HEAVEN'S BBS | TEXT

[razzledazzles]

Posted: 1 May 2016
From: Jae-Ha

Have any shinki woken up one morning to find that they could suddenly recall something? Like a piece of their memory had been restored, as if it were never missing to begin with.

I need to know if it's a bad sign, or if anything needs to be done.

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[killsthebuddha]

She'll burn down the kitchen if I do. [ Wait.

Wait.

Don't just assume he can ask Sanzang for coffee like they have some domestic thing. ]

I've got my reasons to think they've taken out people that cause problems.

[razzledazzles]

Oh, is that the only reason?

Reasons you're not willing to explain? Well, if it won't help me, then there's no need. If I do disappear, watch after Hazel for me.

[He's... worried...!! Joking isn't working, god.]

Would talking about this cause that many problems, though?

[killsthebuddha]

The woman they first decided to call my "god" tried to protest a decision Heaven made. [ With a sword, but she'd been harmless. ] Overnight, she was killed and everything she built was destroyed.

So don't bullshit me. I'm not taking responsibility for him. That's something only someone like you can pull off, so leave me out of it.

[razzledazzles]

I don't intend to go anywhere, don't get me wrong. But I don't think you're the type of person who'd turn away. You have a heart in there somewhere, don't you, Sanzo?

[He sees that heart, he sees it!]

But I'm not the type of man who can stand back if something is wrong, either. I'm not exactly protesting, but I am looking into things.

[killsthebuddha]

The truth is that I don't want to let anyone tell me what to do. I'm following my own path.

But you're not the only one looking into this, not even out of people that remember. That spell that binds us is failing for some reason.

[razzledazzles]

That's precisely how it should be! You understand. I feel the same way.

Do you mean the way our memories are being suppressed? Is that a spell?

[killsthebuddha]

Looks that way. The part of it that governs memory stays in place with or without the seal binding you to one of the fake gods.

But we're not reliant on gods for our sense of identity. That might be why we're not docile like the native shinki population. The magic is tied up in names.

[razzledazzles]

A spell like that would make sense, but carrying us over here without the proper spell seems strange. This is happening on too large of a scale to be a simple mistake.

[killsthebuddha]

I doubt it's a fuck up. Did you see their ruler? She's a child.

Someone's gambling on us, but I don't know what their wager is.

[razzledazzles]

Someone told me that her age means she died recently. Do you know anything about that?

[killsthebuddha]

[ First things first, he links a certain interesting open BBS thread. ]

I don't doubt it. Probably killed before the replacement Susano'o appeared.

[razzledazzles]

[He takes extra long to reply because he has to navigate and read through that before navigating back and typing that careful way he does.]

But some time after that post, you think? She doesn't write her messages like a young girl, but I suppose anyone could have been doing it for her, too.

[killsthebuddha]

If she died before the Susano'o that launched the rebellion appeared, I'd say one of her advisers is writing for her. She sounded like any noble brat when I spoke to her.

[razzledazzles]

All of this only makes me want to make a larger fuss. But I don't want to create a problem for Hazel.

You wouldn't happen to have any ideas?

[killsthebuddha]

I'm going to see if I can drown myself in a pot of coffee. This is too much shit to talk about first thing in the morning.

[ It's like ten... ]

If you want your actions to reflect only on yourself, try being a stray. But I doubt that path is one you'll survive.

[razzledazzles]

Should I come over and make it for you?

Wait, though, what do you mean by stray? And that last, ominous sentence?

[killsthebuddha]

You'll definitely die if you come over.

Start doing your own research, you bum.

[ He says this, and yet sends another link. ]

1/2

[razzledazzles]

Don't be so cold, Sanzo! Sanzang dear would appreciate my talents.

[Nevermind that he only just learned to make coffee. Anyway, he's clicking this link.]

[razzledazzles]

[And a few moments later after he's read through enough of that...]

Oh, I've heard of that. Nora, aren't they called?

There isn't anyone else around here that I'd trust my life with so easily, unfortunately. Rather than having my actions reflect only on myself, wouldn't that actually connect my actions to multiple people? I have enough trouble as it is behaving.

[killsthebuddha]

I don't want a pervert trying to share his talents here. Die instead.

Being a nora would mean you're a traitor that can't be trusted. No one could blame these fake ass idiot gods for actions you take. It'd be a shitty choice for someone with delusions of heroism.

[razzledazzles]

[Gosh, he'll stop trying to invite himself over for now, then.]

A traitor isn't a beautiful thing at all. I'll fight these stupid rules my own way, beautifully. I'm completely free as I am already, with Hazel at my side. I wouldn't drag anyone else into this at all.

But your concern is sweet, Sanzo. Could it be that you've grown fond of me?

[killsthebuddha]

Never. I'm a traitor four times over. By that logic, you can't be a damn weirdo at me anymore.

[razzledazzles]

The beauty of your face makes up for it. Smile once in a while and you might do a little better with Sanzang, too.

I'm not the type of man who tells another man how to live his life, so I won't judge you, but that sounds dangerous. What happens if you cause blight?

[killsthebuddha]

I refuse to. It doesn't matter how many people are involved, we don't have the luxury of remorse or guilt.

[razzledazzles]

Oooh, what a cool thing to say. I'm getting chills.

If you can really back that up, that's nice. But you don't feel like you're treating yourself even more like an object, that way?