Heaven's BBS - Information for Shinki (and their gods)

[returnedfromtheline]

Posted: Wednesday March 9th, 2016 13:05
From: 雪音
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[For all that Yukine might have been complaining about how many new shinki there are, how frequently they pop up, and how increasingly impossible it is to mentor the lot of them, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t been thinking about a better way to do this.

So when you, as a new shinki (or god), come to this link on Heaven’s BBS, you will find this carefully put together list of information.
(He took the time to put this all together. You darn well better take the time to read it all.)]


Here is some useful information for the new shinki. I think the gods can get something out of this too, so they should read it also.

● Get along well with your god, as much as possible.
If you are feeling upset or anxious, it will affect your god negatively.
If you do things under a guilty conscience, you will blight your god.
Being touched by ayakashi causes blight too, so don’t do that either.
Mild blight can be cured by cleansing water from a shrine.
A lot of blight can be fatal. Let’s not find out the hard way what happens to the new shinki when their god dies. And vice-versa.

● To start, change into your vessel form when your god calls your vessel name, and return to your normal form when called by your common name.
It will happen naturally but it might feel strange. It’s better to not resist the change. (If you resist it, you’ll grow a rabbit tail.)
You can’t choose your vessel form. So whatever you turn into, work together with your god to find out the best way to be used.

● Your task is basically to help your god in what they want to accomplish as far as granting prayers.
One shinki per god is the ‘exemplar’, and as the name implies they set a good example. Gods should listen to them in particular about how to do things.

● To level up your abilities, I recommend you learn how to make a borderline as soon as possible. It usually functions as a wall between you and whatever is on the other side.
It’s easier to practice against tiny ayakashi. But do it carefully- no matter how small they are they’ll still blight you.
The borderline can also cut, but it can’t kill ayakashi. Only a shinki wielded by a god can kill them.


That’s everything I have for now. A lot of it you’ll just figure out as you go along.
If you want to share a point for adding to this list, leave it in the comments.

Comments

[returnedfromtheline]

I’m kidding about the rabbit tail thing, by the way. I just wanted to see who is reading carefully.

[outwardinsight]

You'll only have yourself to blame when the misinformation spreads.

Then again, maybe it'll keep people out of trouble.

[nailed_navigation]

Do naughty shinki's grow donkey ears and tails when they make asses out of themselves?

action;

[dominatriarch]

[ And somewhere behind you, there is what sounds like a heavily muffled snort coming from someone trying hard not to laugh.

Seems that bad punnery runs in the household. ]

[returnedfromtheline]

Get lost, Kazuma-san. This isn’t Pinocchio.
By the way, glad to see you read it all through, too.

[tofus]

WAT.

SHINKI CAN DIE?!!?!1

But we're already dead!

[returnedfromtheline]

[Sorry to break it to you.]
Well, you’re alive now, aren’t you? So yes, we are. But yes, we can.

hello i am here

[disciplineking]

What if I don't feel like listening to my god?

hello~!

[returnedfromtheline]

You can do that for a while, but it’ll make huge, painful problems pretty quick. So I recommend you get over it.
If you don’t want to do what your god tells you, give him a reason. He’s supposed to listen to you, after all. But you better listen to what he says in return.

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[ex_adept179]

Thank you for the information. If I'm reading correctly, you're Yukine, right?

[He didn't find him the other day, so this is fortunate, because he's had a question for just this person]

Do you know how a shinki ought to effectively function if their form isn't a weapon?

[returnedfromtheline]

You’re welcome. Yes, I’m Yukine.

[He was afraid this was going to happen...]

To answer, see above: “So whatever you turn into, work together with your god to find out the best way to be used.”

If you want to talk to someone with personal experience with this, go to someone like Kazuma-san. He’s not a weapon but he is still a pretty [damn] powerful shinki.

[sleepingknight]

This is really helpful! Thanks Yukine!!

Are there normally so many new shinki like this? It's like it never ends

[returnedfromtheline]

I'm glad it was helpful.

No, all these new shinki and the god replacements are really unusual.

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[arealhardnose]

Thank you for outlining all of this so neatly for us newcomers. I'll keep it within easy access and take your advice to heart.

[The blight bit in particular is both helpful and timely.]

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[returnedfromtheline]

You're welcome.

[People taking his advice to heart-! It gives him warm fuzzy feelings~]

[hackberrydragon]

[ Oh good. He was worried about the rabbit thing, tbh. ]

So any shinki can make a borderline?
Even those who can't turn into weapons?

[ Might come in handy someday. ]

[returnedfromtheline]

[Thank you for reading all the way through.]

That's right.
It's a very basic but useful skill.

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[galactically]

but what if my shinki starts blighting me all the time?? i don't want to die!!

as his god i suppose i can always whip him into shape... <(｀^´)>
but luckily he's as sweet as strawberry pie so this shouldn't be an issue

[Have another text just a minute later]

i thought gods are supposed to be immortal with cosmic powers, anyway! what gives?

[returnedfromtheline]

I'm glad that that won't be an issue for you. [SO GLAD you have no idea-]

But for anyone else wondering, there is a way to deal with a shinki stinging you. It's best to take care of it as soon as it starts, but let's just worry about it if it happens, okay?


And just goes to show you can't trust every myth and story out there, right? [Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty-bitty living space. Seriously.]

[scrap_metal]

[ The good thing about internet is that it usually allows you to check the backlog. Genos reads the information, notes them and is ready to close the page, but... well someone was kind enough to put all this effort into the post, right? ]


Posted: Tuesday, March 15th 2016, 23:32
from: G

Thanks. I needed that.

[returnedfromtheline]

[And... well, it'd be rude to not reply to the gratitude. Someone acknowledging his hard work, thank you! ;;]

Glad it's helpful.

[moonfang]

What the hell?! I can't actually kill them?! Then why do they stop moving when I attack them enough?!

[Because "knocking out" is not "killing"]

[returnedfromtheline]

[...You're pretty scary if you've been attacking them enough to do that.]

They stop moving because they're being attacked. Maybe you're even knocking them out. But no, we shinki can't kill them alone.

[perma-private and anon]

[saikusu]

I'm curious about the touching/being touched by an ayakashi issue. My vessel form is an animal, and I'm wondering if fighting an ayakashi with my claws [God, that was weird to write, even if he was more or less used to and comfortable with his vessel form.] or my teeth will cause me to be blighted? Or are vessel forms exempt from blight via physical contact with ayakashi?

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[returnedfromtheline]

I know a shinki who turns into a lion. Although I've not seen him fight ayakashi myself, I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a problem with getting blighted on his claws or teeth. I don't know about his whole body, though.

Next time I see him I could ask him about it, but it might be a while.
If you need an answer before that... I hate to suggest trial-and-error for something like this, but if you're wanting to keep it on the down-low, Anon...

If you're careful that'd be one way to find out. Experiment on a small ayakashi and have lots of purified water nearby.