godsoffortune: (baths)
The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-04-15 06:57 pm

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:
  • 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~
disciplineking: (kamikorosu)

Re: boats!

[personal profile] disciplineking 2016-04-16 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Great. There just had to be another person here too, which clearly added to his godawful night. Hibari's leg wasn't actually stuck, as he pulled it out with a satisfying crunching noise and gave it another shattering kick for good measure before slowly turning around to the little brat behind him.

"I'll bite you to death." He could easily tell the sarcasm and it set him off. He could tell by the way this kid carried himself he wasn't a stranger to a fight either, but he didn't care. He just jolted forward and swung his arm around in a chop, even if he didn't have his tonfas anymore.
idkmybffgon: (no shut up)

[personal profile] idkmybffgon 2016-04-24 10:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait, did he just...

Killua blinked at the boy for a moment.

And then just burst into laughter.

"W-what? Ahahahaha!! What a stupid threat! AHAHAHA."

He had to clutch his stomach, he was laughing so hard. How funny could this guy be? But the moment the attack was launched at him, the laughter cut off and Hibari would find that Killua was no longer in front of him, but he would hear the smaller boy's voice from behind him.

"Hey, hey. That's a really crappy greeting, you know."
disciplineking: (gloves)

[personal profile] disciplineking 2016-04-25 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
Was this....brat laughing at him? And how had he moved so fast? Hibari hadn't even blinked or anything, there was just a blur and suddenly he heard laughter from behind.

Whatever, he was going to beat this kid down for mocking him like that. He didn't turn instantly, but when he did, Hibari spun around in a kick, aimed at the kid's face.
idkmybffgon: (what a cutie)

[personal profile] idkmybffgon 2016-04-27 01:55 am (UTC)(link)
The kick coming at his face didn't seem to even faze Killua. All it took was lifting one arm to grab the leg being used against him, his other hand firmly planted inside his pocket.

"Seriously? Do you want me to fight you that badly? 'cause all I'd need to do is use one chop, you know."

He had one eyebrow raised, curiously.
disciplineking: (bitchface)

its funny cause they're only two years apart

[personal profile] disciplineking 2016-05-01 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
"You're pretty arrogant for a little kid." Not that Hibari hadn't been that way when he was younger, but right now he couldn't even tell how old the white haired boy was, only that he was extremely annoying.

None of that stopped this pissed off kid from striking a fast blow at Killua's head with his fist.
idkmybffgon: (flippy bangs)

my god

[personal profile] idkmybffgon 2016-05-05 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Without missing much of a beat, Killua leaned back to avoid the punch, matrix-style. He could feel the back of his head getting wet as he bent far enough backwards to touch the water. The water really is a problem. Then again...

"So're you~" he quips back before just letting his legs slip out from underneath him and suddenly submerging entirely under the water. He was quick to move to get behind Hibari again, though. No use in staying put, right?
disciplineking: (kamikorosu)

[personal profile] disciplineking 2016-05-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Wao. You really like being obnoxious." Hibari still had his fists up, knowing this little shit was faster than he'd like to admit and began backing away from the water. It didn't do to give his opponent more places to hide and he was getting his precious uniform wet.
idkmybffgon: (i has plan)

[personal profile] idkmybffgon 2016-05-14 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Killua made sure he was a good distance away before he popped up out of the water, white hair plastered to his head and face. He grinned across the lapping waves at Hibari.

"Hey, hey! Are you scared of the water or something? Ahhh, and I thought it'd be fun to have an underwater battle!"