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godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2018-11-01 08:17 pm
Entry tags:
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- d2 | alive,
- ebisu | noragami,
- event log,
- garry | ib,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- joscelin fitzthomas | oc,
- ken joshima | katekyo hitman reborn!,
- minako aino | sailor moon,
- obi | akagami no shirayukihime,
- romeo | romeo's blue skies,
- suzaku kururugi | code geass,
- takashi shirogane | voltron,
- wei shen | guardian,
- wendy | kuroshitsuji,
- ω agrias oaks | final fantasy tactics,
- ω emizel | disgaea 4,
- ω hat kid | a hat in time,
- ω nephenee | fire emblem radiant dawn,
- ω ovelia atkascha |final fantasy tactics,
- ω petra ral | attack on titan,
- ω rasu | countdown 7 days,
- ω ross | senyuu.,
- ω sha gojyo | saiyuki,
- ω son goku | saiyuki,
- ω yunlan zhao | guardian
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
Ayakashi Menace
Praying for Love
In Summary:
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
- 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~
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As long as today is great for everyone else, it's great for me too! That's why I'm out here today-- to make sure nothing is going wrong, you know?
[ She looks at the other shinki, giving them a smile too. ]
Thanks for keeping Ginia company! It's good to see all of you getting along. [ Especially since Ginia switched temples.. At least she shouldn't feel lonely if she gets along with her new fellow shinki, right? ]
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[Ginia rolls her eyes at Kasmui and types up a message, shooing her coworkers away.]
Can I speak with Minako in private?
"Sure, sure. Minako-chan! Make sure she doesn't run away!"
[The three shinki fall back, huddling up to gossip with each other and giving Ginia a bit of space. She sighs and smiles sheepishly at Minako.]
Do I have a cute date or will that ruin the surprise?
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I can say it's a great date, right? That doesn't reveal anything.. It's something you should've expected anyway, since I wouldn't give anyone a bad date!
[ Even though Chikusa did the majority of the organising. But Minako kept an eye on it for the people she actually knows and cares about. Mostly. ]
I don't know too much about the first person today, but I've spoken a little with second person.. they seem nice? And fun! That's important, right?
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She smiles at Minako and gives a thumbs up.]
I trust you and Chikusa made good choices for me. I'm sure it'll be a lot of fun today.
[Though... it's silly, she knows she shouldn't, but she can't help ask another question.]
Did Archer sign up? Or get signed up?
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Not as far as I know, unless Chikusa added someone seriously last minute. [ She would've known if Archer had been on that list, since she would have had to do some delicate switching around in Chikusa's planning to make sure he and Ginia wouldn't get stuck together and make things Awkward.
She tilts her head a little, seeming to consider something. ]
I guess he didn't really seem like the type to go for this sort of thing anyway..
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[She could see Caster signing up as a way to get him out of the temple. Lancer even. It's strange. Ginia is relieved knowing Archer isn't one of her blind dates, but disappointment is far, far more prevalent.
Her fingers tap the edges of her phone and her shoulders hunch a little, smile resigned.]
Is it sad I'm still not over them?
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[ The answer comes quickly, like she didn't even have to think about it, but her voice and facial expression are a lot softer than the near-obnoxious upset cheeriness from before. She's taking this seriously, since it's clearly a serious matter. ]
It'd be ideal if we could all just easily move on and not feel bad about it by lingering on it.. But that's just not how hearts work. [ Maybe it sounds a little deep coming from someone who's only sixteen, but Minako has a whole slew of experience with this - and even if she forgot most of it, the experience she gained through it still lingers within her. ] Maybe you'll never fully get over it, but.. you can view it in a positive sort of way too, you know? This way you would never forget the good times you had either, or anything you learned thanks to them. Even if it still hurts.
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Everything she experienced with them she'll cherish because there's little else to hold onto, but it'd also be nice if it stopped feeling like getting stabbed every time she sees them.
And she knows quite well what getting stabbed feels like too.]
Do you think it's selfish to try to start things anew or do you think it's better staying friends or letting things go?
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[ And while Minako does know Caster and Archer to some degree, she wouldn't assume in the slightest that she knows them well enough to be able to figure out exactly what they're thinking about this. Besides, she just shouldn't speak for someone else when it comes to something this important. ]
But.. if you'd go for the former, I think it's important to know for sure that it's what you want before you do anything. I mean, anyone can break someone else's heart sometime, but doing it twice is just cruel, you know?
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Caster and Archer have each other, Caster has Zelda too.
There's no place for her, not with how much she's already hurt them. She wouldn't dare risk hurting them so a second time. Friendship is not a consolation prize, but its own thing to cherish and nurture. There is nothing but happiness she wishes on the three of them.
Ginia sighs, looks away and blinks tears away before anyone can see. Don't regret. Move on.
Let go.]
Thank you, Minako.
[After she signs the words, Ginia gives her a light hug.]
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It's difficult to fully give advice on this situation as a third (or, well, fourth or fifth) person on the outside looking in when she doesn't fully know what any of them are thinking - nor does she want to meddle with something that's still sore and painful for them.
But.. she's doing okay now, right? This is as much as she can do.
When she pulls away after a few moments, Minako smiles at Ginia. ]
I know some stuff can be super hard to talk about, but if you ever end up thinking "wow, I sure wish I could talk to someone about this!", then.. you know, consider texting me! [ She winks, playfully but a little less over the top than usually. ] Especially now you've seen I'm surprisingly good at giving advice, right.
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[Minako may be younger, but she has a good head and a better heart. So maybe age doesn't matter too much when it comes to making friends when you're all dead ghosts anyway.]
If either of my dates work out, I'll give you all the credit for the setup, okay?
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Making everyone have a nice and happy day is great and all, but you know I love getting to see some romance blooming out of it as well! [ Especially literally when it comes to the seeing part.. Give her all those sweet details so she can look over them forever. ] I'll leave you to your date now, but-- good luck! I believe in you!
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Thanks. You have a good day too. And don't worry, I'll still wrangle ayakashi after my dates.