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, 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.

[whiteshroud]

[....]

Seems like you give plenty of fucks to me.

[drewthetower]

....seriously? Why?

[August has spent all twenty-two years of his life not giving a fuck...mostly. The hair is a complicated, uncomfortable topic.]

[whiteshroud]

[He pauses. Blunt as he is, he's aware speaking more about this might get him into hot water. Or rather, make August upset. But August doesn't seem to be the type to let things go... ]

You're a queer half-demon with magic powers from a small American town. Meaning you were a misfit and got treated poorly for it. In response, you try to act like you don't care to protect yourself.

But you do. You care a lot. Negative attachments are still attachments. Not a day goes by where you don't think about it. Or about what others around you think of you.

[...]

We're not the same. [Then, softer] That isn't a bad thing.

[drewthetower]

[The last time August felt this seen was the last time he did a reading for himself. Jesus Christ.

He just sort of stares at Jun for a moment, more than a little surprised.]

Okay, one? Good god don't call me out like this. But also, like. I dunno what your deal is, but my "not giving a fuck" is...probably different from yours, yeah.

[He's getting the feeling Jun just. didn't have a choice like August did.]

I still appreciate that you don't, and that you don't seem to care that other people might kinda wish you did. It's refreshing.

[whiteshroud]

[Jun is quiet for another long pause. All in all, it's pretty ironic that someone like August of all people is praising him for a trait others hate. He could just not answer and leave the remark as it is.

...But perhaps he does feel a little bad for airing out August's dirty laundry just a moment ago. There's a lot he's not allowed to say, but he can at least throw the guy some bone]

I'm a servant of the Lord. It's my duty to exist in the shadows and do whatever needs to be done to protect the world.

As such, I was raised to view attachments as obstacles. [a pause, before he admits] Though, I don't follow that belief as strictly these days.

[drewthetower]

[What the fuck. What the fuck? What the fuck! Is anyone in this place not saddled with some kinda bullshit. What the fuck!

August's first thought is "see, this is why I don't like most churches" but he quickly shoves that to the side since that is just. Not the thing to say right now, wow.]

Yeah, uh, didn't think Christianity had warrior monks. Wow. Uh. You said you're moving past that?

[whiteshroud]

[August you're talking to a guy in a mysterious white uniform with a voice modifier. It's really on you for not thinking that this guy too would be saddled with some bullshit.]

Most people don't. [Thus the whole working in the shadows deal]

In a sense. There are some things and people I do care about. [...] However, I'm still committed to performing my duties.

[So uh. That's a small comfort, huh.]

[drewthetower]

[THIS IS SLIGHTLY BEYOND THE LEVEL OF BULLSHIT HE WAS EXPECTING.]

And your duties are? ...obviously not killing demons, thanks for that.

[whiteshroud]

[HAHA. UM. About that-]

Killing demons is a duty.

However, you're not a threat.