october mid-month event

[stellafortunamods]

October Mid-Month Event
Welcome to Teyvat - a vast magical world of adventure.
Two weeks after the Travelers arrive in Inazuma, the conflict between the Shogunate and the Sangonomiya Resistance begin to intensify. At Forneus' behest, you venture west to survey the battlegrounds and consider your next move.

Heading west from Narukami Island will bring you to Kannazuka, the location of the Mikage Furnace. This furnace uses the power of the Tatarigami to produce high-quality swords for the Shogunate. However, sabotage by members of the Resistance have led to the furnace becoming unstable. The Shogunate's soldiers and the Shrine Maidens have set up camp on the island, but the two factions cannot decide on how to address the problem. That's where you come in. Unfettered by the chains of bureaucracy, you can act as you wish. Venture into the Furnace and stabilize it before it blows the island away.

Yashiori Island lies even further west. Its position means that it is currently the middle ground where the Shogunate and the Resistance skirmish. However, the fighting has died down due to torrential rain that blankets the island, as well as the intense Electro energy within Musoujin Gorge. Once, this island was the battlefield between the Raiden Shogun and Orobashi, with the latter defeated and sealed. However, someone broke its seals during the civil war, and the lingering resentment of the Serpent has possessed soldiers on the island, turning them violent.

Once again, a stalemate that can only be broken from the outside. This isn't anything new now, is it?

State of the World

The Sangonomiya Resistance have declared civil war on the Shogunate after the establishment of the Vision Hunt Decree. As you travel through Inazuma, you will eventually meet them, as well as their leader. It becomes evident that the two sides are locked in equal balance, and that the civil war does nothing good for anyone... which is why the overseer of the Narukami Shrine has asked you to come. You are unbound by any destiny, and thus able to tip the scales. But to do that, you will need a complete picture of the situation, and to solve problems that no one is willing to face.

No one has seen the Shogun out in public for quite a while. It seems that only a sufficiently grave danger will provoke her from within her castle. The enemy of eternity is change, and you are just that.

Questions about this event can be asked below!

Comments

[whiteshroud]

Yes, that's another way to describe it. [NO DENYING IT.] I don't think he was in on the joke.

[now that they are away from the camp, Jun doesn't fancy getting soaked by this downpouring rain. So he'll pause and channel his own magic- his outfit changing to his nice and warm Seal Knight uniform. Much better.]

[drewthetower]

[August just has an umbrella. He's jealous.]

Well, yeah, I wasn't going to just tell him why it was funny. I'd probably be next on the purification list.

[whiteshroud]

[....

He stalls in his tracks and stares at August almost expectedly. You gonna share with the class or can he move on? ]

[drewthetower]

...guessing that hasn't spread? Huh.

[He sort of gestures to himself.]

Would you ask a half-demon to purify something? Unless you mean "make the thing die", because I can be really good at that back home.

[whiteshroud]

[...

He gives a shrug. When he speaks, his voice is distorted through a modulator]

Met a vampire priest once. So sure, if they were qualified to do it.

[drewthetower]

Wha--okay, that's fucking cool. I want one.

[Wait, back up.]

Vampire priest? How'd that work?

[whiteshroud]

A vampire priest? He wasn't as cool as you'd think. Mostly overdramatic and loud.

[Jun is so used to the modulator that he doesn't realize August is talking about it]

Not every world follows the same rules. He was definitely the real deal though.

[drewthetower]

Yeah, but like, don't vampires have a problem with holy water and holy symbols and shit?

[whiteshroud]

Maybe some? But from the ones I'm familiar with, that's just a made up thing for stories.

[drewthetower]

Huh. Luckies.

[Though speaking of stories--]

Hey, that outfit you want me to make for someone--it's cosplay, right?

[whiteshroud]

[There's a distorted sound through the modulator, probably him making either a neutral sound or a sound of agreement about the vampires. It is what it is

He starts walking again, but will answer the question]

Yes. Why?

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[drewthetower]

Because I was going over the pattern I mocked up and it's just too weird to not be cosplay.

[A beat.]

Also kinda funny how those are Rean's measurements.

[whiteshroud]

[Ah. Rean must've gone to him for his own wardrobe]

That's because it's for Rean.

[drewthetower]

[August is so amused.]

Any reason you're commissioning cosplay for Rean or is it just for giggles?

[whiteshroud]

Do I seem like the giggling type?

[Sorry what is answering the question???]

[drewthetower]

I'unno, you could be. Doesn't answer the question, though~

[whiteshroud]

My reasons are my own.

[And those reasons are trolling but. hey.]

[drewthetower]

Look, dude, I'm not gonna tell. I just wanna know so I know if I need to find a way to take pictures of Rean's face when he sees it!

[whiteshroud]

[ 💧 ]

Don't do that. I was just planning on leaving it in his closet for him to find. Putting a camera in there would...end poorly.

[REAN HAS BOYFRIENDS AUGUST. YOU'D SEE THINGS YOU CAN'T UNSEE.]

[drewthetower]

Dam--wait, how would you get in his bedroom?

[whiteshroud]

I work from the shadows, I'm used to accessing places normally off limits.

[...Vague, as usual]

[drewthetower]

Uh-huh. Is it teleportation or are you just sneaky?

[whiteshroud]

[...]

It'd take too long to explain.

[drewthetower]

Either way, super jealous. So why Rean?

[whiteshroud]

[HMMM...]

Call it an inside joke.