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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[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. )

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❀ 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...]

[festal]

( And red eyes, even, how about that. )

No. ( She shakes her head, ) You just l-looked like you could use a hand.

( She'd seen him take care of the blight on his sword. So it's a shinki? She can't think about it more than necessary right now, )

But, please... if you're hurt, let me heal you. Y-your shinki too.

[royaltyloyalty]

[Oh geez yeah the eyes, he stares at those for a bit now that he's focused on her and blinks before speaking again. His voice is ragged and he's speaking slowly thanks to the Spatial Tear distortion.]

I... yeah, I probably did.

[Looking down at his weapon, he nods.]

There's just no end to these things. Take care of Meji first, if you're the healing type.

[With that, his shinki reverts - but he's the mellow sort. One of those Soulless. Meji is an adult man and has his name covering his right eye that's sealed shut.]

[festal]

I am.

( Soulless or not, if he needs help, she'll help him. She also won't ignore Dokugakuji-- she can tell he's tired from fighting and is already worried about exhaustion.

She reaches for her bloom festal at her side and raises it. There's a shining light and a scent of cherry blossoms in the air and Meiji should feel somewhat refreshed with any injuries beginning to heal. It isn't the most potent staff so more serious injuries will need to be tended to properly later but..for now, this is the best she can do in a short moment.

When she's finished, she glances at Dokugakuji, )

We need to leave here. ( She's no expert but as a healer, she has a bit of knack for spotting patterns when it comes to one's health. ) It's these tears... ( She isn't sure exactly what they do or what they're for but she knows that the people she's helped have appeared worse around them, ) You need to recover.

[royaltyloyalty]

[Doku shakes his head.]

No, I can't leave yet. Do you see how many there are? I'm a warrior - I have to keep going when others can't.

[He looks over at Meji, knowing he won't get a response, but just trying to inspect her work and smiling.]

Meji's the one I can't get a good enough read on for his tolerance. Masaji's no better, but she's not a weapon.

[He tries to get up, even with some of that blight lingering on his hand. He reaches out for Meji, knowing he'll be able to withstand a 6-foot-plus youkai using him to steady himself as he stands.]

[festal]

( He could have just said he was a warrior and she would have understood. A warrior, huh? Like her brothers and sister. So of course he won't turn back and retreat, even if it's for his own good...

She visibly frowns and carefully considers his words. He insists on fighting but is it really for the best? He looks like he could do better but it probably isn't the worst.... she isn't sure how much he can really endure. Quietly, sadly, )

... I-I understand. ( Really. And with quiet determination, ) Let me come with you. I promise I won't get in the way a-and this way if you're hurt I can help both of you.

[royaltyloyalty]

[He starts to look over when she says she understands. How can she possibly...?

But that tone of voice she's got strikes a chord with him. It's reminiscent of Yaone - someone both delicate and feminine, yet driven in the same way that he won't be dissuaded from his own 'mission'.]

If that's what you wish, then I won't turn you away.

[He does offer her his hand - up in greeting rather than a handshake.]

At least tell me your name, young lady. Mine's Dokugakuji - a swordsman for Prince Kougaiji.

[The nostalgia trip is the reason he's falling back on his 'normal' epithet of introduction he was used to up until recently.]

[festal]

( It's a relief that she isn't being sent away.She lets out a breath, her shoulders relaxing slightly. Though she doesn't take his hand, she'll fold her hands neatly in front of her and give a proper (but quick!) bow. Ah, his introduction had been rather formal, hadn't it? )

Sakura, Princess of Hoshido. Or Konohanasakuya-hime, G-Goddess of Life. But please, just Sakura will do... It's nice to meet both of you.

( A very rushed hajimemashite to you. )

These tears seem to have some sort of effect on those who come near them. I-I've seen people use holy water and magic to seal them. I don't have much water a-and my magic isn't as effective so if we have to move ahead, we should try to avoid a-as many as possible.

( Handle the ones that are more urgent for now. )

[royaltyloyalty]

[Doku shakes his head 'No' as he points generally in the direction of Add's temple.]

No guarantees of that, though. I've gotta try to get as close as possible to the source of the problem. It's the only way to figure out if that kid on the BBS is right about why this is all happening.

[Because he doesn't intrinsically believe Chikusa, but he also has a Big Problem with all of this happening in the general vicinity of his brother and the nagging feeling that if Add was capable of all of this, then the guy's original interest in Doku's god power wasn't as benign as he'd originally thought.]