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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~
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[personal profile] bustered 2016-10-26 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
What I really would have preferred was that you not lie to me. What I really would have preferred was to dissect how this is affecting each of us, to better prepare for and guard against it happening again.

[And maybe Zack should have expected this too. A darker part of his mind tells him that he needs to stop reaching for a friendship that died a long time ago, but he pushes that thought roughly aside as well. It's too painful right now, and makes him feel sick to his stomach.]

Yes, I'm your god and yes, I'm responsible for you. Get over yourself and get used to it. If you just keep running away from it, you're going to run out of places to go.

[Not that he thinks his words will stop Sephiroth from walking away! And frankly Zack isn't going to do anything to stop him. He's feeling more and more agitated by the moment and combined with the effects of the demon circle, it's making him feel quite ill — not that he'll let Sephiroth see that, of course.]

I expect to see you back at the temple in the morning for training. It's clear we've a lot of work to do.
prideinthefall: ([scowl] it's from my hand)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-10-26 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The look Sephiroth gives to Zack is likely familiar. For it's the one Genesis had received when Sephiroth condemned the man to death. That look of resolute surety designed to hide and reject the turmoil inside of him. ]

I am not yours. We've been paired together and nothing more than that. Do not think that because someone made this arbitrary decision that it gives you any claim to what I am. I leave because standing in this stinking town for another moment is so distasteful that I see no --

[ He stops and he laughs, but there is a brittleness to the sound. ]

Why am I even talking about this?
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[personal profile] bustered 2016-10-26 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't know why I expected you to want to understand.

[Why had he expected anything different? Without his memories dealing with Sephiroth should have been easier, but it's not. And just having that hurtful look directed at him is like a blow, but Zack also knows that he probably deserves it. It's clear that he's failing someone who he considered a friend in their life before, and he just doesn't know what to do — especially when he can feel the turmoil and the rage in his Shinki, but Sephiroth either can't or won't let him in.]

Then just go. And don't get yourself hurt.

[Though truthfully, Zack would welcome a fight himself right about now, action to take the place of pain and let him not think too much.]
prideinthefall: ([fight] you're gonna break)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-10-26 04:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ For a moment pressure of Sephiroth's anger becomes nearly unbearable even for him. He wants to explode, to demand to know why it matters. He wants satisfaction and to once again feel as if he's on firm ground. Right now he feels anything but. Everything in him rejects that feeling with a harshness edged by some unknown fear.

And then it's all gone. Locked down and locked away so tightly as if none of it had ever existed. He'll deal with this on his own. He doesn't need anyone else.

Of course, the truth isn't that simple. Somewhere buried under pride is the tiny notion that Zack, his god, is important enough to matter in some small way.

Without another word, Sephiroth turns and then takes to the air, vanishing out of sight. ]
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[personal profile] bustered 2016-10-26 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[There had been no hope from the very beginning, and maybe Zack had been lying to himself to think it could have been otherwise. But it hurts to see Sephiroth suffer so, to see him so determined to be a loner that he rejects everything Zack offers. It pains him all the way to his heart and once Sephiroth is out of sight, Zack sinks to the ground, shaking from rage and frustration and despair. He doesn't know how to fix this, and he doesn't like the idea that it would be so much easier if he could just stop his heart from feeling.

He loses track of time, just sitting there. He knows he should leave, knows that he'll probably feel better if he can get far enough away from that circle and whatever it's summoned. But he's having a hard time finding enough will to care that much. It feels like he's torn asunder any sort of progress he'd made with Sephiroth, and he just doesn't know what to do. He's not sure how much more rejection and vitriol he can take from the man.
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