008 | OVERFLOW

[godsoffortune]

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[blossomstorm]

Ah, Gojyo and Elsa weren't there when we got there, but there was someone else... I think she's the one who got us back to my temple. I didn't catch her name.

. . . So. A god who comes from our world. [ Or someone working with, or for them. Or maybe Amaterasu's people, if they have information on their world. ] Do you know of any others, besides Gojyo and the three of us?

[reformedsinner]

With the long sleeves? Her name is Genjo Sanzo, too.

[It's sometimes nice to see Tenpou's mind working along exactly the same lines as his own, and sometimes a little unsettling. This time, it's nice, though, Hakkai has to admit.]

I don't. That would be a better question for Gojyo, though. [He glances at Tenpou, dry amusement flashing briefly over his face.] After all, I wouldn't recognize anyone even if they were from our world.

[There's no guarantee that it would be someone that Gojyo recognizes, but it seems more likely that it's someone who knows Hakkai's fighting abilities well. And if that's the case, Gojyo should recognize them.]

[blossomstorm]

[ He's treating both Sanzos as the same person?

He'd ask more about this female Genjo Sanzo (who didn't remind him of Konzen at all), but this doesn't seem like the right time. If she was present all along, she couldn't have been the one to take off Hakkai's limiters anyway. ]

Of course. [ If Hakkai hasn't heard anything about this, maybe Gojyo himself doesn't know of any other gods from their world who might be here. Or maybe he does, and he doesn't consider them a threat-- he could just be trying to protect Hakkai the shinki by not telling him about them. ]

Before you lost them, were you aware that wore limiters?

[reformedsinner]

[The player misremembered which point in the thread Sanzang showed up.

Hakkai sighs, looking up. It's a nice day; the shadows are growing long, but the sky is still blue.]

Ah... well. No, in fact. I had a feeling....

[He trails off and glances back at Tenpou. It's a little embarrassing talking about the subconscious hints and guesses he has about his own identity. In this case -- well.]

I felt like I didn't want to take them off, but I didn't know why. I hadn't gotten around to experimenting.

[blossomstorm]

[ Ohh, ok! Tenpou's still going to wonder about Sanzang's connection with the ikkou, but not about the Sanzoception o/.

He nods, but he looks thoughtful. ]

. . . Well, at least losing them was helpful in this case.

[ He's not even trying to pretend that he's not keeping things to himself. Ask if you want, Hakkai, but you know the risks. ]

[reformedsinner]

Surprisingly so, yes.

[He shifts, clasping his hands together on his knee. His thoughts are still annoyingly clouded and muzzy. Perhaps a little less... he doesn't want to take any risks without thinking them through, but, on the other hand, he's starting to get frustrated with dancing around any possible hints. It can't possibly be riskier than what Gojyo had said to him, anyway.]

You're thinking of something?

[blossomstorm]

[ He looks at him, silent for a couple of seconds before speaking. ]

...Have you heard of something called the 'minus wave'?

[reformedsinner]

Only heard of. I'm afraid I don't remember anything about it.

[Although the knowledge had seemed oddly instictive: like "youkai need limiters," or "Sanzo's robes are a high priest's," something that fits right in with the odd handful of facts he knows about the world. Like math and literature. Personally, of course, it was uninformative.

What's surprising is that Tenpou knows about it. Gojyo'd spoken of it as though it were recent.]