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001 | The Welcoming Feast
Who: Everyone!
What: A little bit of explanation, thank goodness.
When: Early morning. (February 15, 2016)
Where: The Heavens. Specifically in the Meeting Hall.
Warnings: Exposition is coming your way, sit back and enjoy the show!
The Heavens have summoned you. And there is no way to turn down a summons from the Heavens. Of course, some of you know where you are and what you are probably doing here, but most of you might be completely confused as to what is going on. All gods have been ushered into the meeting hall, where every person suddenly becomes anonymous and obscured, while every shinki has been gathered up outside in the hallway, both sets to listen to the same message sent by Amaterasu herself. And while you cannot see her properly or really figure out what her voice sounds like, you definitely know that it's her speaking:
'Welcome, one and all, to Takamagahara. There are many new gods and shinki here today, and I hope you all find your stay pleasant. I wish that I could explain to you exactly why you find yourselves here now, but I am unsure of the details myself. Please make use of the shinki dedicated to our services in order to make yourself more acquainted with your new position. You can find them by looking for my golden insignia.
As compensation for the trouble you are all being put through, I have had a wonderful feast prepared. I only hope that it is to your liking. Feel free to eat and drink as much as you would like, though please do not leave before the clock chimes midnight, for that is when your homes will be prepared.
I ask that all pre-existing gods please help those new to our ways. Let them know what is and is not acceptable and what duties will be expected of them. I am counting on your all to support the Heavens in this confusing time as we attempt to sort things out.
Thank you all for your time. And I am truly sorry that you have found yourselves in this situation.
With that, the figure that is Amaterasu bows deeply and disappears from their sights. The gods are released from their chamber and the shinki are allowed to roam. All exits are manned by a white-clad shinki, bearing a golden, embroidered Chrysanthemum on their chests. So, technically, there is no way out. You can't even seem to teleport out by any means.
All that's really left to do is enjoy the food and hope that you'll actually be able to leave after the clock chimes midnight. Though the clock doesn't seem to work on a minute-by-minute basis either...
Banquet Hall
There is food from literally every culture and walk of life here. Everything is prepared gorgeously and deliciously, no expenses spared. There are shinki bearing the Chrysanthemum carrying out new platters of everything as it's eaten up and nothing seems to go hot or cold as time passes - it always at the perfect temperature for eating and it never tastes anything but delicious. Maybe there's a little magic making it taste so good...
On top of the delectable dinner, there are plenty of desserts and every kind of alcohol available and constantly being refilled. The liquor is being offered to gods and shinki alike, no matter how old they are/look. Let's hope that you can hold your alcohol.
Counselling
In the main hallway, there is an innocuous door with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". Inside the door is a small room with a few sweetly smiling shinki inside who are willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. They are also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and also any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
Did Someone Say Games?
A large room connected to the back of the banquet hall has a wide variety of games set up for everyone to enjoy. There are old-fashioned board games (like chess and Othello) as well as newer ones (like Candy Land and Sorry!). On top of that, there is every kind of console available with every video game ever made - and plenty of handheld devices for everyone to be able to play. The devices don't seem to work outside of this room, though, so you'll have to stay there if you want to keep playing. Gaming is, after all, a great way to get to know new people!
After Midnight
Finally, the clock starts to chime. It seems like it's been days and yet only minutes at the same time. Time seems to work so strangely here in Takamagahara and it's hard to keep up with what's going on. But now that the shinki guarding the doors have left their posts, you are more than welcome to leave. In fact, the Heavens seem to want you to leave because all of the food has disappeared, none of the games work anymore (including the board games, which keep flipping over when you try to play...), and the friendly shinki are smiling as they usher you out the doors.
You are welcome to start wandering around Takamagahara, but it's an ambiguous sort of place and might just take you straight home anyway. Feel free to go home and start bonding with your partner. Or sneak home with someone else because your partner is a meanie-pants. It's up to you!
In Summary:
What: A little bit of explanation, thank goodness.
When: Early morning. (February 15, 2016)
Where: The Heavens. Specifically in the Meeting Hall.
Warnings: Exposition is coming your way, sit back and enjoy the show!
The Heavens have summoned you. And there is no way to turn down a summons from the Heavens. Of course, some of you know where you are and what you are probably doing here, but most of you might be completely confused as to what is going on. All gods have been ushered into the meeting hall, where every person suddenly becomes anonymous and obscured, while every shinki has been gathered up outside in the hallway, both sets to listen to the same message sent by Amaterasu herself. And while you cannot see her properly or really figure out what her voice sounds like, you definitely know that it's her speaking:
As compensation for the trouble you are all being put through, I have had a wonderful feast prepared. I only hope that it is to your liking. Feel free to eat and drink as much as you would like, though please do not leave before the clock chimes midnight, for that is when your homes will be prepared.
I ask that all pre-existing gods please help those new to our ways. Let them know what is and is not acceptable and what duties will be expected of them. I am counting on your all to support the Heavens in this confusing time as we attempt to sort things out.
Thank you all for your time. And I am truly sorry that you have found yourselves in this situation.
With that, the figure that is Amaterasu bows deeply and disappears from their sights. The gods are released from their chamber and the shinki are allowed to roam. All exits are manned by a white-clad shinki, bearing a golden, embroidered Chrysanthemum on their chests. So, technically, there is no way out. You can't even seem to teleport out by any means.
All that's really left to do is enjoy the food and hope that you'll actually be able to leave after the clock chimes midnight. Though the clock doesn't seem to work on a minute-by-minute basis either...
Banquet Hall
There is food from literally every culture and walk of life here. Everything is prepared gorgeously and deliciously, no expenses spared. There are shinki bearing the Chrysanthemum carrying out new platters of everything as it's eaten up and nothing seems to go hot or cold as time passes - it always at the perfect temperature for eating and it never tastes anything but delicious. Maybe there's a little magic making it taste so good...
On top of the delectable dinner, there are plenty of desserts and every kind of alcohol available and constantly being refilled. The liquor is being offered to gods and shinki alike, no matter how old they are/look. Let's hope that you can hold your alcohol.
Counselling
In the main hallway, there is an innocuous door with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". Inside the door is a small room with a few sweetly smiling shinki inside who are willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. They are also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and also any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
Did Someone Say Games?
A large room connected to the back of the banquet hall has a wide variety of games set up for everyone to enjoy. There are old-fashioned board games (like chess and Othello) as well as newer ones (like Candy Land and Sorry!). On top of that, there is every kind of console available with every video game ever made - and plenty of handheld devices for everyone to be able to play. The devices don't seem to work outside of this room, though, so you'll have to stay there if you want to keep playing. Gaming is, after all, a great way to get to know new people!
After Midnight
Finally, the clock starts to chime. It seems like it's been days and yet only minutes at the same time. Time seems to work so strangely here in Takamagahara and it's hard to keep up with what's going on. But now that the shinki guarding the doors have left their posts, you are more than welcome to leave. In fact, the Heavens seem to want you to leave because all of the food has disappeared, none of the games work anymore (including the board games, which keep flipping over when you try to play...), and the friendly shinki are smiling as they usher you out the doors.
You are welcome to start wandering around Takamagahara, but it's an ambiguous sort of place and might just take you straight home anyway. Feel free to go home and start bonding with your partner. Or sneak home with someone else because your partner is a meanie-pants. It's up to you!
In Summary:
- Amaterasu says you're stuck here and she doesn't know why. Sorry!
- There's lots of food to eat, though! Eat your fill.
- Oh, and there's booze too. Try not to get TOO drunk.
- Guidance/Grief counselling is available, if you need it.
- Use gaming to get close to others!
- Try to start bonding with your god/shinki. Or just form new friendships. Whatever you feel best doing!
- Have fun!
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Vector doesn't expect anybody to be honest with him, especially not if they are higher in power.] There are a lot of gods, which means a lot of coordination is necessary. All I can say so far is that I don't think they are meaning bad with us.
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[Couldn't they come up with a better lie than "I have no idea," if they were lying, though? Maybe not, or maybe some of them really don't know so whoever does know has to hide it...
Tsuzuki's going to get a headache at this rate. It's definitely all things to think about when he's sober.]
They've been pretty nice so far. Hey, we should talk later! And see if either of us find anything out, or see anything -- you know. [Brightening, he adds:] I could give you advice for dealing with your shinki if you want!
[He's had a ton of partners, after all. He's picked up some stuff.
Mostly "don'ts" instead of "dos," but it's still useful, right?]
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Later. That sounds like a good idea. I only know how to handle subordinates, and all of them were independent and well-experienced so I'd be most grateful for any help I get.
[He shakes his head.]
I'm no good with kids. But I know how to lead an investigation or two. So this works for me.
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[Okay, so it's going to take a while for Tsuzuki to actually figure out what he's doing as a god in this world, too. But the investigation's gonna be important.]
I've gotten partnered up with a few kids over the years. See what your shinki turn out to be like first, though! You never know -- some teenagers are pretty sharp.
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[Which tends to go badly with kids, especially teenagers.]
I need them to go there and do that if I tell them to go such a thing. No questions asked or arguing if it's not directly related to the case at hands. I'm in no place to cuddle them or be a surrogate parent, either. [Which... will be trouble, won't it?]
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[And Tsuzuki's pretty sure that questions and arguing are going to happen regardless, if he's got teenage shinki. He's worked with a few teenagers. Attitude comes with the territory.]
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[Sadly things were a bit more complicated than that, dying moment memories aside.]
I can play with kids if I have to, but I'd prefer to do some more serious work that will most likely not mesh well with a youngster's psyche. They're not one who take drama well, are they?
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[Drama is the name of the game, but... Tsuzuki gives him a sidelong look. 'More serious' work? That could be good, or it could be bad.] What kind of serious work are you thinking about?
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My race doesn't have this whole 'being conceived and born and then growing up thing' as humans do. As for work... Finding out where a missing bus full of school kids went years ago. Forcing people to quit their hidey-hole games and come to terms with who and what they truly are before things escalate to irreparable consequences. Chasing down dangerous criminal, even though some of them are just desperate people, because desperation does not make for good decision making skills.
The kind of jobs nobody else wants if they get a choice, yet which can't be left to go ignored.
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I've worked with a few teenage partners. Maybe it's different if they're very young, but mostly they did fine.
Anyway, go meet your partner first.
[He hesitates, and then adds, unable to resist his curiosity:] ... So how do new people happen in your species?
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[He leans back and sighs at the latter question.]
Beats me. Death seems to be an option.
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[That seems wrong. Very, very wrong.]
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[He regards Tsuzuki with an amused look.]
We are energy beings. Born from what others have dubbed "Chaos-Energy" we form and grow within the crystals of our world until we are strong enough to leave them. Only the stronger ones of us have the ability to take on a physical form, and how those forms look like can vary a lot. There is no procreation or kids normally.
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... I guess that's why you guys don't need to eat, huh? [Or, if they're made out of energy, why trying to eat something that's not just energy might screw with their physical form.
He shakes his head, smile a little embarrassed.]
And why you haven't had to deal with kids very often.
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[He smiles.]
It can cause a bit of cultural misunderstands at times, but it tends to be not that bad most of the time. Chaos energy can be pretty much anything you'd consider a strong emotion, by the way. It includes things like hope, relief, joy and love as well.
[Sometimes people who felt those strongly at the time of their deaths would even come to reincarnate into Barians, like him. Of course, Vector's case had been one of extreme negative emotions that eventually led to suicide thanks to the meddling of a certain bastard god.]
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[That might qualify as a personal question, but Tsuzuki's thinking of his own curiosity before he thinks about how it might sound again.]
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[His face moves and shifts into something like an amused, playful grin as he folds his fingers just to point his pointers at the former shinigami in return.]
You have something similar, right? The worlds influence each other.
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... the same thing.
Like the mortal and divine worlds here. Not everybody can cross over, but if you put up a wall around your house, it's not a different world just because you only let some people in, right? And you still hear things from outside and breathe the same air.
[He's tipsy enough to get lost in the metaphor, and he trails off, frowning.]
whoa sorry! guess who lost your tag like a pro ><;
Eventually, the alien nods. Slowly.]
In that case it might be more like what you hear from the other end of a call at times. The interference might be on your end, but it can still be enough to make me flinch.
no worries!
[Tsuzuki smiles, and unlaces his fingers, shrugging. They do stick a little when he pulls his hands apart.]
Anyway, it does sound like the place you come from is pretty different!
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I'm still amazed that the water here is something that you can swim in and even drink.
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If you stick a limb in it you wont have it anymore once you pull it out.
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I-- I guess baths are a real problem for you guys, huh?
[Ma'at doesn't have a mouth and he thrives on energy, so drinking water wouldn't be an issue, but baths ought to be important to anybody!
Right?
What do you do if water's acid?]
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[He should know, he lost half of his body in his dive to unlock a certain god's sanctuary.]
I had half a heart attack the first time I was confronted with that human custom. I thought they were trying to kill me when they suddenly switched the shower on on me.
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