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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-02-01 07:01 pm

25 - Troubled Waters

Who: Everyone!
What: Alleviating the troubles caused by conflict in Heaven
When: October 10
Where: Orihime's meadows in the Far Shore, as well as various places in Japan, China and Ireland
Summary: Orihime has been tasked by the Heavens with resolving the conflict caused in the mortal world by the new gods' struggles against one another. Several gods have been killed recently, and their violent deaths have led to dangerous corruption being released in the mortal world. Help Orihime expunge the corruption and return the human world to a peaceful existence.







Orihime's Meadows

    Before traveling to the Far Shore, gods and shinki can meet and make plans near Orihime's modest home at the edge of the Southeastern District. Her dwelling is too small to accommodate even one team of gods and shinki arranging something as serious as this, let alone several. It is obvious she thought about this fact, and has crafted four cloth tents out in the meadows surrounding her home. The sounds of the milky way river are now joined by rustling fabric in the wind, for each tent has a flag mounted atop it and standing in front of it:
    • The blue tent belongs to the team for Ksitigarbha. It has a sigil in black on the flag.
    • The green tent belongs to the team for Li Tieguai. On its flag, a mortar and pestle in white, but the visible part of the pestle resembles a staff crook.
    • The red tent belongs to the team for Cu Chulainn, with an impressive reproduction of a two-headed dog celtic knot in shining silver.
    • The brown tent belongs to the team for Loki. Its flag bears a two-headed snake in gold.
    All four tents are spread out in cardinal directions. Near each tent, she has a few stacks of wooden prayer tablets related to each of the problems, as well as maps and supplies for those who might need them.

    In the center of all four tents is a simple chair and table where Orihime herself is generally sitting, talking to others nearby, or writing notes based on those conversations. She does a lot of listening when people ask her for new supplies she hadn't thought of previously, but has only been supplied with four shinki runners to get those supplies, one per group. Additionally, she cannot teleport down to the Near Shore herself, nor can anyone use her home to teleport down to where each of the troubles are; that is a problem for each group to solve on their own, with Orihime only able to mediate and provide suggestions.


Child's Play

    Kshitigarbha, protector of children and of hell beings, is one of the recent casualties. Without his protection, it seems that babies' fears are giving rise to new and awful ayakashi throughout the city of Xi'an. Shadows on the wall above the crib, oversized stuffed animals, monsters hiding in the closet or rattling the windows at night -- all the fears of earliest childhood are taking real, malicious form. Babies are panicking, parents are exhausted, and all this stress is pulling in even more ayakashi! Someone needs to lure out these nursery nightmares and defeat them before the situation gets worse.

    As gods and shinki work to rend the ayakashi tormenting children, they may notice a strange shadow passing by in the street outside, or scratching noises at the nursery window. Something more seems to be waiting outside....


Flu Season

    With sky-high living costs and limited space, Tokyo has a large homeless population. Li Tieguai, protector of the poor and patron of medicine, was another recent death: now, winter's coming, and without his protection it seems like everyone's getting sick at once. They're suffering from everything ranging from plain old head colds and 'flu to more serious things like pneumonia or infections. Help pass out tea, soup and blankets, make sure they get the right medications, and get the sickest people to the hospital.

    Carrion crows crowd close around the sick and croak, watching the gods and shinki helping them.


Wild Hounds

    As if honoring the fall of the Hound of Chulainn, stray dogs have begun to form into large, dangerous packs in rural and suburban areas of Ireland, and even well-trained housepets have started breaking their leashes and joining them. They're starting to chase and bite humans, and it's only a matter of time before someone gets killed. Gods need to defeat the ayakashi possessing the "leaders of the pack," and get the pets back to their worried owners.

    The groves of trees where the dogs are lairing seem unusually dark and shadowy, and footsteps seem to echo those of the gods and shinki tracking them down.


Prank War

    Teenage pranks are turning unusually cruel and dangerous lately: with Loki gone, a few groups of bored kids have coalesced into more serious gangs in Chiba, and they've been seen setting fires, tormenting animals, vandalizing businesses and intimidating or robbing people walking alone at night. Someone needs to stop them from causing trouble, put them on a better path, or turn them in to the police before someone gets badly hurt.

    Even as they're working to stop the teenagers' mischief, something seems to whisper to them and encourage them to join in and cause a little trouble. After all, it's just some fun....


Boss Battles

    Those who helped to resolve the problems caused by the gods' deaths have one final enemy to face. Four dangerous ayakashi are behind these conflicts. Each character can participate in one boss battle, but it's fine for characters to form multiple different groups (i.e. multiple threads under one boss's comment.) To ensure that the NPC knows when to respond to your characters, please indicate which characters will be in a thread in your first comment.

    Kshitigarbha - Child's Play

    Li Tieguai - Flu Season

    Cu Chulainn - Wild Hounds

    Loki - Prank War




In Summary:
  • Check in with Orihime and your new teams
  • Save scared children
  • Help the sick
  • Tame stray dogs
  • Stop pranks from going too far
  • Watch out~
smilingbullet: (Chapina carbine)

[personal profile] smilingbullet 2018-04-11 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
That happens sometimes, and if it's a logical decision then that's good.

[ You can't be too emotional when you go to battle, it'll just mess things up. ]
reformedsinner: (foundling)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-04-11 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Dryly:] Logical enough, I suppose.

[As logical as something can be that's based in his own selfish feelings; but there's no way his own soulless shinki will express a preference one way or the other. Hakkai's tried to convince him to, with no change, and he's given up.]

In any case, take care down there, D2. I'll see you around.
nopixiedust: (insovereign) (I'll always be here to give you)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-04-11 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Right! So I'll see you around, then.

[After they've cleaned up this mess.]
priforprince: (lelouch vi pritannia)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-04-11 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Does competent help exist here?!

[ Hibiki is feeling utterly bereft of options. She teeters on the brink of despair, and in that case, is not unlike her wailing charge. Will it stop if it goes in the water? But that involves.....removing her hands from her ears....

Slowly, stiffly, she tries to pry her fingers up and away. She can. Can she -

The baby takes a deep breath, hits a high note, and Hibiki has to start over. But she's trying. She's trying very hard! ]
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (He signed me a blank check)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-04-11 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Do you want me to cause that kind of damage...?

[She could try, but...]

It'd be easier to teleport, right?
nopixiedust: (sassybird) (If I hid at school to avoid the cops)

[personal profile] nopixiedust 2018-04-12 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, but now we have a connection from my guilt tripping making her shinki panic, and a project we're both working on!

[In comparison to when she just had the guilt tripping.]
lookingforhead: (Default)

[personal profile] lookingforhead 2018-04-12 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, if I'm out riding him on the Near Shore I try to follow traffic rules as best I can.

[Though she is guilty of speeding quite often.]
drops_acid: (knowing smile)

[personal profile] drops_acid 2018-04-13 12:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Cardia cringes. That baby is hitting notes that really should be impossible.

She gives Hibiki a slightly wry smile and shakes her head.]


Honestly they couldn't do much worse than we are.

[This is getting silly. That baby is just destroying them.]
trapperkeeper: (I'm great pretty much)

[personal profile] trapperkeeper 2018-04-13 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
[He laughs.]

Seriously? Why? We're shinki. I think we get a pass on that kind of stuff.
lookingforhead: (Nervous)

[personal profile] lookingforhead 2018-04-13 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
Well, it's the right thing to do.

[She pauses a moment, and then types something else very quickly.]

Also I get the feeling I don't want to underestimate traffic cops.

[Some fears are deep enough to defy memory loss.]
priforprince: (dorothy'd)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-04-13 02:46 am (UTC)(link)
I'd have this handled if he could be silenced!!!

[ SOMEONE SILENCE THIS BABY

HOW DOES ONE SILENCE A BABY

THE LAST TIME SHE ATTEMPTED IT SHE HAD A PRICELESS ARTIFACT IN MIND TO STEAL THAT SHE THOUGHT WOULD SHUT IT UP

AND THEN SHE GOT IT WRONG

BUT NO, REALLY, HOW DOES ONE GO ABOUT SHUTTING A BABY UP ]
pure_radiantics: (convo] take that back!)

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-04-13 07:29 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah!

[Kairi holds onto Hajime's hands tightly as she's pulled up, stumbling forward but at least they're holding hands and that helps stabilize Kairi's balance.]

We're gonna make it!

[And with a final burst of energy, the girls reach the gate of the park at the T-intersection of the street's end amidst the shouts of angry young men.]
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-04-13 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
The first thing isn't a connection. And relying on the second one means you'll have to convince her you really need her help with it again.

[Since he imagines Amaterasu doesn't just drop everything to help with things like shinki shelters whenever someone comes to her door about it.]
thevanguard: Fight Happy Attitude (Default)

[personal profile] thevanguard 2018-04-14 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Because I realized we never turned this in because hiatuses happened and interrupted it:

Saru and Yata vs Prank Wars. I believe Judar turned in the other two threads they were in as part of Team Destruction.
flamebearer: serious art (Default)

[personal profile] flamebearer 2018-04-14 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Hitsugaya and Alibaba save a child from an ayakashi.
pure_radiantics: (convo] near tears)

Wooo ready for Boss Battle

[personal profile] pure_radiantics 2018-04-14 09:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kairi only hears parts of those sentences between the two of them and has to piece it together as she runs towards them. The swelling shadow that grows larger in an unnatural way has her skidding to a stop several yards back from both Hajime and Davesprite, a lump in her stomach forming that she hadn't felt in weeks.

But at least she's still within shouting distance for Hajime to call for her. Kairi just had to gasp for breath a few times and call out in kind.]


PLEASE! WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A TEAM! Let's work together on this! Call our names!
doodlebuginette: (smile)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-04-15 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't help but smile when the little girl goes on to share her favorite number.]

That's great! [Now that they had a house number, things would be a lot easier. At least she's assuming they have a house number. Either way, this is more than they had a few minutes ago.

So she's grinning at Adrien and then turning back to the others.]

Any idea where to start? [Because she really has no idea how the streets are laid out here.]
doodlebuginette: (determined)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-04-15 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Somehow that didn't make things any better, knowing that this kind of thing with the ayakashi was normal.

But something told her that there wouldn't be much comfort to be had today.]

Maybe?

[She knew for a fact that Adrien didn't know much more about this place than she did, but his suggestion made sense.]

Okay. Let's get moving!

[Though maybe that's easier said than done. They still hadn't really decided on a direction.]
redotiertwo: (hold on a damn minute)

[personal profile] redotiertwo 2018-04-15 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[The approaching darkness is already setting Davesprite on edge, to the point that Kairi's sudden yelling makes his feathers ruffle. Without turning from the oncoming threat, he waves a taloned hand like it's no big deal, but his focus gives the game away.]

Fuck, calm down, they're already coming fast enough. [He does glance over to Hajime, though.] She's probably right about that, though, don't want to wait until they're already here to arm yourself.

[He's not really that great for combat, but if they're going to be dealing with large numbers, his vessel might come in handy.]
hakingitup: (Default)

[personal profile] hakingitup 2018-04-16 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
As someone who thinks would probably do, yes.

[He lets out a sigh, shaking his head and shutting his eyes as he follows behind Shun closely enough. Not right behind him, but not losing sight of him now.]

We'll just do it again.
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-04-16 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what this sort of thing is like. Keep doing it again until it's done. [Shun puts that rather bluntly - he's quite used to this sort of operation considering what he came from in his world, though it's been a long time since they've had this many people for it.]
trapperkeeper: (Hmmmmm)

[personal profile] trapperkeeper 2018-04-17 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
I never met a traffic cop, are they really that scary? And wouldn't they just forget about you really quick 'cause you're a shinki?
artificialrose: (daydreamgalleries) (You're just mad because I have)

[personal profile] artificialrose 2018-04-17 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll have to check them out... I'm sure there's a lot on how to use them best.

Thank you. [A small laugh leaves him.] I would have just thought they were a fashion statement!