009 | Where Your Demons Hide

[godsoffortune]

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~

Comments

[churchbelle]

[Well, Hazel's never been to a local hardware store, so he doesn't know where to find one... He sighs briefly, reaching into a pocket for his phone. He will in fact google this.]

I'd reckon any way's safe as long as we're keepin' away from that odd-lookin' circle in the park.

[boop beep at least google still works-] That, or your nearest hardware store's a few streets over from here.

[makinuscream]

Odd circle in the park? [ Urahara has been busy enough that he hasn't actually made it to the park yet. ] Well, these two won't be going anywhere anytime soon. We can go take a look.

[ Urahara cups his hands around his mouth and calls out to his shinki. ]

Hey, Yoyo! Let's go.

[ The souless shinki ambles out from the truck bed with a yawn and a blink, much to Urahara's obvious amusement. Both god and shinki begin walking though the shinki looks like he'd rather get back to napping. ]

[churchbelle]

It's a spell of some sort, by my estimate. I wasn't about to waltz right into the center.

[He has Sense. And oh... so this is a soulless shinki. Hazel gives him a once-over, curious.] I've never seen the type that don't talk back. Y'named him Yoyo?

[why......]

[makinuscream]

[ Yoyo gives Hazel a blink and a look that can only be called bored. Kisuke chuckles with a slight sigh. ]

Eh, he kinda bounced between a couple of walls when I first met him. So, I figured the name fit since he didn't have any preferences.

[ Yoyo reminds Urahara a little bit Benihime, but he thinks that just might be the lack of zanpaktou right now. After living with someone else in your inner world for centuries, not having them there just feels damned weird.

With the shinki trudging along behind him, Urahara starts towards the park. ]

Let's take a look and see what we're up against.

[churchbelle]

[That's... odd, but alright. That kind of makes sense? He supposes.]

I reckon you're workin' with what you're given, in a manner of speakin'. The boy looks a bit... tired.

[Or just not all there; do they get tired? More importantly, going to the park?] Pardon, but why're we headin' straight into the lion's den?

[makinuscream]

Oh, not straight into it. That'd be foolish, but I'd like to see what's going on at least.

[ As a man who likes to stack the odds in his favor, Urahara first rule is to observe first and act when necessary. He plans on sticking to that strategy here. ]