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lucetilogs2012-10-29 12:04 pm
faithfulflame) wrote in lucetilogs2012-10-29 12:04 pm
A Night of One-Hundred Tales!
Who: Rei Hino, Tsuzuki Asato, and ANYONE who wants to join in!
What: A Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or telling ghost stories!
When: October 29th in the evening
Where: Tsukino Shrine
Summary: Rei and Tsuzuki decide to invite people to share ghost stories to celebrate Halloween. There will be food and drinks, and the ghostly interlopers are kept at bay by the shrine's wards to give people a break from hauntings. Turn up and share stories, or listen to them.
Rating: PG-13 at the worst, depending on the story!
It had taken quite a bit of work, but as night fell everything seemed as perfect as they could manage it. The andon were lit, the chairs were arranged in the courtyard, and the wind-screens were in place to keep everyone warm. Rei had thrown open the shrine doors and set out braziers to warm participants, stoking them with embers from the temple's main flames. Food had been laid out, snacks, coolers of cold drinks, and even thermoses of hot water for warm ones. They even had a mirror sitting on the steps of the shrine, reflecting light into the courtyard. Not the most traditional way of doing things, but it's what they had to work with.
The shrine wasn't large enough to house a crowd of more than ten or twelve people inside, but if the crowd was small enough they could move indoors. Everything was set up for a night of storytelling, casual fun, and a little bit of relief from the ghostly visitors that were assailing the villagers.
Guests start arriving around twilight, and Rei can't help but smile as they get underway. This was hopefully going to be a good time for everyone involved.
(OOC: Feel free to assume Tsuzuki or Rei made an announcement about the party. For those not familiar, the goal of a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai is to share stories with other people. Each time a story is finished, one andon (small lantern) is extinguished and the room steadily gets darker. Feel free to have your character post a story of their own in a comment, and discuss to discuss what's been narrated. Linn and I would love to have characters share ghost stories from all sorts of worlds, scary or silly. I hope you guys enjoy this!)
What: A Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, or telling ghost stories!
When: October 29th in the evening
Where: Tsukino Shrine
Summary: Rei and Tsuzuki decide to invite people to share ghost stories to celebrate Halloween. There will be food and drinks, and the ghostly interlopers are kept at bay by the shrine's wards to give people a break from hauntings. Turn up and share stories, or listen to them.
Rating: PG-13 at the worst, depending on the story!
It had taken quite a bit of work, but as night fell everything seemed as perfect as they could manage it. The andon were lit, the chairs were arranged in the courtyard, and the wind-screens were in place to keep everyone warm. Rei had thrown open the shrine doors and set out braziers to warm participants, stoking them with embers from the temple's main flames. Food had been laid out, snacks, coolers of cold drinks, and even thermoses of hot water for warm ones. They even had a mirror sitting on the steps of the shrine, reflecting light into the courtyard. Not the most traditional way of doing things, but it's what they had to work with.
The shrine wasn't large enough to house a crowd of more than ten or twelve people inside, but if the crowd was small enough they could move indoors. Everything was set up for a night of storytelling, casual fun, and a little bit of relief from the ghostly visitors that were assailing the villagers.
Guests start arriving around twilight, and Rei can't help but smile as they get underway. This was hopefully going to be a good time for everyone involved.
(OOC: Feel free to assume Tsuzuki or Rei made an announcement about the party. For those not familiar, the goal of a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai is to share stories with other people. Each time a story is finished, one andon (small lantern) is extinguished and the room steadily gets darker. Feel free to have your character post a story of their own in a comment, and discuss to discuss what's been narrated. Linn and I would love to have characters share ghost stories from all sorts of worlds, scary or silly. I hope you guys enjoy this!)
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[That definitely gives Rei pause, and she gives the man a strange look. Though, she does believe in spirits, she's not sure she believes this particular one was true.]
It's possible. Though, it's an old story. In my homeland, there are legends of Yuki Onna, snow women like the one in the story. I've never seen one, but...in my time, spirits like that don't reveal themselves very often.
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A shame then. If I were to come across one of them, I would be interested in hearing more about their dealings with humans. And... perhaps I would ask them why they are so angry with them.
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[Rei taps her chin for a moment, thinking]
They aren't always like that, but...they're not usually friendly creatures. Yuki-Onna are said to feed on heat, like a vampire. So they try and find humans and take their heat away, which kills them. In other stories, they can be nice, but...not usually.
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I wonder then how they would approach a Spirit such as myself? I cannot really be killed just from a loss of heat.
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Ah, for someone like you. That would depend on what kind of spirit you are, I suppose. You don't seem to be like them, or you couldn't even enter the temple grounds.
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<small[Was that why he felt uneasy about this place? Did the wards unnerve him, even if they had no affect?]</small>
I had been meaning to ask, what exactly is worshipped at this temple?
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[Rei smiles at that]
Well, everything. There are no kami here to bless the shrine, so when the altar was made, I dedicated it to the Filial spirits here as well as all the gods in every world, and to everyone here. The intent was to create a place where people could come and feel safe and comfortable, no matter what they believed. And to provide respite from evil spirits if needs be.
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Then this place should definitely be a welcome addition to Luceti. I was cautious before, afraid I might be trespassing in the house of another.
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[She bows politely]
May I ask your name, Spirit?
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I am Eleytheria. A Wind Spirit. It is... good to meet you.
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[She nods right back]
It's nice to meet you as well, Eleytheria. You're always welcome at Tsukino shrine.