HEAVEN'S BBS | VOICE

[talkbirdytome]

I know everybirdie is really busy and there's been a lot going an lately but I've been thinking a lot about what happened at the party.

[Hiyoko is well aware that a lot of other stuff happened right after and there were plenty of gods and shinki still dealing with the fallout from that. That's why she gave it a few days. But now it's time to see if anybirdie else is thinking along the same lines as her.]

That fire was obviously set by people who aren't happy with Amaterasu. I'm not sure if it's her they don't like, or if she's put some unpopular policies in place, but we can't really ignore an attack like this. Has this group tired anything like this before? Have they made any other demands?

[Because 'down with Amaterasu' is one thing, but 'down with the heavens?' What are they supposed to do? Start hurling their temples at the near shore? That demand is way too vague.]

I also heard about an incident with poisoned chocolates. That was before I got here but the whole thing sounded pretty fishy. Does anybirdie else think that might have been an attempt to discredit Amaterasu? And if there any other incidents like that, I wouldn't mind hearing about them.

What you guys think?

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[sweetdeath]

That's pretty much what I thought about the chocolates incident, but I got pretty sick and missed a lot of it.

There was a big ayakashi attack right when the second group of gods and shinki got here, but I don't know if that was related or not. The timing seemed kind of weird, but Amaterasu said she didn't know anything about it.

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[talkbirdytome]

How was the timing weird?
Did it happen during something Amaterasu set up herself?

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[sweetdeath]

I don't know if you've noticed, but it seems like each group of us shows up about every ten days. Anybody could've spotted the pattern by now, but that first time, nobody knew... except that the ayakashi storm happened right when the second group showed up.

It could've been a coincidence, but I think whoever triggered that ayakashi attack knew when the new gods and shinki would get here. So they have to have known it was going to happen.

[beastenderblood]

I can't think of any reason anyone would pull something like that. Although I'm still pretty new.

[talkbirdytome]

A lot of us are pretty new. But I think if we all put our heads together we might be able to figure some of this out.

[moonlitknight]

You're beginning to sound like a detective.

[talkbirdytome]

Probably.
But somebirdie needed to get on this case.
It might as well be me.

[moonlitknight]

Somebirdie didn't step up. You did.
Don't devalue yourself.

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[fullcowl]

Those are the only two incidents I can remember. And it might have been.

I don't think they've made any demands. There was something written on the papers, right? I had to leave to take care of my partners, so I didn't get to see what they said.

If there is a group, they're working from the shadows. At least for now.

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[talkbirdytome]

I grabbed a couple of the papers.
They said 'Down with the Heavens!' and 'Down with Amaterasu!'
Which basically means they want her removed from power.
And that creativity isn't their strong point.
But they probably have other demands too.

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[fullcowl]

If they do have other demands, they haven't said them yet. There has to be a reason to write something like that, right? Or, at least, you'd hope so... I wonder if they feel slighted in some way.

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[explodokill]

"Anybirdie"?

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[talkbirdytome]

Where I come from there's more birds than humans.

[She's... getting tired of explaining that one. Hence the quick blurb.]

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[returnedfromtheline]

I think we're still waiting for more clues for who is behind this, even though whoever-they-are went and did such a bold attack as that fire.

As for incidents... There was the massive ayakashi attack on Feb 24, just as some new gods and shinki showed up. It could have been coincidence, but the longer this goes on, the more suspicious it looks. Although I have no idea how you could get ayakashi to coordinate like that.

The chocolate thing was on Mar 15. If someone was out to discredit Amaterasu-sama by that, they did a good job.

All the other times the new guys showed up, it wasn't anything too unusual going on. We helped with a boat festival and took down a weirdly large ayakashi in a school. There was also the first cherry blossom viewing.

As for the fire and "Down with the Heavens! Down with Amaterasu!"...
Heaven has done some things that I can't agree with, but I still think that we'll have to all work together to get anything solved.
I have no idea who would benefit the most from all this mess.

Sorry for the private text. We should share all the information we can but- I don't want whoever-it-is to know we're still so clueless.

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[talkbirdytome]

I know. That's why I decided we can't just wait around for clues anymore. We need to pool our information and try to figure this out.

Thanks for the dates, by the way. Very helpful. Also you mentioned the 'first' cherry blossom viewing. What happened at that one? Was it completely peaceful?

And on a side note, I kind of think the 'we're clueless' ship ha already sailed. I mean, most of us just got here within the last couple of months. Of course we're clueless. I just don't plan on staying that way.

[revolutionfalcon]

The chocolates and that attack at the picnic are the only ones I've heard about so far. If I had to guess based on those, I'd say the old gods have traitors in their ranks. They would've needed a trusted position to set at least one of those things up, and I doubt anyone without a good amount of power could have pulled off that fire without leaving any trace they didn't want to.

[Previously he would've proposed a heavenly setup as the most likely option, but after the picnic he's less sure of that.]

[talkbirdytome]

That's a good point.
The picnic aside, poisoning the chocolates had to be an inside job.
And I've had a couple of people point out that a lot of these things happen right after new gods and shinki show up.
I wonder what's up with that.

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[readerofthestars]

I hope you're being careful, Miss Tosaka. [He wasn't there for the fire, thank goodness. But he still knows that it's dangerous for someone to so openly investigate such a blatant attack.]

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[talkbirdytome]

Of course! I'm just fishing around for a little extra info. No big deal.

[Never mind that if it was him doing this she'd be all worried and fussing.]

[socials]

I was near the treeline when the fire started, and I didn't see anyone suspicious that might have set it. But the fire itself was suspicious - it was too sudden for anything natural, and definitely not accidental. Between that and the messages that were being dispersed...

[ Souji has to wonder if there's anyone in their ranks that might be in league with this, or if the fact that they were all gathered together painted a target on their backs. ]

I didn't know about the poisoned chocolates, though. After all these incidents, you'd think someone would have come forward to take credit, or make a demand. But other than hitting us when we least expect it, there hasn't been anything that I know of.

[talkbirdytome]

Well, if I'm right about the chocolates, they didn't take credit for that one because they wanted everybirdie to blame Amaterasu.

But now that they've started leaving notes, it's only a matter of time. We'll be hearing from them again.

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[koukai_kirai]

Could be a grab for power. Someone who'd stand to rise in status if a few of the higher-ups fell. For that, it isn't really necessary to say that Amaterasu herself has done anything to anger them -- she and her adherents could simply be in someone's way.

It doesn't necessarily need to have been a large group, either -- the way that fire was spreading didn't look natural, so whoever it is, I'd wager that they have a decent level of magic, perhaps enough to compensate for working alone or in a small group.

If the candy incident I've heard of was an attempt to spread distrust in the existing administration, I'd say it seems to have been successful. That would make it likely to have been someone working within the heavens -- they'd be more capable of sabotaging something like that without arousing suspicion.

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[talkbirdytome]

I was thinking something similar. Whether it's personal or not, they definitely want the current establishment gone.

I was sort of assuming they had numbers though. It's kind of scary to think only a few people could manage this much trouble.

But yeah, they definitely have somebirdie on the inside. I wonder if Amaterasu is watching the people close to her? If we don't catch the spy soon, we'll be in trouble.

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[very_goodman]

...Sounds like we're about to get caught in the middle of somethin' big.

[talkbirdytome]

About to? More like we're already caught in something big.

[She sits up from where she was comfortably lounging on a visiting bear and turns off her phone. She needs her hands free so she can climb to the top of the couch and point dramatically.]

But with us on the case, this mystery won't even know what hit it!