text - Xuanwu

[cloakedinruins]

Here's a thought: The Heavens and gods have worked in a certain way for beyond memory. Gods die and then they come back as younger versions of themselves, souls are gathered as shinki to aid them, and the ayakashi are set against them. There is a balanced rhythm to this place and how it all worked.

And then it didn't. Something happened, the balance was broken, the gods died and nothing came back. So what happened? A new way to fill in the missing pieces appeared. Us.

Now, I'm just theorizing out loud that this system is a mutation caused when a body, or The Heavens as it turns out, feels it's under attack and trying to keep itself alive and functioning. In order to do that, it has pushed to fill in the spots that it has lost too fast by doing the unthinkable - by grabbing people like us.

Does that mean there's an underlying sickness? A rot in the system that the pull of faith or belief is trying to heal through us? Or is this just an experiment to see if we are able to shore up the problems inside a collapsing system?

Any other theories, or am I just thinking too much on this?

Comments

[abgrund]

The Heavens here do not hold our opinions in as high a regard.

Shun did try to do something after being elevated to the status of God of Fortune, though whether it is successful remains to be seen.

[cloakedinruins]

[ If this was in his native tongue, the terms he would be using would be telling. He was use to serious power and this was just not resting well on that pride of his. ]

Considering what they do in high regard, I find their taste to be truly lacking. That type would not rest so long on their laurels of a glorious past in my care.

I suppose so.

[abgrund]

[ Even then, everyone starts from zero in this place. The past is as good as dead here. ]

What do you intend to do?

[cloakedinruins]

[ He knows that, he just has to say something about this mess. ]

Right now? Gather information and determined what had changed to affect this place the way it has.

[abgrund]

We share the same objective on this matter. I believe we can work together.

[cloakedinruins]

I would be honored if you join me in this.

[abgrund]

There were people who pursued investigation but have since left. Perhaps some of their findings still remain with others here.

[cloakedinruins]

If they have, I have yet to receive word of it. Perhaps I am being far too open with this theory/\.

[abgrund]

I will see if I can retrieve them, then.