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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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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.

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

You're beginning to sound like a detective.

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

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.

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

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

Edited 2016-10-03 01:02 (UTC)

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.

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.

"Anybirdie"?

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.

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.]

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.]

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.

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.

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.]

Considering there's some of us that haven't heard about it, I'd say it didn't work. So it's interesting that they didn't say anything afterwards.

New arrivals should be coming in soon - we should keep an eye out around then. They took advantage of us at the picnic, which was supposed to welcome the last batch and be a celebration for everyone.

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.

Yeah.

The chocolates, a large scale ayakashi attack, the picnic fire.... and for all I know the thing at the school was connected too. I mean, it's starting to seem like every time new gods and shinki show up, something bad happens.

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.

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

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

That ayakashi in the school was there long enough to effect the staff and students the way it did, and we still don't know where that chord attached to it went. Maybe it is related.

We don't have a lot of answers, so we'll have to find a way to get them and watch each others' backs.

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.

Darn. I forgot about the chord.

[Way too suspicious.]

What I want to know is how they're timing these things so well. Because the only way I can think of for them to know when more of us are gonna show up is if they're involved in bringing us here.

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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