godsoffortune: (city)
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~
priforprince: (eyebrows)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-14 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki is in grave danger of bursting a blood vessel. She makes a noise that could, if one were so inclined, be considered an actual growl. ]

This was your idea.

[ So say they can stop, already. That way she wins by default.

Hah. ]
blizzardrock: (chain link)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-14 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
[Burst blood vessels sound like it would get messy!]

...Let's ditch. [Leave it to the actual professionals! Totally perfect plan]

And re-schedule our bout. [It doesn't count as two losses in a row if the second match gets deferred, right??]
priforprince: (master)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-15 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
Hmph. [ Hibiki throws aside her mop. ] Anyone who rescinds a challenge forfeits their right to change the terms.

[ Those are the rules. That she just made up.

But she's Shikyoin Hibiki, so she can do that. You, alas, are not Shikyoin Hibiki, so you cannot. ]
blizzardrock: (swing of memories)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-16 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[N-no...! His record!!] That's... That's fair, I guess...

[...Getting out of mopping is way more important than his record, though! Ahahaha!!]

[He also throws his mop aside.] Let's get out of here before someone sees, then!

[RACE TO THE DOOR]
priforprince: (boil)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-17 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're not going to finish?!

[ You're in the appropriate costume!! That's absurd!

And yet, it seems you lack even that basic self-awareness. Nursing a headache, Hibiki also turns to go. Except you will not be getting that race. Shikyoin Hibiki never races.

Shikyoin Hibiki walks at an elegant, leisurely pace at all times. ]
blizzardrock: (seven star)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-17 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
I've already forfeited!

[Costumes are such temporary things~!]

[And anyway, he has to change, so running ahead isn't entirely for the sake of recovering some of that thwarted sense of competition.]

[When she catches up, he's back to normal. How and where did he change? Don't worry about it.]

Anyway. [He says, like they're resuming a conversation.] Were you originally there to help?
priforprince: (nose)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-17 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I was there on surveillance.

[ How did he - Clever. Very clever. Hibiki massages her forehead with her fingertips, then takes her laptop out. From within her jacket.

She won't ask where you changed and you won't ask where she keeps her props. ]


Most of the security cameras are down...
blizzardrock: (seven star)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-18 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Doesn't even blink twice at the laptop.]

Security...? Er—how'd you figure that out...

[Is this illegal, is he going to go to shinki-jail if he goes along with this]
priforprince: (announce)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-19 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I tried to hack them.

[ NO SHAME CENTRAL

No Shame Central is working on her laptop again. ]
blizzardrock: (seven star)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-19 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[So...yes, he would indeed be going to shinki-jail if he goes along with this.]

[...He has already lost his honor via two forfeits in a row. There is nothing more to lose.]

[He leans over to try to take a peek at the screen.] Why did you hack the security in the first place? ...Did you suspect sabotage?
priforprince: (tolerating)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-19 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Constant surveillance is the most elegant method of quickly appraising any situation.

[ In other words, she has done this before.

It still does not seem to be working as planned in this case, unfortunately. ]


Relying on others' equipment, however, is...irritating.

[ SHE NEEDS MORE TINY TOY SPYGOATS

HOW COULD SHE HAVE NOT FORESEEN THE NEED FOR A LITTLE PURPLE PLUSH ARMY ]
blizzardrock: (ten-man)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-20 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Er...is that really...

[Prince...you may have a problem.]

[But he can guess what her reaction would be if he protested how "elegant" that really is, so he keeps that to himself.]

Whose equipment are you using, then?
priforprince: (butterspy)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-21 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
The cameras, in this case, are the building's.

[ Implying she usually

has

her own


maybe you had better not associate with this individual. But it's okay! There's still a chance she didn't mean - ]


Mine is indisposed.

[ OR NOT ]
blizzardrock: (premature burial)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-21 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[But she's his ~Master~ in ~princeliness~...! (In his own head.) (But that counts, right??)]

[Considering they were sent here to resolve the issue with this building, he can't really say he finds fault with her methods. Way easier than having everyone crawl around and then report to each other, which the gods and shinki weren't doing, anyway.]

[Not to mention...his own god has a spy bird. He's...not sure he should be critical of other people's spy cameras.]

So you were there to hack... Did you find anything?
priforprince: (desk)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-22 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki covets that spy bird. Someday, she shall borrow it, and discover how to make such things fly in this puniverse: she's used to using butterflies, not stuffed goats, but they don't work properly here.

Shun doesn't need to know about the loan.

Anyway, rather than thinking about that right now, she's looking to see whether anything's changed since the last time she tried this (and failed due to equipment errors). ]
No. But, the reasons why are suspect.

This pathetic a situation can only be achieved through incompetence or sabotage.

[ Or incompetent sabotage. She has not ruled that out. ]
blizzardrock: (premature burial)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-23 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Incompetence was his assumption, and after his little stint with bad luck while he was at the haunted house with her, he didn't doubt that bad luck could strike this badly, but it hadn't coalesced for him that something must have been doing it on purpose.]

[He had been holding a single charm then, after all. To cover an entire building...would take more than that. Maybe he just hadn't wanted to think about it...]

I find it hard to believe that security cameras wouldn't be one of the first things they'd make sure of... [So yeah, he agrees. Incompetent sabotage, indeed...]

Do you believe it's really bad luck? Bad luck that was created to descend on this building?
priforprince: (bored)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-23 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Or caused as a side-effect.

[ Goat...goat....

Goat is working!! She finally got a signal! Which means Fubuki gets to see what looks like an altar on her computer screen.

Hibiki isn't in a sharing mood so much as she's just so absorbed in this she's done giving a darn whether Fubuki is there or not. Make use of this as one will. ]
blizzardrock: (ten-man)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-24 02:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Since she looks preoccupied, he sliiides over to see the screen.]

[...That sure is an altar...]

That's pretty sloppy. [In his professional opinion as a shinki]

Does it look hasty to you?
priforprince: (conditions)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-24 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
No more careless than the rest of this situation.

[ Did anyone really think they wouldn't find some of this suspicious? ]

Honestly. Shoddy plotting doesn't make it clear whether this is the cause or the effect.

[ In other words, was this building always intended to be a cover for whatever went seemingly awry down there, and the bad luck is a side-effect of said going awry? Or was the building being cursed the point of the ritual, instead?

If you don't make it clear for the audience, they can't enjoy the drama! ]
blizzardrock: (chain link)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-25 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm...I guess that's true.

We'd be in worse trouble if the plot wasn't shoddy, though, wouldn't we? [They may not have found out about it until it was too late. Then again...it doesn't look like anyone's fiddling with the altar right now...]

Can your camera see if anyone's there?
priforprince: (iced)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-26 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
It was abandoned earlier.

[ She does her best to case the joint again, though. Limited as her current scope is....

Nope. Nobody. What about that corn---

did the goat just fall over ]
blizzardrock: (seven star)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-26 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ah...so it was complete, or something like it—]

[did the camera just fall over]

...What is that camera attached to?
priforprince: (eyebrows)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-26 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki doesn't answer. She's too busy trying to right the goat.

Which is absurd. Shikyoin Hibiki does not "try". Anything she attempts, she masters.

But try telling that to this goat. ]


Ggh...
blizzardrock: (re-wyvern)

[personal profile] blizzardrock 2017-09-27 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
...Do you need help?

[He could go downstairs and pick it up. And get a first-hand view of that altar while he's at it!]

It doesn't look dangerous down there, does it?
priforprince: (avoid)

[personal profile] priforprince 2017-09-28 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki shrugs, if this slight, graceful movement can be called a "shrug". ] Whoever was using it is gone.

[ And left in a hurry. Unless they were just messy people.

It is a mess down there. ]

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