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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~
herbalsupplements: (aww maaaan)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-10-19 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Kurama might not be outright glaring anymore, but he's still linefacing so hard. Car accidents are hardly a matter of concern for him, or at least that's normally the case, but as tired as he feels right now...

Maybe she has a point. Maybe. But he's not taking some strange girl's hand when she could have any number of intrusive or predatory powers tucked away; instead he starts walking past her, vaguely in the direction of an alley he remembers passing which should be adequately protected from marauding cars.]


You can call me Kurama.
shockshot: (statement)

[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-19 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[It's kind of like dealing with a cat. Not his fault; in his state, she'd be grumpy too. But still. Still, she needed to make sure he didn't get all drained like everyone else.

So she turned to follow him, tucking her hands behind her back.]


Kurama. I'll remember that. I'm Masaki, and uh...is it polite to say if you're a shinki or god or...sorry. I'm pretty new.
herbalsupplements: (this is how it is)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-10-22 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)
It's something many of us like to know, but I think it's only a matter of politeness for the old gods and their shinki. I'm the god Xochipilli.

[There's an enormous flower box directly in his path. It's supposed to keep the flowers at a height where they can be seen and not walked on, but Kurama is too lazy to move like half a step to the side and walk around; instead he hops up (never mind that it's too high for the average human to casually hop onto) and walks through the flowers and greenery inside.

Nothing's damaged--in fact, some of the plants that were looking pretty sad suddenly seem much better--but that doesn't change the fact that he's traipsing through city flowers like an ass.]
shockshot: (d'oh!)

[personal profile] shockshot 2016-10-24 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Xochipilli...I think my god is in the same-

[Wait a moment, how'd he get the energy to get up onto the flower box when he had been about ready to fall asleep on his feet? And he's walking on the flowers! Nevermind that he's helping some of the greenery out...]

Um...maybe you shouldn't do that. Someone might see and copy you.

[Also Kurama you're being kinda a butt.]
herbalsupplements: (pleasant enough)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-11-02 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[But these poor flowers wouldn't respond as well to being trampled by other feet, so Kurama reluctantly makes his way to Masaki's side of the flower box and drops back down to the pavement. Effort.]

Continue what you were saying before, please. About your god.
shockshot: (concerned)

[personal profile] shockshot 2016-11-02 11:25 pm (UTC)(link)
That's one way of putting it.

[Not the best way to do it, but he has a point. But still. Flowers. Stepped on. Thank you for dropping down Kurama.

...she would have touched him if they knew each other. Lending a shoulder, more or less. But right now that'd be a bad idea, she thinks.]


Hm? Oh, right. I think he's from the same...pantheon? Yeah, pantheon. He's supposed to be Tezcatlipoca.
herbalsupplements: (let me tell you a thing)

[personal profile] herbalsupplements 2016-11-03 12:05 am (UTC)(link)
[He likes attention, okay? Or he likes it on his own terms, at least, so being imitated is right up Kurama's alley. But this, this is interesting! Kurama's kept an eye on what pantheons the other new gods have been arriving to supplement, curious to see what patterns might emerge, and it occurs to him that this is the closest he's gotten to another god within his pantheon who he's recognized at the time.

The Norse and the Greeks are really putting him to shame.]


In that case, we should arrange a meeting once this latest incident is over. We can't let the European pantheons have all the fun.

[You would think he'd sound more friendly at that, but no, he still just sounds tired and annoyed with everything. At least the invitation is sincere?]
shockshot: (gaze)

[personal profile] shockshot 2016-11-03 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
[Attention on his own terms. Right then. But she didn't know if there could be patterns she is interested in learning about gods from the same place though-just because they had something in common with the pantheon.

Or at least for now. She doesn't know how permanent shinki were.]


I'll let him know you're interested. I'm not sure what he's up to right now, but I'm sure he'll want to meet you.

[Maybe. She's not sure. Dio seemed...rather quiet. But it can't hurt to get to know him. Likely Kurama is grumpy because he's wrung out too.]

Speaking of meeting-should I call your shinki, and have them escort you home? Just in case you don't want me to follow you all the way back.

[Or carry him. She might not be able to, but she'll TRY.]