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

[kokuyoyo]

....Headphones....

[smilingbullet]

[ “Headphones”? ]

Are you looking for some or...?

[kokuyoyo]

Not exactly, but... Get headphones. Then they won't bother you as much.... or something.

[smilingbullet]

Oh. Yeah, as long as I have something to listen to. Though I guess there's those worker type of headphones with radios in them.

[kokuyoyo]

Then that's probably all you can do.... unless you want to hunt down whoever is responsible...

[smilingbullet]

Mmm. That might be more useful in the long run, but unless it has anything to do with everything that's going on here, I'm not sure it matters if I do that.

[kokuyoyo]

Then headphones.

[smilingbullet]

Yeah I guess. Maybe I should get a music player too, while I’m at it.

[kokuyoyo]

Might as well... We're not paying for any of it...

[Make Heaven regret this choice, is what he's saying.]

[smilingbullet]

[ He chuckles. ]

It’s easier to splash on someone elses money, you mean?

[kokuyoyo]

[Finally, if a bit slowly, he glances up at him.]

They have no one to blame but themselves.

[So, yes.]

[smilingbullet]

That is true. And after everything, it serves them right to lose some money.

[ The Heavens will have to work really hard to impress D2 after everything. ]

[kokuyoyo]

Right...

[Chikusa is going to remain perpetually unimpressed; it's easier that way. Still, he glances at his boxes again.]

...Do you cook?

[smilingbullet]

[ Yeah, that it is.

He looks at him in question as he finds several types of food processors (oh, this baby pink one is cute ❤), suitably enough. ]

Yeah, I do. Why?

[kokuyoyo]

....What would you pick? If you had to fill an entire kitchen...

[Axel already had everything in his temple by the time that Chikusa got there, after all.]

[smilingbullet]

You mean, with cooking equipment and stuff?

[kokuyoyo]

Yeah. Pans and knives.... and stuff.

[smilingbullet]

Hmmm, that, and pots, and spatulas, and whisks, and you know, machines.

[ He picks out a box of the food processors. He's definitely going with the pink one. ]

Like these ones and other stuff too.

[kokuyoyo]

Are there types that are better than others...?

[Although he is slowly leaning a bit to look at the food processor that he's picked up. Not getting to his feet, 'tho, fuck that.]

[smilingbullet]

Yeah, I guess so, but I don't really know much about that sort of stuff.

[ He can see him looking. ]

You wanna have a look?

[kokuyoyo]

...so you're not much help...

[Still, if that doesn't make D2 change his mind, Chikusa nods.]

[smilingbullet]

Yeah I guess not. But you know, a lot of these seem too modern to me.

[ But he doesn't know that he died in 2005. ]

[kokuyoyo]

I guess...

[It's been a learning experience for Chikusa too.... but then, he figures that's just how all kitchen equipment is. Mysterious and new.]

So it's just guesswork and hoping reviews online are right...

[smilingbullet]

Something like that. Unless you're interested in trying to catch the attention of one of the people who work here and hope that they actually know their stuff.

[ And that's hard even for gods. ]

[kokuyoyo]

[Chikusa just.... gradually drags his gaze around the place.]

...This place is falling apart. So.. I doubt it...