32 - Blow Your Top

[godsoffortune]

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~

Comments

[missingache]

[Jellybean stares are Shiro before going limp and somehow getting heavier.]

I'll wait here then!

[galrarm]

[ Oof. Shiro chuckles and pets Jellybean as much as he can. ]

I'll be back soon.

[ And off he goes. He does return pretty quickly. ]

Jellybean is secure. Let's get going.

[missingache]

[Roxas watches them go. He then curiously looks around to see what the place was like since it was his first time there.

When Shiro returns, he nods.] Okay! So... volcano first?

[galrarm]

We should probably check the surrounding area for your god, before approaching the volcano.

[missingache]

I did that already... I even used Jellybean to help and we couldn't find him...

[galrarm]

Still, another pair of eyes won't hurt. What does your god look like?

[missingache]

Uhm... shaggy hair... kinda looks like he'd fit in with the homeless...

[ROXAS NO]

[galrarm]

That's... not much of a description. How tall is he? Thin, muscular? Eye color? What sort of clothes does he wear?

[missingache]

[.... Shiro, everyone is taller than Roxas.]

Tall. Muscular but he wears baggy clothes.. dark eyes, too.

[galrarm]

[ He nods. ]

Taller than I am? Hair color?

[missingache]

About the same height, and his hair is black.

[Shiro has cooler hair. No need to say that.]

[galrarm]

Alright. I think I've got a good idea of what he looks like.

[ He gives Roxas an easy smile. ]

Let's go, then.

[missingache]

Okay!

[Ready to follow the leader anytime!!!]

I'll follow you.

[galrarm]

Alright.

[ He sets off to the east; hopefully, they'll be able to find Roxas's god easily. ]

So, Roxas, how have you been?

[missingache]

[He follows and looks around as he does.]

Learning so I can be useful. I don't know a lot, but I don't think I'm learning the right stuff... I don't know if my god needs me since he has another shinki. An adult.

[Anyways.]

What about you?

[galrarm]

In that case, communication is vital. But you're trying your best, and that's the most important thing.

[ He smiles a little. ]

I've been well. Settling in alright enough.

[missingache]

Someone else told me that, too... Talking is hard.

[Really hard.]

Keith is one of your shinki, right?

[galrarm]

It can be. But it's worth it to try.

[ Ah. ]

He is. Do you know him?

[missingache]

I'll try then.

[He nods with a smile.]

I do! I like him! He's really nice and likes cats.

[galrarm]

[ Oh!! Shiro smiles and looks very relieved. ]

I'm glad to hear it. Keith's a good person.

[missingache]

[Roxas adores Keith!!!]

I helped him find his cat, and he stayed and talked with me for a bit after. I like talking to him, but I never know when I can message anyone. I don't wanna bother him.

[galrarm]

[ Lightly, Shiro chuckles. ]

I don't think he'd mind if you contacted him, Roxas.

[missingache]

You think so? I wanna send him pictures of Jellybean being cute. And the other cats I find.

[Caaaats]

[galrarm]

He'd probably like that a lot. Keith's pretty good with animals, too.

[missingache]

Is he? Does he like animals, too? Bacon did seem happy to see him.