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stellafortunalogs2021-09-30 07:21 pm
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october mingle
October Mingle
Welcome to Teyvat - a vast magical world of adventure.
The Miko of the Grand Narukami Shrine has arranged for your passage out of Ritou and into the Inazuma islands at large. The nation has been gripped by an oppressive atmosphere ever since the enactment of the Vision Hunt Decree, and only someone unyoked by the Electro Archon can hope to break this stalemate.
Konda Village sits on the outskirts of Inazuma city. A pillar of its community now seeks to move out after losing his Vision. A samurai employed by the Shogunate is being accosted of hiding rations by his neighbours, and he has no recollection of ever dealing in such matters. Forgetting something seems to be the thread that links every former Vision holder's story together, yet their tragedies differ greatly in circumstance. Is the loss of a Vision truly so profound? If so, then why did the gods deliver such a poisoned gift to their people?
A mysterious priestess approaches you with a sincere request - Kazari seeks your aid in purifying the Thunder Sakura around Inazuma, as well as the Sacred Sakura on Mount Yougou. She tells you that these trees absorb the evil from the very land, but cannot dispel it without outside intervention. Here's where you come in: you need to dispel the sealing sigils around the holy trees, so that the filth accumulated within their roots can take form and then be swiftly cut down.
The seals, the trees, and Kazari herself are relics from the olden days - the mystical Inazuma, where kitsune and tengu lived and worked alongside humans and their god. But those days have since ended, and all that is left is a stifling eternity.
State of the World
The Land of Eternity is not without failings. By pursuing 'Eternity' and closing the doors of her nation, the Raiden Shogun has only made the lives of her people more difficult. Exploring the country may give you some clues as to how you can break her enforced stasis. You must first understand the situation of the nation, and then find the natives who also wish to change their world.
Please direct all questions to October's OOC post!
Number 2: Electric Weebaloo
It's not unlike something my ancestors might have made... I wonder what causes cultural similarities across worlds like this?
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Ah, really? [Rean sounds excited...] I'm not sure. Jun was telling me he had some theory about cultures resonating across universes or something like that, but I couldn't really understand it...
Still, I love this sort of stuff. I've never really been to the east to see it for myself, back home, but my Master always brought trinkets back from the east for me and the rest of my hometown... I've always thought it was fascinating.
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...Eventually.]
Ah, like how several artists given a theme will have similar but unique results.
[He might not realize it, but Sooga might just be a theatre kid at heart.]
You should take the opportunity to visit when you have the chance. If we can travel between worlds once we complete our mission, perhaps we'll be able to compare notes.
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Yeah, I guess so. It can get really weird, though. Like... my friends and I are fictional characters in Jun's world. I even read a whole book about us. It's just crazy.
[You and at least two of his closest friends, Sooga. Rean's cool with it.]
Oh, I'd love to, it's just that finding any sort of free time back in my world has been pretty much impossible... if it's not government work, it's my new job. Sometimes both at the same time.
[He sounds pretty bitter about that, but that's shaken when Sooga goes on about travelling between worlds.]
...Oh! That's something I never even considered. That... would be really cool, I think. To be able to see where everyone else is coming from. I wonder what we could learn from seeing each other's homelands.
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If free time is that difficult to find, make some for yourself. If you work too hard, you're bound to burn yourself out, and that will be more trouble for everyone in the long run.
[A beat.]
...If you need an excuse to escape for a while and your boss isn't allowing it, perhaps I could fake a kidnapping and show you around Hyrule once things have settled.
[He's joking. ...Probably.]
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...Haha... you're not the only one who's told me something like that. But really, if it weren't for the government's requests, I wouldn't mind it.
I kind of like keeping myself busy, you know? I want to make sure my students are doing okay, and, well... some days, the less time I spend in my own head, the better.
[But he refuses to elaborate on that, instead moving on to Sooga's "joke."]
You know, I'd say I'm interested if it weren't for who my boss is. The last thing either of us want is the Golden Rakshasa barreling through into Hyrule.
[He's smiling, so he's joking too. ...Probably. Rean's not sure he puts anything past Principal Le Guin.]
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[Instead of elaborating on that, he looks off at the tree they're intended to purify and seems to consider something for a moment, then looks back to Rean.]
...If you ever need a distraction from your own thoughts while we're here, you can always come to me.
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...I... had really hoped that something like that would have at least been contained to my world.
[HM. Whatever could that mean?]
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[He looks to the tree again.]
My ancestors created the Divine Beasts some ten thousand years ago, if the stories are to be believed. [He personally thinks the span of time has been exaggerated, but that's neither here nor there.] Are yours similarly ancient, or were they built more recently?
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...Yes, on both counts, in different ways.
Back home... I'm the pilot of an ancient weapon known as a "Divine Knight." [Even the names are similar. It makes Rean's stomach turn.] And I mean... it's not like the Divine Knights themselves are inherently destructive or evil. They have their own personalities, and the one I'm contracted with, Valimar... he's really thoughtful, you know? I'm proud to call him my partner.
But recently, they've started mass-producing humanoid tanks in the image of the Divine Knights. They're not as powerful and they don't have sentience, but they're basically the weapons wars are fought with now.
[. . .]
A part of my job is to teach my students how to pilot the Soldat units. And whenever the government calls on me... I have no choice but to follow their orders.
That's included helping them conquer other territories. [His hair is falling in front of his face, but it's clear just from his voice how guilt-ridden he is over all of this.] Twice, now.
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...It's okay to run in order to live. I know you won't, because it's you... But it's okay if you want to.
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It's... not like no one's done this to him before? In fact, he can recall very vividly who has— Elliot. And so this gesture is comforting, very much so, but... he just didn't expect it from Sooga.
Unfortunately, Sooga's words don't do quite as much to help.]
...You're right.
Even if I wanted to— and I don't, there are people I can't bear to leave behind...
I need to do this. Not because it's what's ordered of me, but because if I'm not in there trying to bring things to a close as peacefully as possible, I don't know what might become of any territories that man decides he wants to make his.
I can't let more people get hurt. Whatever happens to me, compared to that... it doesn't really matter.