007 | Clean Up Your Act

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Spring cleaning
When: All day April 15
Where: All around the Heavens
Summary: The Heavens don't like things being cluttered, so it's time to clean up a little bit.







Main Hall

While the main hall of the Heavens seems spotlessly clean at all times, that's not the case at all. In fact, it's been at least a decade since the last time they actually cleaned everything out properly. There are a lot of hidden closets and back rooms that have layers of dust and dozens of boxes filled with nothing but junk. Who knows, though! You might find something interesting and useful in there along with all the garbage.

Suprises

Unfortunately, some of the older temples on the Far Shore seem to have some interesting surprises tucked away, ranging from cursed artifacts all the way to magical creatures locked up in long-forgotten rooms. You are free to be creative with this as a way to get your characters into trouble while cleaning.

Complimentary Dinner

After all of your hard work, you deserve to have some tasty food and refreshing beverages. So the Heavens have provided that for you, so that you can wind down after a long day. It's not as fancy as the banquets they often put on, but there is a nice array of food and drinks for everyone to enjoy.

Counselling

As usual, there is a white-robed shinki bearing the gold chrysanthemum of Amaterasu sitting at a table in the Main Hall. There is a small sign that denotes her as the counselling shinki. Anyone is welcome to approach her, and she will smile serenely at anyone passing by as well.



In Summary:

• Clean up your home
• Help clean others' homes
• Get the main hall clean too!
• Hope no hidden magic jumps out
• Seek counselling if you need it
• Enjoy your complimentary dinner
• Have fun~

Comments

King | One-Punch Man | OTA!

[kingengine]

Main Hall
King isn't very pleased. He never asked to be taken and made a "god", and then as soon as he's given all the overwhelming information about it and pushed out to the world he's expected to clean.

Boy, if he had any more of a backbone he would just not clean! But he doesn't, so he can be found doing some of the bare minimal of chores, like dusting places that are harder for smaller folks to reach, or dusting desks or delicate things like pottery. Basically, he's mostly dusting around.

Anyone is welcome to come dust with him, force him to do more than just dust, or come to him for any help you may need, from getting that hard to reach place or if you're being chased by a "surprise". But anyone that does come to him better prepare for a particularly dour expression from him. Making him clean was just Not Cool.


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Surprises
Overall, he hasn't come across anything surprising at any of the places he's helped at. However, at this particular old style Japanese temple he has a strange run in...

He was looking for a bathroom that someone told him needed looking into. Night had fallen and if it was still dirty it might attract "unwanted attention", he had said. King had no idea what that could mean, and of all things he could have imagined (which mostly revolved around weird old men hanging around in bathrooms), what he saw when he opened the door and lit the room with a lantern was no one of them.

A twisted sort of humanoid creature with a long tongue that was disturbingly licking up the filth in the bathroom. An akaname. A folk legend he hadn't thought about since he was a kid and his parents told it to him to make him clean his bathroom out of fear.

It was not pleased he had interrupted its meal, and lunged forward.

Anyone nearby will hear a scream at this point, but by the time they track down the origin, King will have composed himself, staring with rough stoicism at the door he had slid shut with a bang before scrambling back against the hall wall. Anyone that approaches will notice the door shaking as the creature moves to open it...


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Dinner
King is a solitary being. He is a solitary being because he is a socially awkward shut in, but anyone looking at him may get the impression he is a solitary being because he is so badass he doesn't need company. His guns are all the company he needs. (Hah.)

Though, interestingly, this grim-faced man appears to be jabbing his thumb at a furious speed at the buttons of his flip phone while cramming a rice ball distractedly into his mouth, never taking his eyes off the small screen. Is he sending off angry, threatening texts to someone? (No, in fact, he's playing a lame little Tetris-like game that came with his phone that was still on his person when he was brought here. But it's the only game he has on him, so he's making the best out of it as much as he can.)


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Wild Card
((I don't have his temple thought up yet, but I will be working on that as soon as this is posted. If anyone wants to stop by there to see if this particular god needs help with his spring cleaning, make a starter saying so and I'll reply with info on what sort of temple they'll be helping out in.

If you want a "Surprise" creature or cursed artifact or anything, let me know, I love coming up with stupid/scary things. B)

OR make any old starter and I'll roll with what anyone has to offer!

Also, I will match any format you choose to reply in! Prose or brackets.))

dinner

[miraculo]

She's flying. She's flying, because she can.

Okay, no, she's not just flying. She's hovering. Specifically over his left shoulder. She doesn't mean to hover, it's just that when she was passing by she just happened to see him totally dominating at tetris-like game. Now she can't take her eyes off of his phone either, because daaaayum, son, those moves are well wicked.

"--One block left!"

Oh no, she's a backseat gamer. The worst kind.

[kingengine]

King is generally quiet, mild-mannered, one might say, but when it came to his games and backseat gamers, he's got no time to listen to you! Out the corner of his full mouth, he stated seriously, "No way, that would clearly ruin the chain I'm going for."

He blatantly disregarded her advice and moved that block right, and the following block that followed he moved to the left and, what do you know, he just cleared a chain that garnered him a cascade of bonus points. "See?" he said, as he thumb never paused, continuing the game.

[miraculo]

W...whoa. She can't help but gasp. Such talent! Such strategy! She feels ashamed for even daring to suggest a different move! "A...-amazing." She praises, watching the screen sparkle, signifying a clean victory of a multitude of points. "I wouldn't even have guessed to move left!"

Shows how good she is at tetris. "You must be a-- a pro gamer." Spoken reverently. She's never met a pro gamer before in her life!

[kingengine]

He doesn't respond to her compliment, he wasn't too much of a braggart to begin with, but he's mostly trying to get an even bigger bonus, but the blocks are coming crazy fast and the top is getting dangerously close. This is requiring all his concentration and thumb strength. It even makes him sweat a little at the temple.

He does take the time to answer that last part, though, "Hm, yeah. Used to be."

[miraculo]

No fucking way, he used to be a pro gamer. "Ah-- well, once a pro, always a pro, right?!"

But she promptly shuts up when she notices his intense concentration on the game. Well, as much as she can. She's quite the one-man audience. Gasping when he takes a risky move, 'ooh'-ing and 'aah'-ing when he executes a combo. And if he wins again, she'll cheer out loud. "I---- In credible.....!"

Where the hell is a pen and paper. "A....autograph." She stammers, still in awe. "I need your autograph!"

[kingengine]

He made a triumphant sound as he manages that crazy combo, and appreciated her cheer. It's nice to be recognized for something he's actually good at.

But what she declared startled him enough his thumb slips and the collection of blocks immediately slams into the top of the viewport, triggering a game over. He can't even be bummed out by this, he was too busy looking over his shoulder at the girl (first looking too low since he wasn't expecting her to fly), eyebrow raised.

"Why do you need my autograph? Do you know me?" She could be from his world and recognize him. It wouldn't be implausible, especially if she were flying. Sure, she could have gotten the power from the beings that brought them all here, but you never know.

[miraculo]

"No, but---!" Excited smile as she hovers to be in front of him. "I've never met such a competent gamer! And... maybe you'll be famous one day, but that just means I got your autograph first! But still! It would be an honor to have it anyway." She bows. And bows again.

Dude, seriously, she's impressed. She herself has not played vidya games in almost a decade. She's 21 now icons don't show it sob and still hasn't played past Crystal since she left the modern world, the horror! But she can appreciate good talent when she sees one.

When she straightens up from her bow, she smiles sheepishly. "....Ah, sorry if I'm too overbearing. It's a little embarrassing to admit, but I haven't played a single video game in about seven years."

Surprise

[koukai_kirai]

Just when he thought he was finally done with this bizarre day, Hijikata heard the screaming.

No damn rest for the wicked, was there?

He reached for the sword that should have been at his side, before realizing that he gave that sword to Ichimura and then died, and also that was about a century and a half ago, and also a person was his sword now.

Well, damn. He was just going to have to go and investigate unarmed, unless he wanted to have to seek out Souji first.

As he neared the place he was pretty sure the screaming had come from, gradually, he began to hear a rattling sound. Someone trying to open a door? Maybe they were trapped? The door came into sight as he rounded a corner -- as well as a young man giving it what looked like a pretty wide berth.

"Something going on here?"

[kingengine]

He had been pressed up against the wall in a way only cartoon characters trying to avoid a searchlight should ever do, teeth showing as he grimaced in fear--until he heard footsteps approaching, (a remarkable feat considering how loud his heart beat was at that moment).

Before the person appeared, he peeled himself from the wall and deadened his face. Only his heartbeat remained, a disturbing sound. He glanced to the side at the man that was now in sight and approaching. The stranger carried himself in a way that screamed "good fighter" to King. Just his luck!

He pointed at the rattling door and stated, "There's an unexpected mysterious being in there. I needed a moment to prepare."

[koukai_kirai]

Thinking back to all the commotion during the afternoon from the assorted trouble people unearthed in the storage areas, Hijikata grimaces a little. Maybe he should have gone and found Souji, after all... Well, it's too late now, he supposes.

He straightens up to his full height, stretching his arms to loosen them up a bit. If he's fighting without a weapon, the least he can do is to make sure he's properly limber.

"How big is it, and how much time do you need?"

There's something about his clipped, sharp voice that makes it immediately evident that he's used to being in charge of situations -- a certain brisk edge to it that seems to sort of tacitly suggest that whatever answer he's given, a sir! on the end wouldn't be out of place.

[kingengine]

There's something about his clipped, sharp voice that makes it immediately evident that he's used to being in charge of situations -- a certain brisk edge to it that seems to sort of tacitly suggest that whatever answer he's given, a sir! on the end wouldn't be out of place.

King was very, very grateful this man was immediately ready to go and had the confident speech of a man that could (and hopefully would) take the whole lead. However, King was a little too used to his hero status (and his taciturn nature) to throw in any military-esque sirs. If he learned his name in the course of it, a -san would surely make its appearance. He isn't that rude.

He took a step back, as if inviting the man to take that lead as an equal, but hoping to use him as a shield or distraction, perhaps. He would feel bad, but surely this man is strong enough to handle himself. "Hard to tell," he answered shortly, turning hard eyes back to the door. "It was crouching. I'm fine, I don't need more time." He was absolutely not fine. He put a foot behind him, as if moving into a bracing position, but all in preparation for running immediately if need me.

The rattling at the door stopped, then, after a beat, there was movement of the door. Slow but the creature was definitely opening the door now. "It found the handle."

[koukai_kirai]

"I can see that. I do have eyes."

If those eyes had been looking at King, it's possible he would have noticed something odd about his stance. Instead, his attention was focused completely on the door, waiting for the mysterious creature to emerge.

Probably something terrifying, with all that screaming, and with such a tough-looking man having been driven back by it. Something huge and ferocious, with his damn luck. Who even knew what kind of strange and powerful creatures lived in a place like this?

He shifted his weight lower and braced himself, readying himself for whatever was in there to come out and attack.

[kingengine]

"Just saying." Oh, great, this guy is going to be one of THOSE sort of strong guys. The snarky sort.

But King supposed beggars can't be choosers right now. And, besides, the attitude was one he could handle. This guy can't be any worse than the Tornado and all her comebacks.

Once the creature realized that nothing was holding down the door, it slid it open with a violent crash. It was taller than even King, who was well over six foot, but very scrawny, looking as if malnourished. The way it crouched down on the floor on all fours, scrambling on its appendages like a lizard, also made it look smaller than it was. King has come face-to-face with much larger monsters back home, but nothing quite as terrible looking, as if it had come out of a horror movie.

Not to mention its spiny, outrageous tongue that whipped around on the floor and walls as if it had a mind of its own, leaving behind its acidic saliva as it went. That didn't help to calm King's heart any.

After it appraised the situation of facing two men instead of one, the creature lunged forward, going for the stranger, who was closest, first.

Surprises

[scrap_metal]

[ Genos gives no shit about the cleaning ordeal. He's just wandering around with his belongings in the backpack, and cat in the jacket pocket. Trying to figure out what to do next.

Temple rejecting him was one thing, absence of the Radegast another, but the disappearance of his shinki name confirming without doubt that Saitama is no longer here. He must have achieved his goal, and found way back, which is good, right?

But then Genos has no idea what happens with nameless shinki. Is he still even one at all, and should be here? Afterlife is freaking weird.

The sudden scream catches his attention and he follows it to find this giant man, containing some sort of danger behind the door. ]


Is that ayakashi?

[kingengine]

[King heard someone coming so had pulled himself off the wall, squaring his shoulders and putting on his bluff face. He turns as soon as the person came into view, prepared to grunt out an answer, but he's shocked to see a familiar face.

The bluff falls and he grins in utter relief. Demon Cyborg! He's strong and a . . . well, maybe not friend. But good enough acquaintance! Maybe that means Saitama is around, too.]

Ge-Genos, am I glad to see you!

[He breathed in to say more, but then he's briefly overwhelmed with a weird feeling. Like something was silently warning him, reminding him of some innate thing that the people that had brought him here had told him about.

The rule about shinki. No talking about the past. He didn't see anything in his mind, like a scene from Genos' past flashing through it, but after the run down he got on arrival, he knew Genos being a shinki meant...

Well then. His face fell. This is depressing.]

[scrap_metal]

[ Genos raises an eyebrow a bit. Well it's his fault, he posted the video of himself on the network, that makes him immediately recognizable to those who saw it. But he really needed help with that cat. Or maybe certain someone was talking about him again, who cares. Thing is, his metal arms makes him recognizable as the "cyborg shinki".

He runs quickly to the man and helps him contain whatever is behind the door. ]

What's inside? [ he doesn't need to ask if it's dangerous. The cackling urn was just annoying, but this thing seems aggressive ]

[kingengine]

[Now with the full knowledge Genos isn't going to know him, even a little, he's a bit conflicted. The need to pretend rose back up. If Genos didn't know he was a coward, why let him know he was one now? It would be neat to look cool in front of the super cool Demon Cyborg. So he puts up his bluff face, the more friendly expression and relieved smile faded, and he grunts as if in thanks as Genos helps him hold back the door. ("Helps" being an untrue statement, King's tight muscles relaxed and he's basically leaning on it since he knows Genos could handle this.)]

Do you remember as a kid, your parents told you about the akaname if you didn't clean your bathroom? That's what's in there. I...think.

[Despite putting on the tough hero persona, he couldn't help but to speak to him with a little familiarity. If Genos thought King only knew him because of a network post or someone gossiping about him, then the way King spoke to him was probably a little weird for a stranger.]

[scrap_metal]

The filth-licker? [ Genos isn't sure if it's some residue knowledge from his past life, or if he read about it one of those mythology books in Radegast library ]

That's what is inside?

[ So it's probably another folk creature, as opposed to dangerous ayakashi. But if so, how are they supposed to deal with it? Fight it, or just leave it to it's own devices? ...again, instead of the urn one, this one seems to be actually aggressive ]

[kingengine]

Yes, that's exactly the one. It was licking the floor. Before it got mad.

[In stories it normally didn't attack people, just left a film of poison behind to punish those that slacked on their chores. So, to be fair to the akaname, it might be aggressive because someone rudely interrupted its meal and then slammed a door in its face even more rudely. Maybe it just wanted a terse word with King. But, then again, stories of the akaname never really addressed its behaviour after being caught in the act, so maybe this was normal.]

Surprises!

[mybadhabit]

[Screams mean a fight is going on, and while Sonic isn't into cleaning, he is absolutely down to fight the random monsters that keep popping up. Imagine his surprise when he reaches the bathroom and sees someone he already knows.]

[Well. Knows of. Everyone knows of King, it's impossible to not know of King. He was the Hero Association's poster boy, his face was plastered practically everywhere back home. So the chances of there being something left for him to fight was pretty slim.]

[He slings his sword over his shoulder as he slinks up to the Hero, one hand on his hip and a scowl on his face]

So, what was it? Anything good?

[kingengine]

[Fortunately, King's back had been turned more toward where Sonic had entered, so he had the opportunity to put on his stony expression before facing him. He looks over his shoulder to stare down at Sonic for a moment, trying to think he knew him, but of course he didn't, even if he was back home he wouldn't know him. It wasn't as if King was particularly keen on researching folks or anything.

But Sonic asks those questions in a way it seemed like he might know him. Or maybe this guy was just super casual--though, looking him over, the way Sonuc carried himself he had more of an arrogant air. King may be a coward, but he's somewhat good at judging people or monsters in order to get out of situations accordingly.

But he is a little lost by what he asked.]

What was good?

[mybadhabit]

The monster. [Sonic gestures towards the bathroom, nodding his head in its direction] You're King, are you not? The Hero Association's strongest fighter? I came as fast as I could when I heard the scream, but as you arrived first, I assume whatever you fought has already been taken care of.

So I want to know, was it a good fight?

((wow sorry this notif got lost))

[kingengine]

Right.

[This guy knows who he is. Great. This could be good or bad.]

I took care of the bystanders. [IE: "it totally wasn't me that screamed"] But if you care about the monster...

[He took a large step back, away from the door, holding out his hand in invitation.]

Be my guest.

[This guy has a sword and seems eager. King doesn't feel guilty for passing the buck like this.]

[mybadhabit]

[Continued at the spillover post]