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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~
koukai_kirai: (Are the ones that he deals)

[personal profile] koukai_kirai 2016-10-20 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hijikata takes take person without too much difficulty, kneeling to lay him down safely on the side of the sidewalk.]

They're in a daze. None of them are thinking because none of them can think.

[He straightens up, turning to look at Izuminokami again.]

We need to get to the source of this, or it's not going to stop.
nakemen: (06)

[personal profile] nakemen 2016-10-24 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
You're right. [It's something he's thought of too. But the problem is he keeps seeing people about to get hurt. It's distracting him from the bigger issue, which is also frustrating because he hasn't been able to fight in a while.]

This happened before. Before you came here. People acting like this. Had to investigate a school then.
koukai_kirai: (Told me that my hair was red)

[personal profile] koukai_kirai 2016-10-25 11:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's right -- Ayumu mentioned that incident, and so did the kid on the network who was working on organizing people. Hijikata's expression sharpens a little, and he takes a step towards Izuminokami.]

I heard about that. Tell me... that wouldn't happen to have been anywhere around here, would it?

[Because he's starting to get a bit of a gut feeling...]
nakemen: (17)

[personal profile] nakemen 2016-10-31 03:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, I had the same thought. Same place. [Anybody could have come to the same conclusion. It wasn't hard to figure out that obviously there was some connection.]

I thought the demon from that time was gone, but obviously not. Or some copycat. Guess that doesn't really matter. What matters is whatever the source is they're hurting people, like you said. But--[He looks out and there's people who keep dropping or some getting themselves into more trouble.

It's hard to just ignore them. As silly as it is for a sword, whose entire job is to kill people, he likes to think he has a better sense of justice than to simply not care about innocent people.]
koukai_kirai: (that it's too late to break)

[personal profile] koukai_kirai 2016-11-02 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Hijikata just gives a slight hm in confirmation when Izuminokami tells him it's the same place. Well, isn't that just far too neat to be a coincidence?]

I know. I don't want to leave them like this, either -- but they're going to be worse than just a little roughed up if we don't find what's doing this to them and put a stop to it. We need to remember that, to really help them.

[Hijikata cares about innocent people -- a sword that was only ever his had to get it from somewhere, he guesses -- but he's a pragmatist at heart, and sometimes protecting people means making difficult decisions.]