thenearshore | 007 | Clean Up Your Act

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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~

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[ 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?

[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.]

[ 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 ]

[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.]

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 ]

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.]

[ Genos turns around a bit, still holding the door. He drops his backpack on the ground. ]

Let me inside, I'll take care of it.

[ Or at least he will try to. If it's not ayakashi it might be hurt or scared away by the fire. ]

[He grunts while nodding in firm affirmation, cheering on the inside for good old Demon Cyborg wanting to be violent, as to be expected from him.

He inhales deeply through his nose, trying to gather up the courage to let go of the door. One the count of three, he hurried away from the door, stepping backwards until he was behind Genos--both to be shielded by the cyborg, and to make sure he's not caught in a fire blast or something. Genos was possibly just as, if not moreso, dangerous. (Though, King does know he wouldn't harm an innocent bystander on person, but even cyborgs aren't exempt from making mistakes.)

The door slides open with a clattering slam as soon as it wasn't being held down, and King flinches as he sees the terrible creature again. He's "faced" many monsters back home, and they were terrifying, but most of everything he's come up against looked silly compared to this withered, humanoid being that walked on all fours with spindly limbs.

It doesn't rush forward right away. Instead, it flings it's long, spiny tongue around in front of it, as if trying to flick acid drool drops all over the two of them.

He's proud that he only squeaked instead of scream.]

[ Genos grabs the door half-way not allowing them to open fully, and thus not giving the creature space to lunge at them. He doesn't need big opening to do what he plans to do. ]

Incinerate

[ He says with indifferent tone, extends his hand towards the akaname. Fire shoots from his hand, illuminating the inside of the room. And while the creature screeches loudly, it's hard to say whether it gets damaged or runs away. The flame stops, and the room seems to be empty.

But that might be a trap. ]

[He blinks for a moment after the light of the flame dies down, and, feeling a little brave due to hope, he tip-toes up behind him and peers over his shoulder. Which he didn't need to do being so tall, but he needs to be cautious, here.

Seeing nothing in the doors, he grins and praises:]

You blew it away! I'd expect nothing less from you.

[ Genos isn't sure, as no bits of ash and burned flesh lie around. It is most likely that the thing run away. And since it run away, it's no longer their problem, so Genos does what Genos always does: lowers his guard down.

He turns to King, a bit surprised by the praise. Why this man would even have expectations of him? ] It was simple.

[His good mood dies down a little when Genos looks at him with the sort of cold eyes reserved for strangers. He scratches at the hair at the back of his neck a bit awkwardly.]

Man, you really don't re--

[But, before he could say a second syllable, a tongue swipes down from above, whipping around the top of the doorway behind Genos and wrapping around his torso. The fabric of his shirt and jacket start to sizzle from the acid on the tongue, and the appendage starts tugging him back into the bathroom.]

A-Ah!

[He's about to freeze like he often does when startled like this, but a little meow from Genos' jacket alerts King that there apparently had been a third person at this party this whole time. Glancing aside, to his complete disbelief he sees a kitten meowing in annoyance at being disturbed so much. Why in the world does the Demon Cyborg have a kitten in his--

Okay, no time for standing there and thinking! He takes a step forward, ducking down and reaching out as if to help Genos but, instead, grabs the kitten and scrambles back until he's hitting the opposite wall of the hallway. (Fortunately, the kitten was so much within his reach, who knows if he could have done this if he was TWO steps back from Genos.)]

Genos! Good luck!

[This was sort of an asshole thing to say right after abandoning someone, to be honest.]

[ It all happens very quickly, but the sudden attempt at rescue - and well, successful rescue of the kitten - is really enough for Genos. Because now, without a passenger, he can go as free with violence as he wants to.

Once the door close, a sudden red lights can be seen in the door cracks and several loud thuds that accompany hits disfiguring the door. Eventually the door fall out from the frame, as akaname gets thrown out with series of blows. Genos follows right behind it, his clothing full of holes thanks to the acidic spit.

Looks like akaname might be susceptible to fire; it's covered in burns and they don't seem to be regenerating yet. But being thrown out into an open space angers it even more. ]

Move! [ Genos warns before lunging forward, aiming a kick at the yokai. There is a certain thrill to the fight. The creature is not an ayakashi and thus can be hurt, without the whole deal of "being wielded in vessel form by a god". Because he doesn't have a god now anyway ]

[He's pretty glad the door is shut, it lessens the fear a little. But he stares at it, wondering how much of an asshole it would make him to leave now, taking the kitten with him. Would this amnesiac Genos think he stole his kitten? He'd be more scared of the wrath of Genos than the akaname any day, so maybe he should stick around . . . The kitten itself was an angry and panicked fluff ball right now, trying to struggle and scratch its way free but King has a firm grasp.

Just then, the monster comes flying out of a broken door, slamming into the wall just to the side of him, barely missing. With an "eep" King scuttles to the side, both to avoid its furious flailing limbs and to obey Genos' command.

He runs down the hallway a bit before turning around to watch some more. He hasn't seen Genos fight in person much at all. Sometimes on videos on news stories. But Genos' fighting style was, well, pretty demonic. Both cool and entirely scary. Could King be like this if he actually tried to work at it, or--

--at this entirely inappropriate moment, he is suddenly overwhelmed by something new. It wasn't a feeling like before, it was almost like a movie started playing in his eyes, blocking out what was physically in front of him, drowning out sounds, encompassing his whole attention despite what was going on right in front of him.

He didn't appreciate what he was seeing. It started out with Genos in a different fight. He isn't fighting like King would expect him to: going full out, being destructive. But King realizes it was because of there being too many bystanders nearby. Why were there so many civilians hanging around with such a monster like this rampaging? Had evacuations failed? Why was Genos fighting a monster like this on his own? But he bravely was trying to keep all the attention and damage on himself, and when other S-Class heroes showed up (King noticeably absent, of course, he thought bitterly), it was just too late for Saitama's disciple.

Well, this was a terrible vision to be having...

And was a terrible time to be having it, too, because he was frozen in place as it ran through his mind, and he stared blankly ahead as if in shock, not moving even when the fight started to get closer to him and the cat.]

[ Genos dozes the akaname with fire one more time, this time while cornering it. With a terrifying screech it jumped unto the roof and scuttled away. Genos didn't follow, content for now with just scaring it off.

Even if it might be back any time. ]

Hopefully it's gone for good this time. [ He says as he approaches King, still holding the kitten. Not getting any reaction and noticing the frozen expression makes him raise an eyebrow. ]

Are you even listening?

[He wasn't, until he asked the question. His voice got through the hazy daze of this horrible memory, and he blinks a few times before finally moving his eyes back down to look at the younger man. King looks paler than even before being scared by the akaname.]

Uhm...yeah. No. Sorry, what?

[His mind still needs to catch up with reality, here. He shakes his head, coming to his senses a little more.]

Sorry, I think that--I think you're my--

Your what? [ Genos blinks not understanding. Was he this scared of the akaname? Well, it was a pretty disgusting sight, can't blame him.

Genos approaches and tries to take Motoki - who now resigned any attempts to escape, and is quietly biting on King's fingers ]

I don't think it will be back any time soon.

--shinki.

[He finishes pathetically before he can take the kitten from him. Though, it would be nice to have Motoki stop biting him. His hands are a bit wrecked from the little guy after all that commotion.]

[ Genos stops at looks at King again, this time scanning him closely. Noticing the details, like the face scars. He's pretty certain he haven't seen him so far, but there is many gods around, so it shouldn't be that surprising. There's chance he might have read something from him on the network, but for that he'd need a name to connect it to. ]

Understood. And who are you? [ the question comes a bit more harsher than he intended. So that reassignment comes even quicker than he expected, and he's not even trying to hide his disappointment properly. It's the final confirmation that Radegast is gone ]

[Whoah, was it just King or was Genos more cold than before. He guess he couldn't blame him, King was effectively a stranger now, and it was probably weird to "belong" to someone, "god" or not.

But still. Harsh.]

King. Or Averruncus, god of averting harm. [Hah.] ...I prefer King. [Beat.] Does...does this mean you don't have a god? Or a...bald friend? [He's trying to fish out if Saitama is here. Very subtle.]

Averruncus. [ Genos repeats after him with a nod. He's going to need time to get used to it. ]

My god is Radegast, slavic god of hospitality. Or rather was. [ Genos explains ] He's no longer here, but I'd suggest not calling him bald if he ever happens to come back.

[ If that's even possible. And if it is, he will have different shinki anyway ]

[Well, that makes it pretty clear it was Saitama. He was always touchy about his baldness, and Genos protective of others calling him as such.]

Dang...I missed him then? [He seems a bit bummed out by this, and as he thinks about it he switches the kitten from a death grip to a cradling sort of hold, petting its head in hopes it'll stop biting him. He snickers, an interesting sound coming from such a rough-faced guy.]

But him being the god of hospitality? I bet he loved that.

[Even when King was invited over to Saitama's place Saitama acted like it was an inconvenience.]

He wasn't thrilled to be a god in first place. [ Genos says thoughtfully, observing how the kitten reacts to King. When not being held in place she relax and stops the biting. Mostly. Because she's now clinging to one of the fingers, licking it and biting only occasionally ]

You speak as if you know him. [ That confuses Genos the most. He hasn't even said Saitama's real name yet. And the phrasing doesn't suggest that King knew him here as Radegast. ] For how long have you been here?

[ That seems the safest, and the most important question. ]

[When she gnaws on his fingers the bottom lid of one of his eyes would twitch a little at the sting, but it's a more curious bite than angry one now, so it's not too bad. He doesn't even want to look at his hands and see how many band aids he needs to go find now.]

I do know him... And I'm not that hyped about it, either. [He would say Saitama's name, but he's afraid that might break some sort of rule if Genos was referring to him by his god name. It would seem weird for someone like Saitama to go by Radegast than his real name, he thinks.] Me? Just got in today. And they already got me cleaning for them, how lame is that? [He tries to talk to him in a more friendly manner again, in hopes Genos will sound less...Demon Cyborgy.]

Edited 2016-08-19 22:48 (UTC)

It's not unheard of, there is already one person familiar with Saitama here. [ He frowns, because he realizes that means King might have some kind of relation to him as well. Or maybe not, and the Heavens just like to pair those coming from similar area. ]

Congratulations on your newly acquired godhood. [ He doesn't sound like he's really congratulating though. ]

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