010 | Relief and Rescue

[godsoffortune]

Who: Everyone!
What: Cleanup and moral support
When: All day May 16
Where: Just outside of Tokyo
Summary: It's time to get rid of the mess that that demon made!



The attack by the demon recently has left the surrounding area in a very sorry state. Not only are some people still hospitalized or slowly recovering from the affects of the draining of their life force, but a lot of nasty accidents happened during the time that people were walking around like they were dead to the world. It's been attributed to an odd natural disaster, and many think it may have been an illness that caused it.

The Heavens have decided to send any available gods and shinki down to help out in the relief efforts. If they try hard enough, they should be easily seen for the times when they are helping people out, so it shouldn't be a problem.

On top of that, some new arrivals have suddenly appeared. Amaterasu has left them little handwritten notes pinned to their shirts:

'These people need your help! I'm sorry to throw you into things like this, but please do what you can.

☼ Amaterasu ☼'

And yes, she has doodled little suns next to her name.



Care

There are a lot of people who were left hurt because of the incident with the demon and they are still trying to recover from it. From broken bones all the way to mental trauma, these people have seen a lot of crazy stuff and they aren't feeling so hot. Any kind of care is viable, but you might also want to just be an errand-runner in order to help the qualified people who are already doing a pretty good job of helping these poor folks out.

Food

A fair number of homes and stores managed to get destroyed amidst everything going on with the demon, so there's a lot of work for the neighborhood to do in helping them out. Whether by helping to rebuild what has been broken or by just handing out some free food to the people who need it. Of course, you might also take some food for yourself. Hopefully you're not a horrible enough person to just steal from the homeless~

Literal Cleaning

And here's where the fun comes in. The buildings that need to be rebuilt and the streets that need to be cleaned up are all under works and you can help in any way you deem worthy. You might carry loads or actually put forth the effort to help rebuild some lost homes, it's up to you. Of course, if you set about helping out in this way, you might notice little fairy-like spirits flitting around each of the Near Shore residents who are working hard to help each other out. The little spirits shine brightly and seem to shy away if approached, but they titter happily anytime the person they're following does something nice.

Banquet

After the day is done, the Heavens have a special treat set up for anyone who helped out - a large banquet in the Meeting Hall back on the Far Shore. Just like any other banquet, there is food and booze of every kind available. But also, the small tittering bright white spirits are in attendance, following around any Far Shore resident who helped out today. You might find yourself with a new friend or two who won't leave you alone, who keep giggling anytime you're kind, and who don't seem to be able to talk and only exude delight and good feelings.



In Summary:

• Help out the people affected by the demon
• Give out food to people who need it
• Clean up the messes
• Eat some good food, drink some good booze
• Have fun~

Comments

[revolutionfalcon]

[That's what Shun's already been doing, and he looks over the remains in this particular area before inclining his head.]

Something I'm used to, for once. [It's not a strong emotion, but there's a mournful note in his tone that prevents it from being entirely neutral. Removing, rebuilding, relocating to do it again...it's happened so many times over the last two years he's not sure he remembers when it really started.]

You don't sound like you come out for this sort of thing often, if you're doing it because it's expected rather than anything else. But a war god not seeing all sides of war seems too ridiculous for me to think you never do.

[dominatriarch]

[ There's a shake of her head at that. ]

Make no mistake... I've seen war. I've seen what war can do to. But this...

[ Another frown as she looks around, regarding the debris that surrounds them. She's alone, save for Kuraha. All her other shinki are around; some tending to the injured, others dealing with the rebuilding. ]

It surprises me that an ayakashi caused this. One that would be large enough or strong enough to affect these many lives isn't a common occurrence.

[revolutionfalcon]

[While the memories of that day are a little less clear than Shun would like them to be given the state he'd been in, he doesn't seem entirely ready to let that point lie.]

Are we even sure that thing was an ayakashi? I don't know much about magic, but a summoning circle seems like something that could call worse things than that. Or at least, the fact that it needed a summoning circle at all was a testament to its power.

[She is right about the amount of lives it affected, though, and Shun glances back the way he came with a look that says this is all a little too familiar to him. It's unsettling, but not enough to have prevented him from helping.]

I've only seen worse than this in actual war zones. It was more like a natural disaster than a monster.

[dominatriarch]

[ There's a shake of her head, that furrow in her brow never leaving. There were other things in this world, after all. Demons. It could very well have been a demon. She's not going to be quick to dismiss that possibility. ]

Something of that power that was able to cause this much devastation...

[ Another breath. ]

I'm starting to wonder if we're dealing with more than the sorcerer to begin with.

[revolutionfalcon]

[Given she's been focusing so much on the Sorcerer previously, it's clear to Shun that the admission she's making there is grave. With a bitter grimace, he looks out over what can be seen of the devastation from here.]

Maybe they're working with someone else, maybe it's someone else entirely using the Sorcerer as a tool or a scapegoat. If they keep leaving this little trace of themselves, our answers are only going to come when they choose to let us have them.

[That bitterness to his face is creeping into his tone as well - he hates being in this situation, uninformed and comparatively helpless to fight back. It rings too much of the beginning of the war in his world.]