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[heartshutter]

Date: August 26th
From: Minerva

Hello, everyone.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I arrived home at my temple tonight to find that a shinki of mine, Shouhei Akagi, has apparently gone home.

It looks like he's left some things behind here for his friends, so if you were close to him at all, please come by the temple and get them whenever you like. I know he would definitely want you to have them.

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[chickshades]

so wait shouheis gone??

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[heartshutter]

aah, it looks like it.

I'm sorry, San-chan. I know you two were close.

He left something for you, though. Can you come get it?

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[chickshades]

but i just talked to him last night!
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ok yeah
ill be over soon

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[ Knock knock, Totsuka. It really didn't take him long to get over there, at all. ]

[heartshutter]

[ He knows, San-chan, he knows. Tatara himself just saw him a matter of hours ago, it seems like. It's a bandaid rip, but it definitely still hurts.

Of course, he's able to take comfort in the belief that Shouhei has definitely gone home, not been killed. Hopefully Bandou can do the same.

Until he sees that, however, he'll wear a sympathetic expression, starting from the moment he answers the door. ]

That didn't take you long...!

[ There might not be a point in trying to keep the mood light, but he's going to attempt anyway. ]

[chickshades]

Hey.

[ That's the response Totsuka will get as Bandou lets himself in. He almost has to stop himself from automatically walking towards Shouhei's room. ]

[heartshutter]

[ Stop himself? That's not necessary, really; Tatara understands. And, as Bandou moves inside, the god will even step out of his way. ]

He left something for you; a note, too. It's in his room, if you want to go get it.

[chickshades]

[ He doesn't move along to Shouhei's old room, though. Instead he just turns back to Totsuka, obviously bothered by something. ]

How can he just go and leave stuff for people? That means he knew he was leaving!

[heartshutter]

[ Tatara lowers his head. ]

It is a little strange... but it does look like he knew.

[ A beat, and he looks back up. ]

But I wonder why he didn't say goodbye, then.

[ He's not making this any better. ]

[chickshades]

[ He clicks his tongue. ]

He did last time...

[ When they were separated the first time, as kids. ]

Where the hell is the idiot even going, anyway?

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[handle]

... Sorry. You alright?

[ He has a feeling that Tatara would prefer to speak about this more privately... That's the impression he got, anyways. ]

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[heartshutter]

Aah, Sorey! Hello again!

Everything's fine; no need to fuss. Shouhei most definitely went home, from what I can see. He wasn't killed.

I'm more worried for San-chan. He and Shouhei were very close. I don't think he'll take the loss very well...

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[ Still... he can imagine that saying good bye is hard. ]

San-chan... Your shinki?

I think he's pretty lucky to have you as his god.

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[heartshutter]

No, no -- San-chan was my shinki's best friend. They knew each other from the life before, and were very close there, too.

Eheh, if you say so! I wish we'd done more together, honestly. But leaving here means those we left behind get to have him back, right? So everything works out in the end!

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[handle]

Wait -- did your shinki know?

That's true, huh? Even though we say good bye to those who go home, we can see our friends back there, too!

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[heartshutter]

Aah, it looks that way...

Or maybe he was planning to take care of a lot of things in the near future, tying up loose ends? He didn't say a thing to me, though! Or to anyone else, from what I can tell.

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[handle]

Do we get to know when we leave and go back home beforehand?

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[heartshutter]

A good question! I'm not sure, myself. I know that I definitely died before, and was brought here; but I've never left this place.

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[reformedsinner]

My condolences on your loss.

[heartshutter]

It's fine, it's fine! My loss is another's gain, in this case.

[ Not like before. This is much, much different. ]

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Someone back home?

[Ah, he thinks. It's someone else who believes that shinki go home when they disappear.

That's... sweet, he supposes.]

[heartshutter]

Yes. I'm sure he's missed there; needed, too.

[ Someone has to look after Anna.

Plus, what reason does he have not to believe that he would return home? Can anyone here attest to it or refute it? ]

[reformedsinner]

I'm sure. I wish you both the best, in that case.

I wonder if he ever managed to arrange that date...

[heartshutter]

Thanks! I'm sure everything will work out in the end. It always does.

Aah, I wonder that too, now that you mention it! He wouldn't ever tell me who it was for,
even.

[ pout. ]

[reformedsinner]

Maybe it was for you! Ha ha.

[heartshutter]

For me? That would have been very kind of him, but I doubt it!

I've never been on an actual date before, that wasn't with a friend, as a joke. It might have been nice!