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From: Carl Adler
Date: Jan 24

Does ayakashi give off heat signatures? Or cold signatures, or do they read on other equipment that can be used to detect if people or animals etc are around? Anyone who knows anything about general ayakashi physiology overall?

I'd like to know if there is any way to determine where ayakashi hide or lay in wait etc when trying to find them.

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Aren't they just kinda blobby?

I hadn't thought much about it, I'm sorry. I haven't um been terribly close to a lot of them yet, I'm not a fighter so I wouldn't be any use at all. I tried to take a picture of them on the boat but the photo got so blurry in the dark I'm not even sure if they show up on photos or not.

Well, in shape they look different don't they? But I wouldn't say shape says anything, in this case.

I've been up close on several occasions but it's hard to tell in vessel form, and touching them barehanded isn't exactly advisable. Taking photos in the dark is pretty difficult without specialized cameras, and using a flash would probably have disturbed them. And they're sort of shadows themselves so it's even harder. There is no need for you to apologize for that.

No, no I've heard, I wouldn't want anyone to risk that, it's dangerous. Oh. Right. I forget about that, I don't think I've ever had a phone with a camera on it before so I just tried. It was a disaster.

If it would be necessary to know it's something some people would still do. If one takes precautions it's not too dangerous to try. I was surprised at cameras being in all phones as well when I got here. It's interesting how technology develops and becomes so easily accessible. Did you take a lot of accidental pictures?

Yes, sometimes I open the camera on accident so there are a lot of photos that are just the inside of my pocket. It's embarrassing how many there are, I don't know how to delete them and it's embarrassing to ask Shingo-kun, I should know how this works at least a little bit but camera phones like these are new to me. I've only seen the old ones, these are so sensitive, you press on the screen, not buttons.

Ah I'm sorry for rambling!

Oh no, don't worry about rambling, I don't mind at all.

Anyway yes that can be a problem. You don't need to be embarrassed about that though, it's not like everybody comes from times or places where phones are common. These days my biggest issue with the phone's camera is my cats, they're very nosy and I have no idea how many photos of noses and paws that I have in my album. Deleting them is, there's a menu on the picture for example, or a button for it. Or hold it in when you're in the album, and then you can delete several pictures at once by marking the ones you want to delete. But I get it. I'm familiar with phones but they were much bulkier and didn't have touch screen, as far as I can picture them.

It's hard not to be, he's been here longer than I have and he's so young that it seems like he learns everything so quick to my eyes. He can be impressive with things. I miss simple flip phones. Even if they had cameras I don't think they would take pictures so easily, if you closed it there was no buttons to press on accident. I will try deleting. At least noses and paws are better than close ups of threads?

Kids are like that, they are generally very fast learners, particularly if they're interested. It gets harder as you get older. You could probably get a flip phone from the Far Shore, they're still very popular in Japan it seems. Unless there's some button on the sides that accidentally can get pressed by other things in your pocket then you should probably be just fine. They can be pretty nice surprises, and a guessing game. Thread isn't the worst thing you might photograph though.

Yes, I know a lot about that. I am old. Kids are very impressive, they can also be very intimidating. Do you think a phone from the Far Shore will work both near and far? I wouldn't want to be impossible to reach in case someone calls. I mean, not that I have that many who do, I don't have many friends but what if Shingo-kun gets hurt and I can't come help him! What is the worst to photograph?

Maybe I shouldnt hve asked that sorry!

From my experience, it seems like it. So you should be fine, yeah.

[ Wendy did give Amaterasu one, and she's now sometimes popping up on the bbs. Very rarely, but still. ]

Shingo-kun is your shinki?

No need to apologize. But the worst would depend on your comfort levels. For example for some people it would be spiders, for others a corpse. For example.

[ He will not say what his is, but it appears to be bubbles. He is still weirded out by this fear and he still doesn't understand it. ]

I will try to look into it but sales people are aggressive and scary so it'll take a bit of time. Yes he is, he's a very good kid and I want to try my best for him but there are a lot of things that are scary in the worlds. I am fine with spiders and injuries and I've seen corpses, they make me very sad that I can't help them. I understand. It's different for every person.

It depends on the shop and the sales people. They're way more aggressive in some other countries. For example anyone could get stressed by the salespeople in the US. You will feel any intense feelings from any shinki named by you, so if he's in trouble you should be able to know it. Gods also supposedly can sense their shinki's presence and that way figure out where to go. And then gods can teleport, so you don't need to worry too much I think. Not that I've ever been a god myself so this is just hearsay and some personal experience from the other side of this coin. So if you understand you can imagine that it's a bit of a difficult question to answer.

More aggressive than Japan? [ But that's hard enough for his nerves! ] That sounds terrible! I don't see how anyone owns anything there if salespeople are like that there, that sounds terrifying! I forget about teleporting, it works different here. I haven't done it a lot. I'm sorry for asking annoying questions.

People back there can be very much in your face. It's part of customer service to help anyone who looks like they haven't had any help. People are generally used to that, there. Teleporting is a peculiar thing, it's not generally an instant habit. Don't worry about the questions, I've asked a lot of them too. That's what I'm doing in this post too, anyway.

I think I won't go there ever then it sounds like a nightmare. [ Frankly, he's probably going to HAVE nightmares about this conversation later on. ] Oh right. Are you getting any better answers than the bad ones I couldn't give?

It's not that bad, you could send them angry glares to make them too scared to come up. [ D2 would apologize if he knew that he probably should. Sorry Rasu. ] Not at the moment, but I might annoy some people I know who knows a little more about things overall if I don't get anything out of this post, or I might drag my god or a friend out to check with me.

I don't know how to do anything like that. [ Looking creepy on accident? Doing it all the time. Trying to look angry on purpose? Happened one time in a hundred years. ] Please don't annoy them too much, I don't want you to get in trouble!

You could practice in front of a mirror. If you can bear with her I'm sure Hibiki would love to provide acting classes. But she is very eccentric, to say the least, so she can be difficult to be around. [ That girl is the strangest teenager he's ever met, seriously. ] The only one who would get me into trouble doing that would be me. But they're used to my attitude and I don't think they would mind. I think some of them might have an interest in the subject as well, in fact.

[ Chikusa has developed a literal poison out of ayakashi...extract? Or whatever it's made of, and D2 wasn't poisoned for kidnapping Hakkai yet at least. So, well. D2 has some strange/dangerous friends. ]

That sounds really embarrassing. Do I really have to do something like that? I don't know who this Hibiki-san is, eccentric is not terribly specific, I'm sorry. [ They've talked, but he doesn't realise. ]

But still. What if they get too annoyed? What happens then? Is that okay? Will you be okay?

You don't have to, but it would be good practice. If you can learn to be around her you can learn to be around anyone, probably. She's probably Far Shore's Number One Eccentric, a very extravagant girl who adds a lot of p's in random words, pri seems to be a favorite, and she tends to break a lot of tea cups. [ That's mainly around you, D2. ]

If that happens I'll have to take the situation as it comes and handle it, I'll manage one way or the other.

Ps? You make her sound very intimidating, I'm really sorry, I don't know if I'll be able to do that.

It's not scary to you?

She's more strange than intimidating. You could try practicing in small doses.

No, I wouldn't say that it is.

How do I do that without seeming rude? Small doses? I don't know.

You're brave.

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