thefarshore | [ Video ] Can I Touch Your....

Date: May 19th
Post By: Guanyin
Type: VIDEO

[ Watanuki has the camera set up in front of him. He's sitting upright on his bed, hands on his knees, dressed in some stylish Chinese-style attire in black-and-blue. He seems to realize the camera is on and he bows towards it. ]

Hello. [ He seems nervous about posting to the BBS. He is. ] My name is Guanyin. I'm the God of Mercy and Compassion. It's nice to meet you all. This is my first time posting here so... if I seem a little awkward... well, it's probably just me.

Anyway...

I had a run-in with an ayakashi, and even with my shinki I was unable to defend myself. Another god had to step in and save us. Even though my shinki is a weapon-type, I never fought in my previous life, so I don't have any clue on how to properly wield him. I guess what I'm trying to say is...

[ He seems to get a little nervous here. He looks down to his lap. His ears are blushing. ] Well, that is... I think I have a solution... but I need someone's help.

Ah, so... if anyone has ever previously held a hard weapon such as a long stick, a pole, a spear, javelin, or any sort of polearm, ah... could you...

Could you.... let me touch it?

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Watanuki-kun... I've been meaning to ask-- are you okay?

[ She remembers seeing him injured by the vampire. And although he got away, she feels bad that she couldn't be there to stop it from happening in the first place. ]

Sanae-san!

[ He hadn't seen her face in awhile. He offers her a small, abashed smile. ]

I'm fine... why... why do you ask?

That wolf ayakashi-- I was... there. [ She feels the need to apologize, because no only was she there at the last moment, but also-- ] I had run into him as well, but he had escaped me and my shinki. After that, he must have encountered you.

[ A pause, a moment where she bites her bottom lip, but then: ] I'm sorry.

[ He looks down to his lap, brows knitting. He finds his hands and fingers linking together. ]

I was scared... not only because it was an ayakashi... but when I found out is was Zero-san, I... [ And he closes his eyes tightly. ] Him turning into an ayakashi... I felt as if it was all my fault...

It's not your fault. [ She's quick to say sympathetically. ] If it is, then that blame should be mine as well.

[ But... no. That's not right, either. She's learned from this, that even though her first instinct is to blame herself, she knows nothing good will come of it. In the end, she shakes her head before continuing. ] To become stronger in order to protect-- that's why you've made this post, correct? [ It's a drive by guilt, in part. ] "If only I could have done something more"...

[ A pause. ] What happened couldn't be helped, no matter how hard we tried. [ And as far as she knows, nothing reverses a shinki after they've ayakashi'd. ] We simply didn't have the information-- and knowing him, [ And his trust issues. ] he wouldn't have given us anything to go by. After we rended him, I'm just glad that no one else was hurt because of him.

..I'm glad that... no one else was really hurt. [ He'd gotten pretty banged up, but with help he ended up shaking it out. Maybe being a god was a good thing, after all. ]

...I want to protect my shinki... and the Baron... and you, and all the other people I've met. I'm...

I've never been a fighter, ever, but I can't use that as an excuse anymore. So...

I'll... I'll do my best.

...Are you okay?

[ Ah, that's better. A determined Watanuki is preferable over a self-blaming Watanuki. ] Mm, I'm okay. [ Now she's okay. She got through it with the help of her friends!! And maybe, just maybe she grew a little bit more. At the very least, she knows that she's stronger with others alongside her, and not fighting alone. ]

You were there at the god's meeting, correct? What they said about the gods' greatest secret... I think that if people are more mindful of it, then we'll have less incidences of shinki unfortunately turning into ayakashi.

I hope so. I talked to a few people and most of them seemed worried... I was too, but...

I think things will be all right. Better to have gods with knowledge then gods that are just ignorant about the whole thing. [ But he's glad to hear she's all right. ]

Speaking of a god's greatest secret and Zero... [ How to go about this. ] I'm not sure if you've seen, but there's someone here that may be related to him. He shares his family name, and looks almost exactly like Zero. [ "May" is used loosely. With a shared name and an almost exact copy of his features, he most definitely is somehow related. ]

It would be best to be careful about speaking about Zero to him, too, I think. Like Zero, this young man also doesn't know to what god he is bound.

Oh... you mean Ichiru-san... [ He spoke quietly. ] I've met him, yeah. I didn't say anything but several others had already approached him mistaking him for Zero. I think it put hm on edge.

Mm, I was one of them. [ She admits quietly. ] But, ah, regardless... I want to try to make sure that what happened to Zero also doesn't happen to him, you know?

No, I understand. I hope for the same thing. [ A pause. ] It's okay. They do look alike. You didn't know.

Hehe~ Thank you, Watanuki-kun.

[ A smile. ]

Ah-- I'm sorry I can't help you with your actual reason for this post. While some miko are trained in how to use a spear, I'm not one of them. [ Archery is the line, but it's mostly for ritual things. ] Have you found a sensei yet?

Not yet. My shiki has been trying to give me lessons, but... he's... pretty impatient. I know I'm not the best...

Someone, mmm... ah! Kazuma-san said that a god named Bishamon could help me.

Ooh-- she wouldn't be a bad idea.... although I'm not sure what weapons she knows how to use. [ But with all the shinki she has, she probably wielded a spear at one point.

Wait.

A spear.

GAH, how could she forget. ] Actually--.... I almost forgot, but my own shinki could help you, too. His name is Lu Meng. [ Yep, that Lu Meng. ], and in his life he mainly used spears and halberds. He was a master at them.

Oh! Yeah, I think I remember him telling me that!

If we could get his hands on a spear, then that would be amazing! Even if he did just a few practice moves on a training dummy... it would really help!

Would you like me to ask him for you?

Please do! That would be great!

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