39 - Where Do We Stand?

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Help the Heavens investigate what remains of the cult and their compound
When: May 2
Where: A converted farm on the rural edge of the Tokyo metro area
Summary: Characters can discuss what they know about the cult, choose how much or how little they tell the Heavens' representative Suijin, and help make decisions about where to go from here.






This place was once a farm, then rebuilt into a compound with a big central building, heavy concrete walls and plenty of outdoor spaces for ritual magic. Now, the rooftop has caved in, and the main floor has collapsed as well, leaving a basement open to the skies above. All around, police tape from a local Near Shore department has quarantined off the area. Amaterasu's shinki, in cooperation with those from Suijin, Fuujin, and Raijin have managed to take shifts warning miscreants and the police away from the area, but left the tape to help with those efforts. Just beyond the tape, they've now put up Borderlines to safely guard against ayakashi for the duration of this meeting, but they're pretty far out of earshot and very focused.

Letter of Invitation

Everyone should have seen the digital letter that Amaterasu sent out, but just in case, later that day each temple receives a single letter, with a wax seal on it with Amaterasu's chrysanthemum as the emblem. It is a reproduction of the same digital letter that Amaterasu crafted the day before; it's not printed out, but rather handwritten with painstaking accuracy. The shinki could be from Amaterasu, Suijin, Raijin, or Fuujin, and they will not force anyone to take the letter, in particular if they're told that the god/dess already saw the message on their phone earlier.

Early Arrival

There's a set time that Suijin will arrive - Noon - but as everyone is encouraged to come early, it is possible you are one of the first or last to arrive among the "early" crowd. How did you get there? Was it by stealth or impossible to miss, even by any Near Shore people in the area?

Topics of Discussion

Now is your chance to discuss with your fellows what you know, don't know, wish you knew, etc. about the cult or their compound. Do your characters think they are still being spied on by Heavens and want to hold back, or are they reasonably confident speaking out with the protecting shinki so far away? At the very least, none of the shinki are making very obvious attempts to return to the compound itself. For the very paranoid, there are little alcoves out of visual range or a small room that still has a door on it, albeit not a ceiling.

Suijin's Arrival

Suijin arrives at the appointed time, stepping onto the compound's front drive and under the police tape at precisely Noon. She comes in the capacity of official counselor for Amaterasu. OOCly, this thread will be free-form individual threading.

After her arrival, we will have mirrored top-level comments with Suijin supplying a piece of information as a jumping off point for discussions about each topic. From that point, it will be individual threading, or multi-character threads if you would like. All of these threads will still be addressed to the group at large, loud enough for them to hear and jump in if players would like.

Redacted April 7th via OOC post: We will run this similar to how we ran the Compound's Second Fight: there will be an opportunity for Suijin and/or her shinki to speak, then characters will be given free reign to respond to her and amongst themselves for a period of time. Then, another "round" will begin with Suijin and/or her shinki's responses to the characters. This structure allows for characters to still react with late comments or reactions to anything being said, or jump in whenever they feel comfortable speaking up.

In Summary:

• Talk amongst yourselves before Suijin arrives
• Check out the damage inflicted on the Compound
• Discuss next steps with Suijin, if you would like
• Have fun~

Comments

early "arrival"

[hexahedron]

[Despite actually getting an invitation, there's no sign of Add at the meeting... but, of course, it would be wasteful to pass up an opportunity to get free information. He's not going to grace the Heavens with his presence today, but he is going to send his loyal cube companion to keep an eye on things and maybe hover suspiciously close to any private conversations containing interesting keywords.

Apocalypse is trying its best not to intrude, but if it does sense it's drawn too much attention to itself it'll activate the ultimate defense: a disarmingly cute cat face and a cheery purple message projected onto a small holoscreen.]

HELLO! MY NAME IS APOCALYPSE.
I AM HERE FOR THE MEETING WITH COUNSELLOR SUIJIN AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF MY MASTER.
IT IS NICE TO MEET YOU!

[myblueskies]

[What is this? Tiny purple cube? Was this one of miss Hibiki's creature's too? It didn't look like a goat but it didn't look like any of grumpy books minions either.

Was there someone else?

Oh it has a cat face! Romeo grins and bends down to read the message.] Hello Apocalypse! I'm Romeo! I'm here for the meeting too! Who's your master?

we'll...build to someone literate, sorry

[priforprince]

[ Oh no! This purple stuffed goat robot had merely been trying to record video of this unusual new friend, but now it is projecting what the goat knows to be Words! And the goat can't read.

What a calaaa-mity.

Distress signals are sent along with the video feed over to Maa-ster. In the meantime, however, it rolls itself in a circle around Apocalypse in an attempt to say hello. Maa-lutations! Its body language is limited, but it shall try to seem equally friendly. After all, responding to a greeting is only polite! ]

[yasei]

[ Well, this is a Thing. What is this cute trying to be a kitty? Either way, Obi likes cats and feels a certain amount of affinity towards them, and he's the curious cat that was brought back. And he's going to keep being curious. ]

It's nice to meet you, Little Apocalypse. Are you also here to just listen in, rather than to actively participate?