006 | High School Debut

[godsoffortune]

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~

Comments

[gentilitea]

You can be assured that I am quite capable of engaging enemies in combat should the need arise. [ Don’t ruffle his feathers now it’s bad enough he’s already suffering an inferiority complex alongside his fellow shinki— ]

Hence it would be more tactically sound to train you in the martial arts. I’m still of a mind to ensure that you at least master the Zambian clutch…

[heiring]

[ If it counts, Reiji thinks he's slightly cool. Slightly. ]

That'd be great, if you don't mind. I don't remember having any combat skills, but I'm a fit person. What weapons are you proficient with?

[ Just surfing the conversation fast to Important Things. ]

[gentilitea]

[ That’s…good enough probably. ]

Cutlery, mostly. But I can also be quite formidable with a broom.

[heiring]

[ There's a short but noticeable pause. ]

Cutlery? [ Thinking now... ] You're a ninja?

[ Cutlery = small pointy things = hidden weaponry?? ]

[gentilitea]

I…suppose… [ Said in a very “kids these days” kind of voice—but then, what was he expecting by joking around like that? ]

I wasn’t kidding about the broom, though.

[heiring]

[ Reiji considers this for about three seconds before he nods. ]

If you could teach me that, I would appreciate it greatly.

[ Anything is better than nothing, right? ]

[gentilitea]

I don’t suppose there’s any harm in it. [ He endeavors to sound reluctant about it anyway. ]

Mind you, this is only so you won’t get in the way the next time. I cannot have idle shinki interfering with my master’s work.

[heiring]

[ Reiji smiles. It's a perfectly crafted one, full of confidence. Perhaps even a little dangerous, but maybe that's just his inner chuuni showing. ]

I'll do my best.

[ Any chance given to him is one seized with immediate effect. ]