?
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Put your feet up a spell, mate. It'll be a bit.
[ He continues bustling around the kitchen as he speaks, tea and two mugs in tow. Milk. Sugar. A pack of digestive biscuits. ]
Yeah. S'just me for the moment. Haven't had a shinki since Rei's.... passing. His intended'd offered I name her but she stays with her god.
[ Coming back over and setting the stuff down on the table with a grin. ]
Well... me'n the shadows.
[ Someone's got friends on the other side. ]
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The shadows? [He repeats. He does remember the strange figures with Ron, whether or not they were obviously present now. Are those the shadows??]
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Came with the territory. They're prolly the Baron's. Cheeky little blighters but they're handy in a pinch.
[ There's a chuckle as he takes the pot off the stove. ]
Rei didn't take kindly to them. Poor sod's too easily spooked. Kimihiro, too. They took a shine to my lad, they did. Used to follow him about whenever he came over.
[ Pouring tea for both of them, setting one mug in front of his guest. ]
S'why he didn't come over much, really.
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They don't seem that bad... [Now that Emizel knows they aren't a threat, he could probably get used to them. He tried to find one to watch, though his attention was quickly brought back with tea.]
It can't be that good for a shinki to wander far from their temple. What if som--.... [Ah, well. Since they're gone now...]
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There's a small wince from Ron at Emizel's comment though. ]
I let the lad wander as he pleased, really. He had his business, I had mine...
[ And he seemed a little more somber than he usually is. ]
Something did happen to him.
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unless some gods were really into that kind of thing, but they were not much different to vassals. It's good to keep an eye on them at all times, making sure they aren't getting into too much trouble. Or in some round about way in Emizel's case, another sort of family to call his own.]...What was it?
[Dare he ask.]
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[ Definitely not pets. Ron had never seen them as such. They were always his partners, his comrades, his friends if they let him in enough.
His fingers seem to close tighter around his mug as he mentions the murder. Thankfully he'll spare Emi all the gruesome details. ]
The soulless blokes seem to be more willing to stay put but if ever you find yourself with a proper shinki, best make sure they're safe is all m'saying.
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...There had been a lot of talk about murders lately. [That's what been mentioned on the boards often anyway. Or is that just a normal occurrence?]
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[ All this murder business is a bit too much for him really. ]
Hopefully we'll find the blighter soon.