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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~
yasei: (89)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-05 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
You might slip and fall into a mud puddle, or somebody might spill soup on you. Just to mention a few things that could happen.
badassfreakingoverlord: (Badass zoomout)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-05 03:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Then I'd be carefully washed by my army of loyal minions, with the finest in treatment products! That isn't the same as a bath at all!

[He can't argue with either of those two scenarios though.]
yasei: (88)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-13 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Who even has an army of minions? ]

You don't need water for that? All sorts of liquids would make your pages soggy. Books are sensitive you know? Or the knowledge in them'll go lost.
badassfreakingoverlord: (thoughtful frown)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-13 05:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[A book who otherwise can't interact with the environment, zuh.]

It's like fine oils and stuff. Also, the Sacred Tome isn't so easily damaged. I'm only inhabiting it because someone sabotaged it, or else the circumstances that almost led to its destruction would never have come to pass!
yasei: (92)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-17 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ He's clearly interacting on his own now. ]

Oh! [ Obi gasps, far too dramatically. ] You're such an alturist, I had no idea Mister!
badassfreakingoverlord: (hopping mad)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-17 02:16 pm (UTC)(link)
What the --?! Altruist?! How dare you insult me with that word! [Sure, if 'interacting' is 'trembling with rage in midair'!] I'm a freaking Overlord! I'm the epitome of selfishness! I'm justifiably self-centered! And I would have let the damn book burn if I wouldn't have been destroyed along with it!
yasei: (91)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-17 03:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You'd think I used a terrible insult. Wow. [ So funny! ] So that's your only reason? Hmm~ And here I thought you were actually a big softie. Well, a small softie, since you're not very big.
badassfreakingoverlord: (you said WHAT?!)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-18 12:14 am (UTC)(link)
I'm an Overlord! The most badass freaking Overlord in the entire cosmos! I'm an embodiment of evil! An exemplar of vice and villainy! All my actions are malicious in some way, shape, or form!
yasei: (87)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-20 12:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not familiar with that title, and I haven't seen or heard of you doing anything particularly evil yet.
badassfreakingoverlord: (looking at you)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-20 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
You haven't been paying attention, is all. Though I admit I'm currently unable to advance my plans to conquer the Far Shore and remake it as a Netherworld...
yasei: (88)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-21 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
I guess I haven't. [ Except he's spying all over the place so he actually does pay a great deal of attention. ] Conquering and stuff seems like a huge effort, and not very fun.
badassfreakingoverlord: (thoughtful frown)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-21 09:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, for me it's a cakewalk. Besides, I need to do it to get my body back. I refuse to remain stuck as a book for all eternity!

[It's a reasonable goal, right?]
yasei: (92)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-23 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
So you mean you're not just a random wisp of smoke when you're not possessing books?
badassfreakingoverlord: (mocking you)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-23 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
No! I told you, I'm a demon. I have a proper, glorious, gorgeous body that is the envy of all. You can understand why I'd like to get the damn thing back, of course.
yasei: (89)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-07-25 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I guess so yeah, it's hard to get properly physical if you're a book.
badassfreakingoverlord: (damn)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-07-25 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
In so many ways, man. In so many ways.

[Ever hear a book sigh, deep and soul-weary, before?]
yasei: (87)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-08-04 11:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not that OBi knows it, but he's not from a magical world. It feels like a pretty novel experience though. So funny. ]

I can imagine that that gets pretty boring. And cold.
badassfreakingoverlord: (eyebrow raise)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-08-04 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I can't even play video games, and -- cold?

[Huh. That's not a thing it had even ever occurred to Zetta that he should feel.]
yasei: (87)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-08-04 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Obi doesn't know what video games are so he'll just ignore that and ask Miss Chinatsu later. ]

Cold, and lonely.

[ And he's dramatically sighing, as if he's longing for what makes it not "cold, and lonely". ]
badassfreakingoverlord: (you said WHAT?!)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-08-05 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
Hey! Don't add weird adjectives! I'm an Overlord! 'Lonely' isn't in my vocabulary!

[Apparently, ego. Zetta's got a ton of that.]
yasei: (89)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-08-06 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
Lonely isn't a weird adjective, and it can mean a lot of things.

[ In Obi's case, he means lonely in a more... one-night-stand, acquaintances-with-benefits kind of thing. ]
badassfreakingoverlord: (hopping mad)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-08-06 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[Yeah you might need to spell that one out for Zetta, who continues to focus on his own narrow interpretation (shock of shocks).]

Demons don't get lonely, so yes it's weird! There's only room for one on top of the peak, and that's the way I like it!
yasei: (89)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-08-07 04:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yeah that is the utmost narrow perspective on something with many sides to it. ]

Clearly you're just inexperienced with the world, Mister Demon, or you wouldn't say that.
badassfreakingoverlord: (wat)

[personal profile] badassfreakingoverlord 2018-08-08 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
...How the hell old are you?

[Seriously, that accusation has Zetta so baffled he doesn't know whether to be furious or amused.]
yasei: (8)

[personal profile] yasei 2018-08-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
My guess is early twenty-something!

[ He literally added a question mark after his age when he filled out the paper work for his service under Zen. An estimate is the best he can do. ]

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