tushanshu_logs | Entries tagged with † akito wanijima

Characters: Erskine, Bakura, and OPEN
Date: August 10, 2016
Location: Central Sector
Situation: Erskine has been failing to deal with some Bad Things from his past and now it's catching up to him. He's having a bit of a nervous breakdown and, as an Elemental sorcerer, is going to be setting fire to a building in the city as a result. Tag-ins welcome from anyone! Come help put the fire out before someone gets hurt. Come shuffle the kedan away from the burning building. Come yell at this idiot?
Warnings/Rating: Bad headspace. Possible violence. Arson. Vague spoilers for the SP series through the end of book 8; will try to keep specific spoilers to a minimum unless noted otherwise. Please let me know if you're okay with spoilers or not and I can adjust as necessary ♥

( And isn't this the one where in the end the good guys fry? )

((ooc: Please note that for the sake of continuity/planning/etc, Bakura is going to be the one to take Erskine out of the area, and ~~no one is going to die~~ no kedan are going to die. Otherwise feel free to interact as you see fit, even if it's not with Erskine! Fight fires. Be heroes, do cool stuff. Yell at Erskine. It's all good.))

ironrule

Characters: The Snakes and YOU
Date: Throughout the month of July; specific dates in subject headers, please!
Location: Mainly Yunxu's mansion in Central Sector, but potential for all over Keeliai; again, specific locations in subject headers, please!
Situation: A lot of the Foreigners have a bone to pick with Yunxu. (Or if they don't, they will very soon.) On top of that, Meisheng doesn't seem to be recovering from her illness, Jintou's gone missing, and the Snakes as a whole are actually leaving Foreigners well enough alone for the month unless a Foreigner approaches them first.
Warnings/Rating: None for now; will be updated as they apply.

[OOC: If your character has a bone to pick with Yunxu or is planning to approach Meisheng or any of the other Snakes, please contact me either by PMing this account or on plurk at

Amaraq. This is more for mod sanity than anything else, so don't be shy about requesting a thread!]

ironwood

Characters: ALL!
Date: June 17th to July 8th
Location: Zeshora
Situation: Tu Vishan has washed up near the cities of Atoce and Uessaire.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

The cities of Zeshora were renowned across all of Konryu as works of art, and even with the upheaval which sank and destroyed many of them centuries prior, that distinction remains evident. The Erol'a will recount, if asked, a terrible series of earthquakes and resultant tsunamis that rolled over Zeshora, and how great chunks of the continent simply dropped away. Zeshora was one of the oldest continents, and its landmasses upon the backs of long-dead Great Turtles had been so constant, that no one had even thought it possible such a thing could have happened.

Testament to the Erol'a's resilience however, they adapted and reclaimed the cities that had fallen to, or just below, sea level. Arches, pillars and soaring ceilings dominate the architecture in both cities, and every surface is painstakingly decorated with tiny inlaid shells and coral, turning every hall and room into a mosaic of colour. It's not uncommon for Erol'a dwellings to have multiple stories, and likewise it's not unlikely to have at least a few of those levels under sea level. So it's entirely possible to have one's upstairs be above water, and one's downstairs be below the water! Imagine having to take a swim to get a midnight snack. Of course, the Erol'a don't find that strange at all. Likewise, it's perfectly normal to them to walk down the hallways of their homes in ankle, knee or waist-deep water, something that the Foreigners and even some kedan might take some getting used to. The water temperature during the day is a delightful 80℉/26℃, and about ten degrees cooler throughout the night, so it's pleasant for nearly everyone.

LINKS
Atoce - City of Pearls | Uessaire - City of Lilies | Ollesse - The Coral Ruins | Secessi - The Floating Reefs | Hatchling Messages
Astegune | Landfall Surprise | Landfall Update - Jun 23 | OOC Post

OOC
Please direct questions to the OOC post! You can either use the areas described under header, or create your own -- don't feel you have to be limited to threading only in the locations mentioned in the starters! Just don't forget to label your top-levels with specific locations (eg the Height or the Deep).

ACTIVITY CHECK NOTE: Due to the late-month timing of this landfall, threads from this log can be counted toward either June or July AC. Just don't use the same comment thread for both and you'll be fine!

stonebird

Characters: Alayne & Open!
Date: Mid-May?
Location: Midnight Hotel - Common Area.
Situation: She is trying to pick up new skills.
Warnings/Rating: None so far?

( Or, rather, she recognized that they were good, well-intentioned people and that they did not deserve the burden of her past. )

inkulcation

Characters: China Sorrows, other specifics subject to change but OPEN.
Date: May, generally
Location: Various, including Earth Sector and the dojo. Excluding the Midnight Hotel unless a very good reason comes up.
Situation: Various, especially demonstrations of China being a) arrogant and b) annoyed with a few people in particular.
Warnings/Rating: obligatory mention of that thing China does but otherwise none yet, will be updated if/when that changes.

( some starts, potentially more later )

akito

Character: Wanijima Akito & OPEN
Date: May 10^th - May 31^st
Location: Various
Situation: Various
Warnings: n/a ; will update as needed
Notes: Akito will be shapeshifted for a majority of the month. If you want his normal appearance just make a note of it in your tag.

( Scenario #1 )

( Scenario #2 )

( Scenario #3 )

gistful

Characters: Anyone, everyone.
Date: Month of May, ‘2016’.
Location: The Midnight Hotel.
Situation: Catch-all post! Feel free to use this post for anything that happens within the Midnight Hotel during the month, using the subject header to label specific rooms or for specific people. See also the OOC note at the bottom.
Warnings/Rating: None thus far.

After the bustle of the last two weeks the Hotel seems oddly empty for a little while, with everything packed up and stored away. That feeling will be exacerbated by some of the Foreigner residents moving out over the course of the month, either to their own housing in Sky Sector or their own apartments elsewhere, and for the first time in quite a while the Hotel may have a few empty rooms.

It will, however, be full of flowers for a good part of May. Though originally provided by Xion in the public areas, Anton seems to be making sure every part of the Hotel, from public to private, has a bit of colour around unless specifically asked otherwise, such as for health reasons.

People may notice a bit of a glitch in the Hotel’s main doors. While ordinarily the exit sector can be chosen using sigils by the door, this month the pearl-white haze around its edges will putter every time someone changes it. Every now and then the glitch might cause someone to emerge in Sky Sector instead of their intended target—though the exit building will be different every time, as if the Hotel hasn’t quite decided yet where to settle its doors. Since it isn’t harmful Anton won’t bar people from using the switches, though he will recommend avoiding doing so; all this means is that the exit defaults into Central.

As a result, late at night when the doors aren’t being heavily used, Anton can be seen reviewing the wards around the entrance and trying to pin down exactly how the Hotel is, apparently, growing a new exit.

This month Anton will also be uncharacteristically emotional—though all this really means is that he alternates between being definably melancholic (prone to staring wistfully at sketches or a specific page in a dictionary) or unusually, and exasperatedly, entertained. The latter can be visibly attributed to the tablet newly propped up on the reception desk, displaying a picture of Anton, Skulduggery and that annoying bloke that was around last fortnight with his arms around their necks, pulling them down to his height. The tablet regularly announces times and tasks put into the tablet’s calendar for Anton’s convenience … and some of which aren’t to his convenience at all.

“Bing bing bing! This is your regular inspirational reminder of a delightfully important word: poop.”

“Boopity boop! Hey Anton, it’s two o’clock! You know what that means? That means it’s time to go be social. I know, it’s tough, be strong! You can do it!”

“Diddly do! Seven o’clock! Time to get laid!”

Though Anton will turn down these particular voiceovers so they at least don’t permeate the whole lobby, he still won't turn them off completely.

[ooc: The Midnight Hotel’s status page is available here, with the rules at the top and ongoing status at the bottom. PLEASE POST TO THE STATUS PAGE IF YOUR CHARACTER WOULD LIKE A ROOM, JOB OR AREA IN THE GARAGE OR ARE MOVING OUT. Anton will manufacture means of payment until Foreigners are able to properly offer recompense or choose to move out.

akito

Characters: Wanijima Akito, Agito + OPEN
Date: April 15th +
Location: Everywhere
Situation: Introducing Agito to Keeliai
Warnings/Rating: Agito has a potty mouth

( this isn't how it's supposed to be. this isn't how they work. )

Akito is the one who eventually suggests taking Agito on a tour of the city.

I have some friends here, he explains. Agito isn't surprised. Akito was always so much better at people than him, and it's hard for anyone not to adore his better half.

Despite how badly Agito wants to keep Akito wrapped up safely in his arms until his mind settles, he also knows Akito needs this as much as he does - establishing some sort of normalcy when none can be found. Sharing in the things that kept him strong in Agito's absence. And he would be lying if he said he wasn't interested.

They go by foot, starting with the Fire Sector and working their way back around until they reach the Metal Sector again. Akito makes sure to introduce him to everyone he's remotely acquainted with, and it isn't long into their journey that it's Agito clinging tightly to Akito's hand rather than the other way around. He's never been good with people. And he doesn't like the way they stare at them both. It makes him want to grow big enough to hide Akito under him like a hen with her chicks. To keep him warm and safe and away from the prying eyes of people who might want to harm the most precious person in Agito's world.

akito

Characters: Wanijima Akito + GUESTS (Hamada Brothers, Southern Water Tribe Reps, Old Man Professor, Alayne, that one Mongolian, and Stark Industry's Founder-but-no-longer-owner)
Date: April 5^th; 6:00pm.
Location: Akito's apartment; Metal sector, near the Fire/Metal border
Situation: Easter dinner because he can
Warnings/Rating: will update as needed

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( Easter has never been a big deal in Akito's life. )

((ooc: this is basically going to be a free-for-all, I guess? i can put up sections if need be, but for now I think just stating in the subject line what your character is doing should work fine! :) an idea of his apartment layout can be found here. since it's in the metal sector it's made with lots of metal and higher-tech stuff, but akito keeps it all simple. 8)b GET CR WITH EACH OTHER, FRIENDS!!! birb will serenade everyone))

akito

Characters: Wanijima Akito + OPEN
Date: March 28th - 31st
Location: Various
Situation: Being a nerd
Warnings/Rating: N/A

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( beautiful cinnamon roll craves donuts. tiny nerdlet delivers. )

2. (Midnight Hotel; open)

Akito doesn't know why he hadn't thought of this sooner. If he can hear biorhythms from the human body there's no reason why he can't also hear electronic signals and wavelengths in the air. Now that he's feeling better and can focus enough to try, it turns out that the faint clicks and hums and buzzes he tunes out without any thought are exactly what he's looking for.

However he hadn't expected to find the signals underground.

He makes sure to try listen to a few consoles in all the various sectors to see if there's any variation, but no - it's always the same electric pulse shooting down into the turtle's shell where it promptly diffuses like a plant shooting its roots down into the earth.

There's another sound too, underneath it all. It's not hard to hear, but it's hard to distinguish when he has such limited time with the public consoles. Not wanting to draw attention to himself (or any more attention than he already has), Akito quickly flees to the Midnight Hotel, knowing it would be safe for him to pick apart the sounds there.

And he's right, of course.

In the Hotel it's quieter, and he doesn't feel the constant need to be on guard. The sounds are the same here, too. Electronic pulse shooting down into the shell, where it spreads beyond his ability to detect. It's not hard from there to focus on the sound underneath; a steady, soft rush of sound like waves on the shore, or white noise from a radio. He can't figure out the source or whether it's coming or going. But it's admittedly a soothing noise. Relaxing, even as a headache builds behind his temples from the strain.

If the consoles' pulses overlay it, do they intersect at all? It sounds like an entirely different wavelength altogether... Are the consoles masking something deep under Asti's shell? What is the deeper, calming sound coming from? Going to? Is it for communication, or something else? Can it be hacked?

Whatever it is, Akito enjoys listening to it.

kreitech

Characters: Alistair Krei and Akito
Date: March sometime, shortly after Callaghan leads Krei to the Hotel
Location: Random place in the city
Situation: Someone apparently needs to take Krei shopping, and that someone is Akito
Warnings/Rating: Spiritual successor to this TDM thread, accounting for wibbly wobbly timey wimey-ness

( or you'll sink like a stone )

akito

Characters: Tiny Nerd #1, Prof. Big Nose, and Burnt Cinnamon Roll
Date: March 18th
Location: Metal Sector
Situation: Tiny Nerd #1 is getting his tiny nerd lessons from Prof. Big Nose and Stuff Happens and they both run into Burnt Cinnamon Roll.
Warnings/Rating: PG-13; likely to be references of an abusive childhood

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bigdamnhiro

Characters: Hiro Hamada & YOU
Date: March 16-18ish? Depending on player actions (how fast can you reunite a couple of dumb Hamadas?)
Location: 'round the city in general, starting out, moving to the Midnight Hotel(?) & miscellaneous locations afterwards, particularly the Metal District.
Situation: Hiro is a small sad hobo child for his first few days in Keeliai. Also, he has no idea Tadashi's here and probably looking for him. Refer to this ooc post for more information & if you want to plot details before threading. For chronological ordering of Hiro sightings, specify a general date, time & location please.
Warnings/Rating: Warning for general depression stuff + possible discussion of a major canonical character death.

( Gee, somebody should put a GPS tracker on this kid. Oh wait. )

akito

Characters: Wanijima Akito + OPEN
Date: March 10^th
Location: all around Keeliai
Situation: delivering baked goods to choice people; trying to enjoy himself on his first birthday on Tu Vishan.
Warnings/Rating: n/a

( earlier )

It takes Akito the better part of the day to make sure every cookie, cupcake, and letter were left with who they were intended. Starting with the Metal Sector, then Fire, then Water, then finding a Woodsman, heading to the Welcome Center, and then finally the Midnight Hotel.

Whenever queried as to why he's decided to give out these gifts, Akito will just laugh and explain it's an early White Day gift, meant to show he appreciates what they've done for him.

When he has no one left to visit, Akito lingers in the Hotel for a while longer. Finding a quiet, empty space he removes his jacket and takes one last cupcake out of his bag. It's a little squashed by now, and the icing somewhat melted, but it's still good for what it's meant to be.

Today he is twelve. Today he is seventeen. He doesn't feel any different from yesterday, or the day before.

Today he turns fifteen again.

He pulls out one tiny candle, places it in the cupcake, and lights it with a match.

When Akito blows out the candle he doesn't bother making a wish.

((ooc: GET YOUR COOKIES AND CUPCAKES AND LETTERS! 8D)-/ Feel free to have characters not receiving anything run into him during his deliveries. The same can go for characters who are receiving something, if you want them to run into him instead of the other way around! He won't be lingering for too long in the Hotel, but anyone is free bug him there before he leaves. OR DO WHATEVER YOU WANT, I'M CHILL WITH WHATEVS.))

skeletonenigma

Characters: Skulduggery Pleasant and YOU.
Date: Throughout March.
Location: All over. Skulduggery's splitting his time between the Palace demolition, the Hotel, and... everywhere else, really. But if you're looking for him, those first two places are the best places to look.
Situation: Now that Skul has his Bentley back, he's in a much more approachable state of mind. Approach! He's also taking active steps towards solving the symbol puzzle, so if you see him flying over the Sectors, that's probably what he's up to.
Warnings/Rating: None yet. Apart from maybe a love affair with a car.

( Let me learn from where I have been )

wrathfulkhan

Characters: Everyone who's interested in pitching in!
Date: Late February - early March
Location: The Palace of Landed Sky and surrounding environs
Situation: Let's tear this bitch down.
Warnings/Rating: None expected

After some serious considerations by the Foreigners, Gene had returned to the family heads with his solution: the Palace was going to be largely demolished - aside from certain areas of historical import, the libraries, and gardens - and the land would be redistributed to the kedan and the Foreigners alike. Areas most strongly affected by Malicant's taint and the cultists' activities would be cordoned off until such time as a more thorough investigation of the tainted grounds could occur, and the scarce resources such as the marble facings of the palace would be carefully removed for future reuse.

It was the most diplomatic solution possible, and ended up not being a raw deal for the Foreigners. The best part was, everybody got to walk away from the table feeling like they'd won something (except maybe Yunxu), there would be more land in the city for use and expansion, and the subsequent boost to the construction industry would feed into Keeliai's economy in turn.

Kind of a win/win/lose/win/win, really.

The demolition will take two to three weeks of work, largely run by Zanru and the Metalworkers (as part of the deal), though individual Foreigners can be hired to help (and the help would likely be appreciated, as the Foreigners are going to get some of this too). Hired Foreigners will report to Xuiyu, as Zanru herself is too busy to be on-site. Gene can be found helping with the destruction, in his armor more often than not, over the course of the demolition project, and answering questions and taking suggestions from Foreigners and kedan about what to do with the newly freed land.

OOC Note: If you need a big-name NPC, please contact the mods directly! Kedan workers can be NPCed by anyone.

ironwood

Characters: ALL!
Date: February 21st
Location: Various.
Situation: It’s cold. Time to cuddle up and make bonfires for the warmth.
Warnings/Rating: Add warnings as needed.

As night falls the city’s lights take something of a unique turn. Instead of being lit by millions of paper lanterns, Keeliai is tonight lit by the flames and warmth of dozens if not hundreds of fires. Some of them are small, not much more than warming hearths in a barrel on a street, but others encompass squares and boulevards.

The fire lighting procession winds through the city’s streets, beginning at the first bonfire in Fire Sector. By the time full night has arrived, that procession is a snake illuminated by dozens of torches, parting from the main parade to light smaller fires in smaller streets. It ends, finally, in Central, in the Courtyard of Public Opinion, whose bonfire is second only to the initiating one in Fire Sector.

In some areas an exchange of goods arises, mostly in terms of woollens and other warm clothes and blankets. Though food is considered a public resource on this occasion, bartering small knickknacks, songs, stories and even other woollen items is not uncommon an exchange.

Meals are shared among kedan and Foreigners, commoners and emissaries--primarily stews, soups and other foods easily baked in the coals of the fires. Everyone brings food, and what isn’t contributed to the pot is nevertheless shared around after preparation. Although some bonfires are markedly wealthier than others, food and shelter is spread around to make sure everyone is safe and warm. No one goes cold and alone on this night.

LINKS
Fire Sector (main bonfire) | Water Sector | Metal Sector | Earth Sector | Wood Sector | Central Keeliai

OOC Notes
The five Bresilykian emissary NPC can be found moving from Sector to Sector and partaking in the various traditions of each, and so can be engaged anywhere, while the Keeliai NPCs generally are staying in their respective areas as detailed below. Please put the name of the NPC you're requesting in the subject line of your tag if you want to interact with them. Thank you!

akito

Characters: Wanijima Akito + OPEN
Date: February 14^th - 28^th
Location: primarily the Water District; anywhere there's ice enough to skate on
Situation: Skating!
Warnings/Rating: n/a

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forgediron

Characters: Zanru, possibly Xuiyu, and others.
Date: Month of February, ‘2016’.
Location: Stark Industries, the tram-line construction outside the city, potentially console construction-sites
Situation: Catch-all post for Metalworker NPCs.
Warnings/Rating: None thus far.
NOTE: Please don’t tag in unless we’ve planned it beforehand or your character plans to approach one of the Metalworker NPCs for something plot-related (metaplot, player-plots and NPC backstory-plots all count, but if you're unsure, PM me). Due to tag loads I won’t be able to thread out spontaneous slice-of-life type CR with the NPCs.

Zanru was irritable. Zanru was irritable above and beyond her usual blunt aggression, to the point that only those kedan oblivious to things such as ‘emotion’ and ‘personal issues’ went near her with anything other than company-related items. There were whispers going and Zanru knew it, but she seemed to have no desire to confirm or deny any of them, even the ones that contradicted each other.

Mostly, what she did was throw herself into new projects, and as such she could frequently be seen inspecting the tram-line site looping the city. Fortunately for the employees at Stark Industries she seemed to be aware of her mood and spent more time elsewhere than she ordinarily would have—though where, precisely, remained to be seen.

As a happy side-effect, everyone was working efficiently and to their utmost, and in spite of the worsening weather work on all fronts was proceeding briskly. For the beginning of the month, at least--the extended surveyors would begin having trouble as mid-month approached and the flash-freezes begin.

akito

Characters: Akito + OPEN
Date: Jan 30th - Feb 11th
Location: Evidet & Keeliai
Situation: Exploring and shopping
Warnings/Rating: n/a

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Tu Shanshu | Logs

[OPEN] Didn't I see this movie?

[OPEN BY APPOINTMENT.] And no storming the gates.

EVENT | LANDFALL | ZESHORA

(Open)

i've got a dark alley and a bad idea | May catch-all, open

020 ✤ o p e n

[Midnight Hotel] May catch-all

018 ✤ open

016 ✤ c l o s e d

015 ✤ open

[Closed] better start swimming

013 ✤ closed

[OPEN] Have you seen this child?

012 ✤ open

[OPEN] KEEP THE EARTH BELOW MY FEET

Extreme Makeover: Keeliai Edition

[EVENT] Bonfire Night

(no subject)

[NPC] public

009 ✤ open

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