[Video] Soulless Struggles

[pure_radiantics]

From: Kairi
Date: Sept 20th

Hi everyone, I'm looking for a particular shinki. I hate using this word, but people call them soulless. Anyway, we took her to the Artemis-Baldr temple, but ever since the temples vanished, I haven't been able to find her.

[Kairi gives a few descriptions, but it's pretty nondescript - a female shinki.]

I feel terrible now that I can't even remember what Roxas called her. I thought maybe I'd see her while cleaning up the Soulless Shinki temple, but still no sign of her.

If anyone sees a shinki that could be her, can you please let me know?

Comments

[pure_radiantics]

Huh... that's not a bad idea. I don't think anyone - any one new god or shinki that is - knows all of their names.

I guess they can take care of themselves a little bit at the temple, but even then there's no god that resides there. Any shinki without a god is at risk, after all.

[sweetdeath]

Yeah. That's what I've heard.

[He blows out a worried breath, and looks up at the phone screen again.]

We should at least track their names, and make sure none of them are going missing, right?

[pure_radiantics]

I can't imagine we'd need permission for something like that, but... talking to someone at the Welcome Center about it might still be a good idea? I think you have a good point about them going missing. If one of them does, it's gotta be for a really bad reason... like an ayakashi found them.

[sweetdeath]

Yeah, or something even worse.

[Like they got murdered, or kidnapped. There was that serial killer, after all... and it's just way too easy to imagine something awful happening to shinki who just follow orders and don't know anybody.

Tsuzuki shivers.]

You think somebody might be keeping a list already? [He doesn't think they need permission, but they don't need to re-do work somebody else's already done, either. So if the Heavens are keeping track, that's fine.]

[pure_radiantics]

Right. Or something worse.

[She shivers too, not even realizing he did.]

Well if anyone is, I'd think it would be someone at the Welcome Center, right? That's the only place I can think of.

[sweetdeath]

So, um, that Welcome Center... you mean the place we show up in, right? Before they send people off to Bishamon's temple?

[He doesn't remember ever actually asking somebody what it was called. Maybe he should've, he reflects.]

Or is there someplace else now?

[pure_radiantics]

Yes, of course that's what it's called.

[Oh wait.]

Ah... I guess it's not as well known as it used to be when I arrived, sorry.

[sweetdeath]

Maybe not! I was kind of confused when I got here, so, you know. Someone could've mentioned it and I didn't catch it!

[pure_radiantics]

Aww, that's okay! You know how it is for a new shinki - a million things to figure out in just the first few hours! I can understand that being something easy to forget about just as soon you heard it.

[sweetdeath]

Uh, yeah.

Anyway, do you know any other soulless shinki? If we're gonna make a list, we might as well start with who we know already.

[pure_radiantics]

Oh yes, I definitely know lots of gods with soulless shinki!

[Aymeric, Celestia, Hakkai, Maria.... wait is that it?]

Actually I can only think of four, sorry.

[sweetdeath]

That's a start, anyway! I guess I can ask around, too.

[pure_radiantics]

Alright! Let's keep in touch and see what we can accomplish together!