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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2017-09-01 06:54 pm

20 | Shopping Frenzy!

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~
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-06 01:52 pm (UTC)(link)
It looks like a talisman to me. [Keeping the tape folded over it, he holds it up so Hitsugaya can see it properly. Sure enough, it's a little fabric rectangle with a tassel hanging off, not unlike a charm someone would hang off their bag.]

It's possible it's cursed like the ones from Obon. [Hence why Shun isn't touching it directly.] I don't know if you or anyone else here would be able to confirm that.
freezetheheavens: ([19])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-06 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ofuda.

Toushirou studies it briefly before he shakes his head.]


...There is someone I know who's more familiar with talismans than I am. He's been working on trying to make his own.
revolutionfalcon: (decisive)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-07 01:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Then it's worth having him take a look at it. If he's familiar with them, he should at least know more about it than we do.

[Which, to be fair, doesn't take much by the looks of things, but it could still give them some important information.]
freezetheheavens: ([98])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-07 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[He hums in agreement, hand extended for the pouch or if Shun isn't holding it, then he'll take it.]

I'll take it to him then.
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-08 01:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[While Shun does hand over the pouch, tape still partially wrapped around it so it doesn't need to be touched directly, he doesn't move to leave it to Hitsugaya.]

I'd rather see what he says about it myself as well.
freezetheheavens: ([16])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-08 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Fair enough.

[With pouch in hand, he reaches out to lightly touch Shun's arm before teleporting them to where he can sense Tsuzuki's spiritual signature.]
revolutionfalcon: (distinctly unthreatened)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-09 04:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[While Shun typically flinches slightly at the contact, it's not enough to break the connection, so he just goes along with it. It's the kind of thing he'd do to speed things along, anyway.]
sweetdeath: (t-that's nice for you)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-10 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Tsuzuki, when the two other men appear right next to him, had been standing in front of a mirror in a changing room, tugging at the collar of a new red-and-gold shirt as he tries to decide if it looks good on him or not. He yelps and jumps sideways, pressing his back against the wall and a hand over his chest as he exhales dramatically.]

Warn a guy before you do that!

[At least he's wearing clothes. Thirty seconds earlier they'd have caught him shirtless.]

... What's going on?
freezetheheavens: ([27])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-10 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry.

[He doesn't look apologetic, really, but he does hold up the charm.]

Since you're familiar with ofuda, we were hoping you'd be able to tell us what you think of this.
revolutionfalcon: (exasperated)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-11 01:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not. [Just putting that on the table, since it kind of sounded like Hitsugaya was apologising for both of them to him. And Hitsugaya's done a decent job of explaining what they're here for, but he's missing the context, so Shun adds it.]

We found it attached to the back of a malfunctioning transformer.
sweetdeath: (wait i don't think i got that)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-11 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tsuzuki shoots Shun a grumpy look at that -- "I'm not," seriously? He can't even stand to hear other people apologizing in his vicinity? -- but he's a bit more interested in the ofuda. He leans forward, scrutinizing it, and then glances around and grabs a shirt he'd left folded up on the changing room chair to shield his hand as he takes it from Hitsugaya.]

It looks like a regular good-luck charm. Except it just says 'good luck,' and not the name of a temple....

[He tugs back a little bit of the tape, checking to see if a temple's name is embroidered across the back instead. No, nothing. There's a little energy around it, enough to make his fingertips tingle slightly even though the shirt, but nothing he wouldn't expect from any charm.]

Where'd you get it?
freezetheheavens: (Default)

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-11 04:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun, he's so amused, but he hopes you realize that no, he isn't apologizing for you at all. He doesn't protest as Tsuzuki takes the ofuda from him, the tingling energy disappearing along with it.]

Interiors department on the fifth floor. As Kurosaki said, we've found it attached to a malfunctioning transformer.

[But he does study the ofuda a bit.

A charm without the blessing of a god/temple, hm?]
revolutionfalcon: (decisive)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-12 06:45 am (UTC)(link)
The lights the transformer was attached to were surging badly enough that some of the bulbs exploded. Whatever it's causing, it's not good luck.

[Given Shun doesn't really know the details of trying to identify what an ofuda might do, he figures any information they can give has to be of some use. The point of it not coming from a temple is reasonably noteworthy, though, and Shun looks over the charm with a wary eye.]

It figures someone using charms for something like that wouldn't want them attached to a location, but that makes it sound like whoever did this might've made that themselves.
sweetdeath: (did you hear that?)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-12 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe they were trying to correct the bad luck that the place has been having?

[Yeah, he doesn't actually believe that. He turns the charm over again in his hands, frowning.]

It's pretty well made, but someone could've done that, sure. They'd just need a sewing machine. And the ability to cast a curse.

[So -- a magician or a priest, if it's somebody mortal at all. And why would a god need to make charms?]
freezetheheavens: ([39])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-12 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[The small god simply quirks an eyebrow at the shinki as if silently asking if he even believed in his own words.]

If we’re dealing with a mortal, then it’d have to be someone with at least some sort of power or enough knowledge to be able to cast anything like this.

[If it’s a human, Toushirou feels like he’ll just get a headache from the absurdity of it all.]
revolutionfalcon: (explanation)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-13 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun has to agree with Hitsugaya's argument there.] If you need specialised knowledge to make one of these in the first place, you'd think they'd know what they were doing.

[Since it sounds like it's not something any completely random person off the street could have done. Still, it might bear asking, since Shun's not nearly as familiar with magic himself as these two are.]

The ability to cast a curse would mean there'd be only a few kinds of people who could do this, right?
sweetdeath: (did you hear that?)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-13 08:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it'd have to be a sorcerer or a priest. And someone with a major grudge against the owners here, if they caused all this.

[He folds the tape back, and offers the charm back to Hitsugaya.]

You might be able to find out more by taking it apart, if there's something inside. Be careful, though. If it's cursed it might wind up giving you bad luck, too.
freezetheheavens: ([72])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-14 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He takes the charm back.]

As if we need any more bad luck.

[Toushirou sighs, though he does give the shinki a nod in thanks.]
revolutionfalcon: (i will punch you in the goddamned face)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-14 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Even as Hitsugaya takes the charm back, Shun raises a brow slightly at Tsuzuki's suggestion, pulling out his dagger. It's fairly small, with rounded edges, but looks extremely sharp, and Shun looks pointedly to the charm.]

We could take it apart without touching it directly. We'd just need to be cautious about it.
sweetdeath: (bad feeling about this)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-14 04:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tsuzuki gives them a dubious look, and puts the shirt down on the chair, spreading it out a little to cover the upholstery.]

Sure. Just don't cut the shirt, I haven't paid for it yet!

[Not that it's his money he's spending today, but he liked that shirt, dammit. He wants to have a chance to wear it before somebody accidentally puts a knife through it.]
freezetheheavens: ([05])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-15 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
There are always more shirts if Kurosaki does cut it.

[But thanks, Tsuzuki.

Toushirou is going to put the charm onto the shirt now and nods to Shun.]
revolutionfalcon: (stopping to think for once)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-15 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
The Heavens are paying for this anyway. I'm sure they can afford one extra shirt. [Shun is 100% unsympathetic to your plight, Tsuzuki. Nonetheless, he's still careful just on principle, placing his finger on the remnants of tape to hold the charm down while not actually making contact with the thing itself. Picking his starting point carefully, he pierces the fabric of the charm with the blade and pulls it along the very edges to remove the stitching keeping it together. The knife goes through cleanly, though given how often Shun sharpens it, he'd be more surprised if it didn't.

Once he's done, he moves the top layer of the charm off to one side so they can see what's in it.]
sweetdeath: (what does the big red button do?)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2017-09-17 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but I liked that shirt, I wanted to buy it...

[Tsuzuki trails off as Shun levers the top of the charm's fabric off, baring a tightly folded piece of paper inside. Tsuzuki pats his pockets and produces a ballpoint pen; he pulls the cap off, and carefully, using the pen tip and the cap to avoid having to touch the paper himself, starts unfolding it.]
freezetheheavens: ([05])

[personal profile] freezetheheavens 2017-09-17 06:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[As Tsuzuki works on unfolding the charm, Toushirou begins to notice the written words on it. He frowns, recognizing it.]

We can at least be certain it's an ofuda for bad luck.

[But there are words at the bottom of the charm, eyebrows furrowed.]

...Do either of you two recognize that language?
revolutionfalcon: (derisive)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2017-09-18 02:05 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, at least they know one thing for sure, though Shun finds himself frowning at the unfamiliar letters around the bad luck note before too long. He's trying to pick out what language it might be, but when Hitsugaya asks, he shakes his head.]

Never seen it before. But I haven't studied languages for a while. [So he's just going to turn his head pointedly to Tsuzuki to see if he can identify anything about it.]

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