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[piphilologize]

Who: Minamimoto, Goku, Elsa, & Hakkai for one! Minamimoto and Ayumu for another!
What: Shenanigans. Sho's finally up and moving after a little bit of downtime. Starters inside.
When: March 19
Where: Various locations
Warnings: Standard Minamimoto warning applies. Violence, swearing, careless disregard for safety and sanity, and self-destructive tendencies.

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[piphilologize]

[ It was always nice when someone moved at a speed that could keep up with him. This, Sho thinks, ought to go well. He shrugs nonchalantly and tucks his thumbs in his pockets, keeping a loose posture. ]

My calculations suggest Heaven's a factor. There's a few reasons I picked an academic god to talk to.

[ He bounces on the balls of his feet, giving it a brief moment of dramatic pause. ]

One ought to be smart enough not to blab it all at 299,792,458 meters per second.

[reformedsinner]

Heaven is the only common factor. Each of these events has been organized by the Heavens -- hasn't it?

I wasn't here for the invasion or the initial appearances. [He glances curiously at Susano'o. If those fit the pattern, too -- some kind of response organized by the ruling powers -- then there's no doubt whatsoever. Ayakashi invasions shouldn't happen to the schedule of anyone other than the person responsible for creating them.]

The question is who. Heaven is a very loose term, after all.

[arealhardnose]

Amaterasu is the head god, isn't she? I arrived on the day of the invasion, so I can't speak to anything before then.

[Hinamatsuri at least is a cultural event, but is their involvement normal? Is it really true that keeping the boats away from shore was helpful? Giving away the chocolates certainly wasn't.]

I was told to leave a message when I went to talk with someone in the administrative offices. Filing paperwork isn't my preferred method of problem-solving. [Is it anyone's, though.] I'm not comfortable with the idea of not being allowed to speak to my-- [a bit of hesitation there, because she almost said 'master'] --superiors. I've always made it a point that my faculty, staff, and students can come talk to me.

[Even Mesogog was always available to talk to, for goodness's sake.]

[konobakazaru]

... you don't think it's this Amaterasu lady, do you?

[It's kind of scary, knowing that the people in charge in this place would do something like that. That's not right. Why would they want innocent people to get hurt like that? All he remembers is the boats and then the chocolate - though he doesn't remember much, since he was sick - and while the boats didn't really hurt anyone, the chocolate did. He heard about it, and he experienced it firsthand.]

But there's lots of other gods, too, right? Ones that we've not met? So it could be anyone. But if we can't talk to 'em, how are we s'posta know who's doin' this stuff?

[piphilologize]

We've got too many unknowns to pin it down. [ Sho concedes that with another shrug. ] Even Monkey sees we can't calculate that where we're at now. But if big sis ain't doin' the job she's supposed to, someone's gotta do it for her.

[ He fizzles out in static, reappearing to sit atop his sculpture like some great, ungainly vulture. It comes to him as he leans forward that this is pretty damn fun. ]

So maybe it's time for a new game. I'm not about to let what's mine get derived, are you?

[reformedsinner]

That's the choice, isn't it? Either she's responsible, or she hasn't been doing her job at all.

[Hakkai looks up at Sho, his expression coolly interested. A "new game," indeed. His gaze, after a moment, flicks to Elsa.]

Elsa?

[He's not sure if he trusts Sho to be a stable or reliable ally. But if they both want to take down the highest gods... then, he thinks, he trusts Sho to be a powerful ally. And he'd spotted the pattern of supposed random events before Hakkai had.]

[arealhardnose]

[Pursing her lips, Elsa frowns. She knows what Hakkai is feeling, which serves only to fuel the fire of what she is thinking. It seems that Sho has brought them a gift to entice them into an alliance. In truth, she doesn't trust him either -- she barely knows him, and he wasn't exactly responsible with his shinki after the chocolate incident.

But he is strong, and he is crafty, and he will be able to do things that she and Hakkai can't.

Glancing at Hakkai, she nods, then turns to Sho.] No, I'm not going to let that happen either. People died, and I want to know who is responsible.

[konobakazaru]

[Something about this is bothering Goku, though. It's just how... black and white everything seems to be. Either Amaterasu is responsible, or she's failing to do her job and someone's getting away with it. But if she's trying her best, and someone else is just really good at slipping under the radar... That's a possibility, too.]

So... what're we gonna do? I don't think it's fair to just go in thinkin' it's all her fault, but maybe someone's just really good at sneakin' around an' she just can't find 'em.

[piphilologize]

[ His eyes are bright and excited. Yes. Yes, that's a win right there. They'll be an effective force, or a useful distraction. Either way, there's going to be more actors out there.

It'll become increasingly difficult for anyone in Heaven to find the real signal in all the noise. He just has to keep riling people up. ]

We're gonna proxy for my big sis, that's what. [ He's barely suppressing the excitement humming within him. ] We're the big damn heroes.

[reformedsinner]

Now, now, Susano'o. I think heroes is going a little too far.

[Hakkai taps a fingertip against one of the owl's feathers with a light, metallic ting!]

You're suggesting we investigate behind her back, then?

[piphilologize]

Zetta duh. It's time to look at a more radical approach than playing catch up.