38 - Power Palette Swap

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Power Palette Swap Event!
When: April 15th - April 18th 2017 (March 1st - March 8th 2019)
Where: Throughout the Far Shore and Near Shore
Summary: A couple of intrepid magical investigators unknowingly trigger some mishaps among the New Gods and Shinki.



For two weeks, the Ama investigators have been combing the compound where Cultists were dealt a heavy blow by the New Gods and Shinki. Among them, two in particular had been looking to move the Crystal that the cultists had in their basement, the stand that it sat on, and the dolls nearby. Combined with Waver's analysis, Judar succeeds in using his magic to transport the Crystal out of the basement.

As they manage that, a ripple effect washes over the New Gods and Shinki. There is a slight sense of Vertigo for some, a stronger wave for others, and then things start to change...



As It Happens: April 15

Everyone was minding their own business. Perhaps they were on the Near Shore helping complete a prayer, or they were in the Far Shore attending to various godly duties. Regardless of where everyone was, it's around noon when some things start to change. A mild sense of vertigo happens to those who start to experience physical body changes, while a stronger wave seems to wash over the God or Shinki's skin if their powers are changing, or perhaps even a sudden stop-in-your-tracks deadening of feeling if being depowered entirely.

April 16

Later in the afternoon, through no extra effort of the Crystal-movers, a loud noise like a subwoofer kicking into effect issues from within the Crystal, knocking anyone away who was near it by several feet. The one-shot noise reverberates in the ears of all New Gods and Shinki, triggering another change for some. At the Crystal, the black color that appeared when the former Goddess entered the Crystal fills more of it.

April 17

Closer to 7pm, once more, the noise issues forth from the Crystal, louder and knocking people back several yards this time. The Crystal fills with black and grey. Some might swear they can see a face of the white-grey against all of the black, resembling an Inkblot / Rorschach test style picture.

Aftermath: April 18

Around 10am, the black coils from within the Crystal settle down into more of whispy smoke, much harder to see in it. There's a slight tug in the direction of the Crystal regardless of where New Gods and Shinki stand, and with that pull, the change effects go away and all are returned to as they were.

In Summary:

• Swap powers with another character!
• Gain or lose powers!
• Swap physical appearances with another character!
• Use or abuse the changes while you can!
• Investigate who and what is responsible!
• Have fun~

Questions? Leave us a question on the OOC Plotting Post and we'll do our best to answer ASAP.

Comments

[subtract]

Mm. That's a possibility, yes, but I wouldn't say it's the only solution... there is a chance even native gods of this world might not be as "native" as we believe them to be. Perhaps the force that's been bringing us here has always been in place, and the only change is that we "outsiders" have retained traits and memories from our existence beyond this world. In that scenario, "native" gods such as Ebisu would be in the same position as us, just unaware of their origins and adjusted to their new roles.

The other explanation is much simpler, though. Our bodies here are recreations, and they're designed to both mimic our original bodies and fit in with the existing gods and shinki of this world. So it's not unreasonable to think that our imitation bodies and the bodies of the native gods share more than a few similarities. In that scenario, anything that can target or affect us outsiders would also have reason to work against the native gods to similar effects.

Either way, the result right now is the same. I'd prefer not to find out what happens in the long term. [even if Add's body might be normal right now, he still has the mind of someone deeply affected by Henir's power and influence, not to mention truckloads of trauma for all the adapting he had to do. Leaving Ebisu like that isn't an option he's willing to consider.]

[abgrund]

[ What a terrible thing, to be both kidnapped and unaware of your origins. Those gods are kind of like shinki, if that was the case. ]

Glad I am that nobody has taken after me. They would not survive.

[ Add was still once human. The result of transplanting his non-human void essence into a human would be grotesque at best and lethal at worst. Both not really beneficial. ]

And you are looking for Ebisu?