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?

Comments

[revolutionfalcon]

Probably. It'll at least show us whether they're planning to escalate the attacks quickly or hold off and hit us again later.

[talkbirdytome]

Right.
I'll make sure keep my eyes peeled for clues either way.

[Clues that she imagines finding like she's the main character in a detective movie. There will obviously be finger prints and secret passages everywhere.]

[revolutionfalcon]

If we didn't find anything after the fire, I doubt we'll find anything before the next attack. But staying alert is always the better course.

[talkbirdytome]

Hey, you never know what you might find once you start looking.
If I find anything good I'll let you know.

[revolutionfalcon]

It does seem best to share what information we manage to get hold of.

Private text

[talkbirdytome]

[The next text doesn't come until later.]

Hi!
Me again.
I learned a bunch of interesting stuff from everybirdie I talked to today.
Not really about the fire, but about other things that have been going on.
Interested?

[revolutionfalcon]

If it's useful, go ahead and tell me. It could help in future.

[talkbirdytome]

I can't promise useful.
But it is interesting.
It looks like every ten days a new batch of gods and shinki show up.
And about half the time, something else happens on the same day.

2/24- Sudden large scale ayakashi attack.
3/5- Boat festival. (Mostly peaceful.)
3/15- Poisoned chocolates
3/26- Apology for poisoned chocolates.
4/5- That school thing. We never did figure out what was behind all that.
4/15- Spring cleaning. Also peaceful? If you don't count all the dust bunnies.
4/25- Cherry blossom picnic goes down in flames.

Pretty weird, huh?

[revolutionfalcon]

I've only been here since the school attack, and I didn't really consider the cleaning significant, but you're right, there's more of a pattern than I realised there. I'd noticed the newcomers every ten days, but the events at the same time have been going on for longer than I knew.

Written out like that, it almost looks like it alternates between peaceful and dangerous things, but that's not a pattern I'd rely on lasting long here.

[talkbirdytome]

Right now I'm more interested in the 'every ten days thing.'
Why would it be that regular?
Or that frequent?
That's a lot of vanishing gods.

[revolutionfalcon]

True, and the fact that the old gods I've spoken to don't seem to have any idea what's causing it just makes it more disturbing. If there's something getting rid of that many gods without them knowing, it has to be something powerful, something with a means to hide its actions from them without fear, or both.

[talkbirdytome]

I'm thinking both.
But I wish the old gods would share more info with us.
They want us to help them but they sure don't make it easy.
It's kind of frustrating.

[revolutionfalcon]

I'd assume both just so we're not surprised if it does turn out to be that bad.

If you haven't already, try talking to Bishamon. She's one of the older gods, but she's not bad about sharing information as they go.