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The Far Shore Mods ([personal profile] godsoffortune) wrote in [community profile] thenearshore2016-10-15 07:02 pm

009 | Where Your Demons Hide

Who: Everyone!
What: Emergency demon fighting
When: Late May 5-Early May 6
Where: Just outside of Tokyo
Summary: The demon from the school has reared its ugly head again and needs to be taken down.



On the evening of May 5, the Heavens suddenly receive an influx of prayers from people in and around a certain town just outside of Tokyo. There seem to be a lot of people in the area that have suddenly stopped responding normally (or at all). The situation continues to spread as the night goes on until not only is the whole town suffering from this malady, but the neighboring towns are starting to become affected as well.

With so many gods and shinki on hand - including new ones that have just appeared - the Heavens have issued a request for any available gods and shinki to go investigate what might be happening down on the Near Shore. New gods and shinki will be given the low-down on what's happening, but not much more than that.

The situation will continue to expand until just a little before dawn, when the demon finally has enough power to revive.



Drained Humans

Many humans in the affected areas are walking around despondently. Oftentimes, they are just walking into things or getting hit by things. There have been a few car-related incidents as well. Anyone who was present for the high school incident will recognize these symptoms as something that was happening to people in the school. The glazed looks, the spiritless responses and reactions. So this should be fairly familiar to some.

No One's Safe

Unfortunately, being in the town will start to wear on anyone who is there. Gods and shinki alike will find themselves growing more despondent the longer they spend in the town. All of their energy will be slowly sapped from their bodies, and shinki in particular will feel almost like their existence is draining away.

Hellish Circle

There is a large park in the center of the town. Drawn all around this park is a magic circle, large enough to encompass the whole park. There are candles around the edges of the circle, and in the center there is a cup filled with blood covered by a mask with a swirling eye pattern on it. Stepping into this circle will not only make you extremely tired and suddenly drained, but it will also bring bat-like ayakashi bearing down on you.

The Demon

The Demon itself rears its ugly head just a little before dawn, springing out from the center of the magic circle and looking right pleased with itself. It stands about 5'8" tall, so it is largely unimposing, but there is an aura about it that makes it undeniable that it is powerful. The demon will gladly fight anyone who comes at it, though most he will just shove out of the way without a second thought.



In Summary:
  • Help the drained people
  • Try not to get drained yourself
  • Be careful about being corrupted
  • Fight the demon
  • Have fun~
shockshot: (stop!)

[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-17 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[She does not think of herself as a mouse, thank you very much! But she really does not want to be touched by those bats. They seemed....it felt like something terrible would happen if they touched her. Them. Whatever.

Hence the grabbing.]


Then how should I grab you?! We need to get going before that-whatever you just did-breaks again!
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-10-20 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
[yeah it's not a fun sensation, blight. A bit like being burnt, and a bit like being covered in poison ivy, and a lot like feeling you're gonna lose your lunch from the pain. Flying, unpredictable ayakashi were the worst.]

Don't grab me at ALL! And it won't break! [he says, still running. He looks behind him] Probably.

[the wall, unfortunately, is not super great. With enough battering from the bats, it starts to crack] Shit! Keep going! [because he skids to a stop, pulling the sword from his back and charging it with black energy. Energy he doesn't have to spare, but maybe he can blow these things apart, and it might at the very least keep them down while they regenerate]
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-20 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah, she does not want to go through that, or have her god through that. Sounds AWFUL.]

Probably?!

[Not reassuring. She's still running, but she can feel the sweat trickle down her back, and it's hard to breathe. And feeling the energy that he's summoning...

The hair on the back of her neck prickles as she runs past him. She stops-or rather stops, trips, and tumbles, rolling onto one knee.]


What are you doing? Move!
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-10-20 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
No! You keep going! And if you get between me and these things, you'll die. Understand? So unless that's on your agenda for today, keep running!

[he holds the energy around the blade, seething and flaring like hellish fire. He waits for the bats to be closer, to be in a more compact group.]

Getsuga-- [he draws his sword over his back, then swings it forward in a wide arc--] -- Tenshou! [the energy he'd collected rushes forward in a crescent-shaped blast, tearing a gash in the ground and creating a loud sound like rushing wind. The bats that are unfortunate enough to get caught in the blast fall to the ground, terribly injured. They'd be dead as doornails if he weren't just one half of the shinki/god pair, but this is the best he can do.

It was also all he could do. His whole body feels like lead, and he falls to his knees with a groan
]
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-20 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)
But-!

[He has a point. A slender one, but a point nonetheless. She starts running again, even as she feels energy building up, and he says the words-

Getsuga Tenshou-

She gasps from the sensation, turning around. The bats are mostly down, but so is he. So she runs after him, and grabs his shoulders.]


Come on! If you stay here, you'll be the one to die!

[And that's something she refuses to let happen. Absolutely refuses, even if something about him puts her teeth on edge.]
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-10-23 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[the bats on the ground twitch and bubble, healing themselves from the catastrophic damage. Even so, it will only take a few minutes, ten at most, for them to be back in the air and terrorizing denizens of Near and Far Shore alike.

Goddammit, he didn't want to die here, not at the claws of some stupid bats. Using that attack had been stupid; he didn't have nearly enough energy to spare for it. At least the girl was--

.... Back. She was back. She was a fucking moron. He glares at her and spits out words with as much venom as he can muster
]

Do you ever listen?! Hnnnrggh...
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-24 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
Only when it'd surprise someone!

[She does listen, really. But...she doesn't want him to die from the bats either. She tugs him and...she can feel something build up, for all she feels as if she's about to fall over.]

How could I, when I cam be here, and make sure you won't die!

[She's forgotten that they're already dead. She saw him in trouble, and she couldn't help but move forward. Back to him. And...

Something shifts. Something falls into place, and she knows how to do something.]


Hold onto me! I'm getting us out of here.
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-10-28 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Hrrgh. As if something like this could kill me.

[Zangetsu, something like this COULD kill you. But he's far too stubborn to admit it. And he's WAY too stubborn to be helped by some cheeky little girl with weird spiritual pressure.

But still... drive to survive is one hell of a thing for him, and so he grabs a hold of her
]

If you tell anyone about this...
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-29 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She could say all sorts of things about that, but she doesn't think they have time. She doesn't want these things to form up. She needs to concentrate. Gather the energy, hold onto it, hold onto him....

So she doesn't answer right away. Instead, her grip tightened on him, and they moved.

Some would have said they moved in a flash. She moved beyond the circle with him in her grip, easing it when she thought they were far enough. The effort had her in a cold sweat, and gasping in shallow breaths, but it wasn't so bad as it had been within.

What in the world is with that circle...?]


'm not...going to tell anyone. Do we need to go further away?
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-11-03 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Woah. This girl wasn't just any old soul. She could do the thing! Do the thing like he could do!

... Sort of. It felt different. Sounded different. But the effect was the same
]

You can do that thing!

[ignoring the other question, for now]
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-11-03 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
What thing?

[What's he talking about? She's going to take a moment to wipe at her face. Ew gross, she's going to need a shower after this. After everything is over and done with, of course.]
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[personal profile] moonfang 2016-11-07 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
The moving fast thing! I... don't know what it's called. I can do it, too. Or I could. [if he wasn't so goddamn tired. :')] You aren't a Hollow, though.
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[personal profile] shockshot 2016-11-07 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
Oh? I guess I can then.

[She just...knew. Weird.]

What's a hollow?

[She frowned.]

You look pretty intact to me.