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

[miraculo]

[ Dude. Dude. It's like meeting a living legend...! He is a living legend! She may not be the best at history, but she knows the famous ones of it! especially when they have so many dramas based after them She starts out slowly:] It's.... an....


[ And then explodes into an enthusiastic rave. ] HONOR TO MEET YOU, SIR....! Ah, I can't believe it-- the vice captain of the Shinsengumi, to think that he'd also be here in this world, and also now a god in this world, and also right here in front of me, and also a very good drinker, and also part of the Shinsengumi, and also the vice-captain, and also alive and speaking right now and also drinking tea and, and---!

[ Breathe, Sanae. Breathe. ] It's just... to have an opportunity to meet you-- it truly is an honor! [ Have another bow, this time deeper. ] I'm not from your time, but you and your comrades are historical legends in my world. [ Also depending on how they're portrayed, they could be the good guys or the bad guys. ]

[koukai_kirai]

[Congratulations, Sanae, you have achieved what many before you have failed to: you've actually gotten a genuinely happy smile out of him.]

Is that so?

[He's not even in a place to think for a second that that means they won, or even that there was enough left of the faction they sided with to rise from the ashes. So it strikes him as unlikely that all the records left were very flattering. All the same, knowing their fight wasn't just forgotten...]

[It's surprisingly heartening. Not just for himself, but to know that his friends will still be remembered by someone when he's... now that he's gone, too.]

That is news to me... Kochiya, was it?

[miraculo]

Yes! You're the subject of many inspiring stories. [ Especially in dramas and anime, in everything from shonen to shoujo. She nods again.

And... okay. Maybe her excitement had gotten the better of her just then, so she tones it done a little bit. ] Um, ....is anyone else from the Shinsengumi here? I hope you're not without your friends. [ Friends with a capital F.

But as she notices the empty sake bottles once again, maybe that is the case. ]

[koukai_kirai]

[He follows her gaze to the empty bottles... well, they do tell a bit of a story, don't they?]

[Part of one, at least. But the whole story isn't quite something he wants to go into just at this moment, so he shakes his head, keeping his expression carefully neutral.]

Don't worry too much about it. I'm not alone here.

[He rather hopes she'll be able to read enough into the vagueness of the answer to leave off further questioning about it, but he's not about to get openly melancholic enough to ensure that she'll pick up on it -- not in front of a stranger, even as harmless a stranger as Sanae seems to be.]

[miraculo]

[ ....That's reassuring to know.

She smiles, and then picks up the tray of mochi again. Her tone now takes to something lighter. ] That's wonderful to hear. [ Then to reinforce that he's totally not alone anymore-- and that he doesn't need to be alone: ] Plus, you now have one more person here for you--- [ Points to herself. ]

Got it?

[koukai_kirai]

[...Who is she putting him in mind of? Outgoing, impulsive, seemed like a bit of a noisy nuisance at first but is proving surprisingly comforting to be around...]

[Ah. Of course.]

[It takes a little bit of work to get a smile out of him at the best of times, so no luck there at the moment, but at the very least, there's something a little bit warmer and softer in his voice for a moment, maybe even a little trace of amusement.]

I see. I'll try to keep that in mind, then.

[miraculo]

[ Yay, she may a friend today! She giggles to herself, pleased with the outcome. ] Take care, Hijikata-san. And enjoy your tea.

[ And with that, she'll be off to distribute more mochi to more people. ]