godsoffortune: lol get it? (eye-akashi)
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 2016-10-25 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Seems like he really overdid it since his last break.]

Where I'm from, as well. If the Near Shore is analogous to our Living World and the Far Shore to Spirit World, and if demons exist natively here, they must either reside in a subsection of the Far Shore--a hell, for example--or within a separate Demon World.

[Which means--he's losing his train of thought. He needs to start walking again, to get out of this entire town maybe, but even the next square of sidewalk seems too far away right now.

Instead of walking again, or saying anything further, he's just going to stare at the sidewalk like it's personally offended him by not offering to move. Great time for a strategy meeting, right?]
skyleopardess: (focused)

[personal profile] skyleopardess 2016-10-25 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
[All right, this has become less 'taking a rest' and more 'edge of collapse.' Yoruichi slips an arm around Kurama's waist, slinging his arm over her shoulders.]

Come on, let's find somewhere less open. [They're still too close to the source of this drain, so she'll need to get them as far away as her limited strength will allow.

Better hang on, Kurama, because she's launching into flash step, covering vast amounts of distance with each step. When she comes to a stop, it's at a small market at the edge of town. The lights are dim, but there are no bodies scattered around, suggesting the people here hadn't been hit so fast or so hard.]


I don't sense anyone inside, so this'll do.