20 | Shopping Frenzy!

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Helping a grand opening go well
When: August 21
Where: The Near Shore
Summary: The owners and employees at a new shopping center are begging for help. Bad luck has plagued them, and their grand opening is this weekend! Gods and shinki alike have been asked to respond to their prayers on Opening Day, find the source of their misfortune and ensure that the opening goes smoothly.



The Yamada Corporation is opening a new, high-class department store in a Tokyo suburb. They've been running advertisements for weeks and excitement among their prospective customers is at a fever pitch. Unfortunately, things inside the project aren't going so well. Construction has been delayed, deliveries are wrong, employees keep getting sick or hurt on the job and it's starting to look like the grand opening will be a grand disaster. Their fervent prayers for help have reached the Heavens, who are passing them along to you to be granted... but with an addition: Heaven, too, is very interested in learning where that bad luck is coming from.



Maintenance Madness

For a brand-new building, Yamada Department Store is having a lot of maintenance issues. Toilets are overflowing, lights are burning out, stair railings are coming loose, and either the air conditioning is set so cold there's frost on the vents or it's not working at all. The overworked maintenance crew needs all the help they can get! How many gods does it take to change a light bulb?

Secret Shoppers

Are you really going undercover to make sure you stop problems before they start, or just enjoying a day of high-class shopping on Heaven's dime? Whatever your real motivation is, all expenses are covered... but you'll still want to keep an eye out for mishaps. Unfortunately, the grocery and bakery in the basement are under construction (they've had some flooding problems) but there are still six floors of designer clothes, consumer goods and restaurants to enjoy.

Retail Rescue

Between mysterious accidents and that nasty flu that seems to be going around, the department store is badly understaffed. Grab an employee uniform and someone else's nametag and pitch in before the lines get too long. There are positions open in every department, from the restaurant on the top floor to book sales on floor one.

It's not just sales and service you have to worry about: thanks to the store's misfortune, displays are toppling over, the wrong orders are coming in, fancy candies are melting all over the shelves and ink tags are exploding on their own. This is hard work!

Intrepid Investigators

The Heavens aren't just sending so much supernatural help to this department store to keep their faithful followers happy. They have reason to suspect that there's something more sinister behind this mysterious streak of extra-bad luck. Between keeping the lights on and the customers happy,
you've been asked to search the store and investigate all of the "unlucky" incidents in order to determine what's going on. The shinki who brought you this request hinted that Heaven would look favorably on anyone who uncovered something particularly useful....

If your character is investigating the department store and needs to know what they have found, please comment to the "Investigations" thread below with a link to your thread. Your hint will be provided.

Investigation threads longer than 10 comments will earn 200 followers for every god in the thread and 20 exp for every shinki. Once your thread reaches that length, please turn it in by replying to your hint under the "Investigations" thread to let us know you've earned the bonus.

In Summary:

• Keep the lights on
• Take some time out to enjoy a shopping trip
• Make sure the customers are happy
• Discover the cause of the bad luck
• Have fun~

Comments

[mostsuitable]

Thanks! The thread is past the 10 comment count.

[leapinglizard]

[Alright, that's precious. Jae-Ha narrows his eyes at the stretch of hallway in front of them, turning his arm slightly so that it's at a more comfortable angle for Nanako to latch onto as long as she likes.]

Not yet. Are we brave enough to get closer?

[Translation: He's going to check it out, but you don't have to come with him if you're too nervous, Nanako.]

[welcome_home]

[ She hesitates, chewing on her lower lip for a moment before nodding her head, even if her hands are still clutching at the edge of his robes. ]

There might be a clue. It could be important.

[welcome_home]

Nanako and Jae-Ha have hit ten comments!

[fony]

[Of course it isn't. Luke would rather not be completely nude in front of Niles. At least the lingerie covers up most of the important bits.]

...Why? I'm not cutting it, if that's what you mean.

[It may be inconvenient right now, being summer, but that's why ponytails exist.]

[welcome_home]

[ She glances up at Naoto when she sighs, but nods her head, letting Naoto tell her where to go. Even if Naoto didn't remember who she was, Nanako knew how good she was at solving mysteries and she didn't mind following the older girl's lead.

Determined to do her part to help she moves instead to the collapsed display and peering at it, her magnifying glass clutched in her hand. Although it's not hard to see where the display broke and collapsed, pieces that should have held it steady still swaying or otherwise snapped in the collapse.

She leans forward to peer at one before glancing over to where Naoto is speaking to the witnesses, waiting till she finishes before pointing out what she'd found. ]

[welcome_home]

Lots of people forgot a lot of things around here. [ Nanako's frowning at it seriously. ] Unless someone did it on purpose. But this won't keep anyone safe. Someone could get really hurt!

[welcome_home]

[ Her eyes are wide as she watches in awe as everything wet suddenly turns to ice. ]

Whoa!

[ She's seen him use it before, of course, but watching it without being distracted by something else was new. Especially when he froze everything. ]

[welcome_home]

[ She blinks and tips her head to theside. ]

No? What is it?

[welcome_home]

[ Nanako just stares at her, looking mildly horrified at all this. And maybe clutching her magnifying glass a little tighter. ]

What do we do?

[welcome_home]

Nanako and Celty have hit ten comments and MIGHT finish investigating if Celty doesn't scare Nanako all the way back under her bed to hide for the rest of the day. >.>

[welcome_home]

[ Loveline, Chikusa, get it right. ]

Ummm. There can be, if you want there to be one? It can be anything you want to make it, it just has to sound super cool!

[nolittlesecret]

A taser is a weapon you can use to defend yourself with. It shocks whoever you are using it against to disable them so you can get away.

[The door opens with a ping, and he leads her in. When the door closes, he pushes the button for the top floor.] I was born with the power to zap people like that.

[welcome_home]

Okay, let's go this way! [ She smiles brightly as she tugs his hand and leads him off to the right, heading deeper into the store. ] Then we can see if we can find some clues. Although I think there's a lot of things broken here, big bro. What if we can't figure out all of it?

[kokuyoyo]

[Eeeeeeeh, same time. Chikusa makes a small noise of recognition and apparently falls into thoughtful silence as he shuffles along. It's only until they're nearly to the clothing area that he speaks up.]

Detective... Odollam. It's a plant...

[very_goodman]

I like to look on the bright side.

[She's a sun goddess. She could stand to be a little sunnier!]

[very_goodman]

Yeah. Stay close, okay? Don't want you gettin' lost.

[He starts heading over to the salespeople first unless she wants to go somewhere else.]

[very_goodman]

Oh yeah, definitely. I got a lot more stuff to pick up.

[He's already mixed enough business with pleasure today.]

[very_goodman]

Yeah, I was, uh... in and out pretty quick.

[He might have just grabbed some DVDs he wanted and bolted.]

[very_goodman]

I can't go when someone else is in the room, okay!

[clothes_make_the_man]

We could try checking those places. I'm afraid I don't know very much about modern plumbing.

[clothes_make_the_man]

I'm sure that goes without saying.

[Way to go, Niles, you made Forrest blush with your impropriety!]

But perhaps it will be like unwrapping a present, or a particularly decadent sweet.

[clothes_make_the_man]

Well, not on its own, but much faster than you could do it by hand.

[mostsuitable]

It's been more or less the same for me as well.

[Since the Red Sword's appearance during Obon, Reisi's had some important conversations here and there, but they're nothing worth mentioning or troubling anyone else over.]

Perhaps something during this grand opening will end the lull. [Especially given all the rumors and mishaps surrounding the event.] Although I truly hope that's not the case.

[freezetheheavens]

Are you okay?

[Toushirou glances at her, making sure she didn't get caught in the ice either.]