thefarshore | Troubled Waters (Video)

From: Orihime Date: October 10th (early morning)

[Some people may recognize her from the Autumn Reception, or from the Tanabata festival, but Orihime is far from radiant and regal this evening. Oh she's still in her very formal, ancient style of kimono that the old gods favor in the Far Shore, but there is a very different look in her face. If anyone has ever spoken to her at length about Hikoboshi, that's the closest sort of stern concern anyone's seen her openly express before.

She is holding her phone like a lady might hold a compact mirror while she speaks into the video recording, but she still bows her head just enough to be noticed. That is all the formality she spares before speaking.]

Honorable gods and goddesses, dear shinki, if we have not had the chance to meet under better circumstances, please hear my words anyway. My name is Orihime, one of the immortal beings of the Far Shore, and I have been tasked with grave news that I hope can be swiftly addressed for the sake of all.

The Gods of Fortune have just learned that the Near Shore has reached a chaotic peak of ayakashi activity. They have reason to believe that there are four distinct areas of the Near Shore on the brink and they directly correlate to the... the murder of four gods here in the Far Shore.

[Now she takes a deep breath. Looking a bit more nervous and less confident about explaining this next part.]

The Gods of Fortune and our Lady Amaterasu have given me a solemn duty that I have accepted most graciously - to marshal whomever is willing to quell the ayakashi brought on by the loss of these four gods, without whom prayers have gone unanswered and the gods' followers have become weaker prey for the ayakashi.

It is my sincere desire to fulfill this task for the sake of peace on both Shores. However, I do not wish to withhold information about the personal blessing offered to me, after several of you have spoken so well about my character. I cannot thank you enough. The blessing offered to me is to restore my status as a goddess, should I succeed in attending to this matter swiftly. That is all I wish to say.

[But her mouth does quirk up in a smile and her eyes sparkle too. Then, she breathes out and tries to be serious again.]

Please - if you are willing to join me in this effort, please come to the meadows near my home along the Milky Way River at Noon. I will gather what supplies I can by then. There will be four tents set up, one for each of the teams, and I will be coordinating these efforts as best I can, channelling those skills that have brought us many wonderful Tanabata festivals.

I thank you for listening.

[And she bows her head just a little once more, then raises back up while slowly making her way out into the meadows beyond her home, the sound of the river seeming to get louder in response to all of the impending activity.]

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[She appears a little startled by his offer, bowing a little to the screen again.]

I do not pretend to be fully aware of the transportation powers of all of the gods. Some can do more than simply teleport down to the Near Shore, of that I know, and if you are such a one that can quickly move between places, I thank you for your immense assistance in this regard, Mr. Nekhbet Shun.

I don't usually have any trouble teleporting myself to other places once I'm there, so it should be fine as long as I have a specific location. [So he doesn't end up teleporting into something instead of where he wants to go.]

If something like this is going to cause that much harm to humans, then it's natural to want to solve it as quickly as possible. I'm just trying to make sure that's how it happens.

I have known gods to die before, but the rebirth process never seems to cause this kind of turmoil, as far as I knew. I have heard that one of the gods has returned already, which is confusing to me. I will have to ponder it more at a later time.

The way it was explained to me was that the followers of those gods who were killed were left in such a state that they became prey for ayakashi with their prayers going unanswered, thus why we believe that taking care of the ayakashi or by answering their prayers, we can quell what harm has been done until the gods are reborn.

Maybe it's to do with so many gods dying at once. Or how they died. It could be a lot of factors. And I know Li Tieguai has been back for a while, at least.

I suppose it makes sense enough. No way to see if it works other than trying it, anyway.

I must trust in the experience of those who have spent more time on the Near Shore than I have. Perhaps together we can understand what those factors are that have truly caused these events to unfold as they have. You have my gratitude.

You already seem like you're handling this better than most major incidents here are handled, and I prefer that to any gratitude.

I will pass that information on to any of the gods of fortune that I am able.

[You know, if she becomes a goddess again.]

Having some accountable presence from them at times other than the absolute worst incidents we've had would be a good start, if you're going to mention it.

[Shun would pass it on himself, but if she's planning to, she might have more luck with it.]

An accountable presence you say... I understand, but perhaps if you could provide an example or two of 'incidents' that were not the absolute worst, perhaps I will be able to better explain your position to them.

[She'll be genuinely trying after all.]

The string of murders against newcomer gods and shinki, for one thing. All we ever saw were the cleanup crews of shinki at the murder sites. Or when those cat ayakashi ended up on the rampage recently, because apparently nobody looked into what was causing the chaos on the Near Shore before sending us to clean it up.

There were other... murders?

I... I suppose that the deaths of shinki would not have affected the Far Shore, however... for gods to... and you are sure it was not a, well, as natural a death as any immortal can suffer?

[The tremor in her voice makes it clear she's not sure she wants the answer to that.]

Only two gods were killed against seven shinki, as far as I know, but they definitely weren't natural deaths. I saw the body of the god that had one left.

[Ekko...there's no guarantee his was connected, but it certainly wasn't a natural death either way.]

The culprit is dead now, but there's no guarantee someone else won't do the same thing in future.

[She bows her head and speaks solemnly.]

I thank you for this information, Mr. Nekhbet Shun. That possibility troubles me greatly as well.

It's better for people to be prepared for that possibility.

Anyway, for now we should focus on these four. I'll keep an eye out for your setup.

[She did say noon, but if any of them are set up a little earlier than that, he might as well start as soon as possible.]

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