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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~
prideinthefall: ([smile] to take me down)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-10-27 11:25 am (UTC)(link)
[ Sora isn't a slouch - Sephiroth will give him that much - even if the sword Sora wields doesn't look for the job. Both of those things are not his primary emphasis. What he does take is the damage Sora deals and how the ayakashi react to it.

Sephiroth might accept, grudgingly, that he can't kill the damned creatures without his god. What he won't accept is the lack of suitable explanation as to why. 'Because that's the way it is', simply will not do.

When Sephiroth intervenes it's for that reason and to test this Borderline technique that Yukine had taught. His voice rings out with mild interest when he speaks the word - ]


Borderline.

[ - and the barrier rises, but only between one of the ayakashi and Sora. ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2016-10-28 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Awww Sephiroth-Senpai you do care!

Sora doesn't have time to react to the borderline just yet. He readies himself as the second little ayakashi ball comes directly for him and he swings his keyblade like a baseball bat and smashes it into the distance. Somewhere it makes a cittering noise of distress.

He looks up to see Sephiroth near and helping and he blinks.]


Th...Thanks!!

[He turns again to take out a few more little ayakashi, smashing and attacking until they start to scatter. He gets a few stinging blight burns up his arms but it's nothing he can't handle.]
prideinthefall: ([serious] stand tall stand proud)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-10-28 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ When the tiny ayakashi goes flying, Sephiroth's lips actually twitch. It's almost like he might have a sense of humor buried way down. Though he doesn't react to the gratitude. The actions he'd taken were for his own benefit.

When the rest begin to scatter, Sephiroth approaches with the Masamune drawn just in case they decide to make a second run. He glances at the marks on Sora with curious expression. ]


The Blight?

[ He has not seen it yet. ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2016-10-28 11:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[Before he answers Sora glances at the long weapon in Sephiroth's hand with unease. Familiarity flickers in his eyes as he has flashbacks of previous battles with the man. He has to remember that this is Sephiroth. And any help that he gives is probably not as intended.

He looks down at his arms and registers the stinging burns with a sudden wince. They burn like fire but it feels like ice.]


Yeah, I'll be able to wash it away later.
prideinthefall: ([serious] and now you've broken me)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-10-31 06:11 pm (UTC)(link)
If you don't, will it get worse, or does that require another incident?

[ The Blight is one of the few oddities of this place that confuse him. Why can shinki Blight their god the same way an ayakashi could? Sephiroth's eyes flick to the retreating ayakashi to see if any of them change their minds and come back.

They were small and almost not worth the effort, but his frustrations still bubbled close to the surface. ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2016-11-01 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
It gets worse.

[Sora looks away for a short moment. The sting of blight is a very distinct kind of pain. Sora knows it well. He'd almost died from it once.]

It's important to get rid of it quick or it can really hurt a god.

[He looks back up at Sephiroth.]

Sephiroth, who's your god?
prideinthefall: ([profile] I will never back down)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-11-01 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Upon the question, Sephiroth eyes move from the marks to Sora's face. Those slitted pupils focus sharply in suspicion. Then he decides that it must be a common enough question.

Who's your god?

Who's your shinki? ]


Zack. The name they gave him is Hephaestus. [ And then: ] I never told you my name.
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2016-11-01 07:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Zack, Huh? Okay well- ...

[Did he forgot to.... UHHHHHHHHHH. Whoops. Crap. What he'd do for Cloud to be around right about now.

He didn't mean to slip up, now he had to make some sort of excuse to the most skeptical guy in the entire universe.]


I heard it around? You're not exactly the kind of guy who blends into a crowd, you know.

[Yes good. Smooth.]
prideinthefall: ([smile] to take me down)

[personal profile] prideinthefall 2016-11-01 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ If Sora were Cloud, there'd be less talking and more swords if we're all honest. ]

Hnn. [ Sephiroth doesn't sound entirely believing, but he doesn't press either. Whatever this game is, he won't lose it by becoming an ayakashi. ] You should find your shinki before they come back.

[ Sephiroth eyes flick back towards the park. A part of him itched to return and try again even though it would him nothing. A better strategy would be to find Zack. ]
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[personal profile] oathkeeper 2016-11-03 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Sometimes flashy giant sword fighting makes way more sense!

But wow does Sora ever let out a tiny breath of relief. Okay, if Sephiroth isn't going to press him then he isn't going to elaborate. Not that he was going to in the first place.

Maybe one day someone will be around to tell Sora that this Sephiroth is not the same Sephiroth he knows...]


Well, can't say you're wrong about that. Thanks again for the borderline assist.

[Still feels strange saying thanks to him. But he's glad that he got to find out which god is partnered up with Sephiroth. Maybe he should say hello to Zack sometime.]

Don't get eaten alive by energy draining squirrels, big guy.