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thenearshore2017-05-16 07:49 pm
godsoffortune) wrote in thenearshore2017-05-16 07:49 pm
Entry tags:
- !intro log,
- ayumu yamazaki | peace maker kurogane,
- dokugakuji (sha jien) | saiyuki,
- hibiki shikyoin | pripara,
- izuku midoriya | my hero academia,
- kairi | kingdom hearts,
- shun kurosaki | yu-gi-oh! arc-v,
- yoon | akatsuki no yona,
- ω eric surt | k,
- ω hak | akatsuki no yona,
- ω ichiru kiryuu | vampire knight,
- ω reisi munakata | k,
- ω sharak sanzo | saiyuki,
- ω shouto todoroki | my hero academia,
- ω shunpei sanada | daiya no ace,
- ω son goku | saiyuki,
- ω tsunayoshi sawada | khr!,
- ω yuuri katsuki | yuuri!!! on ice
May Training
Who: Everyone
What: Information and Training
When: July 15
Where: Bishamon's temple, the Far Shore
Summary: Training and informational sessions for newly arrived gods (although there's none this time) and shinki
The product of many meetings and recommendations, at last it has taken shape. On this day, in anticipation of the new arrivals who appear in a recognized pattern, Heaven has partnered with the new gods and shinki to organize a very helpful informational reception.
The shinki arriving at heaven's meeting hall are, should they allow it, guided kindly towards Bishamon's temple. And in that vast complex they are brought to a traditional-style dojo.
Here the newly arrived gods are gathered, so finding their partner is more simple. The gods and shinki are free to take their time during this day to learn about the aspects of their new life from Amaterasu's shinki, or from the many veteran new god and shinki volunteers.
God Training
Shinki Training
Physical Training
Rest and Refreshments
In Summary:
What: Information and Training
When: July 15
Where: Bishamon's temple, the Far Shore
Summary: Training and informational sessions for newly arrived gods (although there's none this time) and shinki
The product of many meetings and recommendations, at last it has taken shape. On this day, in anticipation of the new arrivals who appear in a recognized pattern, Heaven has partnered with the new gods and shinki to organize a very helpful informational reception.
The shinki arriving at heaven's meeting hall are, should they allow it, guided kindly towards Bishamon's temple. And in that vast complex they are brought to a traditional-style dojo.
Here the newly arrived gods are gathered, so finding their partner is more simple. The gods and shinki are free to take their time during this day to learn about the aspects of their new life from Amaterasu's shinki, or from the many veteran new god and shinki volunteers.
God Training
- Bishamon herself, as well as Amaterasu's ever-present shinki and any volunteering gods, will be the foremost source of information regarding being a god and what is expected of them, such as prayers. It is encouraged that gods group up together to practice what they've learned and discuss their ideologies.
Newly arrived gods are still expected to communicate to their shinki the information* they themselves get oriented with when they arrive.
Shinki Training
- Various volunteers are stationed around the building, passing out helpful informational pamphlets. There are many shinki, including Bishamon's and Amaterasu's, who will be more than happy to train in using the borderline and some of the basics of what is expected of a shinki. It is encouraged that shinki group up together to practice what they've learned and discuss their ideologies.
Bishamon's lead shinki Kazuma offers a lecture to new arrivals that will thoroughly cover some essential points about teamwork with both shinki and other gods.
Physical Training
- The dojo is stocked with a wide variety of practice weapons, traditional and modern. There are volunteers here as well, willing to assist in basic training. (Or even more advanced sparring, depending on the volunteer.) Essential for gods who, for example, find themselves with a sword shinki but are at risk of cutting off their own toes.
Also useful for veteran new gods wishing to train with their current partner shinki.
Rest and Refreshments
- There is a garden off the dojo that is free to be used for rest and conversation.
Should anyone wander outside the designated area, some shinki of Bishamon's will attach themselves to them and not leave them be until they return to the dojo.
There is a refreshments table provided. It is covered with light snacks and various kinds of hydrating drinks. There is a little sitting area set up for people to relax in after they have finished their training or if they're just taking a quick break to cool down. Even hand towels are provided by Bishamon's helpful shinki. The Heavens wants everyone to stay in good condition!
In Summary:
- Get all the information you can handle
- Veteran new gods and shinki are welcome to volunteer showing the ropes
- Get in some training
- Don't get dehydrated
- Spectate if you want
- Have fun~
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[He turns his hands palm-up in a tiny, casual shrug, glancing at her with keen interest.]
Gojyo told me, when he was my god, that he'd seen something that made him think we weren't really dead. You named me once, Sharak. What did you see?
[He knows his past, now. He'll know if it was a true vision -- some future death -- or a lie.]
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... A mess, honestly. Goku was there, without his limiter. You weren't wearing yours either. It looked like the two of you had been fighting. [And since she doesn't know how many times that sort of scenario has popped up over the course of Hakkai's life, she adds to it.] Gojyo was there, but I don't think Genjo was. Does that sound familiar?
[If it does, he obviously survived it- and this Hakkai in front of her is the same one who was a shinki previously. That's different than most of the other cases. This stands a better chance of confirming Gojyo's theory than any of the other examples.]
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[He frowns. It does... but it doesn't entirely answer the question, either.]
It's possible it's something later in my life, but if it's the one I'm thinking of, my heart did stop. Luckily, Gojyo was there.
[And also luckily, Gojyo knows CPR. Hakkai might do something like that again, if there's another emergency, and with Seiten Taisei learning his tricks with disturbing speed it's likely he'll die the next time in a way that's not as reversible.
His frown deepens.]
... So if that's the "death" I suffered before, I was only dead for a matter of seconds. My soul would have had to be stolen and returned at once.
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[Actually, she's counting on it. It's the only thought helping her sleep at night. Hakkai can probably guess why. They all have important work to do, but Sharak's mission has less of a time limit and more of a constant horde mode.]
But Genjo's was wrong as well. When I named him, I saw him dying not long after his fight with Kougaiji at my castle. But I know for a fact that he survived at least a few days after that.
[He's still hurt, and the injuries may kill him later indirectly, but he's not dead.]
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[Admittedly, Sanzo has to be comatose to not be well enough to pick fights, but he certainly wasn't dead. Nor had he ever been as close from those burns as Hakkai had come from electrocution, although the long-term damage and scarring will be severe.]
... I'm going to have to ask just what Gojyo's god saw on his return.
[Are they all wrong? Two times when real injuries didn't lead to real deaths is coincidence; three would be a pattern.]
As for taking us for a short time, if Gojyo's memories weren't altered before, he can't have been gone for more than a day.
[Sanzo could have disappeared for weeks. Gojyo, though, hadn't gone without Hakkai seeing him at least once for longer than a day's work at any point during that time.]
And he was here for a month and a half.
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[Neither Kainé nor Celty had anyone around Sharak could ask, as far as she could tell. Not everyone is as obvious as the Saiyuki cast.]
Either memories are being altered beyond what we already know shinki forget, or we're being taken and returned before enough time passes for anyone to notice. [... Well, those are the two most simple answers.] That or we're dealing with branching timelines, but you remembering your time as a shinki contradicts that.
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Even if our memories are accurate now, there's no doubt they're being altered to an extent.
[Beyond shinki's forgetting. But the fact that that wears off in patches, too, makes it clear that the memories lost are caused by something more than the natural state of being for shinki.]
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[Because she's such an open book with her allies. No mysteries with Sharak Sanzo.]
If the new shinki aren't really shinki, we can assume whoever is bringing us here just has free reign over our memories whatever role we're given.
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[So if she failed to be informed about anything it's Sanzo's fault. Hakkai smiles cheerfully.]
That does seem like a good working theory, doesn't it? I'd say the priority is still discovering who's responsible for our appearance.
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[He's so fortunate. Sharak is jealous.]
That hasn't changed. I don't suppose you've suddenly remembered any significance to crop circles we missed before?
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[Instead of being back with Jeep and the others, or plunged into oblivion, or whatever else might happen to souls that have been, but are no longer, unwilling residents of the Heavens.
He taps a finger against his chin.]
Not as such. I have a few ideas for following that up, though. Suijin hasn't told you anything further since I disappeared?
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I haven't heard from her. You didn't miss much, beyond some fires and fuss. [It was more or less impossible to miss Hibari's rampage entirely.] What are you thinking?
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[He doesn't expect to find them all. Not every place is as small, and regularly trafficked, as the Isle of Man; there are plenty of wilderness areas where a strange dead circle that size would never be noticed at all.
Perhaps he should be considering satellite photographs instead.]
If it starts looking like they match up to our appearances, we'd have a schedule and a signal to look for a place where the person casting this spell will actually be.
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[It's probably just the same as their one, but it's worth asking. And perhaps Suijin let something else slip while talking to them that she held back from Hakkai and Sharak.]
A schedule could be too much to hope for though. Unless you catch one immediately after it appears, and can be sure that's what you did, the appearances are a little too close together to predict that. The circle we found could be months or days old, for all we know. The best way to judge the timing would be to compare the different circles and the intensity of the energy remaining around them, if it does change significantly.
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[He shakes his head.]
It's just a thought. If it doesn't work out, looking into that organization that left the flyers may be next.... but that may take longer than focusing on the spell.
[Tracking down members of a secret organization, when he doesn't know anything about the organization itself, is a daunting task. Tracking down big circles of dead vegetation that even a normal, living human must be able to sense are 'wrong' -- well, he's hoping that other people may have done the legwork. And possibly put them on Instagram.]
Besides, if the circles are found in areas where that group is active, even if I can't discover a schedule, finding more circles gives us more places to look for them.
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[If nothing else, they're dangerous to bystanders. Even if they don't lead them directly to the culprits, finding other circles and comparing them could give them more information which they desperately need.]
We can't ignore that "organisation", if that's what they are, of course, but if they keep to their current pattern... We can keep an eye out for them when newcomers are due to arrive. Today seems pretty quiet, but they'll be due again within the next few rounds.
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[Pointed questions. He's not exactly contemplating torturing a captive for information, yet, but only because it tends to produce bad information. Hostile interrogation has just as solid a track record; he can play the evil youkai to Sharak's straightforward priest if it works.]
But yes -- I agree. The fact that they're associated with those circles makes it more urgent, I think, to find out what they've been up to.
When we can find them.
[Which is what his long shot idea with the circles is about, ultimately. If they're not the actual culprits, they must be working closely with them.]
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[Bad cop, worse cop. It's better than torture, at least, and Sharak has found that sometimes it's beneficial to have some extra muscle hovering intimidatingly over a suspect, however unnecessary they are. Then again, sometimes a soft word without anyone else nearby works better.]
Tell me if you find another one, I want to compare the magic to the one we found. [Then, dryly:] At least now you won't have to worry about a change in shape.
[No more magic scarves for Iron Crutch Li.]
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[His tone is cheerful, although it's newly bizarre to think back on that, and on how comfortable he'd grown with changing forms. He shakes his head, after a moment, and adds:]
Regardless, I'll let you know what I find. I'd appreciate the second opinion if I do spot another.