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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~
kendont: PIXIV ID 4552747 (✰ let us watch it roar)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-18 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
Am I hearing this correctly? You would truly think to cover your own mistakes and hide from the truth?

[The level of disappointment leaking from his tone right now is amazing.] There is nothing but shame in hiding what harm has already been done! Instead, big brother, I beg of you to address this problem directly! Deal with it head on! Do not turn and run!

[He points dramatically at the floor.] Find a new solution that will not hide what has been done!
bighand: (2485322 (8))

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-19 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
Do you know how to repair wood instantly, little brother?!

[Like seriously, give a bro a hand if you can. Otherwise shut up and accept his panicked search for something to throw over the scratches.]

We can repair them later, but to let them be seen is out of the question...!
Edited (wurds) 2016-08-19 04:54 (UTC)
kendont: (✰ on the season's windows)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-19 05:38 am (UTC)(link)
Wait!

[Dropping his cleaning tools to the ground, he rushes over to grab Kija's arm.] Please focus on what I am saying. To hide these markings in shame would be more shameful than addressing the problem creatively!

From these markings, we must create art equivalent to great woodblock printing masters! Use your warrior's hand to improve upon these claw marks until they are a beautiful picture!

[Scratch it up more, Kija.]
bighand: (2485322 (39))

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-20 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[what the fuck souma]

I lack the skills to create a masterful woodblock!! What are we supposed to do?!

[DON'T YELL AT HIM HELP HIM]
kendont: PIXIV ID 4552747 (✰ lighten up the center)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-20 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
Worry not, dear big brother. Somewhere here [he touches a hand to his heart] I feel a connection to the arts.

[He drops to his knees to focus on the carvings, looking intense and thoughtful.] Tell me, what is an image that comes to your mind as "beautiful?"
bighand: (2485322 (38))

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-20 06:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, Kija definitely believes this without question...

So, beautiful things— besides Yona and Jae-Ha???]


Can you draw a lizard?
kendont: PIXIV ID 4552747 (✰ by burning it up)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-20 08:26 pm (UTC)(link)
A lizard... I do not know why, but I feel confident in my ability to do this. Let me see...

[Who knows where he finds a pencil in this temple, but he does and sketches out a traditional looking lizard on its own, incorporating the claw marks. Why is he like this.]

How is this?
bighand: (k29)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-21 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, it's a nice lizard. Kija leans over him while he draws, very intent on seeing this lizard being created. Hello.....]

It's perfect! So, I am to carve the lizard into the wood?

[He'll just... scratch a little at its tail, then. He doesn't want to spoil the lizard!!]
kendont: (✰ and beautifully in the sky)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-21 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes! Simply trace the lines I have laid out for you, and this accident shall become "floor art!"

[Is that a thing... Well, he's very eager to watch Kija's warrior hand in action, so he leans over his shoulder anyway.]
bighand: (2485322 (54))

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-22 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[It's definitely not a thing... But it's better than leaving it like this, so alright, he will do it!! Here he goes, very carefully scratching out a beautiful lizard drawing right here on the floor. It is a long and tedious process- how does one put care and effort into using these bigass claws?? This is a unique experience.

When he's through he uses his sleeve to brush away the scraped-up wood shavings. It's a lizard. On the floor.]


Well? You are the artist. Please be the judge!
kendont: pixiv ID 1324887 (✰ as the elegance is left behind)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 01:11 am (UTC)(link)
[The care and effort is impressive, to say the least! Souma is so wrapped up in watching this that Kija could literally draw anything he wanted and he'd be amazed. Instead, he manages to trace the lizard so well...!! It almost brings tears to his eyes!

But he's a man, so he can't cry over something like this! Instead, he just grabs at Kija's arm.]


It is perfect, big brother! Such beauty and elegance on the floor of someone's home... It is like a great protector!
bighand: (k108)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-22 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
[What a nice compliment!!! Except grabbing his arm makes him sway dangerously close to scratching the floor again.]

Be careful, little brother!! This is fine, but we cannot spend all day carving the floor if we make another mistake!

["we"]
kendont: pixiv ID 1324887 (✰ is a perilous path)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
You may have a point.

[If he caused another scratch he'd have to commit seppuku, and that just leaves Kija with even more to clean up. Slowly, he pulls his hands back to himself and stares wistfully at that big hand instead.]

Then please, relax and sit back as I finish the cleaning of this temple. It may be too dangerous for your... claws.
bighand: (k111)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-22 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[Okay... stop that weird shit, but okay.]

I... There must be something that does not require a delicate touch! I want to be of help!
kendont: PIXIV ID 4552747 (✰ to all things in nature)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-22 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah! There may be a way.

[He turns back to his things, shuffling through some of them before he pulls out... a feather duster.]

Using this as an extension of your arm that has not gone through so much rigorous training, it may be delicate enough to cause no harm! I see now how big brother has chosen only to grow one of his hands! To maintain a balance, isn't that right?
bighand: (45)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-23 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll take the feather duster with his human hand, looking at it... It's kind of soft and fuzzy to be an extension of his arm, isn't it?

and wait what]


It's just like this. I have done nothing in particular to make them different.
kendont: pixiv ID 1324887 (✰ watch this instant dream carefully)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-23 05:45 am (UTC)(link)
...How can that be?

[Wait a gosh darn minute here. He steps closer, peering at the large hand, and then looking at the smaller one.]

Could all of your warrior energy have been channeled into one hand only...?
bighand: (kija is so anime)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-23 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[WELL...]

Perhaps! It makes it even more valuable this way.
kendont: (✰ and beautifully in the sky)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-24 04:35 am (UTC)(link)
That is true! Ah... this means that my quest to match my own hands to your greatness will be even more difficult, but I promise to never give up!

Perhaps I, too, will be able to carve animals into the floors of temples!
bighand: (this bitch)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-24 04:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Big hand quest... Please.]

I... I believe in you. Please, keep trying your best.
kendont: (✰ it's a crimson colored)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-25 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yes! I will not let you down!

[...But, he gets so excited that he whips out his katana and spins, narrowly avoiding Kija as he swings at the air behind him.]
bighand: (k109)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-25 10:07 pm (UTC)(link)
[wHAT HAVE THEY DISCUSSED!!!!]

Indoors! You're swinging indoors!! This is someone else's temple!
kendont: PIXIV ID 9626547 (✰ so that it will not disappear)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-26 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
Ah— that's right. I had forgotten that big brother has a strange distaste for my mental concentration.

[???? Whatever he means by that, he slowly stops waving it and glances down at the katana.]

But I am filled with such restless energy... I will channel this eagerly into cleaning this temple!
bighand: (70)

[personal profile] bighand 2016-08-28 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Wow... making it sound like it's his fault... that's rude. If Kija were self-aware, he would realize this is what it's like to deal with him, but nah. This is his unique and powerful struggle, with this child.]

Gently, gently...! We can't afford to leave carvings all over the house if something else is damaged!

[But if he really, really wants to wave some kind of stick around,] Perhaps you could sweep... the whole temple.
kendont: (✰ fluttering gracefully)

[personal profile] kendont 2016-08-29 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
Sweeping is an excellent idea! As expected of big brother!

[Artfully, he spins his katana back into its holder and picks up the broom, instead.] I will leave no dust on the floors of this temple! The only thing will be this shining piece of art, this carved lizard! Please watch my hard work!