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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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Quickly erasing the bland expression from his face Yukine looks at her attentively.]
Anyway, you also asked about this? [He motions at his mark.] It's my name, and it doesn't come off. Unless my god releases me and revokes my name.
[To think that something he would have given anything to have happen is now the thing he least wants to have happen.]
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[If her knowledge of Japanese doesn't fail her. Coming from a space fleet with various cultures in place can be handy at times.]
It's so strange, naming someone and "marking" them like that. This place's traditions will take a while for me to get used to!
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And then he looks very tense at the comment about 'marking' them. It sounds way too close to what that offensive guy Omoikane said... At least this god seems to be much more respectful of it.]
Having an attitude like that is a big step in the right direction, if you ask me.
And yah, like I said, my name is Yukine. But shinki have three names, actually. If you can read this, [he indicates his name kanji] you'll probably get it.
My name is Yuki. My instrument name is Setsu, which is the other reading of 'yuki', right. I'm called Yukine, so that my true name is not used much. [Anticipating the question he continues,] The instrument name is what a god calls to change the shinki into their vessel form. For example I turn into swords. And to turn me back my god calls me by my true name.
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She looks contemplative at his words, furrowing her brows in concentration. So many things to learn in so little time...]
So if shinki can have three names, then gods must have two, right? [She lifts two fingers one by one.] One for the birth name, and the other for whoever they used to be in the past. They told me I was Euterpe.
[Her hands clasp together as she looks on in sheer awe, like her eyes just lit up.]
What?! I didn't know people can turn into weapons! This I have to see for myself.
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Ah- maybe for the new gods, that's true about two names. But the other gods can have several names, and even aliases.
[He's a little relieved though- at last he has a name to call her.]
And actually, the shinki can turn into any number of things. Besides weapons there's clothing, animals, jewelry, even house-hold items...
When you call your own shinki, please do your best to find the best way to use their skills, no matter what vessel they turn into.
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[And it's a name she actually strives to keep whenever she arrives on stage. Can't let her audience down...]
Shinkis are essentially the god's bodyguards, then, right? To think they can become so many things, even down to mundane items. It's like something out of a fairy tale!
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Bodyguards... uh- in a way, I guess so. I don't know how much like a fairy tale it is though.
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[At least she thinks so. It's certainly something she has to see with her own eyes.]
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You haven't met your shinki yet?
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[And how he died, but that's neither here nor there. She claps both hands together.]
He's right here in this area, I just know it.
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You can tell something like that? [How even? Maybe it's a new god thing? Or a ...'woman's intuition' or something? (Let's face it- girls can be scary sometimes.)]
Did you want to go look for him?
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[She nods. In other words, Yukine is right in his assumption; indeed it's a woman's intuition — or at least Sheryl's
crazybrand of it.Her eyes dart across the room as she lifts up a hand next to her forehead, turning her head this way and that.]
Oh! I think I see someone who looks like him!
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S-seriously? I should leave you to talk then. [And he hurriedly gathers up his plate.]
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It's been nice talking to you, Yukine! Thanks for the chat.
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She better not be pulling his leg just to make him go... she doesn't seem like that kind of person...
With a smile and nod he takes his leave.]
No problem.
[And he goes off- but lingers a moment where he can still see her table, to make sure that a shinki really does join her. He's just checking.]
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She can also be easily overcome by surprise, especially when a shinki finally approaches her table. Hey, she's the one who's supposed to approach him first, not the other way around!
Should Yukine stick around for a while longer, he'll see a black-haired man in a ponytail and glasses approach Sheryl.]
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He does hang around long enough to see that, though. Both to ease his own mind that he wasn't just randomly sent away, and to confirm that... women's/god's intuition is a thing that really exists, isn't it...]