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Who: Izumo and you
When: September 17-19
Where: Double Cross Bar, abandoned temples, or every other temple
What: Aftermath of the Moon event, possible Welcome Center things, and Izumo just needing a huge break from this all.

[A. Double Cross Bar - Morning]

[Anyone who decides to come to the bar today will surprisingly find it closed. There’s no sign that states the reason why, but it is.

Until Izumo walks up to the bar, eyebrow raised upon seeing whoever might be waiting outside.]

Haven’t been waiting long, have you?

[B. Training]

[It’s been a while since he’s actually done any sort of training with his borderlines, so he’s taken up a spot at an abandoned temple. He doesn’t really seem to be focused on doing the regular borderline casting spell, but is instead working on the offensive type.

Which is why anyone who’s walking by should immediately backtrack the moment an offensive borderline surrounded in flames flies by their face.

Izumo looks somewhat apologetic.]

Did you get hit?

[C. Temple Hopping]

[Due to his injuries from Grell, healed by Mikoto, Izumo has mostly taken up residency at Yona’s temple. There are some days where he would suddenly disappear without a word to the main residents there, often being at either Aymeric’s or even somewhere near Nari’s temple. Since he’s still recovering, he’s trying not to move around too much, but he also hates staying still as well.

It’s why it’s not surprising to see him around Cnoc Ainé, Neptune’s Compound, or even Forseti’s Temple. Anyone who runs into him at or near these places are free to bother him or convince him to get some more rest. Being hurt by a chainsaw isn’t exactly the best, after all.]

[D. Wildcard]

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[Oh, Izumo knows. Same way he knows Shun is Fubuki's god, but that's not important right now. Something flickers in his eyes at that, recalling the last conversation he had with the other shinki. It's enough to make him almost sigh heavily, exasperated.]

For whatever reason, he feels that it's his responsibility to keep an eye on Mikoto. [Not for "some" reason since Izumo has a pretty good idea.

After all, he's the one who told Reisi: "You bring order whereas he brings destruction." And he's not wrong in saying that.] Though last I've seen him, he seemed unhappily resolute not to involve himself further with my god.

So I've heard. [Shun also has a very good idea of why that is, courtesy of Tatara, but he's not going to let that on with the risks of Izumo's position as a shinki.

What Izumo says next seems to have a much more pronounced impact, though, because Shun can't hide the brief, almost guilty grimace that crosses his face at the mention. He didn't want to do it, and still doesn't like the fact that he did it, but the fact is that he felt he had to for the safety of everyone here.

His expression recovers to something more composed and resolute after a moment, though.] ...I ordered him not to approach Suoh after what happened with the Swords. If that's what he's going to do when he does, it's a risk to far more than just the two of them. They can risk their own lives as much as they like, but once they start risking anyone else's, then I'll do what I can to stop it from happening.

[Izumo doesn't say anything about seeing the almost guilty look flicker on Shun's face, though hearing him now, it does become clearer. He doesn't fault the god for ordering Munakata away from Mikoto - any sane person would do that to prevent any casualties.

Just the sight and power of the two Swords alone speaks of the dangers they hold if even one of them falls.]

That's commendable of you. [But he does look at Shun for a moment.] But do you think Munakata will listen to those orders for long if he truly feels that he might need to step in?

I think he'll find a way around them if he does. [Shun knows that well enough - Munakata doesn't seem like the type to remain idle when he feels he's needed, orders or none.] But trying to stop something like that would be changing who he is as a person. That's too far.

[Shun's never felt comfortable having as much power over another person as being a god has given him. Even giving the original order had felt uncomfortable, but trying to give a more comprehensive one is something he doesn't want to consider.]

It would be.

[A simple agreement because it is an unjust way of using power.]

I suppose it's just a matter of time before he finally decides to make a move if Mikoto does something rash again.

[Letting out a frustrated hiss, Shun nods even while reaching up to pinch the bridge of his nose.] It wouldn't be so bad if that idiot didn't keep endangering so many people with it, sword or not. Even just the callout...I'm surprised Eric's god didn't do something about it, and I was only fine with Munakata going because I thought he was going to keep an eye on things.

[And then he just made it worse. Shun couldn't go himself on that particular night, related to why Eric's god didn't do something about him going, but that's not information he's giving out here.]

And that's just the people I'm trying to keep out of it. I'm sure others had just as big an issue with him taking that big a risk about their shinki or their friends.

....Might have made the wrong call on that one. Mikoto and Munakata gets along as well as oil and water; they're bound to end up fighting eventually.

[The whole thing had become a mess, really.

He gives a nod.]

There were others who did, but then again, there were others who were possibly just curious as to what that callout was for. [Some people unrelated to HOMRA had ended up coming, too, after all.]

So I'm learning. [It probably hadn't been the best idea in retrospect, but Shun hadn't been able to go himself considering when the meeting happened. He'd been lucky to get back to his temple in time to see the Swords summoned.

That's a little surprising, though - he would've expected it to mostly be made up of the gods of Mikoto's men, but that sounds like a few other people turned up.]

People who weren't the gods of the people he was calling out? I can understand them coming, at least, but turning up just to see what it was about feels too much like encouraging that guy being a reckless idiot.

[Izumo runs a hand through his hair.]

Considering how the day's gone, it's not surprising. I'm just surprised the temple's managed to stay relatively unscathed at the end of it all.

I almost expected it to get blown up with that level of power getting thrown around. I wasn't in a good place to intervene, since I'd just got back from the Near Shore when it happened.

[He knows where Mikoto's temple is, but not certainly enough to have tried teleporting over without missing, and he doubts he would've gotten there in time to stop anything with the swords already out.]

People seemed to think we were throwing a party.

[He sounds...annoyed. People actually came to the temple thinking it was a rave or something.]

[Shun pauses for a moment at that before just letting out a long sigh.]

I'd be lying if I said I was surprised there were people that stupid here.

Not everyone possesses the same smarts, unfortunately. [Or really, the same instincts to stay away.]

That's not even smarts, that's common sense. [Which is much less common than the name implies, as Shun knows all too well already.]

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