Science has gone too far!

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Who: Anyone!
Where: Anywhere!
When: All of October 2nd
What: Add's experiment starts to affect the Far Shore, causing rifts and mutated ayakashi to begin appearing all over. Please refer to this post for details and questions.

Spatial Tears

The first few cracks are small, barely anything noticeable, but by morning the tears have widened enough to start leaking a chaotic and unsettling energy. Spend too much time around them and you'll start feeling strange. Memories get foggier, emotions start to run wild or go missing entirely... whatever's causing this, it's not good.

Luckily, magic seems to be enough to force them back, and a bit of holy water can seal up a weakened tear in no time. Better get to work!

Freak Ayakashi

Ayakashi are rare on the Far Shore, but not completely unheard of. The ones that linger too close to the tears receive a much more sinister effect compared to gods and shinki—the energy seeps into their bodies in the form of glowing blue patterns, granting the ayakashi even more strength and the power to spread more tears and corrupt energy with their blight. These ayakashi are aggressive and will attack heavenly beings on sight.

... but many of the ayakashi will be very familiar to the older of the outsider gods and shinki. A large number of small Noise ayakashi have ended up in the mix somehow, resembling the ones that escaped from the chocolates way back in March. They're small, but incredibly dangerous, and it'll take a coordinated attack to put any kind of dent on them.

Henir's Temple

A massive tear can be seen looming over Henir's temple, and it grows larger and larger as the day goes on. The temple grounds are a mess, and it seems like this might be the source of the trouble. Is there something inside the temple that might put a stop to all of this?

Later in the day, a piercingly bright golden triangle shines through the darkness of the giant rift. Whatever's going on in there, it's not just Add that's involved.

((If you want your character to investigate the temple, please contact me first! I can be reached on plurk at BlueFlewFedUQueen, by PM, or you can respond to the event OOC post. This is just to keep track of who's going where, so if you've already spoken to me about it in some capacity you're A-OK :|b))

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[revolutionfalcon]

[A: Spatial Tears]

[The cracks were strange, but nothing Shun could find out anything more about or detect anything really wrong with on his night patrol. By the morning, though, they're gaping holes, and Shun moves down one of his usual patrol routes with a furious intent and every weapon he usually has at his disposal.

It takes some experimenting to finally figure out how the hell to make these things go away, and it's only really after Shun gets pissed off enough to loose his god powers on one and then tries spraying it with blessed water that he gets it. As the tear dissipates, Shun lets out a faint hiss and shakes his canteen. He's not going to be able to do many more with just this amount of water.]

I need another temple spring... [He's getting so focused on the work that he might not notice if his emotions start to slip.]

--

[B: Freak Ayakashi]

[Shun has been here more than long enough to recognise those ayakashi, though he mainly knows them from the old Susano'o's attack back in April. And that means he also knows how annoying they're going to be to get rid of. At least Kotori can borderline to keep them away for the moment, but...]

You said this is going to be a waste of time if we can't find someone else, right?

[Shun grimaces a bit as Kotori makes the remark, scanning the nearby area.] These things won't die to anything but a coordinated attack. I thought they were supposed to be gone, they haven't been seen for months.

[And then he spots someone else in close enough proximity to head over to, Kotori trying to maintain the borderline so they're not followed.]

Do you have a decent way to fight these things? We need someone else.

--

[C: Henir's Temple (Closed to Reisi and Chinatsu)]

[The giant rip over one temple in particular is difficult to miss, and so is the giant golden triangle hovering overhead. Though Shun doesn't recognise the temple, the symbol seems like someone calling for help, and if it means getting to the bottom of this, he's not going to let that lie even if it doesn't turn out to be anyone of concern to him.

He's contacted Reisi and Chinatsu with the location - with it being such a short time since Fubuki regained another memory that's taking his attention, he's not sure it's worth the risk of bringing him along, and Kotori has been sent back to the temple after the bout with the taboo ayakashi to recover. Shun will be waiting outside, an extra bottle or two of blessed water on him, trying to close up any smaller rifts that are opening up nearby in the meantime.]

A

[lostinshadows]

Need a hand there?

[Lavi peers down at Shun as he comes to a landing, his hammer proving to be useful in this sort of scenario for once.]

c

[mostsuitable]

[Much like the Red and Blue Swords, the giant tear over that one temple a concentration of great energy that is quite difficult to miss or ignore. As Reisi makes his way to Kurosaki's location, there's a growing number of dangerous spatial tears. The energy about him is noticeably more chaotic and unsettling as well.

Along the way, he runs into Chinatsu and asks if she's also going to Kurosaki's location. They make the rest of the way together to meet him.]

Whose temple is this? Is there anyone inside?

[priforprince]

[ Spatial Tears ]

Hmph.

[ Chikusa's additional network information had helped convince Hibiki that 1) everyone on the Far Shore is even more useless than previously suspected 2) they'll therefore be unable to do anything about this disgusting disharmony. Fortunately for this puniverse, Shikyoin Hibiki is a dashing swashbuckler with a fancy pistol that squirts holy water instead of bullets.

Or she plays one when she feels like it, anyway.

Hibiki is making her way around the Far Shore (but concentrating on the area nearest Apollo's temple), shooting tears to close them. She's being remarkably matter-of-fact about it: find a tear, shoot a tear, move on. Her mind is preoccupied.

Besides, this singleminded focus is the role. The perfect actor is in the zone as she trods the floorboards of this disgraceful play. ]

[ Freak Ayakashi ]

[ Hibiki has passed out beneath a large tear she'd been unable to close. Her water pistol, spent, lies at her side. Ayakashi are circling her, jostling for position - this is a god full of the belief of impressionable teenage girls humans. She's bound to be delicious.

For some reason, she hadn't called Wendy before she lost consciousness, either. ]

Freak Ayakashi

[lostinshadows]

[God damn it, Hibiki.

When he notices the ayakashi circling her, Lavi is quick to send a fire snake their way, circling around Hibiki protectively while warding off the ayakashi. While it can't destroy them, it's enough to send them back at least.

Lavi lands in the middle of the flames in the meantime, picking Hibiki up.]

Hibki, wake up!

Freak ayakashi

[festal]

Hibiki!

( There's a glowing green light that circles around the ayakashi for a moment before charging right at it-- a phantom ram with horns knocking it back just long enough for Sakura to run to her side. Kneeling down, she begins to check Hibiki's vitals, bringing a hand to her forehead so she can administer some healing. The tips of her finger tips begin to glow with a soft light and there's a warm breeze that carries the scent of cherry blossoms. It should be refreshing! )

Please, wake up, we have to go!

Freak Hibiki, I mean, Ayakashi

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! Charge in, boys and girls! That's a thick pile of experience just waiting to be turned into tasty levels!

[The tide of the Overlord's minions crashes against the ayakashi like a wave, swords flying and spells clashing as his summoned army tears into the dark spirits with perhaps disturbing glee. The onslaught of battle moves the cluster a few feet to one side as claws and strikes and swords all clash... enough for the laughing book to catch sight of the fallen form they'd been surrounding.]

Aww, crap! Did I just rescue someone!?

Freak ayakashi (+ 1 Hime being NPC'd)

[diehardreaper]

[ Look he was running off when he swore he saw Yukio running off himself but then he loses sight of the boy. It's on his way to what looks to be the source of the temple when Hime calls his attention. ]

Dash it all, Hibiki... can't leave you hanging, now can we?

[ He unsheathes the rapier by his side, using it to rend the closest ayakashi the minute he leaps into the middle of the pack. ]

Noel! Throw us up a barrier!

[ As a small dome of light forms, he's nudging the other god with his hand to try and rouse her. ]

Come on then... up and at you.

[kagenonadeshiko]

Spatial Tears + Freaky Ayakashi

[Anyone who approaches this particular widening tear will find themselves greeted by several potentially unusual sights.

One of them is a stone temple that seems to have been abandoned for quite some time but upon closer inspection will notice small signs of recent inhabitation positioned way too close to it. Anyone who had seen Ayumu's BBS post might recognize a passing resemblance to the sketch she'd shown in her video.

Another is the presence of trio of wolf ayakashi suffused with glowing blue patterns stalking toward the lawn's perimeter.

And the third is the rather paradoxical sight of a serene-looking Japanese woman in a long-sleeved, russet-hued dress spreading a blanket out across the lawn. An old wicker picnic basket sits on the grass near her feet.

Is she aware of the spatial rift so close to her home? Or the ayakashi threatening to trespass on her lawn? Apparently not.

Maybe someone should approach and inform her that maybe this isn't best time or place to be setting up for a brisk autumn picnic.]

[OOC: Due to the effects of the rift, Ayumu is unable to feel anything but overwhelming peace, meaning that she'll react to everything, including danger and threats, without protest or violence. However, this also means that she'll be compliant and obedient with most instructions given to her, even from strangers and negative CR. If you have any questions or ideas, feel free to hit me up on plurk @ mimarin or send me a PM!]

[lostinshadows]

[The moment he saw Chikusa's PSA, Lavi has been on the alert.

And this usually means being on the lookout for people he cares about, including Ayumu. It's with the use of his hammer that he manages to arrive by Ayumu's side, looking alarmed.]

Ayumu!

[minogame]

( Urashima manages to circle around the wolf ayakashi for now, looping around towards where Ayumu is. He isn't stupid. He knows he can't take on three wolf ayakashi all on his own. And he knows Ayumu can't either so he should help her-- es...cape??? He comes to a confused stop, )

Ayuneechan?!

( What are you doing??? )

[spes_phthisica]

[Okay, something is seriously wrong with this picture. Ayumu might no longer be the goddess he used to know, but even as a shinki Souji refuses to believe that she'd be this oblivious to the danger. Honestly, if anything, she'd seemed more tense after her memories disappeared.

But more importantly, he has to protect her. He doesn't have Hijikata with him right now, but he does have a sword his God had stolen acquired from one of his shrines, and his shinki powers.]

A line. [It springs up in the wake of his sword tip, creating a curved line as the sword describes an arc in the air in front of Ayumu.]

Ayumu! We have to get away from here! [Why isn't she reacting?]

Henir's Temple

[all_seeing_eye]

[Futaba can be found outside the temple around the middle of the day, once the tear has widened but before the golden triangle erupts out of the darkness. She's staring up at the rift as if she expects to be able to see through it and into the chaos within.]

Well, that's no good...

[Glancing around for a moment, she pushes her glasses up before calling out:]

Persona!

[It's a little hard to miss what happens next, even if she was trying to be nondescript about it. There's a brief flash of light from Futaba, and suddenly there is a UFO floating above the scene. Mechanical tentacles erupt from it, scooping up Futaba, who is now dressed like a character from a 1980s cyberpunk movie.]

All right, let's see what's going on inside...

[The UFO begins floating toward the rift just as the light bursts out from the void. Its progress halts for a moment as Futaba tries to analyze what just happened.]

...Apparently a lot is going on inside. Guess I'd better hurry.

[boneofsword]

[Archer is leaping over the treetops, going as fast as he can. He's sure that Caster went to Henir's temple right after noticing the flash of familiar golden light.

Even from afar he can see the UFO. That's his chance to get inside in company, since going there alone is nothing but a suicide mission. Archer leaps forward, using the building itself as impromptu vault, and lands safely on metalic surface.]

Mind if I join you for the ride?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Hyaaa ha ha ha ha! Levels for all!

[The Overlord has his personal army deployed: a dozen of his demonic minions, brandishing swords, staves, nunchucku, and one of them had a fishing pole for some reason -- and this platoon is stomping on forward through the Far Shore beating down every ayakashi it sees. The progression slows as it passes Henir's temple, though, as the Overlord in the midst of it pauses to glance up at the UFO and its rider.]

...You know, part of me is totally unsurprised by this, and part of me expected the outfit to be at least a little more BSDM-ish.

Re: Henir's Temple

[royaltyloyalty]

[He runs as quickly as he can, faster faster towards this girl he doesn't even know and then--]

DAMNIT!

[Dokugakuji was unsuccessful in his attempt to 'protect' Futaba as she starts to get scooped up, but he's clearly thinking that that's an ayakashi grabbing for her.]

Hang on, I'll get you out of there! Mokki!

[And he's got a sword in his hand, readied towards the UFO.]

[festal]

❀ Spatial Tears

( It was obvious something was wrong before Chikusa's message but after, she realized how much closer to home all of the troubles were. She's been trying to reach him but without any success and she finds herself unable to go to him directly because... well, she's a little busy right now!

It's from another passing god or shinki that she learns holy water can help and luckily, she has a supply of plenty! Let's say she sees you trying to deal with a tear which is why she calls out, )

H-here! ( It isn't much, just a bottle of holy water being shoved right at you as she splashes some of her own at the tear. It's one part demonstration and another part taking care of the problem in front of her right now. Without missing a beat, she's also asking, eyes bright but not quite crying yet. ) Are you hurt?

❀ Freak Ayakashi

( The frontline is honestly the last place one would expect to find Sakura. That is, for those who only know her in Heaven. For those familiar from home, it's really no surprise that she'd charge right into danger where everyone else is going. Where there's danger, there are people getting hurt and she won't stand back and close her eyes hoping for it to pass.

She's tending to some gods and shinki who have managed to retreat a little farther back. Once they're healed they quickly head back out. It looks like that's the last of them! She could head back now if she wanted to but— no, she's going to move to the front too.

Now would be a good time to catch her before she goes out— whether to stop her or ask for assistance. )

.
❀ Wildcard!

( She considers Add to be her friend so she's trying to get to him or find someone who can. She won't reach him, IC-ly because she's busy tending to the injured and defending the heavens. OOC-ly because it's back to school with me this week and what are timezones and regular hours. I'm down for plotting though!!! Hit me up eski )

Spatial Tears

[royaltyloyalty]

[Dokugakuji has in fact been going after a lot of ayakashi by now, but after getting that close to the tear, he starts to get groggy. He accepts the holy water and immediately douses it on Mokki's sword form, which is getting blighted near his own hand and that stiiiings. He grits his teeth as the water hits his own flesh and then turns to Sakura.]

Do I know you?

[She seems so sincere in her efforts to help - yet so young in appearance, from his perspective - that he can't help but feel like she thinks she knows him.

And that red hair...]

[minogame]

Spatial Tears

Aaaaugh!

( Urashima can fight. He knows how to fight! He can make a borderline easily, he can even cut with it! And he's not too bad with a sword! But you know what he doesn't have? Magic and that really bites. So there's nothing he can do to prevent these tears from growing or popping up in the first place. What's more, being particularly sensitive to things like spirits and magic, he's really beginning to feel the effects of these tears.

The energy is unsettling, it sends a chill down his spine, and he doesn't like it at all. What's more, he finds himself definitely having a harder time thinking. Where was he going to go? He definitely had a plan before he came out here. What was it? Aaaugh, he can't remember!

If he sees someone getting a little too close to a rift, he snaps, )

Hey! Get away from that!

( Is he in a bad mood? Kind of sort of not really. It's hard to tell if it's the effects of the energy here or if he's genuinely frustrated. Honestly, it's probably a bit of both. )

Freak Ayakashi

Ow! That hurt, you know!

( It's really not fair to say he should have thought things through before charging in to attack because he swears he had an idea that made sense ten minutes ago and he forgot it. Sword drawn in front of him, he manages to deflect a smaller noise ayakashi and draws back his free hand yelling, "Line!" to deliver a cutting line at it. It recoils and retreats a bit but it's really only a matter of time before it recovers and comes back for more. )

Wildcard!

( Urashima's here to be very sword and stab what he can. Plot with me at eski. )

[freezetheheavens]

[A. Spatial Tears]

[When he first noticed the tears appearing, it was enough to have his guard up, sensing the strangeness from it. However, it’s when he sees that post from Chikusa that the small god has to hold back a cuss.

Damn scientists.

He’s managed to learn that holy water will help in getting rid of the tears entirely, though it’s rather unfortunate he doesn’t carry enough with him. Still, it doesn’t stop him from at least making sure that the tears doesn’t widen any further than it already has, keeping it back with his ice - a flow of an ice dragon surrounding the tears and freezing it.

Toushirou struggles to ignore the sudden fogginess in his head as his attention shifts to the closest person.]

Do you have holy water on you?

[B. Freak Ayakashi]

[The ayakashi was growing at an alarming rate, and it had been enough to take the god slightly by surprise when they first popped up. He does’t recognize these ayakashi, but he is aware of the danger they’re posing, so it’s not odd to see him out and about, doing what he can to stall them for the most part until someone comes and helps Rend them.

Honestly, he should’ve sought out his own shinki to help as well.

But eventually he can be found with several frozen ayakashi around him, blight being evident on his person from where one or two of them managed to get him.

When he senses someone approaching, he glances over.]

Got an idea on how to get rid of these things?

[Since it seems like a coordinated attack would be the best thing to get rid of these annoying pests completely.]

freak ayakashi

[minogame]

( Urashima swears he had a plan before he ran out here. Like, he definitely wasn't going to end up this far all by himself because he knows, as a shinki, he needs to be with his god to properly take down these ayakashi. But somewhere in everything, he'd gotten caught up in defending himself and fighting back. And honestly, had he just forgotten?

He should retreat now. He knows that much. For some reason, the ayakashi have more or less backed off, wary of... all of the frozen ayakashi nearby? Strange! But he isn't going to complain. It isn't until he sees someone moving... ah, he recognizes that guy. Kind of. His memories are a little fuzzy.

He's tired when he catches up with Hitsugaya, some blight on his arms from where he'd gotten too careless. Does he have any ideas? )

I dunno. ( No ideas! Sorry! ) I should have come with Nari...

[kokuyoyo]

A - Ayakashi

[After making his post onto the network, Chikusa has a problem on his hands. That problem is the mutated ayakashi that are around the tear he's nearest to.]

[One of the mutated ones has been slowed down, thanks to the blue yoyos in his hands, but Chikusa is having a lot more difficulty with a Noise ayakashi that won't stop pursuing him. His gaze is a little distant as he dodges attack after attack, unable to find any time to lash out with a counter.]

[Help would be appreciated.]

B - Henir's temple

[There's no question of where anyone needs to go... so that's what Chikusa is doing. However, he's not diving immediately in. Instead, he's scouting the area around it, making sure to avoid any ayakashi the best he can.]

[Going into that mess is the last thing he wants to do.... But it looks like he's going to have to. For now, however, he's trying to see what meager information he can get.]

[Feel free to do the same.]

A.

[reformedsinner]

[After Chikusa's call, Hakkai's teleporting directly towards him, his expression coolly focused and a sword -- one Chikusa might recognize as Asshole's vessel form -- naked in one hand.

After all, though he prefers fighting unarmed, there's no way to effectively attack an ayakashi with bare hands.

Chikusa's yo-yos don't seem to be doing him too much good on his own, either, and Hakkai puts on a burst of speed as he evaluates the situation, lunging in and aiming a cut towards the creature's legs as it lashes out at its current prey.]

OTA

[royaltyloyalty]

Freak Ayakashi

[Well this is a right mess that's come to the Far Shore. His only saving grace, he thinks, is that at least he's faced down hordes before. How many other gods can say that, he wonders? It didn't matter if some shinki had or hadn't, they were at a disadvantage here. He levels his sword - Mokki - and starts pursuing as many of those freaky ayakashi as he possibly can. He appears relentless... for awhile.

Then he starts to lose steam, shaking his head. Out of shape? Perhaps. Or he's putting so much energy into Rend after Rend with his Soulless Shinki as well as teleporting around that it's a different sort of strain he's not used to, compared to something more physical.

With one more quick teleport, he tries to get back to the safety of his temple for a breather, then eventually returns about 10 minutes later, ready to tear into more Noise ayakashi. He doesn't intentionally avoid the smaller ones, but he definitely does seek out the big ones. He thinks it's his duty, as one of the people with the stamina beyond human. And he's never been one to shirk duty.]

[erogappa]

[ He doesn't want to be here. There's nothing good that ever came out of heaven, and he'd be more than happy to spend the rest of his life (however long a shinki lives) out in the living world, tending to his bar, maybe wandering a bit, seeing some other countries...

But he can't get little Amaterasu's words out of his head. Shinki don't remember, she'd said. She'd been panicked by it (and okay, he has to admit that he's looking extra scary these days. That can't have helped her feel better about talking about taboo things)... but she'd also been wrong. Shinki do remember things. Not everything, but some things, more and more over time. And he needs to know why.

He'll behave himself this time, he swears it. He'll let her guards restrain him, if that's what it takes to make her more at ease. Or she can call in some of the old gods, if she doesn't want to risk her shinki. Anything. He just needs answers.

The second he steps foot into heaven, though, all he gets are more questions. There's holes in the sky, actual holes, and here and there the flash of telltale purple that almost -- almost -- sends him back through the temple portal. It's heaven's problem, he tells himself. Let heaven deal with it. It's not his concern.

It's not. ]

Oh god dammit.

[ Staff in hand, he charges the nearest ayakashi, cursing his stupidity the entire way. ]