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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-06-01 07:03 pm

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

    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~
doodlebuginette: (content)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-23 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Doesn't seem that way, no. [Do you need a hug, Nia? She's good with hugs.] Nobody said you had to!
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-25 03:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Personal space! Personal space!]

You'd be surprised, actually. I've had a guy or two try. 'You've got a purpose, you're helping others,' like that was enough to smooth out 'involuntarily'.
doodlebuginette: (hrm)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-25 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[One day!]

I mean, they weren't wrong? Technically. But that doesn't mean you have to just sit back and accept it, especially when you don't seem like the kind of person who would ever do that.
sassywelshcatgirl: (snarl)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-26 01:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure, it's true we have a purpose, we're supposedly doing good things. We were never asked! So yeah, I'm not just gonna sit and be a good girl, doing what I'm told like I got no mind of my own.
doodlebuginette: (content)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-26 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[The more she spoke to Nia, the more she realized she reminded her of Manon. And that just made her smile.]

I can't really imagine you just sitting back and taking anything like a good girl.
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-26 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph. Might be the nicest thing anyone's said to me since I got here. [Nia glances off to the side, trying not to be mollified by what really wasn't a compliment.]
doodlebuginette: (smirky)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-27 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
If people were saying nice things to me, I think I'd be smiling. [And yes, she just might be teasing a little. But Nia didn't seem like the type who smiled an awful lot, so she wanted to see if that was true or not.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (wat)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-27 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
I think we've already established that you and I are very different people.

[Nia smiles a ton -- when she isn't grumpy, and it so happens that the Far Shore seems tailor-made to make her grumpy. But the joke has her lips twitching just a little.]
doodlebuginette: (hrm)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-28 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
That's true. [Mari stops to consider, tapping her chin thoughtfully.] So if I say nice things to you, are you saying you won't smile?

[Because yes, these are the kinds of things she thinks about.]
sassywelshcatgirl: (smug)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-28 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Depends on what you think is nice, doesn't it? [Nia suspects they might not share common ground, there.]
doodlebuginette: (giggle)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-29 10:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She had to chuckle at that.] I suppose you're right. We might have very different ideas of what nice is~
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[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-06-30 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Or at least what a compliment is. Here's a hint, avoid stuff like being a good shinki or anything like that.
doodlebuginette: (smirky)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-06-30 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd be more likely to compliment you on your hair, or your sense of humor, or your style than that~
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-01 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
You're a lunatic for sure then. [Nia makes a 'pff' noise, waving a hand at Marinette like she's brushing her away.] Just got to be the sort to cheer someone up, huh?
doodlebuginette: (content)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-01 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
I've probably been called worse by worse people. [She's not even a little bit bothered, if she's being honest.] I like helping people. It's what I do. Even before coming here.
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-01 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that isn't the sort of thing that gets taken advantage of or anything...

[Says Nia, who spent much of her day in the amusement park really irritated because she couldn't keep ayakashi from hassling innocent people.]
doodlebuginette: (smirky)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-02 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Is it really taking advantage if I like doing it?

[Maybe.]

It's something I enjoy doing, and it makes me feel good to help people. I'm sure you probably have something like that, even if you haven't remembered it yet.
sassywelshcatgirl: (dismay)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-02 01:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I don't remember it. Fat lot of good all these things I don't know do for me, huh? [Nia doesn't know what her memories are supposed to be, of course. But she can't possibly be any angrier or grumpier than she is without them, right?]
doodlebuginette: (d'aww)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-03 05:12 am (UTC)(link)
[This was usually the point at which she'd hug one of her friends. But she and Nia weren't friends yet, and she felt like doing so would only make things worse.]

I know it doesn't make you feel any better now, but I'm sure you'll start to remember things about yourself after you've been here for a while.
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-03 12:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Eh. So long as it's not the sort of remembering that makes me go all evil. [Which she has been told is absolutely a thing.]
doodlebuginette: (smirky)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-05 03:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Marinette snorted and shook her head.] No! I wouldn't wish that on anyone. I just meant that shinki start to remember things after they've been here for a while. The other kind only happens when someone tells you about your past before you've remembered it.
sassywelshcatgirl: (disgusted)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-05 03:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Right, well, no fear of that I'm sure. [No one's evinced a hint of knowing her, after all.] Not sure what's worth remembering either. It'll probably just make me unhappier.
doodlebuginette: (sassy)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-05 09:52 pm (UTC)(link)
But what if it makes you happier?

[Because she's still going to hold out hope that there are good things for Nia to remember eventually!]
sassywelshcatgirl: (somber)

[personal profile] sassywelshcatgirl 2018-07-05 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Nia regards Marinette evenly, if with a bit of pity and irritation all mixed together.]

I'm dead. None of it matters any more.
doodlebuginette: (d'aww)

[personal profile] doodlebuginette 2018-07-05 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
You're also here. And you matter.

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