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[sassywelshcatgirl]

From: Nia
Posted: Jan. 10

So here's a question for all of you.

Say sometime in the future, a way home pops up. The stars are right, or the prayers of the world unite, or we find whatever brings us here and reverse it. Doesn't matter what, the key thing is that it won't last. You've got to decide right away. What do you do?

If you're a shinki, going home means you're dead. No more life like this that you can expect. Is it worth the gamble? What if you get stuck as a shinki in your own world, not remembering anything, no other shinki or gods? On the other hand, you stay here and you get stuck with whoever's left if your god takes off. Maybe they all do and you're off to the old gods, or unnamed. Either one's a raw deal.

Gods? You got it easy. You go back and pick up where you left off. Except you'd be leaving your shinki behind. No promise on what happens to them. Maybe they'll end up with someone okay, maybe not. Maybe even if you made an arrangement with someone who'd stay, it goes wrong. Do you just abandon them? Trust that the old gods won't be so bad?

Not saying it's going to work out this way. But it might. So what if?

Comments

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Both of you go somewhere else entirely? But the safest choice would be staying here, wouldn't it? Keeping it the same?

[pure_radiantics]

Well, I did say that I was willing to stay here with him - or wherever he went.

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Oh, so that included staying, too. All right. What if you got shuffled off to another god, though, an old god? Is that worth the risk of staying?

[pure_radiantics]

Well, if it was Fuujin, I think I could handle that. He and I are on pretty good terms. Suijin is quite nice as well. Then there's Ama-chan, but I doubt she'd take someone like me, so I think the risk wouldn't be too much to end up with an old god I didn't know.

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Huh. You're a lot more positive about it than I would be. You really think some of the old gods are nice?

[pure_radiantics]

Some of them, of course! At least, they are to me, so if I had to stay here without Hajime and go to a new god or goddess, I could trust some of them.

[sassywelshcatgirl]

Got to admit I didn't expect that answer. Haven't met many old gods, so all I know is the policies they support...