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thenearshore2019-03-16 07:02 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2019-03-16 07:02 pm
Entry tags:
- !cultist arc,
- !cultist arc | events,
- !intro log,
- chikusa kakimoto | katekyo hitman reborn,
- event log,
- fourth wall event,
- garry | ib,
- ginia | original character,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- joscelin fitzthomas | oc,
- judar | magi,
- katsuki bakugou | my hero academia,
- ken joshima | katekyo hitman reborn!,
- nanako dojima | persona 4,
- pyrrha nikos | rwby,
- qing da | guardian,
- rita mordio | tales of vesperia,
- romeo | romeo's blue skies,
- suzaku kururugi | code geass,
- takashi shirogane | voltron,
- wendy | kuroshitsuji,
- ω caster [ch chulainn] | fgo,
- ω hat kid | a hat in time,
- ω hifumi togo | persona 5,
- ω symmetra | overwatch,
- ω the snatcher | a hat in time
March Training / Fourth Wall Event
Who: Everyone!
What: Information and Training and... Fourth Wall Event Kickoff!
When: April 22nd 2017 (Kickoff) but Fourth Wall lasts through April 26th
Where: The Far Shore (to start); All Locations here and Map here
Summary: Unexpected visitors arrive in The Far Shore for a little while.
Gods and shinki arriving at heaven's meeting hall are brought into small one-on-one meeting rooms as they appear, with a white-robed shinki offering them an explanation of their current role, the name of the god they will represent or the god they will serve, and directions to the temple that will be their new home.
They are cordially invited to a training session beginning in midafternoon, once they've had the chance to return to their homes, meet their new partners, and have their questions answered.
Gods and Shinki: The Real McCoys
The Heavens are going about their usual business preparing for the new gods and shinki that they were actually expecting, when unexpected visitors appear out of thin air, as if having teleported in on their own power. They are scooped up along with the new gods and shinki and, initially, treated no differently. "Gods" are new arrivals who have strong memories of who they are, while "shinki" are experiencing various states of memory loss.
4th Wall Gods: A House is not a Home
4th Wall Shinki: And you may ask yourself
God Training: New and 4th Wall Both
Shinki Training: New and 4th Wall Both
Physical Training
Rest and Refreshments
In Summary:
What: Information and Training and... Fourth Wall Event Kickoff!
When: April 22nd 2017 (Kickoff) but Fourth Wall lasts through April 26th
Where: The Far Shore (to start); All Locations here and Map here
Summary: Unexpected visitors arrive in The Far Shore for a little while.
Gods and shinki arriving at heaven's meeting hall are brought into small one-on-one meeting rooms as they appear, with a white-robed shinki offering them an explanation of their current role, the name of the god they will represent or the god they will serve, and directions to the temple that will be their new home.
They are cordially invited to a training session beginning in midafternoon, once they've had the chance to return to their homes, meet their new partners, and have their questions answered.
Gods and Shinki: The Real McCoys
- New gods and shinki - the real ones, the ones that were expected - are being packed off to their new temples for the morning to settle in and meet their partners -- this is also a good time to visit with new neighbors or explore the area! What does your new temple look like? Are you headed straight there, or taking the scenic route to get a better sense of your new surroundings?
The Heavens are going about their usual business preparing for the new gods and shinki that they were actually expecting, when unexpected visitors appear out of thin air, as if having teleported in on their own power. They are scooped up along with the new gods and shinki and, initially, treated no differently. "Gods" are new arrivals who have strong memories of who they are, while "shinki" are experiencing various states of memory loss.
4th Wall Gods: A House is not a Home
- New gods are normally shown their new temples in the morning and introduced to their new partners. The characters who arrived for the event and experienced no memory loss seem like they should be "Gods" and so white-robed escorts with chrsyanthemum logos on their backs take them to where they think their temples should be - in the Western District, where the other "New and Obscure Gods' Temples" always are. Despite many cleanup attempts, the Western District is still scarred from the aftereffects of a volcanic eruption and earthquake only 3 months ago, with fissures in some of the roads and burn scars in the wild landscape. Along the way, the escort can answer questions as provided on the God 101 page.
When they arrive, the escort is surprised to discover a set of ruins instead. This happens, they explain, but usually when a god leaves The Far Shore, not when they arrive. While the escort starts to rifle through some paperwork to figure out what's going on, the "God" is welcome to explore the ruins and - to the shock of both - the ruins transform.
How it transforms is up to the 4th wall player! It should not be very large, no bigger than a one-room building or, if more natural, a small garden or lake complex. Alternately, the ruins can not transform at all, or simply get cleared away into something more clean-slate like a rock garden plot. Get creative!
Afterwards, the "Gods" are encouraged to show up at the afternoon Training session to better understand their circumstances. Before the escort leaves, the "God" will be provided a phone with which they can access the Heavens' BBS system; their display name will be a warped version of their real name, such as "Bob Smith" appearing as "bOBsMITH" or something else that looks like a glitch.
4th Wall Shinki: And you may ask yourself
- New "shinki" will wake by the Meeting Hall in a set of white robes from laying down on a tatami mat with a small box wrapped up and set at their feet. (The box can contain a few belongings of the character's from their canon, provided it can fit. Due to the memory loss, it can include things the character wouldn't recognize.) From the way that the bustling people around the area are talking, this is not a common occurrence.
At some point, a person in white robes with a big chrsyanthemum logo on the back will come to interview the person. "We are working on assigning you to a god and temple, but some things have come up," they try to explain, and will then be able to answer other questions as outlined on the Shinki 101. The "shinki" are encouraged to get dressed and explore the Far Shore if they would like, because eventually they will be assigned to one of the temples out there anyway. At this point, the shinki are also handed a phone in order to connect with the Heavens' BBS system; their display name will be a warped version of their real name, such as "Bob Smith" appearing as "bOBsMITH" or something else that looks like a glitch.
God Training: New and 4th Wall Both
- Newly arrived gods are escorted into a small meeting room, with tatami floors and a stage at the front of the room where the speaker stands. A minor deity is giving the speech, and none of the white-robed shinki enter. Paper and pens are provided to all the attendees as an unsubtle suggestion to take notes on the information they're given. Newly arrived gods are encouraged to discuss the information with each other and ask questions of more experienced gods, as well as instructed to guide their new shinki appropriately. They are allowed to remain in the room as long as they wish, should they want to discuss questions with each other or with more experienced gods who are here to help out. The speaker delivers her welcome speech in the monotone of someone who's practiced it far too often. Hopefully no one's feeling sleepy!
It's around this time that the 4th Wall "Gods" might realize that, for as weird as everything's been, their experiences with their temples this morning are not the same as most new Gods. Additionally, they do not possess the power to teleport to and from the Near Shore; they might need a buddy to help them with that part! The 4th Wall Gods can't hear any prayers whispered on the winds either. They can't name shinki, whether those shinki were in the Far Shore before today, or only arrived through the 4th Wall situation. (There is one other kind of shinki that might still respond to their commands though...)
Shinki Training: New and 4th Wall Both
- A well-appointed dojo has been prepared for newcomers to practice the physical or magical arts. Outside, there are two impromptu target practice areas: one is for long-range weapons, with targets set up against hay bales at the other side of a wide, grassy area and a line drawn for the weapons' wielders to stand behind. The other is for borderlines.
What are borderlines? The 4th Wall shinki can't do them, no matter how hard they try. If they had previous magical powers, those still work though! Existing gods can name these "shinki" but 4th walled gods can't. The 4th Wall shinki have no death memories to convey to the god and no shinki vessel power, but they can still be used to Rend an ayakashi.
Inside the dojo, there's room for several pairs to spar, and weapons are set up all along one wall, everything from polearms to rifles, chakrams to broadswords. They're all meant for practice, with edges dulled or padded to avoid any accidental deaths, but sparring partners will still have to be careful to avoid injury. There are stacks of informational pamphlets sitting out on tables around the dojo.
Physical Training
- The dojo is stocked with a wide variety of practice weapons, traditional and modern, to offer some practice opportunity to gods who, for example, find themselves with a sword shinki but are at risk of cutting off their own toes. It's also useful for veteran new gods wishing to train with their current partner shinki.
Several magically animated straw-stuffed training dummies, many of which have been carefully mended and patched with neat black stitching, are set up on the lawn with a white-robed shinki hovering nearby to watch over them. They make good training partners, although anyone who comes too close risks being targeted for a sparring match whether they wanted one or not. The supervising white-robed shinki has a nametag which reads HELLO, MY NAME IS SABIMEI. (To interact with Sabimei, please comment on the "NPC REQUEST" thread below! If you prefer, you may also handwave his assistance or advice with your character learning spells.)
Rest and Refreshments
- There are casks of fresh, cold water near the dojo to make sure no one gets dehydrated, but for those who've finished working, hot tea and enough seasonal treats are available to make it look as though the Heavens bought out an entire sweet shop. They're being distributed by a few shinki in indigo-blue and plain brown robes with the sleeves tied back, who aren't above teasing the newcomers a bit.
In Summary:
- Get all the information you can handle
- Mingle with the 4th Wall "Gods" and "Shinki"
- Veteran new gods and shinki are welcome to volunteer showing the ropes
- Get in some training
- Have fun~
- OOC Event Information Post - ask us questions if you need to!
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Darjeeling also started rolling and is having trouble stopping, so it might run into Tamaki since the line didn't happen. Sorry.
Hibiki sighs, once more. WITH FEELING. ]
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[Goat collision...! That's somehow less painful to deal with than the sting of still not being able to get the hang of this borderline nonsense. It clearly means there's something he's just completely missing, so perhaps consulting the pamphlet another time will yield some answers.]
You can make one, right? [A bold assumption.]
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[ In other words, Hibiki has been completely unqualified for this whole shebang, but she's been passing judgment anyway. As she does.
Darjeeling will stick close to Tamaki. If Maa-ster doesn't need it, it might hang out with him for a while, because it wants him to be haa-ppy. ]
This wastes my time. Cease your futility and observe those more capable than yourself....
[ Wait. Now that Hibiki looks out around the training shinki, quite a lot of them are failing to cast borderlines.
Is this entire crop defective?? ]
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With his free hand, Tamaki will reach out to give Darjeeling a few more pats while he glances up from the pamphlet to see the other shinki accomplishing... basically as much as him. That much wasn't unexpected, though:]
Everyone's having trouble, 'cause nobody showed us what to do. [They aren't duds! They're just untrained!! Surely.] They couldn't even get us set up with partners before leaving us on our own.
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[ Granted, it all seemed to be rather slipshod and haphazard before, but at least it was happening....Hibiki grows more dismayed (and more disgusted) by the second. ]
Intolerable. I demand to speak to the organizer!
[ This decree is issued to the room at large.
Crickets. Or, well, the sounds of frustrated shinki failing at borderlines. But that's just as good as crickets. ]
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Do you even know who is?
[Because oh by does it look like none of the hardworking newbies do.
But, more importantly:] If everyone's upset with them do you think they'd even show up?
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[ Frantic glancing. Where?! Where is someone she can YELL AT ABOUT THIS?! ]
Stay and observe. I'm departing immediately!
[ That was to Darjeeling. Just in case the guilty party shows themselves. She doesn't want to miss that while searching elsewhere.
Darjeeling seems happy with these orders, since it can stay by Tamaki. If its friend ever does succeed, it wants to be there to see! ]
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At least he hasn't been totally left alone. With a quick glance around, and then a quick glance to Darjeeling, Tamaki weighs his options on what to do.
And, you know what might help out in a somewhat constructive way?] Tell me if I'm missing something here. [Squatting down next to his new friend and rereading the pamphlet out loud. Like rubber duck debugging! Robot goat... debugging. The name could probably use some workshopping, but the idea's the same.]
Make a 'halberd', [Which he does,] think about making a line, [Easy enough,] and swipe the air. [Slash! But, again, nothing. The pamphlet is held out to what he can assume would be reading level for Darjeeling, assuming it can read, and assuming it can give him some kind of insight.]
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What if he tried sparkling at the same time? Maa-ster tends to sparkle when she does particularly impressive things. Darjeeling focuses very hard on trying to sparkle itself, so Tamaki will see what it's got to suggest.
It manages like. A single twinkle. Ta-da. ]
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Or... troubling?]
H-hey, are you okay?
[A single sparkle looks a little more like just a spark when it's coming from a robotic source. Please don't tell him you're malfunctioning, new friend...!]
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It's trying its hardest. But unfortunately, its idea of "how people who can do anything behave" is...Hibiki. ]
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Do you... want me to do what you're doing?
[Hopefully he can at least figure out if his guess is right or wrong. Does he call for help, or does he ☆perform☆?]
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Wobble, wobble. ]
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He straightens backs up, taking a breath to steel himself as he raises his hand, poised to take another shot at this borderline business. This time, this time for sure...!
With one confident, well balanced and well executed spin, he strikes across the air once more!]
Line!
[The theatrics... are in vain. Alas.]
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That was SO COOL!
Wide, wide eyes over here. Excited rattling. Can Tamaki do MORE?! ]
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[However frustrating the feeling of failure may be, it's fleeting in the face of... fun. That was a lot more fun than simply trying and getting it wrong over and over! Darjeeling even seems excited about it, as far as he can tell.]
Think I should try something like that again?
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and manages to jump in the air. Only a little, but enough to land with an enthusiastic clatter. Maa-bsolutely! ]
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All right!
[Let's keep doing some fancy spins, kicks, and generally turning away from 'practice' and toward 'goofing off'. I'm sure this is fine.]
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Darjeeling sways in time (roughly) to Tamaki's sweet moves, enjoying the show. This is so cool! Just because its friend can't do the one thing doesn't mean there aren't loads of other cool things he can!
Even Maa-ster might like this, if she sees it. ]
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He does, at least, seem to remember what his original goal is eventually, and once he's executed a series of moves, he sort of cuts himself off a little with a short pause, followed up by a quick,] Line! [Attempt. Once more to the same result, but after having done something, it doesn't leave him feeling quite as frustrated.
But boy oh boy it sure would be maa-wful if Hibiki were to completely miss this live show, wouldn't it?]
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[ Why is Hibiki's tablet (maa-blet) going crazy. Some goat must have marked a transmission as URGENT....
What, just the one who'd stayed with that defective shin...
...ki....
Tamaki may not be able to hear it yet, but there is a gasp across the room. ]
Th-this is....
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I think... I wanna see what kind of food they have here. [Because surely they have refreshments waiting for the participants, right?] Wanna come too?
[Would food be of any interest to Darjeeling? Tamaki is doubtful, but also enjoying the company enough to extend the invitation.]
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So it does an excited circle around him, then begins to roll in a foodly direction.
Hibiki, meanwhile, rewinds the footage to make sure she hadn't seen things. He can dance.
Astounding. ]