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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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"I suppose, in the overall list of things I've done, this isn't the most heretical." Ginia's message plays as she clutches her mug of tea, the heat seeping from the warm ceramic into her hands. There's a kettle on the table, a few more cups, and a plate of shortbread cookies cookies as well. Maybe a little too casual for the topic at hand, but maybe it's a little less business-serious and more... a meeting between temples? It makes the conference room feel a little friendlier at least.

Ginia glances at Luger, running over the words in her mind. She's already released him because the best proof is a live naming, but what if it doesn't work? With all the questions around soulless shinki, maybe naming works differently.

A heavy sigh escapes as she tries to calm her emotions before they get out of hand. Worry is fine, but too much is needlessly suffocating for everyone. Ginia sits back and sips her tea, looking over her mug at Chris. She taps out another message and presses play.

"Thanks for agreeing to this."

[ What, some sort of event? It's not Shikyoin Hibiki's typical milieu, but as the God of Fortune who oversees entertainment, letting this slide without personally assessing it would never do.

That is not how Ginia learns that Hibiki is in the shop, however. No, that occurs when someone attempts to recruit Hibiki in a mix of Japanese and JSL because this maid cafe has a distinct lack of butlers. The refusal, while arrogant, sends the would-be scout into a tizzy.

"Look out for...for the guest in the corner", they inform Ginia. "I didn't see them at first, but they're, ah...."

A fluttery sigh. "I need to lie down."

The disruption of this maid's workday, shameless, sits in anticipation. Being waited upon is the motif, yes? Produce further staff. ]

Joscelin had heard about the maid cafe event whilst hanging around Ginia in Ebisu’s temple, and on the day of he felt bored enough to pay a visit. The food, at least, looked sugary enough to hold his attention. A cheerful young woman greeted him in a cutesy mix of Japanese and JSL and sat him at a small table in a corner of her section, which offered a mostly unobstructed view of the proceedings.

At least enough to see a particular, exceptionally tall, maid currently carrying a tray of cutesy food.

He laughs so hard acid green melon soda starts coming out his nose.

The day after vacation is always the hardest. It takes a little bit longer for Ginia to get out of bed and start her morning routine, still lagging as she drags herself to the office proper. Delivering omiyage to her coworkers in the office provides a nice detour and lets her drag out the joy of the vacation a bit longer before she settles into work.

It was a nice break. A needed break.

She's on the manufacturing department floor when she spots Suzaku, making a quick beeline toward him. As a member of Ebisu's temple, she's dressed in the black suit and dark green tie as her coworkers, but part-time employees don't have the same expectation.

"How's it going? I brought food back from Hawaii, you should grab some before it's gone. Unless you already had your fill there."

With the weirdness plaguing the last few days over with, it's back to Ginia's work routine. It's a strange comfort, especially having it so thoroughly disrupted lately. There are things and people she can rely on and most of the time, things work out. Or they make it work out; they're the overworked miracle workers after all.

The run to Iskandar's temple is a nice one. She'll never pass up the opportunity to get away from her desk, though she's an unofficial liaison of sorts between the old and the new generations. It's a job she doesn't mind. Prayers get taken care of, her temple has a little less work, others get an enjoyable task, it's win/win all around.

Though a trip to Iskandar's temple also means a visit to the sheep. Along with the folder of prayers in her backpack, there's a bag of fresh fruit and vegetables for the fleecy friends. Ginia arrives on the edge of the temple grounds. She pauses and bows to the temple and its grounds before crossing into the space.

On her walk across the temple grounds, sends Iskandar a quick text message: Just arrived with some prayers, where can I find you?

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April 3rd - Closed to Ebisu, Chris

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April 11th - Closed to Suzaku

April 19thish - Closed to Iskandar