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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2018-11-01 08:17 pm

34 - Love is in the Air

Who: Everyone!
What: An enterprising pair of shinki is trying to spread love throughout the Far Shore with exciting blind dates.
When: February 14
Where: Hot romantic spots throughout Tokyo
Summary: Blind dates on Valentine's Day? Sounds like fun (or possibly a disaster, but everyone needs some good disaster stories.) That's not all that's going on, though. Ayakashi are looking to chow down on the negative emotions that a romantic holiday can generate, and those who aren't busy with their own dates might be sucked into helping out followers who need help to make the day go well.






The Dates

Blind Date Matchups


    Those who have signed up -- or whose friends and colleagues have signed them up -- for dates will get cards with specified times and meeting places inside for the big event. The cards don't list their dates' names, but instead have a matching symbol to allow everyone to find their proper partner. If anyone tries to stand up their date, they can expect a small and angry owl to harass them until they give in.

  • Date One: The Romantic Brunch.
    Couples will find themselves with reservations (and pre-paid coupons for the prix fixe menu) at a swanky French restaurant with a wide balcony overlooking the lake in a central Tokyo park. They can dine on dainty pastries, sweet milk coffees, bowls of grapes and hothouse strawberries, and a selection of fancy chocolates and petit-fours-- plus, some of the trees in the park are blooming in holiday-appropriate red and white!


  • Date Two: The Aquarium.
    Couples scheduled for this date have tickets to a rooftop aquarium in Ikebukuro: brightly colored fish, animals including penguins, seals and pelicans, a small petting zoo and plenty of shadowy, secluded nooks to cuddle in make for a fun lunchtime date. The tickets even include admission to the one o'clock penguin and seal show!


  • Date Three: The Amusement Park.
    This date sends couples to spend the evening enjoying themselves at a seaside amusement park. Ride the roller coasters! Take selfies with the costumed attendants! Share an overpriced ice cream cone while you watch the fireworks after sunset, then wind up the night with a ride on the colorfully lit Ferris wheel with a romantic view of the Tokyo skyline.


Ayakashi Menace

    There's more than just romantic couples out to enjoy themselves today. Romantic holidays can be tough for those whose love lives aren't so rosy, and as always, those negative feelings draw in ayakashi who are ready to ruin everybody's day.

    All across the city, besides the usual ayakashi, characters might encounter the following:

    Flocks of dove ayakashi whose mournful call induces self-doubt, suspicion and paranoia in everyone who hears it. Are your friends really your friends? Is your lover betraying you? Shouldn't you hurry up and stab them in the back before they can do it to you? These ayakashi are small and agile, difficult to catch but easy to destroy once they're caught... if you can overcome the urge to turn on your allies first.

    Long-fingered shadow ayakashi, large and powerful, and capable of sneaking around by blending into genuine shadows. These ayakashi draw those who are alone into their clutches, filling them with resentment and despair. Anyone battling them needs to watch out for the humans they might already have influenced, who may become unpredictable and violent as the ayakashi influencing them grows more desperate.

    Cute teddy bear ayakashi, that influence anyone they cling to into greedy obsession: they need attention, affection and gifts, and they can never have enough. When attacked, the teddy bears turn out to fight a little more like a grizzly bear than a stuffed toy, so gods and shinki beware!


Praying for Love

    Those who aren't busy with their own dates might find themselves busy taking care of other people's instead. On a day like this one, everyone's praying that things turn out perfectly! Prayers gods might hear include:

    "He's just got to ask me out! I made him the biggest box of chocolates... please, let senpai notice me!"

    "Does she really like me? Please, give me a sign."

    "I got concert tickets for our date, but it's supposed to rain. Please let me find a way to make this work out anyway!"

    "The restaurant I wanted to take him to isn't taking any more reservations for tonight. What can I do? I can't cook!"

    Wild Card -- players are free to make up their own romance-adjacent prayers for their characters to fulfill.




In Summary:

  • Enjoy your dates
  • Fight some ayakashi
  • Make sure to answer prayers for a good Valentine's Day
  • Have fun~
unlucky7: (Default)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ginia is fighting ayakashi or answering prayers with the following characters:

Ain (god)
Romeo (shinki)
Shun Kurosaki (god)
Chikusa Kakimoto (shinki)
Hibiki Shikyoin (god)
Edited 2018-11-16 08:21 (UTC)
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Serious 2)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a light scoff and a roll of her eyes as Ginia watches Shun back.]

If you think I wouldn't help someone with ayakashi because I'm angry with them, then you don't know me at all.

[Well, maybe they poorly understand each other. Wouldn't be the first time it's happened. She shakes her head, looking over the alley for any other ayakashi lurking around, for any strange behavior from the people passing by the alley.]

There's no point talking about it anyway.
deniles: (Default)

[personal profile] deniles 2018-11-13 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Trust me, I don't. But it's too sappy and romantic for me anywhere else.

[Don't start, he's being nice to you for once, you take it and like it.]

So, I'm doing something productive.
ofnovalue: (with open arms)

[personal profile] ofnovalue 2018-11-13 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
Agreed. Though I am not well practiced with borderlines as of yet. [ She really had focused almost solely on making certain she could use her Aegis correctly. Being in a position of support seemed more natural for her. ]

But with the boon I have granted you, you should be able to use them twice as quickly!
ofnovalue: (her knight)

[personal profile] ofnovalue 2018-11-13 03:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nodded as well. Okay. It was showtime. No letting her fear and anxiousness take her over now. She had to prove she could do this, with or without Agrias nearby. Focusing herself, she used the Aegis' speed boost to dash closer towards the bear, but backed off as soon as she was within swiping range. Taunting it. Keeping its attention on her... ]
deniles: (Default)

[personal profile] deniles 2018-11-13 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I certainly wouldn't know anything about death.

[Sorry, he may have been a romantic there, but he's an asshole here. It's his specialty, get used to it.]

Is that for you to decide? If what I say is worth something?

[He's absolutely going to waste your time. That's what he's best at.]
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[personal profile] ofnovalue 2018-11-13 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ovelia's heart seemed to bolster, at least a little, once their source of the prayer answered the door, straightening out her dress and offering a small bow. ]

A faire greetings to you this day, milady. Milord and I have come at your behest to aide you in your task. Prithee, may we cross your threshold?
erogappa: (smirk -- yeeeeeah i'm good)

[personal profile] erogappa 2018-11-13 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
It's all yours.

[ Lose his temper? No, he's calm. Calm and polite, even now, because he's without a doubt got an audience, and he's not giving them a goddamn thing. ]

Nothing personal, okay? You seem like a nice enough chick.
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Cute)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
[They could be sensible people and wait in the line and pay to ride up to the observation deck, but... nah. It's more fun this way. Ginia takes a running leap toward the tower, easily bounding great distances and pushing off lamp posts and signs to gain height and build momentum. Her boots are definitely the wrong attire for this kind of run, but it's good practice. Ayakashi won't wait for someone to put on sensible shoes after all.

She lands on the tower proper, pushing off to spring upward to the next beam above, waiting for Lancer to catch up as she scopes out the layout. Wind will be the biggest obstacle as they get higher up, but they can always go onto the catwalk and stairs then.]
wildguardian: (what what)

[personal profile] wildguardian 2018-11-13 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
It's all yours.

[He relinquishes the oversized water gun as she makes a grab for it; maybe she does need to be the one wielding it to get it to have the full effect on the target. Besides, Zhao feels ridiculous waving a water gun around. He's glad to pass that particular spotlight off to someone who's having fun with it.

The ayakashi screeches as Hibiki declaims the spell, twirling her top with her free hand as she attacks it.

Zhao holds his breath.

Is this seriously going to work, or is he going to have to come up with a plan B?]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Cheerful)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Any response is derailed by the stingray gliding through the water. What a strange yet cute looking animal! The ocean is truly full of wonders. Ginia pauses to snap a few pictures before replying.]

I'm really impressed. I imagine Minako did the finer details more so than Chikusa.

[Chikusa is meticulous, but also lazy, while Minako is brimming with positive energy.]

I was surprised they were working together.
wildguardian: (following close)

[personal profile] wildguardian 2018-11-13 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
[She darts closer to it, and then away, and the bear lumbers after, crooning in an ayakashi's distorted human voice as it reaches clawed paws towards her. Zhao breaks into a jog, matching the bear's pace off to the left with his hand held ready to cast if it threatened to really get a swipe in.]

The lakeside's abandoned, over there!

[He points, then swears as the bear picks up its pace, and slashes a quick borderline out to sting its nose.]
wildguardian: (sprawl)

[personal profile] wildguardian 2018-11-13 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
Same. [He helpfully points out a toothy moray peeking out of a tunnel in the coral for Ginia to get some more photographs of.]

This seems like Minako's thing, but Chikusa? She must've offered him something really good to get him to join in.
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[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[Ginia is fine. Even if the ayakashi was giving her trouble, she wouldn't let Romeo help, not wanting him to get hurt. As they reach the shrine, she pulls up short. There's a reason ayakashi don't go into shrines and she doesn't want to see what happens if she tries to bring an ayakashi in.]

[A shrine maiden sweeping the grounds looks up as Romeo comes running in. Nearby is an older woman dressed in a kimono smoking a long pipe seated next to the emas. The shrine maiden sets her broom down and runs over to Romeo, looking past him to Ginia at the torii gate.]


"Oh no! Are you or your friend injured?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: Attentive)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
[They begin walking, Ginia easily juggling watching where she's going and typing out a message. She's used to it.]

Never been, but it's close by and the reviews are good. Is there a place you'd like to go to?
junkyarddog: (Who was told what to do by the man)

[personal profile] junkyarddog 2018-11-13 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Ken is watching the ray approach his hand curiously when the voice rings out, and his head snaps up in surprise. If Chikusa weren't still holding his wrist, he'd probably have pulled his hand out, but it stays where it is.

He blinks at the approaching girl - someone Chikusa knows, obviously, but Ken hasn't met her before - before glancing to his partner, then back at the girl. In fact, he's hardly ever had his relationship with Chikusa acknowledged by somebody else - Gojyo's needled him about it, and Hakkai is certainly aware, although he's never really commented on it much to Ken. But this is just about the first time anyone's openly, loudly acknowledged Ken as being Chikusa's boyfriend...and the person doing it is a cute girl.

Ken turns quickly, unmistakably red. It's just as well the question is directed at Chikusa, because Ken's momentarily tongue-tied. This is embarrassing! And how did she know they're boyfriends, anyway? Did Chikusa talk to her about him?

And then the ray nuzzles Ken's hand, after Ken's entirely forgotten about it, and Ken lets out a startled, borderline canine and thoroughly undignified yelp.]
unlucky7: (STATUS :: That so?)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 06:57 am (UTC)(link)
"Or squishy."

She lightly pats the rays as they swim by, barely minding as her fingertips graze against them. Is sharkskin similar? What about eels?

"I wonder if anyone has a ray as a vessel form?"
unlucky7: (STATUS :: What?)

[personal profile] unlucky7 2018-11-13 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
Must have been a good hat.

[What? She's seen his various beanies and seen more than one person offer a hat bribe. But this also feels too big for Chikusa to get involved in without some personal stake. Something with Ken? No, why make it so big then? And blind dates too?

...Blind dates. Ginia stops as the thought occurs to her. Only Minako and Chikusa know who was paired with who. Was one of them trying to set someone up?

Sorry, Zhao, don't mind as she briefly zones out in her thinking.]
replicatedform: (Smile - Pleasant)

[personal profile] replicatedform 2018-11-13 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[They did it. Well, the chasing the ayakashi away part. Hopefully, a god will find and handle it. But right now, the humans in this area would be safe.

Yamanbagiri stopped running, looking at where the ayakashi disappeared as he slowly catches his breath.
]

It was... [He looks over at Minako, giving a hint of a smile. After his breathing calms down enough, he continues.] ... but we did chase it away. So... good job.

[This satisfaction of achieving something, it's a good feeling.]
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[personal profile] priforprince 2018-11-13 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Hibiki is glancing about herself. She'd only done a cursory examination of this one, to make sure it was up to snuff before supplying it with a...delivery....before. So, their target is.... ]

This way.

[ Hibiki walks towards a corner of the arcade, all business for this extremely serious prayer, as befits a noble god on a mission. She walks right past a pair of PriPara arcade cabinets. The god's reach is far, and mighty.

Here's the rabbits in question. ]


What a depressingly simple machine.

[ It's such a standard crane game. The person praying had trouble with this? ]
priforprince: (nose)

[personal profile] priforprince 2018-11-13 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Glare? At this hour of the day? The sun shouldn't be...

No, wait, there are people here, the supplicant realizes! And they're talking!

"Prith...." A confused expression crosses her face.

Hibiki takes that as invitation enough. ]


We'll have you yield to us the use of your kitchen.

This way. [ That was to Ovelia, as Hibiki enters the house. The door is open. That's all the cue she needs. ]
abgrund: (溶カシテイク 深ク)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-11-13 02:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That... doesn't make a lot of sense to him, actually; but never mind that. It suffices as a familiar and that's what he's going to categorize it as. ]

I see. [ Though with how Shun hasn't gotten off, he supposes the boy is about to go off somewhere else. ] Are you busy?
abgrund: (燃えおちる影を)

[personal profile] abgrund 2018-11-13 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
No. I would be glad to follow your choice.

[ He doesn't have a lot of preferences, and it's more interesting to see what others prefer and what could possibly cause it. ]
wildguardian: (keen eyes)

[personal profile] wildguardian 2018-11-13 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh. [Or something else; the way she's fallen suddenly silent suggests there are gears turning behind that distant expression. Zhao's eyebrows flick up in curiosity.]

Penny for your thoughts?
alchemists: (am I boy or girl)

[personal profile] alchemists 2018-11-13 03:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! I'm Romeo's god.

[ Elfnein's not sure how to react to Zhao's command of landing a final blow. She's not made for fighting. ]

How can we stop it, I can't redirect it's attention like with the fire wolves.