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))

Comments

[boneofsword]

My apologies, I didn't mean to startle you. [Archer apologizes as he moves away from her to find a better spot to crouch on without loosing his balance. He's fine with perching on the surface and giving her unobstructed view and free reign of all the controls. Her words pique his curiosity.]

What kind of suport are you able to provide during the battle?

[all_seeing_eye]

No problem, I could use some backup myself. I'm not really the fighting type.

[She sends the UFO slowly toward the rift.]

I can scan enemies for weak points, heal you mid-battle, give you attack buffs, keep an eye out for surprise attacks... pretty all-purpose support, really.

[boneofsword]

[Sounds like a best thing that could happen, since Archer's sure he can keep them both safe.]

Good. Do you have a shinki with you in case we run into ayakashi?

[all_seeing_eye]

I'm not really the fighting type. Even if I had one, I wouldn't be much use against ayakashi.

[Plus her shinki is soulless and creepy.]

[boneofsword]

I see. Then we'll have to keep away from them. I can at least weaken them or give us enough time to get away if it happens. [he's aware the easiest way would be to let her name him, but Archer isn't fond of the idea.]

[all_seeing_eye]

No problem. Escape plans are my specialty.

[She can at least manage that much.]

[boneofsword]

I'll be counting on you.

[Archer sends her a smirk and turns his attention to the huge rift.]

Can you get any useful info about this thing?

[all_seeing_eye]

Just a second...

[There's the sound of some mechanical whirring and beeping and whatnot before she speaks again.]

Well, it's definitely a temporal-spatial vortex. There could be anything on the other side, though.