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

[bad_crowmance]

In that case, you're really not giving thirteen-year-olds enough credit.

[ Sorry Rean, he loves you but it's true. ]

[drewthetower]

You didn't see the sort of shit the kids in my class wanted me to make when they found out I could sew.

[bad_crowmance]

Haha, fair enough. But hey, if you can sew then maybe I should commission you for a few outfits. Paying jobs, of course.

[ Because it's important to pay your tailors. ]

[drewthetower]

Not a problem, if you want 'em. Only things I can't work with right now are denim and leather, and that's just because I don't have the stuff for it.

[bad_crowmance]

Damn, that takes out some of my outfit ideas. But I can work with those restrictions. Gimme a few days and I'll have some designs ready for you. —Actually, do you have Elliot's measurements? I'm assuming you've already got Rean's if you're making outfits for him.

[drewthetower]

I don't. He hasn't asked or anything, but maybe I should offer...

[bad_crowmance]

You should. I'd offer 'em myself, but the measurements I had are a couple years out of date and he's grown out of 'em by now.

[drewthetower]

Any idea by how much?

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow shakes his head. ]

Unfortunately not. I dropped out of contact for a couple of years and haven't had a chance to get up close enough to figure it out.

[drewthetower]

[. . .]

Okay, don't phrase it like that. That just sounded creepy, dude.

[bad_crowmance]

[ He laughs at that. ]

Oh, I don't mean anything weird by it.

[drewthetower]

Yeah, but. Creepy!

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow pauses as if something about that really amuses him, then shakes his head. ]

Alright, that's fair. Let's just say I'd have to ask the guy and there's really no reason for me to do it.

[drewthetower]

[August is not gonna ask.]

When I deliver the latest piece to Rean, I'll ask Elliot. How likely is he gonna argue with me on it or try to say no?

[bad_crowmance]

He'll probably be startled until you tell him I'm involved, and then he'll sigh and say something like, "Why am I not surprised?"

[drewthetower]

...okay, there is a History behind that. Wanna elaborate? I got time.

[bad_crowmance]

Well, our class did a concert together once and Elliot and I collaborated a lot. I was in charge out outfit design, among other things. So he knows how I feel about it.

[ Crow will just very casually leave all the bits about Rean having to sit on him from keeping the designs from getting too horny out. It's an unimportant detail. ]

[drewthetower]

Oh thank God, you will know how to design a fucking pair of pants. Do you know how many idiots wanted like. Ten belts on pants in middle school?!

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow lets out an inelegant snort at that. ]

Belts can be fun but that's just impractical. You still gotta be able to walk.

[drewthetower]

You'd think, but noooo, they all wanted to look like something out of Hot Topic or fucking video games. I really, really hated that year.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow runs a hand through his hair, blinking at August. ]

. . .You've lost me with those references.

[drewthetower]

Uh. Shop for a certain subset of fashion--or at least it was--and...uh, interactive movies? Do you guys have those?

[bad_crowmance]

They're not very widespread in the country I live in back home, but I've heard of 'em. I think the industry's bigger in Calvard. ....Interactive movies, though? Now there's a hell of a concept.

[drewthetower]

Yeah, and they're way longer most of the time, like fifty to sixty hours long for some of them. And sometimes they have really, really stupid character designs.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow lets out a low whistle. ]

Damn, now there's a serious time investment. Sounds pretty fun though, stupid character designs or not.