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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~
soothes: (110)

[personal profile] soothes 2016-10-19 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
( It's dizzying almost as Freyja tries to make sense of everything. Her thoughts are still questioning everything that has happened since her arrival but she knows that she cannot be distracted by it just yet. She knows she has to stay strong and help everyone before anyone else is hurt beyond the point that even her new powers could help.

The new, nearby voice is a surprise. A surprise that shocks Freyja and forces her to turn, staring wide-eyed for a moment before the tension bleeds out and she calms down with a sigh. She has to keep a better eye out, she has to remember what she learned with Walküre...

His statement causes her to glance down, squeezing her hands into fists and shaking her head.
)

I can't leave... not yet. Not when I can still help the ones that can't help themselves. I won't leave them.
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[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2016-10-19 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, he can't argue with that sentiment, not when it's the same reason he's so insistent on staying here. It's enough for him to know that any attempts to argue her down will probably fail as much as they would on him. Crossing his arms to lessen the feeling of weakness in them, even if the worn lines under his eyes are still extremely obvious, he gives a brief, accepting nod.]

We can help the people all we like, but we have to get to the bottom of this as well. All the help we can give won't compare to getting rid of the source for good.

[Obviously, Shun hasn't met nearly everyone here, but he doesn't recall having seen this girl before at all, and he eyes her up and down with a calculating glance before going on.]

Were you here the last time someone released magic like this? The more people who know about it, the easier it'll be to spot patterns if they've done the same things here.
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[personal profile] soothes 2016-10-19 10:01 am (UTC)(link)
( There is a look on her face that could almost be read as grateful but Freyja quickly falls in to listen intently. They hadn't really been given the rundown on this place or its history before being thrown down here so it wouldn't hurt to learn all that she could. It might help and most importantly was that it might help them save more people. )

Mm... it's just hard to not try and help everyone you come across. My powers seem to lift whatever is putting them into a daze but it only lasts as long as I'm singing and for a little while afterwards.

( She doesn't know how well just telling them to leave town as fast as possible would work. The least she's been able to do is helping them get somewhere safe but she can't do it for the entire city. )

Oh, um... I wasn't here. I just arrived here today. ( Which just felt weird to say. )
revolutionfalcon: (alert attack)

[personal profile] revolutionfalcon 2016-10-19 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[That actually sounds like a useful power in this situation, even if it's limited, though the link to singing seems to confuse Shun a little if the furrow of his brow is any indication. In any case, he's heard of people before with healing magic, so that's the first conclusion he comes to hearing that she can snap people out, however briefly.]

Some kind of healing power, then. If it has a lingering effect, I suppose that's enough to get them to a safer place, even if it can't fight this permanently.

[In any case, if she wasn't here before, it seems best to fill her in, and Shun's already dark expression becomes even more serious.]

Something like this happened last month. It was at a school, so it was smaller scale and less dangerous, but we found occult books and some kind of shrine. If this is the same sort of thing, we might be able to find traces of whoever did this.