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001 | The Welcoming Feast
Who: Everyone!
What: A little bit of explanation, thank goodness.
When: Early morning. (February 15, 2016)
Where: The Heavens. Specifically in the Meeting Hall.
Warnings: Exposition is coming your way, sit back and enjoy the show!

The Heavens have summoned you. And there is no way to turn down a summons from the Heavens. Of course, some of you know where you are and what you are probably doing here, but most of you might be completely confused as to what is going on. All gods have been ushered into the meeting hall, where every person suddenly becomes anonymous and obscured, while every shinki has been gathered up outside in the hallway, both sets to listen to the same message sent by Amaterasu herself. And while you cannot see her properly or really figure out what her voice sounds like, you definitely know that it's her speaking:
'Welcome, one and all, to Takamagahara. There are many new gods and shinki here today, and I hope you all find your stay pleasant. I wish that I could explain to you exactly why you find yourselves here now, but I am unsure of the details myself. Please make use of the shinki dedicated to our services in order to make yourself more acquainted with your new position. You can find them by looking for my golden insignia.
As compensation for the trouble you are all being put through, I have had a wonderful feast prepared. I only hope that it is to your liking. Feel free to eat and drink as much as you would like, though please do not leave before the clock chimes midnight, for that is when your homes will be prepared.
I ask that all pre-existing gods please help those new to our ways. Let them know what is and is not acceptable and what duties will be expected of them. I am counting on your all to support the Heavens in this confusing time as we attempt to sort things out.
Thank you all for your time. And I am truly sorry that you have found yourselves in this situation.
With that, the figure that is Amaterasu bows deeply and disappears from their sights. The gods are released from their chamber and the shinki are allowed to roam. All exits are manned by a white-clad shinki, bearing a golden, embroidered Chrysanthemum on their chests. So, technically, there is no way out. You can't even seem to teleport out by any means.
All that's really left to do is enjoy the food and hope that you'll actually be able to leave after the clock chimes midnight. Though the clock doesn't seem to work on a minute-by-minute basis either...

Banquet Hall
There is food from literally every culture and walk of life here. Everything is prepared gorgeously and deliciously, no expenses spared. There are shinki bearing the Chrysanthemum carrying out new platters of everything as it's eaten up and nothing seems to go hot or cold as time passes - it always at the perfect temperature for eating and it never tastes anything but delicious. Maybe there's a little magic making it taste so good...
On top of the delectable dinner, there are plenty of desserts and every kind of alcohol available and constantly being refilled. The liquor is being offered to gods and shinki alike, no matter how old they are/look. Let's hope that you can hold your alcohol.
Counselling
In the main hallway, there is an innocuous door with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". Inside the door is a small room with a few sweetly smiling shinki inside who are willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. They are also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and also any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
Did Someone Say Games?
A large room connected to the back of the banquet hall has a wide variety of games set up for everyone to enjoy. There are old-fashioned board games (like chess and Othello) as well as newer ones (like Candy Land and Sorry!). On top of that, there is every kind of console available with every video game ever made - and plenty of handheld devices for everyone to be able to play. The devices don't seem to work outside of this room, though, so you'll have to stay there if you want to keep playing. Gaming is, after all, a great way to get to know new people!
After Midnight
Finally, the clock starts to chime. It seems like it's been days and yet only minutes at the same time. Time seems to work so strangely here in Takamagahara and it's hard to keep up with what's going on. But now that the shinki guarding the doors have left their posts, you are more than welcome to leave. In fact, the Heavens seem to want you to leave because all of the food has disappeared, none of the games work anymore (including the board games, which keep flipping over when you try to play...), and the friendly shinki are smiling as they usher you out the doors.
You are welcome to start wandering around Takamagahara, but it's an ambiguous sort of place and might just take you straight home anyway. Feel free to go home and start bonding with your partner. Or sneak home with someone else because your partner is a meanie-pants. It's up to you!

In Summary:
What: A little bit of explanation, thank goodness.
When: Early morning. (February 15, 2016)
Where: The Heavens. Specifically in the Meeting Hall.
Warnings: Exposition is coming your way, sit back and enjoy the show!

The Heavens have summoned you. And there is no way to turn down a summons from the Heavens. Of course, some of you know where you are and what you are probably doing here, but most of you might be completely confused as to what is going on. All gods have been ushered into the meeting hall, where every person suddenly becomes anonymous and obscured, while every shinki has been gathered up outside in the hallway, both sets to listen to the same message sent by Amaterasu herself. And while you cannot see her properly or really figure out what her voice sounds like, you definitely know that it's her speaking:
As compensation for the trouble you are all being put through, I have had a wonderful feast prepared. I only hope that it is to your liking. Feel free to eat and drink as much as you would like, though please do not leave before the clock chimes midnight, for that is when your homes will be prepared.
I ask that all pre-existing gods please help those new to our ways. Let them know what is and is not acceptable and what duties will be expected of them. I am counting on your all to support the Heavens in this confusing time as we attempt to sort things out.
Thank you all for your time. And I am truly sorry that you have found yourselves in this situation.
With that, the figure that is Amaterasu bows deeply and disappears from their sights. The gods are released from their chamber and the shinki are allowed to roam. All exits are manned by a white-clad shinki, bearing a golden, embroidered Chrysanthemum on their chests. So, technically, there is no way out. You can't even seem to teleport out by any means.
All that's really left to do is enjoy the food and hope that you'll actually be able to leave after the clock chimes midnight. Though the clock doesn't seem to work on a minute-by-minute basis either...

Banquet Hall
There is food from literally every culture and walk of life here. Everything is prepared gorgeously and deliciously, no expenses spared. There are shinki bearing the Chrysanthemum carrying out new platters of everything as it's eaten up and nothing seems to go hot or cold as time passes - it always at the perfect temperature for eating and it never tastes anything but delicious. Maybe there's a little magic making it taste so good...
On top of the delectable dinner, there are plenty of desserts and every kind of alcohol available and constantly being refilled. The liquor is being offered to gods and shinki alike, no matter how old they are/look. Let's hope that you can hold your alcohol.
Counselling
In the main hallway, there is an innocuous door with a small, nicely written sign that reads "Gentle Counselling". Inside the door is a small room with a few sweetly smiling shinki inside who are willing to listen to your problems and answer any questions you might have. They are also here to help out any gods that are having a hard time dealing with knowing about how their shinki died and also any shinki that is having trouble coming to terms with the fact that they are dead.
Did Someone Say Games?
A large room connected to the back of the banquet hall has a wide variety of games set up for everyone to enjoy. There are old-fashioned board games (like chess and Othello) as well as newer ones (like Candy Land and Sorry!). On top of that, there is every kind of console available with every video game ever made - and plenty of handheld devices for everyone to be able to play. The devices don't seem to work outside of this room, though, so you'll have to stay there if you want to keep playing. Gaming is, after all, a great way to get to know new people!
After Midnight
Finally, the clock starts to chime. It seems like it's been days and yet only minutes at the same time. Time seems to work so strangely here in Takamagahara and it's hard to keep up with what's going on. But now that the shinki guarding the doors have left their posts, you are more than welcome to leave. In fact, the Heavens seem to want you to leave because all of the food has disappeared, none of the games work anymore (including the board games, which keep flipping over when you try to play...), and the friendly shinki are smiling as they usher you out the doors.
You are welcome to start wandering around Takamagahara, but it's an ambiguous sort of place and might just take you straight home anyway. Feel free to go home and start bonding with your partner. Or sneak home with someone else because your partner is a meanie-pants. It's up to you!

In Summary:
- Amaterasu says you're stuck here and she doesn't know why. Sorry!
- There's lots of food to eat, though! Eat your fill.
- Oh, and there's booze too. Try not to get TOO drunk.
- Guidance/Grief counselling is available, if you need it.
- Use gaming to get close to others!
- Try to start bonding with your god/shinki. Or just form new friendships. Whatever you feel best doing!
- Have fun!
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A death god?
[Not... sure if impressed or intimidated. Maybe a bit of both?]
So then... that means you...
[...Y'know. With the souls and the reaping and the. Yeah.]
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I like this one better! [Less reaping! Way less violence! Right?
She's the first one who's actually reacted the way Tsuzuki's used to seeing from mortals; maybe it's because most of the other people he's mentioned this to are gods, and the shinki have a different kind of perspective. He tries a reassuring smile. It feels like it falls flat.]
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Well then.]
You don't have to take souls anymore now... right?
[Just to make sure.]
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No.
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That's good! I'm glad! [Maybe it's her perspective as someone who's already dead, but-- well, being a death god can't be a very pleasant job, either.]
2/2
--Er. Sorry, sorry, should I have been more polite?
[He's a god. She's been talking casually this whole time... Hopefully she didn't offend!]
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[He rubs the back of his neck and tries a different tack.]
... Anyway, you don't have to be too polite with me or anything! I got here today just like everybody elsee.
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Got it! But wow-- so some of the gods are brand new, too?
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Just keep an eye out for anybody who introduces himself by a name different from his divine title first. That's how I've been telling who's new.
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[So that boy she met earlier really was a god... Wow, crazy stuff.]
It seems like there's a lot of new people, then! I think I've only met two gods so far who have been here for a while.
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... I've only met a couple myself. I wonder how we all ended up here, anyway?
[He shrugs, and finishes off the last mouthful of his drink.] I mean, if even Amaterasu doesn't know, we're not gonna find anybody who can explain it. Maybe we should try to figure it out...
[Trailing off thoughtfully, Tsuzuki glances out over the room. Some of the new gods and shinki have disappeared to side rooms for games, but most of them are still milling around the food and talking to each other.
It's a lot of people to all mysteriously show up with divine power at the same time. If that's as weird here as it would be to Tsuzuki, well, it's really weird.
He's gonna have to do some real thinking about this in the morning.]
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Isn't it 'cause we died? For shinki, I mean.
[She'd just... sort of assume that was it.]
You said you were transferred - is it different for gods?
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[That's not why Hisoka's here, though. Just like Tsuzuki, he's been dead for years.
It just doesn't fit together.]
But I died a long time ago, and that's when I became a shinigami! You'd think I would've gotten a letter or something first if this were a normal kind of transfer.
Plus, I know I've heard the name of the god they say I am and it wasn't me back then.
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Only some?
[But... What would that mean about the others?]
And-- wait, you mean like you replaced him?
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I definitely replaced him.
[He shrugs, looking back at Yuuki.]
But I don't remember anything about the details, so I'm gonna have to figure it out!
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[Something's not adding up here.]
How do you know? And-- is it really okay to just replace gods like that?
[It... sounds like a pretty bad idea to her, actually.]
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[...remembering things, unlike shinki. He grins, winking to try to make the explanation sound a little better than it is.]
I don't know about that whole replacing gods thing, though. I haven't heard of anything like it happening before.
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[Although then again, a lot of these gods haven't really matched up with her expectations to begin with.]
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Hey, it might not all be bad! Maybe they got promotions and opened up the old spots.
[Tsuzuki doesn't believe that for a moment, but a little optimism might clear the worry off the younger woman's face.]
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If they got forgotten, they wouldn't need to be replaced, though... and if they got promoted, it's like putting in a fake for people to pray to instead. It just sounds too strange!
[She just... really doesn't like this concept one bit.]
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[Just because he's a jumped-up grim reaper doesn't mean he's a fake god. Ouch.]
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[The important part is that a god hears and answers them, isn't it? It shouldn't matter which god in particular answers.
Right?]
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