godsoffortune: (in the distance)
The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-09-01 06:13 pm

32 - Blow Your Top

Who: Everyone!
What: A volcano eruption threatens the Western District
When: Jan 14 - 16
Where: The Western District of the Heavens
Summary: The Western District volcano is erupting again, endangering nearby temples and sending ash sprinkling down across the Heavens. Is it natural, or another attack? Those who dare climb the volcano can find out.






Earthquake Warning

    On the morning of the 14th, an earthquake rattles windows throughout the Heavens. It's not strong enough to knock down buildings -- unless they're about to fall down anyway, like some of the older abandoned temples -- but it's strong enough to knock things off shelves and startle any late sleepers out of bed.

    After the earthquake, strange sights abound around the Heavens. The poetic koi are swimming in organized schools in all of the canals, heading upstream towards the east. Springs of pure water burst out in some areas, and in others, normal springs or fountains have gone temporarily dry. Blue and green lights bob and weave across the landscape.


Falling Rock

    The volcano begins erupting with a roar and a bright scarlet glow on the horizon. Ash and bits of rock fall across the Western district, and may even reach into the Southwest, Northwest and southern Central districts. Volcanic glass fibers that look like golden hair collect on trees, fences and buildings.

    Trails and fountains of lava are also erupting from freshly opened fissures and wending down the sides of the volcano. Gods and shinki who live in the Western District are going to need some help clearing ash and glass from their roofs, trying to re-route lava flows (the good news is, if you cool one side down enough, you can turn them! the bad news is, that takes a lot of work) or just offering them a spare room to stay until things calm down.


Swamp Gas

    It's not just lava and springwater erupting from mysterious new crevasses -- and it's not just mundane volcanic gases, either. Divine volcanic vents are blowing mind-altering fumes all over the Heavens. Anywhere across the Far Shore, but especially as characters get closer to the volcano, they may experience one or more of the following effects:
    • Confusion
    • Intense emotions
    • Anger and irritability
    • Impulsive behavior, loss of emotional control
    • Hallucinations
    • Unusually clear insight into other people and situations
    • Coughing, eye and throat irritation, difficulty breathing
    • Irresistible impulses to speak in poetry

    Most symptoms will clear up after a few hours in fresh air, and all of them will be gone within 48 hours of the last volcano gas exposure.


Mountain Climbing

    Natural disasters don't just happen like this in the Heavens... do they? Amaterasu's white-robed shinki are convinced that something is wrong, and they're organizing into search parties to go up the mountain and seek out the cause of this eruption. New and old gods and shinki are welcome to join them, or form their own groups. All of the hazards -- tremors, lava, ash, and volcanic gas -- will get worse as characters ascend the volcano. Strange little spirit flames, in shades of red and blue, dance on the rocks, dazzling, confusing and threatening to singe interlopers.

    And there's someone up here, too. A mysterious figure with glowing red eyes is keeping watch on the intruders and vanishing behind boulders whenever someone turns his way. He won't let anyone traveling with one of the white-robed shinki get too close, but solitary gods or shinki might manage to lure him into conversation, if they try....

    OOC: Please comment to the 'NPC REQUEST' thread below in order to talk to the mysterious figure on the volcano.

    Those climbing the volcano will have a chance to battle the mysterious figure should their characters choose to do so. If you're interested in a fight, please comment to the 'NPC FIGHT' thread below before the top-level is posted. A top-level for the fight will go up on IC Jan 16/OOC Sept 4.




In Summary:

  • Don't get rattled
  • Help out the Western District with their volcano problem
  • Watch out for volcanic gases
  • Find out who's behind the eruption
  • Have fun~
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-10-11 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[Another short kanji sketch.]

Before
kokuyoyo: (And the cops are back.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-10-11 09:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[For right now... But just to be sure, Chikusa drags the tip of his beak through the dirt to spell out...]

SICK

[...And then he sneezes. Dirt doesn't feel good in his nostrils.]
kuroi_taiyo: (148)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-10-11 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It didn't really seem to matter what the others were. Which is why he rolled a shoulder. ]

Sounds like something that'd take a while and a lot of work if I don't have actual limits. Not if the world really does supplement whatever I need.
kuroi_taiyo: (174)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-10-11 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
There's probably something in the books I filled out. It's not like I really went through them all.

[ Sorry, Hakkai. You can't put the genie back in the bottle after bringing that thought about. ]
kuroi_taiyo: (149)

[personal profile] kuroi_taiyo 2018-10-11 11:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Just- shut up. You'd never get what I mean if you're some optimistic dog.

[ He's, uh, been in this area for a good while now. Sorry Suzaku. ]
mithrarin: (frown)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2018-10-12 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, that's where I've been headed. Safety in numbers?

[At the very least, they bring different skills to the table. That's versatility, if nothing else.]
declamando: (over the distance)

[personal profile] declamando 2018-10-12 10:27 am (UTC)(link)
That as well. It doesn't seem like there's any particular criteria for being selected to come here, even just based on what I remember seeing so far.

[They have combatants and non-combatants, a large amount of humans but also several non-humans, people from mundane worlds and people from worlds with magic...nothing she would consider a connecting factor.]
revolutionfalcon: (about time)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-10-12 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun has no complaints about that - they might as well start from the bottom if they're checking the place thoroughly, anyway, though it does occur to him that Chikusa probably isn't going to have the easiest time of this himself regardless.]

You might be better off finding Hakkai and asking him to switch your form back.
thevanguard: Color Loud (018)

[personal profile] thevanguard 2018-10-12 01:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, you're out here alone without having met your god yet?!

[ Yata blinks at him in shock for a moment before slapping a palm against his forehead. ]

No wonder your Borderline didn't work. You need a Name. Your god is supposed to be watching out for you.
thevanguard: confused, serious, loud (218)

[personal profile] thevanguard 2018-10-12 01:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Yata rubs a hand over his face in frustration. ]

God, how can you be even more annoying as a bird, I didn't even think that was possible. I wasn't sick earlier, either!

[ ...He thinks? Wait a minute... ]

Wait, are you saying I was going to get sick earlier?
mithrarin: (smile)

[personal profile] mithrarin 2018-10-12 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Well. For some of us there's being dead.

[That probably shouldn't be amusing, but you take your humor where you can get it.]

I think willpower might be a factor.
kokuyoyo: (I mean I don't even call it a hangover)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-10-12 03:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, that took long enough. Writing is too much effort, especially for an easy answer like that, so Chikusa just nods, once.]
kokuyoyo: (I don't do stupid things anymore.)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-10-12 03:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[Landing steadily, Chikusa shakes his head before lowering his beak to the earth. His writing is messy and a little hard to read, but manageable.]

TEST BREATH.
FLY MOUNTAIN.
HAKKAI.
onedrinkwithme: (looking up)

Yep yep!

[personal profile] onedrinkwithme 2018-10-12 05:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Of course, I plan to do the same once I drop this troublemaker off.

[Murring from the carrier.]

Oh, I never introduced myself did I? I'm Aymeric.
kokuyoyo: (Apparently I kept telling people I was)

[personal profile] kokuyoyo 2018-10-12 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Explaining concepts- or anything, actually- while in a form that doesn't lend well to a voice is a tricky pain. Fortunately, Chikusa thinks he can manage. Turning his head, he pokes it through the beating of one wing. Unlike with a regular bird of flesh and blood- such as what he was previously- there's no harm. The fog parts around his beak easily, and he huffs a small breath at the god. It smells like rain and herbs, but that's not important.]

[Maybe there's a hole there in the mountain that burst through, and that's lending further lava more of a place to leak from...? It's the best idea he has.]
chibisu: (technoheart-archive, tumblr) (...but it's a lot.)

[personal profile] chibisu 2018-10-12 08:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Kimi laughs at her again. "You can't argue with him, right? He makes it so hard."

"I keep telling you that you can!" Ebisu protests, crossing his arms even as Kunimi guides his feet skillfully down the volcanoside. "It's a shinki's duty to guide their god. If I do anything that isn't good, then I want you all to tell me. Arguing is good in business!"

A pause.

"It's just that my shinki are the best."
reformedsinner: (heavy sigh)

[personal profile] reformedsinner 2018-10-12 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm afraid I've seen stranger... but it is going to cause a problem, being so close to temples.

[He's still smiling cheerfully.]
saiyanhybrid: ([07])

[personal profile] saiyanhybrid 2018-10-12 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[Gohan squints, too.]

Should we move in closer?
pirateofdragons: ([34])

[personal profile] pirateofdragons 2018-10-12 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay, okay, I get it.

[He makes a face at him.]
pirateofdragons: ([90])

[personal profile] pirateofdragons 2018-10-12 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
...

[He turns to look at her.]

I just felt as if I was being chained to the ground.
brokenlight: ((186) Once in a while)

[personal profile] brokenlight 2018-10-13 01:29 am (UTC)(link)
Me?

[He points at himself.]

No, not sick.
brokenlight: ((076) To carry you)

[personal profile] brokenlight 2018-10-13 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
My magic reserves isn't...the best.

[Let's just put it at that.]
brokenlight: ((185) Everything is just right)

[personal profile] brokenlight 2018-10-13 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ooc; works for me!]

[Ventus jerks a bit when he sees that.

His eyes widens, feeling his body tense up and there's a kind of horror of just....watching that helmet pop right off. There's no head. Nothing. It sends ice through his veins, and he takes a step back, horrified and disgusted with what he's done.]
abgrund: (沈めろというのか 友を)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-10-13 09:43 am (UTC)(link)
My name is Ain.

[ He would offer his hand but Aymeric's hands seem to be wholly occupied at the moment. ]

We'll meet again. I'm sure of it....
revolutionfalcon: (explanation)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2018-10-13 02:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Shun jumps off Chikusa's back as soon as they're on the ground again, then pauses to read the message. It's not he most helpful thing in the world, but he can get the gist, so he shrugs slightly.]

Suit yourself. [He assumes it means Chikusa's planning to head off on his own at this point.]