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[rememberher]

From: Anonymous
Date: October 19

What would you do if you found out someone you cared about was a shinki? How would you deal with them not knowing or remembering who you are?

Comments

text; user: tana

[wingedprincess]

That sounds as though it would be awful to live through.

If you were friends once, can't you become friends again? Friendships can endure through a number of things. They're quite resilient.

text; anon

[erogappa]

I would stalk them like a big asshole and freak them out that I was going to tell them too much and turn them into an ayakashi. Then I would get mad that they were freaked out and have all my friends to tell them what a good person I am.

From: Chikusa Kakimoto

[kokuyoyo]

Hi Gojyo.

anon forever

[erogappa]

I'm not him. Fuck off.

[kokuyoyo]

OK Gojyo.

[erogappa]

What the hell is your problem?

[kokuyoyo]

Secondhand embarrassment with your lack of subtlety is the public comment.

The rest you probably don't want public.

[...And neither would Hakkai but hey.]

[erogappa]

The rest I don't want at all. It's a big afterlife, go bother somebody else.

[kokuyoyo]

>No, Gojyo.

[erogappa]

[ Chikusa, swear to god you're gonna wake up stapled to the surface of the moon one of these days. ]

See, person who asked the original question, this is what can happen if you go talk to them. You think they're still the same person and that you can be friends again, but they aren't the same person anymore. And you can't be friends, because anything you say to them puts them in danger of turning into a monster.

Plus, the rest of your shinki might get jealous and spend the rest of eternity annoying the shit out of your shinki friend.

[kokuyoyo]

Didn't you just admit your identity, Gojyo?

[erogappa]

Sha Gojyo's dead, asshole.

[kokuyoyo]

So am I.

[Ha. Ha.]

from: Chikusa Kakimoto

[kokuyoyo]

[....Anyway, he guesses since he's here...]

Don't turn them into ayakashi would be the main bit of advice.

But if you met before, then you're probably supposed to meet again.

[....Romantic?]

Text: User: Setton

[lookingforhead]

I'm not really sure. I guess I'd find it heartbreaking if it was someone I really cared about. But I'd do my best to help them out and maybe things would work out.

[Neither Shizuo or Celty remember that they were basically best friends when they were alive.]

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[clothes_make_the_man]

It isn't easy. A member of my family was here as a shinki for a while.

text; from: anonymous

[reformedsinner]

If you get any useful answers, consider adding them to the welcome brochure.

It's not an easy thing to adjust to, but it's not uncommon.

[private text, from: Li Tieguai]

Please accept my apologies for the behavior of my shinki.

Anonymous wow

[koukai_kirai]

There's not much to be done about it. Try to get them as your own shinki if that will make you more able to protect them, hope they remember enough that you don't have to be on eggshells all the damn time.

If you have the urge to be affectionate towards them, it's best to downplay it until you've known them as a shinki for a while. Long enough that you wouldn't seem absurd for being so attached to a "stranger."

Above all else, watch your words. If they're important to you, then their well-being now should outweigh your own selfish feelings.

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[sharkmaid]

You can’t get over something like that. I wouldn’t try.

[Speaking from personal experience but he won’t admit to that for security’s sake]

But it wouldn’t be fair to keep yourself from caring about them either. You’ll only hurt yourself if you do.

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[spes_phthisica]

as a shinki I can't really imagine what that's like at all
but I do believe that if you show them affection and give them time you could probably create a similar relationship if you tried
it worked for me an my god at least
or well, to the best of my knowledge

(Text; Dali)

[stonebird]

I have feared such an occurrence, but I have been lucky. (Alone, but lucky.) To awaken their memories would be dangerous. If you love them, approach with caution. I am sorry; this must be so painful for you.