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thenearshore2018-05-19 11:21 am
kokuyoyo) wrote in thenearshore2018-05-19 11:21 am
[open] take it from me
Who: Chikusa Kakimoto and you
What: Staying at the Li Tieugai temple is becoming too annoying lately. Fortunately, Chikusa has plenty of things to investigate, from the library to the blighted spot.
When: Throughout the latter half of November
Where: Heaven's Library, the blighted area, other places
Warnings: Heavy violence in the Add thread, death (temporary)
A - Heaven's Library (constant)
The price of information, to Chikusa's great misfortune, always seems to be effort.
It explains why anyone visiting the Library throughout the month will seem to always eventually run into Chikusa if they're browsing around between the shelves long enough. On one hand, it's not particularly unusual. For months, now, Chikusa has been a constant presence within the library ever since the goblins which maintained it passed away due to that strange time warping event. Most of the time, however, he's been distant to anyone else that's been there with him, and not always looking for anything in particular. In fact, he seems to always be working in his unofficial capacity as one of the library workers there trying to keep it some idea of organized. (Which isn't always particularly successful...) Anyone who's seen him before in the library has likely seen him at work, staunchly ignoring all other shinki or gods, for the most part.
For the next few weeks, however, he's clearly searching for something. Instead of dully pushing around a cart full of books (or slumping against them in what is apparently extreme exhaustion from such an arduous task), he can be found carefully thumbing through the various titles before he organizes them. He can be found leaning against one bookcase with his eyes roaming the spines of book, taking in every title or lack of wording. Sometimes, he even reaches upwards, searching out what appears to be bits of loose paper or scraps that have somehow slipped on top of or inbetween books. Rarely does there seem to be anything worthwhile on the stray papers, judging by his quiet sighing, but occasionally he pauses to stare intently down on what seem to be random scribbles. Perhaps someone will even get to see him doing so.
....Alternatively, they may see him find what's apparently a blank piece of paper, take a pen out of his usual bag, and scribble something on it that's almost definitely rude before putting part of it underneath the strange door in the back of the library.
Fuck you, mysterious presence.
Other times, he's actually sitting down, a small stack of books around him. One is always open, his hand laid out against it to keep it that way, and he occupies his other hand with writing down what are apparently notes in a simple notebook. While Chikusa can be a little hard to read even on good days, he doesn't particularly seem pleased with what he's finding... or, perhaps, not finding.
While he's otherwise busy, he won't stop anyone from approaching him, and will even pause in the middle of what he's doing to level that dead eyed stare of his onto whoever has come near enough, whether they mean to interrupt him or not.
B - The Near Shore, the Blighted Zone
If the library won't give him the answers that he wants, then that means he really has no other choice but to go investigate himself... Well, by peering in on what exactly Heaven is doing in its own investigations on the area that became so badly blighted during the night of the God Meeting. After all, looking into the forest is clearly going to be a little harder.
For anyone else just passing through or perhaps even trying to look into things themselves, Chikusa's lanky figure is an easy one to spot, and not only because he tends to tower over other people even in a dead slouch. Rather, it's probably the shark finned beanie that he's wearing... It's not particularly subtle, but sometimes Chikusa rarely bothers to be. What has more of his attention is apparently ghosting throughout the neighborhood, pausing to take in a particular spot he can recall, or leaning against a wall to overhear what look like some of Heaven's shinki. With the amount of time he's spent in the Far Shore and his own skills of observation, he's learned to pick up familiar faces, after all.
C - The Near Shore, Asakusa
It's late at night. Why anyone would be out at such a time is a mystery that can only be answered by the individual themselves, but then, that's Asakusa for you. There are a lot of festivals held throughout the year in this place, and the amount of temples and other such things means that it's an enjoyable place for travelers of all sorts. Yet the recent ghost stories have apparently been creeping people out. In the dark streets, where various buildings and apartments have gone dark... The sound of footsteps echoing... going faster... and faster....
And bursting out of the doorway of a nearby building in the form of a frantic pair of shoes moving all by themselves, hastily dodging a borderline suddenly shooting out from inside the building. That sure is Chikusa, eyes sharp and his fingers still borderline ready.
Hopefully no one is in the way. That would be just horrible.
What: Staying at the Li Tieugai temple is becoming too annoying lately. Fortunately, Chikusa has plenty of things to investigate, from the library to the blighted spot.
When: Throughout the latter half of November
Where: Heaven's Library, the blighted area, other places
Warnings: Heavy violence in the Add thread, death (temporary)
A - Heaven's Library (constant)
The price of information, to Chikusa's great misfortune, always seems to be effort.
It explains why anyone visiting the Library throughout the month will seem to always eventually run into Chikusa if they're browsing around between the shelves long enough. On one hand, it's not particularly unusual. For months, now, Chikusa has been a constant presence within the library ever since the goblins which maintained it passed away due to that strange time warping event. Most of the time, however, he's been distant to anyone else that's been there with him, and not always looking for anything in particular. In fact, he seems to always be working in his unofficial capacity as one of the library workers there trying to keep it some idea of organized. (Which isn't always particularly successful...) Anyone who's seen him before in the library has likely seen him at work, staunchly ignoring all other shinki or gods, for the most part.
For the next few weeks, however, he's clearly searching for something. Instead of dully pushing around a cart full of books (or slumping against them in what is apparently extreme exhaustion from such an arduous task), he can be found carefully thumbing through the various titles before he organizes them. He can be found leaning against one bookcase with his eyes roaming the spines of book, taking in every title or lack of wording. Sometimes, he even reaches upwards, searching out what appears to be bits of loose paper or scraps that have somehow slipped on top of or inbetween books. Rarely does there seem to be anything worthwhile on the stray papers, judging by his quiet sighing, but occasionally he pauses to stare intently down on what seem to be random scribbles. Perhaps someone will even get to see him doing so.
....Alternatively, they may see him find what's apparently a blank piece of paper, take a pen out of his usual bag, and scribble something on it that's almost definitely rude before putting part of it underneath the strange door in the back of the library.
Fuck you, mysterious presence.
Other times, he's actually sitting down, a small stack of books around him. One is always open, his hand laid out against it to keep it that way, and he occupies his other hand with writing down what are apparently notes in a simple notebook. While Chikusa can be a little hard to read even on good days, he doesn't particularly seem pleased with what he's finding... or, perhaps, not finding.
While he's otherwise busy, he won't stop anyone from approaching him, and will even pause in the middle of what he's doing to level that dead eyed stare of his onto whoever has come near enough, whether they mean to interrupt him or not.
B - The Near Shore, the Blighted Zone
If the library won't give him the answers that he wants, then that means he really has no other choice but to go investigate himself... Well, by peering in on what exactly Heaven is doing in its own investigations on the area that became so badly blighted during the night of the God Meeting. After all, looking into the forest is clearly going to be a little harder.
For anyone else just passing through or perhaps even trying to look into things themselves, Chikusa's lanky figure is an easy one to spot, and not only because he tends to tower over other people even in a dead slouch. Rather, it's probably the shark finned beanie that he's wearing... It's not particularly subtle, but sometimes Chikusa rarely bothers to be. What has more of his attention is apparently ghosting throughout the neighborhood, pausing to take in a particular spot he can recall, or leaning against a wall to overhear what look like some of Heaven's shinki. With the amount of time he's spent in the Far Shore and his own skills of observation, he's learned to pick up familiar faces, after all.
C - The Near Shore, Asakusa
It's late at night. Why anyone would be out at such a time is a mystery that can only be answered by the individual themselves, but then, that's Asakusa for you. There are a lot of festivals held throughout the year in this place, and the amount of temples and other such things means that it's an enjoyable place for travelers of all sorts. Yet the recent ghost stories have apparently been creeping people out. In the dark streets, where various buildings and apartments have gone dark... The sound of footsteps echoing... going faster... and faster....
And bursting out of the doorway of a nearby building in the form of a frantic pair of shoes moving all by themselves, hastily dodging a borderline suddenly shooting out from inside the building. That sure is Chikusa, eyes sharp and his fingers still borderline ready.
Hopefully no one is in the way. That would be just horrible.
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[ Well. There's some nerd pride. But hey, out of everything, he just wants something in this supposed exchange. ]
Maybe teach me a spell I don't know yet and I'll start showing you formulas.
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...Reverse it. Show me a formula to prove you're not trying to back out... and I'll show you a spell.
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[ What you said basically amounted to 'give me what I want and I'll dizzy you again' or something like that. ]
I have notebooks worth of formulas, so I can easily show you a new one each day it takes.
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[...Although still tempting to use, honestly. Listen, it's fine.]
....But that works, I guess.
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What others do you have? Dizzy wore off pretty quickly and I already know Bind and Silence.
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...Have you heard about song spells...?
I thought I replied to this... Wow. (I'm talented)
No. They sound dumb... What're they meant for?
/gentle pat
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I don't need to sing to be able to do that either.
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[And also the only ones he's found. Freakin' papery pain in his-]
They lead to things... like those animated sparring dummies.
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[ He doesn't seem convinced. ]
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Is that really the stupidest thing that you've ever heard of happening here...?
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[ No hesitation on that. ]
It's just inefficient for something that's supposed to last for an entire day. Part of the point of singing is that the energy is active and prolonged for the duration of it- That's what I'm guessing at this point. It'd make more sense if there were wards and talismans being crafted for that purpose; like what they do for the meeting hall's defenses.
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[Instead: book hell]
Either way... It's still an important part of the magic here.
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Sure. Important...
[ Probably something and a kind of magic for every purpose. Though it makes him think of... ]
So you haven't come across any books about what kind of shinki magic are around when names aren't an option, aside from defensive singing? There's probably more than borderlines for that. Otherwise they'd be pretty limited, right?
[ With how stupidly taboo the whole thing about nora was among the gods, he can't imagine that they ultimately made it so nothing could be done against them. Really, Judar would be surprised if nothing had been done to make use of the ayakashi that were so abundant at times. ]
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And taking them home isn't an option either. After a certain amount of time... They disappear back here.
....So. It's a pain.
Still... I'm thinking if there's a song for stopping fires, or redirecting lightning... There might be a reverse. So... I've been keeping an eye out for that, too.
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Phones take pictures... I've been doing that with a lot of the books I've come across. You can usually get the entire book done before they disappear.
[ And now he knows what else he's going to start looking for. Because this has his attention. ]
So, the song ones are the only spells you're up for teaching? You know it'd mean singing around me to get an idea of how it's done...
[ The handy side of all of this is that he can cast fire and lightning for the demonstrations. Are you up for this, just to get a glimpse of how his kind of magic works? ]
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This whole place... is really annoying like that. So you'd have to go to extra effort to make it original enough...
[Stupid library. Chikusa hates everything about it.]
Anyway... Yeah. [A slow huff of air.] It's going to happen eventually anyway...
[Whether he likes it or not. Singing will have to happen.]
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[ Which has apparently been original enough to have stayed. Then again, writing things in your own language and style is pretty hipster. Despite having taken pictures of the books, he rarely looks at it because of how much smaller everything is. It hurts his eyes... ]
Then song spells it is, I guess. After I've got this other stuff handled, we'll figure out when to start doing that, and I'll give you some examples of the magic formulas I've got.
[ Which is a good IC way to explain the big ol' gap between how long ago this happened and starting it elsewhere. When people aren't so recently deceased. ]
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[Chikusa can understand putting things in one's own language, after all. He'd be a liar if he said he didn't do the same thing, just with Italian.]
[But for now... He nods.]
Works for me... You can find me whenever. It's not like I'm hard to find... [Usually.]