26 - The Gods' Month

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Helping the Heavens prepare for the yearly Meeting of the Gods
When: October 20 - 21
Where: Around the Heavens (and maybe some mortal shopping trips, too!)
Summary: Amaterasu has been told that the newly arrived residents of the Heavens want to take a bigger part in security and administration, so she's convinced her shinki to let them help with preparations for the big yearly gala. It's also time for shinki to rate their gods and gods to find out what their shinki really think of them....







Security Precautions

The white-robed shinki guards are working hard to secure the Meeting Hall for the arrival of all the gods of Japan. Hard-working shinki are scurrying everywhere! Despite Amaterasu's orders, they're still a little unsure of and standoffish towards the strangers who they're supposed to work with, but there's a lot of work to do, so they're happy to hand out jobs to small groups of newcomers before returning to their own duties.


• Help clear out any small spirits who might have sneaked back into the Meeting Hall after the spring cleaning, from sootsprites to nekomata, animal spirits from the park or well-camouflaged plant spirits.


• Check the magical writing worked into art or inlaid in wood all over the building to protect the Meeting Hall from attack, and make sure none of it is scuffed or damaged.


• Join in on the patrols around the building or spend some time guarding one of the gates. It's boring, but the shinki appreciate the help.


• Test the integrity and extent of the magical protections with glass balls that turn purple outside the protections on the Meeting Hall and clear inside them. But don't drop your glass ball! They're fragile.

Event Preparation

It's not just security that the shinki are asking newcomers to help with. They also have plenty of work to do getting ready for the festivities! The Meeting Hall floors need to be swept and scrubbed, the gardens need to be trimmed and tidied, artwork needs to be dusted, flower arrangements arranged, damaged furniture repaired and rafters cleared of cobwebs. Anyone with particularly good handwriting can help write out invitations and name cards, too.

Besides cleaning and calligraphy, there's lots of food and beverages to purchase! Grab a shopping list, a wad of cash, and head to the Near Shore to pick up the necessities. (Don't forget to keep the receipts.)

Rate Your God

Shinki have the opportunity to submit surveys on their life with their new gods before the big event, and even request a transfer if they want one. Early in the morning, every new shinki will be visited by a small white dove carrying a scroll that, when unrolled, reveals the following questionnaire:


What is your name?

What is your god's name?

How do you see your duties as a shinki?

What is your favorite part of life with your god?

What is your least favorite part of life with your god?

What advice would you like to give your god?

Do you wish to be assigned to a different god? []Y []N


Fill it out, discuss it with your fellow shinki, forget about it until you find it under a pile of junk mail in two months: the choice is yours! Gods will receive a copy of the answer that their shinki submit to "What advice would you like to give your god?" -- there's no name attached, but they might be able to guess.

Heavenly Record Keeping

Gods don't get to skip the paperwork entirely! Although the Heavens aren't asking them to rate their shinki, new gods don't have all of their vital statistics on file quite yet, so they get a questionnaire too. The same white doves will drop their scrolls by in the morning, with the following set of questions:


What is your name?

How many shinki do you currently have?

What are your areas of divine responsibility?

How do you see your duties as a god?

What traits do you most want in a shinki?

Do you wish new shinki to be assigned to you? []Y []N


Unlike the doves attending on the shinki, the doves who drop off the gods' scrolls will remain close by and chirp loudly until they finish and submit their questionnaires. If a god is particularly lazy about it, they might even start pecking.

In Summary:

• Help protect the Meeting Hall
• Lend a hand cleaning and shopping
• Rate your gods
• Help Heaven keep its records up to date
• Have fun~

Comments

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Yeah, you're catching on now. I'm a little over the power level of everything here. I'm the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! If the power level here is like a wading pool, I'm a planet that should be crushing it!

[sweetdeath]

[Says the guy who just got defeated by parachuting squirrels.]

Uh, yeah. Sure. Good luck with that!

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Luck has nothing to do with it. It's hard work and gruesome conquest that'll carry the day!

[sweetdeath]

Gruesome conquest...

Can't you just ask nicely? You know -- for help, or something?

[badassfreakingoverlord]

[Zetta stares at him for a moment.]

Who the hell would help? I don't know what the price of THAT bargain would be, but it would ruin me! There was only one person I thought MIGHT throw me a bone, and since she isn't here, I'm obviously on my own.

[sweetdeath]

Hey, just saying, as the guy who pulled you out of a tree five minutes ago, people here are pretty decent.

Besides, if you haven't got enough power to put yourself back the way you were, I don't think you're going to have much luck conquering somebody who does.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Don't underestimate what I can do! I've still got the strongest mana power -- I'm still the most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! [As angry as he gets at having to say it again, he has deep conviction to back up his beliefs. His mana power isn't diminished in the slgihtest. It just lacks the proper foundation at the moment, without a Netherworld, but you don't NEED a Netherworld to conquer a Netherworld.] Just because I haven't conquered the world THIS SECOND, everyone seems to think that I can't do it at all!

[sweetdeath]

Uh huh.

[That's not what he said! It's really not. But also, look, this is a book who was recently defeated by squirrels.

He'd be more worried about the intent to take over the world if he thought it had a chance at working.]

Well, uh, good luck, I guess.

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Luck has nothing to do with it. Hard work and effort will pick me back up.

[Because let's face it, his luck hasn't been stellar lately.]

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, well, good luck means you need less hard work! Anyway, uh, since the squirrels aren't bothering you anymore, I'll, uh.

I'll leave you to it?

[...Conquering the universe, and all.]

[badassfreakingoverlord]

Vengeance WILL be mine!

[Yes, that's probably a good moment to leave on, especially as Zetta has turned to glare back at the tree with murder in his eyes.]