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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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[Hajime reassures her as she extends the plate out to her even more so until she finally does take it. Once Elsa offers the empty, Hajime takes that without hesitation.]
I hope you like it and find something new that's super good that you like! You never know, you know? As for that food, I know of it but I've never really tired it so yep!
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She picks up a bit of chirashizushi (with her chopsticks, of course).] It's all so colorful. Oh, pardon me for being rude. I'm Elsa, the god Menrva.
[At least that's getting easier to say now.]
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[Hajime naturally extends her free hand out to her.]
Nice to meet you Elsa! I'm Hajime! I'm a Gatchman! Oh! And Uh, the god Neith--or something!
[The god title is still so strange to her. It doesn't flow naturally at all! Maybe it would just to take more time]
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[The god thing gets easier with practice. However...]
What's a Gatchaman?
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Oh! Heroes! We are heroes! We work hard to protect everyone!
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Oh, I know people like that. Power Rangers. They saved my life. A few times, actually. No wonder you're a god now, you've got experience helping people.
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[She repeats the words as if it will help jog her memory. Of course nothing really comes to mind but it was worth a shot. Still it sounds:]
Cool! Wow! I glad they saved you! They must be really amazing heroes!
[She pauses at the mention of godhood. She really isn't sure about that part. If that were true, then the rest of her own team should be here. Or the Power Rangers!]
But if I'm a god because of that then....you're similar! You don't need a cool suit or anything to be a hero, Elsa-san!
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[And... well, no, Elsa isn't a hero. In fact, for an entire year, she was the exact opposite. How many people did she hurt, how much property damage did she cause, all in the name of the monster who controlled her? None of it was her fault, but still. She's hardly a hero.
However, of the non-suit-wearing variety...]
Hmm. I'm a teacher. [That wasn't her last title, but it's still true.] That's all about helping people get further in life. You know what? I think you're right!
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[Hajime gapes a bit before perking up again. She bounces on her heels. Somehow a teacher role suits Elsa, even if they just met. She just has that look to her.]
That's great! Being a teacher counts. I'm a third year in high school myself! I hope I can learn from you some while we're here.
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Did you used to do well in school?
[She can't help it, she's curious. Especially since Hajime's school was likely very different from every school Elsa has taught at.]
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Mmmm~ I was in the middle of my class. Sometimes Gatchaman things interfered but everyone understood that.
[She may or may not have missed class once or twice because of it. But typically it wasn't a often occurrence.]
But I don't want to get behind by being here either.
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But more importantly, being here now when she just wants to be back in Reefside, she understands the desire to home. No matter how much good they do here, they've got lives they were ripped away from, people and places to get back to.]
I'd be upset on your behalf if no one cut you some slack for being a hero, and... well, I have a lot of work to do back home, too. Summer vacation is about to start. I want to be there to get everything ready for the fall.
[She wants to get to know her new friends and fall in love with Anton all over again.]
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[ Not only school wise but her team. All her friends and mother were probably wondering where she was, right? Senpai was probably freaking out. Utsu-tsu getting gloomy. But they were all strong. She had faith in them. They'd understand. Hajime was just...probably needed here. She looks thoughtful, pondering something.]
Elsa-san, how long do you think we'll be here?
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[Like with Hajime, Elsa's friends would be understanding, and they'd support her however possible, too.
Hajime's question draws Elsa out of her thoughts and into a thoughtful silence. Does time even pass by the same here as it does in all everyone's homes? Is it possible at all to make an educated guess?]
I don't know. [She is as apologetic as she is honest, shrugging and shaking her head, eyes wide and eyebrows raised.] It seems like it'll be a while. Ayakashi were attacking in full force just a week ago, and more gods and shinki keep being brought to the Far Shore. That's not something you'd do if you were planning a few months' worth of battling.
[Heck, Mesogog only pulled her and Zeltrax into his forces, and he'd managed to keep the fight going for an entire year. With this many people on his side, Elsa and anyone else involved would probably still be fighting for him and his vision.]
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[Hajime hums quietly as she glances up towards the sky thoughtfully. She pivots from heel to toe. It was a strange world that looked very similar to her own. It's not more then a few seconds before she claps her hands, clearing the air.]
We must be really needed here, right? Let's do our best while we're here. I'm sure everything will piece together and work out.
[She smiles at Elsa again and gives a small salute]
I can't wait to learn lots of things from you while we're here, Elsa-san!
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She'll keep that to herself, though. Besides, if Hajime has a team back home, then maybe she knows what that's like, the slow build, the constant fighting, the having to be on your guard no matter what side you were on.
Better to just leave it like this, and not to think about it much.]
I agree. If we work together, we'll do what needs to be done and get back home sooner than we think.
[She can't help a gentle laugh at the salute. Hajime is going to be an excellent ally.] Likewise, Hajime. [She nods.] I'm sure you have so much to show all of us. Fel free to stop by the temple whenever you want, once we're back in Takamagahara.
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[ If anything, Hajime wants to make the most of her time here. There are a lot of friendly faces and she just wants to help out anyway she can while having fun. This place didn't have to be all work. Even the Shinki who died and lost their memories should have the chance to make this a fun. New place, New people, New experience and a new adventure! Missing back home wasn't going to keep her from doing her best. No way. That's not what being a Gatchaman was about.]
If you ever need anything. Even if its just teacher aid things like hanging stuff up or organizing papers, let me know! I'll be over in no time!
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Of course! It'll be good to get to know each other outside of battling and answering prayers.
['Just teacher things' -- that's perfect, and Elsa may just start calling everything she does that.] I'm sure I'll need help -- it's just me and Hakkai for right now, so I'll definitely let you know. I appreciate your offer, Hajime.