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

[drewthetower]

God. [. . .] I wonder if our Rean fishes.

[whiteshroud]

[....]

You're gonna be weird about this, aren't you.

[drewthetower]

No! But come on, you gotta admit it's funny to think about our Rean doing something like that. He's so...chill. And a little thick but eh.

[whiteshroud]

You're one to talk about being thick...

[drewthetower]

Okay, no, there's a difference between me and Rean.

[A beat.]

I'm just a dumbass and I know it.

[whiteshroud]

[ ... 💧 ]

Well, you're not wrong about that.

But what makes you say Rean is thick?

[drewthetower]

The story he told about how he and his boyfriend got together. Literal divine intervention, Jun.

[whiteshroud]

[...]

I'm a holy knight, August. You really have to specify what you mean by that.

[Because like. Jun holding a door for someone could count as divine intervention man.]

[drewthetower]

Forneus got involved.

[whiteshroud]

[...?]

Yes, and? That guy's a real busybody for a time god. That's why we're all here in the first place.

[Jun's perspective may be a bit skewed ok.]

[drewthetower]

...okay, for most people--and this is coming from a guy who is literal proof of angels and demons and all that jazz being real--but most people don't have gods meddling with their love lives. Or their life at all. That Forneus felt the need to is really weird.

[whiteshroud]

[There's a long pause as he considers]

...Suppose that's true.

[drewthetower]

Yeah. And, y'know, people joke about how it'd take a miracle for someone to notice that someone else likes them? That literally happened.

[whiteshroud]

[....]

So are you saying you're better at noticing when someone likes you?

[drewthetower]

Dunno, there's only one other queer guy in town and we've been best friends for my entire life. Not a lot of chances to, y'know, have someone like me.

[He is, in fact, just as bad.]

[whiteshroud]

[.....]

So just as bad then, got it.

[drewthetower]

What part of "no chance to have people crush me" equals "just as bad as needing a literal god to tell me I should date someone"?!

[whiteshroud]

You have no dating experience and you're a dumbass. It's not a promising combination.

[drewthetower]

[Julian actually starts to laugh as best a crow can when August stumbles over his own feet.]

Wow. Geez, Jun, tell me how you really feel.

[whiteshroud]

I've no interest in dating, so I don't care either way.

[That's how he feels]

I was just drawing a conclusion from your own words.

[drewthetower]

Has anyone ever told you that you're, like, really blunt?

[whiteshroud]

Once or twice.

[drewthetower]

Just making sure this wasn't a life-altering revelation for you. I appreciate the lack of fucks you give.

[whiteshroud]

[That catches him off guard. It's not a trait he gets openly praised for much. Or rather, at all in the outside world]

You do?

[drewthetower]

Yeah.

[He gestures to his...everything.]

What, you think I'm allowed to give a fuck? My hair's naturally white and I have a familiar. I appreciate other people who also give no fucks.