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Entry tags:
- !cultist arc,
- !cultist arc | events,
- !cultist arc | npcs,
- aymeric de borel | final fantasy xiv,
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- d2 | alive,
- event log,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- kairi | kingdom hearts,
- nia | xenoblade chronicles 2,
- obi | akagami no shirayukihime,
- romeo | romeo's blue skies,
- suzaku kururugi | code geass,
- yoon | akatsuki no yona,
- ω archer [emiya] | fate stay night,
- ω caster [ch chulainn] | fgo,
- ω emizel | disgaea 4,
- ω misaki yata | k,
- ω reisi munakata | k,
- ω ross | senyuu.,
- ω sha gojyo | saiyuki,
- ω son goku | saiyuki,
- ω tatara totsuka | k,
- ω yona | akatsuki no yona,
- ω zelda | loz: ocarina of time
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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THAT IS MORE UPSETTING THAN THE AYAKASHI
Hibiki rides out the buck, then leans down and tries to pry the Prinny free. ] If you're looking...for Capyba Land....then you're lost!
[ Maxie doesn't know what he wants to do. He turns in place, stamping, scared, head tossing back as he wildly searches for the best escape route.
He's helping, hammer Prinny. But he also isn't looking where he's stepping. ]
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[Hammer Prinny bashes the ayakashi hard, flattening one eyeball-on-a-tentacle into a two-dimensional disc. Before anyone can be too grossed out by that, a hoof clips him and sends him flying straight into a bush.]
[The third Prinny apparently notices none of this.] Well, yeah, dood, if we weren't lost we wouldn't need to look for the park, now would we? That's just logic, dood.
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[ But this is the point at which Maxie has decided that he has had quite enough of being menaced by a creepy invisible-to-him negativity monster and. Takes off through the forest.
Hibiki, Prinny, and all. ]
What?!
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[Meanwhile, Team
DisasterHibiki picks up a fourth member, as Maxie vaults over a low branch and Hibiki promptly catches one of Zetta's low-flying drones to the chest.]It's topically funny, katamaris just got referenced not too recently, dood!
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Maxie! What are you doing?! Can you not obey me???
[ THERE WAS AN INVISIBLE NEGATIVITY MONSTER SO THAT'S A "NEIGH" TO THAT, SIR ]
Recognize me as your master!!
[ THERE WAS AN INVISIBLE NEGATIVITY MONSTER AND MAXIE DOES NOT WANT TO DIE, SIR
Away they tear, through bushes, puddles, and other such obstacles. And up ahead, there is a fallen tree that broke off halfway through its trunk, now slumped like a hurdle.
Maxie's hindquarters tense in preparation. Have fun, Prinny. ]
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[Which means she has two flippers clinging to the back of her head and her face almost in its pouch. Also the pouch smells of fish.]
[Recognizing that it may have failed to contribute to this event's positive outcome, the Prinny elects to offers some words of wisdom, in the hopes that sage advice will see them through.]
I don't think he's listening, dood!
[A+, dood.]
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[ And it is as a white statue with a smelly penguin affixed to her head that Hibiki, along with Maxie the terrified horse, goes soaring through the air to clear this hurdle.
If she is not snapped out of her current condition, they will not stick the landing. ]
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[The Prinny she has entangled is the least heroic of Prinnies, which may be saying something, but even it can recognize the danger they're in. Time seems to slow as inevitable doom hurtles towards them -- and then, a flash of logic strikes.]
I'll save us!
[Seizing the drone that had become entangled in the course of its crash, the Prinny tugs it free, then slaps the rotors vigorously till they begin spinning once more. Latching onto the underside, the Prinny wraps one flipper around Hibiki, then triumphantly lifts the drone.]
Coup-fourré, dood!
[A second of no meaningful lifting force whatsoever passes in the length of a lifetime. The Prinny shakes off its determined hero look to glance up at the drone, with a sort of 'hurry up and fly, dood' attitude -- only for its eyes to fall on a sticker on the underside.]
Lifting capacity: 2 pounds? Well, crap, dood.
[Sighing, the Prinny turns to Hibiki and pats her consolingly on the shoulder.]
Sorry, dood. You weigh too much for me to save us.
1/2
Up they go, and down they plummet, Hibiki's feet rising out of the stirrups... ]
2/2
If not, she'll leave it on for the next feat: turning a full somersault and then landing, standing up, on Maxie's back as Maxie continues his thundering flight.
NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE ULTIMATE PRINCE. ]
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[She hasn't escaped fully. Not yet. Behind her, the Prinny clings to Maxie's tail, whipping violently back and forth as the galloping sends violent jolts through the horsehair. As always, this raises the question of how Prinnies can do ANYTHING with those flippers of theirs, and the answer is "Shut up."]
[Despite its perilous position, though, the Prinny has a moment to think and ponder.]
...But seriously, dood, sacrificing me and saving only yourself was totally lame.
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Things Hibiki barely manages to do, after clapping her hands over her ears: see above. ] Don't speak.
[ Not until she can get herself in a less perilous position, anyway.... ]
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[Boy, it sure hopes thinking 'dood' doesn't throw her off. She's weirdly sensitive, dood!]
[Downside though, he can't warn her about perilous branches or upcoming jumps, but she asked as nicely as she's capable of, dood!]
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She reaches down for the reins, slowly, carefully. Right. There's...that.
Settling down onto Maxie's back, she eases him to a slower pace, smirking calmly to herself as if none of this had ever happened. They seem to have actually weathered the danger without further mishap!
And yet, she gives no indication the Prinny is allowed to speak yet. ]
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[If it can't speak, the Prinny will just keep thinking very hard.]
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WAIT
WHERE DID THIS STREAM
COME FROM
She draws Maxie up so short he ends up bucking. And whipping his tail around.
Good luck. ]
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LOOKS LIKE TEAM PRINNY'S BLASTING OFF AGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN...
[A faint gleam in the sky is all that the poor Prinny shall be remebered by. A faint gleam... and one last echoed word.]
...dood...
1/hibiki, gods of fortune bless that tag
........................................... ]
2/hibiki
with stupidity ]
3/hibiki
hibiki/4
....Ah, well.
[ Hibiki faces forward, snapping back to a calm and haughty demeanor. She directs Maxie to follow the stream instead of fording it. And gives the Prinny not a single moment's extra thought.
It may have been deliberately excised from her memory to protect herself. ]
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Eeeeeexcellent.
[A pair of minions hurriedly stick their hands in front of him to steeple their fingers, thus completing the imagery.]
[dun dun dun]
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be
conprinued.... ]
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Dood, did you ever realize that Hibiki's syllable substitution ends up sounding like 'Prinny'? Food for thought!
[Fade to black.]