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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-07-15 10:40 pm

006 | High School Debut

Who: Everyone!
What: Substitute teaching
When: All day April 5
Where: A large public school in Tokyo
Summary: There are too many teachers sick and the Far Shore residents need to help fill in!



For some reason or another, many teachers have gotten sick just as the new school year is starting! In a panic, the school is seeking out every substitute teacher they can find, which is still not enough, and so the gods have to step in as reinforcements. And the Heavens are insisting on Far Shore residents helping strictly because this sickness seems so darn suspicious.

So anyone who looks old enough is being asked to step in as a substitute teacher and anyone who looks young enough is being asked to blend in as a new student, all to help the school and find out what exactly is causing this mysterious illness plaguing only the teachers of this school. There are many subjects open to teach and all Far Shore residents are expected to act as if they properly belong in this school while conducting their investigation. That means you'll have to teach properly or attend classes, depending on which role you've taken on.

Some gods might even find it useful to try and get information out of students by possessing one of their own, therefore guaranteeing the trust of the others around them. It's all up to you how you choose to investigate!

Newcomers will find the following note in their pockets as they are transferred to the school:

Greetings and apologies for the strange introduction.

I am sure you have many questions and concerns, but you have appeared at a very inconvenient time. Please attempt to help us, if you can, and we will reward you to the best of our abilities.

If you have any questions, you can seek out the counselor. Too many students underestimate what a good counselling session can do towards helping to alleviate their fears and uncertainties.

Kindest regards,
☼ Amaterasu ☼




Classes

Being a big school, there are dozens of different subjects available. As teachers, you can practically teach anything you would like to, and as students you are facing a constant stream of completely different kinds of information. Maybe the school needs to tone it down a bit on how many different subjects they offer...

Hallways

The hallways are always a great place to mingle and get to know the other students in the school. You'll see all sorts in the hallways, ranging from the beautiful girls being followed by their fanboys all the way to the delinquents who are promptly making their way away from the classrooms for the rest of the day. Hopefully somebody around here will be able to give you a heads up as to what's going on.

Lunch

Lunchtime is the easiest time to gather gossip and information. Whether you are staying in the classroom with a bento or heading to the cafeteria to wrestle for some bread or spending your lunch in the faculty room with the rest of the not-sick teachers, you will find that both the students and the faculty are more prone to chatting during lunch. And a lot of them talk about a curse laid on the school because of the late principal...

Counselling

Surprisingly enough, there is a white-robed shinki in the counselling office of the school, and the golden chrysanthemum of Amaterasu can be found on her tunic as well as on the door to her small personal office. Oddly, all of the other students and faculty keep passing the door by, but the counselling shinki simply continues to smile gently all the same.

FINAL BOSS

Turns out there is something causing the illness in the teachers, and it's an exceedingly large ayakashi, one so large that no single god could possibly take it down. You'll have to all work together to weaken it enough for the rending to work on it.

The battle for the FINAL BOSS will be posted on the OOC date of July 17, all threads involving destroying him should go there when it is posted. All other events leading up to the FINAL BOSS battle should slowly build to figuring out that an ayakashi is at work.



In Summary:
  • Blend in
  • Make sure to go to class
  • Don't forget lunch!
  • Investigate the illness
  • Seek counselling if you need it
  • Defeat the FINAL BOSS
  • Have fun~
sweetdeath: (staring at the sun)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2016-07-25 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh. I, uh -- yeah.

[Tsuzuki's smile is a cautious, uncertain flicker, but his expression seems suddenly softer despite that. It's --

It's good that Hisoka's back, alive, okay, even though Tsuzuki failed him as a god. It's really, really good.]


Yeah. He's all right now.
sleepingknight: ([Surprise] still lives on)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2016-07-26 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[He's all right...

Well, it's true. Even if he lacks memories... He's okay, and that's what matters. Or at least, that's what she tells herself as she squashes down any other feelings she has on the topic.

But besides that...

The words are slow. Hesitant. Not at all full of the usual energy she brings with her.
]

What about you?

[Tsuzuki hadn't died that day. But after seeing him, even in her own distress...

Maybe they disagree. Maybe they'll
always disagree. She doesn't really want to stick around long enough to find out. But she doesn't want him to fall apart, either. Not only because of his duties as a god, but...

Whether or not they could be considered friends now, she doesn't want him to be in pain, either.
]
sweetdeath: (wist)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2016-07-27 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Tsuzuki rubs the back of his neck with his free hand, glancing away. He's -- well. Hisoka being back doesn't change the fact that Tsuzuki'd gotten him killed. That's never going to be okay, but he's back, he remembers. It's as if he'd been hurt on a job, instead of really dying, and that's nothing Tsuzuki can't stand.]

Yeah, I'm -- don't worry about me, okay? I'm fine.

[He doesn't look at her. He's not sure he wants to know what kind of look she's giving him.]
sleepingknight: ([Badfeels] If there's at least)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2016-07-29 06:22 am (UTC)(link)
[It's clear right away that she isn't satisfied with that answer, her head tilting down. She should really just leave it - just go back to her own business, where she doesn't have to worry about anyone other than her goddess, just as any good shinki should.

...Or at least, she wishes she could do that.

Hajime was right. She can't do everything by herself. But she also knows that if she leaves it as it is, and it all happens again in the future...

The feelings of guilt would probably affect Hajime, to say nothing of Yuuki herself. So... It's right of her, to take action right now. Rather--

It's her duty as a shinki.
]

After something like that...

[Her voice is quiet. Not cold, not soft, simply originating somewhere from somewhere deeper in her throat than the norm.]

...Of course I'll worry about you. I worry about everyone here.

[Yuto, Rise, Hajime... But also Tsuzuki, Hisoka, Elsa, Omi, Yukine, and countless others, even if she only met them once--]

I don't want to lose any of you.
sweetdeath: (no silver lining here)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2016-07-30 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I...

[Oh, man. She's not going to let him go with an I'll be fine, and she saw him when he was -- pretty bad. How is he supposed to explain it? Is there any way not to make her worry?

Maybe it's better that she's worried instead of mad at him. It might be harder to deal with, but he didn't want her to hate him. He just isn't sure, he concludes with a sigh.]


Hisoka's not really gone. If I'd really gotten him killed, I don't know if -- [He clears his throat, and starts over.] That'd be hard. But I'm all right now.

I mean, it's not -- I just --

[He winces. He's so bad at talking about this, out loud, directly, to somebody who hasn't known him long enough to see it before.]

It's the hardest thing to deal with, when somebody gets hurt.
sleepingknight: ([Badfeels] could be seen)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2016-08-01 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She continues to walk in silence for a moment, gathering her thoughts. She has to say the right thing, but... What is the right thing, in a situation like this?

She wants to run. But she can't. Not right now.
]

...

When I first heard about it... I thought it happened because you didn't care. We're just servants, so...

[She bites down on her lip. Even though she does believe that, believes she has her place, at the same time... She wants the others to be as happy and safe with their gods as possible.

Was that asking too much...?
]

But... You actually care a lot, right? [That anguish... it had hurt almost just as much to see.] You rushed in and he got... hurt, but you didn't want that.

[Ugh. Why is she so bad at speaking? The words are stumbling and uncertain, betraying her weakness as clearly as day.]

I don't-- want to lose anyone again. But if it does...

[Her voice feels thick in her throat. She has to practically force them out.]

--Are you going to leave, too?
sweetdeath: (no silver lining here)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2016-08-01 10:30 pm (UTC)(link)
... Yeah.

[Care a lot. That's... it doesn't come anywhere near close to the way he feels, but it's true, and, after a moment, he nods slowly.]

Yeah, I don't -- [She's stumbling over her words, but he's almost as bad. Is she asking him to tell her what he'd do, if Hisoka really was killed? If he didn't come back? Tsuzuki swallows, avoiding her gaze.] He's -- he's really important to me. I don't know.

I mean. I'd still have to... I'd need to be there for Battler. So.

[He doesn't know if he can promise anything. It's too hard to make a promise like that, with that pain still so fresh in his memory. Could he really bear it? If he had to? Or would he break?

He'd probably break, he thinks, and swallows again, trying to force himself to cheer up.]


Anyway, he's not -- I mean, he's fine now.
sleepingknight: ([Badfeels] If there's at least)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2016-08-03 03:45 am (UTC)(link)
[It's true that he's fine now. But there's all the chance it wouldn't last, and even if she doesn't know why, she does know how fragile life really is, and how fleeting. Even when things felt consistent, it was entirely possible that it could all be turned on its head at any moment.]

Just...

Cherish what you've got. And if something happens... Remember what you said. [He's right - he has to be there for Battler.

Maybe that could serve as a reason to stay. But somehow, her hopes aren't all that high.
]

...I'll go on ahead.

[She's reached her limit. She's just no good with words; whatever feelings she has always end up jumbled instead.]
sweetdeath: (wist)

[personal profile] sweetdeath 2016-08-03 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay.

[Tsuzuki chews his lower lip, staring at her for an awkward second or two before he ducks his head in agreement. It's as close as he can get. Cherish what you've got -- it's a nice thought, and he doesn't want anything to go wrong. He just can't make any promises.

He'll try. It's not just Battler he needs to be okay for -- there's a lot of people here who rely on him. Aren't there?]


I'll try. Yuuki? Sorry I made you worry.
sleepingknight: ([Badfeels] If there's at least)

[personal profile] sleepingknight 2016-08-05 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
...Mm.

[And that's all he'll get before she picks up the pace and makes her way down the hall, off to investigate some other class... Or at least, this is what she tells herself to do, anyway.]