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[nopixiedust]

Name: Wendy
Date: December 14th

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[Wendy has set up her camera carefully on a desk somewhere within Hibiki's very fancy and nice temple, which means her backdrop is a super plush chair and elegant curtain. She herself is dressed up in one of her nicer dresses (which is a lot of them), and looks seriously into the camera.]

We've gotten some new shinki and gods since I made my initial post, but I want to take this time to remind everyone of the Shinki Sanctuary. For shinki who've lost their gods suddenly and are without a home, you're more than welcome to come stay there. It's modest, but it does the job, and it gives you the benefit of not having to be pressured into joining with another god right away.

The Sanctuary also offers a matchmaking service! This is available to everyone, shinki and god alike, no matter if you're already working with someone. We need more people to sign up, so drop by and fill out some paperwork whenever you can! We make sure that gods and shinki have a chance at getting to know each other before anyone is named, so you don't have to worry about that. And if a god names a shinki without their permission...

[Have you ever seen a pre-adolescent girl look like she'd coolly shank you in a dark alleyway and kick your body into a river? Now you have.]

We'll handle it.

But here's something I'm not sure a lot of shinki know- you can be named by more than one god! The only people who really seem to care are the old gods, and, honestly, it's not like they really interact with us anyway, so it doesn't matter.

[They don't even communicate themselves on the BBS. Trust her. She's asked.]

I'm a nora myself, so, if anyone has any questions about that kind of thing, feel free to ask them! I want to help people know all their options.

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Video || this is just gonna kill Snake-mun

[silentscales]

"Do people judge you much for being a Nora," asks Martin? [Snake has questions for Reasons he's not sure he's ready to share with a complete stranger. Then again, this is the Wendy that Marinette has mentioned a few times. Or at least he assumes she is. She's posting about the sanctuary that they helped get Suzaku to.]

[nopixiedust]

[Oh, new face... Good, it means her message is getting out there.]

Well, I haven't found anyone in our group of gods and shinki who've really judged much. The older gods and shinki might, but, if your names are in places that aren't easily seen, then it's not likely to come up anyway.

[silentscales]

"What about for exemplars?" says Martin?

[He's torn between Marinette and Adrien, but he doesn't want to cause her any problems, even if he's sure she'll tell him that he can have Adrien name him too now that Adrien's a god too.

That doesn't mean he doesn't still have anxiety over it, and doesn't really want to announce it is something he's been thinking about, because the only two people that need to know could already guess.]

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[thevanguard]

[ Yata responds to this with a hint of a surprise on his face now as he listens. ]

Whoa! We have something like this? Damn, this woulda been useful a few months ago. I didn't even realize.

But good to know now, I guess.

[nopixiedust]

Now we do. I made an announcement a while ago, but I thought some people might not have remembered. Besides, we're getting new people all the time, right?

[thevanguard]

Yeah, we are. And it still sounds like this place is having a hard time keeping some people put and leaving the rest of them partnerless, so. Thanks for this, I guess?

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[sassywelshcatgirl]

So be honest, there's really no reason for a god to be against nora except for them being all possessive and treating their shinki like property, right?

[Nia may be coming into this question with an agenda, subtle as it might be.]

[nopixiedust]

I mean, it's not like I've talked about it with a lot of different gods yet or anything... The old gods are weird, honestly.

[So, you know.]

[sassywelshcatgirl]

So how 'bout a new one, then? [Because that's the one she has in mind, from what she's heard. Not that she's here to name names...]

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[unlucky7]

Do you need any help maintaining the sanctuary? Or donations or anything?

[nopixiedust]

Archer and Shun have been looking around for security but if ou want to help out there's always stuff to do

like organizing things and helping it stay clean!

[unlucky7]

[Of course Archer and Shun help with security. Of course.]

I don't mind cleaning and organizing. I'll try to swing by a few times every week.

text: Suzaku Kururugi

[swordofzero]

[Ah so this is Wendy. He's heard quite a bit about her.] Hello Wendy, I've been meaning to contact you to thank you for setting up such a helpful place. I stayed there for a few days when my last god disappeared.

Please let me know if you or the sanctuary need any assistance with anything.

[nopixiedust]

Oh, I thought I saw someone around! Well, it's no problem. It's what it's there for.

Spreading the word around would mostly be fine. I already have some people who patrol around here to make sure it stays safe, and we get things from Amaterasu.

[swordofzero]

Of course I will spread the word. Please let me know if you need any one else to patrol. [If she's got people that's good but as the whole reason for the sanctuary is that people disappear all the time it is a good thing to have others if those that guard it are no longer there.]

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[deathmetalist]

Matchmaking?

[It came out of nowhere in all the shinki and nora talk]

Are there a lot of people who are interested in that kind of thing?

[nopixiedust]

Not too much, yet. A lot of the shinki who wind up here end up finding new gods on their own, it looks like... usually people they know.

Still, it's good to have, don't you think?

[deathmetalist]

So it's not like relationships, right? Just Shinki and God relationships? Ahaha For a minute I thought you meant romantic connections.

[To be honest she thinks it's good that there is a service that can help shinki find gods if they don't have one.]

It's dangerous without a god right?

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[welcome_home]

[ Considering she's had a lot of friends end up without homes in her stay here, Nanako thinks this is a brilliant idea. Which is why she shyly opens a response to reply. ]

....Can I help at all?

[nopixiedust]

[Oh, right. There are other small children here besides her, and a lot of them don't deserve this kind of serious nonsense. Still... If they're here, they're here, and there's no point in hiding it from them. Wendy just has to figure out how to approach this right...]

[So she puts on a gentle smile, leaning in closer to the camera.]

Why don't you tell me what things you can do. Do you help take care of your temple?

[welcome_home]

Oh, yeah! [ Nanako smiles warmly at this, her expression brightening. ] I'm really good at helping with chores and cooking and things, I do that a lot. And... well. I'm here to be Nanshe, and she's a god who took care of everyone who was lost or didn't have a place to stay, so.... if I can help, I really want to!

...I've had lots of friends who have lost their gods and had nowhere to go, sometimes they came and stayed here, but I don't know everyone yet, so I'm happy there's somewhere they can find to go, too.

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[yasei]

Oh, that's a good face, Miss Wendy! I still need to fill out a form, I'll have to drop by one day to do that.

[nopixiedust]

Thank you, I'm very cute~. [She knows that's not what he means, probably.] We'll look forward to seeing you, then. Feel free to drop by whenever during the day, since I usually go back to Hibiki's place for the night.

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[smilingbullet]

Some of the old gods are real snobs.

[ Though, he's not spoken to all of them yet.

It's not like he doesn't drop by to help with stuff already but- ]

If you ever want any backup against mislead gods who think they can name people however they like, I'd be up for helping.

[ He's already killed one god because of it... Not that he'll tell her, sorry Wendy. He's keeping that secret to a need-know basis. ]

[nopixiedust]

Thanks! It sounds like that sort of thing hasn't happened in a while, which is good, but you never know when someone might get the idea, right? And the shinki who arrive here are already going to be thinking about stuff like that, so I wanted to address it right away.