[Open] All that I have are these

[welcome_home]

Who: Nanako and anyone!
When: Mid-August
Where: All over the Far Shore and wherever she can find other gods and shinki.
What: Nanako is on A Mission.


A: Photographs and Memories

[ After talking with Izumo a few days before about his plan to make a wall of memories in his bar of all the gods and shinki who have come and gone, so they'd be remembered, Nanako can be found wandering through the Far Shore and near the temples she comes across, borrowed camera in hand. While she's quicker to approach people she knows with her request, she will often wander up to strangers as well, trying to hide her shyness and nerves behind a hopeful smile. ]

Hi! Can I take your picture?

B: Practice Makes Perfect

[ Nanako has been very determined of late to get better at her abilities, whatever they may be. So it's not unusual to find her practicing at her temple, or perhaps out somewhere on the Far Shore for a change of scenery. There might be a tiny girl wielding a bow and arrow, taking careful aim at her target as she practices again and again on improving her aim.

Or perhaps it's the light show that's drawn you in, a tiny hovering angel surrounded by a warm glow and occasionally trying to figure out how to direct that light where she wants it to go - with varying degrees of questionable success, though she remains looking determined, even when she fails. ]

C: Safe and Sound

[ Nanako is crouched beside her shrine, peering underneath the planks of wood that make the walk that surrounds it, looking distressed. And apparently pleading with someone - something? - hidden in the deep shadows underneath. ]

You can come out now, I promise, the scary storm is gone. Don't be afraid! I won't let anything hurt you.

[ Or perhaps you've stopped by on a sunny afternoon to find her sprawled on her stomach on the dock that stretches out over the lake, bowl of crumbled bread crusts beside her as she feeds the fat lazy fish circling beneath her. Watch out for the pelicans, though. They sometimes like to swoop at unexpected visitors. ]

Comments

[irregular]

Oh, hi!

[Did he have siblings? Ken sometimes thinks he must have done if his reaction to small children is anything to go by. Kids? Kids are adorable little balls of energy and spirit and life and good cheer, and must be protected and cherished and kept safe from any and all harm. Does he need to throw himself in front of a speeding car for this little girl (in pigtails, good lord) holding a camera that looks far too big for her hands? Because he will. Oh, totally. Without a doubt.

[Basically: this kid is cute and he sincerely hopes she's not here for the same reasons he is. Because if she is he'll have to find whoever's in charge here and kick the sh--the stuffing out of them, language, mind your mouth around the little ones.

[For now, though? She can absolutely take his photograph.]

Yeah, sure! Do you need me to bend down or anything?

A - Let's say the 16th

[bartenderizing]

[ Was he approached because he looked enough like Izumo, or because of that wall, and how few actually had Shizuo looking at the camera?

Yet right now there was a little kid approaching him as he was finishing a bottle of milk. For a couple of moments, he has all of zero clues as to how he should respond. Especially when the last person who did that disappeared almost as quickly as they arrived. ]

Uh, I mean... Any particular reason why?

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako absolutely beams at him, because approaching strangers with this question still scares her a little, even if she was determined. Unfamiliar faces were intimidating enough, but not knowing if she'd upset someone by asking was just as nerve-wracking.

So when she gets a yes from him, she breaks into a bright smile. ]

Only if you want to! You can make any pose you want!

B

[freezetheheavens]

[It's definitely the light that catches his attention, causing him to appear behind her from where he was jumping through the sky in some attempt of exercise.

He waits until the light dies down before he speaks up:]

I see you're getting better at it.

A

[talkbirdytome]

[And here we have a hunting goddess returning from a successful hunt for convenience store udon. But she stops to blink curiously at the tiny girl.]

Huh? Why?

[Last time Hiyoko checked, she wasn't a celebrity or anything.]

[welcome_home]

[ She peers up at him for a moment, because she can see the resemblance, but also that he doesn't look anywhere near enough like Izumo for her to actually mistake them for one another. It's just a curiosity. One that passes as she smiles shyly at him, hopeful ]

I'm taking pictures for a friend of mine!

[welcome_home]

Ahhhh!

[ Nanako yells in surprise because she'd been totally alone a moment ago and her wings go poof so fast that she lands on her butt at the abruptness of it and blinks up at him in shock. ]

[freezetheheavens]

[...Oops.

Stepping closer, he offers her his hand.]

I apologize for startling you.

[welcome_home]

[ She looks surprised by the question, but still offers her a hopeful smile. ]

I'm working on a project!

[welcome_home]

[ Looking sheepish now that she's realized it's him, Nanako reaches up to take his hand. ]

It's okay. I guess I wasn't paying very good attention.

C

[toremainbehind]

Nanako, what are you doing?

[bartenderizing]

[ Geeze- Already Shizuo doesn't know if he can say no to this kid. She looks to be about the same age as Goten, too. Actually, wait, now he's a little concerned. Is that murderer still out there? ]

They want you taking pics of people you don't really know?

[talkbirdytome]

[That gets a smile.]

Sounds fun!

So what kinda project? Making an artistic collage? Gathering intel on potential rivals? Practicing for when you become a private eye?

[freezetheheavens]

It's alright. I did appear behind you, after all.

[He helps her stand.]

A

[heptagram]

Hm?

[Patchouli was probably studying something else, maybe writing it down a little.]

Well, I suppose it's a strange thing to wish to photograph a stranger, isn't it? But I don't mind, either.

[welcome_home]

Well... [ She looks a little dubious at that, because Izumo hadn't really specified. Besides, she didn't really know who he knew and didn't know. And wasn't the point of a memory wall so everyone could find a memory? ] I think he wanted pictures of everyone.

[welcome_home]

Yeah. [ But now she's grinning at him as she gets back to her feet. ] Hi! Did you need something?

[welcome_home]

[ Her mouth drops open at all these suggestions, even if the private eye one sounds the most exciting and interesting.

But still, she settles on the truth. ]

I'm helping a friend. He's putting up pictures on a wall of all the new gods and shinki who have come here. So we can save memories of people if they go home again.

[welcome_home]

[ She peeks up at him at the sound of his voice, her expression still distressed as she gestures at the space beneath her temple. ]

She won't come out!

[welcome_home]

Is it strange? [ Nanako peers up at her curiously for a moment. ] You're not a stranger to everyone here, though. That's why I want to take a picture!

[heptagram]

Well... unless they're employed as a professional photographer, I guess.

Still, I did already say you could take my picture. Maybe I should sit down somewhere and make sure you can see my face, too.

[The ground seems like a perfectly acceptable place for that, so she'll just sit down basically right where she was just standing.]

A!

[mersunary]

[Hm, what's this? Soleil's not exactly expecting a request quite like that whle she's out and about for the day, but there's also something hard about the idea of turning down such a cute little girl's request.]

My picture? What for?

[She offers the girl up a cheerful smile, not sounding hesitant to the idea at all. Still, she can't help but be curious over why!]

B

[nibelungvalesti]

[The sound of archery -- or at least, reasonably mortal archery -- is unmistakable, and it draws the Valkyrie's interest. She stalks over (no offense, she just tends to stalk) to watch Nanako for a moment.]

Do you wish some advice?

[bartenderizing]

[ Things would make all the more sense if Shizuo actually had the context. Without that, he just sees this as someone who sent a kid to go off and approach everyone. ]

D'you know why he wants those pictures?

A

[challengesfate]

[If Nanako is curious enough to approach a newer temple, there's nothing stopping her from doing so, especially one surrounded by trees in bloom. They're very nice, shady trees that don't seem to mind being sat under if she needs a rest from her very important mission, though if she looks between the trees, she's likely to see an unfamiliar face sitting on the steps of a white, Roman temple, the door open behind her to the dark, cool areas within. She's got one knee pulled up to her chest and her chin propped up on it, looking out beyond the trees to what surrounds her. Doesn't seem like she's noticed anyone else nearby, at least not yet, but from her posture it's clear that perhaps she's...tired? A little overwhelmed? But certainly not going anywhere anytime soon.]