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

[spes_phthisica]

Huh? What kind of mythology?

[He can't really say he recognizes anything about it - but then again, he has already noticed that here are plenty of different cultures and mythologies woven together in this place.

In the meanwhile, he's going to turn the box over to try to see if he can get some kind of clue from that.]

[blossomstorm]

[ It's just an old box, but there is something in it. A medium-sized object. The box seems to have been fancy, back in the day, but time did not treat it too well... It looks kind of like this, but you can't see through it and it's not too small either. ]

Greek, in this case. Have you heard of Pandora? Or Pandora's box?

I THOUGH I HAD REPLIED TO THIS /falls over

[spes_phthisica]

[Souji gently runs his fingers along the winding structure of the box, seeming fascinated with the intricate craftsmanship, as old and battered as it is.]

No. I mean, maybe? But if I ever did, I don't remember, obviously. [He shakes his head with a small laugh.] Probably not, though. It seems I can usually tell names of things I don't with things I do, and... well, I don't even know what "Greek" is.

[Look, he lived in isolationist Japan, so you can count the names of the Western countries he knows on your fingers.]

haha IT'S OK <3!! hello!

[blossomstorm]

I see. Well, some of the gods here come from different countries and cultures. I'm supposed to be "Athena," for example, and she's a goddess from the country of Greece-- a Greek goddess.

The name on that box refers to a character in old epic poems written by Greek poet Hesiod. Pandora was said to have a jar that contained evil and disease, and when she opened it they were set loose in the world. Centuries later, "jar" was mistranslated as "box."