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thenearshore2016-04-15 06:57 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2016-04-15 06:57 pm
Entry tags:
- !intro log,
- event log,
- raichi todoroki | daiya no ace,
- ω asato tsuzuki | yami no matsuei,
- ω commander shepard | mass effect,
- ω dal dal choi | girls of the wild's,
- ω elsa randall | power rangers,
- ω flynn | shin megami tensei iv,
- ω hajime ichinose | gatchaman crowds,
- ω hakkai cho | saiyuki,
- ω hope estheim | final fantasy xiii,
- ω killua zoldyck | hunter x hunter,
- ω ky kiske | guilty gear,
- ω otegine | touken ranbu,
- ω ren suzugamori | cardfight!! vanguard,
- ω ross | senyuu.,
- ω sheryl nome | macross frontier,
- ω sho minamimoto | twewy,
- ω slaine troyard | aldnoah.zero,
- ω yukine | noragami
003 | Save The Boats
Who: Everyone!
What: It's a few days after Hinamatsuri - time for a party!
When: Late evening (March 5, 2016) into early morning (March 6, 2016)
Where: The banks of the Kamo River
Summary: The Heavens have thrown together an outdoor party to celebrate Spring and ALSO to ask the Far Shore residents to keep the boats from Hinamatsuri from coming to shore.
Hinamatsuri is celebrated in Japan on March 3 every year. It is a festival to celebrate all of the young girls of Japan, not as important as their own birthdays, but certainly a big day for all families with a little girl among their household. It's perfectly normal for all of the cuties to dress up and get all sorts of delightful treats out of the day.
One of the normal festivities is a ceremony during which ornamental dolls are placed on tiers on boats and floated down the river. It is thought that all of the bad luck for the coming year floats down the river with the dolls, taking that bad luck away from their young girls to keep them safe for another year.
But the boats don't always make it all the way down the river like they're supposed to, and the Heavens sometimes like to make sure that the year will be full of less bad luck for the people of Japan. So they have decided to have the almighty gods do some legwork and disguised it as a fun Springtime party! They expect gods and shinki alike to push the boats away from the shoreline wherever they see them venturing near.
New gods and shinki will have been ushered immediately to the party as well, given all of the normal information, and then left to mingle among their new cohorts. This is a perfect opportunity to introduce the newbies to both their co-workers and the kinds of jobs they'll be expected to perform.
Buffet
A luxurious buffet is set up for everyone to enjoy. There are all kinds of foods to enjoy, though they all seem to be of a local variety. The Heavens have apparently used the funding from their own temples to purchase local food and support local businesses at the same time. In particular among the food and copious amounts of booze, you will find some Hinamatsuri staples - hina-arare, hishi mochi, chirashizushi, and a salt-based clam soup called ushijiru. Among the booze you'll find shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice, also a regular fare of Hinamatsuri.
The Boats
As if they are literally overflowing with bad luck, the boats seem to be making a desperate attempt to land themselves upon the shoreline. They are reluctant to make their way back into the water and will gladly run people down if they're allowed to and are happy to ram into someone over and over again to try and get their way. When they are finally pushed back to the center of the river, they will begrudgingly continue on their way. Of course, some of them will simply sink because of the weight of all that bad luck, but who can really blame them.
Children
As expected of a day dedicated to celebrating children, there are dozens of children running around and playing games during the festivities. It's hard to distinguish, but some of them appear to be human children while others are shinki. They are happy to let anyone in on their games and will gladly bother adults to come play with them or to let them try some of the liquor. (Mods will be available to play out any child interactions you may want, just flag us down.)
Counselling
Off to the side, there is a tiny table set up with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". On the other side of the table is a sweetly smiling shinki who is willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. She is also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
In Summary:
What: It's a few days after Hinamatsuri - time for a party!
When: Late evening (March 5, 2016) into early morning (March 6, 2016)
Where: The banks of the Kamo River
Summary: The Heavens have thrown together an outdoor party to celebrate Spring and ALSO to ask the Far Shore residents to keep the boats from Hinamatsuri from coming to shore.
Hinamatsuri is celebrated in Japan on March 3 every year. It is a festival to celebrate all of the young girls of Japan, not as important as their own birthdays, but certainly a big day for all families with a little girl among their household. It's perfectly normal for all of the cuties to dress up and get all sorts of delightful treats out of the day.
One of the normal festivities is a ceremony during which ornamental dolls are placed on tiers on boats and floated down the river. It is thought that all of the bad luck for the coming year floats down the river with the dolls, taking that bad luck away from their young girls to keep them safe for another year.
But the boats don't always make it all the way down the river like they're supposed to, and the Heavens sometimes like to make sure that the year will be full of less bad luck for the people of Japan. So they have decided to have the almighty gods do some legwork and disguised it as a fun Springtime party! They expect gods and shinki alike to push the boats away from the shoreline wherever they see them venturing near.
New gods and shinki will have been ushered immediately to the party as well, given all of the normal information, and then left to mingle among their new cohorts. This is a perfect opportunity to introduce the newbies to both their co-workers and the kinds of jobs they'll be expected to perform.
Buffet
A luxurious buffet is set up for everyone to enjoy. There are all kinds of foods to enjoy, though they all seem to be of a local variety. The Heavens have apparently used the funding from their own temples to purchase local food and support local businesses at the same time. In particular among the food and copious amounts of booze, you will find some Hinamatsuri staples - hina-arare, hishi mochi, chirashizushi, and a salt-based clam soup called ushijiru. Among the booze you'll find shirozake, a sake made from fermented rice, also a regular fare of Hinamatsuri.
The Boats
As if they are literally overflowing with bad luck, the boats seem to be making a desperate attempt to land themselves upon the shoreline. They are reluctant to make their way back into the water and will gladly run people down if they're allowed to and are happy to ram into someone over and over again to try and get their way. When they are finally pushed back to the center of the river, they will begrudgingly continue on their way. Of course, some of them will simply sink because of the weight of all that bad luck, but who can really blame them.
Children
As expected of a day dedicated to celebrating children, there are dozens of children running around and playing games during the festivities. It's hard to distinguish, but some of them appear to be human children while others are shinki. They are happy to let anyone in on their games and will gladly bother adults to come play with them or to let them try some of the liquor. (Mods will be available to play out any child interactions you may want, just flag us down.)
Counselling
Off to the side, there is a tiny table set up with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". On the other side of the table is a sweetly smiling shinki who is willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. She is also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
In Summary:
- Keep the boats off the shore
- Enjoy the food and booze and spring atmosphere
- Have some fun with cute little kids
- Seek counselling if you need it!
- Flag the mods in the top thread if you'd like an NPC
- Have fun~
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[Her eyes widen a little in realization before she shakes her head.]
No, not yet, but I know what he looks like!
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[He blinks at her.] What's he look like? I wonder if I've met him around....
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[She gestures with an outstretched arm to the side, a delicate arch.]
The tall, dark, and handsome type, if you will. Long, black hair in a ponytail.
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He can't be hard to spot, Mr. Tsuzuki! [She giggles, hovering a cupped hand over her lips] As his goddess, I'll keep a close eye on him.
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[IF YOU KNOW WHAT HE MEANS... he snickers, and glances around.] Hey, I hope you two get along, though! That's important. We've got to work together with our shinki if we want to get anything done.
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[She shrugs casually, a smile tugging at her lips.]
He should be able to handle a woman like me just as well.
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[Not that they always seem to get shinki who go with their style -- or Hisoka'd turn into a tiger -- but for the goddess of music, it'd only make sense.]
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No and no... not in the visions I saw, anyway. But it would've been nice if he did those things.
[Now that Sheryl mentions it, she's yet to meet other musicians like herself.]
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[Anybody can play a tambourine.
Tsuzuki grins cheerfully, although he's a little sobered by the mention of Sheryl's visions.]
Hey... don't tell him about those visions.
[It's just a feeling he has, but it seems like that would be bad.]
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[The mirth in Sheryl's tone dies off like a flame to a candle, and slowly, her smile and laughter fade away.
She'd seen images of her shinki's death. A violent riot. A man who fought one of those rioters and had his life taken away. Her hand drifts to her abdomen, feeling the muscles clench under her touch.]
It shouldn't be my business to know everything he does. Why is that?
[All that said in a murmur, brows knitted.]
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[Tsuzuki's voice is quiet, unsettled. He's not exactly sure why, either. He can come up with reasons -- if he told Hisoka about their past, wouldn't it just scare him that Tsuzuki remembers all kinds of stuff about him that he himself has forgotten? -- but there's more to that feeling of wrongness, and he can't tease it out.]
Don't you feel it?
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[To have someone know everything, even the most gruesome details of an individual's personal life... it's invasive to her. Gods know everything about a person, do they? So for her to know this man's death even though she's yet to meet him, that's rather, well...
Yeah. Not good.
She actually looks queasy, wincing.]
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[He hadn't wanted to know how it felt for Hisoka to die, either. His face reflects the same queasiness she feels.]
Hey, you're doing okay, though. When I got Hisoka as my shinki I had to get really drunk before I could talk to him.
[Between experiencing his death from the inside, and knowing Hisoka'd lost his memory of their partnership, well.
It wasn't a good night. He's pretty sure he hasn't lived down that first impression yet, either.]
But you'll be okay.
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[Now that evokes Sheryl's curiosity, despite the queasiness she's still undergoing. Surely this can't grow any crazier...
But Tsuzuki is right. She has to be okay, she will be.]
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[It's enough of an explanation, right? There's no need to get into the parts about how he'd known Hisoka for years before they both got stuck here.]
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Oh.. I think I get what you mean now.
[Seeing visions of death is a heavy subject to bring up to begin with, and now she looks a bit guilty.]
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Yeah.
Anyway -- I hope you guys get along! Gods and shinki need each other, you know.
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No more talks of death, hurray!
The corners of her lips tug upward once more, and she nods, sounding boastful.]
This guy better know how to handle me! After all, there's no one else like me in this world. But rest easy, we'll get along just fine~
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Hey, let me know if you need any help with stuff, okay? I haven't been here all that much longer, but two heads are better than one!
[He checks his pockets, and comes up eventually with a pen and paper to write his phone number on and hand it over.]
Here.
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My, it's like I received someone's business card. Thanks. [A grateful smile.] I'll be sure to call you when I need something, okay?
[time to spam Tsuzuki's inbox...]
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[He winks at her cheerfully.] Good! Anytime's fine, I mean it. There are some scary things out there.
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[She twirls a lock of her hair around her finger, then tucks the paper away.]
Hoh, I won't let scary things stop me.
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[... Okay, that wasn't the reaction he was hoping, though. She's a singer, not a fighter, right?]
Uh... well, there are some really scary things out there. You know, like the ayakashi. Just be careful!
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[Even with the dangers she's been warned about, Sheryl thinks herself capable of handling it. She waves a hand dismissively before standing up, then smoothes her dress.]
Anyway, it's been great talking to you, Mr. Tsuzuki. I'll bug you when I'm bored, okay~?
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