Susano'o Trashes Heaven

[piphilologize]

Who: Sho Minamimoto vs. Everyone!
What: Susano'o decides to take on Heaven. Chaos results.
When: All day April 19
Where: All around the Heavens
Summary: In a bid to take over Heaven, Sho has unleashed an apocalyptic number of taboo ayakashi the biggest Heaven-wrecking godmode weapon this side of the Far Shore. It doesn't end well. Get ready for spring cleaning 2.0.
Warnings: Math, strong language, casual disembowelment and other violence, NPC death, potential for character death.

12:00:00 PM
Susano'o, Selfies, and the Subjugation of Heaven

As he'd revealed in his 3 AM BBS post, Sho has a variety of fascinating ayakashi that he wants to share with the world. By noon, several large heaps located in various parts of Heaven have caught on fire and there is a massive outpouring of taboo ayakashi.

Concentrated primarily near the Meeting Hall and Susano'o's junk heap of a temple, these ayakashi attack shinki and gods on sight. They're vicious, powerful, and the only way to defeat them is the power of teamwork.

At 2 PM, Joshua will be providing some helpful tips. Meanwhile, Sho will be teleport-spamming throughout Heaven. Feel free to text him, but he'll stop answering right around the time Bishamon and Hajime start to catch up to him. (Picowatt will be helping out from there on!)

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03:14:15 PM
Boss Fight: Seiten Taisei and the Neoclassical Drakes

It's the zero hour, exactly 43,200 seconds since he posted his warning to the BBS when Sho decides to change the game. Heaven has rallied against him, gods and shinki alike, and it's time to pull out the big guns.

In the air above the Meeting Hall, he unleashes thirteen Neoclassical Drakes before releasing Seiten Taisei.

And, suddenly, it's entrails everywhere.

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Post-Battle Spring Cleaning

Well, the day is saved, but there's a metric ton left to do. The mass slaughter left a bit of a bloody mess, and Susano'o has shrines on the Near Shore covered in graffiti that can turn any stray ayakashi into the taboo sort. Weird and corrupt magics all over the place, some of which are on fire. His junkyard temple is burning merrily, and there are still some stray taboo ayakashi to put down.

Anyone ready for Spring Cleaning 2.0? Grab a mop.

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[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi lowered his head. His fists were clenched however. ]

I...I was helping protect the temple.

[kagenonadeshiko]

So you disobeyed me and then tried to lie about it. Is that right?

[Her tone evens out, the harshness giving way to calm, impersonal professionalism. If he's going to be honest, so will she.]

[gekkodaze]

I did, but it's because you don't trust me! I'm able to help, you know! [ Oops, hit a nerve on Satoshi. He may have tried to lie, but he was going to defend himself. ]

[kagenonadeshiko]

[And she'll respect his choice to defend himself by not pulling any punches.]

And you think your actions today inspire trust? I trusted you to stay inside the temple. I trusted you to be this temple's last line of defense should Yamato-san fall in battle.

[She allows herself to feel the anger, letting it rise to the surface.]

But instead you prove yourself to be exactly what I feared you'd be when the Heavens placed you in my care - a burden.

[Her burden to bear for eternity unless she released him from her service. For the first time in their partnership, she's considering it as a viable option.]

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi knew she was right, but his temper got the better of him. A burden? He didn't do anything that indicated that behavior, given that she often only allowed him to do things that were safe and easy. ]

A burden? You don't even let me do anything, so the only person making me a burden is you! I always want to help and try to be useful and you push me back like I can't do anything. I may be younger then a lot of the shinki, or smaller in my other form, but you don't even give me a chance!

I'll admit I betrayed your trust, but I won't admit to being a burden when you won't even think about giving me a chance! I'm more then just a kid!

[kagenonadeshiko]

Just because you want to help doesn't mean you can. Until you understand that, you have no business on the battlefield. Look at yourself. Do you even understand how close you came to dying today?

[Ayumu glares at him, the image of her rescuer's death practically on her very own doorstep fresh in her mind.]

Someone much older than you, a seasoned warrior, was killed today fighting those ayakashi. That could've been you instead.

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi looked away; he felt bad that someone had died... he knew it could have easily been him, but...that would defeat the point he would make. ]

That's what I'm saying! I may not be able to change much, I may not be a seasoned warrior, but I know that I can't give up on anyone or anything until this is all over. I'm sorry that person was killed, but to prevent other people like him from being killed, why aren't we training everyone to help when things like this happen? Even if it's something small, nothing is invaluable to teach to someone....

[kagenonadeshiko]

[Ayumu's face pales at the mention of training.]

Absolutely not. I forbid it.

[ She cannot, will not, repeat the same mistakes she did with Susumu. She was a different person then, one who's better off left to rot in the past. The sister who only existed in name, in blood, but never in deed. The sister who trained her own younger sibling to become like herself - a cold, emotionless shinobi who would never know what it was like to live in the light - to live a peaceful, happy life bereft of fighting and hardship. Is it so wrong for her to want so desperately to spare a child from experiencing the same horrors she had?

Her voice softens, becomes more like the usual gentle tone she takes with him.]

You shouldn't be so eager to throw your childhood away, Satoshi. It's a priceless luxury others don't get to enjoy.

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi's temper is quickly extinguished at the change in tone. He looked down again, genuinely apologetic. ]

I'm not trying to throw my childhood away, but I can't keep sitting around and doing nothing. I'm worth more then that.

[kagenonadeshiko]

I know you are. That's why I'm watching you, trying to learn where your talents lie. I've looked into schooling for you, testing, to see where you stand in your education. You are young and I'm from a time when children had to grow up fast - too fast.

[She looks down, tired but not completely defeated.]

Please understand, Satoshi, what you ask of me is not a decision I can easily make. It is difficult for me to accept you as my protector and not the other way around. And while there are things that I can teach you, many of them are things no child should ever have to learn.

[gekkodaze]

Alright...[ But the thought of school. Satoshi felt that maybe that wasn't what he should be doing. He should be adventuring, trying to find his own way of doing things. Something about school didn't seem right, but he couldn't tell Ayumu that. She was obviously trying to do what was best for him and he disrespected her...]

I'm sorry I disrespected you. I didn't really consider your feelings at all because I was frustrated with being so helpless.

[kagenonadeshiko]

I know you're frustrated but you aren't helpless. I don't take you with me to answer prayers because it's safe or easy, I take you with me because you're a genuine help. You see things in a way that I can't and understand things that I don't. And there's much you're capable of that I'm not.

[She sighs but doesn't reach out to pat his head or ruffle his hair like she usually does. That doesn't seem appropriate right now.]

But I'll think some more on this, about what I'm ready to teach and you're ready to learn.

[Back then they'd made a promise, that she'd let him help her and he would listen to her if she said things were too dangerous. She was determined to find a way to make this partnership work for both of them and she still is.]

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi nodded and now held onto the front of his shirt. He did promise her that he would stay out of harms way and disobeyed that promise. He just wanted to help! He waited for her to give her a punishment, given that he knew she was coming to that. He couldn't really apologize for much else anyway. ]

[kagenonadeshiko]

[But no punishment comes. At least, not at this moment. Instead, Ayumu turns her attention to his wounds and begins assessing the gravity of his injuries. Before anything else, these cuts need to be cleaned and bandaged.]

Go to your room. I'll get some supplies and tend to your wounds. Then it's bedtime, understand?

[gekkodaze]

Yes ma'am! [ Satoshi hurries off and goes to his room, settling onto he floor instead of his bed because he didn't want to get the sheets dirty. He waited patiently for the other and knew, in some way, he was going to get some kind of punishment. ]

[kagenonadeshiko]

[Ayumu arrives sometime later with a bowl of warm water, washcloth, bandages, and a small tin of herbal salve. She sets her things down and kneels beside him.]

Where are you hurt?

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi rolled up his sleeves and showed the bruises and scratches. The scratches were superficial and looked like they were more from falling or running into others. ]

[kagenonadeshiko]

[As Ayumu inspects the cuts and bruises, she lets out a quiet, relieved sigh. While she's sure it hurts, his injuries look very minor. He truly is lucky to have gotten off so light considering the chaos outdoors.]

These shouldn't be too hard to fix up. Nothing looks bad enough for you to need stitches. Does anything feel bruised under your clothes? Your ribs or anything?

[As she speaks, she wets the washcloth and starts to clean his cuts, working as gently as she can.]

[gekkodaze]

[ It doesn't hurt, but it sure does sting a bit. Satoshi tries to stay still, but it's obvious that it's a little hard for him at first. ]

I don't...not that I can tell, just my arms and stuff.

[kagenonadeshiko]

Are you blighted anywhere? Did you touch any of the ayakashi?

[She probably should have asked that first but she's still not quite used to including that in her injury checklist. Ayumu's used to dealing with more mundane, tangible wounds than spiritual ones.]

[gekkodaze]

I don't think so. I was really careful about that part!

[kagenonadeshiko]

[That's a relief. She isn't seeing any holes in his shirt anywhere so it's doubtful there's any hidden under the fabric.]

So exactly what did you do while you were out?

[Her tone isn't angry; it's conversational as if she's simply inquiring about one of his adventures. Ayumu's still displeased about being deliberately disobeyed but apologies were made and they've moved on from that. And she is curious about how he conducted himself on the battlefield.]

[gekkodaze]

[ Satoshi moved his feet back and forth. ]

Well, I made sure that the people who were hurt were taken to safety...I tried to get the little ayakashi things away from them...mostly just making sure other people were safe!

[kagenonadeshiko]

I see. That doesn't sound too bad.

[Still dangerous but not quite as bad as she'd feared. The last thing she wants is for him to get hurt charging headlong into battle. Maybe she could take him with her sometime, just as an experiment. Not against anything like the ones she saw today but maybe some of the smaller ones on the Near Shore.]

[gekkodaze]

Yeah...I just wanted to help. I mean, I can fight, but I know that you don't want me to do anything like that. But...I decided to still help.

[ Satoshi looks determined at his own words. He didn't want to just sit when he could have done something to help. ]