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[unlucky7]

Who: Ginia and YOU!
When: April 11th - April 14th
Where: Around the Near Shore
What: Work never ends when you work for a God of Fortune. Come help out (or not) Ginia with prayers all around the Near shore.



[A. Maid Mayhem]
[A popular maid cafe is putting on an event for tokyo's Deaf community with all of their regular services provided in Japanese Sign Language along with Japanese. With multiple prayers begging for the event to go well, Ginia and some of her coworkers are keeping an eye on things and lending a hand. However, with the cafe crowded as ever, news stations covering the event adding to the crowd, and tensions running high, plenty of help is needed.

1) Help out at the cafe. You don't have to don a maid outfit; there's also cooking in the kitchen, making sure the light and sound equipment is ready for the stage show, and helping the media crews with filming.

2) Fend off ayakashi. The place is a hotbed for minor ayakashi seeking to cause some trouble. Throw up some borderlines, rend some ayakashi, just keep the place going without making a mess!

3) Or maybe you're here to enjoy the cafe. The food and drinks are cute and great, Ginia is happy to greet with a smile and a heart made with her hands as you're seated in her section.]

[B. Baker's Dilemma]
[A bakery in a shopping district is struggling with a new bread. Everyone who has tasted it either thinks it's the most delicious bread they've ever had or the most disgusting, inedible thing with no middle ground. Sometimes disagreement comes from two people trying the same loaf!

Ginia and her coworker, Hidemi, stand a few feet away from the store. They're wearing matching black suits with dark green ties. They're having a quiet discussion, Hidemi holding a loaf of bread that's had a few pieces torn from it. A third opinion is desperately needed and they're quick to flag down anyone that feels like they're from the Far Shore. You! Yes, you! Come over here!]

"Excuse me, can you try a sample of this bread and let us know what you think?"

[Delicious or disgusting? There's no middle ground.]

[C. A Horse of a Different Coat]
[Spring is a great time to go to the zoo and Uneo Zoo is hosting some mini programs aimed at children. When the person originally assigned to help with the zebra program falls sick, Ginia quickly steps in to help. There's only one problem. While Ginia, dressed in a zebra costume is busy entertaining kids, it means she can't focus on borderline duty like she intended. With mild ayakashi swirling around, drawn by children and shinki alike, Ginia looks around for anyone who can help out. Wrangle those ayakashi as the program continues, but don't let the kids see!]

[D. Wildcard!]
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[priforprince]

[ There is a thud upon the completion of the photo taking. Perhaps none will notice, all too busy seeing how well the picture turned out (the answer: extremely). But it is unavoidable.

Because it's the sound of Shikyoin Hibiki tipping over in the middle of the crowd, like a log someone cut and then backed away. Which begs the question:

if a celebrity faints in a maid cafe and everyone is too excited about something else to see it,

does she still look like death warmed over? ]

[unlucky7]

[Well, there's one maid that notices, the only one that can. As the others gather around the camera, cooing and chattering over the photo, Ginia carefully kneels at Hibiki's side.

As it turns out, a celebrity can still look like death warmed over. This is, perhaps more concerning than it currently feels. Ginia simply sweeps Hibiki into her arms in a careful carry. Yes, here it's time for the prince to be carried by the maidly princess.]

[priforprince]

Nnghlkk....

[ Hibiki stirs, valiantly attempting to regain consciousness despite her wan hue. This can't...it can't be the end.

She hasn't autographed the picture yet.

Are the sentence enders....gone...? ]

[unlucky7]

[Less gone and more distracted at making sure the picture prints nicely and getting it framed, but effectively yes. Ginia carries Hibiki to the nearest chair and sets her down.

It breaks the rules slightly, but Ginia pulls her phone out of a pocket and types and plays a message.]

Your fans await your encore.

[Aka wake up, Hibiki.]

1/2

[priforprince]

Nn...

[ Fans? Hibiki blinks. The animation staff throws their entire budget into one close shot of her fluttering eyelashes, because that's the priorities of this operation.

Her....

.........fans? ]

2/2

[priforprince]

[ Suddenly she's sitting up in the chair, all smiles. And sparkles. There are also those.

Ta-da! ]

But of course. I'll inscribe my name on their hearts, as well.

[unlucky7]

[And she's back. Ginia pockets her phone and gives a maidly curtsy. One of the maids brings over the photo framed in a very cute souvenir folder and presents it to Hibiki with a smile.]

"Thank you for your visit!"

[priforprince]

Hm.

[ Hibiki opens the folder to survey the photo. That's acceptable.

Then she pulls what looks like a cross between a Sharpie and a fountain pen out from her pocket, flips it over her fingers in a single twirl, and signs the picture with a flourish. (It is even...stamped...with a rather official-looking business seal.) And then the envelope is presented right back. Albeit with grandeur! ]

This is your shop's once-in-a-lifetime memory. Enshrining it for all to witness is best.

[ Meeting the staff member's gaze, she winks. Do this favor - just for her? ] So its sweetness remains eternal, like never-melting ice cream.......

[unlucky7]

[And so Hibiki leaves her mark on another human's heart. A warm blush spreads across the maid's cheeks, a tiny giggle as she takes the picture back. There's a brush of her fingers against Hibiki's, a flutter of her heart as she clutches the picture to her chest and bows.

Ginia rolls her eyes at the sight, but it's harmless infatuation. Is this how Hibiki gains followers? She can't imagine Chris doing anything of the like and love falls under her domain.

The maid, still clutching the photo to her chest, runs off to find a proper frame and place to hang it up in. Ginia smiles at Hibiki and curtsies, adding a signed "thank you."]

[priforprince]

[ Catching that sign and curtsy, Hibiki stands, then raises two fingers in a salute. It's about time for her to be heading out - but that doesn't mean she plans to simply exit stage left. ] Adieu, mesdemoiselles. May the service here forever reflect a dazzling, shining light!

[ The shining light is her. Of course.

A handful of maids who aren't waiting on tables at the moment fall over each other to line up on either side of the door, the better to bow to Master on the way out. Hibiki smiles. In-character to the end.

The "maid cafe" is a salvageable bit of absurdity, perhaps. ]