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29 - Autumn Leaves
Who: Everyone!
What: Uncover the remaining secrets of the mysterious forest.
When: Nov 29 - 30
Where: Chichibu National Park & the Central District
Summary: A heavily forested wilderness area in Chichibu National Park is attracting dangerous numbers of ayakashi, and Heaven's forces suspect that this might be the mortal forest that was connected to the Heavens in order to kidnap gods and shinki a few weeks ago.


Walk in the Woods
Mysterious Trees
Ayakashi Attacks
Autumn Leaf Viewing

In Summary:
What: Uncover the remaining secrets of the mysterious forest.
When: Nov 29 - 30
Where: Chichibu National Park & the Central District
Summary: A heavily forested wilderness area in Chichibu National Park is attracting dangerous numbers of ayakashi, and Heaven's forces suspect that this might be the mortal forest that was connected to the Heavens in order to kidnap gods and shinki a few weeks ago.


Walk in the Woods
- On the morning of the 29th, Heaven's messenger doves drop off small folded cards at the doors of every temple. The cards read,
- We believe that we have identified the location on the Near Shore where the human accomplices were working. As it is a large area, we offer you this information, in case you are able to assist us in searching for clues to the identity of the culprit. Please investigate with caution: there are reports of ayakashi in the area.
Attached is a map to a large national park in the Kanto region, with a section of the park cross-hatched in red pen. Anyone who goes to investigate the marked area will discover that it is heavily forested and contains about a mountain and a half; the ground is steep, muddy with autumn rain, and slick with dead leaves, though some red and orange colors are still grimly clinging to the branches overhead. Watch your step! The supernatural menace seems to have faded, but the purely natural hazards can do almost as much damage.
Heaven's forces, wearing white short jackets with gold chrysanthemum emblems over much more sensible jeans and hiking boots, can be seen here and there throughout the forest, searching for clues themselves. If somebody gets in a real jam, they might be willing to lend a hand.
Mysterious Trees
- Towards the center of the cross-hatched area, investigators may begin to see some familiar signs. Are those bits of torn-down spell papers still fluttering from nails driven into the trees? Vines and tree branches cut and broken by the hostage rescuers breaking through? Footprints, torn bits of black hooded cloaks... there are clues aplenty here.
There's something else, too: a mysterious presence still seems to haunt the forest. The trees might not move when anyone's watching, but it seems like they're in slightly different positions every time you look away and back. And what was that flicker of movement in the underbrush? Is there still someone here?!
Comment on the NPC REQUEST/CLUE SEARCH thread below to request specific details, or to go hunting for that mysterious presence.
Ayakashi Attacks
- There's more than one mysterious presence in these trees... and some of them are definitely not friendly. The forest's aura is unsettling and creepy enough to partially mask their approach, but ayakashi of all types and sizes seem to have been drawn here. Some wind along tree branches or soar through the air on fleshy, wide-spread wings. Others crawl or even burrow in the ground.
And all of them are excited at the possibility of a divine meal. Look out!
Autumn Leaf Viewing
- An area of the Central District planted with maple along a stone-walled canal has been decorated with hanging lanterns, comfortable spread mats and cushions, and an abundance of delicious food and drink on the afternoon of the 30th. Everyone is invited: new gods and old, those who helped investigate the Near Shore forest and those who didn't. For those who did investigate, though, one or two of the white-robed shinki who are helping with the party preparations and enjoying the food and drink themselves will take the opportunity to pull them aside and ask about their findings.
The party includes games as well as food and drink. Kites, poetry games, tag, hide-and-seek, card games and dice games are going on all over. There's even some determined board game and mahjong players who have brought their favorite game to the outdoor venue and are setting up on mats with immense care.
At one edge of the landscaped area where the party is being held, the ground slopes up, and is planted with a riot of bright gold, white and rust-red chrysanthemums. Like the ones that bloomed everywhere a few months ago, these flowers exude a sense of peace, confidence and security to anyone nearby, and especially those who pick the blooms to wear in their hair or their buttonhole.

In Summary:
- Investigate a wild forest
- Watch out for nasty trees
- Exorcise an ayakashi infestation
- Enjoy some hard-earned relaxation
- Have fun~
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It's been too long for any trails to last, even in better weather. [Archer shrugs and lowers his voice.] Kakimoto has some leads on the cult as well.
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[And whoever does is probably going to have to share it for them to get any sort of decent image of the evidence.]
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I wonder-- [he stops himself, crouches low and splays his hand on the ground, muttering something under his breath. Teal glowing lines sink from his hand into earth, vanishing soon after. Archer waits a longer moment before standing up.]
It's close. This way. [Archer starts not even waiting for Shun, but he's not in such hurry to stop himself from looking for any clues, be it on the ground or above.]
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Some kind of residue? [Or echo of magic, maybe. It's not something Shun's familiar with, but that didn't look like a search for mundane clues.]
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Suddenly he steps into the clearing. The ground is too trampled there to find any clear footprints, rain obliterating any remaining traces of what transpired here. Archer drops his makeshift bag and ventures further into the clearing, surveying the area.]
The sigils were here.
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As soon as they enter the clearing, Shun can recognise the shapes of certain trees and the layout of the area, and his wariness spikes. He doesn't need Archer to confirm it to know this is the clearing where it all happened.]
I recognise the place. [He steps into the clearing a little more carefully himself, trying to pick out where he remembers the sigils being.]
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Salt, chalk and ink aside all the plant, ground and chemicals. Oh, and lots of charcoal and ash, most likely from burning it. [he shrugs and specifies.] I can also analyze components of what I touch.
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So all things we'd expect to be there after what happened. [He can't help but glance back in particular to the location of where the north sigil had been, though.] You're sure they're all broken?
[North and south had acted differently to the others at the end of it all, even if he hadn't been able to tell specifics.]
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Then the question is what happened to the north and south sigils before they broke. [They certainly hadn't done it in the same manner as the other three, and he's convinced there's some kind of reason behind that.]
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It's impossible to tell without knowing more about this spell. It could be because those sigils were the last left or absorbed most energy. It could be what was supposed to happen if the amount of energy was high enough. [Archer shakes his head and frowns.] Aside the fact that the spell drained all the victims we know nothing of its purpose. It could feed power into its intended recipient, or use it to fuel another spell.
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I don't like the idea that they finished it before we finished destroying it, but if all the sigils did break, then that sounds like the most likely answer.
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So far we've left with questions that have no answer. That reminds me. [have a flash drive thrown at your face, Shun.] Surveillance footage from the blighted area, with maps showing the camera locations. It's all linked together.
[Archer is treating the investigation seriously, and he already promised Shun to share any results.]
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So that was the cultists as well? Maybe that first one was what they had to use to power this one. [That spell had been draining people as well, and there had been at least a few deaths. Surely that would've given them enough power to move on to something of this scale.] It would explain why we've never seen a spell this powerful before if they're capable of doing it.
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[It was way too easy to let them get used to the forest while their enemy was gathering enough power for the second part of spell.]
They're surprisingly well informed.
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There's definitely people on the inside, that much has been clear for a while. Things like the attacks on gatherings without leaving a trace or on Amaterasu's temple wouldn't be possible without it.
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((ooc: more details on the surveillance footage))
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You're right about the timing, though. I'm wondering how it happened that someone was actually out there to alert us about it.
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thread wrap a lightyear late
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[Maybe it has something to do with what went on before they arrived here...]