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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-08-15 06:55 pm

007 | Clean Up Your Act

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~
lecturehall: (annihilated by the kawaii)

[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-17 04:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, Keito's keeping an eye on it. He yanks Souma to the side as it leaps again. The movement switches their positions and not much else.]

I know. [That was all Souma ever wanted to do. That was all—] There's nothing to forgive. Don't make it an issue. Just don't rush so thoughtlessly into harm's way. And—[God... fucking dammit, Souma. Keito grits his teeth as he tries to pry Kanzaki's head off of the ground.]—you don't have to bow!
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-17 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Should I not bow to the one I'm meant to serve?

[Strangely, his chest hurts and he can't recall why. But he's fighting past this to be strong. There is still a danger in the room. He can't break down and cry for no reason. That's not what it means to be a man.

So after they recover from the second leap out of the way, Souma reaches to clutch back at Keito's hands.]


We are meant to fight together! Please, master, call my name and wield me as your weapon!
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-17 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[See? This is the reason he doesn't like this "god" thing. Souma reaches for his hand and Keito snatches it away with a sharp look.] No way.

[The ayakashi leaps again and it's a narrow miss as Keito pushes Souma away. In the opposite direction as himself. Divide and conquer and all that. Or, in this case: Get Kanzaki away so he's forced to get some sense in him.

... It's not really the best plan, considering how the ayakashi seems to be aiming at Keito for the next leap but. Well.
] I refuse to work with someone who views this partnership as some sort of enslavement or servitude. So long as you keep addressing me as master, I won't touch you. I've got no interest in that type of indebted relationship.
kendont: (✰ everyone please)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-18 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Then how shall I address you? I have not yet learned your name!

[Souma scrambles to sit up once he's pushed away. Keito is further now, and it's making him anxious. His katana is even further away, somewhere on the floor, but he grabs the nearest item and chucks it at the ayakashi as a distraction.

Using that as his chance, Souma darts back over to Keito to practically cling to his arm as he tries to pull him up.]


Forgive me, but conversations like these can be saved for after danger has been cleared! Do not waste time and make use of me for now!
lecturehall: (i was suckerpunched with desu)

[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-19 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a tempting offer. Probably the wisest one available to them both right now, too. Keito doesn't take it. Instead, he pulls down when Souma tugs up, dragging Kanzaki to join him on the floor.]

Keito Hasumi. It's [His breath hooks. There's the twitch of a frown. He swallows both down.] nice to meet you.

[Each word stings but he can't dwell. The ayakashi jumps again and once again he pushes Souma out of the way.] What I said before still stands.
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-19 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Agh!! This is just making things worse! Souma can realize this, but this frail person who keeps shoving him... Can he really understand? He seems out of breath already, is that the case, or is something else going on in his mind?

Souma scrambles over to grab at Keito's arm, even on the ground now.]


Then, Hasumi-dono, view me as your partner. If you continue to push us this way and that, we will only become victims to this frail looking ayakashi!

[It's not even SCARY.]
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-21 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
You're hopeless. Are you even listening to me? I don't need to be told how to view you. If you truly want me to use you then view me as yours. Don't make me repeat it again!

[If he even gets the chance to repeat it. The ayakashi jumps again and he narrowly dodges, diving to the side without a trace of elegance. Really, for all his talk he's terrified. All he can really hope is that Kanzaki doesn't notice how his legs are shaking.]

Just decide already!
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-21 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I do not understand!

[He does view Keito as his! His god, right? He does notice his legs shaking, but now's not a good time to point it out. He scrambles after Keito again and again, desperate to help him away from any harm from this ayakashi. They've been safe this far, but for how long?!]

Hasumi-dono, I have already decided! Hurry!
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-22 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's not exactly the answer he wanted. In a story, this would be the first turning point with all the proper build-up. There'd be a dramatic monologue or two, swelling music. Something more than a passable agreement he's still not sure he trusts.

Not that there's anything he can do about that now. The ayakashi prepares to jump again. Keito throws out his hand, closes his eyes and obeys the first impulse that enters his head.
]

K-Kameki! I choose you!
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Strangely, it works. In a strange poof of smoke, Souma disappears and a katana takes his place. It's different from the one he holds, but it's a katana all the same, and it will drop to the ground if Keito can't manage to catch him by the handle fast enough.]

...I do not mean to be so blunt, but that calling of my name is a bit... [He trails off. He'd side eye Keito if he had any eyes right now.]

Ah— Hasumi-dono, it approaches! Hold tight and swing!
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-22 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't call him out on that, Kanzaki! They've got bigger problems right now! Besides. It's embarrassing. He panicked.

He's still panicking. At least he caught the sword. Good job, Keito.
] Kanzaki, you're— you— Which side is your head?!

[He doesn't want to hurt him. If he can. The sword isn't impossible to hold but it's heavier than he thought and the blade drops to the ground when he tries to lift it. Which doesn't calm him down.] Are you alright? That didn't hurt, did it? I—

[He yelps as the ayakashi narrowly misses his ear. Right. That. Truth be told the last thing he wants to do is face it. He doesn't even like killing bugs! If it was only him in danger, maybe he could think of another way. Find a way to prepare some humane trap or—

The ayakashi whips by again. Right. Time to stop thinking about what-ifs. For Souma's sake he has to defeat this thing. He'll have to use him to protect him.

This is so fucked up.
] H-Hold tight and swing. Hold tight and swing... [He closes his eyes as the ayakashi prepares to jump, repeating Souma's words over and over until—] H-Hold tight and swing!

[He slaps the ayakashi mid-air with the side of the blade. It goes down. Keito scrambles to his feet and watches it, trying to ascertain whether it was really dead.

A limb twitches. Keito slaps it again.

And then once more for good measure.
] I... Did I get it?

[It's not moving? But it's not bleeding either. Well, he's kind of thankful for that.]
kendont: (✰ everyone please)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[THEY ARE GOING TO DIE LIKE THIS. Souma's heart rate is out of control, and it's not in a good way. The entire time Keito scrambles, Souma tries to reply. He doesn't have a head in this form, he has a blade and a handle, he's not hurting so don't worry—

But now, he's smacked in the wrong way at the side of this ayakashi. Somehow, being used wrong makes his head spin.]


Y-you must stab into it, Hasumi-dono, or it will rise and jump at us again! Free it!
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-22 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Tough luck, Souma. He's holding you like a bat.]

I already smacked it. Stabbing seems excessive.

[Plus, it's probably already— Oh. No. It's starting to move again.]

... Or not. Kanzaki, how do I stab?

[Does he just poke it? He's thinking he might just have to poke it.]
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 11:17 pm (UTC)(link)
I did not expect Hasumi-dono to be a person who would not understand something so basic. Please thrust the pointed end of me into that creature! Only with enough force can it truly be called a "stab!"
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-22 11:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay, so Keito pokes it.

Yay, it worked.
]
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Hasumi-dono is more gentle than I originally thought.
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-22 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't phrase a compliment as an insult. Like I said, anything else would have been excessive.

Besides... That was a stab. In concept.
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
If I may be so bold, could we perhaps leave this room before more ayakashi appear? I feel that training will be necessary before any future battles, if possible.

[Waving him around like a bat... He's so offended.]
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-23 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
[With the threat gone, Keito can at least manage to hold Souma properly. Which is a weird sentence to type out.]

Oh. Right.

[Open door. Close door. Now they're free of the room and out in the hallway. Keito looks down at the katana.]

... How do I turn you back? It seems dangerous to carry you around without a saya.
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-23 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
As a shinki, I was not provided with this information. However, I believe it is fine to be carried like this, so long as Hasumi-dono is careful.

[Souma... it's not okay to be a sword forever.] Perhaps something can be custom made for your convenience.
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-23 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
You can say that but I still wouldn't be able to do it. This may not be your real body but it still feels that way to me. Sheathing you in something would feel like nothing more than stuffing a person into a locked box. I can't do it.

[But that still leaves him with how to get Souma back to normal. He spends a few minutes mulling over the possibilities before a similar impulse to the one before floats back in.]

Souma Kanzaki.

[No pokemon catchphrase this time. How lucky.]
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-23 05:09 am (UTC)(link)
[The reversal is just as startling as the appearance into the sword. This time, he appears holding Keito's hand. It's surprising enough that he doesn't yank it away immediately.]

So Hasumi-dono knew, deep in his heart? That is an admirable thing!
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-25 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well, Keito sure isn't letting go. Honestly, he doesn't even notice that he's doing it, just as he doesn't realize how hard he's squeezing Souma's hand.]

It took a bit to come to me, but yes. That seems to be how this works. In the moment I need it a... voice or something gives me guidance. [He touches his forehead with his free hand.] I hope that doesn't sound too strange. It must be the previous goddess sharing her wisdom.

[Or something. Keito squints and rubs his forehead.] Anyway, we should return to our temple. There's someone else you have to meet.
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[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-26 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Someone else? Is it a friend of yours, Hasumi-dono? I will gladly meet anyone who is waiting for us there, especially if they are approved by Hasumi-dono!

[He glances between them at their held hands, staying quiet for now but quietly noting how tightly Keito is holding his hand. It hasn't begun to hurt, just yet...]

I'm glad I was able to come to your aid, but your technique could use some work.
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[personal profile] lecturehall 2016-08-28 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Keito could appreciate a strong system of discipline but there was a difference between punishment and torture. Keito grits his teeth. The grip on Souma's hand tightens slightly. He doesn't look at him when he speaks.]

He's another shinki of mine. [He wonders if mentioning his name would be too much or if neglecting to mention it would be too little. Part of him hopes it's enough to spark something—a memory, a song, anything—but part of him knows better.]

... You'll like him. I'm sure of it.

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