EVENT LOG: ALMOST USEFUL

[asgardmods]

Who: EVERYONE
What: the Almost Useful mingle log
When: Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 )
Where: all across the city
Rating: PG-13. Anything higher than that should be taken to a private log, please!

Day 437 ( Apr. 22/23 )

After giving some consideration to the nature of their bonds with their patron deities, Sam Winchester posts to the network supposing a theory: if the gods can feed magic into the Travellers to give them their House Powers, perhaps, then, the Travellers can feed magic back into the gods. They have been under great duress both with Odin's collapse and the most recent disasters in the kingdom, even the smallest bit of a boost may make a difference.

Using the same runes from Draco's magic expansion plot, Travellers will be advised to draw the personalised god runes for their patron deity somewhere on their bodies in runic ink, anywhere it might not be disrupted or broken. For the duration of this day, every time the Travellers use any form of magic - be it House Powers or other runic magic - the god rune will glow faintly in the colour of their patron. The energy they pour into their magic will travel along the bond to their god and give them something of an energy shot, just the slightest lift in their strength and energy.

However, performing this transfer comes at a cost. The more magic performed, the more the Travellers will be drained of their own energy in a nearly euphoric way. The exhaustion will come in a vague sense of warmth and affection ( as it is, after all, the spirit of the Mother that gives the gods their magic ), as the need for a nice cup of their favourite cocoa, or perhaps a comfortable nap in the sunlight, or maybe even a profession of love.

Yes, we're giving you an aphrodesiac curse. As the Travellers grow more and more tired, they will grow more and more inclined to cuddle up with someone or something they care about and sleep off the exhaustion. This is generally harmless and will not be an extreme; it will not create feelings of love where there are none and it will not encourage them to do the nasty or anything like that. It's more simplistic than that, a base sort of love that comes in simple touches or a spoken word of love.

Anyone participating in this event is more than welcome to vary up the way this manifests in their characters, but by the end of the day, all Travellers using the transfer will be taking a collective nap for a few hours. When they wake, the euphoric effects will be gone and the god runes will no longer be active. Fingers crossed no one came across them cuddling with their best friend!

[ OOC NOTES: This is the mingle log for the Almost Useful special event! Remember that your character can only use the rune for their patron god. Please put [OPEN/CLOSED] along with the time/location of your character in the title of your comment. Let us know if you have any questions! ]

Comments

Hibiki | Sigyn | Open All Day!

[saving_sound]

[Today, Hibiki can be found in an apron instead of her usual green cloak with a table set up in the Sigyn district. On the table are two plates with similar runic arrays painted on them, a container of paint, and some paintbrushes. To the side, a sign explains:

FREE!!
-Melon bread
-Cinnamon bread
-Healing
-Smiles!

Please consider donating some energy to the gods!

...And she will indeed be smiling brightly for anyone who passes her by.]

Hello! Is there anything I can do for you?

[runtothesunlight]

[Oh, it's the melon bread girl. Normally he'd just smile but keep his distance like a regular customer. But instead he walks over with a big smile on his face.]

Hi. I'll have a cinnamon and a melon bread, with a smile.

[saving_sound]

One cinnamon bread, melon bread, and a smile coming right up!

[But she's already smiling so much! Not that it's very difficult to do today; she just can't help but be in a good mood.

The bread is easy to handle, too - a simple tap and poof! A nice warm loaf of bread appears.]

Here you go! Please enjoy!

[runtothesunlight]

Thank you very much.

[He takes the bread with a smile and pats her head.]

You do good work.

[saving_sound]

[Head pats! She loves getting those on a normal day, so today it's even better!]

Eheheh... Thank you! It's kind of a silly spell, but... I'm glad it seems to be making everyone happy!

[runtothesunlight]

It's not silly at all.

[He takes a bite out of the melon bread and...it's delicious. Was melon bread always this good? Maybe it's because its magic.]

It blows all other bread out of the sky!

[saving_sound]

It-- Eh?

[She wasn't expecting a response like that!]

R-really? I guess it's pretty good, but I don't think it's the best or anything...

[runtothesunlight]

[Don't worry, no one would. Minato likes food, and those feelings are multiplied by a thousand thanks to today's event.]

It's good enough by me.

[saving_sound]

Well... I'm glad, then!

[Ahh, if only Demon-san could see... She'd surely be happy to see so many people enjoying the melon bread she loved to make so much...!]

Um... I think this is the second time we've met already, but I still don't think I ever learned your name... I'm Hibiki!

[abhero]

[Hamel is summoned by the magic word "free". He greets Hibiki with a nod before reading the rest on the sign.]

Is it called melon bread 'cause of the shape or the taste?

[He seems to be in a better mood than usual. That's not to say he's smiling, but the perpetual frown is absent for the day.]

[saving_sound]

It's because of the shape! The "brain" part has a cross-hatch; just like a melon!

[It's okay if he doesn't smile, because Hibiki is surely smiling enough for the both of them.]

Would you like some?

[abhero]

Oh, I thought the bread tastes like fruit.

[Kind of a let down. But he still wants one!]

Sure, gimmie one.

[saving_sound]

Not exactly... Sorry.

[Maybe she should try fruit bread for the next spell? But for now at least, she'll go ahead and focus on giving him what she has.

And by "focus" we mean tapping on the green plate and causing a loaf of melon bread to appear on the spot, ripe and ready for eating.]

Here you go! It's not much like fruit at all, but I hope you can still enjoy it!

[abhero]

Whoa!

[He picks up the loaf and smells it. Definitely real.]

How'd you do that? Magic?

[saving_sound]

Yes, that's right! It's runic magic!

[It doesn't taste quite as good as the stuff fresh from the bakery, but it's still pretty tasty!]

[abhero]

[Hamel isn’t a picky eater, and besides, it’s magic food popping out of thin air. The novelty alone adds to the taste.]

It’s pretty cool. Teach me how to do that.

[He wants to magic stuff into existence, too!]

[windbreak]

Oh man, now those are ideas I can get behind! Hey, Hibiki-chan!

[Seeing no bread on the table as he's passing by, Yosuke assumes she's just setting up, but that's hardly a reason not to give her an encouraging wave. She's working so hard!]

The only question is how fast it's going to run out, huh?

[saving_sound]

Oh-- Hello!

[Aaah, maybe he'll be a customer? She sits up a bit straighter in her seat.]

I don't think it'll run out! I can just keep making them whenever someone comes by!

[windbreak]

Wait, you're going to be making them here? [As hard a worker as ever, apparently... But there have to be limits, right? He can't help quirking an eyebrow.] That sounds kind of rough. Anything with free food, you're bound to attract certain kinds of people...

[saving_sound]

Oh, it's no trouble at all! It only takes a second, so the more people come, the better!

Because then I'll use up more magic, and then Sigyn-sama will get more of hers back!

[windbreak]

[Yosuke looks at her blankly.] Uh... magic bread?

[Wasn't her power supposed to be healing or something? ...Also, magic bread?]

[saving_sound]

Huh? Well, the bread itself isn't magic, but...

[She trails off a little helplessly before simply giving the plate a tap by way of explanation. Poof! Melon bread.]

See? You just have to draw the circle and then you can conjure melon bread!

[windbreak]

Whoa! [It's not a terribly dramatic poof, but Yosuke's startled reaction more than makes up for it.] Where did -

[Ducking to peer suspiciously under the table turns up no clues. Neither does straightening up and prodding at the bread, although it does handily cover his finger with crumbs.]

That's amazing, Hibiki-chan! [He doesn't even sound sarcastic.] Where'd you learn to do that?

[izanyagi]

[Souji just smiles back as enthusiastically as she does.]

No, just a smile is all I need today! But I won't say no to a melon bread in exchange for a flower.

[saving_sound]

Eheheh-!

[Then a smile he will certainly get, bright and cheerful!]

I can trade melon bread for a flower! It's already free, so...!

[She taps on the empty green plate, and suddenly, it isn't so empty anymore. Fresh melon bread, ready to go!]

Here! Please enjoy!