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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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Huh? You don't seem like those grim reaper types to me!
[Glancing at him with skepticism, she can't help but add one more comment, still wide-eyed.]
But if you're a god and working for seventy years... you don't look old at all!
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[He winks at her, and takes pity on her increasingly skeptical and confused expression.]
You don't get to be a god of death until after you're dead, so I wasn't getting any older all that time.
It's kind of... well, you know, the job gets all types.
I'm terribly sorry for taking so long to tag this!
I can tell! Not everyone ages like fine wine like you do. Ah, to still look fabulous at such an old age...!
[Sheryl winks back at him, releasing a playful lilt in her tone. Her smile falters a little at his last comment, though.]
Sounds very complicated, dealing with death and all...
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[He sobers, too, as she continues. Dealing with death is complicated, all right.]
... Yeah, I'm glad I got out of that job.
[ooc; dear god, I'm sorry to hear that! I hope you're all right and everything settles down for you soon.]
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But still, that's totally an excellent sign, Mr. Tsuzuki! A body like that is worthy of praise.
[Yes, she's using the honorific. It's a habit that carries over whenever she's speaking to adults.
For a brief second she frowns, her own curiosity at this man's previous job nagging at her. What if he saw her own impending death? But then again... it's a heavy subject to bring up at parties. So instead, that frown morphs right back into a placating grin.]
Anyway... since you've been here for a while, think you can tell me what else I'm in for?
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They're sort of big, transparent monsters made out of anger and hatred, and if they touch you they can leave this nasty welt. You have to pour shrine water over it to clean it off, or it'll stay there and just get worse.
And... [Tsuzuki hesitates, but she did ask him what might be going on. He lowers his voice.]
... Be careful who you trust, okay? Nobody knows what brought us here or what happened to the gods who used to have our new positions. But if somebody's making gods disappear, I'm not sure we're safe.
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[Sheryl repeats that word quietly to herself, listening to the rest of Tsuzuki's warnings with grim interest. The mention of swarms... instant reminders of the Vajra come to mind, and slowly but surely, she presses her lips into a thin line. Her hand drifts to her abdomen, feeling the tiny microbes deep inside herself.
Creatures that remind her of the alien bugs. Nasty welts that sound like terrible infections. Possible shady dealings with the gods behind the scenes.
She got the truth, but at what cost?
Sheryl stays silent for a moment, just letting everything sink in before she releases a heavy sigh.]
So in other words, this whole party is really an elaborate hostage situation. No, not just this party... this "vacation".
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Nobody seems to have any information, though. Us or the higher-up gods. So it could be more like, they're getting attacked, and we're just some kind of distraction...
[Tsuzuki shrugs helplessly. It's not comfortable not having any better information than that, but what can he do?]
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And then... cue her crinkling her nose and balling a fist.]
This is the worst travel ever! I didn't come here to be somebody's hostage!
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Sorry, I know! It's not that great! But at least the food is good!
I mean... they're taking care of us while they try to figure out what's going on... so that's something, right?
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[With a scowl on her lips, she rests her hands on her hips, nothing but stubborn indignation from her end.]
Besides, it's not my style at all!
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What's your style like then?
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Singing. Performing. All on stage.
[She lifts her hand up and waves it in a vague manner, wrist all dainty looking and everything.]
But nothing about this place is familiar... how annoying.
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But there's still a lot of fans depending on you.
[So to speak. He wouldn't want her to get too discouraged about the difference between a performer's life and a goddess's.]
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[She may be feeling down, but she's quick to get right back up on her proverbial feet at his words. Thanks for the confidence boost!]
And you're absolutely right. I can't let my fans down!
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You've got it. Hey, have you met your shinki yet?
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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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